[OFF TOPIC] Politics Thread

[Monzanator 4,498]

That's the key. Politics IS a game. Overall Joe Biden has been a mediocre stop-gap seat filler without any leadership qualities. So it's no wonder he talks nonsense as well.

[lapaj 379]

On 4/26/2024 at 5:27 PM, Monzanator said:

@heywooduPolish is actually the language with the biggest usage of letter "Z" in the world (mainly thanks to our fancy digraphs "cz", "sz" and "rz" ). "Z" also means "with" or "from" so it's a common preposition too.

 

Second most popular language using "z" is probably Hungarian.

 

[Monzanator 4,498]

Without the war in Ukraine the Anglo-Saxon world wouldn't even know what "z" in Russian looks like. And it looks like "3".

[Grassmarket 3,403]

57 minutes ago, lapaj said:

 

So much so that that it costs Poland billions per year to import Z tiles for Scrabble.

[Grassmarket 3,403]

15 minutes ago, Monzanator said:

Without the war in Ukraine the Anglo-Saxon world wouldn't even know what "z" in Russian looks like. And it looks like "3".

ззззззззззззз

 

Would you believe that the Russian letter З (& also Ш Щ Ч) all come from the  Coptic alphabet?  

Edited May 3 by Grassmarket

[bestmen 2,817]

Finally Turkeiy, well done Erdogan  

 

Turkey stops all trade with Israel over ‘humanitarian tragedy’ in Gaza

 

https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/may/02/turkey-reportedly-halts-all-trade-israel-war-gaza

Edited May 3 by bestmen

[Monzanator 4,498]

@GrassmarketHow many points for using Z in English scrabble?

Edited May 3 by Monzanator

[Monzanator 4,498]

Robert E. Lee & Thomas 'Stonewall' Jackson are back on in high schools in Virginia. I suppose they have a more lasting legacy in US history than George Floyd so it's not a surprise.

 

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-68985412

[Biathlonfan 625]

2 minutes ago, Monzanator said:

Robert E. Lee & Thomas 'Stonewall' Jackson are back on in high schools in Virginia. I suppose they have a more lasting legacy in US history than George Floyd so it's not a surprise.

 

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-68985412

uh yeah they do and they should

[Makedonas 2,155]

On 5/3/2024 at 4:41 PM, bestmen said:

Finally Turkeiy, well done Erdogan  

 

Turkey stops all trade with Israel over ‘humanitarian tragedy’ in Gaza

 

https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/may/02/turkey-reportedly-halts-all-trade-israel-war-gaza

Very ironic coming from Turkey of all countries, as they have caused many many "humanitarian tragedies" in the last 110 years or so, and continue to do so. It's an interesting move though for them to take the lead, and I only ask that others start holding Turkey/Erdogan to the same standards. It is only fair!