Yeah but it won’t taste the way it used to

Yes, July the 19th was a sad day

A lot of do-gooders from rich countries who think they’re adopting poor babies are unwitting kidnappers.

What your Trump-supporting journalist says –

Behind the scenes is China’s reluctance to forgive debt…

In the past under such circumstances, big government lenders such as the U.S., Japan and France would work out deals to forgive some debt, with each lender disclosing clearly what they were owed and on what terms so no one would feel cheated. But China didn’t play by those rules.

The actual facts –

• China, the largest government creditor to emerging economies, said it will forgive 23 interest-free loans to 17 African countries and redirect $10 billion of its International Monetary Fund reserves to nations on the continent.

• New sovereign debt negotiations and zero-interest loan write-offs involving Chinese creditors totalled $19 billion in 2021, the report said, although that dropped to $9 billion in 2022 and to $1.7 billion in 2023 through April, a total drop of over 90%.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TAZARA_Railway

https://theintercept.com/2015/04/27/encrypting-laptop-like-mean/

so are my morals

Of all the things to turn into a nation-v-nation contest, saving our shared atmosphere is the silliest.

Why?

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Telegram doesn’t have much afaik

‘Social media’ as a concept is a USA invention. Facebook pioneered getting people addicted to social media and using that addiction to harvest their data.

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Everybody and everything has Russian ties of some sort, tis a big country.

Ok, your BBC link has persuaded me to do a 180° on my opinion

A critical mass is needed for major political changes.

For a referendum that’s 50%+1, but for organic political changes I’ve seen, like when my country legalised abortion or gay marriage or stopped The Troubles, you need a broad consensus.

It’s hard to quantify a broad consensus, but it’s certainly not 2 opponents to each proponent.

One third is a small minority as political support goes.

and fell 19% when Salah started playing for Liverpool

Electoralism works?

Imagine letting yourself get emotional about ghe “asshole community” of a “tiling compositor”.

Anything can get to you if that can.

Can we see the original ad? Is it photo or video?