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Any comment? If Stop the War don't want to be seen as Putin's useful idiots, can they stop Kremlin propaganda being disseminated at their events?

Are you serious that you want me to comment on this? What is your problem?

Did you mean 15 days rather than years? If not that's one hell of a conscription :-)

They don't.

Got a mate who's been called back in for May for "rehearsals". He's 40, lives in London, and has two children.

Did you see Owen Jones suggesting Ukraine should be a 'buffer zone'? He was called out and forced into an apology for it, but the fact he said it in the first place is indicative of the mindset.

I didn't see that, no. But:

So Owen Jones is the person who you meant when you said the far left don't believe Ukraine has a right to self-determination and should be a vassal to Putin?

Cool. If that's his position he's wrong. Let's call him out on it. In fact, sounds like people did and he made his position clearer and apologised.

Where do you get off deciding whether or not Ukraine can join NATO?

Really. What gives you that right?

I don't have that right and I'm not claiming that I do?

In terms of STW, I know we went over this ground last week, but I can't reconcile how they believe Ukraine should be entitled to "self-determination", but it should also be barred from seeking to join international organisations.

We did go over this. And I'll make this point again: No one is barring them from seeking to join. The position is that no one has a sovereign right to be a member of Nato (or any other international organisation). This is a position shared by many people on the left and the right and the centre. It is a sane position. It is not a position unique to STW.

But that's a different conversation. You claimed there are people on the "far left" who don't "recognise the people of Ukraine have a right to self determination" and think Ukraine should "simply accept being a vassal state of Putin." I don't think this is a particularly widespread view and it's annoying to keep reading it spewed as fact.

Back to Finland and Nato - for the first time there has been a poll that shows a majority supporting membership: https://yle.fi/news/3-12337202

I'd still not be putting bets on them joining, but that alone is a pretty big deal.

It is not a reference to Zarah Sultana. Some in STW, yes. Anyone talking about buffer zones or spheres of influence needs to do some thinking about their worldview.

You've still not said who it's a reference to. Maybe instead of making vague and ambiguous insinuations towards about "the left" which people can, and do, read to mean what they want, you can be a bit more precise and name the people on the left who don't "recognise the people of Ukraine have a right to self determination" and think Ukraine should "simply accept being a vassal state of Putin." I'm fairly sure that, if there are any, it's a very small number. So painting an entire part of the political spectrum with that accusation is a bit disingenuous (verging on dangerous in such a politically charged atmosphere).

Oh yeah, not claiming they'll avoid (or be able to avoid) sanctions. No idea about that really. More a thought on their "philosophical" defense of taking Russian money in the face of international sanctions.

I suspect this is just spin to make the moronic crypto libertarians think that Coinbase agrees with them and their half arsed ideology.

It also smells a bit like rationalising potential war profiteering. (Not an attack on people who hold crypto. But these guys could earn big if Russian sanctions push people to them).

The difference between the tanky far left and everyone else is that we recognise the people of Ukraine have a right to self determination and shouldn't simply accept being a vassal state of Putin.

Who's this a reference to? STW? People like Zarah Sultana who has had to deal with death threats because of people - including those in her own party - making claims like this?

why your insistence on saying bitcoin instead of crypto?

Because they used it in their example.

Listen, you posted a link to a (imho) total loser. I responded to it by calling him a cunt. I had no idea what your opinion was, and couldn't possibly be responding to your opinion because you didn't provide one. I'm sorry if you feel attacked.

Lots of things we should work on making human rights before bitcoin. Homes, utilities, food, safety, education, a sustainable environment for our and future generations... I'll let you wherever I think we should add BTC to that list once we've managed to get those things under control.

Not sure if that is pointed at me or the CEO?

The ceo. But it could be you too. I don't know you so couldn't say. But they made it explicit that their libertarian values were a key part of the position.

How doesn't it make sense?

Because the first version of your post didn't make sense.

Owning bitcoin is, thankfully, not a human right.

You've edited. But tbf, it was his attempt to use Canada as some sort of analogue for Russia's invasion and murdering that I found so offensive. But libertarians don't really care about other people.

So would you of been happy to have your accounts frozen over Iraq, Afghanistan, Libya?

This doesn't even make sense? A bit like that weird tweet thread. But I guess you got me.

What a total and utter cunt.

Is it the other one I posted in? Otherwise this isn't the most helpful post I've come across!

Apparently I posted this on the wrong thread: https://www.lfgss.com/conversations/1296­50/?offset=200#comment16417329

Need to replace an RCA input on a meridian active speaker. Can't find the bit that broke off after a move! Any tips on where to look?

Pic with the other speaker for example of part.

Yeah, public support had been going up in Finland as well, and there's been no real political consensus to join, let alone a really strong public desire.

Finland nailed walking the line between the USSR/Russia and NATO (we even got a new word out of it: Finlandization). There's a reason the putin/trump summit was in Helsinki . To radically change course at this moment would really, really, surprise me.

Germany have made huge changes to their long standing policies today as well, massive increase in defence spending, lifting export controls to conflict zones etc.

True, and by all reports that's pretty a big deal.

But I don't know enough (anything) about Germany on this to say whether that would be equivalent to Finland applying, being invited, and accepting the invitation to, join NATO. I somehow expect not.

Ignoring the fact that NATO would have to agree to let Finland join (why would they?), Finland joining NATO would be a remarkable change in a policy that has allowed them to remain free and prosper throughout the cold war. It's a topic that people there are very attuned to and support is hardly universal. And I wouldn't say a Russian invasion of Ukraine would exactly push people running to NATO. I honestly can't see it happening.

Having said that, Finland closing airspace to Russia is a pretty remarkable thing.

He's deleted the tweet and replaced it with stuff insinuating a policy change to accept refugees is on the cards.

But that that was his natural/first response says everything you need to know about how a Tory's mind works.

Got decent Chinese meal from Vegan Planet in Camden today. Probably go to Tofu Vegan first if it was a choice, but wouldn't avoid it.