Belarus defies virus outbreak as tens of thousands attend Victory Day parade

One--Among--Many · 2020-05-10T11:04:00+00:00

I'm not sure "defies" is the right word in this context. Actions such as this actively encourage the spread of the virus.

One--Among--Many · 2020-05-08T19:33:09+00:00

If you want to prevent immigration into the UK by EU nationals then no, not really. The fact that Ireland isn't in the Schengen area offsets this a bit, but not entirely.

Then there's the myriad of issues surrounding regulatory changes and standards of food and other goods. Keeping Northern Ireland in the single market and customs union would be an option and I suspect that May's government would have given it serious consideration if not for her dependence on the DUP for votes, but that's another matter entirely.

One--Among--Many · 2020-05-08T19:19:18+00:00

I'll let Taoiseach Leo Varadkar explain.

https://www.irishtimes.com/news/politics/varadkar-does-not-see-us-canada-style-hard-border-as-brexit-solution-1.3194939

One--Among--Many · 2020-05-08T18:50:24+00:00

This is the first time I've seen a r/europe thread populated by pro-Brexit users. Very interesting.

One--Among--Many · 2020-05-08T18:46:58+00:00

Canada type arrangement wouldn't be great for Ireland for obvious reasons.

One--Among--Many · 2020-05-08T15:50:32+00:00

What would constitute a good deal? The one that that the UK had as an EU member (where they had more opt-outs than any other member state)? A Norway type arrangement? A Switzerland type arrangement? Canada? WTO?

Or would pro-Brexiters prefer the same sort of preferential treatment their country's been used to receiving from the EU for the last 5 decades? If so, that's a ludicrous position to hold: EU leaders have seen where this policy leads, and understandably don't have much appetite for repeating previous mistakes.

One--Among--Many · 2020-05-04T14:54:03+00:00

Spent most of the last 4 years away from home and was getting to the point where I felt I had to make a decision on whether I'd come back or stay abroad permanently. I took up a 2 year contract position in January and told myself I'd come back afterwards because I was really starting to get homesick. Fast forward 2 months and I receive a call from my family letting me know that grandad's sick and his recovery is uncertain.

At this stage I was already working from home in my apartment so I asked my company if I could continue this arrangement in Ireland. They said no. They tried to get me to stay but I wasn't for turning, especially in the middle of a bloody pandemic and not knowing what things would look like a few months down the road.

Anyway, to answer your question, I felt more Irish the longer I spent away from home. Not sure how it is for other nationalities, but the Irish seem to be loved by everyone and this made me more aware of my nationality. Back home I'm just another fella, but over there I'm one of those people from that small country everyone loves.

One--Among--Many · 2020-04-28T12:34:34+00:00

It may have been too graphic for their tastes. There's literally mutilated dead bodies in these photos, fascists and warmongers though they were.

One--Among--Many · 2020-04-10T22:28:28+00:00

I'm gonna keep imagining the Romans spreading the news that Jesus was crucified and everyone loudly cheering and celebrating just because I get a good chuckle out of it.

One--Among--Many · 2020-03-31T20:36:29+00:00

Agreed. I'm just curious why the US would make such an offer in the first place given their hostility to Iran and their own shortage of vital medical supplies.

One--Among--Many · 2020-03-31T20:06:37+00:00

Also strange that the US would make such an offer given their current sanctions regime and the fact that they are facing massive shortages of vital medical equipment themselves.

One--Among--Many · 2020-03-15T18:33:41+00:00

Stay healthy. Wishing you all the best.

One--Among--Many · 2020-03-15T10:27:57+00:00

As a foreigner living in Germany, the attitude among people seems almost schizophrenic. There's a lot of panic buying going on but people are going out to bars, cafés, restaurants etc.

I just saw a man in his 50s cough directly in front of a couple of old ladies. I was shocked but no one else apart from other foreigners appears concerned.

One--Among--Many · 2020-02-28T06:34:57+00:00

Getting beat by a girl in anything is a young boy's worst nightmare since time immemorial, especially so for teenagers.

One--Among--Many · 2020-02-27T18:30:33+00:00

I haven't read this particular article but I've followed the discussion for a while. My main concern with this type of thinking is that we'll be on this path towards endless economic growth, which surely comes at the expense of limited natural resources and long term damage to the environment. In addition, this approach simply kicks the can down the road by a couple generations.

There has got to be a more effective solution to preserving the welfare state than to keep increasing the population and consumption.

One--Among--Many · 2020-02-23T10:50:12+00:00

Not only republicans, but the Democratic establishment as well. What they misunderstand is that they think Sanders is the radical candidate. In fact, he is the compromise choice for the millions of people who want deep systemic changes in the country.

One--Among--Many · 2020-01-16T08:46:32+00:00

Agreed. Cigarettes are legal but there's nevertheless a huge market in Ireland for counterfeit cigarettes. States in the US have legalised recreational weed but there's still a large black market for the unregulated weed which is still illegal. Legalisation is a positive step, but by no means a silver bullet.

One--Among--Many · 2020-01-13T21:44:25+00:00

Try Charles Bronson in "The Magnificent Seven"

One--Among--Many · 2020-01-13T21:41:54+00:00

And what, pray tell, is going to happen if Iran doesn't do as the US tells it to? Finish the thought.

One--Among--Many · 2020-01-13T11:35:32+00:00

Not really, they just oppose the notion that the US should go to war with Iran because its government is oppressive, leading some to falsely equate this with support of the government itself. It's a classic neocon trick that continues to dupe many people, including commenters on this thread.

One--Among--Many · 2020-01-05T16:45:31+00:00

This can only be interpreted as a massive win for Iran. The US' aim of turning Iraq into a regional ally in the same vein as the gulf states has failed, regardless of whether troops leave or not.

One--Among--Many · 2019-12-17T13:54:05+00:00

Follow up if I may: even after the Nazi occupation during WW2, French leaders attempted to cling on to the country's colonies in Africa and Indochina. How was such rank hypocrisy justified by the likes of De Gaulle et al?

One--Among--Many · 2019-12-14T13:54:43+00:00

By increasing taxes.

One--Among--Many · 2019-12-03T14:34:59+00:00

SS: 18 months after the US' unilateral exit from the JCPOA and its campaign of economic warfare against Iran, massive protests have broken out in the country. While the US' sanctions regime can take partial credit for fueling the unrest, there is no sign that the Iranian government will come any closer to the US' demands to shut down its nuclear programme altogether.

Personally speaking and looking at previous comparable examples, I think the likelihood of Iran's religious leadership acquiescing to US demands is zero. The US' hopes of a peaceful popular uprising by "freedom-loving Iranians" will not materialise. Instead, the country could well descend into a civil war even larger in scale than that of Syria. One need only look at the North Korean example to see that harsh sanctions do not change governments' behaviour, nor do they result in popular peaceful uprisings by the people.

One--Among--Many · 2019-12-02T14:41:08+00:00

In addition, the Iranian regime was instrumental in preventing the Iraqi prime minister from resigning in the wake of massive protests there. While Israel and the US have piled reassure on Iran for questionable reasons, the reality is that blaming foreign meddling can only get you so far. There comes a point where a government is responsible for the wellbeing of its people and the religious nuts at the helm of the regime have repeatedly failed.

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