Hello, companero, sorry to break your leftist bubble, but Allende was far worse than Pinochet, the both were surpassed by Peron, and Castro (not exactly South America, as you wisely restricted your criteria, but Latin America) and Chavez surpass them all.
This is truly the crux of the issue from the perspective of Ukraine, since now they see a lack of nuclear deterrent made them unable to resist Russia.
In all such cases the discussion is opened by someone of a second rank, acting as a battering ram. Once the discussion is open and the shock is gone, the leaders can step in. For example in the USA during the presidential campaigns the VP candidates are the ones doing the aggressive talks, allowing the POTUS candidates to look, well, "presidential".
any international goodwill Russia might have obtained by taking in Snowden
I'm not aware of any mainstream, non-fringe government expressing goodwill towards Russia about taking in Snowden. Please feel free to prove me wrong, I'm not trolling.
And yes, that is gross misconduct against Dutch law.
Just because Snowden alleges anything doesn't necessarily mean that thing is true. Snowden must provide enough proof (be it direct or indirect) for his claims to be actually taken seriously.
Therefore, by logic, the OP should have actually commented "what WOULD BE gross misconduct against Dutch law".
"After the revolution when Iran stopped being Persia they quickly went back to a 2nd world country."
Actually the classification of 1st / 2nd / 3rd world is not about economic development level, but about allegiance to the Western block (1st world), Soviet block (2nd world) or neither (aka "non-aligned").
Hitler applied National-Socialims. Stalin and Mao applied Communism. Stop bullshiting us about the Commune of Paris and (LOL!) the Anarchists in Spain. Really, doens't strike you as strange the idea that the Anarchists of Spain would apply Communism instead of Anarchisms?
This world that we live in today, where "paid reviews", "forum astroturfing", "blog spamming" and "rabid fanboyism" are been actively encouraged and sponsored by for profit corporations such as Microsoft, Adobe, Apple Inc., - mainly from the Western democracies - any effort in linking Russia to similar "illegal" and/or "unethical" activities is futile
if you can't distinguish between private businesses and a government intelligence agency then, my friend, you're a moron.
Condemning Communism because of the actions of Stalin or Mao is simply ignorant.
My dear, you are an ignorant cretin when saying these cretinous words. Both Stain and Mao *applied* the Communist doctrine and in doing so they sent tens of millions to their graves. The actions of Stalin and Mao were undoubtedly a direct consequence of their Communist policies.
When you're too brainwashed to accept facts, please stop commenting on them on the Internet, you're wasting precious bandwidth.
During the last 2 months I just watched in disbelief how my country's stability spiraled out of control
Romania today is just as stable as 2 months ago or 2 years ago. Sorry to pop your drama bubble, but there is no such spiral in Romania.
For very very strong political reasons, he's been placed in charge of our government.
That's how real democracies work: prime ministers get office only for political reasons. The stronger the reasons, the better. And yes, you seem unaware of basic rules of functional, Western-style democracy.
Everything he ever did in his life he owes to his masters (including his wife. no kidding.)
Chauvinist much?
The bottom line is that the tension is very high with a very elaborate, political and special interests groups led, conspiracy to capture the justice system being in danger because this guy plagiarized his doctoral thesis. This really matters to me because I'll have to move out of the country if those groups succeed.
Such paranoid statement is beyond ridiculous. Yeah, the Romanian nerd will have to emigrate if some despicable new politician conspiracy to cover-up his plagiarized PhD thesis will end up in capturing the entire justice system.
My advice is to stop playing drama queen on Slashdot and start realizing it's all a storm within a tea cup, affecting a few politicians in a small democracy already part of the EU.
Actually Hamburg is a so-called "free city" inside Germany (i.e., is not part of any state / land) due to its history as a free city since 1189. While technically it is a self-governing entity at the level of state, its name and real status is that of a "free and Hanseatic city".
Funny, in my eyes the "Orwellian behaviour" comes from the unions, which in Germany have representatives in the board of directors, free real-estate inside the company premises, and the power of the government behind their neverending march on terrorizing their own employer.
ICANN does not assign domain names but TLDs. The.kz TLD was assigned to some government body in Kazakhstan and Google paid that body (not ICANN) to get their google.kz domain.
Moreover, paying for that google.kz doesn't mean it is owned by Google, only merely assigned. I am quite sure the national registrar retains full rights over the domain itself (just like the government still owns the passport, while you and me are only passport "holders").
Basically the Kazakhstan government can do whatever they want about.kz domains and Google decided not to comply (assuming the consequences, obviously).
I'm all for eco-everything, nature protection, responsible development. But the idea of the national (or, in the case of the EU, supra-national) government brutally interfering in the affairs of local administration is just horrible. Totalitarian to the bone.
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Hello, companero, sorry to break your leftist bubble, but Allende was far worse than Pinochet, the both were surpassed by Peron, and Castro (not exactly South America, as you wisely restricted your criteria, but Latin America) and Chavez surpass them all.
just one MP talking out of stress
This is truly the crux of the issue from the perspective of Ukraine, since now they see a lack of nuclear deterrent made them unable to resist Russia.
In all such cases the discussion is opened by someone of a second rank, acting as a battering ram. Once the discussion is open and the shock is gone, the leaders can step in. For example in the USA during the presidential campaigns the VP candidates are the ones doing the aggressive talks, allowing the POTUS candidates to look, well, "presidential".
any international goodwill Russia might have obtained by taking in Snowden
I'm not aware of any mainstream, non-fringe government expressing goodwill towards Russia about taking in Snowden. Please feel free to prove me wrong, I'm not trolling.
