Ok.

At least no one around me were actually hoping for Wagner to take out Putin. If Wagner were strong enough to pop Putin, who would take the power then? Prigozhin? Someone Prigozhin selected?

The only outcome of Wagner getting rid of Putin would be someone as “nice” as Putin ending up ruling Russia.

We would just end up with essentially the same problem but now with additional instability in a state with nuclear weapons.

But there’s probably not a correct view on what people rooted for. I based my view on my experience from the people I surrounded myself with at the time.

Either way, hoping for that anything Wagner does ending up good is naive. The only good thing Wagner has done was the Battle of Khasham.

Still didn’t make them heroes in any way. They have a dirty smelly track record that will always stain them.

Wagner didn’t march towards Moscow to give back the power to the Russian people.

I’m curious. When did you root for Wagner?

Google has worked hard to break up Microsoft’s monopoly and Windows-Office lock in effect. The way Google designed Android and the eco system around it pushed out the model where you fully own your device. (“own” as in be in full control of what you bought).

Nowadays people are used to get things for the price of their personal data and/or spending half of the time using their device by watching ads.

As I see it, Microsoft has just adjusted their offering on the consumer market to what people are used to today.

Pfffft … Russia putting Franken Tanks on the battlefield is because the Russian economy is booming, not because Ukraine pops T-90s like bubble wrap.

Leonid Slutsky, a senior lawmaker, claimed that the attacks had “the aim of sowing panic and dividing the people of Russia” and that “the blood of the victims” was also on the hands of the United States.

Of course it’s United States that is to blame.

Holy crap, not even ChatGPT would be able to make this shit up.

Russia said…zzzzzzzZZZZZZZZ

Then we’re two crazies now.

The ties between Hamas and Iran are well documented. The ties between Russia and Iran are well documented.

In my opinion the likelihood of this happening on that exact date by accident is next to none.

It’s impossible! Because that would mean that Hamas is hiding among civilians, effectively using them civilians as shields…

It sounds like you’re an American citizen. As such you’re really not very relevant in the European election…

“Russia” and “human rights”.

Yup. /r/Datahoarder guided me right. Got two of the recommended model of MyBook and shucked them. This was 2-3 years ago. Disks are still going strong in my NAS.

A review commissioned by the UN said Israel had not provided evidence to back up the claim, but it found that Unrwa should improve its neutrality, staff vetting and transparency.

The only way you can improve your neutrality is if you weren’t fully neutral in the first place.

Anyone able to provide a link to the original review. Curious about on what level the UN Commission concluded UNRWA not being fully neutral, had flaws in staff vetting and not being fully transparent.

Or they crashed and everyone died.

Today is a slightly better day for the people of Iran. Especially for the women of Iran.

South Africa is going to speak out about war crimes any day now…

They know that the helicopter landed hard but doesn’t know anything about the status of the president hours after the incident?

Sounds like they saw the decent on the radar and still haven’t been able to get in touch with the crew… which indicates that it might have been more than just a hard landing.

On the other hand… Crashing is a very hard landing…

Don’t give up. It might sound like a cliché: This not something that is won overnight.

It’s either that or revolution…

Everything starts with you engaging in local politics.

You get the politicians your deserve.

If you don’t engage in the local part of the political party that is closest to your views, then someone else will. That “someone else” might not have the same good intentions like you do.

The politicians elected in the lower parts of the political pyramid are the ones that will eventually rise to the next level.

So the corrupt ones in the top could have had a much harder journey if people stop focusing on the top and change focus to their own surroundings.

No. Not “in that case”.

Fact: Hamas commits and have committed acts of terrorism and therefore Hamas is a terrorist organisation. It doesn’t matter what other countries have committed terrorist acts now or 100 years ago. There is no connection or dependencies.

Hamas is a terrorist organisation because of them committing acts of terrorism. End of story.

When BBC is asked to call Belgium a terrorist start you’re free to discuss that there. In that thread I will happily claim that Hamas is innocent to whatever Leo did in Africa.