Comments by "HKim0072" (@HKim0072) on "DW News" channel.

  1. lol, if Orban is against him, he's a good pick.
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  2. About the same chance as Prigozhin living a fruitful life after the attempted coup.
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  3. Love how Poland is just saying f’ it. Also, they are diversifying their tank supply if Germany gets annoyed. It is kinda crazy. The whole reason all these tanks were bought was…against possible Russian aggression.
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  4. Inappropriate humor: it's pretty comical they have to wait for the drones to arrive. It's like a pizza delivery warfare.
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  5. Finally. It’s countries like Finland and Azerbaijan standing up to Russia.
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  6. Wait, what? Russia invaded their sovereign territory. I'm surprised they waited this long.
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  7. Was thinking the same thing. This is the hard right group with the hawkish position.
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  8. At the minimum, Xi should be referred to only "Balloon boy" from now on.
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  9. Never heard one Palestinian denounce Hamas.
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  10. It's relatively cheap for a bomb / rocket. It's basically a MacGyver rocket. Takes a current bomb and they slap a rocket on it. Only costs about $40K. GMLRS rockets around 3x the amount. ATACMS are close to $1M+.
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  11. Korea will not supply directly. Indirectly, yes. Directly, no.
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  12. I apologize to our allies for electing this clear and present danger to your national security.
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  13. So, Russia might lose their port base on the Mediterranean?
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  14. Still don't understand why the US never developed these countries as industrial bases instead of China.
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  15. Obviously bad and don't want to minimize the current loss of life. It's a good thing that Australia put stricter gun control laws years ago. You saw citizens being able to fight back somewhat and minimize the potential loss of life. Can't do that against guns.
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  16. I'd imagine UA is going to run out of shells for their Russian made tanks. Seems inevitable they'll need tanks at some point. Quick random search shows that UK and France have under 500 tanks. Germany has around 2,500. Seems like Germany should be donating. No one is going to invade Germany. (US can do random backfilling if there are any other NATO countries that still have Russian tanks and replace them with Abrams.)
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  17. Literally, Kyiv is doing the opposite of US suggestions. They refused to retreat from Bakhmut when US military planners said its a waste of resources.
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  18. Wait, so the same people that are aggressively militaristic are...against serving in the military? Hmm...
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  19. These are not US proxies.
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  20.  @johnm84  There is literally a video where a citizen is holding back the dude with the knife at the mall with a metal pole on the escalator. Delayed the guy enough for the cops to arrive. No one does that against a gun.
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  21.  @polikarpkojin4088 Sure bud. If Blackwater would have stormed and took over Ft Bragg, it's just your friendly conversation. Coup or Mutiny. Doesn't matter. Putin put him 6 ft under. Btw, coupe is a car style.
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  22. Never seen such tilted stats: 100K+ homes damaged, but only 100+ deaths.
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  23. They are the hard right. And, the ones always causing trouble in the illegal settlements.
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  24. lol, his inner circle is feeding him bad data.
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  25.  @NotUnymous  There is an english (American) idiom: Potato or Po-tah-to that applies here. Makes no difference is if the aid is direct or indirect. As long as it gets there. If Korea sells 155mm shells to the US and then US gives 155mm shells from its stock to Ukraine, its the same thing. Likewise, if Poland is buying the K9 howitzer from Korea and then donating the Krab howitzer to Ukraine, its accomplishing the same thing.
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  26. HK is probably the best model. Maybe they'll get lucky and the strain weakened, but 55K deaths per day at the peak. Also, China is a big country. Not all cities will get hit simultaneously.
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  27. Patience. Troops need to be trained in groups on new equipment. The US has a good amount of Bradleys in storage.
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  28.  @jj-ou5gh  Samsung (Korea) was smart and moved nearly a decade ago.
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  29. If you want to understand Pooh Bear, just remember: the guy basically has a middle school education. Dude went to the rural area at high school age and stayed there until he was 24. Then, he got a backdoor admission to college. And, this is the reason he's clueless about economics. All of his policies are a disaster.
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  30.  Blue on blue  As an ethnic Korean that grew up in the states, that's a bit of a myopic position. The US spent $400B and 40K lives to defend Korea. The US got a few military bases out of it. Not even criticizing Korea's position, but sometimes decisions are made for the good of the cause.
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  31.  @emperorsadrax7242  You must be really young. Before it made in China, it was made in Hong Kong or Korea. They ain't large populations. Korea did have a decent industrial base though.
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  32. I swear a few months ago they were saying it’s a bad drought and rivers were dangerously low.
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  33. Liberal democracies aren't just about elections.
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  34. Israel will get blamed somehow. Then, the Americans.
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  35.  @jonny2954  From what I've read, the negotiations / explorations have been happening in the US defense department for months. Likely, they are further along in the process. (US defense department had to find the right Bradleys and get sign off to make sure the technology isn't "too advanced" ie optics / communications.)
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  36. Not a fan when people are labeled with tags. Political spectrums and baselines are way different depending on your country. I'm center left in the US and would vote normally center right in a lot of countries. Likely, I would have voted for Milei if I lived in Argentina. I would never vote for a US right wing person.
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  37. Part of projecting power is avoiding actual conflicts. Really is risky getting tested.
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  38. lol, they've said this every year for the past 5+ years.
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  39. NORAD is a joint US-CA organization.
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  40. Could be a biological weapon.
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  41. Frankenstein would be a more accurate word instead of cannibalism.
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  42. Just doesn’t work that way. You see the limitations of US aid in Ukraine.
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  43.  @gluteusmaximus1657  It was the separatists Russians that started the conflict. "I was the one who pulled the trigger of this war," Strelkov said in an interview published Thursday with Russia's Zavtra newspaper, which espouses imperialist views. "If our unit hadn't crossed the border, everything would have fizzled out — like in [the Ukrainian city of] Kharkiv, like in Odessa,"
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  44. Dude - the CCP admitted it.
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  45. RU has been lobbing missiles left and right. Only evens the playing field...a bit.
