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When money can buy everything including politicians and exemption from rules

I tried for a while, but couldn't find any trustworthy link that wasn't paywalled around the subject, but apparently those many billions of dollars pledged and/or donated to Trumps "peace board" initiative to help rebuilding Gaza hasn't seen a single dollar spent. Not only that, but they are not on any account subject to transparancy nor accountability. This includes 10 billion dollars from the US government. All sent to Trumps personal JP Morgan account. Sounds like the Scott Morrison government, just on a more ambitious scale. ...still looking for usable links...

It's about the corruption in FIFA, that needs to adressed. Infantini is worse than Blatter, so question is how do you go about dismantling FIFA, or at least force a change in management. It's a private corporation, so there ethics is never a concern if it poses a risk to the bottomline. How to force a change in FIFA? The only leverage is money, if you make them irrelevant and hurt their balance sheet, they might be open to suggestions. edit: Qatar 2022 was for me the proverbial drop, that made me really resent FIFA.

Boycotting the FIFA arrangement, not the team 😛

...and this is how a new generation of militant young people grow up 😖 disclaimer: Not exclusively of course, but a contributing factor

I raised an eyebrow when I noticed Australia was part of Asia, where as New Zealand was part of Oceania. Aren't they part of the same regional football organisation (like UEFA for European countries)? Normally I would feel a bit sad, that Denmark isn't in the line up, but this time probably feeling a bit of relief. It saves people having to think about boycotting it or not

Considering the age of the game, the forum is probably not the best place to ask for support anymore I thought about Older Games - Obsidian Entertainment Support But that just links here Maybe try emailing support which would be: support[at]obsidian[dot]net Replaced the [at] and [dot] with @ and . (just to obfuscate the most simple mail havesting bots out there, not fooling the more advanced ones)

Interesting tech news... a copy of googles cloud software running in Europe. European location, German staff. No access for Google or its subsidiaries. https://www.thalesgroup.com/en/news-centre/press-releases/thales-announces-strategic-partnership-google-cloud-launch-new-sovereign Edit: tl;dr; a European version of Google cloud that US authorities have no access to.

Long before the 20th and 21th century, the English were pioneering book burning. An entire edition of the bible met its end on the pyres in 1631. Only a few survived and are valuable collectors items today. All because of one little typo. https://collections.museumofthebible.org/artifacts/6196-the-wicked-bible?theme=collections-highlights The typo? They left out the word 'not' in the 7th commandment (Thou shalt not commit adultery). It slipped past the proof readers too.

Look, bond markets explained using simple words even I can understand! @BruceVC just curious, is this how it actually works? Never mind his predictions may or may not be correct, just the mechanics of it

That reminds me my tetanus, diphtheria, and pertussis vaccination is 5 years old. I should probably get a new one. I didn't know it was a combo thing when I got it and the lady at the pharmacy pointed out my shoulder could be a bit sore because of the tetanus vaccination. I was like, what tetanus vaccination? First thing I hear of it 😄 (I really just wanted the pertussis part because friends had given birth to a daughter a few days earlier and i didn't want to be the one dragging something unwanted into their little family)

No idea what price tags they have on the other side of the pond, but here they have relative low cost of ownership compared to fossil fuel cars. Depending on usage of course. Up front investment is higher but every Km driven saves you money. Not sure about the charging time, my dads VW ID4 typically takes 15 minutes to go from 20% to 80%. I.e. it's not instantaneous.

...and people wonder why electric vehicles are so popular here 😝

I thought these memes and roasts were funny, but probably too politically biased to be considered just humour

No Milla Jovowitch? F-