This is not uplifting news.

It would have been uplifting if he had been hanged while his ill-gotten assets were being redistributed democratically.

was also a lot cheaper

That’s what they told me when I was a kid - and now I live in a country where 20% of the population can’t even afford milk. So I have to ask - cheaper for whom?

been due to plastic subsidies or something equally evil

Don’t know, but it sure did allow the big supermarket chains to monopolize the dairy supply business.

We literally had actual bottle recycling schemes back in the old days when we had people delivering milk and other dairy products.

But that didn’t fit into big corporations “profiteering-at-all-costs” plans, so they started selling the stuff in plastic.

I thought the halo ce was generally very well received.

So was a whole bunch of other FPS tripe that glorified USian militarism.

Yeah, it does. They gave Half-Life’s spot to that crappy game.

It’s nice to see the name Shapiro not linked to something vomit-worthy, for once.

Okay… but was there a way for him to learn how to hunt before he was released?

If not he could be in big trouble.

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You once again are telling me that all Vietnamese people think

Are USians a monolith because most USians can find the US on a map? Are Africans a monolith because most of them know the sky is blue?

Do you think most Vietnamese live in a whole bunch of alternative universes with different basic historical facts?

Is there something wrong with you?

Does being ridiculous come naturally to you?

Or does it only show up when your white liberalism-derived hysteria is threatened by reality?

Here.

Ask Vietnamese people how quickly China can turn on it’s “allies.” I’m sure they will be glad to tell you.

The entirety of Vietnam?

Yes, the entirety of Vietnam - unless you think that there are plenty of Vietnamese who don’t know or don’t believe that Vietnam was invaded by China during the Cold War… twice.

Fine. Don’t ask Jonas Savimbi. Ask the entirety of Vietnam - or do you have a problem verifying the histories of countries, too?

China is already helping Russia.

As I’ve already said… China could help Russia logistically - but this help could disappear in a puff of hot air tomorrow. Again… China has no friends.

Modi just had a big state visit to Russia.

And this doesn’t mean much in any way whatsoever.

I don’t need to ask Jonas Savimbi, I’ve been reading current events.

Actual history will tell you a lot more than warmed-over propaganda.

Good thing Russia isn’t making friends with China and India,

China has no friends - it’s like the US in that regards. And India even struggles to project power within it’s own borders, never mind outside it.

China could help Russia logistically, but Putin (and all of China’s other “allies” - and I use that term lightly) understand fully well that China’s “loyalty” can switch at any time - just ask Jonas Savimbi if you don’t believe me.

Looks like Argentina is doing a Greece…

You don’t need to be some geopolitical genius to know that this assessment is correct - Russia simply doesn’t have the economic and logistical power to engage in a wider European conflict with any prospect of success, and this was perfectly clear even before Russia invaded Ukraine and before everyone lost their minds to Putin-hysteria.

Trust BBC to try and turn Zambia’s attempt at doing universal basic education into an advert for private schools while peddling the same old “but-whose-gonna-pay-for it?!” claptrap.

get away with doing less?

Why is this your problem? It’s not your company and you don’t owe the capitalists who own it the time of day - so why are you making this your problem?

I leave the ocean alone, and the ocean leaves me alone. So far, it’s been a fruitful arrangement.

$237.5 million

That’ll buy you a lot of white phosphorus.