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  46. BRICS baby! Greatest coalition of countries in history.
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  47. They don’t have property tax. That’s the issue.
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  48. Jens was pretty aggressive.
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  49. Same thing happened to an American ambassador in Korea during the mid-2010s.
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  50. lol, you've never worked in production.
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  51.  @OneShadow7  lol, the US ain't buying Russian oil in any significant quantities. The vast majority of US imported oil comes from Canada and Mexico. The US are net exporters of oil now in total. Export light sweet and import heavy and sour.
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  52. Pyongyang is 130 miles from the DMZ. No basic after market drone can fly that distance. NoKo is blowing smoke.
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  53. It's nearly impossible to go into a recession with unemployment at or below 4%.
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  54. Not justifying offshore accounts, but many times LLCs are setup to shield liability, not to avoid taxes.
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  55. We were spending $100B a year in Afghanistan for 20 years. For people that didn't want a different way of life. This is chump change and defending democracy.
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  56. Visited Italy in the early-mid 2010s. Didn't see any Chinese tourists (thank goodness). Was a bit off season in early Spring.
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  57. The Korean War technically is still ongoing since no treaty was signed by the South Koreans.
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  58. It's called a proportional response. It's the standard playbook of geopolitics in a civilized world.
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  59. lol, they literally import massive amounts of food, energy and other commodities.
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  60.  @firefly4784  Dude - use your brain. They ain't examining small cracks in buildings 1 day later.
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  61. Come on dude. Large economies are compared with other large economies. Kenya should be compared to healthy economies who have a lower GDP number.
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  62. The combination of mobility and cheap ammo makes the Gepard ideal.
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  63. You are nuts. There have been a million stories about this dude.
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  64. The enemy of my enemy is not my friend. These are not the good guys.
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  65. Let freedom ring!
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  66. That's why this will never get solved. No one will make a deal that hurts each side. It's all or nothing for both sides.
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  67. @spartacusnow It's a rounding error compared to the F-35.
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  68. They have 286% debt to GDP. What the heck happens when GDP starts going lower? It's extremely hard to grow GDP if your population is plummeting.
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  69. 200K is small for US standards. Bakersfield is 2x that.
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  70.  @Worldaffairslover  Anyone that grew up in a major city / major suburb will say its small. And, people that didn't will say the opposite. These are all comparable cities in the US. Starts with after 100th biggest and goes smaller: Rochester; New York Richmond; Virginia Spokane; Washington Des Moines; Iowa Montgomery; Alabama Modesto; California Fayetteville; North Carolina Tacoma; Washington Shreveport; Louisiana Fontana; California Oxnard; California Aurora; Illinois Moreno Valley; California Akron; Ohio Yonkers; New York Columbus; Georgia Augusta-Richmond; Georgia Little Rock; Arkansas Amarillo; Texas Mobile; Alabama
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  71.  @OneShadow7  Stop spreading lies. The EIA publishes the data. I just looked at the data within the last 6 months. You have no clue.
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  72. lol, Europeans speak multiple languages. God, please don’t say you are an American.
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  73. It's kleptocracy. Not capitalism. Brazil and India a bit more towards capitalism. The others are just a mess.
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  74.  @frankkobold  Evergrande has been essentially bankrupt for 2 years. Any western company would have been in bankruptcy. Realistically, this is just the inevitable next step. Not much will come of it. The more important slice is the onshore debt. Evergrande owes to local investors / banks, but more importantly owes to local vendors and individual property owners. They haven't received payment for past services or condos haven't been turned over to individual buyers. The CCP will drag their feet on the onshore debt. I don't think it will get resolved for the next 5+ years. The CCP is stubbornly refusing to do a stimulus package and bailouts.
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  75. While the rainfall is bad, it's really their poor decision making in the building of dams. They are terrible planners.
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  76. Dude - stop. Korea has zero labor supply excess. Korean companies have no issues with manufacturing out of the country.
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  77. Just weird. If they are the majority of the population, it should be pretty easy to elect lawmakers that support their positions.
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  78. It’s why the US implemented TARP for such a large amount. Was intended part as a bailout, but also to let the public know their money was safe.
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  79. No major country will ever let part of their country secede. People need to realize that and work within the system.
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  80. Yeah, don't think people from Palestine are going to roll across the plains of Europe. Geopolitics isn't that hard.
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  81. Isolated areas of heavy tourism always have structural issues. High cost of living, lower wages and a volatile economy. Tourism jobs aren't high paying jobs like big corporate jobs. (Graduated from University of Hawaii)
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  82. The best diplomatic move would be "some" funding by Azerbaijan for the people leaving. But, I doubt that will happen.
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  83.  @OneShadow7  Man, you are terrible at this. The US banned (recently) the importation of Russian uranium (with the possibility of "some" waivers). Edit: there are a lot of long lead times. Have no idea how long the prior contracts run. The Department of Energy estimates that U.S. utilities have roughly three years of LEU available through existing inventory or pre-existing contracts. To ensure our plants do not experience any disruptions, we’re creating a waiver process to allow some imports of LEU from Russia to continue for a limited time.
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  84. Washing plastic sucks. Korean brands make glass containers with better lids.
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  85.  @neverknowsbest2879  If was on and off the record. We suck at not leaking information.
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  86. And, I thought the Pentagon moved slow. Ooof.
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  87. Yes.
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  88. Optics and fire control will be the biggest upgrade over their current tanks.
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  89. We can only send LNG. The infrastructure just isn't setup to deliver more.
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  90. This makes no sense. Iran only produces 3M+ bpd. They are small fish on the oil market.
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  91.  @stereomtl9001  The original comment was about oil prices. So is mine.
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  92. Your move EU.
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  93. This is ignorant. Do you think people are discussing Russia IN Russia?
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  94. EU and the US need to work with SE Asian countries and decouple with China.
