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The concept of immunity changed over the years / ages. It used to be absolute, or near-absolute, but over time it became functional. Namely that it covers only activities directly related to performing the function of the ambassador, and nothing past that.

https://m.jpost.com/israel-news/jewish-man-arrested-for-setting-fire-to-roman-catholic-church-in-jerusalem-651175 This apparently happened - religious Jewish man set fire to a Catholic church in Jerusalem.

And the critical parts New Silk Road going through Russia too... Never mind China also buying a lot of Russian food.

Well that, and China doesn't want to antagonise Russia.

IIRC Russian Coast Guard is also happily shooting them up.

On all things "reset", I have been keeping track for a looong while, back when it was called "war on cash" and so forth. And yes, I've seen your thread, I'll go in detail over it later.

True, there is a joke that Kaczyński's biggest problem with the ComParty was that the First Secretary wasn't him. Otherwise he is all about "strong state" with big bureaucracy and population at it's mercy. Yes, but those are "prywaciarze" (pejorative term for private business). Also we just...

I wrote a comment on that, it covers some issues

Germany was very much not ready for a full scale war in '38, if Western Allies had the will the matter could have been settled there and then. Poland + Czechoslovakia + France + England, would have seen Hitler coup'ed and removed from power.

Actually, we really, really wanted a preventive war against Germany for quite some time. But the West was dead-set on appeasement, so we went with the flow for once...

Well, yes, I recall back on SB some idiot claim along the lines of "Nazis were right wing, not left wing, because they killed along racial / ethnic lines, and communists never did target people based on race / ethnicity, for that's a right wing thing, left side is racism-free (by definition)."...

You know, Arab oil sheiks are big, big buyers of horses going for millions...

Damn you, geography, how dare you to use names that speshul snowflakes get triggered by. (there should be a facepalm smiley icon...)

I guess geography class won't mention the river Niger either....

Remember that in modern democracy, "truth" is what "democratic circles" decide that it is*. *Subject to change at any time and without prior notice.

Well, read this: https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/why-isnt-wall-street-in-jail-179414/

From an evolutionary perspective, it's all about natural selection, survival / replication - does "it" (insert sexual "identity / stance") increase your (well, those of your genes) odds of "surviving" by being "there" in next generations or no, does "it" through failure to reproduce remove you...

She wants blacks to sit in the back of the class? And be (self)segregated from whites? Have kids with blacks only? Daaamn, the Ku Klux Klan approves of her message. :ROFLMAO: :ROFLMAO: Maybe blacks should sit at the end of the bus when they ride one while at it, eh? The irony level is well...

Meanwhile in Germany: https://jungefreiheit.de/politik/deutschland/2020/gemeinde-siegt-rentner-muss-wohnung-fuer-asylsuchende-verlassen/ A 75 year old retiree* has to leave his** apartment to make room for immigrants. * Who was pro-immigration activist prior to that. Ironic, no? ** Rented...

Warmaster Jha'dur approves of this message and wishes to assist the process with some of her own concoctions. Her developments work wonders on immune systems I'm told... ☠:p