Europe is still trying to cope with the fact that the US may no longer be the long standing ally it once was.

Before the war, ordinary Russians were slowly getting fed up with Putin. As per the dictator’s playbook, Putin is stoking the base tribalism of the citizens to distract them from his government’s own corruption. The world respects Russia, it’s only that the world doesn’t respect him.

I like how the media is hammering in the identity of the hero not because of “DEI” or “wokeness”, but to counter the obvious bad faith right wing actors that would spread fake news.

So that’s what it is about.

Times New Roman is precisely what Trump admin wants. You know, since the far right has a hard on on the Roman empire.

Every rich twats say this when their firms are fined. Why else would American right want to dismantle the EU? And why else would libertarians want to dismantle governments so that their companies can put saw dust in bread and keep feeding us with chlorinated chicken?

Could be bit of both. Sweden has always been more right wing than their Scandinavian brethren. Their far right was strong during World War 2, and they have a far right in a coalition government at the moment. But on the one hand, Sweden allowed too many immigrants who share the same attitude as their own far right.

Two things can both be true at the same time.

English isn’t my first language, so I get grammatical errors. Now, when I type in my own language, I still get grammatical errors because I’ve been away for so long from my home country. That should assuage any accusations that I’m a bot.

However, someone did mention that I sounded like an anime character before. I think it’s because I made an analysis that sounded too academic, like being dispassionate and analytical. I spent too much time in academia for my own good before. Well, that is better than sounding like middle managers, which people pointed out that AI sounds awfully like one.

The impression I get from Schumer is that he gets someone else to do the dirty work for him.

Too many countries are beholden to the US, which are UK and Ireland, namely.

“But…but… China hasn’t been on a war in 40 years!”

Bring up the border conflicts with India and pissing off Vietnam and Philippines in South China, and threatening to invade Taiwan, and watch tankies give you cricket noises instead.

I am not surprised. Nothing substantial and binding ever came since the Paris Climate agreement in 2015. Because the key word is: non-binding. No one will get punished for not meeting the climate targets. Nicaragua is right not signing it initially because they think the Paris deal did not go far enough. The world wide climate fund went to vanity projects of corrupt politicians and businesses because those projects qualified for “green initiatives”.

Wake me up when carbon emissions actually decreased by 90% and the worst offenders are put in jail.

I agree, but US hardware are still top of the line which are essential for any countries to effectively combat Russian, and potential Chinese, aggression. Even part of the deal of EU and Trump is the former investing in the US military. Many countries also do not have the same military industrial complex that the US have, so many are too reliant for de facto protection. Trump is merely formalising and making money from that unwritten rule.

Quiet quitting is such a bizarre phrase for me as Irish. As long as we do our jobs right, we can do whatever we want. At the end of the day, a job is meant to put food on the table, not be your life. Even some of the worst companies I have worked have a laidback attitude compared to workplaces abroad.

I also invested in TSMC.

ASML is way too expensive for my taste. I’ve been hoping they will do split stock so I could get in.

Nvidia has near monopoly on semiconductors. Even if Nvidia stocks crash, they will recover. I just trimmed my own shares on Nvidia to cushion the blow.

It’s a catch 22 for Putin. If he quits the war now, he will face domestic coup because it showed how weak he is. If he continues the war longer, it will jeopardise the entire future of the Russian country even further.

I, too, am tired of these “any minute now” nonsense about Russia’s potential fall. The problem with people is the craving for instant gratification and results. We’re so pathetic in that regard.

People with longer optics will say that Putinist Russia will fall, but it will be at any time in the coming years. It’s always a slow burn just like US decline since Iraq and Afgan war. Imperialist escapades will always have negative consequences to the imperialist state which reverberate across time. The only winner coming out of both US and Russian declines is China. Maybe India and Brazil will benefit from this as well. Perhaps Europe as well if Europe could decouple from the US in due time.

Mayor Mamdani

Red Apple

They actually have nice ring to it.

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