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  95.  @changedNameSorry  Used to think the two state solution would work. It's impossible though since there are no security guarantees for Israel. You really think Palestinians (Iran) are going to be peaceful if they get official statehood status and the additional international protections? It will become Lebanon, but worse since it's even closer to Israel's border with no real topography separation. And definitely they would see the higher standard of living in Israel and blame Israel for the lower standard of living. And, more conflict would break out. The silly part is Palestinians are playing the all or nothing game. There are incremental middle ground steps other than just "statehood". They should realize they have the weaker hand and take greater concessions. And, improve the quality of life slowly, but peacefully.
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  96. @Lan Zadura HIMARS limitation is the the rockets. Makes no sense in sending a bunch of launchers when rocket quantities are limited. UA has max 20 per day they can fire (probably closer to 10-15).
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  97. Not even close. They have the flight recorder. They can easily piece together what happened which is pointing to pilot inputs.
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  98.  @firestorm8471  Dude - we spent over $2 trillion across 20yrs in Afghanistan. There was no good exit strategy. Only, less bad ones.
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  99. Dude - there are these things called land mines.
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  100. Typically agree, but you have a multi-billion airline company involved that flies 1000s of similar planes. May be a bit trickier to sweep under the rug. Boeing has a lot at stake here.
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  101. I'm announcing that I'm marrying a supermodel next week.
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  102. Going to the moon ain’t cheap. NASA’s budget was over 4% of the total budget. Now, it’s <0.5%.
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  103. Fed has been in QT mode for over a year now.
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  104.  @hughmungus2760  Agree with the first part. But, real estate bubbles can sting. China has shades of Japan's real estate bubble. We will see.
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  105.  @frankkobold  Here's the way to look at it: Say, you want to build 2 houses. - 2 buyers give you the money upfront - contractor builds the first house and starts the 2nd house, but doesn't receive payment for the services - you use the buyers money for other things. No money left - Contractor is owed money. 1 buyer received house. 2nd buyer has unfinished house - The CCP would need to pay off the debt to the contractor AND spend more money to finish the incomplete house. My guesstimate is the CCP would need to inject at least $100B. They don't have that kind of cash to bailout just one company. Hence, they'll keep on stalling.
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  106.  @Greatblakhoosh  If you can organize to protest, then organize and get people to run for elections. Not sure why this is a hard concept.
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  107. Feels like a fair compromise.
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  108.  @timsummers870  Japan makes you pick a country. Same with Korea. Basically, you need to renounce your other citizenship.
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  109. The main advantage of the F-16 will be the compatibility with western weapons. I doubt there will be air-to-air combat.
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  110. NATO formed in 1949. No wars in NATO controlled Europe the entire time.
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  111.  @13BulliTs  People are weird. They are clueless to what NATO actually does.
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  112. lol, the plane fell out the proverbial "window".
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  113. People have been doing this for thousands and thousands of years.
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  114. The Marines decided to disband their tank battalion. There are 250 Abrams that are being transferred to the Army. I’m sure we can send a few to Canada instead.
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  115. They have over 1K pieces of equipment. Just need a few RU generals to defect.
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  116. When did Germany dump the Euro and adopt the dollar?
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  117. Actually, LMT is still producing them. Just not for the US. Other countries are still waiting on delivery.
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  118.  @huluqi3972  People bitching about corporations on a platform created by a corporation. The irony is rich.
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  119. Huh? Iran was never attacked.
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  120. You are underestimating what a 90 degree dive feels like. The last thing on someone’s mind is to flip on the coms. If one of the pilots was deliberately crashing the plane, the other pilot had a few other things on his mind.
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  121. Who is up next to mediate? Iran? North Korea? Maybe we can dig up Stalin and he can take a shot.
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  122. I can’t believe they aren’t turning the nuclear reactors back on.
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  123. If you’ve seen the film, the Book of Eli, you know how this is going to end. The thirst for more power at all costs. It’s blinded him.
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  124. US intel has degraded over time, but the CIA still has a lot of turned assets in Russia.
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  125. Dude is the f-ing worse. He’s rooting for Russia.
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  126.  @frankkobold  No. It's a delightful mess. Many of the onshore assets (CCP China) have been seized or have liens on them with senior status by onshore creditors. HK courts will have a myriad of hurdles to even get the proper paperwork to know what they own and don't own in CCP China. Seizing the offshore assets which have little value or have been seized already is the easy part.
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  127.  @KuyaBJLaurente  Poland is buying K9 howitzers and K2 tanks from Korea. And, Poland is transferring some of their old stock (tanks and howitzers) to Ukraine.
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  128. Dude - you had literally GOP Congress people going to Russia in the past.
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  129. The ruble doesn't freely trade anymore.
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  130. 2:09 Fun fact: Lotte New York Palace Hotel is Korean owned. It's the same company that the CCP shadow banned and encouraged its citizens to boycott after THAAD was installed in Korea (land owned by Lotte). Lotte invested $10B in a decade into China stores / factories. Overnight, it's business went down the toilet. Most of the stores and factories were sold off before the pandemic. Almost a blessing in disguise. Allowed them to expand into SE Asia earlier.
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  131. Naw, root for no one. A long drawn out battle is the best case scenario.
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  132. Dude has always been a Russian asset.
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  133. Real estate was 25% of the economy in China. It's down -50% from it's peak from a few years ago. Sure, everything is fine.
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  134. Generally, that's what most countries will do. Then, it's too late when their own sovereign rights are trampled upon.
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  135.  @frankartanis1290  The proper word would be implement. The original poster had zero clue they have no annual property tax. Also, you can't own land in China.
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  136. Yes, there are provocation issues, but a lot of the US hardware requires months of training. Would be useless to send Abrams tanks.
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  137. CCP China ain't going to change it's ways over high grain prices.
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  138. 🤣🤣🤣
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  139. It makes sense though. When you are older, you aren't going to find some drug dealer to buy weed. You'll just opt for alcohol. When stores pop up, older people are like ok, I'll buy some weed and smoke on the weekend. Younger people have way more (illegal) drug connections.
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  140. Congrats Olaf for deepening ties with China during your recent trip!
