Comments by "Sarcasm Unlimited" (@sarcasmunlimited1570) on "Alex Christoforou" channel.

  1. Boris Johnson should be charged with inciting violence and hate.
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  2. Blinken is slacking. When he talked about Russian aggression, he didn't say "unprovoked."
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  3. The key fact is that Putin had no reason to kill Navalny. Navalny had no ability to do anything to Putin, nor to Putin's Presidency, and not even to anyone else or the Russian state.
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  4. Borrell and Baerbock insulting China is going to do wonders for China's willingness to co-operate with the West.
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  5. Zelensky had been an embarrassment for the Biden Administration, but now he is becoming a pain in the ass.
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  6. I noticed China developing a sense of humor over the last few months, and the "Macron as a tourist" is world class trolling.
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  7. British experts are the best experts, because they take themselves so seriously.
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  8. The BRICS can intercept Western boats that do not have insurance provided by BRICS. They could start in the Persian Gulf.
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  9. Kallas says Russia doesn't believe in peace. She couldn't be more wrong. Russia believes in peace, including Ukraine's peaceful surrender and EU's peaceful concessions to Russia's demands. There is nothing more peaceful than that.
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  10. The EU Mafia to the government of Georgia: "You've got a nice country there, Georgia. It would be a shame if anything happened to it."
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  11. The first rule of diplomacy with China is that you show genuine respect. Scholz stating that Russia is the number one enemy and not China, is trying to sow discord between Russia and China. Of course, China will perceive this as disrespect due to the arrogance of Scholz thinking that China would not see through his deceit and Machiavellian manipulation. .
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  12. The US troops would be needed in Hungary to protect Hungary against the EU.
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  13. Aside from political and military considerations, accepting Ukraine into EU would be like an economic millstone around EU's neck. EU literally cannot afford it.
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  14. All world capitals should put warning signs in their downtown square cautioning citizens "Beware of fat foreign women handing out cookies. Call police."
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  15. I never had much confidence in Scholz, so there wasn't much to lose. Same with the EU leadership. Maybe they should all resign.
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  16. If Ukraine shoots Taurus missiles at Moscow, Russia will have to make a buffer zone all the way to Netherlands.
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  17. It's a possibility that the reason for traveling by train or air to Kiev is to keep those routes safe for weapons deliveries. Obviously all these visitors got clearance from Russia to be able to travel to Kiev without being shot down or exploded in transit.
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  18. After rotting for days, I bet the corpses also don't pass the smell test. Alex is right. Who keeps dead bodies around for two to three weeks? Zelensky.
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  19. UK's military and MSM keep Russian military amused. Even Peskov or Zakharova will get a laugh.
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  20. I hope the Munich Conference played John Lennon's Imagine during Macron's speech. Especially the lines "...you may say I'm a dreamer, but I'm not the only one..." "Just look at Scholz, Zelensky, and all the other dreamers in here."
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  21. It's not teachers in the classroom that Ukraine lacks. It's students. And the longer this thing lasts, the smaller Ukrainian classrooms will get, which some might consider a good thing.
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  22. An interesting revelation from Macron. So he perceives the world to be currently unified, and could be fragmented by BRICS. I didn't know anyone held such a naive and simplistic view of the world. It's downright Pollyannaish.
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  23. Basically, Stoltenberg declared that Ukraine will never get accepted into the EU.
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  24. I hear that al-Julani has now fully adopted European values.
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  25. By "asymmetrical warfare," Zelensky means that since Russia hits Ukrainian military targets, Ukraine is going to hit Russian civilians. That's asymmetrical.
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  26. Russia already complained that Europe and Zelensky don't have agency, and any agreement can be overruled by the US. But with the recent forced military funding for another country (not Ukraine), the US doesn't have agency either. So which country can Russia negotiate with? Who holds ultimate power over the White House and Congress?
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  27. Marco Rubio has recently been reported to have said that spreading democracy around the world is not a primary interest of the United States. It's unclear whether this relates to the future of NED, but Nuland might be polishing up her resume, just in case.
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  28. Biden says paint the roof white. I would rather paint the town red.
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  29. Let's admit it. There was foreign interference in the Slovak elections. The US, the EU, and certain NGOs tried their best to derail Fico and succeeded to some degree. Fico would have and should have received more votes. Potential coalition Parties will be motivated by a chance to share in governing Slovakia. They wouldn't have this opportunity had a Globalist Party won.
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  30. Lammy is just as competent as Annalena Baerbock.
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  31. I believe Ursula von der Leyen had a slip of the tongue when she said "we have tools...," because it was clear that she meant "we have fools..." Admittedly, English is not her first language.
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  32. The ICC has an opportunity to arrest Zelensky while he is in The Hague. There are a lot of charges he can be indicted on.
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  33. You will note that when Kinzinger said it would be a 3-day real operation if NATO got directly involved, he didn't specify that it would be NATO on the winning side. Maybe he meant the Russians would wipe NATO out that fast.
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  34. Friedrich Merz will cause a lot of schmerz to German people.
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  35. Beware of Pelosi bearing cookies.
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  36. The funniest part was where Olaf Scholz will consent to talk to Putin only if Russia vacates whatever territories Ukraine says is Ukraine. This is so astounding, that this demand could only be made by someone utterly detached from reality, or by someone trolling the Russians. Maybe NATO still believes that Ukraine is winning, or that it can win in the future.
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  37. I can understand why Podolyak doesn't want to stop in the middle of the road. He is afraid he will get run over by a Russian tank.
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  38. I don't know who is stupider, Kellogg or Lindsey Graham.
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  39. After this, I wouldn't be surprised if Georgia applied for BRICS membership. A BRICS membership would actually benefit Georgia more than EU, because China would invest in productive infrastructure in that country.
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  40. Peskov should have said that stealing Russian assets will break the Rules-Based International Order.
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  41. All those Western news about Russia's global interference must surprise Putin and the Kremlin. The Russians didn't know they had that much influence over so many places.
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  42. Zelensky doesn't know the difference between grotesque and ridiculous. His 31K is grotesque, and 70K would be ridiculous.
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  43. "Blinken will highlight the strategic successes that Ukraine has achieved." I suppose the most praiseworthy are the many strategic retreats that Ukraine successfully executed.
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  44. There is a scenario in which the US could have known immediately after the attack that Ukraine didn't do it, and that is if the US itself had done it.
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  45. They also tried to clone Zelensky, but instead of a clone they got a clown.
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  46. Right. Serbs were the most determined fighters against Germany in WWII.
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  47. Annalena Baerbock should have worn a bulletproof burqa. Then al-Julani might have shaken her hand.
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  48. The best kind of offensive is when the enemy doesn't notice it.
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  49. There are no similarities between Abraham Lincoln and Zelensky. Not in their character, and not in their mission, values, or actions. Some may argue that they are both men with beards, but even there the similarity is weak. Kellogg is not very bright.
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  50. The Telegraph article is a winner. It says "The numbers don't lie." The numbers may not lie, but The Telegraph does, every day.
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  51. For some reason, a lot of Lithuanian names end with -vicious. That Lithuanian Ambassador to Sweden threatening the Kerch bridge must think that Sweden is far enough away from Russia's FAB missiles.
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  52. The US state department issued a statement: "We are going to wait a day or two before we announce that Russia blew up the dam. That way it will sound more credible."
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  53. Ukrainians CAN misfire any missile you give them.
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  54. By correcting its overcapacity, Blinken wants China to quit manufacturing altogether, except for US owned factories. .
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  55. I don't think Russia would be shy to retaliate against Estonia or Latvia for fear of involving NATO. The difficulty will be in determining who sent the drones, regardless of which country they originated from. Let's put to rest that Russia is scared of NATO. The reason Russia doesn't want NATO to get involved is that it will create many additional deaths on both sides, and not because Russia couldn't defeat NATO.
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  56. When France deploys strategic ambiguity, Russia will deploy strategic clarity in the shape of missiles.
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  57. That was a funny speech by Ursula von der Leyen. "Georgians must be masters of their own destiny," all the while wanting Brussels to govern Georgia.
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  58. Boris Johnson: Trump will be strong and decisive in ... defending democracy. That automatically precludes defending a non-democracy such as Ukraine.
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  59. Ursula von der Leyen will never get a job as a stand up comedian.
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  60. Yep. Zelensky should not sit in a car with someone sitting behind him.
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  61. I haven't seen Trudeau so detached from reality as this clip.
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  62. Russia will not steal Ukraine's wheat.They won't even block Ukraine's export of wheat. Besides, Ukraine might need its wheat for its own domestic consumption. Russian-controlled areas' wheat output might be sold to Russia proper at good prices, and/or exported. I think Russia is currently weighing the pros and cons of taking over the strip of land between Crimea and Moldova. Same with Kharkov.
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  63. So Scholz says that one morning he woke up and started his shower and there was no hot water. Apparently, Russia suddenly and unexpectedly turned off the gas. I can see why that would be an unpleasant surprise.
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  64. Yulia Navalnaya only got on the Influential list because she influenced Washington. She didn't influence anyone else in the world.
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  65. US State Department: "The UN resolution is binding only if Israel says it is binding, otherwise it is automatically non-binding."
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  66.  @ryanwalters6184  Shouldn't all people be treated fairly and equally?
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  67. It's a toss-up between dumb and jerk.
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  68. "Your name will be in the history books" isn't that much different from "Your name will be on the Death Certificate."
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  69. I had to laugh at the list of countries willing to sign Ukraine security guarantees. They are either too far away from Ukraine, or don't really have actual ability to help Ukraine militarily. It's like if Liechtenstein offered a security guarantee. The only country that is sticking its neck out is Romania, and this one is probably thinking it will never come to that.
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  70. Ursula von der Leyen is into prebunking because nobody wanted to bunk with her.
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  71. Donald Tusk is more like Donald Duck than like Donald Trump.
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  72. Macron is like a French capon, who lacks potency but still struts around the yard pretending to be the boss.
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  73. The other Russian city is Odessa.
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  74. Xi Jinping had an unusual stroke, one without symptoms. I guess it's different strokes for different folks.
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  75. Amanpour also had a meltdown.
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  76. Oreshnik speaks numerous languages.
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  77. An admirable aspect of Putin's speech is that he didn't have to go pee for over two hours.
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  78. They no longer fly in. They always take the train now.
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  79. Stairs without any railings or anything to hold on to. It is literally impossible for Biden.
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  80. When that Jewish guy looked up at the camera, he was obviously thinking "Is this really happening? Am I stuck with this imbecile and have to pretend that he is a sentient human being?"
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  81. Russia won't negotiate until (at minimum) Ukraine has cleared out of Kursk, while Ukraine presumably wanted to use its presence in Kursk as a bargaining chip. So negotiation is impossible,. Something has got to give.
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  82. That is a good one. Canadians want Trudeau out of their own country.
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  83. You are right. Baerbock is terribly immature. Her emotional age is about 13.
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  84. The janitor promised "sweeping" changes in how he conducts himself from now on.
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  85. He probably couldn't believe the mess that Britain became while he was fighting for another country.
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  86. Who is going to want those Treasury Bonds?
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  87. Blinken doesn't mind having wasted billions on Ukraine because they are "sunk costs."
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  88. I don't know if it was good for Zelensky to sign all those security deals. Now Ukraine is on the hook to protect at least 50 different countries.
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  89. "You'll cross that bridge when you come to it."
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  90. Let's not forget that we are all "Wartime Citizens," and that makes all of us special.
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  91. The birthdate of that actor Olmos almost convinced me that Nikki Haley is onto something.
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  92. Ukraine learned that from a guy who stops punches with his face.
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  93. Good Lord!! Cameron can't speak even for the UK, never mind for other countries.
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  94. Britain's finance minister is Hunt, but with a C.
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  95. The best thing about JD Vance is that he is the right pick for the 2028 Presidential run.
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  96. Renaming "peace keeping" with "reassuring force." Now that's reassuring. Why not go all the way and call it a "comfort force"?
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  97. Europe doesn't need to have Russia to cause difficulties. The unbounded new people coming in will take care of that.
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  98. The Russians living in Odessa should open a new hotel and name it Hotel California.
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  99. The significance of the BBB win is global, and is the most important "good" thing to happen so far this year.
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  100. Don't you need electricity to be able to benefit from light bulbs?
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  101. Czech Republic voted with the USA against a Humanitarian Truce in Gaza. About a dozen other countries at the UN also voted against a Truce. The rest of the world wants a ceasefire, with about 40 countries abstaining. Now I have come to the part where Alex reports on the same thing, and with more detail.
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  102. They will do it for as long as it takes.
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  103. I wonder who told Ukraine that Putin was going to be in a helicopter not far from the Ukrainian border on that day.
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  104. The only internationally recognized Ukrainian entity is at Eurovision, and Russia is unlikely to accept their signature.
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  105. That's American Exceptionalism for you.
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  106. With a possible exception of the housemaid.
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  107. So Estonia is considering sending soldiers to Ukraine? I wonder if that's all 35 of them, or just a smaller expeditionary force.
