Comments by "RiteMo LawBks" (@ritemolawbks8012) on "FRONTLINE PBS | Official" channel.

  1. The resolve of the US-European alliance wasn't the only areas where Putin miscalculated, he drastically underestimated Zelenskky and the Ukrainians themselves.
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  2. I remember her first Frontline interview from 2017. She's a great example to emulate during a job interview.
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  3. That's why they re-released it. This is from 2018. Most Americans will have almost no memory of this.
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  4. As soon as this war began, I only wanted to hear from Julia Ioffe. Her last Frontline should be studied for anyone with no experience with Russian politics. At [ 44:25 ], her opinion was so genuine and honest about Poland and Hungary that I doubt anyone else in the media will discuss the topic.
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  5.  @delonthomas5049  When did he cry. He's not the one censoring the media. He's the one using Russian conscripts as fertilizer.
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  6. Despite the shared history with the US, I'm surprised that @ [ 37:50 ], Ellen Johnson Sirleaf's accent (like most Liberian accents) is nearly indistinguishable from an American speaker. The English dialect spoken in Hong Kong is one of my personal favorites. Also, I know the video has nothing to do with language and accents, but I lived through this dark chapter in recent history and watched the original 2015 PBS FRONTLINE broadcast.
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  7. You're neither an American voter nor a US taxpayer. The Obama Administration worked for us, not for Russian-backed trolls and useful idiots like yourself. If they did a coup d'etat, it happened with our money and our bullets. When you lead a superpower, you can make the same type of decisions.
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  8.  @projectw.a.a.p.f.t.a.d7762  Please go away. You know English isn't your first language.
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  9.  @CheapSquierBassPlayer  She's Harvard educated and lived in the US and Liberia. That's an American accent. If you were left the basement, you'd be able to recognize it.
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  10. You should hear the one with Julia Ioffe. She explains the Russian perspective better than anyone I've heard. American universities should start offering more graduate majors in Kremlinology and Sovietology because it takes an expert to figure out what is the difference between the public and private messages and signals from the Russian gov.
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  11. She's not lying. You are. This is public record and part of the Senate Report. Read the real reports from the Senate. The Senate report states on page 48: “The Committee found that specific intelligence as well as open source assessments support the assessment that President Putin approved and directed aspects of this influence campaign.” Furthermore, in his testimony in front of the House Intelligence Committee, Shawn Henry stated the following with regards to CrowdStrike’s degree of confidence that the intrusion activity can be attributed to Russia, cited from page 24: HENRY: "We said that we had a high degree of confidence it was the Russian Government. And our analysts that looked at it and that had looked at these types of attacks before, many different types of attacks similar to this in different environments, certain tools that were used, certain methods by which they were moving in the environment, and looking at the types of data that was being targeted, that it was consistent with a nation-state adversary and associated with Russian intelligence." Only a useful idiot or Russian bot would still be lying about 2016 as if we don't already know the Russian government intervened to damage Hillary Clinton and election Trump.
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  12. I was so inspired by Addie Rerecich and watched the entire video to find out what happened. I'm glad that the surgery gave her family and friends a little more time, but unfortunately her mother was correct. She passed in 2019.
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  13.  @PaperMakersAdeludedbroad He can think how ever he wants. Give him a chance to review you, your politics, or whatever community you supposedly belong to. I wouldn't use his choice of words, but I also wouldn't be preachy and give life advice no one asked for. It comes off as you're trying to get credit for being "free thinker," or "one of the good ones."
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  14. RT America has programs for useful idiots you might find easier to understand.
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  15. [ 2:47 ] Wonder if Mike Pence could have foreseen the "Hang Mike Pence" chants later @ [ 4:14 ].
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  16. Outbreaks from lab leaks or the ones that naturally jump species and become global pandemics are kind of hard to blame on a single corporation. The international commerce, globalism, and connecting rural area through transportation infrastructure is more to blame.
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  17. Some of us were born here when Texas was Blue. The inevitable demographic change will turn it Purple like what happened in Arizona and Georgia.
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  18.  @timdusen830  Please leave PBS out of the politics. This is a national treasure, and the closest we have to impartial news.
