Chariotwheel

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Chariotwheel,

Where can I report this for drug promotion?

Chariotwheel,

I like to mention it often, but in Germany state run water companies run self-sufficient and even make money to invest in keeping the infrastructure alive. In my city we have a water loss of less than 2% due to well maintained pipes. Thames Water is losing like 25%!

I still can't believe how this company got to grift the British people in broad daylight and is now asking for more to grift and government in charge still wants more of this.

Chariotwheel,

So Israel did the same thing as Iran, an attack that signals strength but isn't really a serious attack, but Iran actually ended the current issue here. I wonder if that's a level of finger too, that Israel couldn't stop without having the last word, but Iran actually could.

Both countries don't really want direct war with each other at this point, and Israel specifically has its hands full with Gaza and Hisbollah right now, its allies urging it to tone down the carnage and they have to snarl at an Iran that isn't even willing to fight against the US wishes. I can only take from this that Netanyahu that war will end and he has to take his hat.

Chariotwheel,

Yeah, people have to remember that Iran not only announced a response but actually announced when they launched their drones that would take 9 hours to arrive so Israel has some time to prepare. This was show of force, probably for the domestic audience.

Chariotwheel,

Realistically Iran doesn't want a war right now. I think they're quite okay with not getting a kill. They made their statement without really forcing Israel's hand too much.

Although some warhawks are already masturbating to a fantasy of Israel retaliating.

Thames Water owner seeks more time to pay debts to lenders such as ING, AIB and two Chinese state-controlled banks (www.theguardian.com)

The group of lenders to Kemble Water Finance include ING, Allied Irish Banks (AIB) and the Chinese state-owned Bank of China and Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC), the Financial Times and Sky News reported....

Chariotwheel,

The grift is so unreal.

Hamburg Wasser made a profit of almost 100 million Euro in 2022 and since it's owned by the state of Hamburg it didn't shit that profit out to shareholders, but invested it into the infrastructure.

And the Tories are still reluctant to nationalise this vital service that has nothing to do in the "free" market.

Chariotwheel,

At the very least, I think Eurovision next month will get even more awkward than it was already set out to be.

Chariotwheel,

Good question. Some say boycott the whole show or just Israel's song, I suppose you can boo if you're on location or be loud in the chat on the official livestream, generally use the buzz on social media. Generally, they will be aware that people will want to register their disgust and will probably prepare themselves for that.

I'd say generally, participate normally in Eurovision discussion and then make noise or boycott when it's Israel's turn. The media that love to report on the event, as it has a reach bigger than the Superbowl, will pick it up when it's enough noise.

Also watch out if some of the artists will say or do something. Iceland is always very itchy and gives no fucks.

Chariotwheel,

I mean, yeah. Most people don't even come close to that when adding up everything they earn in a lifetime. So to get a billion before 30, where more than half of your life was in school and growing up. Not much to generate wealth for investments. Building companies takes time and money too and you're not going to be a billionaire from working enough regular jobs.

IDF sources: Gaza aid workers killed because 'officers on the ground do what they want' (www.haaretz.com)

The IDF and defense ministry claimed that the aid workers’ killing resulted from poor coordination. Israeli army sources later refuted their claims, saying the incident has ‘no connection to coordination’ and was caused by the fact that ‘every commander sets the rules for himself’...

Chariotwheel,

I mean, genocide is not a single event. Even a massacre is not necessarily genocide by itself. It's a systemic, large scale process. If we're going to the scale of genocide, it won't be about one or two events, but a multitude of events at which point it's getting hard to put the blame on a rogue person or on accidents.

That aside, it's of course something that the IDF went from "we are a modern, precise army, the best of the crop" to "no, we can't be at fault, we have no control over ourselves, everyone just does what they want".

Chariotwheel,

Yeah, it's nothing like John Wick, unless John Wick just stands for someone shoots guns, which is hardly specific.

I'd say a more proper comparison would be a brighter Gunslinger Girls.

Chariotwheel,

Yeah, Mullvad was searched and they shrugged and said "well, go ahead" and could then proudly publish that the Swedish authorities could take zero info from there: https://mullvad.net/en/blog/update-the-swedish-authorities-answered-our-protocol-request

Chariotwheel,

Heck, if you want, you can pay with hard cash by mailing it with your payment token to their office. It's pretty great when it comes to choice of privacy.

Chariotwheel,

I think, he hasn't parsed yet that trans is not a gender. In the twisted logic of his, a trans man for example is neither a man nor a woman.

Chariotwheel,

Ich empfehle hierzu das fantastische Interview von Channel 4 wo sie sich von dem Israelischen Sprecher nichts geben lassen und auch zwischendurch den Zinger reinhauen "okay, dann lassen Sie uns mal über die anderne 194 toten Helfer sprechen": https://youtu.be/jcU6008E-DU?t=388

Chariotwheel,

Doch, das auch. Und es hat bisher ja auch gut geklappt, sonst würden sich Leute jetzt nicht so wundern. Mit denen sind wir fast an 200 toten Helfern gelandet, Journalisten und Besucher nicht reingezählt.

https://english.elpais.com/international/2024-04-03/israels-offensive-in-gaza-leaves-200-aid-workers-dead-in-six-months.html

Israel war es bisher egal, weil sie immer mit ihren Ausreden durchgekommen sind. Hat man auch hier gemerkt. Erst haben sie was von Hamas IDE gesagt, dann von einem vielleicht Hamas Verdächtigen der vielleicht im Konvoy war (aber halt nicht) und nicht mal jetzt fühlen sie sich als müssten sie sich für irgendwas entschuldigen.

Chariotwheel,

I also liked that it doesn't say that all followers of an ideology are good or bad people. A lot of media that tries to tackle ideologies just make everyone in the general direction of an opposing ideology horrible people. In Disco Elysium is not as black and white. There are good and bad people in every broad ideology. Are you a bad person, just because you believe in capitalism? No. Are you a good person, just because you believe in communism? Also no. Disco Elysium is very nuanced while making it's cases.

Chariotwheel,

He better does after theh nerfed him.

Chariotwheel,

When people asked for the USA to take a page out of Europe they didn't mean from the 1930s

Chariotwheel,

America, baby, what is you doing again

Chariotwheel,

In fact, the antifa was in the minority. And that's no a bad thing in this context. Many people who would normally consider themselves unpolitical and wouldn't want to touch antifa with a stick went out to show that they're ready to take to the streets to protest the nazis. This measure of mobilization is rare in Germany and I didn't think we were still be able to do that.

Importantly: even in East Germany a lot of people took to the streets. Hamburg and Munich were good to see, but less impactful given that the AFD is weak there in the first place. But when you have people in AFD strongholds having the bravery to stand up publicly, you know you have something special going on.

Chariotwheel,

Ich hau uns Hamburgern mal auf die Schultern dafür, dass wir vielleicht den Ehrgeiz in den anderen Großstädten geweckt haben nicht gegen das Hamburg hinterherzuhinken.

Chariotwheel,

Wunderschön. Ich bin ausnahmsweise nicht traurig, dass München uns in Hamburg schlägt. Das ist doch etwas gutes um von anderen Städten übertroffen zu werfen.

Chariotwheel,

Fairerweise muss man sagen, dass es ist eine Weile her ist seitdem sich so viele Deutsche aktiv für eine Sache erhoben haben.

Es ist gut zu sehen, dass das demokratische Deutschland nicht mehr fast lethargisch zusieht wie die die Straße von den Extremisten genommen wird.

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