We all thought Germany had learned from that history, but apparently they didn’t learn the correct lesson.

Not “the EU”, but one particular group in the EU. This sort of thing pops up every couple of years, and unlike in the US, it always gets shot down. The current law says the exact opposite.

And he’d be right to, if the alternative is MAGA.

But this is the buf problem un US politics. Of course you should vote against Trump, and of course even the most questionable Democrat is preferable to Trump. But with only two options, that seems to have lead the Democrats to think they don’t even have to try anymore. They keep drifting further to the right, instead of running a credible opposition.

The US desperately needs more options, but the system is rigged to allow only two credible parties. To change, there are only two options: seize control of the Democratic Party, primary every lackluster candidate, until the DNC can’t ignore that people demand better. Or start a new grassroots party, but it would have to be universally seen as the only way to get change, it needs to be massively funded to take on the machines of the other two parties, and convince the American voter that they really can win in this system that’s rigged against the people.

Primarying is certainly the more likely option, but you need to do it everywhere.

“Those of us who”? Dude, you’re here encouraging apathy and arguing this is nothing special. You’re not fighting for anything, and now you want to pretend you’re the one fighting the good fight here?

I’ve been fighting for these issues for decades. Many have. You don’t see us arguing that “none of this is newsworthy”. It makes our news every single time.

You’re doing a poor job living up to that username of yours.

EU law prevents any government from accessing your email or other data, whereas the US demands easy access to your data. That’s what I’m referring to.

But I’ve also never heard of them blocking anyone’s email, and certainly not in retaliation for investigating war crimes.

I am not the one forgetting that. You are forgetting that the EU is not the US, and EU law is the polar opposite of US law on this issue.

Are you intentionally trying to miss the point? Don’t you think it matters what the law is? Harmful laws are absolutely newsworthy. Your data not being safe in the biggest data platforms in the world is absolutely newsworthy. I don’t understand how you can be so apathetic about that.

It doesn’t matter that they’re forced by law. That just means no US company is safe. It still means you need to get your stuff out of there.

And yes, your data and email can be safe, because EU law requires your data to be safe. It is becoming impossible for international tech companies to obey both US and EU law, and if you want your stuff to be safe, you should choose one that obeys EU law.

Mind you, Microsoft is actually planning to do something about this; they’ve suggested (but not yet implemented, I think) separating their EU based servers into a separate daughter company under a European board. But until they actually implement that, your data isn’t safe.

And your data is even less safe with some other US tech companies which have a longer history of flaunting EU data protection rules in order to exploit your data.

And those laws currently serve to suppress the international rule of law, and to enable fascism.

Why would you possibly think this is no big deal, when you see the size of the deal right in front of you?

US companies are subservient to Trump and will hurt you when Trump demands that.

No, the fact that MS can and will be forced to shut down accounts of people Trump dislikes is newsworthy in itself, and warning for everybody to avoid entrusting US companies with your data or money. If they can do it to this guy, they can do it to anyone.

Doesn’t change the fact that they did it, though. Although “US govt forced MS to shut down prosecutor’s email” would indeed have been more accurate.

The question still remains to whether corporations should bow to tyrannical demands. I think they do so too eagerly and should fight it more. If they don’t, that’s a pretty clear sign to anyone that your data and email simply isn’t safe in their hands.

That’s what I thought.

It’s apparently also in Mexico and Canada, so you can still visit matches there.

Would be funny if the stadiums in Mexico and Canada were chock full while those in the US were half empty. You’d hope they’d finally get the message.

Russia will continue fighting as long as they can and Putin is in charge. The only two ways to end the war are to break the Russian ability to attack, or to get rid of Putin. The former is significantly easier than the latter (though it might lead to the latter).

So the EU kicking all Russians out of Ukraine would de-escalate and end the war. Not doing anything means Russia will continue its attacks and find new ways to do even more damage.

Does Trump still think it’s the 1950s?

Very likely, yes.

I know one example of advertising that I liked: the creators of Penny Arcade had only advertisements for computer games that they liked. And they made those ads in the same art style as their own comic.

Advertisements are good when they’re an honest endorsement. Any others are inherently deceptive and often invasive.

Arrest them for corruption, perhaps? (He said hopefully)

Of course not. Only for disagreeing with him or not supporting his illegal crackdown on Americans he doesn’t like.

So a Jewish women protesting against genocide was harassed by a racist mob chanting pro-genocidal slogans.

Instead of putting him in prison.

Read up on the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact. They agreed to divide Poland, invaded together, and also divided the rest of eastern Europe and agreed not to attack each other. Up to the point of the Nazi breach of that pact, they had both been aggressors in WW2.