Ser Reptitious Posted January 10, 2022 Share Posted January 10, 2022 19 minutes ago, The Anti-Targ said: Though do Germans still call their country Deutschland and their language Deutsch? The question then is why does almost everyone else call it Germany / German. That is indeed a very germane question... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Anti-Targ Posted January 10, 2022 Share Posted January 10, 2022 6 minutes ago, Ser Reptitious said: That is indeed a very germane question... Since there isn't a suitable option in the response bar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maarsen Posted January 10, 2022 Share Posted January 10, 2022 1 hour ago, The Anti-Targ said: Though do Germans still call their country Deutschland and their language Deutsch? The question then is why does almost everyone else call it Germany / German. I blame the Netherlanders. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Horse Named Stranger Posted January 10, 2022 Share Posted January 10, 2022 If only there was an explanation on youp... eh youtube. I mean youtube. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
williamjm Posted January 12, 2022 Share Posted January 12, 2022 On 1/10/2022 at 9:17 PM, The Anti-Targ said: Though do Germans still call their country Deutschland and their language Deutsch? The question then is why does almost everyone else call it Germany / German. It may be something derived from the Latin Germania in many languages but there's also a lot which don't use that like French (Allemagne) or Spanish. Quote If only there was an explanation on youp... eh youtube. I mean youtube. I didn't see that link before my original reply. I knew there was a bit of variation but I didn't realise quite how much there was. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghjhero Posted January 13, 2022 Share Posted January 13, 2022 Looks like talks between Russia and NATO have ended without anything to show for it. No surprises here, as soon as Russia announced their demands it was clear to me they were nothing more than a pretext to justify Moscow’s coming invasion of Ukraine. Some further talks are scheduled later in the month between Ukraine, France, Germany and Russia, but don’t hold your breath for anything to come of them. Time to buckle in and get ready for what’s next. Let’s see how well Ukraine is prepared to withstand an invasion and how Russia will respond to, supposedly much harsher, sanctions Washington has pledged to enact once Russia invades. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DMC Posted January 13, 2022 Share Posted January 13, 2022 5 hours ago, Ghjhero said: No surprises here, as soon as Russia announced their demands it was clear to me they were nothing more than a pretext to justify Moscow’s coming invasion of Ukraine. Some further talks are scheduled later in the month between Ukraine, France, Germany and Russia, but don’t hold your breath for anything to come of them. Time to buckle in and get ready for what’s next. Let’s see how well Ukraine is prepared to withstand an invasion and how Russia will respond to, supposedly much harsher, sanctions Washington has pledged to enact once Russia invades. I mean, yes, the talks ending in a stalemate is not a particularly surprising outcome. As long as Russia's primary demand is a non-starter to the US and NATO, that's what's going to happen. Could Putin use the failed talks as a pretext for invasion? Sure, that's definitely a possibility. But that hardly means an invasion is inevitable or a foregone conclusion, we'll see. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Padraig Posted January 13, 2022 Share Posted January 13, 2022 Very interesting map You could see why Turkey joining the EU was feared and hoped for, both at the same time. Before Erdogan showed how power hungry he was. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord of Oop North Posted January 13, 2022 Share Posted January 13, 2022 27 minutes ago, Padraig said: Very interesting map You could see why Turkey joining the EU was feared and hoped for, both at the same time. Before Erdogan showed how power hungry he was. This is very interesting. I never would have pegged the Açores as having a place among the youngest in Europe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Anti-Targ Posted January 14, 2022 Share Posted January 14, 2022 I guess what you kind of want for a population spread is for age brackets up to about 60 they are more or less the same, i.e. almost no deaths before 60, then a gradual reduction in population with older people not really dropping off in substantial numbers until their late 80s. So I would think about 12% per 10 year age bracket up to 60 (72%), then 60-80 about 10% and 8% respectively then the final 10% for 90+, which will span at least 2 decades so maybe 6%/3%, then 1% >110. So 15-29 age group should be about 18%. Any region / country between 15-20% is pretty much the ideal. Any region/country above 20% is looking to be skewed on the younger side than ideal. Any region / country below 15% is looking skewed on the older side than ideal. Has any country yet reached a state of health and wellbeing where 4% of the population is over 100? We definitely don't have 200,000 centenarians, but I would personally rate that as being a sign of a country having achieved a very high standard of lifelong health and wellbeing for the whole population. