Do you mean he would use nuclear weapons against its own people?
What's the stop gap for the military in case an order this crazy would be made? Is he respected enough in the military circles that they would carry out his command?
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What's the stop gap for the military in case an order this crazy would be made? Is he respected enough in the military circles that they would carry out his command?
Folks don't mask up and, also, do not keep the distance as required. Visit a supermarket, metro or restaurants (yes, restaurants are open!) and you won't see anyone using masks or distancing.
Anecdotally my wifes work place only started WFH recommendations once 6 people got infected. On industries such as software almost everyone I know has been WFH since February but many folks insist in going to the office.
On the beginning of the pandemic retirement homes were badly hit which would lead you to think the government would learn something. It did not happen and lots of places are being reinfected.
Recent news headlines to keep in mind:
-Gov is thinking in requesting private practice nurses to help with the load on public hospitals
-Talk of neighboring countries "sharing the burden"
-Elder care not well equipped to deal with this wave
-ICU occupancy reaching 99% in Stockholm
I am also eyeing the same TV but I am worried about the issues popping up.
Would it be so bad to wear a mask when flu season is around? Plenty of folks do in Asian countries to no inconvenience to their daily lives.
I do hope that going forward we will be more educated on the benefits of wearing a mask here in the west and we take the lesson to heart. I doubt it though.
I am also open for a laptop, which one do you recommend? Has to be small enough to go everywhere with. (no more than 1.5k €/$)
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-52704836
https://www.wsj.com/articles/coronavirus-is-taking-a-high-to...
All other ones are nice to haves but those are my building blocks.
I am not trying to be argumentative here but the question stands, treating one and another politician with a different set of parameters is a bit weird.
BTW, I disagree with both of them. I am not trying to defend one or another.
Which instance and pricing are you using?
My use case is media work when abroad. So 16Gb RAM, as much disk space as possible, around 8h a day.
Knowing that we would be better informed to say if 1.6 Million is a lot or not according to the offence.
The purpose of a fine is not to bankrupt a company but to be a slap in the wrist to avoid further behaviour. Just like a speeding ticket won't dent my pay check this won't be a blip in the radar of Facebook, but if they continue expect the fines to grow more and more.
I ask again, what would an appropriate amount for a fine be?
Out of curiosity, how much do you think would an appropriate fine be?
sheesh...
Made me feel super dumb for googling "10kg in pounds"
I know it sounds selfish and absurd but we enjoy our life so much: all of our time we spend with each other, we travel 4-5 times a year to different countries, on the weekend we go for hikes in some national parks close to us. I could go on, but the theme is that we enjoy a lot our company and both me and her we are terrified of changing this.
And if that was not the selfish part here it comes: I am actually afraid for both me and her when we are old that no one will come to visit or we won't have friends in this late stage in our life, we have moved to different countries 3 times.
Those that have more or less the same lifestyle, how and what do you deal with this? I am quite interested in learning how others cope with the selsifh feeling that you should have someone to be with you.
That would be a time saver. Thanks
As an "American" from the South, and having friends in both Central and North, we constantly make fun of the fact that we can't call ourselves Americans the way Europeans and Asians do.
Another "interesting point" though is that the Indigenous population are still called Indians and the the real Indians are not identified as Asians.
Right in the middle of the Amazon region there is a development zone where the majority of the electronics are made, in the country, by multinationals. It is called a Zona Franca.
When built in the country the import taxes, which represent the majority of the cost for imports such as electronics, these taxes are removed and make the good much cheaper.
It is the same with Xbox and PS4 in Brazil. An Xbox is 4 times cheaper than a PS4. If Brazil would be against USA or it's companies then it would be the reverse.
Hope I helped.
ps. Many people in country complain about the taxes but forget that when companies move their industries to Brazil, jobs, money and know-how stay there too improving the competitiveness. Sadly the vast majority of the population will look the price tag and complain without knowing the implications behind.
What about the higher productivity of Scandinavians? They shift back and forth on "time-zones" due to the constant change of amount of light because of the very hash winter. Sometimes with as few as 3 hours of light, not sun, but still maintain the same level of productivity.
Currently, Spanish primetime stretches until after midnight <- Well what about making less time for primetime? Or less siestas?
Brazil the world leader in creating the nag-a-lot-people. </irony>
It is pretty easy for me to make associations like this as well. There are people will a myriad of profiles in all countries and if we start generalizing people from other countries based on one individual things will get pretty bad very soon.
Just relate to someone in your town, for example, that is an a-hole and you'll understand what I am talking about. I could very well put you in the same basket as him.
Because we all know that France, Belgium and Germany represent all the 47 countries in the continent. Just as Florida, Alaska and New York represent the entire 50 states.
This reductionist articles are very, very, lame.
Having said that, I feel exhausted from news. Specially link bait or biased media. Almost like I have a burnout of BS and I am becoming very skeptical from almost all news source. Example, started watching CNN ditched in favor of BBC then stopped BBC in favor of Al Jazeera then... You get the point.
I must say that I have an urge that I keep coming back to check the news, every so often, to satiate this weird need to staying informed. But if I could, talking almost like an addicted person here, I would totally stop reading all this "crap".
And you are welcome. :)