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  108.  @aidanmacdougall9250  2nd most powerful in Afghanistan.
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  109. They still want to take your car from you, and even how you heat your home.
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  110. Just like the US isn't returning anyone's gold, Russia won't either, even if Romania's claim were valid. But Romania might get a reply, which could be something like "We were looking for it too, but the Czar spent it all on Vodka."
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  111. If Russia agreed to a ceasefire, they wouldn't be able to clean up the Kursk situation, which is critical for the Russians. And a ceasefire would lead to the situation that Russians oppose, which is that Ukraine would continue to ream itself during the pause, and the West would try to insert "Peacekeepers" into the frey.
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  112. Yes. You are missing something. The concept that "we are the good guys, and whoever is not with us is a bad guy."
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  113. The Pentagon should get dairy products sellers to print a picture of an F--35 on milk cartons with the caption "Reward..."
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  114. Or bring Freedom and Democracy over there.
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  115. And Zelensky is frustrated because Russia won't unconditionally surrender.
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  116. To paraphrase Charles M. Schulz, "Happiness is a warm Putin."
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  117. Hopefully not Woke.
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  118. The Kyiv Independent is independent (devoid) of any truth.
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  119. The Canadian contingent has an equipment shortage, and to make matters worse, they lost a Navy boot in the Baltic Sea.
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  120. Zelensky wants the West (and Ukraine) to be able to say that he offered a peace formula which Russia rejected.
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  121. Is there a country that John Bolton doesn't want to go to war against?
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  122.  @louise_rose  Same with von der Leyen, and dozens of others, both in the EU and in national European governments. I am even suspicious of Meloni.
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  123. It takes courage or self-confidence or daftness for a guy named Kuleba, of all things, to think he can lecture the Americans.
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  124. Cold showers are invigorating. I traveled through Germany and we stopped to swim at a public swimming pool. The showers were so cold we feared we would get an aneurysm.
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  125. I think the reason UK has difficulty finding a suitable candidate for the Rear Admiral position is because in addition to the stated qualifications, they also want the applicant to be Woke and a member of some of the LGBTQ+ classes. They should just Shanghai Rachel Levine from the US Navy, since she (he?) already is a Rear Admiral.
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  126. If Russia topples the Eiffel Tower, Paris is going to lose a lot of tourist revenue.
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  127. You forgot Diversity is our Strength. If Orwell lived today, he would have written that in as well.
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  128.  @Doodger12  Otherwise also known as Freedom and Democracy.
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  129. I am all for sending Sean Penn into Ukraine's front lines. Somehow get him into that factory in Mariupol, and tell him he is the boss there. His Woke mentality should work wonders.
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  130.  @chrisharrington2879  You mean high as in going up in smoke.
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  131. OK, I will put it out here. Billionaires fancy themselves as being some kind of Renaissance geniuses. Nothing could be further from the truth. They are transactional geniuses. It's a special kind of intelligence that is centered around trading values for values, like playing cards. In an evolutionary sense, the people who truly maintained human life were hunters and farmers.
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  132. At 0:45, there is a French flag painted on the rock behind Alex. Did he pick that spot on purpose, following the clip about the French embassy?
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  133. Armenia has very interesting historical structures. It begs the question of who built it.
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  134. Yeah, but Springs can be cumulative.
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  135. Zelensky is the world's most famous comedian, and the world ain't laughing.
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  136. Watching Trudeau produces the same nausea as watching Dylan Mulvaney, although for somewhat different reasons.
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  137. Corruption will ultimately destroy America. There really isn't a method by which to predict how long a time this will take, and this will of course be influenced by actions of the external world. When you are not honest, it means you are not acknowledging reality. Over the long term, such an attitude can only be postponed by money, but even that will run out.
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  138. The only similarity between Zelensky and Churchill is that both have been in Yalta.
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  139. NATO/EU probably told Greece that if they don't do what they say, no more loans to Greece.
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  140. As long as people vote for their government leaders, it is a democracy. This is regardless of whatever and wherever information came from to the electorate, on the basis of which voters made their selection.
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  141. It was never "as long as it takes," because the actual limitation must be the lesser of "as long as we can" and "as long as we want."
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  142. When Milley thought he spoke to Zaluzhnyi, he was unaware that he was actually speaking to those two Russian pranksters who pretend to be various Ukrainian officials.
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  143. I personally like the name Department of Threats and Intimidation.
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  144. If you see the Tsarnaev brothers with backpacks near the finish line, run for your life.
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  145. Annalena thinks the world stage is like her high-school debating club.
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  146. US has the capacity to produce enough wheat and other grains to meet demand across the world. I really don't know why they are not producing more.
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  147. There is a similar line about Mafia.
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  148. "The rain in Spain falls mainly on the plain." Well, this time it didn't.
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  149. A Ukrainian in prison being drafted into the Ukrainian military: "I am on death row awaiting execution in two months. Like hell am I going to cut that time short."
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  150. Great movie script.
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  151. ​ @Oi....  And that's probably in pizza coupons.
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  152. If according to Budanov Ukraine already won Crimea psychologically, it's not too much of a stretch to think morale will win the war.
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  153. That BBC documentary about Putin against the West is going to make Putin a hero. When he wins, it will appear that he single-handedly defeated a much larger enemy. I will be waiting for a BBC sequel. "Putin Defeats The West." But we need a regime change in London before that happens.
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  154. That gloried International Rules Based Order sure works wonders, as long as you are the one making all the rules and dictate how the rules are applied and interpreted.
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  155. It's not about winning, it's about how you play the game.
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  156. Biden did say several times that he is focused on being focused.
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  157. Szijjarto wants the EU to respond to the tariff threat with "strategic calm." Macron, on the other hand, would rather respond with "strategic ambiguity."
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  158. The Kharkov fortifications were accidentally built in Romania.
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  159. A loan to Ukraine is a gift to Ukraine. So it would be the same as passing the $61 billion Bill.
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  160. Alex is preparing to cross the Charles Bridge tomorrow. That bridge has as much history as any in Europe, but one particular event is especially curious. It is on this bridge where the 30-years War was allegedly stopped. Incredibly, university students of the Charles University located near the bridge battled the Swedish regiment, and were able to push the Swedes back. Contrast that with American university battling for Gender justice.
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  161. Instead of meeting, Trump could buy Macron, Starmer, and Zelensky a vacation package to Disney World in Florida.
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  162. The elephant in the room, Zelensky.
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  163. The political West (including all Intelligence Agencies) are working with a faulty theory about the dynamics of initiated regime change. They are laboring under the misapprehension that causing harm to a country or suffering to its citizens invariably causes the population or at least certain factions in that country's government to rise up against the ruler. This may appear to have worked in banana republics, but even there it worked for different reasons. There the leader already faced severe opposition from the citizens or the army or parts of the government, and a foreign intervention was used merely as pretext to trigger a coup. In Russia, the social and political dynamics don't allow regime change to be incited by foreigners' actions of any kind. Attacks on Russia, its leaders, its economy, or its military just make the population more united and determined to fight off any foreign threat. Even domestic troublemakers are seen to be not really Russian.
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  164. Peskov wasn't trying to be diplomatic. He was trying to stop himself from laughing at the Europeans.
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  165. China should have just sent a taxicab to pick up Annalena Baerbock. It's interesting that she behaves as if she commanded respect. The only respect she gets is the bare minimum required by diplomatic protocol.
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  166. Suddenly, we don't hear anything from Nuland.
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  167. Or the midnight train to Georgia.
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  168. The Europeans take themselves way too seriously. First they want to defeat Russia in Ukraine, and now they want to mediate a solution between Iran and the US.
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  169. Any delay in shipping stored grain risks the grain starting to ferment. Maybe they should make vodka out of it.
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  170. He probably tried to Spring.
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  171. Zelensky should show the victory plan to Kamala, so she can follow it up with her classic cackling laugh.
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  172. Even the Beatles asked that question (in Eleanor Rigby). Where do they all come from?
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  173. Mao Ning crossed another threshold, beside China's previously visible sarcasm. Whoever she is, she mixed humor and the bare facts in the absolute version of understanding things.
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  174. And Biden is a genius.
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  175. As their conduct so far shows, Serbia is not going to turn against Russia for money. Same applies to most of their policies and values. Unlike von der Leyen, Serbia is not a prostitute.
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  176. Putin might be isolated, but at least he has got the North Koreans.
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  177. We all want a Spring counter-offensive. Victoria Day is too insipid. Once the counter-offensive is over, I can focus on going camping and having barbecues, without Bud Light.
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  178. Annalena Baerbock's logic is backwards. She claims that if there is a ceasefire, there could be negotiations with Russia to allow Ukraine to join NATO. This is contrary to reality, because there cannot be a ceasefire until there is no possibility of Ukraine joining NATO. Or there could be a ceasefire once Russia forces Kiev to capitulate, in which case Russia won't allow Ukraine's accession into NATO.
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  179. But do you want him in Washington?
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  180. He might have been overdosed.
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  181. That's when the vultures swoop in.
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  182. I can see a new scenario possibly evolving. The US and EU don't want to rebuild Ukraine after the war, and would rather have Poland and Russia partition the country and be responsible for the cost. This doesn't have a high probability, but it’s possible.
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  183. The Little Fisherman statue is Cyprus's answer to Copenhagen's The Little Mermaid statue.
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  184. That's because finding an accounting error would look suspicious.
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  185. Yes. They somehow became wiser over the last couple of decades
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  186. WSJ should have quoted anonymous sources instead of people who are familiar with Trump's thinking. Anonymous sources have been around since forever, and are seen as reliable by the general public.
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  187. Ukraine's path to NATO can correctly be considered "irreversible," as it has never started and there is nothing to reverse from.
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  188. So Zelensky wants to fight with a senior citizen.
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  189. So Scholz is giving Putin the silent treatment. At least until Putin admits he was wrong, and apologizes to Scholz for hurting his feelings.
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  190. So the 153rd Mechanized Brigade has converted into the 153rd Pedestrian Brigade. I suspect the reason for this is that they were trying to use EVs only, but the effective mileage range specified by the manufacturer fell far short of specifications. Some of it could have been because wheels were spinning in mud, giving incorrect readouts on the dashboards.
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  191. Good Luck! Ukraine is right behind Nigeria on the UN corruption index.
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  192. There was a news item a while back claiming that Zelensky already has a minerals deal with the UK. Is Ukraine "selling" its natural resources twice?
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  193. So the T34 started up after 70 years in the garage, and didn't even need recharging the battery.
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  194. That was the West's attempt at humor.
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  195. It depends on how many male escorts were there.
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  196. Holy cow (pun not intended)! The Pope and Zelensky are the midgets in that lineup.
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  197. That was virtual Biden on the call.
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  198. I thought the reason for not breaking up Russia was because there aren't enough seats at the UN for all those newly created countries.
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  199. The Azovs will gladly oblige.
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  200. Curiously, there wasn't a single dissenting voice among the group of 10 legal experts.
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  201. Zelensky dresses for the job he wants, not the job he has.
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  202. Neither Russia nor the USA really want to take sides between Azerbaijan and Armenia. Azerbaijan is a major oil and gas exporter, and nobody wants to be on bad terms with this country. Armenia gets sympathies and support due to its history with the Turks. None of Armenia's neighbors want Armenia to join NATO, because that may involve them in potential future military conflicts. So everyone will likely tread carefully, encouraging both countries to resolve their disputes by negotiation.
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  203. Also thank Gates. Have you seen his stomach lately? First male pregnancy.
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  204. No uranium in Kiev.
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  205. Recently, Fico joined Orban in their small club.
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  206.  @stdavidboy  This did cross my mind. But is the benefit, in the eyes of the CIA, worth going through that much trouble? Quite likely the Russians will make their own investigation, especially if an autopsy reveals something suspicious.
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  207.  @lazyupload  If that is true, wouldn't it be better for Russia and Putin to just shut down Navalny's communication with anyone outside the prison? They would have known about all the outcry and accusations that would follow if they were to kill Navalny. Why not take the easier solution if they were supposedly really bothered by Navalny's speech?
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  208. So (at 29:50) Ukraine has an official named Samovar. Now that is quite odd because a Samovar in Russian and Ukrainian is a large ornate ("sculpted") heated teapot from which tea is dispensed into cups. Translated literally, Samovar means "self-brewing." One might expect so named individuals to occasionally perform the children's dance and song of 🎶 "I am a little teapot short and stout, here is my handle and here is my spout, if you tip me over..."
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  209.  @eccentricaste3232  He must have been a good one if they gave him four stars for it.
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  210. Even if Ukraine promised to not join NATO or rearm, Russia cannot rely on that for as long as the Kiev government is controlled by or linked to the West. So this will be an obstacle to any type of Korean style truce.
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  211. The only one who can is that Black man named Denarius, who participates in comedy skits with Alex Stein (of AOC Big Booty Latina fame).
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  212. They should have cited each other as the 2nd anonymous source.