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  141. They are in a massive recession. Common sense math is hard for people. People need to learn weighted averages. The housing sector has been -20% to -30% for over a year now. If that's 25% of GDP, zero chance GDP is positive. US exports have been a hard negative since November of last year. Every common sense metric says they are negative GDP. - Exports - FDI - Real Estate - Governments cutting salaries
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  142.  @hillerm  Spreading fast. Already, 2x peak cases of Korea or HK (population adjusted).
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  143.  @tonfie  Lower vax rates and using the Chinese vaccine for old people are the variables that are similar. The other stuff is just noise.
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  144. Seems like now or never. If they beat this back, the current regime will increase security and domestic spying 10 fold. Will become worse than CCP China.
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  145. Moscow is toast unless they blow up the bridges.
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  146. lol, the US is not going to give time served credit from a foreign country.
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  147. Could be wrong, but NATO Migs might have been modified already to use NATO weapon systems.
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  148. lol, that's how countries go bankrupt by defending a currency. (and RU has $140B in gold. Ain't enough to defend anything.)
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  149. Housing which is 25-30% of their GDP is -20% or more. Zero chance their GDP is positive.
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  150. Pooh Bear trying to play nice, lol. What happened to the wolf warriors?
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  151. The AGM-86C CALCM has been retired. Putin is lucky we aren't donating these to UA. (But, we'd need to donate some B-52s to launch, lol.)
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  152. I think it's more about location / country. Going to be hard to vote a NATO person from Eastern Europe. Probably a bit of lack of trust / discrimination. I could see the Baltics states one day like Estonia possibly.
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  153. Can she become the new Chancellor? Seems way more sharp than Scholz.
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  154. Going to be a long repetitive cycle for Germany. Not enough workers --> immigration --> we "hate" the immigrants --> not enough workers...
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  155. Germany saving the tanks for when Liechtenstein goes rogue and invades all of Europe.
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  156. This is what happens when you have two religious male dominated societies hating each other. Nothing will ever get solved in our lifetimes.
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  157. Julian Assange has released all the information against Putin and the Kremlin... oh yeah, he hasn't done that.
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  158. One of those classic... ahh, it's a joke. Is this a joke? Wait, what? This isn't a joke.
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  159. Still comes down to equipment resupply. I’ve always been skeptical of the military industrial complex, but we need to pump it up to 100x. The CCP is going after Taiwan and we need to be restocked.
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  160. Unlike the Irregular Russian shoot down, take offs and landings are always the danger points.
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  161. San Francisco has the best year round sleeping weather. I appreciate the fog, lol.
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  162. Geez, this seems like a popular idea.
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  163. lol, I see what you did. You are acting like there are partnerships with 150K SOEs. Get your facts straight and then distort them as you please.
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  164. As long as it’s a proportional response. Those are the rules. Preferably a less proportional response.
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  165. Sounds like a bunch of amateurs. Not a car bomb. Didn't penetrate security ring.
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  166. At this point, they pretty much have the full list. Long(er) range missiles and F-16s were the last of the requests. Quantities will be an issue, but NATO doesn't have unlimited quantities.
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  167.  @elliotgillum  Gary Oldman gets gangrene, loses his whole "army" and his town revolts.
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  168. Will 1 be enough?
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  169. Not to be blasé or insensitive, but these are the accidents that are more frequent. Smaller private planes.
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  170. Also, the Pentagon thought we could win in Afghanistan. And, the Afghan military could continue after we left. Oh yeah, and it had no plan after we invaded Iraq.
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  171. Actually, logistically it’s better to send 1 type. That’s why the Leopard 2 makes sense. Many different countries in EU own them and can assist with maintenance and expertise.
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  172. "Maybe". A portion may boomerang. Get experience in foreign countries and then return to develop their home countries.
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  173. Just another day in America. -An American
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  174. There is no such thing as an economy surplus. A growth in net exports is part of the GDP % calculation.
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  175. More like interpreting it correctly. Somehow we went from a well regulated militia to unlimited gun carrying and purchases without restrictions.
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  176.  @skyecommander2169  There are loopholes state by state. But, there are "gun" countries in EU that make way more sense ie Switzerland. Oh yeah, we have more gun deaths per year than car deaths. And, everyone is required to have insurance. Firearm sales between private individuals who reside in the same state – that is, sales in the "secondary market" – are exempt from these requirements. For private sales, under federal law any unlicensed person may sell a firearm to an unlicensed resident of the same state as long as the seller does not know or have reasonable cause to believe that the purchaser is prohibited from receiving or possessing firearms under federal law.
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  177. lol, not actually the case. Evergrande is listed on the HK exchange. They are the parent company. But, you are partially correct. It relates to offshore debt. Not onshore.
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  178.  @Memovox  Word vomit doesn't count as a coherent position or opinion. I have no clue what you are trying to say. Who is this plural "they"? lol, rendering? This isn't something that a judge rules upon. Geez, go watch the West Wing. It's the episode called, "A Proportional Response".
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  179. We, the US, got lazy. Spent so much time focusing on the war on terror and didn’t invest into weapons against near peer adversaries.
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  180. Russia has stolen 20% of their land and resources. How can you negotiate?
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  181. THEY LITERALLY HAVE VIDEOS ON IT IN THEIR FEED.
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  182. 1M people live on the island of Oahu, Hawaii. 1500km^2 or about the size of Grand Canary Island. Never felt cramped when I lived there.
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  183. I’d say this is embarrassing, but we had people storm the Capitol with all our elected officials inside (at the behest of the sitting President).
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  184. 5.8% for production and yeah, you can't round up that to 10%. Looks like even less of a percent using reserves.
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  185. As an American, I'm fine with my tax dollars going to support democracy. But, we have a lot of crackheads in Congress that don't have any morals. The Senate is fine, but the House is a bunch of wackos. It's a smart PR move. Honestly, they should continue to do them in various forms at later points in time. American's attention span is not our strong suit.
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  186. Went to Italy / Greece in the offseason in late Mar / early Apr years ago. I'll take a little bit chilly weather than stifling heat.
