International Politics 2022

[Lou]

It looks like Macron is going to win in France.

I guess the French are in general smarter than Americans (who elected Trump) or GB (who elected BJ and passed Brexit).
Good news for the World, in general, too!

Viva La France!

 

[silva]

Viva La France!

French Presidential Election: French Election: Macron Holds Off Far-Right Push (Published 2022)

Marine Le Pen concedes defeat to President Emmanuel Macron, the first French leader to be re-elected since 2002.

www.nytimes.com

 

[anarchist100]

It looks like Macron is going to win in France.

I guess the French are in general smarter than Americans (who elected Trump) or GB (who elected BJ and passed Brexit).
Good news for the World, in general, too!

Viva La France!

Viva La France!

French Presidential Election: French Election: Macron Holds Off Far-Right Push (Published 2022)

Marine Le Pen concedes defeat to President Emmanuel Macron, the first French leader to be re-elected since 2002.

www.nytimes.com

Macron is pretty far right himself, one could argue that he's even further right than Trump.

 

[silva]

Macron is pretty far right himself, one could argue that he's even further right than Trump.

There were two people running. I do agree my cheer response was inappropriate, sometimes I just feel like, whew, dodged that bullet.....
How about

 

[silva]

Macron is pretty far right himself, one could argue that he's even further right than Trump.

From my perspective, it sounded much like Trump vs Biden,but at least Le Pen isn't creating conspiracies- ?

 

[Jamie in Chile]

Similar result to here in Chile at the end of last year, where the first round suggested a close to 50/50 second round, but the "far right"/ populist candidate only got just over 40% in round 2.

 

[shyvas]

I guess the French are in general smarter than Americans (who elected Trump) or GB (who elected BJ and passed Brexit).


Viva La France!

Really?

The events that led up to Brexit were triggered by David Cameron and not BJ:

Understanding Brexit

The events that led the UK to a Brexit impasse

graphics.reuters.com

Many people still remember the gilet jaunes protests. Many lost their eyesight and 5 people lost their hands. Jupiter (Macron) is
a very unpopular president and not as liberal as he want to portray himself.

A year on, the gilets jaunes have lost 24 eyes and five hands – and made a deep mark on French society

Last weekend, at the Paris march marking the one-year anniversary of the gilets jaunes (yellow vests) movement, a protester was blinded in one eye by

www.newstatesman.com

''Yet nearly five years later, Macron’s mask has slipped as his liberalism is becoming increasingly illiberal. First, he ordered a violent crackdown of the gilets jaunes movement, composed of working and lower middle classes that rose up against the Parisian establishment and its contempt for ordinary people.''

Emmanuel Macron has been exposed as a false liberal idol

Far from defeating populism, the French president’s illiberal liberalism fuels the flames of the far right.

www.newstatesman.com

 

[Lou]

Really?

The events that led up to Brexit were triggered by David Cameron and not BJ:

sorry. I didn't intend that BJ and Brexit were one thing but two things. Just two bad things that GB voters did.

 

[anarchist100]

Regarding the recent tyranny in Canada, if Justin does ban handguns, then we can expect the response to the next pandemic to be much more authoritarian.

 

[Lou]

Goodbye BJ

 

[Brian W]

Goodbye BJ

Sadly, the others won't go.

 

[anarchist100]

Goodbye BJ

Good Riddance! A victory for liberty!

 

[anarchist100]

Boris looks a hell of a lot like that guy from dumb and dumber.

 

[Lou]

Turkey Bans Vegan Cheese

Vegan Cheese Is Now Banned In Turkey in Latest Global Label War

Turkey’s vegan association says the ban on vegan cheese is a violation of rights for consumers and manufacturers of plant-based products.

vegnews.com

VegNews need to get better informed. it's no longer spelled Turkey.

Turkey is now Türkiye: What other countries have changed their name?

Throughout history, many countries have chosen to re-baptise themselves, but not every new name has stuck. #EuropeDecoded

www.euronews.com

But maybe we will not use the right name till they off their cheese thing,

 

[silva]

Turkey Bans Vegan Cheese

Vegan Cheese Is Now Banned In Turkey in Latest Global Label War

Turkey’s vegan association says the ban on vegan cheese is a violation of rights for consumers and manufacturers of plant-based products.

vegnews.com

VegNews need to get better informed. it's no longer spelled Turkey.

Turkey is now Türkiye: What other countries have changed their name?

Throughout history, many countries have chosen to re-baptise themselves, but not every new name has stuck. #EuropeDecoded

www.euronews.com

But maybe we will not use the right name till they off their cheese thing,

Maybe they had to change their name to prevent people from thinking it was meat? LOL!
Edit: added LOL for clarity

 

[Lou]

I think they changed their name because they didn't want to people thing they were a big bird.

I remember reading about the history of the North American bird we call a turkey.

There are various theories about why we call the bird turkey

there was some other bird that was being imported to Europe by Spain. but where they were getting it was a big secret. And people thought maybe it was from the country Turkey. So they named the bird Turkey.

A. the bird wasn't from Turkey
B. and it was a different bird than the North American bird anyway.

NPR has a different but similar stroy

NPR Cookie Consent and Choices

 

[Lou]

Anyway, I think I'm going to start calling the bird Türkiye till Turkey legalizes vegan cheese.

 

[anarchist100]

The head of the international criminal gang known as the catholic church is in Canada right now, and he's here to apologize what what his organization did. Strange how they think God would allow the organization that's supposed to represent him to do such horrible things, but then again if papist God where real the thing he'd have a problem with is that the pope is apologizing now, considering that papist God literally send infants to eternal suffering if they're not baptized. If there are any papists reading this, your God's a ******* and so are you for liking him. As this happens the Catholic church continues to run pedophile ring, and they get all of their money by scamming dumb people who believe that they're God's church. So **** the Pope.

 

[Lou]

Just heard this joke today and .... sorry... I couldn't resist

Teacher asked the children what their Dad's did for a living. All the typical answers came up... Builder, fireman, policeman, salesman,etc.Joshua, a kid with a blond mop of hair, was being uncharacteristically quiet and so the Teacher asked him about his Dad. 'My Dad's an exotic dancer in a gay bar and takes off all his clothes in front of other men. Sometimes, if the offer is really good, he'll go out to the back lane and have sex with them for money.The teacher, obviously shaken by this statement, hurriedly set the other children to work on some colouring, and took little Joshua aside to ask him, 'Is that really true about your Dad?''No,' said Joshua, 'He's just resigned as the PM but I was too embarrassed to say that in front of the other kids.'​

 

[Lou]

So I know all the reasons we shouldn't or can't do this but I wonder how many people throughout the world wish that NATO or _________ (fill in a country) would send a dozen Cruise Missiles to Ukraine.
Wait that didn't come out right.