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Search for lost brother reveals dark secret of Mexico's 'death flights'(theguardian.com)
4 points by aguaviva 2y ago|0 comments
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by aguaviva 2y ago
Medvedev is engaging in a form of Slavic rhetorical satire It could perhaps be construed as (a very juvenile form of) satire -- were it not for the fact that his regime has already conducted assassinations of non-military targets on Europ
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by aguaviva 2y ago
There's no bad intent. I just don't think you're reading the tea leaves right.
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by aguaviva 2y ago
Threat as a verbal construct and threat as a danger are different things. This is just weird, verbal gymnastics. I don't lose any sleep over Putin either. But there's nothing in the least funny about him, or what he says.
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by aguaviva 2y ago
But not "Palestinians deserve to be exterminated". That's just a weird, semantic distortion.
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by aguaviva 2y ago
There is talk about necessary defensive preparations for a larger conflict. The primary goal of which is to deter such a conflict from starting in the first place. But that is not the same as saying that "war is being planned&quot
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by aguaviva 2y ago
The great war between Russia and NATO is being openly planned right now, by both sides. I don't see any basis for this view. There are indications that the two sides may be sleepwalking towards a great conflict. But neither side is
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by aguaviva 2y ago
Safety and profits are related. Except the relationship is not strong enough to compel companies to always do the right thing (or even to do so adequately often). Especially when they perceive that the market will let them get away with
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by aguaviva 2y ago
It's the sound of a regime shitting its pants, basically. Some pertinent recent context: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Igor_Kirillov_(general)#Assass...
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by aguaviva 2y ago
Meanwhile, we have someone of substantially higher rank within the Russian diplomatic corps not merely insulting, but openly threatening to assassinate the entire executive leadership of a foreign newspaper he doesn't like. Except it
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Dmitry Medvedev says editors of the Times are 'legitimate military targets'(theguardian.com)
23 points by aguaviva 2y ago|19 comments
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by aguaviva 2y ago
Like Spanish and Italian are the same thing. Because they're both Latin.
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by aguaviva 2y ago
And basically said that the palestinians deserve to be exterminated By "basically said" you mean that this is your hyperbolic/moralistic interpretation of what he said. But not what he actually said.
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by aguaviva 2y ago
It's not "performative". Everyone recognizes that the EC is broken and harmful. Getting rid of it would be a huge accomplishment.
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by aguaviva 2y ago
Both measures failed to stop the spread of COVID And were never intended to.
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by aguaviva 2y ago
Yup - it's just a dumb epithet, in this context. Which ironically suggests a certain authoritarian/bullying streak on the part of the person employing it.
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by aguaviva 2y ago
"Collaborated" is overdrawn. While a very significant portion actively collaborated, it's more accurate to say that the broader majority simply acquiesced the Occupation. This is not to diminish moral responsibility (which
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by aguaviva 2y ago
Visit Williamsburg in New York or rural Pennsylvania and you’ll find other religions that are painfully incapable of integrating Incapable, no. They simply choose not to integrate. And to not give a fuck about what the dominant culture
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by aguaviva 2y ago
You know why I read the original court documents? I realised I had been lied to before by some media sources (some of those people believe to be credible as well). And that's great. So right now I'll formally backpedal for you:
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by aguaviva 2y ago
For a certain kind of user - we might say it's their signature art form.
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by aguaviva 2y ago
"This rotation is a normal part of diplomatic practice," he said in a statement. And it's just the usual slightly obfuscated language that governments and corporations use in regard to departures of this sort. Everyone at t
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by aguaviva 2y ago
What exact bullshit legislation people have been charged under is something I don't care about. Then that's an irreconcilable difference between us. I happen to think that factual details matter and are very important. Moral n
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by aguaviva 2y ago
That's an interesting question. My sense is that the "hivemind" is, in a symbiotic way, both homegrown and significantly foreign-influnced. More specifically: the core sentiment of the hivemind (basically: anti-war/ant
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by aguaviva 2y ago
Some of it includes opposition against Israel's military campaigns in Palestine. First off, this is in regard to an entirely different piece of legislation (the Terrorism Act of 2000). But more importantly, you are making a very sign
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by aguaviva 2y ago
Still today, many of those countries are defacto western colonies and lack any independence. Can you name even one? The only one to which the phrase "lacks any independence" could meaningfully apply is Puerto Rico. But even tha
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by aguaviva 2y ago
But it is very significant it hasn't involved itself in any armed conflicts in its own hemisphere for more than 30 years. Except for Trump's threats to invade Venezuala and Mexico, that is.
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by aguaviva 2y ago
So you're wildly exaggerating, then. Both by equating the number "imprisoned" (which suggests an actual conviction and jail term) with the number simply "arrested". The distinction is important, because when I did
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by aguaviva 2y ago
Schulz has been hopeless for Ukraine so it shouldn’t sound so tragic. Oberfeldwebel Hans Schultz was known mostly for turning a blind eye to the prisoners' various doings at Stalag 13 (to whom he was known simply as "Schultz&quo
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by aguaviva 2y ago
They're estimates but I've seen some numbers May we ask where?
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by aguaviva 2y ago
This is a safe space, and you can be as stubborn as you want to be. I'm tired of citations as well. I just find that reality is often greatly more nuanced, and contains many more contradictions and exceptions than we might want it to

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