She did however hire a former top polical figure-turned lawyer for her defence, who proclaimed that there was no fraud, just that the bookkeeping was a bit messy, as is apparently often the case with NGO's. 
SupremeAC said:She did however hire a former top polical figure-turned lawyer for her defence, who proclaimed that there was no fraud, just that the bookkeeping was a bit messy, as is apparently often the case with NGO's.
He's not wrong there. 
Kim Jong-un declared 11 days of moarning to 'celebrate' the 10th anniversary of his father's passing. During these 11 days, it's forbidden to laugh. Which, of course, in and of itself, is hilarious.
: because we can.
I'm not sure what to believe. It felt like there was going to be an invasion any day now. I wonder if Putin backed down or if they media made it out to be more dire than it really was?
The warmongering of the press never fails to impress me.
I saw a headline along the lines of "Putin sends terrifying message to the world that nothing can stop Russia from invading the Ukraine".
Content of the article: US colonel whining that America doesn't have enough troops in Eastern Europe, and this could allow Putin to send this message (which the colonel came up with) to the world lol.
I think an invasion as we've seen in the Krim 8 years ago is possible, but only as a last resort for Russia. Putin has much more to win with guarantee's and being listened to and respected, than in open warfare. He'll keep threatening and might do some small scale interventions, but he'll be cautious to do anything that might trigger large scale military repercusions. He can't afford those. The US's military budget is about 12 times that of Russia. Even the EU's budget eclipses that of Russia by a factor of 5.
I attended a lecture on this exact topic a week or two ago in which a professor who studies international peace framed this whole situation. The main take-away is that the West hasn't been respectful of Russia ever since Putin came to power about 2 decades ago. Putin was originally even interested in joining tha NATO, but -surprise surprise- the US always blocked this untill Putin cooled on the subject and decided that he'd go at it himself. The NATO has been expanding up to and against Russian borders, with military installations positioned much closer to Russia than required to guarantee the safety of NATO lands. This despite promises about not expanding the NATO that were made by prominent leaders when the sovjet union fell. Basically the US has forced the NATO's hand a multitude of times in chosing paths that go against Russian interests.
Maybe public broadcasting television hosts should have more power in our country. Just saying.
There is no way there will be open conflict between Russia and the US, that would end us all. Hopefully it's a bunch of chest pounding that doesn't result in much. Sadly Ukraine will get the brunt of whatever happens.
robio said:That's very interesting. I remember when the Russian/NATO came up back in the mid-90s. I was watching a round table news program (or to be more accurate my dad was and I was sitting in the room). But the the consensus of the room was they should be brought in as a way to help control the growth of China.
Maybe public broadcasting television hosts should have more power in our country. Just saying.
Using Russia to control (suppress) the growth of China in the 90s is actually an even more horrific concept than antagonising Russia. Note the decrease in poverty in China over that period.
So, now that Russia has invaded Ukraine and GG has defeated the old king, thoughts?
I'm not sure how impressive defeating the old king is, but it's certainly been an entertaining journey following his adventure! Thanks, GG.
Foolz said:So, now that Russia has invaded Ukraine and GG has defeated the old king, thoughts?
I'm not sure how impressive defeating the old king is, but it's certainly been an entertaining journey following his adventure! Thanks, GG.
George Bush jr. had a slip of the tongue during a speech and called the invasion of Iraq completely unjustified. He meant to say Ukrain of course.
Comedy gold. You couldn't make this stuff up.
SupremeAC said:George Bush jr. had a slip of the tongue during a speech and called the invasion of Iraq completely unjustified.
Comedy gold. You couldn't make this stuff up.
And now he is the "good one" compared to the last Republican president lol.
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Tell me to get back to rewriting this site so it's not horrible on mobileSupremeAC said:George Bush jr. had a slip of the tongue during a speech and called the invasion of Iraq completely unjustified.
Comedy gold. You couldn't make this stuff up.
He then went on to say, Iraq, too. Apparently he also meant to say Iraq!
In any case, I find it in pretty poor taste that you're allowed to give lectures at the Hague.
Well that's the crazy thing about the rich and the successful these days, she's a total failure! Hell, she didn't even have the capital to lobby for the legalisation of her corruption. What a peasant!