TheMindfulnessShaman

TheMindfulnessShaman t1_jdnpudx wrote

Reply to comment by Puzzleheaded-Force14 in Sweden’s criticism of Hungary’s democratic decline is behind PM Orban’s delay in ratifying the Nordic country’s bid to join NATO, according to a senior Hungarian official by green_flash

Easier said than done.

But post-WWXi, there will be a new alliance of democracies across the world and the states that were not democracies can join what's left of the Xinese and Putinorussiyan indentured states.

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TheMindfulnessShaman t1_jdnpbhy wrote

Reply to comment by [deleted] in Sweden’s criticism of Hungary’s democratic decline is behind PM Orban’s delay in ratifying the Nordic country’s bid to join NATO, according to a senior Hungarian official by green_flash

> and is entirely unaware that the EU has grown tired of his bullshit and is perfectly willing to call his bluff

I have no such faith in the EU.

Seems like a Chinese-designed scam at this point.

"Peace plan, peace plan, let's continue poisoning our citizens and buying Russian and Chinese neurotoxins while we get kickbacks and ritzy real estate."

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TheMindfulnessShaman t1_jdnp308 wrote

Reply to comment by telendria in Sweden’s criticism of Hungary’s democratic decline is behind PM Orban’s delay in ratifying the Nordic country’s bid to join NATO, according to a senior Hungarian official by green_flash

> It's been obvious for months now that the only reason Hungary is stalling is because Turkey doesn't approve yet

Nice deflection.

It's because Erdogan and Orban ride Putin like he's their daddy.

It has nothing to do with anything else.

They are Putin's patsies in NATO.

Simple as that.

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TheMindfulnessShaman t1_jdnomic wrote

Reply to Sweden’s criticism of Hungary’s democratic decline is behind PM Orban’s delay in ratifying the Nordic country’s bid to join NATO, according to a senior Hungarian official by green_flash

IOW:

Orbanary is a snowflake nation.

A fascist state under the guise of a democracy.

If the EU does not take action now, then they lose any credibility they have left.

Don't dangle carrots when you should be using a stick.

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TheMindfulnessShaman t1_ja0iag9 wrote

Reply to Turkish journalists detained over earthquake reports by Sahar1224

Turkey hasn't has had a free press, let alone the ability for anyone to speak freely without repercussions, since Erdogan used "the coup" as an excuse to become Sultan of Turkanistan (which no doubt offends Turkmenistan's dictatorship).

This earthquake will be his "delay elections" card and he will further use it (like he uses the Turkish people and economy) to favor himself and his family's fortunes and further keep Russia's potential victims out of NATO.

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TheMindfulnessShaman t1_j5u4vpo wrote

Reply to comment by sonic_stream in Germany Agrees to Send Leopard 2A6s to Ukraine by For_All_Humanity

> I mean, at least make more effort in respecting Geneva Convention like US, but Russia just blatantly commit war crimes purposely it's disgusting.

It's a Geneva Warcrimes Checklist to the Kremlin.

He literally awarded Russia's Highest Medal to the Bucha regiment right after Ukraine was able to re-secure the area and discover the mass graves and atrocities there.

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TheMindfulnessShaman t1_j5ndrhc wrote

Reply to comment by _CDXX_LXIX in Google to merge mapping service Waze with maps products teams | CNN Business by sovamind

> Unless I’ve been missing a buried menu option for years, Google Maps still doesn’t have > any > speed trap warnings on iOS—and I really prefer how Waze displays speed limit info over how GM does.

Please entrepreneurs of the future, do NOT sell your innovations and ideas out to oligarchs who get rid of a "Do no evil" clause from their mission statement.

In ten years people will be trying to buy PS3s for millions of USD as the Titan-esque MNCs consume, paywall, and cripple all the services, entertainment, and memories that we take for granted now but which are getting backed up to "the cloud" (aka, bye bye).

I mean has Adobe's toolkit been usably performant since going SaaS?

Now add nation-state level cyberattacks and dishonest brokers within and on the BoDs of these companies.

It's a clusterfuck.

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TheMindfulnessShaman t1_izhsni0 wrote

Reply to comment by sLqHA3RbL2MBi in Pro-Russian oligarchs flee to French Riviera: In the wake of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, some pro-Russian Ukrainian oligarchs and politicians made a beeline for southern France. Others tried to smuggle suitcases full of cash across the Hungarian border by DoremusJessup

Good to know.

I always wonder how much we see "said" is actually theater versus substantive action.

Like the "backlog" of tankers at Turkish ports.

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TheMindfulnessShaman t1_izhledd wrote

Reply to Pro-Russian oligarchs flee to French Riviera: In the wake of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, some pro-Russian Ukrainian oligarchs and politicians made a beeline for southern France. Others tried to smuggle suitcases full of cash across the Hungarian border by DoremusJessup

The Gulf States and Turkey (and the Bahamas) are still open for business.

I know the French Riviera is prime real estate, but is it still that "open" to oligarchs?

Genuinely not sure as idk how chummy the French bourgeoisie are with their Russian counterparts.

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