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  187.  @seymorefact4333  Dude - are you 70? If not, shut the f up about 50 years ago.
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  188.  @freeworld88888  Hail Xi! The Supreme Leader is a God!
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  189.  @frankartanis1290  lol, that's not true. No renewals have come up and the law is specifically ambiguous.
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  190. lol, this is a USA made platform.
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  191.  @justathought7235  Thanks. Obviously, I'm an extremely casual observer and not versed into local politics.
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  192.  @apacheworrier3776  We are the leading liberal (western) democracy on the globe. When countries want to shift to democracy, they always look toward the US. Odd way to frame "meddling" when countries want democracy.
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  193. The Armenian president knows he's holding a pair of 2s. Bluffing or playing is untenable. People need to accept reality.
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  194. lol, neighboring Arab countries are making record profits off energy and aren’t stepping in.
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  195. All smoke and mirrors. Never believe a word ever from the CCP.
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  196.  @michaelccozens  You need to do some research on TARP. Wasn't a fan of banks getting money, so they could pay for "bets" against the CDOs. But, you have to take the bad with the good. Keeping banks afloat was critical not just now, but for the future. Part of the reason we are going through energy price spikes is that we didn't keep small refiners and drillers afloat during the pandemic. Lots of bankruptcies. Now, we are f'd because we have less refiners and a few companies controlling the market.
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  197.  @Faraj_07  Libya doesn't even have 70% of Libya BRO.
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  198. LIAR LIAR PANTS ON FIRE. A GDP growth rate (or decline) calculation is based off the prior year. Fiscal 2021 (Trump): 6.8T in spending Fiscal 2022 (Biden): 6.3T in spending Fiscal 2023: 6.1T in spending Fiscal 2024: TBD since it's CR (minibus) SPENDING HAS COME DOWN EVERY YEAR.
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  199.  @firefly4784  Have some serious issues if they are taking notes on any sized cracks in buildings instead of trying to save lives. Maybe CCP bean counters work differently.
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  200.  @闪白  You've never been in an earthquake in your life.
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  201. Maybe. No way. ATACMS isn't going to happen. And even if it did, the quantities would be severely limited. Production stopped a while ago.
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  202.  @timsummers870  Yeah, that's called lying / illegal and the Japanese citizenship would be stripped. I can rob a bank as well. Will be fine until I get caught.
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  203. He’s a grifter. Zero chance he will cross the CCP with free speech in HK. Or, defend Taiwan.
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  204.  @knez7993  Thank you for your service, lol.
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  205. The cherry on top is Russians looting the houses when people were evacuated in these areas.
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  206. Apple has never handed over their users to Federal authorities. It's quite the opposite. They explicitly said they won't make a backdoor to their software.
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  207.  @teardrop-in-a-fishbowl  Dude - we can't keep secrets in the US. It was well publicized how the FBI broke into the phone. It's wasn't via Apple. Use the internet for its intended use. Find information instead of your conspiracy theories.
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  208. The UN resolutions were in 1993.
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  209.  @Kevin-fq3zh  You need some reading comprehension skills. No one is restricting movement of people. Move to a different area of the country or move to another country. Breaking away and creating your own country is not going to happen. Went to school in Hawaii. Some indigenous locals want their independence back. Ain't going to happen.
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  210. CCP is a bunch of atheists.
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  211. 60+ year old dam destroyed by the Russians. They are going scorched earth now. Just destroying anything of value.
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  212. 1st world people don't understand how everyone else lives.
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  213.  @alexanderpepkin4110  lol. 2 weeks. Ain't been happening for 2 weeks.
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  214. The CCP are pathological liars.
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  215.  @stormevans6897  Naw, way different. Many strains ago. The original strains were very deadly, but harder to spread. Unlikely that getting the original strain will protect you 3 years later hence vaccine booster shots.
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  216. lol, BRICS is holding up well. Let's try to kill your leader with missiles.
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  217. The more interesting part is the delivery method: Did the F-35s sneak in? Some type of stealth drones? or just conventional missiles / drones?
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  218. I’ve created many hundreds of forecasts / financial plans. And, I never had to create one with 25% of the business down -20%. That’s what has happened over the past 2 years in China. There just aren’t enough other segments of the economy to make up that difference.
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  219. The EU you fool. Germany is part of the EU.
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  220. They need to start digging in some defensive positions. At some point, Russia will counter attack.
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  221. Tanks are way more complex to maintain. Not impossible to train mechanics, but way more daunting.
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  222. Yeah, so some hacker can crash planes. No thanks.
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  223. Wish we could get creative and deploy ADM-160 MALDs for some daring strikes in Crimea. MALDs combined with a massive drone / fixed wing attack would put Russia on its heels. Also, we sent JDAMs and haven’t heard any use.
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  224. As an American, it was the worst strategic mistake to get in bed with the CCP to get cheap manufacturing with no guardrails.
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  225. China wants to steal TSMC and get leverage over the west.
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  226. Dude - zero chance they are getting the PsRM. We haven't even given it to our military yet.
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  227. The US did nothing when Russia stole Crimea. Not sure how you can call this a proxy war.
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  228. Just sounds like they are gathering data through legal means ie search warrants.
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  229. Gaza was an Egyptian territory in the past. West Bank was Jordan. They don't have passports, any financial system or anything resembling a functioning government. Taiwan has been self-governing for 70+ years and is the 21st largest GDP in the world. There is no comparison.
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  230. Putin is a 2 bit thug. Simply put, he's trying to steal wealth from other countries.
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  231. Really shows how different countries operate. In the US, everyone would welcome that quota system for Vets, but would never meet the quota. Just aren't that valued as jobs.
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  232. Sure seems like Israel has good intel. They are hitting high level targets.
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  233. lol, wouldn't believe anything this dude says. It's all a power struggle.
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  234. lol, the junta has their hands into a lot of money pots. Zero chance they'll step aside voluntarily.
