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Off the Record / Re: The Off Topic Topic

Last post by Syt - Today at 01:18:47 AM

 

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Off the Record / Re: The Off Topic Topic

Last post by Josquius - Today at 12:57:32 AM

He was bitten by a seagull so became seagull boy

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Off the Record / Re: Football (Soccer) Thread

Last post by Gups - Today at 12:28:15 AM

Millwall fans are the absolute fucking worst. Whatever you do do not pick Milwall.

This. I hate Palace cos I'm a Charlton fan. I hate Millwall because I'm a human being.

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Gaming HQ / Re: New Paradox Tinto Game? EU...

Last post by The Brain - Today at 12:00:37 AM

Don't write angry.

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Off the Record / Re: [Canada] Canadian Politics...

Last post by Barrister - April 25, 2024, 11:17:29 PM

I don't think Carney would be slam dunk, that's for sure. He'd have an uphill battle for all the reasons you say. He seems the best option for the Liberals right now, but it might take them from a <1% for a Liberal government to a 5% chance.

See, I think for the Liberals the best option would be to quit looking for a savior figure.  Elect Freeland, or whomever, and dedicate yourself to making sure the next Conservative government is a one-and-done.  Promote yourself as being a distinct ideology and distinct party.  Freely acknowledging this is the advice of a Conservative partisan, but advice that is nonetheless genuinely given.

Edit:  Not that  expect the Liberals to actually concede the next election.  In a democratic system they certainly shouldn't!  Just that they should, if Trudeau steps down, keep more of an eye to who can win in 2030, and not as much who can win in 2025, given the long odds they face next year.

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Off the Record / Re: Elon Musk: Always A Douche

Last post by The Minsky Moment - April 25, 2024, 10:47:11 PM

Full self-delusion was reached long ago so something was accomplished.

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Off the Record / Re: Israel-Hamas War 2023

Last post by Razgovory - April 25, 2024, 10:01:25 PM

I don't even know what you are talking about now.

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Off the Record / Re: Football (Soccer) Thread

Last post by Zoupa - April 25, 2024, 09:29:45 PM

Millwall fans are the absolute fucking worst. Whatever you do do not pick Milwall.

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Off the Record / Re: Israel-Hamas War 2023

Last post by grumbler - April 25, 2024, 09:14:52 PM

The Palestinians are the problem.  They were the ones to refuse in 1948.  They were the ones to refuse in 2000.  They were the ones to refuse in 2006.

Why do the Israelis have the right to cease other bits of other people's countries at will?  They don't.  They shouldn't do that.  They wouldn't be able to do that if the Palestinians had accepted the treaty in 2000, but they chose more bloodshed instead.

We are talking about Anti-zionists so we are obviously talking about Muslims.  They are the main constituency here, not you.  You are the fringe.  In the West we have Muslims, left-wing extremists, radical students and a few pearl-clutching affluent labor party members.

The Palestinians didn't "refuse" anything in 1948.  They were the victims of the Arab attack on Israel (and the Israeli counter-attack) as much as anyone.  Israel refused to accept the 1947 borders, the 1967 borders, and the proposed 2000 borders, nor did it even consider entertaining its obligations under international law to allow the return of Palestinian refugees.  The PLO/PA has certainly been more intransigent on average than the Israeli government on average, but Israeli intransigence was critical to several failed peace initiatives.

No argument can be made that everything would be all lovey-dovey if it weren't for the stupid Palestinians.  Israelis themselves are certainly no more united on what a peace should look like than the Palestinians are.

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Gaming HQ / Re: New Paradox Tinto Game? EU...

Last post by Valmy - April 25, 2024, 08:54:25 PM

From the latest post. Maybe "a bit" too granular for a game supposed to span 500 years?

Finest rage paper...resistant to the passage of time. None of your modern wood pulp.

Ok that is kind of an obscure reference