Basically this. Russia and its ruling party have big problems and so scapegoating a minority group offers a way to misdirect anger that would otherwise be aimed at the government. You may recognise this exact dynamic from your own country’s local right-wing party.

Pro tip: open a checking account with a brokerage, like Charles Schwab or Fidelity. Everything is free with ridiculously generous terms: no fees, free check books, ATM fee refunds, excellent foreign exchange rates on your debit card. They’ll blow any credit union out of the water.

The reason is that these companies make their money on stock accounts (via trading commissions and the like), and view these checking accounts as just a value-add / loss-leader to get you to park your investments with them. And they’re rolling in dough from options trading and shit like that, so the terms on the loss-leaders are really good.

I’ve had a checking account with Schwab for like 20 years, and they’ve never so much as whispered changing this dynamic.

ChatGPT approved the article it itself generated, so we’re all clear!

Seems but a tinkle. Sorry, I mean trickle. Got those confused cuz Farage is such a bellend.

It’s the breadluminati. They are everywhere.

Truss as a telly commentator would be brilliant considering she can barely deliver a normal sentence!

We defederated them a while ago over here. Along with some right wing instances too. The extremists from either side of the political spectrum really spoil the experience.

I think this is a little different as (Greek) Cyprus joined after the island had already been divided, the conflict already frozen. Versus if an EU member is attacked anew, the collective defence article would be triggered. Still, it’s unfortunate that Cyprus still remains divided.

Peter Magyar is an incredible name for a Hungarian politician, it would basically be like having the name John America lol

Wait what? So you can’t ever take a full day or days off?

The problem is that the only way to train an AI model is on real images, so the model can’t exist without crimes and suffering having been committed.

What the fuck

Okay, if it makes you feel better, we can call it premeditated mass-murder instead.

This is good news, but if I understand the article correctly, it sounds like the EU is not actually passing along the seized assets, but the interest generated on it - so e.g. a few billion per year in dividends and whatnot, as opposed to the underlying hundreds of billions they seized from Russia.

Haha fair point. “M&Ms Macaroni? Ain’t he the pursident of England?”

Why would anyone have thought otherwise? What are the odds that a world leader of a global power would meet with a regional official from one of the smallest and least politically relevant states in America?

The timing combined with her weird sociopathic nature make it all but a certainty that her decision to have kids was entirely driven by the possibility of a reduced sentence.

Referring to Apartheid, or what?

Isn’t it obvious, Joe?

“While I condemn Hamas, and supported Israel’s right to defend itself in the aftermath of the attacks, the use of force in reprisal has become excessive - beyond what is justified or acceptable. So effective immediately, I’m halting all arms shipments to Israel, and calling on President Netanyahu to withdraw IDF troops from Gaza and the West Bank.”

Problem solved.

It’s actually Argentina and Chile, which tips that calculus in our favour given they’re friendly western developed nations.

https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/lithium-reserves-by-country