Comments by "Darlene" (@darlene2709) on "Global National: March 20, 2023 | What Xi and Putin's talks on deeper ties could mean" video.

@MetaView7 That depends on your definition of successful.
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@MetaView7 Canada scored the top spot in "Quality of Life" and "Social Purpose," too. It looks like our country gained some serious bragging rights this year according to the 2021 "Best Countries in the World" U.S. News Report, where Canada ranked number one overall.
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"Authoritarianism, principle of blind submission to authority, as opposed to individual freedom of thought and action. Authoritarianism denotes any political system that concentrates power in the hands of a leader or a small elite that is not constitutionally responsible to the body of the people." Britannica
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@MetaView7 It is generally agreed that China is an authoritarian regime, with the Fraser Institute ranking them 136th for personal freedom and the Human Right Watch's 2018 report describing a "broad and sustained offensive on human rights" within China due to the treatment of activists and restrictions to freedom of information.
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Here's the bottom line. Severe weather events are happening more often everywhere in the United States and around the world. The damage is costly both in terms of lives lost and property damage. Since we're going to pay a price, wouldn't it make more sense to spend that money on mitigating climate change instead? Even if you don't directly suffer from the storms, you will notice the increase in food prices.
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The affair is not the crime but the accounting is.
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Obama's worst scandal was wearing a tan suit.
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@marcorodrigues8303 A translation is required.
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Severe weather events are happening more often everywhere in the United States and around the world. The damage is costly both in terms of lives lost and property damage. Since we're going to pay a price, wouldn't it make more sense to spend that money on mitigating climate change instead? Even if you don't directly suffer from the storms, you will notice the increase in food prices.
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Climate and weather are different. Climate change is about extreme weather events happening more often than usual. It's not necessary to believe everything that climate change activists say because they tend to exaggerate in the same way that climate change deniers do. That doesn't mean that we should not make an effort to look after the planet in reasonable ways. There is plenty of middle ground between climate apocalypse and climate denial.
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Russia’s false claim: Russia is a global leader in upholding the UN Charter’s fundamental principle of respect for the sovereign equality of states. The Facts: The Kremlin has long spread disinformation and propaganda to achieve its objectives. It continues to disseminate lies to justify its unprovoked, unjustifiable invasion of Ukraine. Russia has launched a full-scale invasion against Ukraine, an independent state whose sovereignty Russia agreed to respect in the 1994 Budapest Memorandum. Russia has held sham “referendums” in a blatant attempt to annex 4 regions within Ukraine’s internationally recognized borders, actions that the UN General Assembly has declared have no validity under international law. Russia also illegally annexed the Ukrainian territory of Crimea in 2014 and has engaged in other illegal acts of aggression against neighbouring states, including Georgia. Russia’s flagrant disregard for the territorial integrity of a sovereign nation is a clear violation of international legal principles enshrined in the UN Charter."
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That's funny.
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