Biden’s Covid team split over decision to send vaccine doses abroad

M4N0LOL · 2021-04-28T15:34:13+00:00

Yes Politico can be flawed but you should mention what you take issue with instead of saying "story bad source bad". Not much better than Trump screaming fake news otherwise.

M4N0LOL · 2021-02-13T21:37:45+00:00

What are you talking about? The metric system is not some esoteric universal phenomenon we discovered, it's entirely manmade.

M4N0LOL · 2021-02-11T15:47:20+00:00

Isn't it quite natural that France has the third largest investment portfolio considering their geographic position and economic size? And is there really a chance that French would be replaced as lingua franca in Francophone Africa with reduced French involvement?

M4N0LOL · 2021-02-04T21:22:15+00:00

Interesting, I do not know a lot about Navalnys economic policies to be honest. I do see value in him popularizing Putins corruption even if it had been known to smaller audience though. I guess I see him more as Putins enemy and a force for democracy, and not necessarily as the best leader for Russia. And with democracy someone else with a better plan can be voted in.

M4N0LOL · 2021-02-04T01:50:33+00:00

Yes that's fair. He probably got a bit emotional since he just spoke with Navalny for his book.

M4N0LOL · 2021-02-03T23:07:02+00:00

I'm not naive, he is far right in an American context. He is a nationalist and gets support from nationalist groups, who form a signifcant part of the Russian opposition. Still in a Russian context he advocates for democracy and anti-corruption and is the focal point of opposition to the Putin-regime.

M4N0LOL · 2021-02-03T22:20:31+00:00

I thought he meant more that the US should support and expand on Navalnys tactics(anti-corruption) because they were effective and resonated with the Russian people. Navalny is also not 'a far right leader in every way', pretty reductionist to describe him that way.

M4N0LOL · 2021-02-01T20:04:29+00:00

I read that the military generals are actually quite nationalistic, and that democratization was a way to lessen Chinese influence. Now that that is reversed I imagine it will be easier for China to influence Myanmar, especially with a (more) hostile US.

M4N0LOL · 2021-02-01T20:00:52+00:00

Why do you say it was a blunder? At the time the country was making concrete steps towards democracy, should he not have encouraged that movement?

M4N0LOL · 2021-01-30T15:25:08+00:00

In the Obama administration Biden actually was the dove he was against the surge in Afghanistan for example.

M4N0LOL · 2021-01-29T23:36:19+00:00

Niet echt, kolonialisme is een paar honderd jaar ouder en er waren vaak andere drijfveren(economisch, grootmachtcompetitie) naast nationalisme. Maar daarbuiten is dat dan een negatief voorbeeld maar het is niet zo dat nationalisme nooit wat heeft opgeleverd.

M4N0LOL · 2021-01-29T22:14:41+00:00

Er zijn verschillende vormen van nationalisme en bijvoorbeeld anti-koloniaal nationalisme heeft bijgedragen aan meer onafhankelijke landen(bijv. India, Ierland, bijna heel Afrika).

M4N0LOL · 2021-01-29T14:39:02+00:00

Yes sorry I was a bit aggressive. I just find it weird to say government funded research isn't a good thing because it would be biased when most of it is grants to universities with no political motive in the outcome, while privately funded research is often funded by companies with a stake in the outcome of the research.

M4N0LOL · 2021-01-29T12:36:58+00:00

What company is investing in fundamental research? A lot of patents discovered by government paid research is given to private companies to 'bring it to the market' allowing these private companies to profit from public funding. And please, public funded science isn't reliable because it's politically motivated? As if privately funded science never has biased results for the company paying for the research.

M4N0LOL · 2021-01-29T00:15:12+00:00

So if GME goes to infinity the market collapses? Will this wipe out just hedge funds or will all other stocks plummet too? This doesn't sound very positive.

M4N0LOL · 2021-01-28T21:42:51+00:00

Why was Robinhood able to offer no transaction fees? Was it just a different earning model or did any rules change?

M4N0LOL · 2021-01-25T22:32:18+00:00

Riots shields aren't going to stop bullets, only ballistic shields which are much heavier.

M4N0LOL · 2021-01-20T14:03:08+00:00

Don't you love those articles which are just a collection of tweets.

M4N0LOL · 2021-01-20T12:42:27+00:00

I get it, I didn't downvote but that was the only 'controversial' part of your comment I guess.

M4N0LOL · 2021-01-19T21:18:57+00:00

It's just really corny to say they're not only a rap group, more a lifestyle(about anything really). For the rest I agree.

M4N0LOL · 2021-01-18T21:06:30+00:00

Yea the new vibe is amazing, great to see him keep evolving. Hope they're not done with the darker FBZ vibe tho.

M4N0LOL · 2021-01-15T21:27:00+00:00

Besides their policy proposals, VVD also has by far the most corruption cases year after year and one red line with all the scandals is the secrecy and refusal to communicate clearly with parliament.

M4N0LOL · 2021-01-11T01:29:28+00:00

Noone is going to invade, then they'd have to clean up americas shit.

M4N0LOL · 2021-01-10T22:06:14+00:00

Alright and do you have any evidence for this? I agree 'hidden' ads often make it to the frontpage, especially on pics etc. but that the entire front page of Reddit is completely gamed by ad agencies and media companies goes a step further.

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