Not Fred

EU rebukes Zelenskyy as tensions with Hungary escalate - EU Perspectives https://share.google/CCzmuYQ8ZIMTXSXeaIn a rare rebuke, the European Commission criticised Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Friday over remarks directed at Hungarian ... Read More

Nope, Zelensky did not threaten to assassinate Orban. He said, Ukrainians could call Orban and explain to him what is going on. Or visit him at his house. - @fluffy2560 https://youtu.be/yBGnfeg__ec?si=SjKG51MVnoGkHKQ52 mins and 10 seconds. That ... Read More

At 30 cents with a 20 gallon tank you saved $6.00. Not enough for a Spanish latte at Starbucks. - @danfinnThat would be a waste as Starbucks is a pretty rubbish coffee shop chain. Read More

As an alternative energy advocate Whether wind, hydro or solar for over 30 years, refining and burning fossil reserves makes no sense both economically and environmentally - @bigpearlFew care about the environment as it's a difficult concept to ... Read More

Qatar's Energy minister has suggested that several gulf states may be forced to stop oil production. He predicted a price of $150/barrel.However, that's thought to be weeks away, and from a source with a dog in the race.That puts people with solar ... Read More

Not sure what that was about Dan but we live in PH and are 95/98% net zero. Most of our use comes from the sun. 2 to 5% is generated by those that rely on your gulf states and negativity from non believers. Cheers, Steve. - @bigpearl A sensible ... Read More

More importantly back to the subject, apart from the transit guards being from a legit UKR state bank, and as is quite normal moving money/gold to UKR, ........ ......There is nothing unusual at all in shipping volumes of cash like that. - ... Read More

Now the other thread on International Relations has been closed down, we don't want this one to go the same way. You succeeded in closing the other one by your constant and unnecessary interference. - @fluffy2560 That was the string of insults from ... Read More

Hungarian news.https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/ … ian-convoyHungary seizes millions of euros in cash and gold from Ukrainian convoySeven Ukrainians arrested and money-laundering investigation launched in latest spat between Kyiv and ... Read More

@Fred Full stop. There is one person who mentioned Trump and if you ignore that person the thread can survive. - @danfinn Very possibly. The trick is to look at what has happened so far, then expand within reasonable possibilities. Blind political ... Read More

The single biggest problem with threads like this is the pro-Trump lot will say anything to support their supreme leader, and that derails every thread.This was supposed to be about the consequences for expats (and locals) in the Philippines, but ... Read More

The internet is full of good info, but try a month on holiday over there if you really want to know what you're getting into. Choose areas that interest you, buy a backpack, and try them out. Read More

To ID real targets is often hard.As a matter of fact by international standards Israel is really good in most cases to ID targets properly. - @sjbabilon5https://www.theguardian.com/global-deve … n-who-saysIsraeli attacks are identified with ... Read More

The UK politicians who pushed it through should be banged up in jail. But you are right about the will of the people - 48% stay, 52% leave. On that basis, it wasn't definitive enough. They should have had another round. - @fluffy2560No, they were ... Read More

@Fred Why do you care about what the enemy tells, like the mentioned "PM"? About BREXIT: better to remember it happened actually because of a festival season, because that many who btw wanted to remain EU did not vote, but did party at concerts/ ... Read More