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5251
« on: March 30, 2015, 08:49:19 PM »
None of the European NATO countries except for France and the UK are powerful enough to make invasion a bad idea on their own,
Don't be so kind.
We're slipping below the 2pc.
Remember though, these are percentages. 1.9% from France or the UK means a whole lot more than 2% from Estonia. Still, everybody should be meeting the 2% requirement so the burden doesn't fall on the few members who give a shit.
5252
« on: March 30, 2015, 08:45:08 PM »
what are the positives of being part of the EU?
standing as a united bloc against the likes of Russia.
I don't see how you list that as a positive when NATO exists for that purpose.
Which is one of the reasons it's not substantial enough for me to think it game-changing. I'd rather see NATO strengthened.
NATO is a fucking joke right now, and will remain so until some mechanism is developed to penalize members who are not meeting their obligations.
A very unsettling number of members are spending less than the required 2% of their GDP on defense. I think only like four of them actually met that requirement in 2013- The US, UK, Estonia, and fucking Greece.
Europeans are happy to accuse Americans of war-mongering and dick-waving, with our troops based in so many peaceful European countries, but the sad truth is America is basically doing all of the heavy lifting.
If it wasn't for NATO Russia would have steamrolled eastern Europe again by now.
If it wasn't for the US and Article 5, you mean.
None of the European NATO countries except for France and the UK are powerful enough to make invasion a bad idea on their own, but the threat of US intervention is enough to keep Putin out.
NATO works in that sense, but the idea is supposed to be collective defense, not Daddy USA beating up whoever fucks with poor little Lithuania or Slovakia. NATO members should be pulling their own weight, or at least making an effort to. Generally, though, they are not, and the expectation seems to be for the World Police to swoop in and save the day.
Well, yeah. I don't see how that's a problem. The US gets an excuse to spend more sums of money on their military and defense like how they always love to, and Europe doesn't have to spend as much on their military. So it's a win-win relationship.
I'm really not happy to see my tax dollars going to protect some irrelevant European backwater full of cucks too pussified to pay for their own defense. The US wouldn't need to spend such a fuckhueg amount on defense if it's supposed allies would stop leeching off of it.
5253
« on: March 30, 2015, 08:39:46 PM »
what are the positives of being part of the EU?
standing as a united bloc against the likes of Russia.
I don't see how you list that as a positive when NATO exists for that purpose.
Which is one of the reasons it's not substantial enough for me to think it game-changing. I'd rather see NATO strengthened.
NATO is a fucking joke right now, and will remain so until some mechanism is developed to penalize members who are not meeting their obligations.
A very unsettling number of members are spending less than the required 2% of their GDP on defense. I think only like four of them actually met that requirement in 2013- The US, UK, Estonia, and fucking Greece.
Europeans are happy to accuse Americans of war-mongering and dick-waving, with our troops based in so many peaceful European countries, but the sad truth is America is basically doing all of the heavy lifting.
If it wasn't for NATO Russia would have steamrolled eastern Europe again by now.
If it wasn't for the US and Article 5, you mean. None of the European NATO countries except for France and the UK are powerful enough to make invasion a bad idea on their own, but the threat of US intervention is enough to keep Putin out. NATO works in that sense, but the idea is supposed to be collective defense, not Daddy USA beating up whoever fucks with poor little Lithuania or Slovakia. NATO members should be pulling their own weight, or at least making an effort to. Generally, though, they are not, and the expectation seems to be for the World Police to swoop in and save the day.
5254
« on: March 30, 2015, 08:29:58 PM »
what are the positives of being part of the EU?
standing as a united bloc against the likes of Russia.
I don't see how you list that as a positive when NATO exists for that purpose.
Which is one of the reasons it's not substantial enough for me to think it game-changing. I'd rather see NATO strengthened.
NATO is a fucking joke right now, and will remain so until some mechanism is developed to penalize members who are not meeting their obligations. A very unsettling number of members are spending less than the required 2% of their GDP on defense. I think only like four of them actually met that requirement in 2013- The US, UK, Estonia, and fucking Greece. Europeans are happy to accuse Americans of war-mongering and dick-waving, with our troops based in so many peaceful European countries, but the sad truth is America is basically doing all of the heavy lifting.
5255
« on: March 30, 2015, 08:21:38 PM »
Sounds like some super obscure hipster shit op.
It's prog rock. That's about as far from hipster bullshit as you can get, musically.
You like Baroness?
