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Besides that header block, these goalies aren't working too hard today, are they? Dudes out here on vacation. lol

Brolic dude coming on the field like a freight train.

What was that?! Bruh.

SangoOlukosoOba:
This is a perfect time to bring in James Harden and Stephen Curry to run our flanks. Its an all out offence and Giannis Antetokounmpo can open the gates of goals.

Yeah, I don't care about basketball. Especially in the era of 3-point b**ches and mulattos.

Wow.

The Canadian commentators are f***ots.

I doubt Benin will score. But the eagles are heating up and right on the edge of scoring.

Good game.

I thought Benin was going to get mowed down, but they're pretty strong.

But these clowns want to fight development in Africa.

Inspiring.

Hu$tler.

Well done.

Spend your time doing the sorts of things quality men do. For example, volunteer in the community. You can meet a hard-working, caring, responsible, humble guy.

Maybe you don't care about actual good men and just want one with money. There's no shortage of info out there on socializing with them. But know that you're not the only one chasing.

You sound hurt. You just need to choose better. Don't let her proportions distract you.

That said, some men have very strong feelings against women. I really think some of these men like men because you can't feel so strongly against women and actually be straight. I mean it's possible, but rare I think.

There's lots of beautiful Caribbean women there. Don't forget that.

It's also about how society indoctrinates people. It's pretty powerful, the way people can convince someone of certain things, especially when they start doing it at a young age. It's sad actually.

Too early for that talk. Fix some stuff first. 4 years is plenty of time to do that.

And Obama said "uh" a lot. So what. The president is still a human being, and this isn't an example of incompetence. And actions speak louder. Complain about his decisions, not his imperfections.

Kenfil:
Trying to get back to my healthy eating

You know, if you curried all of that, it could be really good. Shrimp, salmon, sweet potato, and some assorted veggies.

My body is ready.

It looks like a military base.

lol Where's the photos of the thieving foreigners and politicians?

the Islamic police broke into the students’ rooms

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I see your point even though I think you're trolling.

But I don't know if it's about "addiction." I can see how that could be a thing, but I think it has more to do with an individual's mind, maturity, confidence, and morals.

I also think it's a matter of some people's inability to comprehend that some people don't think like wild animals, and are capable of making decisions that don't involve our private area.

Being with someone significantly shorter is uncomfortable. I didn't think anything of it before, but I just don't like it. Personal preference. I'm sure plenty of people don't mind.

https://thehill.com/policy/international/543609-biden-imposes-more-sanctions-on-russia-over-navalny-poisoning

The Biden administration on Wednesday announced more sanctions on Russia over the use of chemical weapons against dissidents, including the poisoning of jailed opposition figure Alexei Navalny.

The Department of Commerce said it is blocking the export of items controlled for national security reasons that are destined for Russia.

It will also suspend licenses that granted specific exceptions for exports to Russia, targeting replacement parts and equipment, technology and software and "additional permissive reexports."

"The Department of Commerce is committed to preventing Russia from accessing sensitive U.S. technologies that might be diverted to its malign chemical weapons activities," the agency said in a statement.

The export sanctions are expected to take effect on Thursday. However, the Commerce Department did allow for specific exceptions for certain exports that fall under the category of national security grounds up until Sept. 1.

The sanctions are part of the Biden administration's determination that Russia's internal security service, the FSB, carried out an attack in August on Navalny using the Soviet-era nerve agent Novichok, the use of which is banned by the international Chemical Weapons Convention.

Navalny is an outspoken critic of Russian President Vladimir Putin, known for producing investigative reports on corruption involving Putin and senior government officials.

The administration imposed earlier in March sanctions on seven senior members of the Russian government and export restrictions on several Russian businesses in response to Navalny's poisoning.

Simon Miles, a professor with Duke University and an expert on Russia and the Soviet Union, said the sanctions make clear the Biden administration's determination to hold Putin accountable for the use of chemical weapons but that the impact is unclear.

"These sanctions targeting in particular high-tech components will exacerbate an issue that the Russian economy has, but one which it is making strides in addressing domestically," he wrote in an email to The Hill.

Miles added that the Biden administration's response to Russia's alleged use of chemical weapons also comes amid heightened tensions between Washington and Moscow, following the release Tuesday of declassified intelligence finding that Putin authorized an influence operation into the 2020 election and the U.S. opposition to a Russian oil pipeline heading for Europe, called Nord Stream 2.

"Taking the Novichok use along with the recently released [intelligence community] report on the actions, authorized by Putin's Kremlin, to interfere in the 2020 election, it seems to me that the Biden administration will need to think beyond the usual cyclical formula of US sanctions and Russian adaptation going forward and when they think about even bigger questions like The Nord Stream 2 pipeline," he said.

Navalny's poisoning and subsequent arrest in Russia, internationally condemned as politically motivated, galvanized his supporters at home to take to the streets over the course of January and February, protests that were met with strong crackdowns by police.

Navalny was arrested in January upon his return to Moscow after recovering for months in a German hospital from the poisoning attack he suffered in August.

Russian authorities accused Navalny of violating his parole by leaving the country, despite his exit occurring as an emergency evacuation while he was in a coma from the poison attack.

He is currently being held in a prison camp in Russia's Vladimir region northeast of Moscow, Reuters reported, and which he criticized as a "concentration camp" in a post on Instagram Monday.