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  235.  @gcyalbert  Not for old people. And, the CCP lies about ALL numbers.
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  236. Not sure how fast movers would be utilized.
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  237. They were in Afghanistan for 10 years.
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  238. lol, Russia is a vassal state to China now.
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  239.  @pnduarte4696  lol, it has the same characteristics as the Storm Shadow. Relatively small in size and has low-altitude capability. Conversion happened in the 1990s.
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  240. Tesla. It's what the CCP does. They let foreign companies come and build their infrastructure. Then, they slowly push them out. Telsa built the EV supply chain in China.
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  241. Yeap considering Japan / USA are the largest members of the ADB. (But, it was Japan's idea and they hold the President role since inception.) Silly protocols.
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  242. Hey, leave fusion out of it. That would have way more benefit than any China contribution.
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  243. Totally against this. I think the compromise would to buy bonds that pay interest and allow the interest payments to be sent to Ukraine. $300B * 4% = $12B per year.
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  244.  @honkdatonk1819  Yikes, we Yankees are the only ones with supply then.
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  245. He’s a thief. Trying to steal wealth from other countries because Russia is on the decline.
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  246. Go search “Taliban and ISIS”. There have been 50+ attacks by ISIS in the past 2 years. ISIS ain’t friends with Iran either.
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  247. It's the Chinese again. Danes have stopped the ship.
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  248.  @metalvideos1961  Yes, it's very clear cut it's a Chinese flagged vessel. This time and last year. The reasoning and the who is directing the operations is a different story.
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  249. Those are the absolute worst people. They enjoy the benefits of western liberal democracies, but still support autocratic Russia.
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  250. CCP China never cuts a fair deal. And, if and when (that's a big if) their economy gets on track, they'll renege on any deal. And, good luck protecting any IP or locally developed technology.
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  251. It's even simpler than that. All property in China is the property of the CCP. These so called private tech companies can be snatched away at an instant. Huwaei was literally started by an ex-Chinese PLA dude. ZTE is an arm of the Chinese defense industry. But, lets not blur the lines. ALL CHINESE COMPANIES ARE CCP COMPANIES.
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  252. hear! hear!
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  253. I don't even update Apple IOS immediately. Let them work out the bugs for several versions first. Not my cup of tea to be a pioneer with this type of excursion.
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  254. This is terrible. Should be illegal.
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  255. Iran launches missile attack on Israel, but Israeli military says no casualties reported. The explosions you hear originate from interceptions or falls [of missiles]. The air defense system detects and intercepts threats all the time," the Israeli military said.
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  256.  @tre_techie  huh? You think Russia and China are going to start attacking UAE and the Saudis? Wait, what?
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  257.  @icu17siberia  Can't really push back when multiple US companies are banned in CCP China.
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  258. It's a dumb argument anyway. Nothing goes away. The US has shifted business to Vietnam, India and Mexico. Those countries will do better and China will do worse.
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  259. lol, they stole all our military equipment and now they want cash?
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  260. lol, imagine what the CCP will do if they steal TSMC.
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  261.  @leanok8533  This whole region has been about extremism. I don't even agree with Israel and don't care much since it will never get solved in my lifetime. The Palestinians (factions) have always gone the violent route. They've been playing the same game since the '70s.
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  262. This is CCP China. The state controls everything.
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  263.  @jentulj9611  The specs are easy to look up. All standard US military specs are easily available online. To answer. You are wrong on jet fuel. 25 mm rounds aren't hard to manufacture.
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  264. Move all production to SE Asia or other areas and out of China.
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  265. The biggest annoyance is the smell. It's a pretty bad smell in public settings.
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  266. You stole it. Now, it's your problems. Coming in with guns blazing and toppling the government is easy part. Running a country ain't easy.
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  267. They are paying…with their blood. NATO is reaping the benefits.
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  268. Don't forget about the settlements either. This group is always pushing for the illegal settlements and causing trouble.
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  269. lol, still remains a part of Russia?
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  270. lol, this is the official report. It's not a scrubbed report by the CCP for political purposes. They've examined the data and someone leaked it to the US press. Comrade, welcome to democracy!
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  271. I'd put odds at 0.000000001% Xi goes to Kyiv.
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  272. lol, Argentina has basically dollarized their economy. Also, strange.
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  273. They lie about their economic numbers. They lie about their pollution. They lie about their covid deaths. Liars, cheats and thieves.
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  274. It’s a false flag BS.
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  275. The suburbs in Philly have decided the election for PA with nearly +95K votes vs HRC in '16.
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  276. Same with the US. We still haven’t sent our best gear.
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  277. umm, there was a time before when they were more armed.
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  278. The real number is closer to 40%.
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  279. lol, the political party positions are a joke compared to US. I'd probably be part of the NCP, but I'm considered left wing in the US.
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  280. If the CCP is talking, they are lying.
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  281.  @markmcguffin873  (refuse to respond since you don't understand how comment threads work.)
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  282. Russia started to target UA again behind the lines with the kamikaze drones and missiles. Fair is fair. Obviously, Putin does not think this rationally.
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  283. These weapons (tanks) were literally designed to fight Russia. What would be the purpose to hold them back? Wait for Morocco to invade? Lichtenstein?
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  284. 30% of Americans is about right for any poll in the US.
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  285.  @Worldaffairslover  Don't know what to tell you dude except you need a new screen name. I've lived in the suburbs of Baltimore, Honolulu and San Francisco which I would consider small cities in the US.
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  286.  @Worldaffairslover  You've never been to Cali right?
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  287. @Phillip Banes Dude - I dated a girl who lived in Bakersfield and I lived in NorCal. The airport is tiny. There are no tall buildings. It's just one big suburb surrounded by oil equipment and farms.
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  288.  @andrzejszpak688  Cities get tricky in the US. Bakersfield is...the whole city. Many cities in the US have suburbs around the city proper. For example: Baltimore has around 575K people in the city, but 875K people directly around the city within 30 min of the city line. (I grew up <5 minutes drive outside the city line.) You have to evaluate each city on its own.
