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[Tree13]

They believe the expansionism of NATO is driven by the Americans

How ironic. NATO only expands when countries feel threatened enough that they want the security of a mutual defence treaty with several other liberal democracies... Maybe if Russia stopped treating all their neighbours like scum, their neighbours would stop applying to join NATO.

 

[Gwladysstreetlad]

FIFA clowns

Nothing less then I expected from FIFA. A pathetic token gesture that would be laughable if it wasn't so cynical and sickening. They're shameless cowards. Their last world cup was in Russia ffs, and the next world cup is in Qatar. They enjoy licking the balls of evil dictators and blood drenched regimes as they line their own pockets.

 

[ste d' indica]

Anonymous at work...

 

[john jako]

Be funny if they’re getting the server 500 error we all get on match day

 

[Gabagool]

Probably because most people don't really give a toss as long as they are OK and have better things than someone else.

Humans for you.

The scumbags in charge don't even bother to lie to the public any more.

I'm hopeful it's more of a structural issue rather than a moral issue with the British identity. (hopeful, not confident)

I know there are European countries where, in order to be a cabinet member for transport, your higher education must be related to that specialisation, thus offering a degree of competence within the field.

That would prevent the likes of Gove and Shapps being shoehorned into any old role, as a favour for supporting the incumbent leader.

Here in France, most of those who I've met who go to the top grande école, Sciences Po (Paris), all have aspirations for working in government, whereas friends who've gone to Oxbridge or LSE/UCL don't seem to have that same motivation.

Off-topic I know, but here's an interesting piece from Palladium about the need for technocratic competency at the heart of government in order to stave off decline:

De Gaulle’s State of Tomorrow

palladiummag.com

 

[Wizard]

Anonymous at work...

I wonder whether it’s a government as Anonymous usually announce their attacks. Maybe they have and I’ve missed it

 

[LinekersLegs]

 

[Toast]

Be funny if they’re getting the server 500 error we all get on match day

They deffo need to get @micknick involved.
None of this happened when he was on duty.
TX Bill taking care of the late night business as well.

Russians running scared.

 

[Gwladys St. Glory]

 

[Kev The Rat]

This is mental. Russia aren’t going to launch 500 warheads at once and why would the US target China without them escalating the situation?

Oh you mean they’d just launch one as a test to see how it goes?

??

 

[ste d' indica]

I wonder whether it’s a government as Anonymous usually announce their attacks. Maybe they have and I’ve missed it

They've claimed an absolute stack mate:

Anonymous: the hacker collective that has declared cyberwar on Russia

The group has claimed credit for hacking the Russian Ministry of Defence database, and is believed to have hacked multiple state TV channels to show pro-Ukraine content

www.theguardian.com

 

[Tree13]

Oh you mean they’d just launch one as a test to see how it goes?

??

Good Lord, kev. You're praising the idea of a large-scale nuclear strike against America.

What on Earth is wrong with you?

 

[Kev The Rat]

Good Lord, kev. You're praising the idea of a large-scale nuclear strike against America.

What on Earth is wrong with you?

I’m not praising it. I’m just trying to figure out what would happen in the worst case.

I’m terrified tbh

Genuinely scared

 

[john jako]

Oh you mean they’d just launch one as a test to see how it goes?

??

The way things have gone so far the will probably get the coordinates wrong and put warheads on foreheads in the Kremlin

 

[Kev The Rat]

The way things have gone so far the will probably get the coordinates wrong and put warheads on foreheads in the Kremlin

Yeah that sounds likely