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  19.  @mariaivettreyes-gavilan6228  It's not. You can do a search on political bias, and PBS always leads as the most unbiased.
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  20. I get the point, but you're not making a serious argument or even using proper statistics. You're just posting random facts, NRA talking points, and want us to play your political game. If you don't have facts, stats, or genuine point, what's the point of the gaslighting? Just say you don't ever want to discuss changes in gun-control regulations, and it end it there. The political runaround about mental health, school doors, and other distractions just show that you're not serious. You want to practice the script you've memorized from conservative media. That's your way of coping, but gaslighting, disingenuous arguments, and inviting a conversation without being transparent about political motives is not being respectful of other people's time.
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  21.  President Elect Keith  I don't work for PBS. Go search for it. China and Russia are both adversaries. Russia in Europe and the Middle East, and China in the Pacific, Myanmar, and in international economics.
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  22. I strongly recommend both video interviews from Julia Ioffe. She explains the mystery of Kremlin politics and what Putin wants better than anyone I've seen.
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  23.  @Irina35mm  You've explained that very well. "Absolute power corrupts absolutely," but there haven't been many failed liberal democracies to be a case study in recent history. Although most of the US Constitution and the American system of government is modeled from English common law and the UK, the "Term Limits for Executives" and "Fixed Election Dates" became normalized in the modern era. It could have begun outside of America, but I'm not sure. Using America as an example: We have two terms limit for the president. FDR, who's regularly ranked among the greatest presidents in history, was the only president to ever exceed the two-term limit. FDR did have expanded powers as a wartime president, but because he remained in office so long, the independence of the judiciary, foreign policy, and other agencies subjected to Presidential Appointment could be questioned. That's one example, but my point was mainly to agree with you.
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  24.  @antoniosimon3458  I have no idea what that rant was you sent. Could translate that into a single coherent message because most of that is made up lies that would take forever to go through and fact check. Victoria Nuland is the subject. Say something relevant to Victoria Nuland, and not every random thought going on in your head.
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  25.  @antoniosimon3458  You're not making a point, or even asking a question. I'll help you: "Victoria Nuland interfered in Ukraine, and started a civil war." Is that what you're trying to say because you gave a laundry list of stuff you know I'm not going through to fact check? You're going on about US foreign policy for the past century, and are repeating talking points from the Kremlin. You might think that real, but if it's made up propaganda that you can't even tell is fake then why are you asking me anything. Stick to her and the video. That other stuff isn't even relevant, and has nothing to do with the war. You should learn how to tell fact from fiction, and not go on rants with fake news and misinformation as if it's real. Something that's fake and only exists in your head is not something I will even know about.
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  26. No he's to cowardly to start war like a real president. The Kurds he abandoned in Syria will blame him for selling them out to get slaughtered by Russia and Turkey.
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  27. This video has been here for years. They don't like that she essentially called Putin a gloried bureaucrat whose control over Russia and the oligarchs is questionable at best.
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  28. This was in 2017, so you're thinking Julia Ioffe worked for the Trump Administration? You might not be on her level because she's speaking on geopolitics toward an academic audience.
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  29.  @prestontownsend862  America isn't perfect, but it will survive. The problem are the fascist trying to destroy it because they don't like the changing demographics or the way elections work.
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  30. I see her a lot, and knowing my luck she could be the next Joseph Stalin, but maybe the lady @ 0:28 should replaced Putin. It might help having a female leader of Russia. The last woman to run the country was Catherine the Great.
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  31. What's really going on with this Karen @ [ 32:00 ]?
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  32. The only thing you should expect from a career politician is that they focus on getting re-elected and serve the people who put them in power and the special interest that keeps them in power. You might not like grandpa Biden, McConnel, and other DC-insiders, but political experience matters to people and businesses that value effective government. Claiming all politicians are corrupt is just a cliché and a meaningless rant. This video was about immigration enforcement under Obama, so I'm not sure where the hell you got the ten trillion dollar figure, but that was/is a priority for you only. That's if it even existed. Unless you have a contract with a politician, President Biden, Bush, Obama, and Senator McConnel wouldn't know anything about that either; or even care about it. I know I don't care. You're free to rant and show faux outrage at "all politicians," as if you represent the majority of voter base, but this is a country of 340 million people, and you get only get a single vote. I don't know how you became entitled enough to you to believe that a president and the senate seek to please a single person. If you don't like a politician, then don't vote for them. There are plenty of people that will gladly replace your vote.
