Erdogan has continually expressed his disdain for Greece over the past few years. Now he’s entirely changed his tune and is visiting Athens to reset relations.
Don’t take what politicians say too seriously.
What they do is less influenced by friendships, ideology, or morality. It’s mostly realpolitik, the national interest, or domestic political concerns, matter most and not much else.
It’s not exactly a secret that Biden dislikes Netanyahu and has for a long time. He didn’t receive the customary invitation to the white house after his latest election win, which tells you something.
I think Biden decided to be fully on Israel’s side after the attack, and to give Netenyahu the benefit of the doubt, hoping he’d rise to the challenge and become a true statesman. Weirder things have happened. Perhaps that was naive, clearly that’s not in Netenyahu’s nature. Likely it was a decision made in part due to domestic political considerations, but here we are.
Does now make it easier for Biden to criticise Netenyahu and push for moderation. No one can accuse him of not supporting Israel, although I assume the GOP will try to do exactly that if they haven’t already.
They’ve openly disliked each other for years. Rumour is that 50 Cent’s production company is now making a documentary about the sexual assault allegations, although 50 hasn’t cofirmed or denied it yet.
Like the Snoop Dogg case, I assume this will also be dropped sooner rather than later.
It’s very hard to prosecute these historical cases, and going against someone this famous is doubly horrific for the victims, so I doubt he’ll ever see justice.
Hope she at least gets a payout. And that 50 cent goes ahead with his documentary about it all, so the guy is thoroughly shunned for the rest of his life.
I’m not surprised Biden was so resistant to changing his opinion on Israel
Relevant:
It was apparent long before the 7 October Hamas terrorist attacks on southern Israel … that Netanyahu and Biden were barely on speaking terms. The usual White House invitation following last autumn’s election, which brought Netanyahu’s hard-right coalition to power, was withheld. … A principal reason was Biden’s disquiet over the extremist, anti-Palestinian policies espoused by the new government, notably in the occupied West Bank. Yet when Hamas attacked, Biden, being at heart a decent and honourable soul, set differences aside. His mistake, or perhaps his wilful self-deception, was to believe Netanyahu was a man of similar mettle … Yet this show of almost unconditional support was promptly interpreted by Netanyahu as carte blanche to do whatever he pleased in pursuing Hamas in Gaza. His main “achievement” to date, given that the terrorists remain undefeated, is an unprecedented slaughter of Palestinian civilians … Biden has slowly – far too slowly – adjusted his stance … Biden cannot continue to stand back or hide behind his officials. He must step in personally – and draw a line. What’s needed from the White House is less of the sympathetic uncle act, less of the soppy Joe, and more of the hard-headed pater familias and superpower commander-in-chief.
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/dec/06/biden-support-netanyahu-gaza-middle-east
They know he wants to become a dictator. They’re lying. They don’t care or actively want him to become a dictator.
Nope. Do hills too.
It is a bit tougher up hill, like cycling in a higher gear, but because you lose less power due to gearing, it’s not as bad as you’d expect.
And breaks far less often. Less wear and tear, and the chain rarely if ever slips off the cog.
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If an airfryer has a hidden camera, it must be wifi enabled so that it can send data back to China.
Who the hell buys a wifi enabled airfryer? I mean, what is the fucking point?
The problem is that a lot of (admittedly overstretched) parents use the phone as a pacifier and don’t monitor use much if at all.
Tommy’s being a little shit? Give him the phone so he’s distracted.
Of course, if little Tommy’s never learnt to deal with being bored, keeping quiet for half an hour, and never learnt to concentrate for longer than the length of a tiktok video, he’s going to have trouble adapting to education.
I worked as a teacher for a while until quite recently.
99% of public discourse on education, is based on the (traumatic or positive) individual experiences of people who went to school years if not decades ago, not people who actually know much about what they’re talking about.
Not American. BasicFit and similar chains allow you access to all their gyms across Europe. Obviously, the car will be a problem here. If you can afford it, something like the citroen berlingo will do. They’re everywhere, relatively affordable, and not super noticeable. If that’s not an option, there’s the library or public transport, combined with the occasional hostel. Not ideal, but better than sleeping on the street and not being able to wash at all.
The UK is not in the EU. That would cost more customs delays, formalities, and costs.
Musk is an idiot. There’s a reason companies like McDonalds cooperate with unions in Europe. It’s cheaper.
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Just to add: rice + cheap ricecooker.
Perfect rice every time, no need to boil water so saves electricity, you can also use it to boil vegetables and chuck other stuff in.
I don’t have an omafiets, but a single gear bike. The only gear it does have is quite tough to start, but my God is it so much better than something with 8 gears or whatever. So much less effort once you get going. I never realised this, but apparently you lose a lot of power through the gearing.
Also: piracy.
They did.
They now rent them through a monthly paid subscription.