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Yeah ok.

Btw ong get over his butthurt from being called a racist yet?

I'm just amazed being afflicted by the 2nd hand fb smoke from a friend of an expat friend who's a staunch trumpie, commenting on all of this on FB. What about Hunter and Burisma, they're all RINOs,...

^A lot of the richness is affected by the whiteness, sure.

No, we basically are not. If african elephants are on average 200kg heavier than indian ones, does that mean every random african elephant weighs 200kg more? Right? See how stupid your point is?

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I'd assume most people would like to live in a world where color doesn't matter, but we don't live in one. Closing your eyes about it and pretending nothing's wrong isn't changing that.



I'm...

Well I assumed it was fair game, how does it feel? The difference is you've actually hinted on those things in our previous discussions.



So this is your angle? That because we think prople...

Well yes, indeed it was meant to be sarcastic, but that doesn't automatically mean I don't mean anything I say or that you can write a whole paragraph full of words in my mouth. Like I said, yes,...

I think I pretty clearly said it is racist regardless, just that there are maybe bigger fish to fry. #whitelivesmatter



Because those were the two "races" mentioned in the previous comments.

I'm with ong on this one. Calling someone gammon is racist. We should totally give hell to any and all black or asian people calling white people that, after they've enslaved and oppressed white...

Corvids, just like whales/dolphins, great apes, octopuses and some other critters can do stuff that humans learn at age 2-7.

Recommended reading:...

Some info about Nikolai Patrushev, secretary of Russia's Security Council, former KGB and one of the likeliest candidates to replace Putin.
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https://twitter.com/innesmck/status/1067132497266450433

Have to say this is the first time in my lifetime I've really had to think about it. I suppose it's the same as eg. living next to the San Andreas fault, or people living next to an active volcano....

"He shrugged and said ”Iraq, too” under his breath. “Anyway. I’m 75,” the Republican leader added as the crowd erupted in laughter."

I'm liking GWB more and more, especially compared to what...

Well not really, we're likely months away from article 5 guarantees. I'm relieved the application's in, even though I don't see any short-term military threat from Russia. However, this should...

https://twitter.com/timostewart/status/1526831358152155136

A brief history of Finland joining NATO.

https://meduza.io/en/feature/2022/05/03/feeling-around-for-something-human

One of the more difficult reads I've had in a while. A field study in cognitive dissonance, deeply unsettling but...

The pro tip with a treadmill is to park it in front of a tv.

Yeah that's not gonna happen. Not sure what the allowance is nowadays (I served 20 years ago), but I think it's still a daily allowance equal to a pack of cigarettes.



Here it's voluntary for...

Sweden has a decent airforce and navy, enough to make things tough for Russia. They seriously lack troops though after ending mandatory conscription some years ago. Finland still has conscription,...

It'd probably help if people had more (real) options than us v them. I'm sure it's easy to identify with one and consider the other option to be the polar opposite, and never even consider switching...

Well joining, or even just applying to join can be seen as a hostile act by Russia, there's sure to be a lot of pressure put on us during the process. Some think this is unnecessary and "we've been...

Finland and Sweden will certainly look for security guarantees for the application process which probably takes months. Aid and supplies are a given, troops/direct military involvement likely off the...

No official decision by either yet, but I'd say 99% certainty both will apply in May.