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  33. I know. At one point, one of he Congressmen cut him off and answered the questions on the judge's behalf for timeliness.
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  34. *because or 'cause
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  35.  @slawero  I was wrong about Poland, too. I expected them to side more with Russia or have a nationalist stance, but they've shown the world a better side. They're also strongly pro-Nato. The positions of Hungry and Serbia are what I expected from Poland.
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  36. It will be tough, but there will always be a Ukraine and Ukrainian people. Despite the many people killed during the war, the Kremlin will never be able to conquer and hold the land and citizens they're trying to annex. The Russian military is already slowly re-building Mariupol, and destroying evidence of their war crimes, as part of the "Special Military Operation" and Russification of Eastern Ukraine. The Ukrainian government and people will never peacefully surrender their territory and citizens to Russia. Even if it the war expands to include Russian cities, the Kremlin and its Russian citizens will pay a heavy cost for invading a nation that never attacked them.
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  37. I'm definitely a layman, and more of a professional passenger. It's rare to here criticism from American pilots (country not the airline) who fly or have flown the Boeing 737 Max. I thought it was maybe the iconic brand, pilot's preference for Boeing, or the sense of patriotism; but most of the comments from pilots are hostile to remarks that implicate all Boeing planes and not just the 737 Max. It says a lot about the amount of influence, political power, and brand loyalty of the The Boeing Company, the international aviation market and over state and federal governments in the US. The head of the FAA even made a point to fly the plane himself before returning it to service. I even find myself subconsciously defending the company even though I hold no significant financial interest. I can only image the political influence it has in Washington, DC, over the FAA, NTSB, USDOT, Congress, and the White House since it's a major employer and international symbol of American engineering and innovation. The main objective should be the safety of the planes, but it's in the US foreign and economic interests to insure The Boeing Company recovers and doesn't jeopardize US dominance in the civilian-aerospace manufacturing; and the market for research, developing, and manufacturing military aircraft and weapons systems.
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  38. That rarely happens. The US rebuilt Europe, South Korea, and Japan because of the Soviet Union. There's were no other competitors in the region except for Iran.
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  39. Putin's working to destroy two great nations: Ukraine and Russia. His blunders are bringing the world to the brink of war and the economic collapse of his nation. The harm he's already done to Russia and the reputation of the people who defeated European fascism is unforgivable.
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  40. She didn't do it, so why are you using whataboutism instead of addressing Russia?
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  41.  @thenegociater3387  Don't forget to take into consideration that New York, California, and Illinois were all Red States. That's from the days of the Dixiecrats. After the passage of anti-Jim Crow laws, desegregation/busing, and Civil Rights/Voting Rights acts, Southern Whites went to become the GOP's main voting bloc. During the mid-to-late 20th century, Black Americas, as a voting bloc, mostly left the Republican Party. One notable exception being Condoleezza Rice. She never forgave the Democrats because she had experienced the KKK first hand when they were still mostly Dixiecrats.
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  42. I don't. Beijing and European countries have completely different styles of handling foreign affairs and disputes. The CCP is looking to maintain the status quo, and all the fears of imminent war only exist in Western media. Taiwan is not even on high alert.
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  43. No one can go on the gold standard or remove the dollar from being the reserve currency without another global war that established the American-dominated monetary system that has existed since 1913, so keep dreaming. It wont happen because there'd be a global depression and another world war.
