Drusas

I’m one of those people who have been paying attention, and your comment is unhelpful and self-aggrandizing.

Are you thinking of Ukraine?

And kidnapped seven Ukrainians in the process.

Very few people, relatively speaking, have heard anything about this whatsoever. That’s how.

That’s a pretty standard starting price for a decent laptop. Or at least it was a few years ago.

*as usual

For decades, the United Arab Emirates has positioned itself as an economic and cultural hub, connecting European and Asian _markets slavers and rapists.

FTFY

https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Human_trafficking_in_the_United_Arab_Emirates

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sex_trafficking_in_Dubai

Explaining is not the same as justifying.

Go further back, and there was conflict with Spain and Portugal over the same fish.

Don’t underestimate the importance of fisheries to Iceland: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cod_Wars

Careful–they’ll just raise the retirement age.

Shareholders.

I mostly agree, but it has never been fashionable to “bash” Europe in the US and it largely still isn’t.

I can’t help but notice that the Sochi 2014 design is still available.

I don’t think it’s making it about the white guy to honor his actions decades later. Or even a few years later.

He may not have faced oppression for his race or gender, but he did put himself aside for a greater cause and that is commendable. Sounds like a pretty good role model, in fact.

I’ve seen the photo without knowing that much about it, so thank you for sharing.

My physical therapist’s office has a lady in the Philippines do the check-ins remotely. Maybe we should look more toward that sort of thing. An MA could remotely ask about symptoms, for example, and it would be easy enough to have people take their own temperature, heart rate, and blood pressure.

According to Google, the idea of replacing current tools with open-source programs would not contribute to economic growth.

Aside from this being bullshit aimed at protecting their own bottom line, not everything needs to contribute to economic growth.

“In recent years”? Russians “falling” from windows has been a joke for decades.

There isn’t any pathogen.

Slaves have become very expensive. Pay more for rock.