I highly doubt it's even the world's shortest international bridge. Many nations' borders follow a tiny brook or stream, which will likely be bridged at some point.

As time goes on, I think the capitalist machine just requires more and more sections of the population to "other", to blame for the failing state of the world. Divert attention away to anyone but the richoids.

This kind of application for a volunteer position is always the dumbest shit. Volunteers should always be drawn from the community as people who just want to help.

If I have to do more fucking work just to apply for this unpaid shit than my last job interview, then the only reason I'd do it is to get power I'd exploit. I'll eat my hat if they actually get a nice and effective admin from this dumbdumb process.

"Alright scamps, you got me, sanction package 14 was my red line. Go on I'll surrender then"

Why do I so often get the feeling that most sanctions on Russia are carefully chosen to benefit certain western oligarchs?

To be honest, it's almost certainly reworded or poorly translated from whatever he originally said.

The United States has over 2 million armed services personnel who explicitly agreed to be willing to, and you could argue the majority have, conspired in the mass murder of innocents.

Why is "I would hack a website to help china" regarded as crazier than being a soldier for the west?

A senior Defense Department official acknowledged the U.S. military engaged in secret propaganda to disparage China’s vaccine in the developing world

Not that this is a revelation, but it confirms the US would still sooner see millions die rather than let China have any influence (or impact western vaccine profits).

Article also makes it clear that Facebook knew about this, and that the Pentagon has recently given the same contractor half a billion to do more of this shit. All the "cyber troll" accusations are mass projection, you really can't trust anything.

I'll never understand how people are like "okay I agree to a bit of brainwashing in exchange for watching this :)"

I do my best to actively work at not buying anything I see advertised. Often there's little choice, but I like to think successfully showing me ads is a net negative to the company.

I'd assume it's basically a "party members shouldn't bring the party into disrepute by being caught in strip clubs" clause.

He was granted a seat at the samurai council, but they did not grant him the title of samurai

Usual linguistic trickery. You can't be "convicted in the death" of somebody, he was "convicted of murder".

US is being seriously outcompeted at its own game by China, and this is it slowly imploding in response. Genuinely think we're on the steep slope of decline of US economic hegemony.