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  44. They are patient and skilled at not taking the aggressive militarism like the Soviet Union. There are structural problems in China, and it's likely being driven by the slowing of the GDP growth, Covid-19 pandemic, corruption, and confrontation with the US and allies. They don't want war, which they know is unwinnable; but they do NOT want to have another Century of Humiliation. They want to be treated as equal to the US, and they want the international community to treat them as an equal to the US. Rather than being hostile directly with the US, they target smaller nations with that have traditionally been aligned with the West: e.g., Australia, Canada, UK, and they are directly disrespectful to Japan, but they have changed to a more aggressive tone. The territorial claims are insane, but they aren't demanding all of the disputed territories be returned immediately, and they appear to be using strategic patients. They have even claimed Vladivostok, which I doubt Putin has any intention of returning to China. Historically, Mainland China, Hong Kong, and Taiwan were all part of a single country. They have mostly reintegrated Hong Kong back, but Taiwan is a different story and the most dangerous because that would bring the US into a war if they attacked Taiwan. They have made huge strides in a short period of time, but communism never works. The new aggressive Chinese foreign policy is having the effective of diving the world similar to the Cold War between US/Nato and Soviet Union/China and US/NATO/China vs Warsaw Pact. There won't be a direct military conflict between the US, mostly because the PLA is inexperienced and not ready to try and fight another global power. We could see China attack a smaller nation that doesn't have a security agreement with the US, but it's more like that the US be the one using a proxy war or nuclear test as a demonstration and intimidation.
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  45.  @novorossian2279  In the eyes of international law, it never happened. The Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty was an actual treaty and can be proven. The "Gentleman's Agreement" you're referencing can't be proved without evidence. That's something mythical excuse and lie that Putin repeated enough times and now believes it.
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  46.  @itsmewill8725  Actually you're right.
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  47. ​@DV8 *** That's interesting, but why would you talk with me? What do I get from exploiting dead kids for political purposes? That's other than hearing talking points that some like me trained you to parrot. You're assuming that I actually know any serious political/legal proposals to remedy mass shootings with new gun regulations. You might not realize it, but both you and the OP are free to talk on your own. This comment says something about gun sales and linked to murder rates. That doesn't even make sense, and isn't a claim any, but the OP made. Why would someone explain or defend a position they never had? It's a complete waste of time, and it's a tactic called "gaslighting." It's been happening for the past five years. We go over these stats and repeat that "correlation doesn't imply causation." When we're done going full circles and mental health, there'll be another mass shooting, and the cycle will repeat. You might think you can predict my positions on guns, but you can't because I don't have a position. My problem is with the ulterior motives and intellectual dishonesty. Why waste time and server space if you can just say, "gun-control is OFF the table?" Since you're neither a legislature or a judge, why would I make a legal argument? You can't make laws, and neither can I. The only accomplishment will be you having a platform to show how well you've memorized the Fox News script. You don't need me or anyone else. You have the floor and are free to share all of your thoughts about guns. When you're done, let me know what has legally changed.
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  48.  President Elect Keith  They're not a threat to US sovereignty. There a threat to the Anglo-American hegemony. Containing and responding to CCP aggression is not the same as our Cold-war doctrine regarding the Soviet Threat. China is playing a game of chest, and it takes a long-term commitment from the US and our allies. They're not dumb; they know that can't fight the US directly, so they use other methods which requires China experts in the State Dept, Intel Community, Pentagon, and NATO.
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  49. They're doing God's works, so they have to keep coming here to make sure your vote gets diluted.
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  50. Because where ever the US dollar goes is America's business. The US doesn't randomly choose countries and start interfering in their business. Saudi Arabia is a long-term American ally and they do billions of dollars in business with the US. There has to be money, significant trade, weapons, US military bases, or oil in a country for the US to get involved. Saudi Arabia has all of that. Most of these Arab monarchies and dictatorships were created as American and British puppet governments to secure access to oil. The US makes enough of its own gas, so some other country like China is going to start controlling Saudi Arabia and buying their oil.
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  51. Yes. The interest rates are still at or near zero, so the Fed and ECB have to interest rates.
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  52.  @billy6pack887  We're not at war. This is Putin's failures. He pulled the trigger and sealed his own fate. It's not a "both sides" issue. He's wrecked his own economy and embarrassed the Russian Armed Forces. The US is wisely profiting by selling LNG to the EU and marketing US-made weapon systems.
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  53.  @billy6pack887  Is that supposed to be scary. The idle threats of nukes don't work anymore. Putin should have stayed in Russia and he wouldn't be getting so many Russians killed.