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  213. Right. As the Europeans drive across the border into Ukraine, there will be Blinken and McConnell and others on both sides of the road shouting: "Sunak Sunak he is our man, if he can't do it no one can."
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  214. The good news is Netherlands won't be able to use the tanks against their farmers.
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  215. The Russian military has recruited comedians to fill gaps left by dolphins who are bound to aquatic environments.
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  216. It sounds as if those FAB bombs are fabulous.
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  217. Mark Rutte's claim that Belarus is fully under Russian control shows why he is such a brilliant legendary statesman.
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  218. Russia doesn't have to reverse Ukraine's accession to NATO (since Blinken said it's irreversible). Russia only needs to prevent Ukraine from reaching that goal. Why reverse it if that's not necessary.
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  219. Llloyd Austin: This is a time to dig deeper into your pockets...
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  220. If Zelensky can't be Churchill, he will settle for being King Leonidas. No Helen of Troy this time around.
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  221. Kaja Kallas, "high representative, had high hopes..."
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  222. We can be sure that Russia will take an extremely confrontational position against the presence in the Black Sea of militaries from countries that are not local.
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  223. If you leave Kiev and take one step toward Mariupol, you too have made progress toward that city.
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  224. The New York Times has been publishing satire for years now, and this latest article is meant as sarcasm. The New York Times is a newspaper recording a humorous take on current affairs.
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  225. Trudeau can get one of Zelensky's green track suits. He'll be the life of the party at his cottage.
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  226. I am a fan of stand-up comedians. But I will enjoy real-life comedy. And am serious.
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  227. "Ukraine's counter-offensive moves faster than new sanctions," or at least faster than a fly swimming in molases.
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  228. If Ukraine sinks Russian ships, I would expect that Odessa will be dilapidated.
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  229. If Zelensky is blackmailing the US with something, like some information he could make public or threat of some action, he could end end up having a personal problem with his own army.
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  230. So training of Ukrainian pilots on F16s turned out to be a failure due to the language barrier. Apparently it never occurred to anyone to translate the user manual into Ukrainian.
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  231. She will give US "the silent treatment."
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  232. Frankly, Orbán should demand 💶 50 billion. He should tell Brussels "show your commitment to Ukraine."
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  233. Latvia is behaving as if Russia is the USSR, and it is not alone in that misapprehension.
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  234. Richard? I thought it was Johnson.
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  235. That cat maintained strategic ambiguity.
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  236. Georgescu could run as an independent, if Romania has such a mechanism.
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  237. "Ukraine's hopes for victory over Russia are slipping away," The Washington Post says. Simon and Garfunkel said it best with their song... 🎶 _Slip slidin' away Slip slidin' away You know the nearer your destination The more you're slip slidin' away._ If The WP means the possibility of victory, then no, it's not slipping away since it never existed. If, on the other hand, The WP means hope and prayer of winning, that might be slipping but it's a tad too late to face up to reality.
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  238. He showers wearing his outfit, so it does get washed.
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  239. NATO would only want Peacekeepers if they are from pro-NATO organizations, like the UN. Russia should propose Chinese Peacekeepers, and watch the West pretend they never said anything. After all, China isn't involved in this conflict, so they should be pretty neutral.
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  240. I am at a complete loss trying to understand in what sense Hungary is not democratic. They have a democratically elected government. What the EU is saying is that disagreement with EU on immigration and Russia makes Hungary not democratic. That just doesn't make any sense!
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  241. Sadly, I agree with you. Maybe being good at tech doesn't spill over into other everything else.
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  242. Both are totally DEI hires. They can only get decent jobs in government. If they had to work at a for-profit organization, Annalena would be a receptionist, and Lammy would work the night shift as a security guard. Annalena would be rude to customers, and Lammy would sleep through his entire shift.
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  243. Wouldn't there have to be something to apologize for in order to be a "Putin apologist"? (Taking the phrase literally.)
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  244. Actually, Zelensky's biggest secret is the underwear he wears, that he bought from Victoria's Secret.
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  245. Stubb is an unfortunate name in the English speaking world. It lends itself to too many jokes
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  246. The USA government controls a lot of NGOs (presumed to be non-governmental). But 26 is excessive, and most likely there are many others.
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  247. Nor should empty suits.
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  248. Agreed. It's best to manufacture those Swedish CV90s in Ukraine. If they are made in Sweden and then shipped to Ukraine, Russians will have to destroy them one by one rather than all at once.
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  249. After Northern Gaza is flattened, maybe BlackRock can come in with bulldozers and construction equipment and rebuild the place.
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  250. Running for your life is a kind of tactical retreat.
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  251. Alex should interview Orban while he is there.
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  252.  @yarpenzirgin1826  That too.
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  253. Slovaks and Hungarians have a shared history going back a thousand years. Yes, Slovaks are close to Czechs, especially in language and history before either settled the lands they currently occupy. But in more recent centuries, Slovaks fought in wars side by side with Hungarians. Their languages are not mutually intelligible, but in spirit they are a kindred people.
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  254. Agreed. Giving Ukraine money is not charity. It's giving almy. It could be called an investment, because an investment doesn't mean it will be profitable. Many, if not most, investments end up losing money.
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  255. Zelensky has the tiger by the tail (the Azovs) and is forced to give them whatever they want. Then he also gets demands from the US that he must obey or any support might be withdrawn. He does have a stressful job.
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  256.  @frankelse745  OK. Then it makes me wonder why these fighters and trainers aren't on the front lines in Donbass, trying to take back Lughansk and Donetsk.
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  257. A "source close to the Kremlin" was a panhandler leaning up against the Kremlin wall. You can't get much closer to Kremlin than that.
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  258. Austin accuses Russia of wanting to redraw borders by force (at 11:50). Earlier in the year, someone claimed that Russia wants to redraw the map of Europe. I think Russia will wait till the dust settles for several years before redrawing anything. Redrawing borders on maps is not easy and could be very expensive. Especially if you do it everywhere, like in national archives, in textbooks, on surveyors' maps, and history books. Even Google Maps would have to change, and not just borders but place names too.
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  259. The US should name its new SuperHypersonic missile the "Super-duper."
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  260. Blinken was sending Lavrov Happy New Year's wishes. And of course that cannot be made public, because the world would accuse Blinken of being a Putin supporter.
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  261. Most of the world probably understood that. Except for the Europeans, of course.
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  262. It would be better to contract with China to build a new power plant. They will have it up and running in about a week and a half.
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  263. Georgia's government could arrest any adults accompanying protesting children and charge them with child endangerement. The risk would be that other protesters could intermingle with the children and police wouldn't be able to remove them safely.
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  264.  @lazyupload  Exactly how?
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  265. The news article says "Danilov has been relieved of his duties." It's likely that he himself is relieved. But he didn't score any points with calling Beijing's special envoy "some kind of Hui." Danilov had the singular opportunity to call him Hong Kong Phooey.
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  266. Just don't get rid of those old English women. They can't get attention from men anywhere else.
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  267. This is a monumental moment. I detected Chinese humor before, but this time China chose to display it officially. The putative comment about the balloon is first class sarcasm and satire. Welcome to the club, China.
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  268. At least the Institute for the Study of War had the sense to imply by its name they don't know everything about war, and they are still studying it and learning about it. A more haughty think tank might have named itself Institute of War Experts, because they know everything there is to know about war.
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  269. At the start, Biden says "people are looking for something to grab..." Yeah, his neck!
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  270. Russian military in Belarus will prevent any regime change in that country.
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  271. Slovakia has a history of acting as a Maverick in some cases. Not as much as Hungary and Poland, between which Slovakia is "sandwiched." I can easily see Slovakia going against Brussels on many issues.
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  272. That means he is a clown on the outside.
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  273. That's Biden's "From the river to the sea."
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  274. Those 15 Chinese companies will see an increase in demand for their products after von der Leyen publicizes their names.
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  275. OK. I like this comment. In evolutionary terms, women produced children and secured the family. The men did everything else, like hunting food and waging war against the other tribes who lived in their vicinity. But real men don't cry, except at the graves of the deceased. Failing that would be contrary to our evolution. We don't cry.
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  276. Annalena Baerbock meant to quote Simon and Garfunkel: 10.000 people can't be wrong. Of course we now know that billions of people are wrong, thanks to the assiduous work of MSM.
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  277. The mission of George Soros is to destruction of Europe. Secondary is America.
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  278. You've got to drink quite a lot to defeat Putin.
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  279. Rare earths are rarely seen.
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  280. You are right. There is something wrong with him, and it isn't whatever Alex said he would help the guy with.
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  281. That is actually pretty funny.
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  282. She can also walk and chew gum at the same time.
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  283. I don't have access to information about this. How do you finds things out that concern Klitchko or the Ukrainian Presidency?
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  284. Ukraine will never repay.
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  285. Even John Lennon sang "All we are saying, is give BRICS a chance."
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  286. The Poles' bravery exceeds their capability.
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  287. So far, Milei has done things to please the US Administration. He must believe that the US will somehow aid Argentina to recover and grow its economy.
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  288. The West never acknowledges that Russia has its reasons and motivations for conducting the SMO. Asking Russia to withdraw its troops is like saying Russia is in Ukraine for no particular reason. As long as the West holds that view, negotiations cannot progress beyond shaking hands and sitting down to talk.
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  289. The "Allies" wanted regime change in Libya and they got it. Now there is no government and instead there is perpetual change, just like in Somalia. I am starting to be skeptical about the effectiveness of attempts to enact regime change by means other than an electoral process.
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  290. Why would they need that many trainers in Mariupol?
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  291. Cyprus and Constantinople are not Greece.
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  292.  @myleshagar9722  Especially when spoken with utmost confidence in one's convictions.
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  293. That $700 will pay for 3 or 4 nights at a hotel.
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  294. If Russia has the world's strongest military, then surely Ukraine must be a strong second.
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  295. When you go to a war zone, you should always dress well. You never know who you might meet down there.
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  296. One comment by Alex that stood out is that Mike Johnson is compromised. That is definitely the case. Subsequent events will shed some light on this
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  297.  @deeknight8202  That's one of the possibilities. In which case, an autopsy could indicate that.
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  298. If Putin has more than one double, shouldn't they be called triplets or triples etc. ?
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  299. BRICS, or any country, should not have a problem with selling to the US and getting paid in dollars. It would actually not make more sense to be paid in another currency. The point of contention will be the clause about BRICS creating their own currency and thereby triggering the 100% tariff irrespective of conducting business with the US in USD. BRICS doesn’t have a permanent "head office," unlike the EU, so Trump will have to deal with each country individually.
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  300.  @daveess698  Budanov was quoted to say that a few weeks ago. I don't remember if it was before or after his death.
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  301. Anonymous Sources should form a union and demand better wages and working conditions.
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  302. Can you imagine the demand for tickets on board the trans-Americas train ride. Going from Alaska to the southern tip of Chile would be amazing. The demand would exceed availability for a century. The tour company could offer side trips, where on could get off to see Yellowstone, and the reboard another train. I figure 10 separate trains could share a single track, and bypass each other at designated rail spurs.
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  303.  @schrodingerscat1863  Easing people into poverty, but gently.
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  304. That image of a fighter jet next to praying hands could be symbolic for Ukraine's hope for success "on a wing and a prayer."
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  305. There is another feature that is not authentic on the captured hardware from the West. On the battlefield those machines would have been smoking and on fire, and soldiers would be jumping away from them.
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  306. This is the only place I have heard the word "rump" being used, and repeatedly at that. So Ukraine is going to be the back end of a four-legged mammal. I wonder how Ukrainians feel about being called a horse's ass.
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  307. Zelensky meant that as a joke.
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  308. It is astounding that a person who was given a job with serious responsibilities can believe that UK cutting energy by 15% will defeat Russia. And if he doesn’t believe that but just says so, then he believes one or more of the following: that people are gullible and stupid, that people will comply for whatever reason, that he needs to say something like that to hopefully alleviate the coming energy shortages and blackouts, that it's a good political move for himself and his Party. Or he was told to say that by his superiors.
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  309. Houthis aren't ever going to Russia or Ukraine because it's too cold up there. Besides, they don't even have the jackets for it, and sandals are their military's standard gear.
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  310. I think I know why Western world leaders want to hug Zelensky. They treat him like the skipper treated Gilligan on Gilligan's Island. With that "come here little buddy, I can't stay mad at you" attitude. It's a patronizing and slightly condescending way to treat someone who is naive but otherwise a nice guy. They are empowered to feel that way because most of them are just as corrupt as Zelensky, and they don't think there is anything wrong with that.
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  311. It was Free Willie.
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  312. If they were fuzzy pictures, they might have been of Bigfoot or Sasquatch, or whatever those are called in Russia.
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  313. This is true.
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  314. What's wrong with using depleted uranium? Its half-life is only 600 million years.
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  315. Cyprus is not Greece.
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  316. ​ @andersonarmstrong2650  So it was a failed promotional campaign. Poor marketing.
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  317. Yup. That's utmost on the Ukrainians' mind - we must preserve the European Order. That is more important than life, family, and country. We are willing to die for European Order. In fact, we are willing to sacrifice the planet for European Order.
