Exaggerated handwringing, they overstated the extent and severity, and this article is probably doing the same

Because on face value it looks like an anti-abortion lyric.

I suspect it’s as ideological as Israel’s actions against Palestinians unfortunately.

Oceania was always at war with Eurasia.

No it isn’t, there’s no implication of that. Just that they won’t reproduce until they see it happening.

And that’s why I don’t like cricket.

It’s just more climate catastrophising. CaCO3 and H2CO3 form a buffer that would minimise the effects of acidification. The idea that all fish would die is dumb. Terrestrial plants produce oxygen by photosynthesis so oxygen won’t disappear from the atmosphere.

So that healthcare and education, among other things, are more equitable. Taxes are for subsidising a public good.

Yeah, because I’m a tightarse and only buy the home brand stuff :)

Defund the coppers!

Lead pipes aren’t so bad. It’s lead as an ion rather than an element that’s the problem. The lead that led to the dumbenising and collapse of Rome was actually lead acetate, which is sweeter than sugar. They added it to wine, believe it or not. Then you get the Pb2+ ions in your bloodstream and you start to watch Fox News.

Other things grow, but corn and soybeans are heavily subsidised (not to mention genetically modified).

Reverse irredentism! Now what about historically German lands? From the Maas to the Memel…

Great comment. Refreshing to see some intelligence here from time to time, like the nice sour bready tang of kvass!

Sweden wasn’t as uniquely independent as you think, nor as special. Countries’ leaders act in the country’s interest. The circumstances are different this time - Sweden, like Ireland, was notionally independent in WWII but we all knew whose side they were on, even if non-combatants.

I think he’s American, and has suffered due to their inferior educational system (AU here, nice job negotiating with Turkey’s dictatorship for your own security SE!)

Don’t point fingers.

Of course you aren’t - you’re a kingdom.

Don’t forget the Russian and Ottoman empires shared a border, and had a war the same time France and Prussia had theirs. Turkey is Europe’s defence against Russian expansionism via the Caucasus. Or at least it was - now it’s those brilliant and tough motherfuckers in Georgia holding the fort.

Steady on. Erdoğan’s Islamifying the place as a populist, undoing Atatürk’s vision. Turkey belongs in the GCC rather than the EU if it’s on its way to theocracy.