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  54.  @dedel6954  Russia has plenty soldiers getting used as Ukrainian fertilizer. The random reference to gay makes it apparent that you're not into females. How can you be a closeted gay person and a Russian bot at the same time?
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  55.  @billybilly1284  I'm going to assume this is the bot account and mute it.
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  56.  @maxmalasse  How long did it take you to decide on using that comment?
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  57.  @dedel6954  Learn to mind your own business. You're not saying anything worth replying to, and you're also boring as hell. Maybe someone else would be interested in talking to a Russian bot. I'm going to have to mute you for cluttering up my notifications with Kremlin propaganda. You can finish the discussion with my online ghost.
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  58.  @maxmalasse  Can you go away and don't come back?
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  59.  @dedel6954  Parliament? WTF. We don't have a parliament, Ivan. Stay focused on your Duma, the KGB/FSB, and those frozen Russian corpses that need to retrieved from Ukraine.
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  60.  @targe4070  You're the "con," who's too dumb to come up with an intelligent response. If that's supposed to be an insult, you need to hang around with different people. I'm assuming you're an adult, but you're pointing, laughing, and using cringe emojis.
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  61.  @stefanfreestylez  I have no clue what any of that means. Maybe sent it to another crazy person who understands what you're trying to say.
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  62. [ 25:00 ] His parole officer may be successful and good at her job, but they clearly aren't a good match. Having interpersonal skills would make the relationship a lot better. You don't have to care, but you should at least get the parolees to believe you care and help them reintegrate into society.
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  63. [ 17:17 ] This probably triggered the man. Almost as bad as getting rejected from art school. We're paying the price now.
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  64. I'm not worried about what allegedly happened in November 2020 that led the far-Right to declare the election "rigged." That's their own delusion and fundraising campaign. If the Democrats "stole" the election then, they better make sure they do the same in 2024 because it sounds like fascists only support election results when it goes their way.
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  65.  @CheapSquierBassPlayer  Okay, well so what? In a decade or so, the majority here will be saying, you're the one who's likely a foreigner.
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  66.  @CheapSquierBassPlayer  Shut up. You're trying too hard to troll. You need some better lessons on how to not be boring.
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  67.  @CheapSquierBassPlayer  🥱🥱For the same reason you're pretending that we're actually part of a conversation.
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  68.  @CheapSquierBassPlayer  Why would you. That's a stupid thing to do and a waste of time.
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  69.  @CheapSquierBassPlayer  🥱🥱You're still an amateur at trolling. Are you trying to get pointers and suggestions from a pro because this is PBS Frontline and not a political show? I'm guessing you're thinking I'm triggered by being called something that I'm clearly not. It's pretty obvious that you know that, too. I can be a foreigner. If you want to be offensive, then equate me to being whatever you are. That would cross the line.
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  70.  @CharisSunny  Liberia was founded by freed American slaves, so I'm not sure what the local language had been before they started the country. There were other people in the documentary with very heavy accents, but the president speaks like a typical elderly American woman from the South. She lived in the US for college, but if I heard her voice without knowing, I wouldn't be able to distinguish the difference. I took piano lessons from a Liberian man, and he was the first one to explain their connection to America. You're right about the accents in the Caribbean.
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  71. Ukraine doesn't have a defense pact with the US and the White House has already announced sanctioning will be the US response, so how are you getting these fictional body bags and direct US-Russia fighting? They would have to attack a NATO country to get US to fight Russian troops.
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  72.  @antoniosimon3458  Don't tag me and stop randomly butting in conversations that have nothing to do with you. If English is not your native language, don't go ranting as if I can make sense of what is going on in your head. There is war, and you're crazy enough to think I'm confused and distracted like you to go over centuries of irrelevant history. It's okay to have an opinion, but you're just a Russian bot spreading propaganda and lies that you didn't even come up with yourself. Someone else came up with all of the lies and talking points, and now you're trying to flood the conversation with lies. It's a waste of time, and you won't be able to change a single person's mind because it's a lie and you're not even credible. You're just ranting like a crazy person. The "," or "comma" has an actual purpose in English grammar and punctuation. If you want to argue, learn how to write and keep it simple and to the point.