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  318.  @Olivier_The_Dilettante  Ukraine to Kamchatka is over 7,000 miles by road. Roughly 100 days on foot.
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  319. Lindsay Graham's hate of Russia is so strong he cannot stop himself from lashing out at anything Russian. If Russians are in for an awakening, does it have to be rude?
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  320. Or Houthi.
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  321. Send us F16s or send us money at least. Or better yet, send both, and lots of it.
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  322. In some ways we have come to a turning point. America will have to start using diplomacy instead of military.
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  323. Blinken could be used as evidence for a parallel universe, with the unique feature that Blinken lives in both universes. But he is reporting in this universe the realities he observes in that other universe. It's also possible that there is only one universe but Blinken lives in an imaginary world.
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  324. If Prigozhin wanted to attempt a coup, he would have been in the convoy on its way to Moscow. But he never left Rostov. The troops were traveling all alone. Prigozhin was recorded to be in Rostov on Saturday, and when he was again filmed in Rostov later, there aren't enough hours that would be required to travel from Rostov to within 200 km from Moscow and back to Rostov.
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  325. Out of the 73 samples of Ukrainian grain Poland tested, only six contained mycotoxins (the author misspelled it as myotoxins, which are something else). Greater mycotoxin occurrence would be expected since at least some of the grain had been sitting in storage for some time.
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  326. Yeah, for sure Austin surprised everybody. There aren't that many black guys walking around in Kiev. Congratulations to Google and YouTube, they anticipated every word of this thing.
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  327. This could be true.
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  328.  @yfelwulf  You are walking on a thin wire.
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  329.  @a.m.armstrong8354  I answered you, but YT didn't post it.
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  330. Biden missed the opportunity to use the phrase "Fourscore years ago..." That would have made him sound like a grand statesman.
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  331. All those Polish jokes weren't joking.
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  332. It all depends on where the war isfought. If it's un US soil, then US wins. If it's on Russian soil or near it, then Russia wins. If it's somewhere in Africa, then it's likely that US wins because Russia doesn't have good capability to project power far from its borders. If it's not a ground war and it's just missiles between NATO and Russia over long distance then I guess population density will be bad for the West.
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  333. The Daily Express could be right about Putin suffering with "tennis elbow."
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  334. To be precise, Nuland said "F the Europeans" (not EU).
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  335. Of course Cleverly stupidly blames Russia.
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  336. I wonder if the Azovstal Battalion will try to escape through one of the sewer systems, and all this other activity is just a distraction to buy time.
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  337. China couldn't deny Zelensky's request to talk, because otherwise it would look like China is against Ukraine. It's possible that Zelensky will offer China an economic opportunity that would entail China needing to push for an end to the war, since if the war ended soon Ukraine would be left with more land and fewer governmental restrictions than it will if the war drags on.
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  338. Personally, I believe people don't want to reelect Ardern because of her atrocious English pronunciation. She says "rieiliction" instead of re-election. And she mispronounces thousands of words in a similar way, where an "e" is supposed to sound like the e in "eh", she reliably pronounces all "e"s in that word as ee in eel. That just wears everyone down after a while. I heard other Kiwis pronounce words that way, and frankly the English should disown NZ. Just don't admit those people have any connection to the old country. Jacinda Ardern disirvs no rispict.
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  339. Never leave Dan Andrews of Victoria out of the running.
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  340. Trump can give the USD 4.8 billion to the Pentagon, and none directly to Ukraine. Pentagon can use the money to upgrade something internally and will owe Trump a favor.
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  341. In Cyprus they call that Winter. They even wear jackets!
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  342. The employee bonuses paid by SVB just before the "collapse" may be fully legal and even obligatory, except management and executive bonuses which are typically based on their own and the company's performance, which might be illegal to the extent they exceeded amounts correctly calculated within the performance criteria.
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  343. That's disgusting.
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  344. Actually, the biggest threat to the UK is Sri Lanka. Mostly because it is so far away.
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  345. Also in Cyprus.
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  346. If Russia takes Budanov to court, they should name that court ICC-Ukraine.
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  347. Obviously we need to send more money and weapons to Zelensky.
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  348. Intermittent fasting is said to extend life span.
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  349. India buys oil cheap enough to deliver the refined product back to Europe at the same cost as if Germany bought it in the first place.
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  350. @kimlavender185kimlavender9 Alright. I'll just call him Dave.
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  351. The EU continues to be naive, hoping that China will turn against Russia. China is not like most of the world, and will not act against its own interests. Aside from business, the Russia-China relationship is of strategic importance to both countries. It's nearly impossible to undermine it.
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  352. The concept of a "government approved protestor" protesting against the government seems to be an oxymoron.
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  353. Greece has a problem. It can never pay off its national debt. Never mind, it can't even service the debt it now has. Greece now belongs to its creditors. The fundamental problem is that Greece doesn't produce goods and services that are in excess of what its agriculture provides. So taxation cannot generate enough money to pay off international debts. The only way to get out of this is to produce things Europe wants. Invite high tech of all types to manufacture there. Chemicals, electronics, automotive, whatever.
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  354. Through self-sacrifice for others. Zelensky is very altruistic, but with other people's lives. Europe feels saved now.
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  355. The UK DefenceHQ isn't using the word "detract" correctly, at least not in the context of that sentence and its obvious intent.
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  356. Biden wants Ursula von der Leyen. If Pfizer could bribe her, so can the United States.
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  357. In Ukraine, you can tell summer is near when tanks start rolling.
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  358. Ursula von der Leyen doesn’t work for the EU, they only pay her salary. She works for the USA.
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  359. I understand the Roma (~Gypsy) people not wanting to help Ukraine. "You wouldn't let us steal a chicken every now and then while we were camped in our wagons outside your villages..."
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  360.  @BroonParker  For whose benefit is he doing this? Is he campaigning for reelection, or is he trying to promote himself among the EU leadership? Or is it really just noise?
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  361.  @maevey3  You have a way with words.
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  362. In a Geopolitical sense, if Greece is antagonistic toward Russia, Russia will not dampen Turkish ambitions against Greece, whatever they may be.
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  363. Professor Marples must be Miss Marple's husband from BBC's own Agatha Christie series.
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  364. I think Orban is trying get on the Ukrainian Kill List.
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  365. The only surprise here is that apparently Baerbock is able to talk without approval from above.
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  366. It's easy to make sense of it. The US gives Ukraine 200 Stryker armored personnel carriers to defend the Kursk region against North Korea -- Forbes Magazine. This is because Russia is firing at the North Koreans in Kursk, and in response the North Koreans are wildly firing all over the Kursk region, which gives no choice and Ukraine now has to defend the Kursk region because some of their soldiers are still stuck there, being encircled by the Russians. We just need to hear from British Intelligence to confirm this stuff.
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  367. There is another thing that bothers the Saudis about Biden. It's Biden's anti-fossil fuels stance, which represents a long-term threat to Saudi Arabia.
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  368. If Ukrainian soldiers can't say "retreat," their commanders will have to tell the troops "Things are looking pretty desperate right now, and if I were you, I would turn tail and run. That is, if you want to see your family again." By the time he says all that, it might be too late.
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  369. The Ukrainian Counter-offensive doesn't sound promising. It's not really credible that Ukraine has 500+ tanks that were not needed or destroyed in prior military operations. In any case, Colonel Douglas Macgregor has described the kind of support a tank offensive needs in order to be successful, and no prior report has indicated that such integrated support equipment and manpower is available for that many tanks.
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  370. Even if the explosion was aimed at Dugin (senior), I am not sure how it would help Ukraine. He has no influence on the war effort.
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  371. Mercenaries are not into Inclusivity.
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  372. They have to add Freedom to Democracy. It's like a fancy restaurant will pair your entrée with wine, maybe Chianti with a pasta dish.
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  373. All criminals want money and weapons.
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  374. Annalena Baerbock is an insolent teenager.
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  375. Nikki Haley left a lot of dots unconnected. There are millions of people living in Florida and New York, and millions of people who have birthdays on February 24th and October 7th. And many of these people are well known figures. I figure Haley missed millions of dots and they remain unconnected.
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  376. Maybe Spain will rename Andalusia to New Ukraine.
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  377. That's called leverage.
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  378. Next to be released is Speedy González, who will be allowed to escape on his bicycle. (There seems to be an abundance of people named González.)
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  379. If they tell me where they found the $400 million, I want to go there because I am sure they overlooked some or dropped some of it on the way. The most I ever found was a ten dollar bill, so obviously the Pentagon has a lot better luck at this kind of serendipity. Maybe try my luck at a waterfountain.
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  380. It would be better to have real Communists in power than Globalists. Communists are in favor of common people but in the wrong way, but Globalists are squarely against the working man.
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  381. Zaluzhnyi is a good scapegoat because he is either dead or indefinitely sidelined.
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  382. And also for Meloni.
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  383. The infrastructure Russia is destroying is also supporting Ukraine's army, and not just the civilians. And it impairs the delivery of foreign weapons, especially if fuel storage and processing is damaged, along with airports and railways.
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  384. Blinken probably said that because Russia wrote off $20 billion in African debt.
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  385. If I didn't know better, I would conclude that the Biden Administration's mission is to destroy America as a country, and this objective is fully supported by Democrats. This is not hyperbole.
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  386. Borrell and Baerbock insulting China is going to do wonders for China's willingness to co-operate with the West.
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  387. ​ @gingerfox7143  But he stopped short of the Styx.
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  388. It actually is possible. Except for the part that they swam all the way from Crimea. Both dolphins and seals have been trained successfully by both the US (and the British, to a lesser extent) to perform military missions.
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  389. You can't spread democracy if you yourself doesn't have democracy.
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  390. Yes Democracy. America has in ubandance, and will deliver to you to your door for an additional fee.
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  391. Annalena 360 is now also Annalena 560. At the start, she is quoted as essentially saying that last year had 560 days.
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  392. Zelensky should have asked that the donors of the F16s fill them up with fuel on delivery. Why make Ukraine scramble for airplane fuel in the middle of a fight.
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  393. With all those Hunter hearings that Alex refers to at 16:05 onward, some people might become hard of hearing.
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  394. Zelensky has a wishlist, but he has been naughty and not nice, so he may not get all of the presents he asks for.
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  395. Obviously, Germany should start up Nord Stream 2 without the paperwork that would take months.
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  396. And my sources tell me that the FBI is listening to everything Trump and his team say, and this is how Axios gets its prompts before the rest of the Axis of MSM Disinformation.
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  397. This is actually very good. I believe sarcasm is gaining ground.
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  398. Ukraine's Freedom of Speech Committee wins this decade's prize for, I don't know...something.
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  399. Since it's Zelensky who ultimately threatens nuclear calamity for Europe, shouldn't France be threatening Ukraine instead of Russia?
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  400. Lammy forgot to say that those were black UK princes and princesses who were marrying their Ukrainian counterparts 1000 years ago.
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  401. Hearing all this about continuing inflows of money into Ukraine will make Putin want to take control of Kiev, so he could be receiving that money on behalf of Ukraine. Keep it coming, boys.
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  402. About those two captured Chinese soldiers with bank cards... Zelensky is probably at the ATM trying to use their bank cards to empty out their accounts. Or buy weapons online.
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  403. If you see Nuland handing out cookies at the Eiffel Tower, you will know that Macron isn't listening to Washington.
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  404. Maybe "Neo-Realists" would work?
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  405. NATO should have sent user manuals with all those weapons so Ukrainians could use them and maintain them. However, if those user manuals are anything like IKEA furniture assembly instructions, then it would still be hopeless. Or maybe the user manuals were not translated into Ukrainian. Knowing that, NATO is likely to send instructions along with the F16s, because Dutch is not an easy language to learn, especially the pronunciation.
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  406.  @марива-ц1б  Probably sold by US as a "loss leader."
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  407. It's not near or adjacent to Poland.
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  408. "Russia's military set back by 18 years," according to Kyiv Post. This must be because the future recruits are just being born, and in 18 years they will be of military age.
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  409. That U2 concert is to raise money for Ukraine, I believe. The lead singer Bono is probably going to cash the checks personally, which is why he made them payable to "PRO BONO." On a more serious note, it's not surprising that Bono is involved in an event raising money for Ukraine. Both he and Sean Penn have the same kind of primitive presence in their faces and behavior.
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  410. So Lavrov will have to eat his lunch all alone. Maybe some diplomat will feel sorry for him and sit with him.
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  411. You can never have too many sanctions on a country.
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  412. I think the night watchman looked at the tag on one of these weapons, and called his office: "Hey Boss, some of these rockets are past due date. This one says 'best before August 2023' in capitals, FFS."
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  413. Obviously, Russia is very fickle. At one time Russia is taking over the Baltics, then Poland, and now the Balkans. Where is this going to end!? Lisbon?
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  414. Maybe the foreigners were using the pizza joint as a "decision-making centre."
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  415. Essentially, Lindsay Graham is ruling out vacationing in Crimea.
