He’s literally investigating Thomas while also trying to pass binding ethics rules on SCOTUS. The article is him saying that Thomas’ sudden late disclosures aren’t going to stop his investigation or attempts to impose ethics requirements.
A dam in the Siberian region of Buryatia, Russia, has collapsed, leading to severe flooding and causing significant damage to a crucial transit railway, according to a local Russian official. The overflowing of the Kholodnaya River has resulted in the disruption of an important transit rail link in the Severo-Baikal district of the eastern Siberian region.
Governor Alexey Tsydenov conveyed this information through a statement on Telegram, emphasizing the potential economic impact of the disaster. The Russian economy, already under pressure due to Western sanctions imposed over the Ukrainian conflict, faces the loss of billions of rubles. The damages include not only the idle cargo but also the expenses related to the restoration of the affected railroad.
The flooded area includes the Baikal-Amur Main Line (BAM), an extensive transit railway spanning approximately 4,300 kilometers (2,700 miles) and recognized as one of the world’s longest railway networks. The BAM runs north of Lake Baikal, passing through Severobaikalsk and terminating at the port city of Sovetskaya Gavan, adjacent to the Pacific Ocean.
A map showing the Severobaikalsk district of Russia’s far east Buryatia region. The Russian economy will lose “billions of rubles” after a destroyed dam in Buryatia caused a river to burst its banks and damage a key transit railway, according to a local Russian official.GOOGLE MAPS
Videos posted on social media platforms by independent Belarusian outlet NEXTA depict the fast-flowing water inundating a damaged section of the bridge and covering the railway tracks. However, the location and timing of the footage have not been independently verified, and it remains unclear which specific dam caused the flooding and when it occurred. Newsweek has reached out to the Russian government for further comments on the matter.
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Governor Tsydenov subsequently declared a state of emergency across Buryatia in response to the aftermath of the dam’s destruction. However, there is no immediate threat to local residents, as the water level is receding, and authorities are working to restore the travel routes.
Russian Railways, the state-owned railway company, is actively engaged in efforts to restore the damaged section of the BAM railway track on the Kholodnaya River, as stated by Governor Tsydenov in a separate post.
Earlier this month, heavy rains in Russia’s Primorsky region led to river flooding, affecting various areas in the country’s far east, including the cities of Ussuriysk and Spassk-Dalny. The floods in Ussuriysk were reported as the most extensive and destructive in the past decade, according to Russian state news agency Tass.
It’s all about nuclear power. All nations in the Security Council have the power to end civilization with nuclear weapons. That’s what this war is about as well, Russia is just showing it can do as it pleases. There can be no democracy with such disparity of bellic power, that’s the reason that institution exists and it’s foolish to assume Russia could be expelled.
Nuclear power is unrelated to the security Council permanent members. They were simply the world powers that won WWII. At the time, many of them didn’t have nukes yet.
You have a point. India and Pakistan are out of the Security Council because they are underdeveloped and are busy having their nuclear missiles aimed at each other. North Korea has at most only a couple of ICBMs and is unable to destroy our entire civilization, even though it can create a lot of destruction with those. That is the most troublesome of nations for the UN, because they don’t give a fuck about rules and are slowly increasing their bellic power, thus all the fuss about them improving their nuclear program with the help of Russia. Geopolitics is fun.
The general idea was the same though. An international organization is useless unless all the great powers are voluntary participants. But the great powers won’t participate in a organization that works against their interests. Therefore, the organization needs to kowtow to the interests of all the great powers.
The only thing about that that’s changed from 1945 to 2023 is the criteria for being a “great power”. Then, it meant being a winner of WW2. Now, it means having a large nuclear arsenal. The fact that there’s a very strong correlation there is of course not a coincidence.
The only thing about that that’s changed from 1945 to 2023 is the criteria for being a “great power”. Then, it meant being a winner of WW2. Now, it means having a large nuclear arsenal.
No, the criteria didn’t change, it’s still the original set of countries with the permanent seat and veto power. It’s also unlikely to change.
Exactly, vetoes are from countries that have won wwii. Other countries cannot build nuclear weapons ( and if they do so they are defined rogue states )
He’s just a troll bashing out in all directions. Mildly interesting a month ago he posted ‘how do I get followers?’. I will assume he is still wondering why no one follows with his clever comments.
