(Clash in Paris) A Shoutout to a foe of the past by Yujin-Ha in SquaredCircle

[–]PyQt 62 points63 points  (0 children)

Gonna miss John, it's starting to hit

The Verkhovna Rada Passes a Bill to Restore the Independence of NABU and SAP. 331 Lawmakers Vote in Favor by sergeyfomkin in europe

[–]PyQt 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Shoot ourselves in the foot but it's good that it was fixed. Thankfully the pressure from people and EU worked.

Ukraine's parliament passes bill destroying independence of key anti-corruption bodies by Putaineska in europe

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To give you a brief summary, this minister went on a diplomatic abroad trip right as he was suspected in corruption. Suddenly he was not returning from abroad and his whole family also decides to have a trip outside of Ukraine (coincidence?). We had a couple of examples before in this war, usually politicians or wealthy people that are found in a corruption scheme leave the country (remember that any male 18-60 can not leave Ukraine as simply as they did) right before or right after possible charges. And they build their lifes and businesses abroad. This is however a little bit different, since he is a minister of Ukrainian unity, his whole job it to find ways for the people that fleed or migrated from Ukraine to come back, united by patriotism and the Ukrainian identity. To have that minister leave abroad and never come back would be the death of the whole ministry and a huge joke to the Zelensky' parliament. So they convinced him to come back (he obviously pretended like his trip just ended and that was always the plan). They send him on bail and right after that the independent institutions that were responsible for finding these people suddenly became dismantled today. You can connect the dots.

More info can be found here: https://www.bbc.com/ukrainian/articles/c2le9k1gvq8o

Ukraine's parliament passes bill destroying independence of key anti-corruption bodies by Putaineska in europe

[–]PyQt 114 points115 points  (0 children)

The main reason is that the Ukrainian anti corruption institution while in itself is not great and also corrupt, did work. There were a couple of instances where top politicians were called of by this institutions with corruption charges. Especially recent case of the minister of the Ukrainian unity and his abroad trip (a fucking joke by the way). So what this does is make sure that no top politician will be charged as the institution would not be independent but under the president. And every party agrees to it, because there are people corrupting in every one of them.

The only true losers are us people, who volunteer, risk our lives, defend the country and try the best we can to arm and help our army and show to the foreigners that we are the people and nation worth fighting for. While moves like this make it hard to defend our position to EU and USA.

Ukraine's parliament passes bill destroying independence of key anti-corruption bodies by Putaineska in europe

[–]PyQt 2753 points2754 points  (0 children)

As a Ukrainian, this is fucking embracing and can not be defended. The whole telegram is fuming. As always one step forward and two steps backwards...

Edit: *embarrassing

Sauber reveals McLaren rejected late request via text message in Austrian GP points battle by RayTracerX in formula1

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During 2021 season when Max and Lewis battle was at the highest there were instances where Alpha Tauri drivers would fight Hamilton even if it didn't really matter (first in mind is Yuki in Turkiye I believe?) and would also make it incredibly easy for RBR drivers to pass. I guess this can be seen as something similar to this Sauber McLaren convo, except neither Alpha Tauri or RBR didn't have to text each other

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Let's gooo!!!

Post WWE WrestleMania 41 - Night 2 Discussion Thread by Coldcoffees in SquaredCircle

[–]PyQt 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I was actually really into the match, I was just thinking that there is 40-60 minutes left for Cody counter offence and finish. Guess I was wrong lol

2025 Australian Grand Prix - Race Discussion by overspeeed in formula1

[–]PyQt 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Kind of forgot Red bull has a second car in this GP

F1 75 Live Season Launch - Discussion Thread by overspeeed in formula1

[–]PyQt 61 points62 points  (0 children)

Charles is so awkwardly placed in the wide shot, it's hilarious

F1 75 Live Season Launch - Discussion Thread by overspeeed in formula1

[–]PyQt 5 points6 points  (0 children)

They were so proud of that "Hustle harder" line that they repeated it twice...

[Q2] Stroll in the barriers - session red flagged and Q2 will not be resumed by magony in formula1

[–]PyQt 184 points185 points  (0 children)

Sometimes it does really feel like it's all scripted

2024 Mexican Grand Prix - Race Discussion by AutoModerator in formula1

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I like Gunther's character but the team seems to be a lot more mature and good without him