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  73.  @RobBCactive  Was that the "F**k the EU" call? I know the US' role in Ukraine and NATO, but I didn't take time to figure out why the Russian troll blamed Nuland. I didn't know who she was before the phone call was leaked. I did remember seeing US embassy workers, including her, in Kyiv handing out water and deserts to the Euromaidan protestors. That doesn't sound like the type of coups/regime changes, the US and Soviet Union did during the Cold War. Regardless of the outcome of the present war, Putin and his minions have only united NATO and strengthened the influence of the US over European security affairs.
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  74.  @antoniosimon3458  If the empire was crumbling don't you think we would know that? The markets and the law of supply/demand prices that in their decisions. You might feel comfortable with your opinion, but it's got nothing to do with economics or reality. What you're doing is spreading propaganda, and that is why I haven't read a single complete sentence from you and I still question your comprehension of the English language or an understanding of geopolitics. You might be an elderly person, but you can't just lie to people and expect me to believe that you know anything about the world. I can't think of a polite way to say it, but you're not educated; you don't know economics, and you can't post a single point without posting a novel of nonsense. You haven't said a single thing that makes sense, and you can't even stay on topic, so could you please stop tagging me and engaged with someone else because I don't know what to tell you. I really wish you would kindly leave me alone because I'm not interested in people who lie. That's rude, disrespectful, and people who lie are immoral.
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  75. There's a porn title that shares the name with this video.
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  76. I agree with your. It's a lot better to do it in person because most people are still kind when you meet them.
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  77. Why is he gone?
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  78. The US gov't could get companies to not be so dependent on China and encourage them to relocate with incentives, but China used currency manipulation and government investments to make it the world's factory and cheapest contract manufacturer. India, Africa, or even Russia could definitely transform themselves to become an alternative; but the global supply chains should diversify and not be so dependent on cheap manufacturing in China.
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  79. She should be giving interviews now.
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  80. Blitzkrieg was the WWII Nazi tactic. Bush's invasion was shock and awe, but it wasn't a surprise.
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  81. If you were elected on a platform to end the war in a Iraq, and the US's credibility as a force for good was shot straight to hell. How the fk do you expect an administration to quickly end ISIS without support from Congress and the international community. You're either for endless war or against it. It's good you served but the president calls the shots. You have no more of a voice or vote than the other 330 million Americans.
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  82. That's not how it "really is." That's your opinion on geopolitics, which you're entitled to have. Just because her opinion doesn't align with yours, doesn't mean she's not being objective.
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  83. It was America and Britain.
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  84. It's fine to evaluate yourself and own personal failures, but you can't speak for half the globe and the oldest and most stable markets in history. China and other developing nations are experiencing economic growth because it was cut off from most of world trade during the Cold War, and has now re-joined the global market. Before the 19th and 20th centuries, and before industrialization and being overtaken and weakened by European and Japanese imperialism during, China and India had been the largest economies and relied on their large populations to outproduce most of the world. It's a great accomplishment to bring hundreds of millions of the population out of poverty, but communism never works. It causes corruption, waste of resources, and gives the illusion of a planned economy, free of recessions. Market corrections and recessions serve a purposes and changes behavior. The CCP functions more like a single corporation rather than a nation, and the recent hostile stance is not all because of Trump's aggression and trade war. In China, there are many economic, environmental, human rights, and structural weaknesses that are being brought to light. The question of what will happen when the growth slows substantially, is a genuine one. If the US, put Apple Inc. or Google as the global representative of the American system of government, culture, and economics, we'd appear as organized as the CCP as well. It's good to prepare for war, but a direct war with the US won't happen. China will definitely defend itself if attacked or if it's frontiers are threatened; but there is nothing to gain from going to war directly with the United States. The U.S. and Russia defense strategy is to make war unwinnable and as close to nonvalue added as possible. The U.S. and Russia could destroy the planet, and the U.S. economy alone affects the global market, so there won't a direct war. It's likely there could be proxy conflicts similar to the Cold War. Both sides could arm the enemies of each other, and would be hostile to smaller nations picking sides. It's likely that China is already using North Korea as a proxy to harass the US. I don't see a war because China is proud of what it has accomplished and would like to be treated as an equal to the US; and they want the rest of the international community to recognize that as well. The nuclear threat from the US is an effective deterrent and China is surrounded by American forces and allies. They could challenge India, since it doesn't have a security agreement with the US, but not America directly.
