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echonomist.bsky.social @echonomist.bsky.social · Sep 20

This is part of the problem, the fragmentation of Europe’s arms in industry. The US has the F 35. Europe has how many? Four? Five? competing jets, none of which are sophisticated as the American. Each country wants the jobs and exports for itself. Needs to be a pan EU project + single plane.

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echonomist.bsky.social @echonomist.bsky.social · Sep 20

Nice looney left talking point. You’re probably a Russian troll. Walt Disney is long dead, and Michael Eisner is Jewish and not a Nazi.

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echonomist.bsky.social @echonomist.bsky.social · Sep 20

Hey @ezrakleinbot.bsky.social , maybe the Democrats should run pro-slavery candidates in Alabama! Or maybe Germany’s centrist pastries, struggling g to contain the neo-Nazi far right, should endorse an annual Kristallnacht?

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echonomist.bsky.social @echonomist.bsky.social · Sep 20

This is 100% accurate. And the Europeans need to stop making five different kinds of tank, three or four different types of fighter jets, etc. And they need to do this urgently. In the meantime, the Germans need to go nuclear ASAP. (Memo to Japan, Australia and SK: you too)

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echonomist.bsky.social @echonomist.bsky.social · Sep 20

Shoot down the planes. And simultaneously do whatever it takes to dissuade Russia from an immediate reaction. Or at least a Russian general on the ground making stupid decisions.

And after shooting them down, be very public about it. “ this is what happens to adversaries that invade our airspace.”

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echonomist.bsky.social @echonomist.bsky.social · Sep 20

I’m thinking more that Hungary and Slovakia should be kicked out of the EU altogether.

echonomist.bsky.social @echonomist.bsky.social · Sep 19

The main reason to keep the Hungarians in the EU is that we want them in NATO. We certainly don’t want Russian bases on Hungary’s western border. He knows his strategic value and he plays it like a fiddle.

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echonomist.bsky.social @echonomist.bsky.social · Sep 19

Also, more discussion of regional downturns. Certainly might’ve helped Hillary Clinton if she had realized the upper Midwest was in regional mini recession in 2016. Perhaps she would’ve spent more energy campaigning there.

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Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · Sep 18

Trump Spends Entire U.K. Trip Trying To Figure Out Where He Knows Prince Andrew From

LONDON—Claiming that he recognized the member of the royal family, but his memory was hazy, President Donald Trump has spent his entire trip to the U.K. trying to figure out where he knows Prince Andr...

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BK. Titanji @boghuma.bsky.social · Sep 18

Senegal just introduced a single shot hexavalent vaccine which covers:
Tetanus, diphtheria, whooping cough, polio, hepatitis B, and Haemophilus influenzae type b
www.gavi.org/vaccineswork...

Senegal rolls out “six-in-one” jab, making life easier for families and health workers

The hexavalent vaccine – introduced into Senegal’s routine vaccination schedule in July – protects kids against six diseases with a single shot. That means fewer injections for babies, fewer clinic vi...

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echonomist.bsky.social @echonomist.bsky.social · Sep 18

Meanwhile, the Strangling Angel will soon spread his wings over Texas and Florida. www.msn.com/en-us/health...

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echonomist.bsky.social @echonomist.bsky.social · Sep 18

Kick them out of the EU. Let them know that if they host Russian troops, they will be blasted to kingdom come if war happens.

echonomist.bsky.social @echonomist.bsky.social · Sep 18

Well, he sued them and the owner wants to placate him. But JFC do these clowns, not realize that he’ll have their head on a platter one of these days?

echonomist.bsky.social @echonomist.bsky.social · Sep 17

Sadly, many of us will have to die before the rest finally tire of totalitarianism.

echonomist.bsky.social @echonomist.bsky.social · Sep 17

That’s so creepy.

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echonomist.bsky.social @echonomist.bsky.social · Sep 17

I’m sorry that the deranged bastard put you through this. also: your child is lucky to have you as a parent

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echonomist.bsky.social @echonomist.bsky.social · Sep 17

Disgusting Kashyap Patel, head of the US FBI, hasn’t heard of one of the most notorious mass murderers of the last 20 years. He’s either lying or so grotesquely unqualified for his job that it makes me cry.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · Sep 17

KAMLAGER-DOVE: Dylan Roof, who followed white supremacist propaganda, murdered 9 Black parishioners in 2015. Do you deny this?

PATEL: I'm sorry. Dylan Roof? Can you give me more information?

KAMLAGER-DOVE: You're head of the FBI

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echonomist.bsky.social @echonomist.bsky.social · Sep 15

The US is so…yesterday

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Martin Sandbu @martinsandbu.ft.com · Sep 15

Given Musk's incitement of violence (fight or be killed), could the UK government proscribe X (the company) as an extremist organisation under current legislation? If so, why not do it?

Charlotte Nichols MP @charlotte2153.bsky.social · Sep 14

It melts my head that X is still used for official Government communications, and, catching up on today's news and the fact we have a foreign billionaire inciting violence on our streets, it's clearer than ever that this should end.

I raised this in Parliament last week 👇

Question from me: "I warmly welcome the Leader of the House to his new role and associate myself with the support across the House for my hon. Friend the Member for Washington and Gateshead South (Mrs Hodgson). Members have raised many times the unacceptable level of threats that we face. Increasingly, abuse and threats are being driven and whipped up by one platform in particular, X, previously known as Twitter, which has become a sewer of antisemitism, racism, misogyny and dangerous conspiracy theories. Its owner has specifically targeted Members of this House. With a new director of communications in No. 10 and a refreshed Front Bench, may we have a debate in Government time on whether it is appropriate for that platform to continue to be used for official Government communications?"

Answer from Sir Alan Campbell, Leader of the House: "What my hon. Friend says about X is truly shocking. We are very much in favour of free speech, but we are also against incitement to violence. We have delivered the Online Safety Act 2025 to seek to strike the balance between user protection and freedom of speech. On the matter of the Government’s use of X, it is right that the public are kept up to date with information and a number of people still use X, although of course many are moving to other platforms. I am sure that the Government will take that into account in our deliberations in future, and we also keep our wider social media practices under review."

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Chris Gloninger @climatechris.bsky.social · Sep 14

I’ll probably never work in TV again for saying this, but the truth matters more:

Brian Roberts, Mike Cavanagh & Mark Lazarus are cowards.

The media is cowering to a small, alt-right, vocal minority.

That’s not “unity.” That’s surrender.
And it’s destroying journalism.

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echonomist.bsky.social @echonomist.bsky.social · Sep 14

I hope that South Koreans canceled the whole project. But of course, MAGA will blame… transgender people and George Soros.

echonomist.bsky.social @echonomist.bsky.social · Sep 14

I hope you’re right, but I would like to see solid evidence to support both of your claims please.

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echonomist.bsky.social @echonomist.bsky.social · Sep 14

I hope Hyundai cancels construction of this plant.

echonomist.bsky.social @echonomist.bsky.social · Sep 14

First, from the syntax, you can tell he didn’t write it, despite the weird capitalization. Secondly, we can never know if any particular action is the result of his stupidity, malice, or dementia. Most likely, it’s always all three.

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Point Blank Sandwich Hat @kenwhite.bsky.social · Sep 13

But don’t call them Nazis.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · Sep 13

Brian Kilmeade endorses euthanizing homeless people: "Involuntary lethal injection, or something. Just kill them."

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