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by zx85wes 4y ago
Don't be. I'm sure most people here feel the same.
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by zx85wes 4y ago
But the Swiss could organise a referendum and could've voted it down if they had wanted. (and they can also vote for much more draconian initiatives if they want). Ps : Iceland?
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by zx85wes 4y ago
You are disingenuous. 'Gliding path' is standard practice in the EU.
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by zx85wes 4y ago
That's not happening because MAID is much cheaper. That's the way it is in my part of Europe anyway.
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by zx85wes 4y ago
For many people in the northern EU countries the EU is a religion.
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by zx85wes 4y ago
Please inform the IMF of this decimation. They seem to be unaware. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_past_and_...
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by zx85wes 4y ago
France : "Loi no 2001-1062 du 15 novembre 2001 relative à la sécurité quotidienne, article 30 (Law #2001-1062 of 15 November 2001 on Community Safety) allows a judge or prosecutor to compel any qualified person to decrypt or surrender
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by zx85wes 4y ago
I looked for sources for the last and 'illiberal' quotes. Can you provide them?
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by zx85wes 4y ago
Not fair really to blame Greece. Everyone knew the euro was going to cause huge problems. Romano Prodi (president of the European Commission at the time) : 'I am sure the euro will oblige us to introduce a new set of economic policy in
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by zx85wes 4y ago
I think that's a very conservative estimation.
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by zx85wes 4y ago
Placing him in chokehold and putting a gun to his head is a bit extreme, no? Security people seizing journalists' phones and deleting pictures seems to be pretty much routine. https://twitter.com/sethharpesq/status
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by zx85wes 4y ago
For people who are interested : https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20210930-algeria-moroc...
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by zx85wes 4y ago
Turns out there aren't any requirements in the Netherlands, just 'advice'. Regarding the EU and costs : no-one there cares about cost. They just pass them on to taxpayers.
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by zx85wes 5y ago
Stoltenberg denies there are plans. He doesn't rule out a NFZ. Also, according to a Reuters poll, 74% of Americans supports a NFZ. Time to leave the northern hemisphere.
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by zx85wes 5y ago
Pretty smart ;-) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30426934#30427548
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by zx85wes 5y ago
In a pub with family. Somewhere in southern South-America.
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by zx85wes 5y ago
In the past we took such warnings seriously. I think that was wise.
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Putin puts Russia’s nuclear deterrent forces on alert(apnews.com)
105 points by zx85wes 5y ago|94 comments
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by zx85wes 5y ago
4.5 trillion. Not billion. ;-) Agree with what you're trying to say.
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by zx85wes 5y ago
They'd need a flying DeLorean to make it. It's 3:24PM there now.
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by zx85wes 5y ago
To put this into perspective : 155 billion is almost 4.5% of the German GDP. The US is spending 3.7% this year. The original 55 billion was equal to what Russia was planning to spend this year on its military (at least officially) https:&
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by zx85wes 5y ago
I just read this : https://twitter.com/i/status/1497252061678813187 EXCLUSIVE: I have been given a copy of document issued today by Russian Ministry of Health. It indicates Russia is anticipating a massive medical
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by zx85wes 5y ago
I agree with all of that. And the troop buildup had already happened back then. But the current invasion deeper into Ukraine hadn't.
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by zx85wes 5y ago
You can blame the experts (do google their backgrounds) cited in that article for trying to avoid this war.
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by zx85wes 5y ago
I agree. His regime will be in a corner. What could happen then worries me to no end. We're in uncharted territory. We've never pushed things this far with a nuclear power.
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by zx85wes 5y ago
I think he was hoping to avoid this war. It was an option, obviously, but not a preferred one. https://www-bazonline-ch.translate.goog/abschreckende-kriegs...
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by zx85wes 5y ago
Europe has been looking for alternate suppliers. See https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2022-01-31/u-s-lo... for instance. I think these steps are escalating the crisis.
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by zx85wes 5y ago
During the 2015 crisis only 1.3 million people requested asylum. I think many many more people will come this time. This will lead to severe housing shortages, building activity causing stress, shortage of jobs, etc ,etc.
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by zx85wes 5y ago
We buy oil from Saudi Arabia too.
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Invasion could drive 5M Ukrainians to flee abroad – U.N(reuters.com)
134 points by zx85wes 5y ago|160 comments

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