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That Danish story has been raised extensively and the treatment of the journalists was deplorable. Im glad they apologized but is it enough? And I can tell you something else, Qatar is one of the less conservative countries in the ME. I am still concerned about LGBT fans, thats always been my biggest concern And you raise a good point, FIFA needs to seriously reflect on which countries get to host the WC

And the issue is really Budweiser is a sponsor and they backtracked on an agreement

Im glad you share my outrage, what should we do? Protest...and I mean really protest, lets even demand some statues get taken down. That should get our message across

https://sports.yahoo.com/qatar-officials-ban-beer-world-122706531.html?fr=sycsrp_catchall Qatar has decided to ban alcohol from the stadiums, to quote " Following discussions between host country authorities and FIFA, a decision has been made to focus the sale of alcoholic beverages on the FIFA Fan Festival, other fan destinations and licensed venues, removing sales points of beer from ... stadium perimeters,” Its outrageous and clearly racist, we all should be .....outraged Lets hope this doesnt negatively impact the overall WC?

You right, its not guaranteed. I can tell you one thing, it will be much easier to seize Russian assets within the EU once this is done and use that to rebuild and assist Ukraine Here is a link that summarizes this. But to quote some of the consequence of being on the EU terrorist list " The persons, groups and entities in this list are subject to both the freezing of funds and other financial assets, as well as enhanced measures related to police and judicial cooperation in criminal matters. Council regulation 2580/2001 provides for the freezing of all funds and other financial assets belonging to these persons, groups and entities. In addition, no funds, financial assets and economic resources can be made available to them, directly or indirectly " https://www.consilium.europa.eu/en/policies/fight-against-terrorism/terrorist-list/

Thats an excellent and historically informative read, I have listened to Anne many times on CNN and she is always articulate, reasonable and well informed Interesting how the rise and fall of the Moscow School of Civic Education is synonymous with Putin and the trajectory he is taking Russia

https://news.yahoo.com/russia-branded-state-sponsor-terrorism-234400329.html?fr=sycsrp_catchall Good progress on the EU declaring Russia a terrorist state\sponsor of terrorism To quote "the resolution will include a line recognizing Russia as a state sponsor of terrorism and a state that uses terror as a weapon.The press office of the European Parliament said the resolution will be put to a vote on Nov. 23. The document would pave the way for the Russian dictator Vladimir Putin and his regime to face an international tribunal for their crimes, the message added " Long overdue but better late than never 🇪🇺

https://uk.investing.com/news/world-news/judges-say-russianmade-missile-brought-down-flight-mh17-over-ukraine-in-2014-2831219 Great news, the wheels of justice turn slowly but they turn

Monty remember the days before Putins War when we use to believe that Russia was going to save us from the insidious influence of Western Democracy and Capitalism Remember how young and naive we use to be

You right in the sense there is definitely a Trump " anti-vote" and this will manifest itself in 2024 if Trumps wins the GOP nomination. So the GOP should hope Trump doesnt win the nomination but its in the best interests of the Dems if he does

https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2022-11-16/sweden-promises-287-million-military-aid-package-to-ukraine-including-air-defence Well done to Sweden for this new aid to Ukraine, I salute all countries who directly contribute like this to Ukraine to help end the tyranny of Russia under Putin @Pidesco and @Azdeus Another reason to be proud of your country 🥂

Nah, thats not the main reason for this response. For NATO\US to go to war with Russia there has to be a legitimate and proven infringement of NATO war rules which translates to a deliberate attack on a NATO member and then they would still discuss the response and how things would need to escalate This is not a deliberate and proven attack on a NATO member until the facts are clear. The US is making the right statement

That is interesting, first time I have heard of it. Im sure it was banned in Apartheid SA?

https://www.suninternational.com/sun-city/ Whats embarrassing about Sun City, its a very prestigious and popular resort

Maybe its the US because they want Sweden to become a right-wing, neo-Nazi state !!! You just never know

I was watching an interesting interview on Bloomberg about how Putins War has created a reality where China and Russia are now on opposite sides of certain traditional geopolitical objectives. The failures of the invasion and Western sanctions have led to Putin trying to destabilize the global economy through things like energy blackmail and grain blockages which he hopes will lead to the West reducing support for Ukraine and insisting on some kind of negotiations. Putin doesnt care about the global economy because he is concerned only about surviving the consequences of invading Ukraine China wants a stable world and global economy because its economy is dependant on that but China also has to consider its previous publicly stated ideological support for Russia. But the reality now is Russia and China have fundamental different objectives, China wants the war to end and Putin wants to survive it both politically and militarily

https://sg.news.yahoo.com/chinese-officials-speak-unprecedented-criticism-115245605.html Rare but becoming more common of Chinese criticism towards Russia, this time at the G20 But China mustn't think we stupid, they would have been fine with the invasion if things were going well for Russia so this is just a reality of the failures of Putin's War....its not like the CCP really care about the sovereignty of Ukraine or there right to decide their own future

I have seen NA traditional food on US cooking shows like Bizarre Foods America, it varies from tribe to tribe https://littlethings.com/lifestyle/native-american-recipes/2918156-8 No there was no elephant in SA Maybe in India, the wedding lasts several days and its very detailed with lots of events and music. We just attended 5-7 hours And yes in SA a traditional wedding is a black wedding based on the tribal culture and customs but the reality is many black people just have the white wedding because 2 weddings is expensive but it depends on the couple and their cultural connection

That is interesting and sounds very interactive What food did you eat, anything unusual?

Okay I see what you mean, you saying actions and not personal views. That makes more sense

That number of 100 doesnt sound very likely, Im sure its much, much higher than that? Where did you get that from and I wonder what they define as "Germans opposed to the Nazi " because we wouldn't know peoples real opinions because like Russia the Nazi controlled the state so people wouldnt have been honest about their views?

Here is some good news about the US midterms, we may not have seen a "red wave " but rather a " rainbow wave " https://www.clickondetroit.com/news/local/2022/11/12/rainbow-wave-how-lgbtq-politicians-broke-barriers-in-midterm-election/

Sounds great, I love attending non-Western weddings. We call traditional weddings " White Weddings " in SA I have been to Hindu, traditional black weddings, Jewish and Polish weddings and they all very interesting and have unique parts to the ceremony What is "smudging " ?

3 years doesnt seem long enough and he has the audacity to suggest "The accused denied espionage, saying he had merely passed on publicly available information, in a role similar to that of a foreign correspondent " Yet he was paid €220,000 which he admitted. I doubt the Ruskies would pay for publicly available information?

D:OS2 is an excellent game, it has great strategic combat and interesting party companions with worthwhile side quests There are also good mods you can load on Nexus