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#11

Off the Record / Re: Football (Soccer) Thread

Last post by HVC - Today at 03:10:22 PM

The French doc. One of the French players was saying how lovely the city is as the weather is just like Brittany.

Brittany has the shittiest weather in France...

I think he was being sarcastic... or at least i hope


In football news Italies coach and fans are blaming italy sucking on africa.

#12

Off the Record / Re: Football (Soccer) Thread

Last post by Zoupa - Today at 02:58:45 PM

The French doc. One of the French players was saying how lovely the city is as the weather is just like Brittany.

Brittany has the shittiest weather in France...

#13

Off the Record / Re: Israel-Hamas War 2023

Last post by Valmy - Today at 02:43:26 PM

The left often enables the shitty religion though (Brussels is a nice example). And Mormons don't generally commit acts of mass terror a la Bataclan. Nor do the result in Christmas markets having to be secured with all matter of fences and concrete blocks.

Well I cannot speak for Euros but I don't see how we enable it any more than shitty versions of Christianity. Also our Christians are much shittier than yours and our country is just polluted with tons of insane cults of various degrees of dangerousness. All are perfectly enabled under our first amendment.

You want to make your kid basically a slave and a prisoner in your religious cult compound? With some very poorly enforced guidelines you can. Freedom baby.

But in Euro land I don't think you can do that. So I get the dynamics are different.

#14

Off the Record / Re: Israel-Hamas War 2023

Last post by Crazy_Ivan80 - Today at 02:34:45 PM

The left often enables the shitty religion though (Brussels is a nice example). And Mormons don't generally commit acts of mass terror a la Bataclan. Nor do the result in Christmas markets having to be secured with all matter of fences and concrete blocks.

#15

Off the Record / Re: Quo Vadis GOP?

Last post by Valmy - Today at 02:08:08 PM

Speaking of MTG, she just quit Congress after Trump called her a traitor.     I don't understand the world anymore.

She made her millions. She is retiring the day after her pension kicks in.

Don't let the door hit your ass on the way out.

#16

Off the Record / Re: Israel-Hamas War 2023

Last post by Valmy - Today at 01:57:11 PM

The left loves islam, for reasons unknown.

Islam is a shitty religion that preserves ancient perverse values founded by a man who was almost certainly a cult leader. But so is Mormonism and I am against oppressing Mormons also. Doesn't mean I love Mormonism.

#17

Off the Record / Re: Russo-Ukrainian War 2014-2...

Last post by Valmy - Today at 01:52:48 PM

Wasn't that long ago we were talking about finding an exit strategy that Putin can swallow. Now we're talking about how much land to give him. [sigh]

Yeah these are the same reheated russian max demands since 2022. The burgers have given the Ukrainians some kind of deadline to accede to Shitkopfs plan but the Europeans are starting to strangle this brainfart and the russians have not actually formally accepted the plan. Just staggering breakdown of state capacity and general incompetence on part of the Americans.

Not really that staggering. Just normal.

#18

Off the Record / Re: Russo-Ukrainian War 2014-2...

Last post by Valmy - Today at 01:51:15 PM

So apparently the Russian Duma has rejected Trump's farcical peace plan, saying only total victory is acceptable.

Well that doesn't mean anything. What authority does that toothless body have?

[Nicolas Guillou, one of six judges and three prosecutors of the International Criminal Court (ICC), was sanctioned by the USA in August. He described his current situation as a digital time travel back to the 1990s, before the internet age, in a recent interview.]

#19

Off the Record / Re: The EU thread

Last post by Jacob - Today at 01:30:54 PM

Speaking of autonomy:

Nicolas Guillou, one of six judges and three prosecutors of the International Criminal Court (ICC), was sanctioned by the USA in August. He described his current situation as a digital time travel back to the 1990s, before the internet age, in a recent interview.

The reason for the US sanctions are the arrest warrants against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Yoav Gallant. They were indicted for war crimes and crimes against humanity in the context of the destruction of the Gaza Strip. The USA condemned this decision by the court, whereupon the US Treasury Department sanctioned six judges and three prosecutors.
Digitally excluded from almost everything

In Guillou's daily life, this means that he is excluded from digital life and much of what is considered standard today, he told the French newspaper Le Monde. All his accounts with US companies such as Amazon, Airbnb, or PayPal were immediately closed by the providers. Online bookings, such as through Expedia, are immediately canceled, even if they concern hotels in France. Participation in e-commerce is also practically no longer possible for him, as US companies always play a role in one way or another, and they are strictly forbidden to enter into any trade relationship with sanctioned individuals.

He also describes the impact on participating in banking as drastic. Payment systems are blocked for him, as US companies like American Express, Visa, and Mastercard have a virtual monopoly in Europe. He also describes the rest of banking as severely restricted. For example, accounts with non-US banks have also been partially closed. Transactions in US dollars or via dollar conversions are forbidden to him.

https://www.heise.de/en/news/How-a-French-judge-was-digitally-cut-off-by-the-USA-11087561.html

#20

Off the Record / Re: The Off Topic Topic

Last post by Sheilbh - Today at 01:05:20 PM

Yeah although I think it's less common now. But you'll see chaiwala as a common name for an Indian cafe.

Edit: Looked wallahs up on Wiki and really like that satellite dish installers in India and Pakistan are called dishwallahs. Also quite like puncturewallahs for people who deal with punctured tyres.