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OT: World Politics

Too soon, I suppose. But it’s The Onion.

theonion.com

Assad Returns To Ophthalmology At Moscow LensCrafters

MOSCOW—Just days after rebels seized Damascus, deposed Syrian President Bashar al-Assad reportedly returned to practicing ophthalmology at a Moscow LensCrafters, sources confirmed Tuesday. “Which one is better—one or two?” said the former brutal dictator who had imprisoned, tortured, and killed...
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MindzEye said:
The answer to a slow motion collapse of the economy is of course, more repression.

www.pcmag.com

Russia Tests Cutting Off Access to Global Web, and VPNs Can't Get Around It

Russia reportedly blocks some areas of its country from the global web for a day as it continues to develop its own 'sovereign internet.'
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Replacing access to the global internet with a locked-down national intranet, eh?

Yet another way Vladdy’s own hermit kingdom is sympatico with his buddy North Korea.
 
LeafGm said:
Replacing access to the global internet with a locked-down national intranet, eh?

Yet another way Vladdy’s own hermit kingdom is sympatico with his buddy North Korea.
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Great firewall of china is basically the same thing in practice as well.

Birds of a shitty feather.
 
Kind of crazy how much better "lesser" democracies did in protecting themselves from autocrats

koreajoongangdaily.joins.com

President Yoon Suk Yeol impeached

The National Assembly passed a motion to impeach President Yoon Suk Yeol by 204 votes, with 12 apparent defections from his own party.
koreajoongangdaily.joins.com

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Could you imagine 12 Republicans breaking ranks after J-6 to vote against Trump? Not just mewl in public about how dangerous he is, but actually take action to keep him from power?

Brazil and South Korea did what the alleged shining light of democracy was incapable of doing.
 
MindzEye said:
Kind of crazy how much better "lesser" democracies did in protecting themselves from autocrats

koreajoongangdaily.joins.com

President Yoon Suk Yeol impeached

The National Assembly passed a motion to impeach President Yoon Suk Yeol by 204 votes, with 12 apparent defections from his own party.
koreajoongangdaily.joins.com

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Could you imagine 12 Republicans breaking ranks after J-6 to vote against Trump? Not just mewl in public about how dangerous he is, but actually take action to keep him from power?

Brazil and South Korea did what the alleged shining light of democracy was incapable of doing.
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American democracy was way more damaged and ailing in 2016 than I realized. Never recovered. Dunno that it does in our lifetimes now, either
 
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