He was sentenced to serve 2 1/2 years in the prison camp stemming from the alleged parole violation.

https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2021/03/24/economy/china-eu-investment-deal-sanctions-intl-hnk/index.html

Hong Kong(CNN Business)China and the European Union rang in the new year by striking a major investment deal intended to strengthen their trade ties. A contentious spat over human rights could now doom the agreement.

The European Union joined the United States and United Kingdom this week in punishing Chinese officials with sanctions over alleged human rights abuses in the country's Xinjiang region. Beijing fired back with sanctions of its own on 10 EU politicians, including members of parliament and four entities, for "maliciously spreading lies."

Valdis Dombrovskis, the European Union trade commissioner, said the fate of the investment agreement, which has not yet been ratified by the European Parliament, is now in doubt.


"China's retaliatory sanctions are regrettable and unacceptable," Dombrovskis told the Financial Times in remarks confirmed by his spokesperson. "The prospects for ... ratification will depend on how the situation evolves."

The European Commission, which negotiates trade deals for the 27 EU countries, had already come under fire from members of parliament and activist groups for moving ahead with the investment agreement without securing stronger commitments from China on labor and human rights protections.

China's dramatic response to sanctions means the investment deal now faces an even tougher path to ratification, underscoring just how difficult it will be for the European Union to balance its economic interests with human rights concerns, especially as the United States wants to work with allies to challenge Beijing.

"The lifting of sanctions against [members of the European parliament] is a pre-condition for us to enter into talks with the Chinese government on the investment deal," said Kathleen van Brempt, a member of the European Parliament and spokesperson for the Socialists and Democrats. "We will not be intimidated, we will not be silenced."

Guy Verhofstadt, a member of European Parliament and the former prime minister of Belgium, said that China's decision to fire back over sanctions had "killed" the deal.

A complicated deal
The investment agreement — which aims to promote sustainable development, and improve access for EU investors to China's economy in areas such as health, financial services and electric cars — was always going to be tricky to finalize.

Increased tensions between the United States and China are one major reason. Washington is confronting China on a range of economic issues including market access and trade, and it has even accused Beijing of carrying out "genocide" against Uyghurs and other ethnic and religious minority groups in Xinjiang. That's forcing other countries to pick sides.

"The China-EU investment deal has always been a long-shot," said Alex Capri, a research fellow at Hinrich Foundation and a visiting senior fellow at National University of Singapore.

Capri said concessions China made to the United States as part of last year's trade truce with the Trump administration had pushed Europe to revive its own agreement. But while Brussels wants to keep up a "robust" trading relationship with Beijing, he said, the bloc will "continue to pivot" to the United States on many issues, including alignment on artificial intelligence and strategic supply chains.

"It'll be awkward for the European Parliament to ratify an investment deal with a country that's sanctioned several," of its members, said Nick Marro, the lead for global trade at the Economist Intelligence Unit, in a commentary published Tuesday.

Not dead just yet

Marro said that the investment deal isn't "dead on arrival" just yet. And several experts have pointed out that it's in Beijing's best interest to bolster economic ties: China is the European Union's second biggest trading partner behind the United States, while the European Union is China's largest trading partner, according to the European Commission.

"The biggest risk to the [investment deal] is not Beijing pulling out, but unleashing an aggressive response that undercuts European support for the pact," wrote analysts at Eurasia Group in a research note published late last week.

Some influential voices in China appear to understand that, too. Hu Xijin, the editor of the state-run tabloid the Global Times, played up the "symbolic" nature of the sanctions Tuesday on his Weibo account.

"Please note that the mutual sanctions didn't touch trade and the economy, so it's mainly just a verbal fight," Hu wrote on the Chinese social media platform. "The essence of China and the West's relations are business. That's the real interest."

A 'costly' approach
Brussels and Beijing have huge incentives to preserve their overall economic relationship and prevent further deterioration.

Still, China may have miscalculated its response. Its new sanctions ban several EU politicians from entering mainland China, Hong Kong and Macau. And their related companies and institutions will be restricted from doing business with China.

"Chinese diplomacy seems incapable of taking a measured approach when it comes to responding to perceived public affronts," said Capri, who added that the reaction "will prove to be costly."

Daniel Gros, a distinguished fellow at the Centre for European Policy Studies, said China has "a bit overreacted." But he added that ratification of the investment deal is still a long way off, and the spat may not jeopardize it in the long run.

Even so, geopolitical tensions could increase over the coming year. Gros pointed to Beijing's crackdown on pro-democracy activists in Hong Kong and China's confrontational diplomacy as potential flash points.

"If there's more evidence of human rights violations against the Uyghurs, all these things could and would influence the final decision," Gros said.

It's not that surprising (sadly) that this would happen there.

Their country is even worse shape now, but thankfully, America and its allies are going to bail them out (probably for trade deals), so the parasite walking cancers will stop infesting African nations.

People are making wiser personal and financial decisions instead of simply following the crowd and having children they can't afford and/or don't actually want.

Olominira:
Hahaha... the biggest joke. You know many Europeans need chinese money and trade

China's economy rests squarely on Euro and North American desire for their cheap labor. Their labor now poses too high a risk to be worth it.

China...where bombs and rockets would have been flying

China would plunge back into the stone age if they made the slightest move towards that. They pose no real military threat to America or its Euro allies.