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McDonald’s Corp and PepsiCo Inc are among companies continuing to operate in Russia, prompting New York state’s pension fund - a shareholder in the pair - to urge them to consider pausing their operations there.
Not sure they can do much, it's a problem with franchises self contained within countries serving individually owned outlets.
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You went West to East? And now you live in Wales... Who ARE you oyster? What the heck were you doing going West to East and why? (I'm Herr Starmer, I ask da kvestions!)
Yes, West to East. And back.

A coach trip for military (probably British only) families, which ran something like every Tuesday afternoon. The building of the wall wasn't going to stop us.
 
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I note what I have just read after lots of companies introducing boycotts:

McDonald’s Corp and PepsiCo Inc are among companies continuing to operate in Russia, prompting New York state’s pension fund - a shareholder in the pair - to urge them to consider pausing their operations there.
Historically, there has never been a war between countries with Coca Cola head offices... I read it on the internet so it must be true.
 
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This is bound to make cyclists safer

 

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Historically, there has never been a war between countries with Coca Cola head offices... I read it on the internet so it must be true.
Depends on definitions, but:

Fanta is a brand of fruit-flavored carbonated soft drinks created by Coca-Cola Deutschland under the leadership of German businessman Max Keith. There are more than 200 flavors worldwide. Fanta originated in Germany as a Coca-Cola substitute in 1940 due to the American trade embargo of Nazi Germany which affected the availability of Coca-Cola ingredients. Fanta soon dominated the German market with three million cans sold in 1943. The current formulation of Fanta was developed in Italy in 1955.
 

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Launch of Artemis 1, First in New Lunar Program scheduled to roll out to its launch pad at NASA's Kennedy Space Center (KSC) in Florida on March 17


The largest ever human family tree made up of 27 million ancestors

Methane emissions from the energy sector are 70% higher than official figures
 

oyster

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This is bound to make cyclists safer

Sounds absolutely awful.

Could cause lots of inner confusion if there is a clash in the movements implied by the virtual world and the reality of the physical car.

It is bad enough on a train if you have drifted off or been engrossed in a book, then look up and see a station or another train whizzing by.
 

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Libya, Iraq twice, Syria, Afghanistan.

Plus all the many US proxy wars since WW2.

Oyster, it's bad enough all the others who have convenient memory blanks in this thread. Don't you join them.
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I'm choosing to believe that you're being deliberately controversial, maintaining a creative discourse on the thread. Because the alternative - that you're an apologist for the abhorrent war crimes putin inflicted in and since the chechen war, Syria and now in Ukraine, that - unlike almost any historic tyrant - target the vulnerable in principle - is completely incomprehensible.
 

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Biden has been presented with options for massive cyberattacks against ussia

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Yes, West to East. And back.

A coach trip for military (probably British only) families, which ran something like every Tuesday afternoon. The building of the wall wasn't going to stop us.
What was a holiday like in the East? Did your upbringing instill within you a deep mistrust of authority, and are you posting from jail?
 
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guerney

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I'm choosing to believe that you're being deliberately controversial, maintaining a creative discourse on the thread. Because the alternative - that you're an apologist for the abhorrent war crimes putin inflicted in and since the chechen war, Syria and now in Ukraine, that - unlike almost any historic tyrant - target the vulnerable in principle - is completely incomprehensible.
It's why I ignore him and don't see anything he says.
 
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Niet "Netflix 'n chill" for you!

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EPA settles with Tesla over Clean Air Act violations at Fremont plant; $275K penalty
 
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Sounds absolutely awful.

Could cause lots of inner confusion if there is a clash in the movements implied by the virtual world and the reality of the physical car.

It is bad enough on a train if you have drifted off or been engrossed in a book, then look up and see a station or another train whizzing by.
It'll be hacked by geekier drivers for use while driving with autopilot engaged
 

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It wasn't a holiday - just an afternoon on a coach trip.

Never been in a gaol!
What fun thins to do were in East Berlin in thsoe days? What was the atmosphere like in East Berlin while the wall was being brought down? Are images of materiel giving you unpleasant flashbacks?
 

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What fun thins to do were in East Berlin in thsoe days? What was the atmosphere like in East Berlin while the wall was being brought down? Are images of materiel giving you unpleasant flashbacks?
Visited various features but I can't honestly say which things I saw on that trip rather than other visits - except the military lining the streets.

I wasn't there when the wall fell - but when it was built.
 
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flecc

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I'm choosing to believe that you're being deliberately controversial, maintaining a creative discourse on the thread. Because the alternative - that you're an apologist for the abhorrent war crimes putin inflicted in and since the chechen war, Syria and now in Ukraine, that - unlike almost any historic tyrant - target the vulnerable in principle - is completely incomprehensible.
I am not and never have been an apologist for Putin or for the Russian actions under his rule. Indeed I am on record in this thread posting how much I dislike Putin and these actions. My giving reasons for these actions happening is not giving excuses, especially since there are no acceptable excuses.

But equally I am not and never will be an apologist for the US actions which are at the root of these problems. They have all been inexcusable.

So I am not being deliberately controversial, I'm just giving my balanced view of the whole picture, free from propaganda and bias.

I do this as an ex regular army soldier who at the time of leaving the army had become a confirmed pacifist and conscientious objector, to the point of leaving the army in dispute with it, prepared to suffer in consequence under the law if necessary.
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I was reading yesterday about how the extended "hacker" army is doing all sorts of things like positively identifying Russian military equipment, status, locations. And precisely geotagging photos.
It shocks me how many pedelecers leave EXIF data on the photos they upload - usually includes GPS data, which when combined and mined after the fact in a year or several by advertisers as they create very accurate AI simulacrums of us all to sell to governments to better control their populations, to usher in an unhappy situation for humanity for evermore. China has made amazing strides in this regard and the technology already.
 

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