No I am not and both sides take large sums of money from large corporations. So am not wrong. I am 100% a Bernie Sanders Democrat so definitely not no Republican.
Yall want to vote blue no matter who and think the Democrats will save you go ahead. My eyes are open and until we get rank choice voting so we can have more than one conservative party this shit going just get worse.
Biden isn’t a leftist. He fit right in with the Republicans of Regans era.
What would you like democrats to do? I’m asking honestly. They have a minority in the house and the slimmest of slim majorities in the Senate. I agree they won’t do anything, because politically they cannot. Your remarks come off as if they are too pussy to do anything, and that’s not the case in my opinion.
So guess they should just sit on their hands that apparently ok to you. Republicans have fucking minority and they still get shit done. That a cop out and you know it.
Bring shit to vote weather it fails our not get out and campaign and pump up progressive politicians. For fuck sakes Democrats have backed Republicans in elections if it crushed a progressive.
So don’t tell me they aren’t responsible for the mess we are in and then try gaslight me into thinking there no solutions.
If they hadn’t cheated out Bernie Sanders twice maybe we be better off who knows. But they would rather fascism rain then do anything to help the poor.
I’m not American so not in the y’all you are referring to. The American political system is broken and I can’t see how it can be repaired. It’s fascinating from the outside and I imagine tragic if you have to live with it. I read through your history and you are a troll whether you realize it or not. If you have something to say and for whatever reason wants followers then clean up your language, have some consistency in you posts and comments and an understandable message. Even better, if your eyes are open present your solutions, right know you just sound as the ‘do your own research’ crowd.
Bernie Sanders isn’t a Democrat, except for a few months every 4 years when he pretends he is and acts confused why the rest of the party doesn’t buy it
Do what? They called him out oh I didn’t know that was fixing the issue/s.
Please until I see them putting forth a bill to vote on (doesn’t matter if all Republicans vote against) long as all Democrats vote to remove him and the rest of courptiion then its all just talk.
They can’t even get a bill like what you are suggesting through Committee let alone to a vote on the floor. I commented earlier to you, but my question is the same. What do you really expect given the current makeup of Congress? About all Democrats can do right now is speak out against it and try to sway public opinion.
So is a few other progressive but the key Democrats that hold real power are right leaning conservative when it comes to the working class and most of Washington is corrupt from large corporations making them wealthy.
The LDS church is a force of evil in the world and $1 million dollars (0.002% of their annual proceeds) is pretty cheap for an ad to control the narrative.
Many religious groups use their charity work to distract from their manipulative, self-serving activities and goals. LDS isn’t even the worst offender, but they’re up there. For my money, the Catholic Church is by far and away the most evil religious organization on the planet that isn’t a straight-up terrorist group. The shit it has done throughout its nearly 2,000-year history and the negative impact it has had on populations around the globe is staggering.
I look forward to a day when major religious groups have no foothold in developed nations due to education and acceptance of secular culture and values, but sadly I don’t think I’ll live to see it.
I don’t know who needs to hear this, but there is a goddamn land war in Europe. Russia is an aggressive asshole and the whole world should be stomping on them until they stop being shitty neighbors. An investment in Ukraine is an investment in world stability and that is fucking priceless in my book.
We have something like 3 and a half THOUSAND Abrams tanks sitting in deep storage at army bases in the desert. This is the only use case for them between now and the heat death of the universe. Let’s get some fucking good out of them and send them to Ukraine.
I don’t care that we have laws about exporting them. Change the fucking laws and give Ukraine what she needs to protect democracy in Europe.
Even if war with China happens, that isn’t going to be a “we need those 3500 Abrams more than we have in active service” war. That’s going to be a “We start pumping out planes and CV(N)s like it’s WW2 again.” war.
Edit: okay, deep fake. That’s bad. The title is the problem for me, then.
Sorry, what’s the actual problem with users creating fantasy porn? How about they ban all traditional drawings apps and photo / video editing apps, then? Those can also produce nudes. Oh, and browsers also. And text editors.
After reading more than just the title, the problem has hit me in the head: these apps can create deepfake porn, which is not that much “fantasy” anymore.
This is a weird pattern because Apple can’t listen to its own power users (of macs). Tim Cook is criticized by them for caring only about money. Yet he still is on the purity train. Yeah, it’s probably all about their stock holders.
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