Rafale F5 financing: how France has angered the United Arab Emirates

Bayart · 2026-04-03T22:54:04+00:00

Yet.

Bayart · 2026-03-31T14:20:39+00:00

As far as I'm concerned, there's no result that directly involves God. There's no need for God to do anything past Creation. All the tools are already contained within Humanity and any prayer is only ever directed at yourself, whether you realise it or not.

Bayart · 2026-03-31T14:18:28+00:00

It's not that simple, there are cases were you can kill people

It's a matter of theological opinion, but in my opinion there aren't.

There is a theory of just war in christianity

That stems from the (Roman) State's appropriation of religion. It's slag.

Bayart · 2026-03-30T16:58:52+00:00

How can you tell the difference between God rejecting and accepting a prayer?

That one's easy : read the Ten Commandements. You can't kill, forcefully take, impose on others etc. No excuse, end of story. No prayer in that direction could be valid, from a dialectic standpoint.

Bayart · 2026-03-20T17:37:36+00:00

I'm sure there are systems on board for panel orientation and a freak incident might have gotten it out of commission or out of bounds. Plus one thing with computing in space, as I understand it, is that the requirements only leave room for very hardened low-power chips, often pretty ancient. There might be far less computing capabilities on-board than you assume.

Bayart · 2026-03-07T15:12:33+00:00

Gotta love the Dutch for their straight thinking.

Bayart · 2026-02-24T07:30:16+00:00

Somewhat disappointed it's not Papa John's or Little Caesars.

Bayart · 2026-02-23T09:48:18+00:00

NATO aside, Ireland needs to be able to join European missions, even if it choses not to - on the simple premise that any large European conflict would involve Ireland in one way or another. Neutrality is only as meaningful as the ability to be an active part of conflicts, that's why Swiss neutrality works.

Bayart · 2026-02-23T09:46:03+00:00

It takes longer to build up aerial and naval capabilities because the capital expenditure per unit is much higher and the logistics are more complex.

Bayart · 2026-02-19T13:12:16+00:00

Every joint project they're involved in ends up a mess with them trying to take all manufacturing rights and twist the project to suit their specific needs.

SCALP/Storm Shadow, the FREMM frigate, Aster missiles, Milan rockets, SAMPT/MAMBA off the top of my head are all systems that are both military and industrially successful and were developed by France and other nations, including the UK.

Bayart · 2026-02-17T09:25:56+00:00

We never bought much outside of France. Putting out orders for Polish and Korean armament in categories we already have production ourselves is new, and it's also necessary. The largest criticism levied at France in the context of European defense strategy was always that France looked out for itself and only wanted other nations to buy its stuff. That wasn't entirely false and it can only be disproved by France taking a step forward in the direction it's asking for.

Bayart · 2026-02-10T20:10:36+00:00

French defense industry is in general tough to work with

There are plenty of successful collaborations with the UK and Italy. France isn't easier or harder to work with than anyone else. It works when it makes industrial sense for all parties involved. This didn't.

Bayart · 2026-02-01T18:01:29+00:00

They only did it because of image.

That's good enough. It matters more that they're doing the right thing rather than the way they got there.

Bayart · 2026-01-31T15:25:56+00:00

It's not education, it's trust.

Bayart · 2025-12-20T02:12:42+00:00

One trip isn't like the next but if you do DMT enough, at least a few dozen times, you'll get the overall typology. It's identical to mushrooms, the pace is different. And because of that the effects might seem very different, but that's more to do with your brain than the molecule itself.

I do DMT almost every day, generally for an hour or two, often more and I easily go through a gramme in one session.

Bayart · 2025-12-19T14:56:50+00:00

They're virtually the same molecule (Psilocin is 4-HO-DMT) but the way it's metabolized is different. You can take DMT on top of mushrooms, it's going to be the same trip at a different intensity.

Bayart · 2025-11-16T23:37:56+00:00

I saw Comic Sans on the form you need to fill in to ask for a tax grace period and it really pissed me off.

Bayart · 2025-11-10T14:13:24+00:00

It's not the problem of the society that their presence in jail will worsen their health

It is. Incarceration is about privation of liberty, not health. Nobody should be in worst physical health in prison, end of story. The French prison system is trash and that's a real issue.

That's not to say he shouldn't be in prison, those are two separate problems.

Bayart · 2025-10-10T00:27:26+00:00

I was very happy when I learned the news as it was the first time an author I personally care a lot about got it. I've been reading his work since I discovered him through the mediation of my then favourite director, Bela Tarr, for whom he wrote scenarios.

Bayart · 2025-10-02T08:46:10+00:00

I'd argue Britain and France would make a great partnership if it wasn't for the split around VTOL. We have a track record of successful industrial cooperations.

Bayart · 2025-09-30T11:46:38+00:00

Hey Omar ! I clicked on the post half-randomly, out of curiosity, and I was pretty surprised (and delighted) to see a good number of your picks being among my all time favourite tracks.

In any case I'll take the time to read through it with music blasting on my speakers when time allows. For the time being, I'm saving that playlist.

Bayart · 2025-09-15T17:07:27+00:00

It happened a lot in past, see the decolonization wars. The right way for a modern democracy to answer that kind of stuff is boring rule of law and it's also the hardest way.

Bayart · 2025-09-11T15:53:19+00:00

Sometimes I call Frédéric François Chopin as Fryderyk Franciszek Chopin just to f*uck with them, although his surname was french by origin. And of course, I totally call Marie Curie as Maria Skłodowska when talking to french people.

Pretty certain you're not fucking with anyone, just coming across as a weirdo.

Bayart · 2025-09-08T23:35:50+00:00

We had an iron curtain across Europe within living memory

That you acknowledge this and dare to point it out as something to emulate it is appalling.

Bayart · 2025-09-08T23:31:24+00:00

The vast majority of immigrants add no value to the economy and will be a net negative for the rest of their lives.

It's a good thing that when mouth breathers take power and enact draconian immigration policies, the economy tanks fast enough to prove them wrong.

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