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  289. SIGINT doesn’t discriminate who it picks up. That was the big problem with NSA spying in the US.
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  290. Welcome to the free press comrade. It’s called investigative journalism. Check out All the President’s Men if it’s allowed past your firewall.
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  291. Off by several factors. Closer to 500kg. That's not that hard to transport. For reference, the FBI building in Oklahoma was 5000 lbs.
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  292. The US should utilize the lend-lease that has been authorized for Abrams, but not used. Just give them 50, so Germany can cave properly. We can take the tanks back afterwards or just write them off.
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  293. Good luck. WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Polish Defense Minister Mariusz Blaszczak and U.S. officials attended a ceremony Tuesday to formally upgrade the U.S. military presence in NATO member Poland amid the war in neighboring Ukraine. There are more than 10,000 American troops stationed in the former communist bloc country. They belonged to Area Support Group Poland, which has now been upgraded to form the first U.S. Army garrison on NATO’s eastern flank — a decision announced by President Joe Biden at the summit of NATO’s 30 members last year.
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  294. 1:45 Wait, this is weird. Why wouldn't Washington DC like Milei? He's anti-communist. Believes in democracy and freedom. Wants closer ties with the US. The dude had lunch with Bill Clinton. Milei said he would freeze relations with China. He also said, "People are not free in China, they can't do what they want and when they do it, they get killed. Would you trade with an assassin?"
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  295. Probably impossible, but somehow they need to get the defense missile cost down to $100K. Then, it becomes a huge advantage.
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  296. It's a blitzkrieg. Wagner about 4-5 hours outside of Moscow now.
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  297.  @koushikdas1992  lol, list out the so called "rebel" groups and then we can argue about it. Until then, you can make up any opinion and it means nothing.
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  298. I’m a bit pessimistic. The protestors don’t have weapons to overthrow the government.
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  299. No, CCP China will steal everything off the globe if you let them. Stop them now before its too late.
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  300. Now, we have to get a calculator out and see the total. Seems like it's going to be 100 for various countries.
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  301. lol, CCP China is the worst. Yeah, lets just let them steal our land and resources.
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  302. I'm guessing spy satellites will be taking more frequent surveillance over Belarus now.
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  303. Apple revenue is roughly 5x the DRC GDP.
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  304.  @magdalenaos8215  Exactly what is wrong with the world today. Everyone has a hidden agenda, so they think everyone else has a hidden agenda and jump to conclusions. I literally remember some of the rivers drying up and they were having trouble with barges / transportation.
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  305. For f-ing what? What did the delay accomplish? The GOP is a bunch of terrorists.
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  306. Iran launches missile attack on Israel, but Israeli military says no casualties reported
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  307.  @AstuteRealm  lol, military sites don't have people? Did Israel transform into a 100% robot military force?
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  308. Damn, another smoking accident.
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  309. They are testing different ways to biological warfare or electronic (EMP). Their stealth fighters can’t penetrate.
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  310. NTSB are aviation experts and they take weeks to make an initial assessment. Somehow, the Iranians are "supreme" aviation experts and can eyeball the wreckage and make an assessment.
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  311. Taiwan has a way higher income per capita. Basically, trying to steal wealth like Putin.
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  312. lol, the US has defended the seas for the past 70+ years, so global trade could be uninterrupted.
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  313. Trial balloon. Doesn’t pick up on radar. Can be used to deliver a weapons payload. The military is testing things for a hot war.
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  314. Wait a sec, THEY PLANNED ATTACKS. Those aren't spies. That's a terrorist.
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  315.  @ragingmonk6080  Love when expert commenters reveal their ignorance. These aren't FPV drones. Please, read something.
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  316. Can we stop calling them bombs? The likely cluster munition is 155mm shells.
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  317. The dude / party got 27% of the vote and the other parties are to the left. You have it reversed. The minority would be ruling the majority. You are very confused on what majority means. The dude got the plurality of the votes.
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  318. I literally could have forecasted in Excel the population better than the CCP.
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  319. We are finally approving ATACMS per WSJ.
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  320. Got to hand it to Georgia. They keep on trying to sneak in these laws and they keep on coming out and revolting. Stay strong Georgia.
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  321. lol, diverse group 0:39 ok, definitely someone involved in a cannabis club 1:25 was not expecting the suburban house dad look
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  322. Yeap. Total quagmire. Never had an endgame.
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  323. lol, didn't even realize that English was the official language.
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  324. Way too late now.
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  325. Old = less babies No jobs = bad economy, poor investment choices, poor political choices, corruption
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  326.  @allyourcode  All of these silly pamphlet campaigns have been done with organizations outside of the government. The Yoon admin isn't doing this type of nonsense.
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  327.  @allyourcode  Why would people assume other people are unaware of issues? You 한국사람?
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  328. Was all a scam. Shoddy construction with high interest rates.
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  329.  @protagonist9716  You don't understand how corruption works in western cultures (or used to work). It was never about cheating the customer on the end result, but padding the price to make extra profit. Low(ish) bid and then add in cost overruns. Chinese are the reverse. They make a low bid and then give substandard materials and workmanship to hit the lower cost.
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  330. POZNAN, Poland — U.S. Army Garrison Poland was made official at a ceremony Tuesday, with Army leaders and Polish dignitaries lauding the new headquarters in the former Warsaw Pact state as a demonstration of allied unity in the midst of Russia’s war in Ukraine. We (US military) have 10K troops in Poland and 100K in Europe. F' off Belarus.
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  331. lol, yes. The US listed the requisition in one of the last weapons transfer.
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  332. Kinda weird to pre-claim ethnic cleansing. Obviously, there is going to be issues if people stay. Always going to have clashes when people that strongly dislike each other live close together.
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  333.  @michaellynch1132  Pipe down dude. I've looked at all the data from the Fed since WW2. Stop word vomiting and pretending to be smart.
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  334.  @michaellynch1132  Hey genius, FRED has the UNRATE charted and shaded for each recession since WW2. This ain't rocket science.