And yes, that is gross misconduct against Dutch law.
Just because Snowden alleges anything doesn't necessarily mean that thing is true. Snowden must provide enough proof (be it direct or indirect) for his claims to be actually taken seriously.
Therefore, by logic, the OP should have actually commented "what WOULD BE gross misconduct against Dutch law".
It wasn't from Russia but from Ukraine. And it wasn't a "used carrier" but an unfinished one.
So basically you can't tell a joke unless it's explained to you, right?
"Actually amazing that you" (i.e., the US) "didn't fuck up after WW2"
Let me guess: you're European but NOT from Eastern Europe. Please wake up. Eastern Europe 1945-1989 was thrown to the red wolves.
The fertilizer explodes if on fire and reaching a specific temperature.
"China is not militaristic and expansionist (in relative terms) despite all the noise"
Yeah, let's just ask India, Vietnam, Taiwan, Japan, Philippines. You should be ashamed of your self-inflicted cretinism.
"After the revolution when Iran stopped being Persia they quickly went back to a 2nd world country."
Actually the classification of 1st / 2nd / 3rd world is not about economic development level, but about allegiance to the Western block (1st world), Soviet block (2nd world) or neither (aka "non-aligned").
@theRealStanLee (nee Stanley Lieber), the Romanian immigrant who created or co-created most of Marvel Comics' memorable heroes.
While Stan Lee has Jewish-Romanian ancestry, he is definitely not an immigrant. He was born in 1922 on American soil, in New York City.
Hitler applied National-Socialims. Stalin and Mao applied Communism. Stop bullshiting us about the Commune of Paris and (LOL!) the Anarchists in Spain. Really, doens't strike you as strange the idea that the Anarchists of Spain would apply Communism instead of Anarchisms?
This world that we live in today, where "paid reviews", "forum astroturfing", "blog spamming" and "rabid fanboyism" are been actively encouraged and sponsored by for profit corporations such as Microsoft, Adobe, Apple Inc., - mainly from the Western democracies - any effort in linking Russia to similar "illegal" and/or "unethical" activities is futile
if you can't distinguish between private businesses and a government intelligence agency then, my friend, you're a moron.
Is that simple.
Condemning Communism because of the actions of Stalin or Mao is simply ignorant.
My dear, you are an ignorant cretin when saying these cretinous words. Both Stain and Mao *applied* the Communist doctrine and in doing so they sent tens of millions to their graves. The actions of Stalin and Mao were undoubtedly a direct consequence of their Communist policies.
When you're too brainwashed to accept facts, please stop commenting on them on the Internet, you're wasting precious bandwidth.
During the last 2 months I just watched in disbelief how my country's stability spiraled out of control
Romania today is just as stable as 2 months ago or 2 years ago. Sorry to pop your drama bubble, but there is no such spiral in Romania.
For very very strong political reasons, he's been placed in charge of our government.
That's how real democracies work: prime ministers get office only for political reasons. The stronger the reasons, the better. And yes, you seem unaware of basic rules of functional, Western-style democracy.
Everything he ever did in his life he owes to his masters (including his wife. no kidding.)
Chauvinist much?
The bottom line is that the tension is very high with a very elaborate, political and special interests groups led, conspiracy to capture the justice system being in danger because this guy plagiarized his doctoral thesis. This really matters to me because I'll have to move out of the country if those groups succeed.
Such paranoid statement is beyond ridiculous. Yeah, the Romanian nerd will have to emigrate if some despicable new politician conspiracy to cover-up his plagiarized PhD thesis will end up in capturing the entire justice system.
My advice is to stop playing drama queen on Slashdot and start realizing it's all a storm within a tea cup, affecting a few politicians in a small democracy already part of the EU.
$DIETY = Deity of $diet
an internal memo of India's Military Intelligence that has been liberated by hackers
Let's set the record straight: that memo was stolen.
Abolish that
(the government)
and all of a sudden there is no longer terrorism
Congratulations - you're officially a moron!
You're a cretin. Stop publicly comment on things you obviously have no grasp of.
"the German state of Hamburg"
Actually Hamburg is a so-called "free city" inside Germany (i.e., is not part of any state / land) due to its history as a free city since 1189. While technically it is a self-governing entity at the level of state, its name and real status is that of a "free and Hanseatic city".
one of the reasons why MySpace had problems was because they went with C# in the first place
Actually MySpace was first programmed in ColdFusion.
Funny, in my eyes the "Orwellian behaviour" comes from the unions, which in Germany have representatives in the board of directors, free real-estate inside the company premises, and the power of the government behind their neverending march on terrorizing their own employer.
ICANN does not assign domain names but TLDs. The .kz TLD was assigned to some government body in Kazakhstan and Google paid that body (not ICANN) to get their google.kz domain.
Moreover, paying for that google.kz doesn't mean it is owned by Google, only merely assigned. I am quite sure the national registrar retains full rights over the domain itself (just like the government still owns the passport, while you and me are only passport "holders").
Basically the Kazakhstan government can do whatever they want about .kz domains and Google decided not to comply (assuming the consequences, obviously).
I'm all for eco-everything, nature protection, responsible development. But the idea of the national (or, in the case of the EU, supra-national) government brutally interfering in the affairs of local administration is just horrible. Totalitarian to the bone.
You are confusing market forces with capitalism. Even tho they are usually going hand in hand, they do not equate each other.