Campaign is going well when you have to keep insisting you aren't dropping out and are still mentally competent
Very excited to someday have a computer that can do math problems
He should try it again
Not sure I follow the mechanics of the "2nd choice" you described. The dollar-denominated debts in the global south are also tied to US interest rates? So raising the rates means they need to find more dollars for the payments? And the US is supplying these dollars by, I guess buying stuff? Or financially somehow?
Yeah a lot of the other replies are good ideas, but having what we called a "strong chair" is the only systemic way to handle this. And you need to establish this as a norm over time, so the chair has support from the floor if needed.
Feels like another layer of denial
I've seen similar ammo contracts before, with huge headline numbers like "DHS to buy $100B of rifle ammo" or whatever. My understanding is they mean "these terms are locked in for up to X units" and not "we are buying X units". Still interesting that they saw the need to raise the ceiling on this one.
Classic comedy duo on a road trip style movie
Either that or comedians in cars getting MLRS
Yandex sorting by active
not ready to come back to Earth
Relatable
Spamming the news thread with amber whataboutism etc so people briefly think decades happened today
No, he's still here, just saw some comments this morning
New space race: "Yeah I could have done that too I just didn't want to"
Yeah it's definitely not exclusive to them, but they're the only ones with any offline presence that I see this from locally. And again, not all of them, trots are interesting because they range from totally reasonable to complete cranks. But I guess you could say that of anyone.
I'm actually optimistic now that all sectarian labels are becoming less important even among those that would normally claim them for themselves. Locally I see lots of Trotsky-enjoyers who would have previously claimed the name and are now looking to build something broader than any specific label. Which is more or less where I am politically as well.
A lot of trots have improved, but easily 30% will still argue this.
Bandwagoners might be annoying but they just prove how much we're winning.
He has to know there's no way any of this will happen, but he has to keep making demands so that after the loss he can blame western allies for not helping enough. Washington and Europe will blame the Ukrainians and inferior Slavic ways and etc., this is about establishing a counter-narrative.
Netanyahu’s government has resolved to replace them with other laborers who can be exploited – a massive proposed influx from countries like India and Sri Lanka.
They think they will have people from other places simply volunteering to be paid like Palestinians and also treated like Palestinians? Does not seem like a plan that can work.
Houthi-claimed missile attack on Greek-operated, Barbados-flagged ship kills three sailors off the coast of Yemen.
Sad to see random sailors get killed, but regardless still have to hand it to the Houthis for an extremely successful ongoing campaign. Shipping volumes passing through are down dramatically, and alternate routes are adding a lot of delay and expense. It's costing Egypt a lot of money in lost transit tolls as well. And shipping was in a less-than-ideal state to begin with, due to the Panama canal drought and issues with shipbuilding.
Insurance rates were already keeping most higher value cargo out, it's currently mostly bulk goods, crude oil, and some refined petroleum products still transiting; that's why we never hear about container ships being hit, they were generally the first to leave.
This attack will further increase insurance rates and further increase pressure on the west to "do something" but other than a ceasefire they don't have a lot of good options.
