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The Countries: Forget it, Burkina Faso, Michigan is still the worst.

dxmnkd316 said:
I understand that, and it's a fair point.

But for something the rest of the world saw unfold and think, "holy hell, electing a bad president or prime minister is one thing, but permanently severing yourself from one of the three largest economies of the world is unfathomable" it's hard to wrap my head around it.

I stand by my statement that it's a failure on the part of labour. It's their job. You can do everything in your power sometimes and fail, but it's still a failure.
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I’m not an expert on the UK but I lived there for a few years and paid a lot of attention during brexit campaign.

thry didn’t have a gov official like comey to tip the scales, but the lies that farage and others told were devastating. The nhs bus is the biggest one that came to mind, utterly shameful what they did to a nation who had been losing their pride in the nhs in the decade prior. Even Cameron didn’t want to leave but he’d committed to the election.
the far right was able to exploit all the immigration fears and I don’t think a young Tony Blair could have tipped it.
 
Handyman said:
Sorry that is a copout. They were told and ignored it. That is like blaming Hillary for Independents ignoring her warnings about Trump and staying home.

People have free will...if they are too stupid to see that the Earth is round it isnt an indictment on their Astronomy teacher.
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Handy is... 100% right?!

It is like campaign finance reform. The rich will always cheat, and always bribe. The point of democracy is we do have the power to get rid of our corrupt politicians who take their bribes. What stops us is the stupid and lazy among us, who fall for their lies and propaganda, as transparent at they are.

The solution is education, critical thinking, and taking our civil responsibilities seriously. A Court can declare bribery to be protected speech, but it still would not matter if citizens thought and acted seriously in defense of their rights and interests.

The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars, but in ourselves, that we are underlings.
 
Slovakian PM Robert Fico shot in apparent assassination attempt, and in life-threatening condition.

Fico is a nasty piece of work, a Victor Orban mini-me with all that implies, and I assume this will only make the forces of reaction that much stronger.

Peak American bonus points to all the media outlets mistaking/conflating Slovakia and Slovenia.
 
Kepler said:
Slovakian PM Robert Fico shot in apparent assassination attempt, and in life-threatening condition.

Fico is a nasty piece of work, a Victor Orban mini-me with all that implies, and I assume this will only make the forces of reaction that much stronger.

Peak American bonus points to all the media outlets mistaking/conflating Slovakia and Slovenia.
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False flag!
 
Yeah this isn't good. F this guy and all but nothing positive will come from this. His "side" is already blaming the media and the west.
 
President of Iran Ebrahim Raisi pulls a Kobe.

Raisi was a stooge for the current Supreme Leader. From seeing the weather conditions I don't think it was nefarious, just really bad fog and who knows what level of equipment and pilot proficiency.

There's plenty more where he came from.
 
Rest in Piss.

That he was spoken of as a possible successor to that Supreme Leader makes this interesting. That the current guy's son is also a possible successor makes it even more interesting.
 
Swansong said:
...That the current guy's son is also a possible successor makes it even more interesting.
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CNBC had a talking head on yesterday morning discussing this. Seems the big "selling point" of the Islamic Republic takeover that started in '77 was how they wouldn't "let blood lines determine their leadership." And today, with shaky support, putting the kid in charge would go against everything they fought for. Which, seems pretty on brand for them.

There was some discussion if Ayatollah would become *more* authoritarian, but it seemed as if they were running thin on finances and military members. The talking head made it sound like nothing was imminent, but the Islamic Republic of Iran was on borrowed time of remaining relevant globally.
 
Deutsche Gopher Fan said:
Uk general election 2024!

as rishi speaks outside downing st, someone is blasting “things can only get better” the song labour used in 97
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The Tories are down 20 points to Labour in polling. Could Sunak be actually calculating take your lumps now because it's only going to get worse?

I don't think I would invest in the British economy for the next 45 days.
 
Kepler said:
Could Sunak be actually calculating take your lumps now because it's only going to get worse?
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With Sunak's recent proposal to make all 18 year-olds do "National Service" (either a year in the military, or a year volunteering for NHS) they must know they need to motivate the Olds to vote for them, because very few young adults are going to.
 
Didn't this almost happen a few years ago as well?

But it must be fake...Mexico is near the ocean that is a lot of water!!!1!!1!
 
Losing 40% of the water back into the ground due to aging and leaky infrastructure doesn't help either.
 
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