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghjhero Posted January 14, 2022 Share Posted January 14, 2022 18 hours ago, DMC said: I mean, yes, the talks ending in a stalemate is not a particularly surprising outcome. As long as Russia's primary demand is a non-starter to the US and NATO, that's what's going to happen. Could Putin use the failed talks as a pretext for invasion? Sure, that's definitely a possibility. But that hardly means an invasion is inevitable or a foregone conclusion, we'll see. Time will tell, but imo this has all been by design. Putin went into the talks with unrealistic demands he knew NATO would never meet in order to say that he tried and will now justify an invasion that way. There are a lot of OSINT reports out there detailing how Russia continues to transport large amounts of military hardware from their far eastern provinces west to the border with Ukraine. Not to mention Ukraine just suffered a major cyber attack this morning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fragile Bird Posted January 14, 2022 Share Posted January 14, 2022 15 hours ago, Padraig said: Very interesting map You could see why Turkey joining the EU was feared and hoped for, both at the same time. Before Erdogan showed how power hungry he was. Ha - most interesting now is having the UK blacked out! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larry of the Lawn Posted January 15, 2022 Share Posted January 15, 2022 Underwater Volcano near Tonga just errupted. The statellite pictures are dramatic and humbling. Hoping that casualties are to a minimum. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A True Kaniggit Posted January 15, 2022 Share Posted January 15, 2022 4 minutes ago, Larry of the Lake said: Underwater Volcano near Tonga just errupted. The statellite pictures are dramatic and humbling. Hoping that casualties are to a minimum. Didn't this happen like 12 hours ago? I agree, I hope causalities aren't too high. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larry of the Lawn Posted January 15, 2022 Share Posted January 15, 2022 Just now, A True Kaniggit said: Didn't this happen like 12 hours ago? I agree, I hope causalities aren't too high. Yeah, there was another erruption back in december Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A True Kaniggit Posted January 15, 2022 Share Posted January 15, 2022 4 minutes ago, Larry of the Lake said: Yeah, there was another erruption back in december Haha. Nah man. I mean I saw the story when I woke up this morning. It didn't "just happen". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Anti-Targ Posted January 16, 2022 Share Posted January 16, 2022 Lots of comms systems are down in Tonga. Tsunami in various places around the pacific including here, property damaging, but I believe not terribly life threatening. Lots of ash all over Tonga. Biggest Tsunami here that I can recall (not me personally, since I live 10s of km inland so there would need to be an apocalyptic event for a Tsunami to reach my town). I assume it's tsunami waves we are seeing radiate away from the blast zone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DMC Posted January 16, 2022 Share Posted January 16, 2022 Netanyahu negotiating plea deal in corruption trial: Quote The person said a number of elements remained unresolved, including the inclusion of the charge of “moral turpitude,” which under Israeli law would ban Netanyahu from politics for seven years. They were also deliberating whether Netanyahu would be forced to do community service under the deal. Including “moral turpitude” would challenge Netanyahu's vows to return to lead the country after his 12-year reign was ended last year by a coalition of ideologically disparate parties with little in common other than its opposition to his leadership. But Netanyahu, dubbed a political wizard for his ability to survive repeated attempts at ending his rule, could make a comeback when the ban expires. He would be nearly 80. I understand there's a strong desire to not offer him a deal, but if he's banned for seven years I say do it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Anti-Targ Posted January 17, 2022 Share Posted January 17, 2022 If he's convicted is he banned for life? If not, then might as well go for a plea deal. Get the conviction with acceptance of guilt without the hassle of a trial, even if the sentence is much less than would be obtained from a trial, and a trial with a guilty verdict can still have Netanyahu pleading his innocence and being a victim of a witch hunt. It's mostly the conviction and admission of guilt that counts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Varysblackfyre321 Posted January 19, 2022 Share Posted January 19, 2022 https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/1/19/french-senators-vote-to-ban-the-hijab-in-sports-competitions From what I get this is just a far-right virtue signaling. @Rippounetthoughts? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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