• Dessa [she/her]@hexbear.net
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    1 year ago

    “I’m happy to ibtroduce to you my belt and road initiative for US citizens: Tighten your belt and hit the road, jack”

  • Vampire [any]@hexbear.netOP
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    The whitehouse.gov press release says:

    • two separate corridors, the east corridor connecting India to the Arabian Gulf, and the northern corridor connecting the Arabian Gulf to Europe.

    • railway network ship-to-rail transit between India, the UAE, Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Israel, and Europe

    • electric cables, data cables, hydrogen pipeline along the railways

    • Participants are Saudi Arabia, the EU, India, UAE, France, Germany, Italy, and the USA

  • Snackuleata [any]@hexbear.net
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    The one time I caught NPR on the radio it announced this. The contrast between the reporter’s breathless admiration for Biden’s bold leadership immediately followed by Biden muttering “It’s a big deal…” had me rolling.

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      I thought it was weaksauce the way Biden had to say “It’s a big deal” – that should speak for itself.

      Or you should find a better way to say it: biggest infrastructure project since the Marshall Plan, will increase world GDP by 3%, something something