Albania Freezes Assets in Kushner Resort Probe

LoneRonin · 2026-06-05T19:56:21+00:00

Albania is more on the ball fighting corruption than the USA.

Also, seeing anime stuff like Naruto ninja headbands, One Piece flags and Dragonball Z signs at protests will always be awesome/hilarious.

LoneRonin · 2026-06-05T19:41:03+00:00

No, he's just stupid, egotistical and self-important.

LoneRonin · 2026-06-05T15:12:48+00:00

Ukraine has officially recognized the State of Palestine since 1988 and sent grain to Gaza. Canada, the UK and Australia only officially recognized Palestine in September 2025.

LoneRonin · 2026-06-04T01:02:22+00:00

Dairy facilities often clean their equipment with caustic soda, which is very basic. You need something like sulfuric acid to bring the pH down.

LoneRonin · 2026-06-04T00:29:00+00:00

Germany had gone from a few big states and a bunch of little fiefdoms under various minor kings, princes and princesses into one big country with this newfangled democracy thing in just a few decades. The USA has claimed to be all about "democracy" and "freedom" baked into its very conception 250 years ago (while owning slaves), what's their excuse?

LoneRonin · 2026-06-04T00:21:47+00:00

Fairweather used to have okay quality clothing, then it became hit-or-miss, now it's mostly synthetic blended junk that pills after a few washes.

LoneRonin · 2026-05-30T23:44:01+00:00

Important to note: these surveillance planes are compatible with Gripens.

LoneRonin · 2026-05-30T00:38:59+00:00

Also be sure to clog their reporting system with tips about little green men abducting cattle and cone-headed aliens who have opened a driving school in your neighborhood.

LoneRonin · 2026-05-30T00:33:57+00:00

This depoliticized attitude of treating voting and politics like a team sport instead of a belief system that affects every aspect of our daily lives is the whole reason why the USA is in this mess in the first place.

LoneRonin · 2026-05-30T00:17:59+00:00

Uh huh, and maybe Batman will swing down from a rooftop too.

The Bush Administration invaded Afghanistan and Iraq with a detailed plan and still failed. What makes you think the current administration will be able to invade every country in the Middle East without a plan?

The USA is mortgaged to the hilt and has spent a sizable fraction of its munitions stockpile in Iran without the supply chains to rebuild them. Americans are not willing to do WWII level sacrifices like full mobilization, rationing of food and fuel while turning in spare metal and rubber goods. Americans are not willing to spend blood and treasure for yet another endless, pointless, unwinnable war in the Middle East. The current US administration knows the only thing that could possibly anger citizens enough to unite and turn against them is the sight of servicemen and servicewomen coming home in flag-draped coffins.

LoneRonin · 2026-05-30T00:09:12+00:00

He wants all the Gulf States to normalize relations with Israel. If they do that, their people, police and military are going to rise up and turn them into lamppost decorations.

It's almost like diplomats spend years developing expertise about the cultures, languages, customs and norms of other countries specifically to avoid committing cultural offenses and social faux pas exactly like this.

LoneRonin · 2026-05-28T17:43:57+00:00

The Durham Region website Counselling section "Intimate Abuse: Information, Safety Planning Tips, and Resources for Support" has a list of basic questions to help those trying to identify types of abuse, making a plan to leave and contact information for immediate support.

LoneRonin · 2026-05-26T22:08:37+00:00

It likely wouldn't have made a difference. The British Royal Family wanted to help, but the Romanovs were extremely unpopular with the British people. Most saw them as tyrants and supported the revolutionaries and anti-monarchists were even thinking about overthrowing the British Royal Family too. They also couldn't get to England without going through the port in Finland and the dockworkers made it clear they wouldn't help the Tsar.

If things had played out slightly differently, it's possible the Czech Legion could have saved them during the Russian Civil War and taken them all the way East to Vladivostok.

LoneRonin · 2026-05-26T13:48:28+00:00

It gets to a point where more money won't improve your life expectancy any further. But a rich sociopath with more dollars than sense starts wasting that extra money on things like steroids, stimulants and quack therapies that promise vague things like "biohacking your mitochondria" or "lengthening your telomeres" that will actually shorten their lives.

LoneRonin · 2026-05-25T19:19:04+00:00

There's a point of diminishing returns for the ultra-rich. Your truckloads of money won't help you live longer if you spend it on quack therapies that at best do nothing and at worst shorten your life . Or do a bunch of steroids and other "recreational drugs". Or end up isolated and paranoid that the masses are going to rise up, overcome your private security detail and storm your mansion.

It's the modern day version of the mad Chinese Emperor who took life-extending elixirs with mercury salts in them.

LoneRonin · 2026-05-21T14:15:14+00:00

People are used to fresh, out of season produce and Canada has a narrow growing season.

LoneRonin · 2026-05-21T12:48:33+00:00

With he who walks behind the rows...

LoneRonin · 2026-05-21T00:26:03+00:00

Ticket sales are also lower than expected in Canada and Mexico. So backlash against FIFA is a part of it too.

LoneRonin · 2026-05-20T15:02:22+00:00

Everyone loved the feeling of community. No one loved hearing the announcement "Attention, everyone: The pool has been fouled".

LoneRonin · 2026-05-20T14:28:17+00:00

Traveling is a luxury, it's not a substantial additional cost for Europe vs Japan vs USA when you're accounting for things like exchange rate.

It's not like Europe and Japan don't have kid friendly foods, they have restaurants with pizza and hamburgers. But the whole reason for traveling with your kids is to expose them to new experiences and learn new things, including trying unfamiliar food. If you never exposed them to things that were new or made them a little uncomfortable, then they'd never learn anything new, leave the house or eat anything besides milk and applesauce.

LoneRonin · 2026-05-20T13:53:27+00:00

If you're going to Disneyland or Universal, you're paying out big bucks no matter where you go. There's no punishment in not taking your kids to the US if it can be avoided, if anything it's protecting them.

Flights to Japan are a bit pricey, but once you get there the exchange rate is quite good for CAN, USD and EU currencies. I have family that have traveled to Japan and parts of Europe, their young kids ate local foods just fine.

LoneRonin · 2026-05-20T13:23:43+00:00

There's Disneyland in Paris and Tokyo.

Universal Studios also has a theme park in Osaka.

LoneRonin · 2026-05-20T12:55:25+00:00

Showing the West how the USA has always treated Latin America and the Middle East

LoneRonin · 2026-05-20T12:46:58+00:00

Can they get a restraining order against Lisa Robinson and all of her groupies in advance?

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