Chill, he’s just being a fun guy!

The thing they’re worried about is the precedent. The logic is that if the EU can legally decide to confiscate your money as a non-EU state, then your money can be used as leverage by the EU. This means that countries will be heavily disincentivized from making large investments in the EU.

I personally think the fear is overblown and it should be clear to the wider international community that this is happening because Russia is a direct military threat to the EU, but let’s not pretend this isn’t a pretty huge precedent they’re setting.

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Definitely a million times more deserving of a spot than Israel.

Even food is problematic as a logistical issue. We have far more than we need to feed everyone, but actually transporting it to where it’s needed when it’s needed is an unsolved problem. Especially through land that’s causing famine: generally war, extreme civil unrest, plague, etc.

Won’t make a meaningful difference anyways. The Russia-Hungary pipes through Ukraine have been closed since Ukraine’s transit contract expired.

bludgeoning an armored foe to death with the pommel

Ah yes, ending them rightly. The practice of unthreading the pommel and throwing it at the enemy! That’s totally what that means.

In a world not run by the rich, for the rich this wouldn’t be an issue. Just tax large corporations over a certain size at a slightly higher rate and redistribute it back down to the poorest, turning it into a loop.

In most EU countries, if there really is a blowup over the budget (much rarer than the US), the old budget remains in place until a new one is negotiated.

Came to the comments to add exactly this. Am I predictable, or is this just the natural reaction to this image?

It is not bipartisan. The countries that take more than they send (primarily Republican states, I’m led to believe) would absolutely refuse.

Just like “pull yourself up by your bootstraps” (a literally impossible task), the original expression was “a few bad apples spoil the bunch”. In other words, rot spreads and all the good apples become bad apples by proximity.

National leader in this context doesn’t mean president. It just means somebody with clout that people listen to, and can focus public attention on specific issues.

Discussion on linked thread please, this is for voting

Discussion on linked thread please, this is for voting.

Yes

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You know what would have helped denuclearization? Giving the Budapest Memorandum teeth. Obama and every subsequent president made some mealy-mouthed “We’ll send a few old guns” to Ukraine, despite the deal being Ukraine gives up their nukes and Russia (lol), the US and UK defend them.

Every other country’s leadership looking at that has reached the obvious conclusion: nothing but nukes that you yourself control will save you against a nuclear power.

I know it’s an autocorrect issue, but “Uber the bus” sounds like the next goal of businesses gutting public infrastructure and replacing it with the gig economy. In other words, very on brand.