In that case the owner is being called out to pull an action and to forbid the freedom of speech in his own property then right ?

And pressing the media what to publish what not is...now you tell me ? 

I believe he can make his own decisions and the ban he gave was because of vulgar speech not because of the point of view as I recall.

The owner considered that vulgar speech is impacting his property.
He denied Aks1 the "freedom of speech" he never had.

The owner has the freedom to ban for any reason who he considers harmful to his property, and deny one's "freedom of speech". That may include banning Russian trolls.

Asking the owner to take action and protect his property from what is perceived as harmful is perfectly legit.

That's why you have a button called "Report to moderator" on your bottom right. 

Quote from: vintage age on March 04, 2022, 18:06

A question for whoever is in charge of the forum - Why are you allowing Russian trolls spreading putin propaganda and refering to past conflicts that no only nothing to do with stock photography but is insulting to forum users.

And why would you want a forum that is against the freedom of speech? Because one of the core principles of a democratic world is build on freedom of speech which in its definition includes ideas that some find extremely offensive. If you don't like that you can always try to join some North Korean forum or some of that kind.   

The freedom of speech is not applicable in this case.

This forum is like all private media. Its freedom, like the freedom of the press, means that the owner can decide what can be published or not.
It's part of his "property rights".

If the admin decides that certain voices are impacting his property (e.g. by repealing advertisers or users) he has the freedom to deny someone's "freedom to speak" and protect his property, like he recently did with Aks1.

Governments of democratic countries do not have this right.

Quote from: vectorsforall on March 04, 2022, 13:50

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Where did you see any apology of Poutine in this quote ? 

i dont usually remark on misspellings, but there's no reason to apologize for this Canadian delicacy

Hmm, maybe it's not clear for everybody, but in French, his name is spelled "Poutine", because if spelled like in most of the world, "Putin", it will sound exactly like "putain" = whore.

Your obsession with Kasparov is quite obvious. Can you tell us one more time about this guy... Kasparov you said?

Yes, Kasparov.
Or a true patriot with an intelligence level way above the average of those Putin's lackeys (check your mirror) who are swallowing, unchewed his blatant lies and disgusting propaganda!

Quote from: nazlisart on March 04, 2022, 07:56

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Eventually, through the Democratic Process and the prosperity it brings, these extremist elements would fade away into a tiny picturesque minority amidst a wide range of political views as it's the case in every other Democracy.
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It was already happening. Right wing extremists had been politically marginalised in recent years. The skin heads are basically a political tool funded by various politicians in Ukraine. Primarily a minister called Arsen Avakov who is no longer in power. When his funding dried up their presence on the streets almost disappeared too.

Right. There are extremists in ALL democracies.
Let's just remember our own January 6th Capitol attack.
But their presence doesn't define a country as Putin tries when he is using a tiny extremist minority to define Ukraine.
Too bad that some on this forum, Russian trolls or not, are buying his propaganda (e.g. komikmiha, SVH, ...)

#russiantroll #putinpropaganda

And Putin is not Hitler.

He is the new Stalin. Same thing.

Here you can see what president spends what. And also the income and deficit change compared to the GDP.

https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/statistics/data/federal-budget-receipts-and-outlays

Interesting. Yes, you can also see there, that Trump had a higher deficit, as % of GDP, than any other president after WWII.
This is the most serious root cause of today's inflation (without saying that the Biden administration is innocent)

Quote from: Zero Talent on March 03, 2022, 14:49

Quote from: cascoly on March 03, 2022, 14:25

Quote from: Annie on March 03, 2022, 07:01

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I really don't think its a historical thing, either. The differences are still relevant today.  But as I said, we could debate this for ever. Economics is pretty much a theoretical subject anyway....

perhaps, but those theories have major consequences in the real world, especially when decisions are made by officials who are not economists -- eg, what sort of stimulus (if any) should be used in response to the debacle of 2008-9, is any business 'too big to fail', etc

This is explaining where today's inflation is coming from:

It's the Fed who controls and manipulates money supply. Not the politicians. Politicians only spend money and lend for it with approval of congress. So if the lending is a problem, I thought Biden asked for a record of a budget in his presidency for the "build back better"-plan. So you cannot link fed's decisions with presidency. There is no link.

