Groups say a lot of things that make no sense.

Garbage low information and delusional post. I’d suggest anyone visit to move on.

In this case they suspect there were a number of features on the yacht that contributed to its sinking. It had the world’s tallest aluminum mast, a retractable keel and large openings for windows and hatches all over the main deck that were most likely unsecured at the time.

They suspect she was knocked down by high winds or a water spout. Sailboats get knocked down all the time but all the factors I listed above may have contributed to her being unable to right herself quickly and subsequently filling with water.

Well blacks do have higher arrest rates in the UK so it would follow they would also have higher incidences of being strip searched.

https://www.ethnicity-facts-figures.service.gov.uk/crime-justice-and-the-law/policing/number-of-arrests/latest/#:~:text=The data shows that%2C in,for every 1%2C000 white people

I mean it was the Palestinians who first took Israelis hostage in October. Turn about is fair play in war.

Welcome, it’s not better.

Peter Dutton has the right idea. I’d vote for him.

There is a rumor that a coup had placed Xi under house arrest and had silently taken over the country a few weeks ago. Normally rumors don’t mean anything in most countries. But this is China where anyone speaking out against their leader would mean you’d get “disappeared”.

Supposedly the coup plotters don’t like the direction China has taken and want a return to good relations with the West when everyone was making money.

Moving away from relations with Russia could be a sign of this.

lol, no the “Free” market you refer to does not work that way.

Yep, but the CCP is involved and is actively tilting the market in their companies favor.

Western Democracies don’t have to honor the free market if the CCP does not.

The CCP strategically cornered the market in more than a few critical areas for EV production. Individual Western firms are not able to compete with a well funded and coordinated effort by a state actor to control every stage of the production process.

On top of that the real estate crisis China has caused local consumption to crater. The means that China is looking to the West for markets to dump their over capacity.

No country is going to sit idly by while their industrial base is directly threatened especially in a critical area such as green tech. Especially by an openly hostile power such as China.

After that vote I will enjoy seeing the shareholders should get exactly what they voted for.

Shhhh let him cook.

Exactly what we are currently doing. Provide an incentive for free and fair elections. If the election is proven to be stolen then I’d assemble a coalition of local forces to oppose Maduro. Hopefully backed up by other regional players.

Otherwise you’ll see more aggression from dictators like him. Venezuela getting aggressive with more than one regional neighbor like Guyana could be the outcome if Maduro isn’t checked.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guyana–Venezuela_crisis_(2023-present)

Nah homie, there is just no other country in the world that can project power at the distance and scale that the US can. Not our fault y’all are weak AF.

Not at all what I said.

But the fact that you automatically implied that is what it means, is the reason the USAs word carries some weight internationally.

We speak softly and carry a big stick.

Nah, the US should take point on this. If your goal is to get nothing at all done, then fine let AP and international organizations handle it.

If you want accountability and consequences then the US will need to get involved.

In my experience Boomers, Gen X and older Millennials generally want to socialize at work. They grew up in a office environment where you were constantly around your coworkers and social media was in its infancy.

Younger Millennials and GenZ mostly want to make a paycheck and go home. They generally don’t want to socialize with people outside of their circle. I sometimes think genZ is way happier at home 24/7 and don’t want human interaction. Could also be they just don’t have the money for it.

Thanks for the first hand account. It sounds just like how crime in the US is sensationally portrayed. The reality is even in some of our worst cities like Chicago, violent crime is usually between criminals themselves and usually within a few neighborhoods that everyone else avoids. Your average middle class family in the suburbs isn’t really affected.

Welcome brother, I was also banned from Reddit after being active on it since the great Digg exodus. For reference the post that got me banned was when I pointed out that American ADA laws guaranteeing public access have been around much longer than EU laws which is why they likely did not see as many disabled people in public places in Europe as they just can’t physically access them until the architecture catches up. Apparently that was considered bigotry in a European sub and was the final straw that got me permanently banned.

Lemmie is by and large much more liberal and left leaning than Reddit is. (at least the subs I’ve visited have been.) I haven’t seen the retaliation or pre-emptive bans for just joining or posting in a particular sub that I saw over the last few years on Reddit though. I also haven’t seen any bans due to frequency or activity.

Much like Reddit if you make a comment that goes against a subs meta or against the beliefs of the moderators they will find some way to ban you from their sub. I’d say many subs in Lemmie are less encouraging of discourse that does not fit within their beliefs.

So even if you probably can’t get a site wide Lemmie ban you can still be banned from individual subs.

Post and comment away, just keep in mind if your content does not fit the subs meta they will probably find a way to ban you from the sub.