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  85. The plan was to start a war not make peace. The only Marshall Plan in the area was the Green Zone.
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  86.  @andrewjacobson556  There was never a plan or a long-term strategy. I was originally for it, even though now I know it was morally wrong and driven by my own Islamophobia. It was more about revenge, hate, wanting to see the Middle East burn, and killing anyone who posed any level of threat to the US. George W Bush had a blank check to anything he wanted after 9/11. Afghanistan was intended target, but there were more business interest in toppling the Iraqi government. I doubt there was anything Saddam could have done to prevent war. He could have captured bin Laden, and still would have been invaded.
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  87. He actually just wanted to get US troops out of the Middle East.
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  88. Hmmm. That's about typical. They sent bombs and weapons. What did you expect?
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  89. Leave the meth alone.
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  90. This is literally produced by PBS. Are you an American?
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  91. This video was about specific topic: The Obama Administration and Immigration Enforcement from 2011. They're not asking anyone to care about immigrants. This was a major story leading up to the 2012 Presidential Election. Frontline PBS and their journalist produce high-quality and impartial documentaries. There's a great chance that the issues affecting "American citizens" and Black Americans, that you assume they are ignoring, can be found in their library of documentaries.
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  92.  @AngryFart  Hatred of the mainstream media (with the exception of the Murdoch Empire), and drastically overstating the influence of the media is what unites them all. During the 45th President's term, they held CNN, MSNBC, ABC, and CBS to a higher standard than the White House.
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  93. It sounds like you're already hiding under a rock. if you're afraid of war and afraid of Russia, move to Switzerland. You can't be a coward and a nuclear superpower at the same time. You might want peace, but I don't want any weakness near Washington, DC. That's why we vote on leaders but not on US foreign policy. That's what the White House is for. You're too busy trying to surrender before even hearing the terms.
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  94. The phrase and talking point "fake Russia collusion," is from the person who was the subject of the Russia Investigation. "Collusion" wasn't the name of the criminal allegations Mueller investigated. Since no one charged or exonerated, why would she refer to it as fake collusion?
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  95. Then where is the treaty or executive agreement stating that? The US can't make a decision on behalf of the Ukrainian government.
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  96. That should help you understand why the religious right is so hostile to secularism and liberal politics. I might not agree with them on the law, but they clearly stayed focused on the Supreme Court and overturning Roe vs. Wade.
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  97. The GOP officials who are being put in place to possibly overturn a Democrat win in the 2024 Election might let the "Big Lie and Coup Planners" down. It's not that I think they'll have the integrity to stand up to Trumpism and fascism by following the law and embracing democratic values. It's because most of them seem to be more concerned about self-preservation, political careers, and their own legal liability. I think they'll use the system and new election laws to "out bureaucrat" the Democrats and disenfranchise Left-leaning voters, but going in and changing an election result wouldn't go unpunished or unnoticed. The far-Right and the Trump Campaign have enough trouble competently running and organizing official business. That's one of the reasons the claim of a stolen election harming an incumbent president sounds ridiculous. The President and the Attorney General have all the resources of the federal government to enforce the law and secure the elections, and an interstate criminal conspiracy to defraud the government by stealing an election is hard to go unnoticed by the Fed and the international media. I don't doubt they would openly plot that and use mafia-like tactics and blackmail to bully state-level GOP officials, but in my opinion, it would take the complicity of the Democrats, Republicans, media, and state-federal law enforcement to successfully pull a scheme of that magnitude.
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  98. Russia returned the favor in 2016.
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  99. CORRECTION: United States of America. We elected him, and he didn't a damn good job!
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  100. You here, so you care. Now go away.
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  101. I don't like the thumbnail.
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  102. It looks like the post-Covid banks have finally started to lending out all that cash printed to stimulate the economy during the Great Recession. We're seeing inflation and a general rise in price levels all around the globe.
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  103.  @genoteam4528  If they cheated in 2020 to win, I hope they do it again in 2024. If you don't accept the results, then don't vote or run for public office.
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