Ooh, yeah! Of course, there is. The chairman of the Fed is a political POTUS appointee. He is as "independent" as the SCOTUS justices who are almost always voting along the party lines.

The first 6 billion Covid plan (driving that initial 2020 spike) had 2 components: 3 billion from the Fed and 3 billion from the stimulus, including those checks he proudly put his signature on, for everybody to appreciate his "generosity". Both components are nothing else than hot-air money or "money printing".

Now it's pay-back time.

Besides Biden's build-back-better bill is dead, killed by Joe Manchin. So there's nothing coming from that, yet.

But if it will ever pass, then yes, I agree that it will generate inflation.

Quote from: Annie on March 03, 2022, 07:01

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I really don't think its a historical thing, either. The differences are still relevant today.  But as I said, we could debate this for ever. Economics is pretty much a theoretical subject anyway....

perhaps, but those theories have major consequences in the real world, especially when decisions are made by officials who are not economists -- eg, what sort of stimulus (if any) should be used in response to the debacle of 2008-9, is any business 'too big to fail', etc

This is explaining where today's inflation is coming from:

Quote from: Zero Talent on March 03, 2022, 11:56

So you think that the plans revealed by Lukashenko on that map, in front of his cabinet and military are not real?
And those arrows are not war plans? Then what? Weather forecast? Common, man!

We will talk about this, again, once Moldova will be attacked.

What is the strategic advantage of occupying Moldavia? I really don't see it. I will surely appologise to you if they do invade but I just don't see it happening. There is no reason for it from whichever point of view you look at it. Unless offcourse, he wants to march on through Rome

But if you think the will occupy the whole of Ukraine why not invade in places west of the Dnjepr?

Fyi, he is already occupying the east of Moldova, a tiny strip of land called Transnistria, or a "country" that's only recognized by Russia, where Putin has stationed his 14th army.
Note that Lukashenko's arrow is inwards, towards Moldova, not outwards towards Ukraine.

This is absolutely no different than the "countries" of Luhansk and Donetsk, used as the launching pad and the excuse for invading Ukraine.

 History WILL repeat itself... again.

I saw a post about Deposit Photos creating two collections of free images/videos of protests about the war in Ukraine (an account is required, but you can use a Google or FB account if you don't already have one at DepositPhotos).

https://depositphotos.com/folder/International%20rallies%20in%20support%20of%20Ukraine-299149664.html

https://depositphotos.com/folder/The%20truth%20about%20Russia%27s%20war%20in%20Ukraine%20-299150880.html

They explain why they are doing this:

https://www.facebook.com/Depositphotos/posts/10158454288786720

Most of the content is editorial use only (not surprisingly given the subject)

This is important since the DP founder is a Russian who built his business in Ukraine:

Dmitry Sergeev is a successful serial entrepreneur of Russian origin, who built his most prominent venture, Depositphotos, in Ukraine.
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Being of Russian origin, but developing his startup in Ukraine, it was inevitable for Sergeev to face consequences from the conflict between Russia and Ukraine. Having spent most of his recent years in the latter, Sergeev feels more passionate about Ukraine, its pro-European direction and most importantly, its IT community. He often emphasises his refusal to relocate the main operations from Ukraine, despite this being a frequent environment of investors approaching Depositphotos. As of today, Sergeev has acquired citizenship in Cyprus but maintains stronger ties with Ukraine, rather than with Russia.


https://www.thetribune.com/dmitry-sergeev-founder-of-one-of-worlds-largest-photobanks-and-content-marketplaces/

Fair enough. I read the OP as being concerned about price increases but maybe they meant they were concerned about money supply? Anyway, good night.

No, the OP was concerned about total price increases.

And yes, an important cause is the artificial abundance of money (i.e. inflation).

Anyway, I'm afraid that it's unfair to be happy with the money falling from the skies as stimulus checks, and then be unhappy when the natural market forces are taking all back (and more), through inflation. Because it happens all the time.

Remember, excessive money printing is a hidden tax.
Politicians like the take credit for the checks, but not for their consequences.
In other words,  "After me, comes the flood".
One president even put his signature on them, and now, together with his party, they are exclusively blaming his successor (who is also guilty of the same, but to a lesser extent, so far) for the predictable effect of his "generosity".