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Remember that bit where they dedicated a whole scene to one character explaining the concept of progressive income tax and the explanation was completely incorrect
Jack KennedyLove being reminded of West Wing plotlines approx a decade after I first watched them as a teenager. Do you remember that one where the good guys intimidate the National Poet Laureate out of publicly supporting the treaty which bans anti-personnel mines?
Yesterday I went on a 10 minute rant about how much I hate Berlin's iconic "ampelmann" while my partner doubled over with laughter
Sanjay SrivastavaWhat is an extremely nerdy/obscure/specific thing you hate with a white-hot wrath?
Apparently the unacceptable bit is not that 24 people died
Ursula von der LeyenThe images coming from Ceuta are unacceptable. We cannot allow anyone to come to our Union without abiding by our rules. Dangerous crossings must stop immediately. Smuggling networks must be dismantled. And returns must be swift, as our rules allow.
Even if this argument were being made in good faith, which it often isn't, it suffers from the policy having objectively failed The West treating Israel very gently has been the status quo for decades. And Israeli politics and Israel's approach to the Palestinians have only become more radical
flyingrodentFans of the last 25 years of “we can’t ever do or say anything even vaguely meaningful about Israel violently throttling the Palestinians, because that might endanger the Israeli left’s position and prevent a two-state solution” will find eight tons of that in this drivel
The narrative of mainstream German politics this week has been "there has been an attack on our free and open society. We must respond by villifying minority groups and vastly strengthening the security state"
Tagesschau Bot"Präventivhaft für Gefährder zwingend notwendig" #Dobrindt #CSD #Anschlag
This standard of proof is goalpost-moving by the govt. It is not necessary to prove Irish alumina is directly going into war materiel for it to be true that these exports aid Russia's war. Alumina is fungible; if this stuff is used for civilian industry, other alumina can be used to make weapons
Conor GallagherAughinish Alumina will, under a new oversight arrangement, be expected to provide the Government with regular evidence its products are not supplying the Russian military. www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026...
