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Vanished_Elephant t1_jaad7tz wrote

Reply to comment by Silverwhitemango in Macron flies to Africa to counter waning French influence by HRJafael

Not to mention all the cherry picking he does in this video, like when talking about GDP figures and comparing for example Ivory Coast which was a commodity based economy (cocoa, whose prices crashed in the 1980s) and also in the midst of a brutal years-long civil war while neighboring Ghana experienced relative peace and stability. These types of facts matter when covering geo-political subjects. Or the fancy graphics showing the flow of money going from the CFA countries to France and completely lacking any kind of source info. Maybe he should have included actual import/export statistics and realize that the big majority of CFA nations commerce is with the US/Canada/China. Or which mining companies actually most benefit from the natural resources there (hint, they're not French). Anyhow.. this video reeked of clickbait and anti-French propaganda. I'll keep watching his videos for entertainment purposes but a good reminder to be keenly aware of his bias.

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IceNein t1_jaacjzl wrote

Reply to Anti-war partisans in Belarus claim to have damaged Russian plane | Belarus by Caratteraccio

If anyone is unfamiliar with AWACS and what they do, this is huge. Like, a really big deal.

AWACS aren’t just big RADARs on planes, they are command and control for air forces. They’re the ones that vector fighters to incoming threats.

In fact one of the enormous advantages that the US has is our sheer number of AWACS. Like, each carrier deploys with two. So considering the Air Force is also going to have them up, if you shoot one of ours down, we’ll have another ready to go.

Russia has nine. Now eight I guess. Really big deal.

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Redneckmoans t1_jaaciyu wrote

Reply to comment by covert-pops in Norway: Thunberg joins Indigenous protests against turbines. The young environmental activist says green energy cannot come at the expense of human rights. A court order has deemed the turbines' location in Norway illegal, as they disrupt Sami reindeer-herding traditions by DoremusJessup

You can run this through google translate unless you speak Norwegian. It is a discussion about why everyone “hates” Thunberg.

https://www.diskusjon.no/topic/1856436-hvorfor-så-enormt-hat-mot-greta-thunberg/#comments

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Ma1nta1n3r t1_jaabywo wrote

Reply to Steven Seagal given honor by Vladimir Putin for 'humanitarian' work | CNN by alienandro

Putin, a walking tumor, is blinded by the magnificence of an overweight, human zucchini that can't act, can't stop farting and speaks as though he's talking around a mouth full of cock. A guy even Hollywood thinks is well past his "sell-by" date,...

You'd think that Putin would at least adore a Russian film star, but sadly, on the whole, Russian movies suck as much as their military.

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ClimateCare7676 t1_jaabuop wrote

Reply to comment by EphraimJenkins in Norway: Thunberg joins Indigenous protests against turbines. The young environmental activist says green energy cannot come at the expense of human rights. A court order has deemed the turbines' location in Norway illegal, as they disrupt Sami reindeer-herding traditions by DoremusJessup

Reindeer might play a role in the ecology of the region at this point, like bisons in the US prior to colonisation, who were both the source of food for the Indigenous communities and the essential part of the local environment. Preserving biodiversity, local species and the environment are as crucial for mitigating climate change and carbon capture as finding clean energy sources. Reindeer might be helping that - by moving the soil, proving natural fertilizer, transporting seeds, etc, and their role in the ecosystem needs to be researched and be accounted for. Indigenous peoples generally have better understanding of the role of the animals in their local ecosystem because they historically depend on this ecosystem being healthy for survival.

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