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  416. Ukraine should call it U-Day and bring Sean Penn to make a Hollywood movie with real war footage.
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  417. It could have been Chinese tourists in that balloon.
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  418. Who is feeding Trump such false information about Ukraine and Russia?
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  419. The $300 billion was just rounding error. It's just a blip in US war expenditures, which include many things beyond just the Pentagon budget.
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  420. Someone should tell Duda "You have got a nice Warsaw here, and it would be a shame if anything happened to it."
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  421. That makes for a lot of uncertainty right there.
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  422. Baerbock reminds me of a high-school debating club on its first day.
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  423. The city where Immanuel Kant lived is now in Russia's Kaliningrad, so by the domicile standard he was Russian.
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  424. Dmedvedev has earned his rights among the best of stand up comedians.
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  425. The EU might try to discredit the Romanian election frontrunner before the second round by claiming that Simion is really Simian.
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  426. Alex should do a video at a traditional Greek restaurant showing dancers wearing slippers with pompoms on them. Have some Greek music, souvlaki, ouzo, Retsina, the whole bit. And then do an interview with the owner whose brother-in-law owns a Greek restaurant in Chicago.
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  427.  @katerina_m6643  Yeah, and they borrow but don't return them, like me and the library.
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  428. Russia doesn’t mind if Starmer sends UK troops to Ukraine. It's up to the reader to figure out why.
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  429.  KlaunFuhrer-du7fr  I feel a need to make a clarification. European peoples didn't all come there at once. They came in waves. We are a composite of African tribes. It just so happens that a particular tribe who learned technology from Mesopotamia went to spread the culture and language across all of Europe. And now we all speak Indo-European. I will leave it there, before some SJW shuts me down.
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  430. The WEF had to use private jets because the planet needed saving in a hurry. None of this waiting at public airports mingling with riffraff.
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  431. He'll get over it while sipping a Mai Tai, sitting next to his pool in a warm country and looking out at the yachts passing by.
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  432. German dependency on Russia is not the problem. The problem is with Germany's poor judgment in dealing with Russia.
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  433. @rodneykiehne5212  That's standard military uniform the US gives to foreign dictators who cooperate with the US government. So far it seems to only come in dark green, although I had seen some khaki versions.
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  434. The lack of understanding of Russia and the Russian people is astounding. If you kill more Russians in Russia or downgrade its economy and make people suffer, Russian citizens will be baying for blood. Not for Putin's blood, but the West's. Virtually every analyst, every government, every institution of the West is divorced from reality to such an extent that they may as well be living in an alternate universe.
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  435. Isn't there a paradox in believing Russia can control the weather while at the same time thinking Ukraine can win the war or win in a counter-offensive against Russia? I mean, after all, wouldn't someone who knows how to control the weather have better technologies or tricks up his sleeve and cannot be defeated by those who can't control the weather?
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  436. If Davos Globalists wanted a joint press conference, they would have invited Bill Maher.
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  437.  dražen g  Yes. That is how historians understand it. The Serbian partisans fought the Germans from the hills and forests of Yugoslavia. The Germans mostly wanted an open road to Greece to clean up the mess that Italians created there.
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  438. But EU membership was far away. Why is anyone talking about it? And Bulgaria seems committed to remaining a backward country. It would be interesting to see the calculation of how LNG from the US can be cheaper than how they were buying gas from Russia.
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  439. That story about Zaluzhnyi looking different because of how the "light hit his eye" reminded me of that Italian classic. 🎶 "...when the moon hits your eye like a big pizza pie, that's amore..."
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  440. They drive those electric scooters fast.
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  441. I think most people will agree Putin is not stepping down, because that would be preposterous and the Russian people don't want him to. Splitting into three regions is impossible, because that would remove the resources on which Russia's survival depends. It would also make Russia weak. So no way. This would also mean, I presume, that Russia gives up the four currently controlled regions. Ukraine is unlikely to get a response to the proposal from Russia, except in increased offensive toward whatever objectives it has. And no, Russia is not afraid of direct US involvement or any other escalation, because it has already resigned itself to that if push comes to shove, they are willing to get into a nuclear war with NATO and the USA. This is not 1963 Cuba, and the actions Russia has taken in Ukraine are of vital importance to Russia's security. So all of the threats aimed at Russia will come to nought.
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  442. Biden could say he simply wants to retire, and not that he doesn't have the ability to be president now or after November. There is a very real risk that another candidate will be nominated for President at the DN Convention, and the scary part is that behind closed Democratic doors Hillary Clinton's name comes up a lot.
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  443. Mexico is very likely to arrest Putin. Their new government is closer to the US than the previous one.
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  444. Motor Sich was expropriated from Chinese investors in 2021. The recent news must be about the legal proceedings after Chinese investors sued Ukraine's government.
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  445. Ukraine got its military strategy from Obama's Presidential campaign. It was called "Hope and Change."
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  446. There is a song named You've Got a Friend. It has the words "...winter, spring, summer or fall..." That should be the song played in Ukrainian trenches. German soldiers were inspired by the song "Lily Marlene" and fought all the more bravely because of it.
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  447. After Lloyd Austin's speech, arms manufacturers might cease printing "Made in Iran" (or whatever country made the stuff) on their weapons. After all, it's not like the manufacturers need to advertise to the enemy's bombed troops "look how well our rockets work and they are available to purchase..." In a war, marketing has dubious utility.
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  448. The British Defense Minister could be right about all those foreign wars over the next five years. After all, he didn't say the UK is going to win any of them. But he might have been thinking that the US is going to start all those wars, and the UK will be holding onto its apron like a toddler.
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  449. Annalena Baerbock is Germany's answer to America's AOC.
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  450. This is a message to Alex Christoforou. YT is deleting comments that for sure are not offensive to anyone. Is there a financial reason where YT saves money by reducing comments because of some mechanism in calculating the channel's remuneration?
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  451. You can also Super Size Coke. Just order a Full Meal Deal.
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  452. Good Lord ! Cameron cannot be the Mastermind, because he doesn't have that kind of (master) mind. Try apprentice-mind, or trainee-mind. The US is propping him up for UK domestic consumption, which means the US State Department needs Cameron to do a job for them later.
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  453. @@john-im9pq In that case, they should join my proposed professional Association of Experts, so they finally can claim legitimacy. Experts should create a professional Association, and call it United Experts in Everything. That way they can award a diploma to accredited Experts, and give all members a pin that says "I am an Expert, and who are you to argue with me?" Then all sorts of institutions and organizations can hire them for Q&A sessions or speeches and be able to say to the audience "We have got a certified Expert right here on our show, so you'd better listen and believe everything he or she says." This would give the whole vaudeville impeccable credibility, and brainwashing the public can at least adhere to professional standards.
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  454. Even if the US gets rare earth minerals out of Ukraine, the US government might not be getting the money that it's worth. It could be BlackRock or another company.
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  455. The Ukrainian Memorandum might also include a clause that Putin must surrender himself to the ICC.
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  456. The USA should apply for BRICS membership. It's a great way to connect with the world America doesn't control.
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  457. Germany is not breaking any pledges. Germany said they would support Ukraine for as long as it takes, but not with as much money as it takes.
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  458. It's scary that Ben Hodges held a senior role in the military. Can some of the current leaders possibly be just as stupid and deluded, living in a world that only remotely resembles reality?
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  459. The difficulty with giving Palestinians their own state in the West Bank is that Israel relocated thousands of Jewish families there and they are not all in one place. They are in small towns and villages, scattered across the West Bank like circles of fat floating on top of a homemade chicken soup. Israel did this on purpose to prevent a Palestinian state. Israel would have to relocate the Jewish families into one bigger city in one area, and create a contiguous Palestinian state in the rest of the West Bank.
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  460. Never forget that the chain of command starts with American Globalist Billionaires, and flows through corporations, governments, and institutions, and only then it ends up at places like the EU, WEF, and the WHO, and regrettably even the EU.
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  461. Let's not forget that the US has nuclear missiles installed in Turkey, all aimed at Russia. Those are closer to Russia than Poland is.
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  462. And then they say that Europe can't produce stuff as fast as Russia can. Look, they are now producing sanctions packages at the rate of one a week. Russia can only envy European efficiency.
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  463. Isn't Syria part of the Greater Israel that is envisioned by some Zionists?
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  464. The curious thing is that 8 billion people could say exactly the same thing.
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  465. Microsoft's Customer Service is no better than Pentagon's.
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  466. Zelensky will attend the D-day festivities, but he will be in the opposition seating area in support of the Banderites and other SS collaborators.
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  467. Mitch McConnell has a consistent history of voting with Democrats lasting for years. He is a write-off for the Republicans.
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  468. I thought Rutte was giving us a math problem. "If Russia can produce four times as much as NATO, how many tanks can the two of them produce in five years?" Rutte should address that problem to Annalena Baerbock.
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  469. I see crazy people wearing masks while alone outdoors. Looks like insanity is widespread.
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  470. If the Stratotankers were going to Finland, they are taking the long way to get there. It would be a lot more efficient to fly over the north Atlantic. It's unlikely that they would be flying to start a war with China or North Korea. Maybe they are going to scare India into submission to the US.
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  471. So Macron wants a "rules based" merciless assault on Hamas. It seems a little small-minded.
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  472. Zelensky made the $800 million by being a comedian.
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  473. If Zelensky wants to pick a fight with uncooperative world leaders, he is going to need the help of the Mayor of Kiev Klitchko and his brother, both whom can easily outbox every politician on the planet.
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  474. If Ukraine gets the whole sum currently tied up in Brussels and Washington, it will make Ukraine the world's 10th richest "citizen." But in terms of liquidity Ukraine would be number one, since billionaires' fortunes are tied up in various securities and can't in the short term be converted to cash.
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  475. If a man can become a woman just by thinking he is one, why not capture Crimea psychologically and claim it's reality? There is, of course, the question of in whose mind Crimea has been captured by Ukraine. Probably not in the minds of Crimeans, nor anyone outside the West.
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  476. Russia didn't hit the military outpost earlier because they never suspected that a VRBO or Airbnb tourist establishment would offer residency to people likely to bring destruction to the property.
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  477. Or better yet, name it the Russian Army Bank - The ZEE Bank You Want.
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  478. Can we get Alex to show us the Avakas Gorge Nature Trail, which is just north of Paphos? If it's anything like the one I hiked on the island of Crete, it should be spectacular.
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  479. I don't see a way for Zelensky to survive in the medium term. Once Ukraine's military stops fighting, they will turn at internal matters. If not the regular army, then the Azovs will do it. He is likely to flee from the country.
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  480. He needs the army to protect Hungary from the EU. If the EU had its own army, it would force Hungary to take the Muslim migrants that Hungary said it will never take.
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  481. These latest mini-offensives could potentially be just foreplay.
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  482. Actually, hydrogen is more suited for fixed power plants for generating electricity. It's no good for powering moving objects like cars, planes, trains, busses, or ships. Maybe in 50 years.
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  483. Green Energy is not sustainable. At least not continuously.
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  484. Beyond intelligence and other aid, the US must have suppressed Iran's defensive radar systems to allow Israel's missiles to get through.
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  485. What's actually revealing and embarrassing about the Israeli plan leak is that Mossad is electronically connected to the CIA, at least according reports from about two decades ago. No country should allow another country to have direct access to classified security information, no matter how much in bribes that other country pays Congressmen.
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  486. I thought Biden is the oldest, most sinister force. He definitely wants to determine America's future. Is he wrong?
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  487. 🎶 All I want for Christmas, is a long-range missile...
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  488. There is a terminal problem with getting to a peace agreement. Russia will not agree to a ceasefire in the absence of the final terms of any deal (the key elements) being generally agreed to by all parties that have a role in the war/conflict. Even with an agreement in principle, Russia will not trust the West, having learned from the duplicity of the West with the Minsk Agreements. The only way to a peace deal is to hash out the principal provisions and have everyone publicly agree to be bound by them. And then some initial performance under those terms would have to occur, such as stopping arms deliveries to Ukraine. Only then Russia will conform to a ceasefire, all the while being ready to re-engage if the West (Ukraine+ in this case) fails to deliver on its terms.
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  489. Zelensky doesn't want to celebrate Victory Day because it was a victory against Ukrainian Nazis.
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  490. The US feels a lot safer now that it's protected by the Security Agreement with Ukraine. Mexico had better take note, and should relinquish any ambitions of reconquering Texas.
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  491. They lost track of it, but they gave Biden a real football, hoping he doesn't try to open it.
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  492. Mitch McConnell froze to show that he himself is not wobbly.
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  493. The US is accumulating a collection of would-be Presidents of Venezuela. So far we have Guaidó and González, but that woman behind González ought to also be included in the bunch.
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  494. As Foreign Minister, one would expect Annalena Baerbock to at least have the most rudimentary understanding of the power relationship between EU and the USA. Threatening the US with "paying a price" if the US doesn't support European liberal democracies is laughable, and Trump and his top team probably had a chuckle over that. Then they remembered that these are the kinds of people they will have to work with in Europe.
