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Re: Si vis pacem, para bellum – politicalbetting.com
Proof that Die Hard is a Christmas Movie
If you watch Die Hard straight after Love Actually, Alan Rickman will be punished for what he did to Emma Thompson.
If you watch Die Hard straight after Love Actually, Alan Rickman will be punished for what he did to Emma Thompson.
eek
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Re: Si vis pacem, para bellum – politicalbetting.com
Brexit supporters keep reinventing the EU in the same way that tech bros keep reinventing public transport.Why can't it be an EU thing? You have more or less described the purpose of the EU.I posted on the old thread by a mistake that maybe Europe needs its own “UN” outwith the EU where it can listen to all European voices but not be a tool of the EU. Europe has huge social capital, soft power, vast financial power and can be a huge military (defensive preferably) power but it has to be outside of the EU.Are there any alternatives to the EU as a bulwark for European interests that you are a fan of?@jorgeliboreiro.bsky.socialNo comments on this post? Don't know if confiscating Russian assets is a game changer, but it'll certainly make the Russians hopping mad. It's been a long time coming, and frankly I didn't think the EU would ever do it. I'm not normally a fan of the EU, but all credit to them if this is enacted.
The European Union has triggered Article 122 to indefinitely immobilise the assets of the Russian Central Bank, worth a whopping €210 billion.
I explain what just happened and why this is such a big deal for Europeans.
https://bsky.app/profile/jorgeliboreiro.bsky.social/post/3m7q6klczks2w
This European UN can speak as a voice to China and the US, shorn of any concept of being a lapdog to the US so can perhaps be taken more at face value by Africa and Asia. We should be leveraging that if you want to deal with Europe (and that is the whole of Europe) you need to listen. But Europe needs to regain its self confidence, three countries effectively ruled most of the world, we aren’t weak, we aren’t stupid, we have power. But again, it can’t be an EU thing.
Re: Si vis pacem, para bellum – politicalbetting.com
In all seriousness the USA can no longer be regarded as a reliable ally. Some will welcome that, we need to stand on our own two feet and all that, but the transition from having alignment on most things to being openly treated like dirt by the White House - happily supported by 45-50% of Americans - is a significant change that won't go away when Trump eventually exits.America was never a "dependable ally". When did it join WW1? WW2? When its trade interests were at risk. The idea of some paternalism by Uncle Sam to help the good people in liberal democracies is so mch BS. They attack to defend the petro-dollar as the world's reserve currency. Otherwise, they sit on their hands. Trump is just an extreme wake-up call to the rest of us.
Re: Si vis pacem, para bellum – politicalbetting.com
Putin would ask him to dial it down a notch.I don't think he's a Russian "asset", but I'm wondering how would his behavior be any different if he was?It’s sweet, here we are again, at that stage of a Trump presidency in which we determine him a Russian spy, and that there’s a video about to be released. Any day now that shows him compromised.The same reason that he wants Hungary, Austria, Italy and Poland to leave, as per the instructions he gave to Trump.I don’t think Putin cared either way. Why would he ?With number one being Putin achieving his dream of Brexit.They need to do one of those Top 40 Brexit Moments nostalgia shows for the 10 year anniversary next summer.Ah, nostalgia. The Rotterdam effect, "Love Europe hate the EU", commissars, diktats, bendy bananas/cucumbers, "we hold all the cards", "the German car manufacturers will come to our aid", "350million: let's give it to the EU", "Bollocks to Brexit - it's not a done deal" by the Pimlico Plumbers, jumpers for goalposts...Remember when they used to call the EU the EUSSR?Brexit supporters keep reinventing the EU in the same way that tech bros keep reinventing public transport.Why can't it be an EU thing? You have more or less described the purpose of the EU.I posted on the old thread by a mistake that maybe Europe needs its own “UN” outwith the EU where it can listen to all European voices but not be a tool of the EU. Europe has huge social capital, soft power, vast financial power and can be a huge military (defensive preferably) power but it has to be outside of the EU.Are there any alternatives to the EU as a bulwark for European interests that you are a fan of?@jorgeliboreiro.bsky.socialNo comments on this post? Don't know if confiscating Russian assets is a game changer, but it'll certainly make the Russians hopping mad. It's been a long time coming, and frankly I didn't think the EU would ever do it. I'm not normally a fan of the EU, but all credit to them if this is enacted.
The European Union has triggered Article 122 to indefinitely immobilise the assets of the Russian Central Bank, worth a whopping €210 billion.
I explain what just happened and why this is such a big deal for Europeans.
https://bsky.app/profile/jorgeliboreiro.bsky.social/post/3m7q6klczks2w
This European UN can speak as a voice to China and the US, shorn of any concept of being a lapdog to the US so can perhaps be taken more at face value by Africa and Asia. We should be leveraging that if you want to deal with Europe (and that is the whole of Europe) you need to listen. But Europe needs to regain its self confidence, three countries effectively ruled most of the world, we aren’t weak, we aren’t stupid, we have power. But again, it can’t be an EU thing.
It weakens the EU and turns us on each other. That has been Putin's prime foreign objective since he took power.
kle4
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Re: Si vis pacem, para bellum – politicalbetting.com
So, in summary, the US wants to hand Ukraine over to Putin, destabilise Europe, and leave NATO, while at home the Trump administration ignore the rule of law and take bribes to hand out pardons to drug traffickers.
But at least they got rid of a woke font, so it’s all been worthwhile!
But at least they got rid of a woke font, so it’s all been worthwhile!
Re: Si vis pacem, para bellum – politicalbetting.com
It’s so tragic seeing the EU and UK supporting Trumps peace plans , all the while knowing he’s on Russia’s side and has no intention of coming to Ukraine’s aid . Any security guarantee from the US is laughable . But we keep seeing this pathetic game being played .
nico67
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Re: Si vis pacem, para bellum – politicalbetting.com
I cannot be arsed with your twatabouttery when it comes to this.How? Suez also had the element of siding with Russia against us, so it can't be that.Yes.When I were a lad, we were told that Russia was our enemy and the USA was our friend. Some of us thought that wasn’t true, but I never thought I’d see the day when they were both our enemies.Is America more of an enemy than it was during the Suez crisis?
Re: Si vis pacem, para bellum – politicalbetting.com
When I were a lad, we were told that Russia was our enemy and the USA was our friend. Some of us thought that wasn’t true, but I never thought I’d see the day when they were both our enemies.
Re: Si vis pacem, para bellum – politicalbetting.com
And our very own Putinist useful idiot leading in the polls. When is this country going to wake up to the fact that we are already at war with Russia?
Re: Si vis pacem, para bellum – politicalbetting.com
The BMA should call off the strike . It’s disgraceful to go out on strike when flu admissions are going through the roof . They’ve also purposely dragged their feet on the new offer from Streeting.They need 4 days to decipher what the doctors have written on the survey.
It does not take 5 days for resident doctors to fill in an online survey .
Northern_Al
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