Well, if this is true, it’s very sad. If it’s not true, then it’s also very sad. Between delusion and whiny, groveling subservience, I’m not sure which is better.
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Well, if this is true, it’s very sad. If it’s not true, then it’s also very sad. Between delusion and whiny, groveling subservience, I’m not sure which is better.
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From Pelosi’s point of view… China is extremely free. The government doesn’t have to worry about being voted out or putting up with protests and they can lock up the stinky stupid citizens in their homes whenever they want!
It must seem like paradise to her….
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I see those statements in a more positive light.
Pelosi was forced to publicly apologize, yet expressed this insincere statement in the most trolling fashion.
Doubt Chinese would put this interview on their TV.
Her words either ridicule China or imply she seesTaiwan as the ‘true China’, and if so, she is being truthful here. Taiwan is one of the freest societies in the world, isn’t it?
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Wonder if she was talking about the Republic of China.
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She cites Freedom House
https://freedomhouse.org/country/taiwan (rated Free)
https://freedomhouse.org/country/china (rated Not Free)
so obviously she means Taiwan aka Republic of China.
But who knows why she said things the way she did. She had just affirmed the One China Policy, so perhaps decided she couldn’t say Taiwan, but Republic of China is too confusing for an American audience? Is it now American policy to say Taiwan is the real China?? Who knows.
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The ironic title of “the freest society” may apply to USA too. You said abortion laws were unimportant because of abortion pills from Internet. I found it hard to fully accept this view, and now:
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Have you read the link? Is this really what the women are being charged for? Was there really a miscarriage?
You can’t miscarry at 6 months. If the girl went into labor and delivered a stillborn child, what kind of people burn the body and try to bury it secretly?
Most importantly, will you still trust the author of the tweet after such blatant lies?
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Honestly, though, if you saw neighbors burning a baby’s body in the backyard, would you say, “ah, here are the neighbors having a completely normal one, burning babies” or call the police?
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“really what the women are being charged for?”
There is obviously a lot that needs investigation in that story and anyone using it as a RvW issue is not playing honest.
Someone said abortion could have been legal in the situation (though performed by a medical professional and not the mother…
The most charitable interpretation was that it was a premature stillbirth (these things happen) the normal thing is to report it to the police as it counts as a human death.
The burning and random burial are making me think mental illness (real mental illness not what passes for it among trendy youth) and/or family abuse and in either case it needs to be investigated and looking at phone records makes sense.
dumb question from someone not… wise in the ways of pregnancy… are there ways of… forcing a premature birth at 6 months? I assume there are…
At any rate a horrible mess of a story that should play no part in any debate about abortion…
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Yes, there’s medication that induces labor. Induced labor is the only way of getting such a large fetus out. It’s extremely dangerous to do that at home. These are really weird, possibly very unwell women. And it all happened in April, so it’s not a RvW issue at all. That people are trying to sell it as such makes me think there haven’t been any real RvW outrages.
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\ Have you read the link?
No, my bad. Mike published it, so I trusted the source.
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I guessed that much. 🙂
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Interesting:
Финляндия 30 июня решила возобновить выдачу туристических виз россиянам, прежде всего в рамках приграничных поездок для питерцев и вообще жителей Северо-Запада России. Буквально за несколько недель были выданы тысячи виз, и радостные россияне поехали в привычные им Лаппеэнранту, Котку и Хельсинки. А многие из Хельсинки полетели и дальше по всей Европе: шенген – вещь удобная.
Через какое-то время финские спецслужбы решили узнать: а все ли в порядке с этим туристическим потоком? И провели выборочную таможенную проверку россиян, возвращающихся из Европы домой. Было проверено 2,5 тысячи туристов. Результаты привели их в шок.
Не менее 100 «туристов» везли обратно в Россию попадающие под санкции товары двойного назначения. И это не невинные компьютеры, смартфоны или предметы роскоши (таких туристов было значительно больше). Это в большинстве своем сложные, профессиональные дроны с высококачественными видеокамерами и/или способные нести полезную нагрузку, навигационное оборудование, в том числе для судоходства, высоко-интегрированные микросхемы, дальномеры, приборы ночного видения «для охоты» и прочие «сувениры». В связи с этим, уже возбуждено более 20 уголовных дел, а остальные – в стадии рассмотрения.
То есть 4% туристического потока составляли либо сотрудники спецслужб, либо завербованные ими граждане, которые занимались промышленным шпионажем и вывозили из Европы в Россию устройства, которые так остро нужны российским военным и которые они не могут вывезти легально.
Напомню: на пике российского туризма в 2019 году российские туристы совершили 10 млн поездок в Европу. Представьте, что будет с нелегальным вывозом подсанкционных товаров, если этот туристический поток восстановить хотя бы наполовину. И какое количество таможенников нужно поставить, чтобы предотвратить вывоз в Россию приборов и оборудования, которые будут помогать Путину убивать украинцев…
Via
https://murysia.dreamwidth.org/1186712.html#cutid1
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Yes, about Russians buying drones in Europe. Some of them are genuine patriots… Some idiot living across the border from Estonia and having dual citizenship has been collecting money openly via some social networks to buy drones for Russian army. Then he went to Estonia to buy said drones… Apparently, Estonian counterintelligence was alert, and the guy will end up in prison for a fairly long time. No exchange or extradiction, as he is also Estonian citizen.
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Another interesting (and short) post:
Параллельные армии
В стране постепенно формируется новая мобилизационная система для ведения боевых действий на Украине, однако ее можно будет распространить и на любые захватнические и агрессивные войны будущего.
Структурно новая система выглядит следующим образом: регионы обязаны сформировать по нескольку отрядов-батальонов для отправки их на фронт.
https://el-murid.livejournal.com/5201402.html
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