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Silvanel
Poland4768 Posts
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Dav1oN
Ukraine3164 Posts
On September 20 2019 17:07 iPlaY.NettleS wrote: Somehow i missed this from a couple of weeks back but Erdogan said it's unacceptable that Turkey cannot have nuclear weapons.An insane dictator right on Europes doorstep with nukes is just what we all need. https://www.reuters.com/article/us-turkey-nuclear-erdogan/erdogan-says-its-unacceptable-that-turkey-cant-have-nuclear-weapons-idUSKCN1VP2QN Well, that is a signature move of the worst dictators imo. I wonder if some of them understands how expensive and dangerous this could be, and what the consequences are. On the other hand Australia is far away from dictators. You guys are lucky living on a remote island at this point :D | ||
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Gorsameth
Netherlands22452 Posts
On September 21 2019 05:36 Dav1oN wrote: A nuke is the only way to ensure no direct foreign intervention will happen. Which is why all the dictators that fear being removed want one.Well, that is a signature move of the worst dictators imo. I wonder if some of them understands how expensive and dangerous this could, and what the consequences are. On the other hand Australia is far away from dictators. You guys are lucky living on a remote island at this point :D | ||
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Sent.
Poland9319 Posts
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Big J
Austria16289 Posts
![[image loading]](https://assets.orf.at/mims/2019/40/19/crops/w=800,q=60,r=1.5/315332_body_99019_bildschirmfoto_am_2019-09-29_um_22.17.20.png?s=a3532b7cce87d8401f3ad394f3fa179ac578cecb) The 5 parties making it into parliament and their leader: ÖVP - conservatives, Sebastian Kurz SPÖ - social-democrats, Joy Pamela Rendi-Wagner FPÖ - nationalists, Norbert Hofer GRÜNE - greens, Werner Kogler NEOS - liberals, Beate Meinl-Reisinger FPÖ lost a little more than expected, ÖVP/Greens slightly overperformed, but pretty much the expected results. | ||
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sharkie
Austria18694 Posts
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Big J
Austria16289 Posts
On September 30 2019 05:45 sharkie wrote: Kurz got way more than he wanted: 37%, no more Peter Pilz in the parliament I don't care what he wanted, the polls said 32.2-35.8% and 30.9-37.1 in the last 2 weeks. It seems to be 37.1%. | ||
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Sent.
Poland9319 Posts
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Simberto
Germany11918 Posts
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Big J
Austria16289 Posts
On September 30 2019 06:05 Sent. wrote: I'm honestly surprised FPÖ managed to get that many votes after that Russian scandal. They polled even higher (20%) but were hit with another scandal about their former chairman Strache last week. In general the Ibiza scandal was hardly a motive in this election according to polling. ÖVP gained some voters from the FPÖ, Greens from the SPÖ. Greens/SPÖ are very dissatisfied with the last Kurz government, ÖVP/FPÖ are very satisfied. The ÖVP-FPÖ coalition lost 4% of voters in total, mostly people who used to vote FPÖ but didn't vote at all this time. | ||
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Dav1oN
Ukraine3164 Posts
On September 30 2019 06:17 Simberto wrote: That's the power of creating your own alternative media, and just calling everything that disagrees with you "Lügenpresse", "Lying news" (A nice term from Nazi times, btw). If you get people into that bubble, it is really hard for them to leave again. Which is why authoritarians like doing that so much. I was able to see these "alternative media" show/topics on one of German channel stating about genocide of russian speaking people in eastern Ukraine. Which isn't even close to reality O.o I also member Sarah Wagengkhen (or something like that) spreading the same bshit. We're living in a weird period where people gonna claim anything just to gain a personal profit (influence, financial etc). That is a common problem, the same goes with media in the US, Russia, here in Ukraine to some degree. Opinion manipulation is a very dangerous threat... | ||
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Dangermousecatdog
United Kingdom7084 Posts
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Artisreal
Germany9235 Posts
Rightly so if the guardians reporting about the original content of the complaint is even close to correct. | ||
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Dav1oN
Ukraine3164 Posts
On September 30 2019 22:05 Dangermousecatdog wrote: Makes me glad that people still watch and read the BBC for news in the UK. Though sometimes the impartiality rules seem a bit stringent at times, which lend legitmacy to circumstances that shouldn't have any legitimacy. More recently a complaint was upheld for a journalist implying that Trump said something racist. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-49825570 BBC Nature related channels are incredible, only thanks to Sir David Attenborough, if the rest of BBC channels are half as good as Nature one...that would be great for all viewers | ||
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Vivax
22406 Posts
Rest edited out cause the implications are terrifying and I like to keep my fear to myself. | ||
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Velr
Switzerland10916 Posts
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farvacola
United States18866 Posts
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Sent.
Poland9319 Posts
PiS: 43.6% (239 out of 460 seats) KO: 27.4% (130 out of 460 seats) - everything between center right liberals and greens Lewica: 11.9% (43 out of 460 seats) - the left Konfederacja 6,4% (13 out of 460 seats) - far right German minority - 1 seat | ||
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Silvanel
Poland4768 Posts
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Yurie
12118 Posts
On October 14 2019 04:44 Silvanel wrote: Konfederacja in parliment is a fucking shame. Guess you are lucky that PiS has its own majority. | ||
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