Play Nice Random Chat Thread IV

[Snake_Baker]

I'm surprised by the amount of investment that people place in this circus.

Anyway, carry on. Enjoy.

 

[Kangaroos4eva]

I'm surprised by the amount of investment that people place in this circus.

Anyway, carry on. Enjoy.

It’s been a long off-season...

 

[Firestarter]

I have fun with it.

 

[Harvey Manfrenjensenden]

Just watching the 96 GF for the first time. 96 was a bad year in footy for me, the end of the Lions.

Watching a young Scott and Crocker is exciting

I think Rock would have been my favourite player if I supported North back then.

 

[giantroo]

Dmitri Trenin, What Is Russia Up To in the Middle East?

Dmitri Trenin, What Is Russia Up To in the Middle East? | Al Sharq Strategic Research

In ‘What is Russia up to in the Middle East’ published in 2018 by Polity Press, Dmitri Trenin, Director of the Carnegie Moscow Center, takes readers on an

research.sharqforum.org

 

[Val Keating]

Dmitri Trenin, What Is Russia Up To in the Middle East?

Dmitri Trenin, What Is Russia Up To in the Middle East? | Al Sharq Strategic Research

In ‘What is Russia up to in the Middle East’ published in 2018 by Polity Press, Dmitri Trenin, Director of the Carnegie Moscow Center, takes readers on an

research.sharqforum.org

Have you read it GR?

 

[DesertRoo]

And here it is.. don’t believe any thing that comes up in the impeachment hearing coz the Russians hacked it..
ffs havent we learnt anything from the 3 years of red baiting.

The Russian Group That Hacked the DNC Has Now Breached the Company at the Center of Trump's Impeachment

It was "100%" the Russians, according to the security firm that reported the hack.

www.vice.com

 

[Kangaroos4eva]

Why Vladimir Putin is shaking up Russia

Daniel Tresiman writes that Vladimir Putin's proposals to change the Russian constitution appear to signal he intends to leave office at the end of his term in 2024, and might indicate he is trying to deconcentrate power that could otherwise be used against him once he is no longer President.

www.google.com.au

 

[giantroo]

Did you read about Putin’s political changes to the Russian government structure and powers.

I did read bit and pieces today.

Have you read it GR?

Not yet. Will aim to source a copy.

 

[giantroo]

'Father of Nation role '

Is Putin attempting to carve out a ‘father of the nation’ role?

After he proposed sweeping constitutional reform, analysts say Russian president is seeking to extend his hold on power.

www.aljazeera.com

 

[Kangaroos4eva]

Dmitri Trenin, What Is Russia Up To in the Middle East?

Dmitri Trenin, What Is Russia Up To in the Middle East? | Al Sharq Strategic Research

In ‘What is Russia up to in the Middle East’ published in 2018 by Polity Press, Dmitri Trenin, Director of the Carnegie Moscow Center, takes readers on an

research.sharqforum.org

Just read the synopsis.

A bit of a different take and lines up quite a bit with my own research of Russian defence trade and manufacturing.

He is right that we shouldn’t necessarily view things within the older confines of the old Cold War rivalry.

 

[Kangaroos4eva]

'Father of Nation role '

Is Putin attempting to carve out a ‘father of the nation’ role?

After he proposed sweeping constitutional reform, analysts say Russian president is seeking to extend his hold on power.

www.aljazeera.com

Among his proposals, he suggested:

• Transferring more power to parliament by allowing lawmakers to name prime ministers and cabinet members (currently the president makes these appointments)
• Amending how heads of security agencies are appointed to allow the president to decide after consulting the Federation Council (the upper house of Russia's Federal Assembly)
• "Enshrining" the State Council, a body that advises the president
• Lifting the residency requirements for presidential candidates from 10 years to 25
• Preventing presidential candidates who have held foreign residency in the past, not just at election time
• Allowing the Russian constitutional court to review whether laws comply with the constitution before the president signs them
• Preventing international law from being prioritised over Russian law
• Prohibiting civil servants from holding foreign citizenship
• Adding a provision to keep minimum wage and pensions above the poverty line

 

[giantroo]

Russia in the Middle East: Jack of All Trades, Master of None

Russia has returned to the Middle East as a major power player. Yet its toolkit is modest, providing an opening for the United States to correct its recent policy changes.

carnegieendowment.org

 

[DesertRoo]

After Iran, the next wars will be fought for lithium, nickel and iron.

oil is old news.

 

[Gasometer]

I read tonight that a criminal has been deported with VISA cancelled by Dutton. The flight was today.

What happens when the person arrives home?

Do they leave the Airport at that end with no cash and told to go and create a new life?

 

[Val Keating]

I read tonight that a criminal has been deported with VISA cancelled by Dutton. The flight was today.

What happens when the person arrives home?

Do they leave the Airport at that end with no cash and told to go and create a new life?

Depends on what country they go to and what they are accused of I spose.

 

[Gasometer]

Depends on what country they go to and what they are accused of I spose.

UK

 

[EDFL follower]

I read tonight that a criminal has been deported with VISA cancelled by Dutton. The flight was today.

What happens when the person arrives home?

Do they leave the Airport at that end with no cash and told to go and create a new life?

Should be more of it

 

[Snake_Baker]

Where's the fireworks & streamers?

 

[Gasometer]

So here’s what happens in NZ


“According to frontline support services, 501 deportees overwhelmingly struggle to thrive when they return to New Zealand, and most have no contacts, friends or family waiting.
Deportees are met at the airport by two police officers and a parole officer from the corrections department. They are fingerprinted, given AU$250 and taken to a motel with accommodation booked for five nights.
After that they are pretty much on their own.”

 

[Caracas]

Reckon you’ve read this one wrong mate, people are seeing through Warren. She’s taken most of the criticism for preforming a political stunt.

All things being equal, I’m of the opinion that - based on all the political “shenanigans” that have surfaced over the past number of years - Elizabeth Warren’s silly Native American overreach is very much at the lower end of the diabolical transgressions scale. I accept that people are triggered by different things based on their particular “leanings”.


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[DesertRoo]

All things being equal, I’m of the opinion that - based on all the political “shenanigans” that have surfaced over the past number of years - Elizabeth Warren’s silly Native American overreach is very much at the lower end of the diabolical transgressions scale. I accept that people are triggered by different things based on their particular “leanings”.


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I’m certainly triggered by the fact her husband doesn’t want to drink a beer with her.

 

[Caracas]

I’m certainly triggered by the fact her husband doesn’t want to drink a beer with her.

Lol. Against him or her? Is he a complete tool? I wouldn’t know him from Adam.


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[Val Keating]

All things being equal, I’m of the opinion that - based on all the political “shenanigans” that have surfaced over the past number of years - Elizabeth Warren’s silly Native American overreach is very much at the lower end of the diabolical transgressions scale. I accept that people are triggered by different things based on their particular “leanings”.


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She’s so fake. Pretended to be a person of colour, pretended her father was a janitor, pretended her kids went to public school, although it’s kind of petty stuff the list is pretty long. The Internet hasn’t been good for her. You can’t get away with being fake if you’re going to try to be the president of America.

 

[Val Keating]

Lol