Most likely it was counterfeit radios. The batteries in decade old Icom radios would probably be dead by now.

Didn’t he already repeatedly claim that he’s fighting directly with the West?

Even in his own words what would this change?

Having elected officials makes sense for politicians since their job is to represent the interests of the people but it’s terrible for other types of public office.

What do you want from a judge or a sheriff? Someone who’s experienced and competent. Who can best judge that? Would it be the hierarchy of their peers who they work with every day or would it be random members of the public who’ve barely even heard of them?

Edit: and no, I’m not suggesting political appointments. That’s also a recipe for disaster. Do it like Commonwealth countries: make the civil service independent of the political process and make appointments be part of the usual process of promotion.

They took them in 2020 while they were pulling out of Russia, not recently.

To be fair, the seizure happened back in 2020 when companies were still in the process of removing themselves from Russia. And it happened in retaliation for google complying with international sanctions against Russia.

They’re important details. And you would have seen them in the article if you’d read it.

Get Rainbolt to have a look and he’ll tell you exactly where it was shot in just a few minutes.

worse than regular recycling of plastic

In case people don’t know why it’s worse - it uses a lot more energy to do pyrolysis than it does to just make new plastic. It’s bad enough that it’s worse for the environment than just making new plastic.

In any case no plastics recycler has any intention of doing this except in “pilot studies”. It’s a dead duck and everyone in the industry knows it. As /u/SeaJ said, it’s just PR.

I wonder how many thousands of people died as a result.

They’re not wrong that democracy’s under threat. But maybe the threat’s from the guy who has literally said he’s going to murder political opponents - y’know, the guy they support.

“They banned mercenaries so we’ll just call them something different”

Given their genocide in Western Ukraine I’d say that letting Russia overrun the country will result in a lot of deaths.

This is a photo of a human body crushed by tanks during the Tianamen Square massacre.

From here, with many more photos from the massacre.

“No photographic evidence is available” you say?

It’s going to be a couple of million when all the displaced people starve to death.

And the energy used and pollution created in depolymerising and remanufacturing plastic is higher than the cost of just making new plastic. So there’s not really much environmental motivation to do so, or it’s a mixed bag at best. Less landfill, more pollution.

I mean you’re talking about the guy who allowed a million Americans to die unnecessarily through his mishandling of covid so I don’t think a few deaths are going to bother him.

I mean he should know since he was one of the people paying to influence the election.

Some things just sound like a horrible idea - because they are a horrible idea.

But you can check the other news community for that.

we stay in our homes

70% of their homes have been turned into rubble so I doubt they’ll be returning there.

Hey Prince Andrew, if the truth hurts then maybe it’s you that’s in the wrong?