@lemmy.ml and already tagged as a tankie.

Damn, color me surprised!

I totally agree, but someone on the ship actually is responsible for following orders from whoever (Russia) to dump anchor and drag it along the seabed. I refuse to believe the captain did all of it himself, or held the crew at gunpoint to force them to do it. Most of the crew are surely innocent or, at worst, were actively ignoring the crime they collectively were doing. It is fully possible for the crew to ignore orders, they could possibly lose their jobs, but they decided their jobs were worth more than not propagating Nazi Russia's stupid hybrid war.

Actions have consequences. Do stupid shit, win stupid prizes. And so on.

It is extremely obvious all these cable cutting "accidents" are done on purpose by Russia, Russian actors, or someone contracted by Russia. The ship should be seized and used for financing new cables, even if it the rusty bathtub is only worth a couple of bucks. Most importantly the crew (regardless of nationality) needs to be sentenced to something like 20-30 years in jail for acts of war or the like. Then future crews and shipping companies will realise the cost of accepting these contracts from Russia.

If the central bank of England was named "Englands Bank" would you call it Englands?

Norges Bank literally means Bank of Norway, and is the central bank of Norway. Norge is the name of Norway in Norwegian. In Norwegian you add a s after a noun to make it possessive.

Edit: Downvoting changes neither the name of the bank, nor Norwegian grammar, lol. This place is so Reddit-brained.

Sure, except the Norwegian spelling is "slutt". The pronunciation is a bit different from the English word "slut", the English one uses more of a ø-sound for the u. "sludd" is the Norwegian word for sleet, which is a mix of snow and water, this is even stated by your sources.

Can they standardize some kind of ice road driving experience requirement if you are driving somewhere it gets cold in the winter? It's a constant problem with people who have never seen snow before racing around like maniacs on slippery ice roads in the Nordics, often with summer tyres. Both cars and heavy lorries from central and southern Europe often crash in the winter, and they're always surprised at ice being more difficult to drive on than plain asphalt. There's a reason it's an obligatory part of driving education in the north.

They've been ramping up acquisition and production as much as they reasonably can the last few years. The rest of us should really follow their example. Luckily the production is increasing all over Europe, though it should have begun much much sooner than this. The hard part going forward is manpower (as stated in the article), and all the command structures needing to be rebuilt without the US. And, over time removing the dependence on America for air defence, both planes and land-based missile defences. Fully local drone production is also going to be a game changer, as we have seen the importance of drones in Ukraine.

God, they're so desperate for the smallest possible propaganda win to spin into something big. They really aren't update to date on what goes on outside their own backyard.

Surely THIS will get price of eggs down.

Does he wake up every morning and do a d20 roll on what his opinion is going to be that day?

Seriously though, I guess he REALLY wants his name on the peace deal, whatever the cost, so he can go on to demand a Nobel Peace Prize. I expect him to get real pissy if he doesn't get one, whining about how Obama got one.

Can't have a trade deficit if you don't have trade.

So it's going to be 4 years of "Say thank you" in addition to the already established bullshit? What's the next thing they're adding to the list?