SpaceCowboy

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[–] SpaceCowboy@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Adopting the Euro isn't required for being a member of the EU. UK used to be a member of the EU after all, and they never used the Euro.

[–] SpaceCowboy@lemmy.ca 4 points 2 days ago

He did... but just one sentence: "And on AI, we’re co-operating with like-minded democracies to ensure that we won’t ultimately be forced to choose between hegemons and hyperscalers."

And Carney was only invited to be on the board, but it seems we're not going to be paying the billion dollars Trump is demanding. So it doesn't seem likely that's going to happen.

[–] SpaceCowboy@lemmy.ca 3 points 2 days ago (2 children)

I legit think streaming sites have become worse than video rental places.

It seemed like a big advantage that you could have unlimited number movies on a streaming site while a video rental store had limited shelf space. But it turns you you have to scroll through endless pages of crap to try to find something you actually want to watch.

Also the shops would eventually have any movie you want to watch. With streaming sites many things will never appear there because the corporation that owns the movie owns their own streaming site and will keep it exclusive to them. In the past it wasn't a thing where you'd have to keep track of which video rental shop had the rights to rent the movie you want to watch.

There was a time when it was just Netflix and pretty much anything would come on there eventually. That killed video rental. But it's been a long time since you could find everything on one streaming site, and it's gotten to be more expensive and time consuming to find a good movie to watch, so going to a video rental shop might actually make more sense now. But they're all gone now.

Luckily there are websites with dubious legality you can find everything on. I'm willing to pay for a streaming site that's actually convenient, but they don't exist anymore, just like Blockbuster.

[–] SpaceCowboy@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 days ago

Whenever I hear news of China, they built a new electric railway, invented something new, or made massive tech progress.

A lot of things in China fall apart in a few years. You can build things fast when you don't care about people's rights and just force them off whatever land you need, and make people work insane hours. A lot of the amazing things China brags about is a Potemkin village, just made to show the authoritarian leaders they did got the project complete on time and they in turn use it in their propaganda. Authoritarians always love to brag about making the trains run on time, right? The reality is often different from what the media portrays it to be in an authoritarian country.

But still, China is slightly preferable to the US at the moment.

[–] SpaceCowboy@lemmy.ca 4 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Summary of white nationalism: You're special because your race is the best. The reason why things suck for you isn't because you're a loser. It's because the bad races made you feel like you're not special. But they're liars. You don't need to improve yourself, you're special because of your race.

[–] SpaceCowboy@lemmy.ca -1 points 3 days ago

My grandparents killed Nazis and were willing to nuke the Commies if they crossed the line. They had a lot of experience in fighting in urban combat so nobody dared to fuck them over. They were radical centrists were they not? Under radical centrism we achieved the peak of human prosperity.

[–] SpaceCowboy@lemmy.ca 2 points 3 days ago

Eh if you're a peasant and stay at home you might be conscripted to fight for your lord against the people lord the next county over just because they have a disagreement or maybe because they're bored or whatever. Probably gonna die a gruesome death either way. Going on a pilgrimage you at least see some of the world before you meet your gruesome death.

[–] SpaceCowboy@lemmy.ca 1 points 3 days ago

The US always wins the invasion but pretty much always loses the occupation.

Air power isn't how you win, because it's hard to hide a jet fighter. Assault rifles, RPGs, IEDs and a willingness to fight longer than they're willing to is what's needed to win the occupation.

Americans forget that Canadians served in Afghanistan. But I don't. I know someone who diffused IEDs over there, pretty sure he knows how to build them if needed.

[–] SpaceCowboy@lemmy.ca 1 points 3 days ago

That would be a violation of the Ottawa treaty.

And landmines don't actually stop an army, they just slow it down and inhibit maneuver.

The supplementary reserve of 300,000 citizen soldiers that's being planned is a better idea. There would be no stopping a US invasion, but 300,000 resistance fighters ensures the US would lose the occupation, as it usually does.

[–] SpaceCowboy@lemmy.ca 1 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Kinda like thought crime?

[–] SpaceCowboy@lemmy.ca 4 points 3 days ago

Ok now apply the same kind of criticism to the anti-liberal memes you're consuming on the internet. Who do those benefit? Who benefits from dividing people?

Where does this stuff originate from? Some millionaire trust fund baby influencers on youtube or twitch? Why is this Hasan guy on the front page of a website owned by Jeff Bezos?

Keep on repeating the bullshit that Jeff Bezos wants you to about liberals being the real enemy. You're soooo much smarter than everyone else LOL. You're really "fighting the power" when you consume the content the billionaires want you to consume.

[–] SpaceCowboy@lemmy.ca 1 points 3 days ago

It's difficult to know who's a dissident and who's a spy or terrorist.

Iran just threatened to kill the leader of another country. Yeah fuck Trump and all that, but you aren't going to open the doors to anyone from a country that's issuing threats, especially a country that's complicit in a lot of terrorist acts.

Russia is engaged in a sabotage campaign in Europe, so the reasons for blocking Russians from Europe is similar.

 

Of course it's just a cartoon. In reality, Sideshow Bob wouldn't be arrested at the end.

 

Protest swiftly condemned by all levels of government; organizing group denies hospital targeted

Toronto police say they are increasing their presence along hospital row after a pro-Palestinian protest downtown on Monday night, including outside Mount Sinai Hospital.

Toronto Police Service spokesperson Stephanie Sayer told CBC News the increased police presence is to ensure that essential hospital services and emergency routes remain accessible.

"Interfering with the operations of a hospital is not acceptable," Sayer wrote in an email.

Police have not said if the hospital's operations were impacted by the protest. The hospital has not responded to CBC News's request for comment.

"The Toronto Police Service is investigating several incidents that occurred in front of Mount Sinai Hospital and along the demonstration route. As we have said before, officers use their discretion during large crowd demonstrations and even if arrests are not deemed safe to make at the time, investigations will continue and charges can be laid at a later date," Sayer said.

 

GENEVA, Jan 26 (Reuters) - The United Nations agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) said on Friday it had opened an investigation into several employees suspected of involvement in the Oct. 7 attacks in Israel by Hamas and that it had severed ties with those staff members. "The Israeli authorities have provided UNRWA with information about the alleged involvement of several UNRWA employees in the horrific attacks on Israel on October 7," said Philippe Lazzarini, UNRWA Commissioner-General.

"To protect the agency's ability to deliver humanitarian assistance, I have taken the decision to immediately terminate the contracts of these staff members and launch an investigation in order to establish the truth without delay."

Lazzarini did not disclose the number of employees allegedly involved in the attacks, nor the nature of their alleged involvement. He said, however, that "any UNRWA employee who was involved in acts of terror" would be held accountable, including through criminal prosecution.

 

I'm going to the game tomorrow and I want my Jose Bautista bobblehead!

Does anyone know how long before the game you have to be at the Skydome before they run out of bobble heads?

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