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Erik Prince Calls for U.S. to Colonize Africa and Latin America in c/world@lemmy.world

[–] bobs_monkey@lemm.ee 1 points 2 years ago

"Is that.. legal?"

13 sentenced to death for homosexuality in Yemen in c/world@lemmy.world

[–] bobs_monkey@lemm.ee 22 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Lol apostasy is illegal in Iran, punishable by death, and is also incompatible with Islam. So you're both a hypocrite and an asshole.

How did a raccoon knock out power for large swaths of downtown Toronto last night? in c/world@lemmy.world

[–] bobs_monkey@lemm.ee 4 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

The raccoon in question

Smersh: why Putin has reinstated Stalin's notorious and much-feared anti-spy unit in c/world@lemmy.world

[–] bobs_monkey@lemm.ee 6 points 2 years ago

Well I'll be damned, thank you for that bit of history.

Smersh: why Putin has reinstated Stalin's notorious and much-feared anti-spy unit in c/world@lemmy.world

[–] bobs_monkey@lemm.ee 14 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)

The article beat me to it, but I had no idea that SMERSH was real, completely thought it was Flemming's fiction. Next thing you'll tell me is that SPECTRE is a thing.

Russia's egg crisis is spiraling out of control in c/world@lemmy.world

[–] bobs_monkey@lemm.ee 1 points 2 years ago

The only way a legislated raising of wages works is by initiating price controls, otherwise corps can and will raise prices to protect profits

Israeli strike in Syria kills Iranian commander, Iran says in c/world@lemmy.world

[–] bobs_monkey@lemm.ee 1 points 2 years ago

Gotta keep Hezbollah and the West Bank on their toes I guess, consequences be damned.