Fucking love Baroness
BOLD DEFECATION
RAISE THE BOW AND AIM FOR CRIMSON DAWN
SWOOOOLLLLEEENNNNNNNN AAAAAAAAAAAAAANNDDDDDDDDDD HHAAAAALLLLLLOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
5256
« on: March 30, 2015, 07:50:37 PM »
I'm really confused right now. I think I need an adult
i think we're all a little confused
5257
« on: March 30, 2015, 07:12:58 PM »
Sounds like some super obscure hipster shit op.
It's prog rock. That's about as far from hipster bullshit as you can get, musically.
You like Baroness?
Fucking love Baroness
5258
« on: March 30, 2015, 07:11:37 PM »
1. Aggron
2. Volcarona
3. Tyrannitar
4. Crawdaunt
5. Salamence
Takes a while but it's neat.
5259
« on: March 30, 2015, 06:52:08 PM »
Sounds like some super obscure hipster shit op.
It's prog rock. That's about as far from hipster bullshit as you can get, musically.
5260
« on: March 30, 2015, 06:44:57 PM »
5261
« on: March 30, 2015, 06:41:36 PM »
 Absolutely godly vocals
5262
« on: March 30, 2015, 06:21:54 PM »
Gameplay was one of the better things about Destiny, but I wouldn't call it great either.
Agreed. Whittling away at bullet sponges for hours on end isn't exactly revolutionary gameplay.
5263
« on: March 30, 2015, 06:20:04 PM »
Anglosphere military/trade organization when
5264
« on: March 30, 2015, 02:44:26 PM »
http://www.gaystarnews.com
It was just the first google result. Not sure what your problem is with the article.
I don't have one, the name is just funny
5265
« on: March 29, 2015, 11:54:21 PM »
5266
« on: March 29, 2015, 09:10:30 PM »
5267
« on: March 29, 2015, 09:08:04 PM »
I'm gonna cry so hard
5268
« on: March 29, 2015, 09:02:11 PM »
He's really cute, but yeah, the armpit bush it a little bit of an offput.
are we sure it's a him
I am a goddamned expert at this shit.
yeah but >feminine face >no adam's apple
5269
« on: March 29, 2015, 09:00:25 PM »
I JUST FOUND ANOTHER ANAGRAM
FIRST WE DISCOVERED THAT ANDREAS LUBITZ=BANZAI STRUDEL
BUT NOW WE'VE ALSO FOUND OUT THAT ANDREAS LUBITZ=A SLUT BRED NAZI
FUUUUUUGGGGGGGGGGGGGG
5270
« on: March 29, 2015, 08:56:49 PM »
He's really cute, but yeah, the armpit bush it a little bit of an offput.
are we sure it's a him
5271
« on: March 29, 2015, 08:46:51 PM »
5272
« on: March 29, 2015, 08:24:28 PM »
His name was literally an anagram of Banzai Strudel
5273
« on: March 29, 2015, 07:43:11 PM »
Good fucking luck determining if someone is gay just by looking at them.
5274
« on: March 29, 2015, 02:37:46 PM »
5275
« on: March 29, 2015, 02:09:21 PM »
I don't really see any SJWs in favor of Russia's current leadership, like at all.
It's not so much Russia at the moment as ISIS, in their refusals to condemn it as a disgusting organisation of barbarous theocrats.
But you just know people are going to be stamping on their own bollocks and screaming "Look, even Putin recognises the legitimacy of the Palestinian cause". It's a power play, to appeal to the anti-Israel left and Libertarians.
Fuck Putin, and fuck his government.
I dunno, man, he's pretty much alienated the left with his anti-gay policy. If anything, he could be trying to build bridges to the various Islamist militant groups.
5276
« on: March 29, 2015, 01:39:31 PM »
Oh fuck off Putin.
This is just going to exacerbate the trend of liberals and social justice warriors being complicit in the actions of (semi-)fascist regimes.
I don't really see any SJWs in favor of Russia's current leadership, like at all. Putin's fanboys are more often than not Russian alcoholics or the /pol/ crowd.
5277
« on: March 29, 2015, 01:35:27 PM »
5278
« on: March 29, 2015, 12:53:31 PM »
 MFW Sargon has won over Meta
5279
« on: March 29, 2015, 10:37:15 AM »
You should be able to refuse service to anyone. There's nothing wrong with that notion.
5280
« on: March 28, 2015, 11:59:56 PM »
But specific economies cannot function without a rule function.
I don't disagree. The question is who can write those rules, and how should they be applied.
The point being internal competition over those rules is not a good thing when those competing interests have authority.
It's all well and good to lobby the government whether you're a trade union or a business magnate, but not when you're writing them.
I have a response that I think is pretty good, but I can't seem to articulate what I'm thinking, so I'll try my best to get back to this tomorrow, because this is a really interesting discussion to me.
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