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  495. That chef must have burned Obama's dinner.
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  496. That ZeroHedge headline "Reid Hoffman Pulls Out Of Nikki Haley After New Hampshire Pounding" looks so much like a sexually suggestive innuendo, that it must have been intended that way. Pull out of Nikki after pounding? C'mon man.
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  497. The way Zelensky can get money is to make separate secret private deals with both the DNC and the RNC. Zelensky should promise to send them a "Cashier's check" in the amount of 25% of whatever the US sends to Ukraine. The deal with the DNC would include an extra 10% for the Big Guy.
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  498. The US probably expected the drone to be shot down so it could supply Ukraine with (Grim) Reaper drones without the military being concerned about sensitive technology falling into the hands of adversaries. Some time ago, Iran got hold of an American drone, and within two years Iran produced its own drone.
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  499. The benefit of Olaf Scholz's eyepatch is that he can turn a blind eye to all the wrongdoings Germany's government (and EU) are perpetrating against their citizens.
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  500. Clinton at the beginning of the clip is the axis of evil, or at least she is the head of it.
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  501. Everybody has Democracy. It's only with Chinese or American flavor.
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  502. The secrecy around the ATACMs was intended to create an element of surprise. Alas, the Russians were not surprised.
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  503. Those guys at the round table started to joke about going bare chested, but soon realized that it would not be Inclusive as Von Der Leyen probably wouldn't join in.
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  504. Pakistan and India have gone Woke. Everyone is a winner.
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  505. Haley, Christie, and Pence are indistinguishable from Neoliberal Democrats.
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  506. When Starmer puts money in your pocket, his hand will take everything from your pocket and leave no money there. Besides, who would let Starmer reach in their pocket?
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  507. Biden tripped over the white "X" mark his handlers paint on the floor to show him where to stand during the show.
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  508. The only way to save the US is to bring back all manufacturing to the US. Just the it way it was before 1970. Failing that, yes, US is a declining empire.
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  509. NATO countries' leaders (including Biden) continue to live with Alice, in a Wonderland of their own imagination. They fully believe that reality is created by people's minds and by wanting real world events to be as their imagination sees them. This mental disorder is an affliction primarily experienced by neo-liberal Leftists. Not only do they believe that men can give birth, they also imagine all sorts of things happening in Ukraine. This syndrome has been around for ever, it seems, but never before has it been as pervasive as today among Leftists. Some decades ago, there was a news story about a family in the US who told everyone they were going to win next week's lottery, and started behaving as if that was a 100% certain outcome. They bought trips to exotic destinations, started selling their furniture, and threw a party in celebration of their new fortune. They genuinely believed that if things were done as if their imagined future had already happened, then it will have happened. Curiously, this mental illness occurs mostly in Western countries.
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  510. If Netanyahu attacks Rafah, Biden will stop sending him Happy Hanukkah cards for the next three years.
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  511. Medvedev should reply to USA that Rosatom looked at American nuclear energy technology at NPP, and concluded that there really was nothing special there of any interest.
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  512. That headline in German at 27:00 appears to say that Bulgaria will save Ukraine with the heimlich maneuver.
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  513. May as well appoint Hunter Biden to be the head of the WHO at the same time.
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  514. If NATO or NATO surrogate countries are stationed in a place like Odessa, it will give the Russians an added reason to attack the region and try to take control, perhaps adding a fifth republic to the four that already joined the Russian Federation. Of course the NATO forces there will be a prime target.
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  515. That North Korea missiles allegory sure sounds like a "Cock and Bull story." But I like it for its originality.
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  516. Dubai look a bit like London, except less crowded and much cleaner. And much much safer.
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  517. @afakkobyab5982  If not NATO, then some other agency or NGO.
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  518. The proof that Teixeira is guilty is that he owns an illegal copy of Microsoft 365® Business.
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  519. Ukraine will say Hello to Russia on behalf of Starmer. Of course, since Ukrainian missiles don't speak English, they will say Priviat so the Russians can understand.
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  520. HTS evoved into freedom fighters, and became Woke. Their leader said so.
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  521.  @karmaking4633  It's probably a combination of things. Weapons, machines, experienced and trained armies, coordination and planning. Interestingly, Ethiopia defeated European armies more than once. In my understanding, African populations were too fragmented and even where a tribe might have been large enough, it still lacked cohesion and coordination as a unified society.
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  522. Ukraine does pretty well at Eurovision.
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  523. If Russia sent "museum pieces" into war six months ago, then the most recent ones must be replicas.
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  524.  @LeeLee-BB  Why do I get a sense that your username was inspired by that Beatles song? You say good bye, I say Hello, or something like that.
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  525.  @LeeLee-BB  You too. We are different souls, but we want good. Good for the world and our families.
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  526. Trump wants to be generous with other people's land, like with letting Russia have Ukraine. It makes it more acceptable for Trump to grab land or things on other people's land.
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  527. The USA should apply for BRICS membership. That should cause some head scratching.
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  528. Ukrainians are not aware that Zelensky also has the Russian Z in his name.
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  529. Has anybody considered whether or not Kursk is just a transliteration of Cursed, and that's why Ukrainians should not have embarked on entering it.
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  530. Small infantry groups will have severe logistical resupply problems. They will run out of food and ammunition in the middle of a war zone.
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  531. Instead of Air Force it should be called Air Weakness.
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  532. 🎶 You may think he is a dreamer, but he is not the only one...
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  533. OK, then he will be wheeled in 2024. You can get motorized wheelchairs, and they are Green.
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  534. If I didn't know better, I would have to think Biden's purpose is to destroy the United States.
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  535. It wouldn't make sense for Russia to get rid of Zelensky. If that happened, the Azovs might gain absolute power in Kiev.
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  536. If Russia is going to pay Ukraine one trillion Euro, it will have to borrow it from the EU. Which means it will never be repaid.
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  537. I said this a year ago. NATO should provide Ukrainian soldiers with user manuals in Ukrainian for all the weapons. Then give them all the weapons and airplanes Ukraine wants and let them learn as they go. After all, if Ukrainians can assemble furniture from sparse IKEA leaflets, they ought to be able to master it.
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  538. The "Realists" label is taken. They could still go for "Would-be Realists." I gather they wouldn't be happy with something like "The Wishful Thinkers" or "The Optimists."
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  539. So let me get this straight. The 10 jurists claim that there is a legal principle whereby if someone breaks a law, this then permits someone else to also break the law, as long as it punishes the first lawbreaker. I wonder how they selected those 10 experts. They must have gone around and asked hundreds of lawyers if they agreed with the seizure of Russia's assets, and each time they found a consenting expert they kept him in the group of supporters. Once they accumulated 10 of them, they said "that ought to do it."
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  540. You are mean. Ha Ha.
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  541. Apparently, Cyprus authorities are not worried about sea levels rise due to Global Warming. We saw new buildings whose base is about 3 feet above the surface of the sea.
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  542. The people dying in the Nepalese airplane crash were probably existential tourists trying to "find themselves" in the high mountains where only hermit sages live. Now they will find themselves in heaven.
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  543. Biden-Sunak BFF. It's got a romantic feel to it.
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  544. At least 80% of African countries don't trust the US with anything. They trust Russia and China more. But countries looking to get loans rather than business and trade will court Yellen and later decide who to do business with.
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  545. Any guesses which side Sean Penn will take? I am guessing pro-Israel, because Penn is pro-establishment.
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  546. It would make sense if Ukraine attacked while all Russian weapons are at the Victory Parade in Moscow.
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  547. Maybe Russia can use those refrigerator light bulbs to shine on solar panels to generate electricity?
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  548. Any peace deal will include a provision that foreign troops cannot operate inside whatever remains of Ukraine. No Western weapons nor even large amounts of armaments will be permitted under the Agreement. For this reason, there is no peaceful mechanism by which Western forces can stay in Ukraine. If Russia perceives a renewed threat to its security, it will immediately restart its SMO, and this time a lot sooner and more decisively.
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  549. The speeches the West writes for Zelensky even incorporate small grammatical errors as would be expected from a non-English speaker in Eastern Europe. They don't provide pronunciation errors, relying on Zelensky's native ability in that regard.
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  550. Rustem Umerov, who is allegedly on the team negotiating with Russia, has a great name. Umer means died in Ukrainian, and Umerov means those that died in Russian (I believe). Now if you combine that with Rustem, you could say they died slowly, as if by rusting out.
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  551. The only thing I could complain about is that the vegetation on Crete is too sparse. Don't they have enough rain?
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  552. @PeriferijaPeriferije  Yemen has some unique architecture and interesting landscape. Before you go, it is advisable to do some research on how to stay safe there, especially for a woman traveling alone or in a very small group. I am sure the vast majority of the people there would be friendly, but there are likely to be exceptions due to cultural differences.
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  553. Re Sirsky... If everything is going as planned then Ukraine planned to lose.
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  554. Bilateral security agreements between Ukraine and any European country west of Ukraine don't work well because of the geography. If Russia were to attack a western European country but not attack Ukraine, it would have to somehow overfly Ukraine or take a sea route to get there, bypassing Ukraine standing in between. Such a scenario is difficult to imagine, which then means that it's in everyone's interest that Ukraine remains neutral.
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  555. Germans think that with Allies like the US, who needs enemies.
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  556. Biden got lost in the jungle because the stage wasn't like a podium he gets lost on in America. And that's why he couldn't make it for the G20 photo. Biden hasn't been seen since, and his team are still looking for him. The jungle is home to some dodgy animals, like jaguars, anacondas, crocodiles, and piranhas, and really big rats called capybaras.
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  557. I see Charlie Sheen has lost some of his sheen.
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  558. The six pilots didn't want to join the war anyway. They and their families must be relieved.
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  559. Zelensky should stage a show with people who look like Zaluzhnyi called "Will the real Zaluzhnyi please stand up." (Some commenters may remember a similar TV serial show from the 60s in the USA.)
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  560. ​ @binusd9817  This time there will be a problem. People in SA don't eat too many cookies, and they are short of Nazis.
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  561. Looking at the people behind Alex, there isn't any food shortage in Cyprus.
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  562. Since Russia has trained Navy dolphins, Ukraine should train frogs to attack Crimea. Then they could claim any landing by such frogs is a true amphibian assault.
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  563. It's most likely to be an inside job or a group like the Azovs.
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  564. The editor of WELT who resigned because of Musk's opinion piece, Eva Marie Kogel, can now sit at home doing Kogel exercises in support of EU's authoritarian regime.
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  565. All those Ukrainians asserting they will be swimming in Crimea in the foreseeable future can have their dream realized. I am sure Russia will allow any and all tourists to vacation there, as long as they aren't armed and dangerous.
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  566. iEarlGrey could be next. And Patrick Lancaster. Maybe Brian Berletic (The New Atlas) if is from the UK.
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  567. Biden might actually be in the 19th century.
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  568. Not surprisingly, the new French PM is not taller than Macron or Napoleon.
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  569. After the two chairs were set up, Trump could have invited Macron to a game of musical chairs with himself and Zelensky, and arrange it to have Macron be left out. It would have been more fun than just telling Macron to scram.
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  570. Trudeau accusing someone (conspiracy theorists) of undermining MSM is itself a conspiracy theory.
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  571. Bahrain in Yemen? They must be providing oil for the coalition, 'cause they don't got no weapons. And Seychelles? They must be sending overbooked tourists to fight. I don't think Seychelles has an army, but they probably have a Coast Guard. So it looks like a wedding or a honeymoon in Houthi controlled areas of Yemen is not recommended at this time. Don't laugh, that area is actually quite scenic, mountainous, green and treed.
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  572. You mean that Finnish figure skater?
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  573. France can buy uranium from Russia.
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  574. The EU must be really naive. They think that imposing sanctions on Russia will make its army to turn around and go home. The EU can't be so stupid, so sanctions must be just a symbolic gesture.
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  575. Ukrainian Kuleba's diplomatic dexterity consists of throwing a temper tantrum, and threatening Bulgaria with repercussions from Big Brother USA.
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  576. Presumably, the place was insured.
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  577. Inadvertently, Zelensky included the Riemann Hypothesis Zeta Function formula in his peace formula, thereby ensuring his peace formula can never be solved.
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  578. I understand Baerbock wanting Putin to do a 360° instead of a 180°. Putin will be more disoriented after a full turn.
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  579. There is a St. Petersburg in Florida. Maybe Zelensky plans to retire there.
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  580. Lloyd Austin is correct. Without American support of Ukraine, Putin will be successful. That is true. However, Putin will also be successful with American support of Ukraine, but Austin didn't mention that because to him it was irrelevant.
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  581. If the US makes Greenland the 51st state, where on their flag are they going to put the 51st star? Right now the rows are symmetrical.
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  582. The US government believes the arrest of Gonzalo Lira is free speech by the Ukrainian authorities. So we have a situation here where we don't know whose free speech is more important, Ukraine's or Lira's.
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  583. Are you sure that Zelensky isn't using plain old fashioned Old Spice?
