Match!!

Was there a cardinal who wouldn’t do this?

psst hey, if the EU wants to start cutting side deals with, say, Maine, they’ll be all for it

And then we shocked-Pikachuface when china, japan, and south korea start working more closely on trade

the zapatistas in chiapas have ruled there since 1995

this is your government doing this??

goddamn i forgot the world can get better sometimes

i would enjoy some polling that asks people where they think their country is ranked on press freedom

it’s 2 ranks behind (1 point less score) - it went up from 55 to 57 because it was the 55th best and now it is 57th best

oh shit they’re west banking gaza now

Prime Minister is similar to Speaker of the House- everyone gets elected in their district and then the majority party (or in the case of a functional democracy multi-party system, a coalition of parties that add up to 51% of the elected officials) picks their own Speaker/Prime Minister without further input from the public. In practice, if you’re already the party leader then you’re sure (95%~) to be the prime minister after your party wins/gets the biggest share in the election

they’re ready for brre-entry now

You mean that thing that the police get to issue basically at-will to whomever they dislike?

what fucking gave her the right to weigh in

they’re like softly at war actually

edit: this despite the increasing influence of BRICS

what have you learned about bottoms so far?

amnesty international has accused the us government of extraordinary rendition for decades, basically since 2001. this is even worse

Disappeared (desaparecido) is a historical term that likens the trump administration to latin american military dictatorships

vance liz truss’d the pope

i don’t know how could anyone watch Star Trek DS9 and still call women “females” like a Ferengi

Nah, he needs Russia open for his own escape route when he has to get helicoptered out after protests close the Beltway