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  335. We are a gun country. Doesn't discriminate by race. Seung-Hui Cho was one of the worst mass murderers.
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  336. Why lie? It's not even close. UK is close to 12 homicides per 1 million people. USA is close to 7 homicides...PER 100,000 PEOPLE.
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  337.  @szurketaltos2693  lol, we are talking about rural China in the late 60s-early 70s. Ain't no internet back then. He's just reading Mao stuff.
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  338.  @same.6409  When dealing with numbers, we don't fib. It's not a trillion yet. Saying something is a trillion when it's not means you don't work with data. And, obsessing about a trade surplus is a bit comical if you don't look at the other parts of the economy.
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  339.  @same.6409  ok, sport. Let's talk numbers. Their trade surplus is up about 500B USD in since 2020-21. But geez, what happened to 25% of their economy in real estate. It's down anywhere from 25% to 50% using publicly available data. That's a terrible trade off. Do you know what FDI means? Have you seen the official FDI numbers since 2021? (If you have worked in business, no one allows "rounding up". If the number is in the 900s, you can't magically just round up and pretend. Why do I know? It's what I cut my teeth in my career.)
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  340. Wow, Is Russia going to...invade Ukraine as retaliation? Fire missiles? Oh wait, they already did that.
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  341. 1- UA directly 2- UA sympathizers 3- UA special / intelligence services 4- RU “rebels” 5- Prigozhin or someone else trying to seize power 6- Kremlin 3 is probably the most likely.
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  342. Everyone has been slow walking weapons since the beginning.
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  343. A trade is fine. LT, they suck. BIDU hasn't even doubled in 10 years. BABA is below 2018 levels.
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  344. Xi needs a distraction from the Covid Zero to the Covid explosion debacle. Xi is very weak right now. All off his major policies are getting reversed: Covid Zero, Tech regulation, Real estate debt, home purchase restrictions.
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  345.  @Memovox  ahh, you are talking about the Hezzies and Hamas. Yeah, they are terrorists that don't play by the rules. That's a whole different ballgame. If the terrorists want to hide in civilian areas, blame the terrorists.
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  346.  @Memovox  It's literally the best show on US politics to understand how everything works. There is no better primer
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  347.  @uvuvwevwevweonyetenyevweug-t1f  Blame the terrorists. There is a different set of rules in geopolitics.
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  348. lol, is Hezzies and Hamas an censored word?
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  349.  @samsosa98  This is in 2018 after they stole Crimea. Mike Flynn sat next to Putin at a dinner. Ron Johnson, geez. That dude is a Russian puppet.
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  350.  @emikomina  What does that have to do with Taiwan and CCP China? Mine as well add the North Korea angle for Lotte. lol, he's not even a Zainichi. I met one while working at a restaurant in Hawaii. They are still proud of their Korean heritage.
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  351. Know nothing about Turkey, but basically this is a play for Turkey's workers to flood the EU for higher wages right?
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  352. US kicked in some Abrams, so it forced Germany’s hand.
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  353. lol, we invade countries and then dump hundred of billions of aid.
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  354. lol, 1+ years in the war and Russians near the border are finally getting a taste of the war.
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  355. Erdogan is a loose cannon. No to Sweden, but yes to Ukraine.
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  356. Wiping them out with your military sends a bigger message than any words.
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  357. It's the one issue that crosses the aisle: solidarity against CCP China. But, Trump is a total wild card. Dude might just go scorched earth and sellout the whole US apparatus.
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  358. This group is labeled as a terrorist organization by western countries.
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  359. lol, almost forgot that I moved to San Francisco after college. It's 121km^2 and has 800K population. That never felt cramped either. That's 1/10 the size of Grand Canary Island.
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  360. @GNMi79 I grew up in the suburbs of Baltimore. While my town had a few big roads for commuting, the single family homes were pretty close together. Not that much different from Oahu. And, next neighborhood over was all rowhouses (townhomes stuck together made of brick).
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  361. China is no one's friend. It's a zero sum game with them. Good luck with BRICS.
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  362. CCP China has casino rules. If you do too well and beat the house, they'll ban you for "cheating". But, most of the time, players lose and lose a lot of money.
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  363.  @ftu2021  lol, Japan, Germany and Korea are the 3rd, 4th, and 13th largest economies in the world.
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  364.  @BruceJ999  I'll give you a pass a bit, but you need to form a proper sentence if you want people to understand.
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  365.  @BruceJ999  Regardless of your "abilities", your sentence makes no sense. And, I chuckle when people mention Blackrock. They are clueless on their business and business model.
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  366.  @ftu2021  Use your pea sized brain and figure it out.
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  367.  @ftu2021  CCP China was a poverty stricken backwards country until Deng opened up to the West. And, is going down the tubes now that Xi is trying to be Mao Jr.
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  368. Germany has a bit of advantage or maybe it's a disadvantage. It won't be ethnic Chinese doing the spying, but German citizens. Should be less of a language skill barrier and more of standard spycraft. The US has 300,000 Chinese on student visas that are sworn to help spy agencies, doh!
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  369. Oddly enough, that statistic is false. You realize we have the internet that we can find real info instead of just posting lies on YouTube comments. It's literally the opposite. From the CDC website: gun death rates / actual deaths in 2020: Arkansas 22.6 673 New Mexico 22.7 479 Alaska 23.5 175 Alabama 23.6 1,141 Missouri 23.9 1,426 Wyoming 25.9 154 Louisiana 26.3 1,183 Mississippi 28.6 818 Hawaii 3.4 50 Massachusetts 3.7 268 New Jersey 5 443 Rhode Island 5.1 54 New York 5.3 1,052 Connecticut 6 219 California 8.5 3,449
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  370. lol, Israel and Palestinians. Xi better worry about his own backyard. No one has jobs. Real Estate bubble is popping. Manufacturing is moving out the country.
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  371. This guy is pretty knowledgeable. Obviously, it’s not for the casual viewer.
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  372. The Russian version of, "It's a prank, bro".
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