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  584. Can't blame Zelensky for demanding something for saving Freedom and Democracy of the Free World.
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  585. Belittling Lula is going to work great for Washington.
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  586. In an ideal world, Fico would reply to Merz, "Four score and four years ago we had a mustachioed Kanzler threaten us, and we allowed him to prevail. We shall not surrender this time."
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  587. It would be naive to think that Russia will give up on its goals of preventing Ukraine from joining NATO and denazifying and demilitarising the country. Russia is likely to adopt Israeli tactics of retaliating excessively against drone and missile attacks on its territory. And Zelensky will not agree to anything where he gives up land unless the USA makes a strong commitment to enabling Ukraine to take it back later, plus a promise of NATO membership.
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  588. Somebody will be sorry that Zelensky didn't negotiate at this time to try to retain Odessa and Kharkov. Once Russia takes control of those regions, it's nearly 100% certain they will not give it back.
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  589. If Varadkar doesn't have any more gas (petrol) left in his tank, he should refit himself for batteries. He might have to recharge himself every three hours and won't be able to leave metropolitan areas, but that is the kind of sacrifice people make when relying on large batteries.
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  590. After the war, if Podolyak's legal status with Russia is in good standing, Russia will allow him to visit Crimea as a tourist.
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  591. Countries dropping out of the anti-Yemen coalition most likely view the project as another Afghanistan, and right now it's politically inconvenient to bring home dead bodies.
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  592. First Ukraine saved Europe (and Western Freedom and Democracy), so now it's on to Africa. I bet Africa is looking forward to regaining its Freedom from Russian occupation.
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  593. With house prices in London, a $Billion doesn't buy as much any more. And if the interested buyer is Zelensky, they will double the asking price.
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  594. That's a great hotel room Alex has got in Budapest, with a great view of Danube and the city.
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  595. Countries around the world aren't taking advantage of opportunities. They should say to the US "give us $10 billion and we will say we stand with Ukraine."
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  596. Yes. I wish we could hear more from her.
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  597. He really wasn't all that great a cook.
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  598. Those NYT casualties figures must have been supplied by Budanov or Podolyak.
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  599. But Ukrainians already do have "a map that is more sustainable for them." It's called Google Maps, and if you look for Ukraine you will find that Crimea and the Donbass are still firmly attached to Ukraine. Even the land bridge is not delineated. So Ukraine can't complain about Russia redrawing the map of Europe.
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  600. I noticed that the Georgian President's surname has "bich" in it.
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  601. Macron: "We shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight in the fields and in the streets, we shall fight in the Hills."
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  602. There isn't enough excess windmill energy to make that much hydrogen. It will be made with natural gas.
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  603. So there are two options. One is that the West is stupid enough to believe Ukraine can win, if given enough Dollars. The other option is that the West realizes that Ukraine can't win under any circumstances, but still chooses to keep funding this war for some reasons unrelated to Ukraine winning this war.
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  604. It's like Jacinda Ardern says. Ukraine needs more weepins.
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  605. It's 3 strikes and you are out.
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  606. Stoltenberg might push the Russians to take control of the entirety of Ukraine, in order to prevent this sort of nonsense. It won't be necessary to move military forces all the way to the Polish border. Russia only needs to control land to the Dniepr, and surround Kiev with credible threats of physical takeover.
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  607. Rumor has it that SVB had hired a Diversity individual to be its Risk Manager. It never pays when the qualifications for a job is being a female, colored, LGBT activist with no actual qualifications for the job. But being WOKE and progressive is deemed of utmost importance by Democrats and the West Coast.
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  608. Maybe the MI6 saw a Korean in the Rostov region.
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  609. Poland should get their retribution. If for no other reason than that the majority of the population is Woke. They were fucked under Hitler, and now they are fucked under Communism.
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  610. After Estonia's PM said British troops' exercises in that country will discourage Putin from invading. Putin probably thought "thanks for reminding there is that uppity place nobody cares about."
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  611.  @richardscathouse  I wasn't serious. I was trying to have some fun with it.
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  612. Maybe Trudeau is trying to prove he is a bigger idiot than Biden.
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  613. Reminds me of that song 🎶 "You've lost that Blinkin' feeling..." (Hall and Oates, I think)
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  614. If you look at the photo at 30:00, the layout of the meeting area doesn't really allow for a 3rd chair to go anywhere. You can't have von der Leyen sitting with her back to the room. So the sofa is a reasonable choice. That doesn't mean Erdogan didn't plan it that way.
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  615. Finland has lots of trees. They can use tree leaves as toilet paper.
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  616. Alex called Zelensky an illegitimate President. Historically, wouldn't an illegitimate person be called a bastard? So we really should refer to him as the Bastard President.
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  617. Ukraine has offensive and counter-offensive, and Niger has coup and counter-coup.
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  618. So Ukrainian intel is even worse than UK's, despite being close to the action.
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  619. It may be a generic dementia, not necessarily linked to Parkinson's. An interesting question is whether or not a Down Syndrome specialist has been making visits to the White House. In that case, it might not have solely to do with Biden. It would be a group session.
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  620. The "our fighters will please us" Stoltenberg speaks of will be lynching Zelensky in a while, which is sure to please a lot of people.
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  621. The simple facts are that Russia is willing to commit everything to winning in Ukraine, including nuclear weapons. Is the EU, or anyone else, willing to sacrifice its citizens, who have been spoiled by enjoying the fruits of "liberal capitalism"? If you ask the citizens, they will say no. Starmer, Macron, and Merz have been personally targeted by the Russians. They will not survive. Just like Clint Eastwood says, "Make my day punk."
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  622.  @xiaopingzdrang834  That has nothing to do with the message.
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  623. Something doesn't make sense about the Kari Lake story. These kinds of deals are only done in person, so Kari Lake would have had to carry a recording device to a face to face meeting. Recording the GOP guy without his knowledge would be illegal. Some additional details are needed.
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  624. If it was ISIS who did it, then it would have been as a subcontractor hired by a government. Obviously a government planned and coordinated the operation, because a non-governmental private entity wouldn't have the ability to carry out such operation.
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  625. The risk is that repetition (in Trump's case) will only make people desensitized to the term "felony."
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  626. Zelensky never had charisma. Even Fidel Castro had more charisma than Zelensky, and Justin Trudeau's mother would never choose Zelensky over Castro, with whom she had a relationship.
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  627.  @danchik1335  My comment is sarcasm. сарказм
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  628. I don't know what's more interesting, videos of unboxing the latest iPhone or unboxing extraterrestrials.
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  629. Bill Gates should finance the WHO entirely. It's his playground, after all.
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  630. Biden's Summit was virtually Democratic.
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  631. McCarthy could turn out to be OK.
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  632. The Russians have known about the intent of Ukraine to push south with whatever it takes. I believe Russia is preparing a welcome committee for the 82 Division who will get outnumbered and outgunned. One might say that any hope of getting to Melitopol is the stuff of dreams.
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  633.  @heimomoilanen9654  Good to see the Finns joining.
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  634. Ukrainians like vodka as much as Russians do.
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  635. It's official. Clinton is deranged.
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  636. I cannot understand why the cannibal nations of Oceania would vote against Palestine becoming a full UN member. Their elementary school classrooms don't have maps (you can look them up on the Internet). It's also not obvious why Czechia and Hungary voted against recognizing Palestine, and there must be some political angle to it.
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  637. If the war Party wanted to give Putin a "nice surprise" (Nuland's words), they should have done it just in time for Christmas, whenever the Orthodox Christmas is. Now it looks like an afterthought, or like when some people wait till Boxing Day to buy presents so they can do it on the cheap. But Nuland arguably is cheap, as was evident during the Maidan coup where all she gave the insurgent Nazis were cookies, and probably not even homemade ones. The least she could have done is hand out free Meal Deal coupons from McDonald's like they do in more professionally run coup d'etats.
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  638. Two can play that game. Russia could threaten UK that if UK doesn’t clean up the depleted uranium debris in Donbass and Ukraine, Russian ships will spread depleted uranium powder upwind from the UK. It could be timed for when prevailing winds won't bring it to Ireland as well.
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  639. The biggest problem Ukraine has is the safety of Zelensky. Either the regular army or the Azovs will try to get him. And this is regardless of the final outcome or deal Zelensky agrees to.
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  640. Better late than never. Zuckerberg is now helping the free speech cause.
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  641. Austin took the train to Kiev. The Russians would not have shot at his plane had he taken it. Austin must be worried about Ukrainians accidentally shooting him down. Obviously, Russians want dignitaries from the West to have safe access to Kiev. It would be a simple matter to wreck railways if Russia chose to do so.
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  642. Both sides are smart. So both know that whatever the other side says is Disinformation. I don't even know why any of them say anything at all. Imagine the quiet that would ensue if no one said a word, and they just battled it out. But then Alex et al. would have nothing to talk about. But there are other topics, the most important one is the fight against Globalists.
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  643. Zakharova is doing a great job of trolling Czech Foreign Minister Jan Lipavsky. Offering him a vacation reservation in Crimea is top class sarcasm. The funny thing is, Russia would welcome him to stay on the coast of Crimea, if he seriously wanted to go there. They would treat him well, just like any other tourist. I recommend Yalta, because I was there once, but it is certain other places are nice on the southern coastline.
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  644. Let's hear it for European values.
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  645. West is the Gulf of Finland, and it's not frozen yet.
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  646. Ukraine has a Ministry of Information? Sounds like a Woody Allen parody. Governments are absolutely the very last institutions that can be trusted with information. For them truth doesn't have its historic meaning. For governments, truth is whatever they want citizens to believe, without any regard for facts or reality.
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  647. The Romanian government announces fines for anyone who votes for the opposition Party.
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  648. Obama will be in denial about Denali reverting back to its old name.
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  649.  @sylviam6535  The decline is slowed by the sheer productivity of Americans. And in this I include everyone, from an automobile assembly worker to someone like Zuckerberg, who enables communication among the masses. American people who have come from Europe (but lately Orientals as well) have been the engine of American progress.
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  650.  @charlielingard962  Kiev is believed to be safe from bombardment, so Zelensky likely is in Kiev to make a show out of the dignitaries' visits.
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  651.  @dsm5d723  I don't have a way to find the answers to your questions. Whether weapons get in by air or land or by sea, they are likely to be aboard vehicles that are civilian. Russians only blow them up once they are unpacked and ready for deployment. They can see that from their satellites on clear days, and from whatever intelligence they can gather from intercepted communications and people on the ground. There is currently a fake Ukrainian attempt to take control of Trans-Nistria, which I think is nothing more than a cover for weapons supplied through Romania and even Moldova. Otherwise it makes no sense. Why would Ukraine want that sliver of land.
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  652. Israel is winning like Ukraine is winning.
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  653. The long-range missiles are a good idea. The war will end sooner. Russia will have no choice but to speed up its efforts and probably take over all of Ukraine. Then NATO in Ukraine negotiations will not be necessary, and the whole process will be streamlined. And I am only being half sarcastic.
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  654. Zelensky now only listens to EU countries and the UK. It's not clear who really is in charge.
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  655. That's a good point by Alex. The Ukrainian counter-offensive could very well take place on May 9th, Russia Victory Day. Hit the Ruskies while all their military equipment is tied up at the Parade in Red Square.
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  656. The UK will share intelligence with France, who will then share it with Ukraine.
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  657.  @katerina_m6643  Maybe @Bobby has a Crush on you.
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  658.  @PeterJohnBailey  I was referring to British English grammar, where a company or an organization is treated as a plural. I chose IBM just as an example. In UK English grammar, people would make a statement like the following: Our library have books. Whereas in North American grammar people would say: Our library has books. In North America, nouns denoting a company or organization are thought of as a thing - an "it." When talking about the government (for example), Americans would not use "they." Americans say it has passed a law. A Brit would say they have passed a law. North Americans think of a company or an organization as a singular thing, while the British think it's a group of people, so "they" is used when talking about that entity. IBM is not the employees working for it.
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  659. Actually it's Borrell who must choose between hunger and dignity. But since he has lost all dignity decades ago, all that is left is hunger.
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  660. It's a bad idea to give Poland 500 HIMARS. The country's leaders have gone rogue ever since the start of the Ukraine war.
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  661. Ursula von der Leyen still has some unused money left over from the Pfizer bribe slush fund.
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  662. Yep. The GOP is good at that sort of stuff.
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  663. I love the title "High Representative." Brussels should appoint Zelensky to some EU post, where being High is the primary qualification.
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  664. All those officials visiting that scoundrel Zelensky just shows that Western politicians have very poor judgment or have no autonomy.
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  665. Russians should announce that Free Willy is among the dolphins protecting Sevastopol. It's not Politically Correct to attack Free Willy.
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  666. About the Russian embassy in Canberra... The golden rule of real estate is location, location, location. (The term "real estate" is ridiculed in most English speaking countries, where they just call it land or property.)
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  667. So Vasyl Malyuk is head of Ukraine's SBU Terrorist Unit?
