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World Bank Upgrades Russia to ‘High-Income’ Country

www.themoscowtimes.com World Bank Upgrades Russia to ‘High-Income’ Country - The Moscow Times

The World Bank has upgraded Russia from an “upper-middle-income” to a “high-income” country with per-capita gross national income (GNI) totaling $14,250 in 2023. “Economic activity in Russia was influenced by a large increase in military-related activity in 2023,” the international financial institu...

World Bank Upgrades Russia to ‘High-Income’ Country - The Moscow Times
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China spots US military aircraft deploying submarine detector in South China Sea
  • People really underestimate the impact of sonar on marine life. Hell, people really underestimate the impact of sonar, period. Active sonar operates at 300dB. For reference, 85dB can damage human hearing, and 300dB is 21 orders of magnitude greater than that.

  • Racial justice, free speech groups join fight against potential TikTok ban
  • Chinese spyware... Hosted in the US. With communications going to US data centers.

    Odd that you'd call it Chinese spyware, when the more fair assessment is that it's American spyware that happens to run a content recommendation algorithm from a Chinese company...

  • Biden’s debate performance sets off alarm bells for Democrats
  • Republicans accept a post-truth society where everything is someone's propaganda, that the federal government is out to get them and that the union would be better served as a union of state-level republics. Democrats still believe in the existence of a ground truth and want a union with centralized control (i.e., they are Federalists). Like the Federalists, the Democrats are backed by wealthy financial states (New York, California) as opposed to more rural/working-class states (Alabama, Ohio) and support heavy industrial subsidies (Biden's IRA, CHIPS) as well as weak state governments.

    This is a fundamental difference that explains a lot, actually. The role of government has always been to convince populations to pursue the policy goals of the elite. The foundations of representative democracy involve choosing which elites' policy goals to follow. The Republicans want to follow state elites (to borrow a Chinese proverb, the mountains are high and the President is far away). The Democrats want to follow federal elites.

    Here's the real problem. The US gets to choose between a career politician and a career businessman (swindler, by definition). Who represents the working class? Who represents the people who actually built America's economy?

  • Biden’s debate performance sets off alarm bells for Democrats

    www.cnn.com Biden’s debate performance sets off alarm bells for Democrats | CNN Politics

    Alarm bells are ringing among top Democrats over the 2024 presidential race and President Joe Biden’s political future, with the president’s debate performance leaving some to openly question whether Biden can stay atop of the Democratic ticket.

    Biden’s debate performance sets off alarm bells for Democrats | CNN Politics
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    'You can't kill all of us': Kenya protesters vow to march again as authorities kill 22
  • The entire principle of authoritarianism is either public support or public apathy. An authoritarian regime is only as stable as its populace.

    A government that butchers its people against the will of the populace cannot survive even if it is democratic. A government that butchers people with the will of the populace will survive regardless of whether or not it's authoritarian.

    See: Israel, America, Canada, Australia, UK

    There's no fundamental difference between a democratic and authoritarian government in this regard. The primary difference is (and has always been) whether property is managed as a function of the state (monarchies, socialism) or as a function of the individual (democracies, anarchy).

    Well, that and the "people" that get killed in democracies are usually of a different skin colour than you, so maybe you just don't care?

  • www.businessinsider.com North Korean troops will become 'cannon fodder' if they aid Russia in Ukraine, Pentagon says

    A Pentagon spokesperson said that any military personnel North Korea sent to Ukraine to aid Russian forces would just be "cannon fodder."

    North Korean troops will become 'cannon fodder' if they aid Russia in Ukraine, Pentagon says
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    US Nuclear Submarine Surfaces Off Norway in Rare Flex

    www.businessinsider.com US nuclear submarine surfaces off Norway in rare flex

    The show of force comes amid continued tensions with Russia and follows the recent visit of a Russian navy flotilla to Cuba.

    US nuclear submarine surfaces off Norway in rare flex
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    Kenya designated as a major non-NATO ally of the US

    www.whitehouse.gov Memorandum on the Designation of Kenya as a Major Non-NATO Ally | The White House

    June 24, 2024   Presidential Determination No.        2024-05         MEMORANDUM FOR THE SECRETARY OF STATE SUBJECT:       Designation of Kenya as a Major Non-NATO Ally By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, including section 517 ...

    Memorandum on the Designation of Kenya as a Major Non-NATO Ally | The White House
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    Vietnam and Russia Sign 11 Cooperation Agreements

    www.telesurenglish.net Vietnam and Russia Sign 11 Cooperation Agreements - teleSUR English

    On Thursday, Vietnam and Russia signed eleven cooperation agreements and issued a joint declaration committing to deepen their historical relationship.

    Vietnam and Russia Sign 11 Cooperation Agreements - teleSUR English
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