Rally day!
WAS TAHT A BANG?
REBORDED =D =D =D
Many EU countries are in ‘direct war’ with Russia – Serbia
Europeans are sending weapons to Ukraine and are angry that Serbia “is not in their shoes,” President Aleksandar Vucic claims
Many EU states are in “a direct war” with Russia and are “angry” with Belgrade for refusing to go along with sanctions, Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic said on Saturday.
Speaking at a press conference two days after attending a meeting between the 27 EU leaders and six heads of government from the West Balkans, Vucic claimed the Balkans “were not important that day” for the EU, as the bloc is “completely at war with Russia” and its priority was to provide Ukraine and Moldova with EU candidate status.
“Viktor Orban [Hungarian prime minister] said that in the economic sense, Serbia and Montenegro are much more ready to be part of the EU than some other countries. But who cares?” Vucic remarked.
He explained that Serbia is now in a difficult position due to the pressure to join EU members in imposing sanctions on Russia. The president stressed he is aware of “how angry many of them are” over the issue.
“Many EU countries are in a direct war against Russia. They send howitzers, planes, S-300s to Ukraine, and how do you think they will treat us? They are not in our shoes as we are not in theirs, and that is why our position is extremely difficult. Will it be easier? Well, it won't,” Vucic said.
However, he pledged that Serbia will continue to pursue its European path as “there must be a rational and pragmatic approach in politics, which takes the interests into account.”
He noted that in Serbia, 300,000 people work directly and 500,000 indirectly for foreign companies, two thirds of which are from the EU.
“If you do not understand how important the EU is to us, I cannot change that,” he said, while claiming the West fails to appreciate how important it is for Serbia to refrain from anti-Russia sanctions, and to maintain good relations with both Russia and China.
Addressing the economic situation in Europe, Vucic gave a gloomy forecast, saying if the conflict in Donbass does not end with a truce, the world will face “a worse world war than the previous one.”
“A little man from the Balkans says that. I hope that they will start peace negotiations, otherwise we will all go,” he added.
On Thursday, the day when Ukraine and Moldova were granted EU candidate status, Serbian Interior Minister Aleksandar Vulin said a military conflict with Russia appears to be the condition for fast-track accession to the European Union.
Pointing out that Ukraine falls short of the standards which are “so carefully applied to Balkan countries,” the minister claimed Kiev's “participation in the war was enough to start negotiations” on its EU membership. He added that if getting into war with someone is the only way to speed up Serbia’s accession to the EU, then “it is not worth it.”
Earlier this month the interior minister said his country was not interested in diminishing its “closeness and cooperation” with Moscow, and that by trying to force Belgrade to impose sanctions on Russia, the West simply seeks to “absolve” itself of its own crimes. His remarks came soon after German Chancellor Olaf Scholz urged Serbia to follow the EU's lead in sanctioning Russia, and recognize the breakaway province of Kosovo as an independent state if it hopes to join the bloc
https://www.rt.com/news/557816-serbia-eu-relations-russia/
>Who owns The New Yorker?
>oops, not The New Yorker, New York, never heard if it
“This magazine can help you get an abortion”
https://twitter.com/PiperPerabo/status/1539252208465756162
Company: Vox Media
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_(magazine)
Vox Media owns editorial brands, primarily The Verge, Vox, SB Nation, Eater, Polygon, and New York.
On 13 December 2021, it was announced that Vox Media would acquire Group Nine Media. The acquisition was completed on 22 February 2022.
[Investors in Group Nine, including Warner Bros. Discovery, now own 25 percent of Vox]
Key People:
Pam Wasserstein (president)
Jim Bankoff (chairman, CEO)
Margaret Chu (CFO)
Ryan Pauley (CRO)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vox_Media
Advance Publications, Inc., branded as Advance, is an American media company owned by the descendants of S.I. Newhouse Sr., Donald Newhouse and S.I. Newhouse Jr. It owns a large number of subsidiary companies, including Condé Nast, and is a major shareholder in Reddit.
As of August 2021, the group owns Condé Nast (which includes the magazines Vogue, The New Yorker and Wired)…
In addition to holding publishing and communication assets, from 2010-2022 onwards, [Advance served as the holding company for the family's 31% stake in former cable entertainment company Discovery, Inc., Now known as Warner Bros. Discovery]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advance_Publications
Samuel I. Newhouse, Jr., the Longtime Owner of The New Yorker and Chairman of Condé Nast, Has Died at Eighty-Nine
October 1, 2017
https://www.newyorker.com/news/postscript/samuel-i-newhouse-jr-the-longtime-owner-of-the-new-yorker-and-chairman-of-conde-nast-has-died-at-eighty-nine
Newhouse was Jewish. He was married to Jane Franke from 1951 to 1959, and they had three children
In 1973, he married Victoria Carrington Benedict de Ramel
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Irving_Newhouse_Jr.
Probably just a goat. There's
a lot of them in these valleys.
I haven't seen any goats.
I don't expect
you would, Cliff.
Your situational awareness kind
of sucks. That's not a knock.
You're a screenwriter.
I'm a Jedi.
That's just
different paths we chose.
Think they kill them first?
Or he just drown in there?
I always wondered.
Will Bloom Doctor Manhattan
“You spend years trying to corrupt and mislead this child, fill his head with nonsense, and still it turns out perfectly fine.”