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I don't know about the accuracy of this but interesting twitter thread on the impact if the Three Gorges Dam would break. Click on the tweet to get to the thread.
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I guess the NRA fotgot all about their raison d'etre being about defending us from a tyrannical federal gummint, or something like that I forget.
I guess we don't need them anyway now that a bunch of moms have sent the fed's mercenary subcontractors packing...
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Not as much in total but the quality is way up from Marxist Manchurian Candidate born in Kenya and raised by the KGBUNI88 wrote: ↑Mon Jul 27, 2020 10:44 amI'm pretty sure that the ctrl-left butt hurt over Trump winning has been worse than the alt-right butt hurt over Obama winning. I fully expect the alt-right butt hurt if Biden wins to be even worse. We've become a nation of Karens and Nancys throwing temper tantrums and complaining about the end of the republic when we don't get our way.
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And her husband has significant business ties to China - which of course she says is firewalledSDHornet wrote:Well, her driver was a Chinese spy...
This is how they’ll do it - after the strategic industries then they’ll purchase the politicians
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be a shame if we had another accident like the one with the Chinese embassy in Kosovo.
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How much damage will the dam blowing do to the Chinese economy vs. the world economy? And how far will it set back Chinese plans for world hegemony?
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Didn't that bitch have a Chinese spy on her staff for more than a decade?CID1990 wrote: ↑Fri Jul 31, 2020 1:30 amAnd her husband has significant business ties to China - which of course she says is firewalledSDHornet wrote:Well, her driver was a Chinese spy...
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A lot of floating Chinamen?
..peacefully and patriotically make your voices heard..
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Yes.CitadelGrad wrote:Didn't that bitch have a Chinese spy on her staff for more than a decade?
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Well they’ve proven they’ll EAT anything, so why would it surprise anyone that they’ll pull up whatever they can catch and ship it home?
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Between Feinstein and McConnell/Chao they already haveCID1990 wrote: ↑Fri Jul 31, 2020 1:30 amAnd her husband has significant business ties to China - which of course she says is firewalledSDHornet wrote:Well, her driver was a Chinese spy...
This is how they’ll do it - after the strategic industries then they’ll purchase the politicians
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I’ve used the word genocide before when talking about China, but in truth what they are doing to the Uighurs is not a genocide - based on what we know China is doing.
We have a habit, especially in the media, of sensationalizing everything and this is a prime example of it.
If China was systematically trying to kill all the Uighurs then that would be genocide. What China is in fact doing is trying to re-educate the Uighurs using a number of coercive strategies which also happen to be gross human rights violations. But it isn’t a genocide (not yet, anyway).
I understand the temptation to use the term. It grabs attention and tries to put a focus on what China is doing is despicable. But here’s the thing: it is no different than anything else China has done since they became a single party dictatorship. This IS China.. it is what they do. And they are getting ready to start doing it outside their borders.
But calling something a genocide when it is not is counterproductive. It gives China’s sycophants like Disney, the NBA, and our own politicians top cover to minimize China’s actions because they can (rightly) refute claims of genocide. It is the same thing as finding racism in all things American. If everything is genocide/racism, then nothing is. And it is telling that nobody in the mass media is making this distinction, because they are mostly intellectually bankrupt.
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We have a habit, especially in the media, of sensationalizing everything and this is a prime example of it.
If China was systematically trying to kill all the Uighurs then that would be genocide. What China is in fact doing is trying to re-educate the Uighurs using a number of coercive strategies which also happen to be gross human rights violations. But it isn’t a genocide (not yet, anyway).
I understand the temptation to use the term. It grabs attention and tries to put a focus on what China is doing is despicable. But here’s the thing: it is no different than anything else China has done since they became a single party dictatorship. This IS China.. it is what they do. And they are getting ready to start doing it outside their borders.
But calling something a genocide when it is not is counterproductive. It gives China’s sycophants like Disney, the NBA, and our own politicians top cover to minimize China’s actions because they can (rightly) refute claims of genocide. It is the same thing as finding racism in all things American. If everything is genocide/racism, then nothing is. And it is telling that nobody in the mass media is making this distinction, because they are mostly intellectually bankrupt.
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I'd agree. Assimilation is probably a better word. They're not trying to kill all the Uyghurs but are they trying to assimilate them into mainstream Chinese culture and essentially silence or kill the Uyghur culture.CID1990 wrote: ↑Fri Apr 02, 2021 3:05 pm I’ve used the word genocide before when talking about China, but in truth what they are doing to the Uighurs is not a genocide - based on what we know China is doing.
We have a habit, especially in the media, of sensationalizing everything and this is a prime example of it.
If China was systematically trying to kill all the Uighurs then that would be genocide. What China is in fact doing is trying to re-educate the Uighurs using a number of coercive strategies which also happen to be gross human rights violations. But it isn’t a genocide (not yet, anyway).
I understand the temptation to use the term. It grabs attention and tries to put a focus on what China is doing is despicable. But here’s the thing: it is no different than anything else China has done since they became a single party dictatorship. This IS China.. it is what they do. And they are getting ready to start doing it outside their borders.
But calling something a genocide when it is not is counterproductive. It gives China’s sycophants like Disney, the NBA, and our own politicians top cover to minimize China’s actions because they can (rightly) refute claims of genocide. It is the same thing as finding racism in all things American. If everything is genocide/racism, then nothing is. And it is telling that nobody in the mass media is making this distinction, because they are mostly intellectually bankrupt.
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Under pressure over Xinjiang, China takes aim at overseas Uighurs, academics
It was one of over half a dozen such segments showing Uighurs, a mostly Muslim ethnic minority in the western region, pleading with relatives abroad to come home and stop speaking out against China and the ruling Communist Party.
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Better not make the plane ticket a round trip.UNI88 wrote: ↑Fri Apr 09, 2021 12:18 pm Under pressure over Xinjiang, China takes aim at overseas Uighurs, academics
It was one of over half a dozen such segments showing Uighurs, a mostly Muslim ethnic minority in the western region, pleading with relatives abroad to come home and stop speaking out against China and the ruling Communist Party.
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