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  668. Blinken fired that missile. It has perfect cover. Nobody will suspect him.
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  669. Hegseth's kids are and should be proud of their dad.
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  670. Well, if Obama got a Peace Prize for nothing and started wars right afterwards, why not name a street after Rutte for not even having taken office. Maybe Zelensky's thinking is that Rutte will protect that street from Russian unprovoked illegal aggression.
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  671. Covid is patient. It's thinking long-term.
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  672. In the matter of the Middle East, the Global South plus China and Russia are united against the West.
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  673. Elon Musk offered to give Israel free charging stations covering the whole country. This might give Tesla a boost in sales. Perhaps many have already been installed. There was nothing said about Israel's electrical infrastructure, but I am sure Elon considered all details.
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  674. Mitch McConnell is a Democratic plant. Not from his beginnings, but co-opted later.
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  675. Soon Alex will have nothing to sell to people who believe improbable things.
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  676. The person who dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima was Enola Gay. Obviously LGBTQ+ member. Two can play von der Leyen's Disinformation game. In case you didn't know, European values are: Celebration of Moral depravity, Sexual deviancy, and Normalization of pedophilia. It almost reminds me of the Enlightenment and Renaissance that Europe created, which was one of the greatest achievements of mankind. Europe's Wokesim tops even that.
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  677.  @mjohns5944  You've got it.
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  678. If the German tanks arrive with Nazi insignia, Ukraine won't even bother to repaint them.
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  679. The problem with Boris Johnson's leading by example is that nobody wants "to be like him."
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  680. Belarus will become Ukraine 2.0 as soon as an anti-Russia regime would gain power. Having learned from the Ukraine experience, Russia would move a lot quicker this time around. Serbia is another story. Things could turn ugly there. There is a key principle that EU should be aware of: You can turn Serbs to be pro-EU, but you can never make Serbs be against the Russians. Serbs' national identity is that Serbs and Russians are the same people. This, BTW, is why Globalists are so keen to abolish national identity. It's hard to control people who follow principles that a central government can't manage.
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  681. A better name for the Department of Offense would be the Department of Love and Hugs. Who would want to fight that?
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  682. Is it Corn Flakes or Raisin Bran?
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  683. @edwardlangdon9256  Coco Puffs are not Kellogg.
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  684. @edwardlangdon9256  OK. I had to look that up.
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  685. I see a lot of tourists in your walks. Most of them don't look like they are suffering from any food shortages.
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  686. The Western Axis gives Russia no choice but to wipe out Ukraine's entire military. Ukraine will not surrender nor negotiate until that happens. Before that happens, Zelensky is likely to escape and set up a government in exile.
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  687. Instead of joint weapons manufacturing, Ukraine should start manufacturing joints. This industry has been successful in places like California and Colorado.
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  688. If Russia really did attack Europe, it would make the European continent incontinent.
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  689. I am detecting that there are sane minds in CIA. And they are actually making sure that things don't spiral out of control. They are under control of the Billionaires via the government, but they will keep things under control.
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  690. I wonder which will happen first, Ukraine wins the war, or pigs fly, or hell freezes over. The smart money is on hell freezing over.
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  691. First of all, no ambassador ought to be "at large," just as we don't want convicts escaping from prison and roaming on the streets. Stephen Rapp knows that the charge against Putin is a bum rap.
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  692. Australia is a special case. Very few people rebelled against senseless Covid prohibitions like preventing people from being out in the open on beaches even after it was known to be safe. And in Melbourne, local hero Daniel Andrews had police physically beat up small groups of protesters using truncheons and bare fists. It's all on tape.
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  693. It will be called "The Butter Insurrection."
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  694. If the West steals Russia's money, there is a possibility that China will become unwilling to lend US money. China might feel exposed if ever there started a serious conflict with the US or NATO. Stealing the $300 billion might force Russia to take full control of the entirety of Ukraine to prevent it from using that money or weapons against Russia. There simply aren't good outcomes following confiscation of Russian assets.
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  695. The Ukraine war will never end unless Russia takes control of the entire country. Only then there will be no place to ship NATO weapons.
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  696. One thing that Putin does not control is Sonic Hedgehog.
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  697. Maybe Zelensky saw a few Oriental-looking soldiers on the Russian side who could have come from eastern Russian republics. Since Zelensky thinks all Orientals look the same, he could easily nave mistaken them for North Koreans.
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  698. The missile over Poland could have been looking for Tusk.
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  699. As an austerity measure, the average German citizen should fold each sheet of toilet paper rather than using two or three. It would save energy and there is no toilet paper abundance.
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  700. I think Janet Yellen learned to bow like that when she visited the Nara Park in Japan. Apparently deer over there bow before visitors to get a cracker.
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  701. If a public figure's name is Cleverly, it has to put a lot of pressure on such a person. He would perpetually strive to say everything cleverly.
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  702. Without Nitrogen fertilizer, there will be massive starvation. Initially in 3rd World countries, but eventually in the West. But that is working out as planned by WEF. The whole thing is geared to reduce World Population. You only get to call me a conspiracy theorist this time.
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  703. The Telegraph is 150 behind the times, stuck in the era of the actual telegraph.
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  704. Well, if Annalena Baerbock is involved in designing Ukraine's Victory Plan, wouldn't it be better to base it on Geometry instead of Mathematics? She did use the 360° full turn in working out foreign policy arguments.
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  705. The $300 bil. could be used to help Ukraine rebuild by paying port fees once Russia takes ownership of the Black Sea coastline. Two can play this game.
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  706. Coalition of the Willing = Coalition of the Damned.
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  707. The West can't even get to Mongolia without crossing China or Russia. The West could drill a tunnel from Kazakhstan, if that country could allow it.
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  708. The sole reason for Biden addressing the Russian people was to continue US attempts to motivate the Russian population to oppose Putin and his leadership.
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  709. Alex needs to watch Judge Napolitano - Judging freedom reportage with Larry Johnson uploaded today. Larry Johnson points out that there is zero evidence that Russian airmen died, and even if they did, it was on account of Wagner troops intentionally not being included in the psyop operation. The scheme wouldn't have worked if they knew what's going on. The proof of this is that no Wagners died, which wouldn't be the case is the coup was on for real.
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  710. Russia is unlikely to allow Ukrainian troops to leave the Kursk area. If they leave, they will rejoin the Ukrainian forces and fight the Russians in Ukraine.
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  711. Re: Democrats betray Biden... As the old aphorism goes, "It couldn't happen to a nicer guy!"
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  712. By pushing Iran to abandon even nuclear energy, the West is giving Iran an excuse for not going Net-Zero.
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  713. That Wall Street lady at the start of the video lamented that if Russia wins, Blackrock won't be able to create "Corporation Ukraine" and acquire it as majority shareholder. And the value of that prospective investment is shrinking daily.
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  714. CDC: Depleted uranium is safe and effective.
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  715. At no time was the European leadership as divorced from reality as just now. It really does seem that they aren't sane in the clinical sense. The last time a whole country went insane was in WWII. Now it's a whole lot of countries, united by idiocy.
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  716. Upon entering Ukraine, they lift the whole train up and change the undercarriage. This has been done since early Soviet days.
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  717. Ukraine painted praying hands on that plane to show that they haven't got a prayer.
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  718. On the face of it, this seems unlikely. The US wouldn't send any high-ranking officer into a spot that was almost certainly going to be attacked. It is even doubtful that the US would send any army or CIA personnel there. If the US did send trainers, they would be third party of some sort.
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  719. Frankly, Zelensky should give the top military job to a graduate from Klaus Schwab's "Young World Leaders" program, just to be sure that Globalists' hopes for the world are respected.
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  720. The West totally misunderstands Kazakhstan and the Central Asian countries. They are the province of Russia and China, who will not allow real influence by others to do anything of substance there. The West can't even get there because of the geographical location of those countries. Sure, Kazakhstan or any of the other Central Asian countries want to do business with the West, but will make no substantial moves against China or Russia. Russia is willing to "go to the wall" on this matter, and China too, except that China would view military intervention as a last resort. It's a fool's errand to try to win over Central Asian countries, but then again, Olof Scholz is a fool.
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  721. The only countries which sent representatives to Zelensky's Swiss party are ones that either are intimidated by the USA or are in the process of trying to get some benefit out of USA.
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  722. It's 'bout time there was a prisoner swap.
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  723. Zelensky is working on his new comedy routine.
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  724. I have a better title for that Telegraph article. "Ukraine snatches victory from the jaws of defeat!"
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  725. I recon ZZ Top will not be playing there.
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  726.  @Fahrenheit_451_  Greece is my favorite country to visit.
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  727. I would like to see Russia's response to a UK enforced no-fly zone over any part of Ukraine. Things are pretty slow on the Ukrainian battlefront right now.
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  728. US is offering African countries Freedom and Democracy. But they saw how that worked out in Libya, Iraq and Afghanistan, and now that market has collapsed. There aren't many buyers. But if America wants to build production facilities in Africa, there will be more interest in that.
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  729. If Ukraine could win Eurovision, it might join the EU this year. The whole thing is a charade, anyway.
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  730. The compromised pagers have at least one known precedent. Prior to the US war in Iraq, the CIA managed to infect printers with a virus that later interfered with Iraq's air defense systems. When the Iraqi military received the new printers, I am sure the packaging was new and untampered with, so the CIA must have inserted the virus at the factory. I suspect that it wasn't Mossad that rigged the production of the pagers, because unlike a US agency or the Pentagon, Mossad doesn't have the influence needed to make a company in Taiwan or Europe change their production process to implant a plastic explosive in their devices.
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  731. That opening tweet called Zelensky pint-sized. That's being generous. Vucic should have stepped on him like on a roach.
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  732. Russia should publish a policy stating that whoever starts a war on Russian forces, Russia will specifically bomb the house where Stolteberg resides. Same with the homes of the top NATO leaders. That should cool their aggressive minds.
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  733. Attacks on Crimea may come not only from drones and long range missiles. It's likely that attacks on Crimea will be broader, potentially originating from "Ukrainian" vessels and torpedoes launched into the Black Sea from Romania and Bulgaria, and could even include aircraft. For now, I presume Georgia will not want to get involved in any way.
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  734. A three-digit number ranges from 100 to 999.
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  735. Trudeau wears and shows off colorful socks as part of the Liberal government's platform. It must be a Leftist thing.
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  736. Zelensky should demand at the G7 to be the designated Leader of the Free World. Who would dare to oppose it, especially if he claims to need that to win and to continue to protect Freedom and Democracy in the West?
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  737. The AP (Associated Propaganda) reporter should have defended himself by citing Zelensky as one of the sources. Let AP announce that Zelensky is not an authoritative source.
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  738. Europe needs to be conclusively defeated in Ukraine. That is totally important for the survival of Europe. Otherwise the immigrants will take over. Of course there will be doubters. Personally, I think George Soros will win, and he will destroy Europe.
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  739. The CIA statement is totally meaningless. China will provide military equipment to Russia if Russia asks for it, and China is not going to wait for permission from anyone. Frankly Dear, China doesn't care, except in terms of public relations.
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  740. Guatemala is in North America. South America starts south of Panama.
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  741. Maybe the US handed out all it's Freedom and Democracy to other countries, and now doesn't have any at home.
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  742.  @MarkNOTW  I was aiming for sarcasm.
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  743. Alex missed one of the Pacific Islands in his list of countries who approved bombing inside Russia. Maybe that country only supplied fishing spears.
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  744. If Putin quietly signaled that he is open to a ceasefire, it must have been a super quiet signal since no one except The New York Times heard it or saw it (otherwise they would also report on it).
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  745. Bashar Assad walked around the market without a shopping bag. Maybe in Syria they still give you plastic bags in stores.
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  746. The value Zelensky shares with the EU is support for Drag Queens.
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  747. Alex Christoforou's videos are in reality all Clown World. Only the level of clownishness varies.
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  748.  @iRelevant.47.system.boycott  But it's a captive audience.
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  749. George Soros is truly unique. Bill Gates may be richer than Soros, but less able to cause harm to the world. In Soros's case, literally everything he wants and does is bad for the world and for all of humanity. There isn't even one good thing Soros has done or financed in his entire life. Bill Gates at least occasionally does no harm to people, even if it is because he isn't really smart enough to do the very utmost in evil.
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  750. EU sanctioned washing machines, but forgot about clothes dryers.
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  751. I didn't know countries could be BFF, and even sign a 100-year Treaty to formalize it. Next thing school girls will demand a written commitment from their BFF.
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  752. Truth never turned out well for any politician.
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  753. Let's not forget that Biden doesn't really want lower fuel prices. He needs to phase out fossil fuels to advance his Green Energy Agenda.
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  754. I like Peter Pavel. He alone is two thirds of that musical trio, "Peter, Paul, and Mary."
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  755. The beginning was perfect. Annalena Baerbock, the "German bumpkin," exposed a grand vision of the EU stretching from Lisbon to Lughansk. I couldn't help thinking that before that could happen, we would sooner see a greater Russia stretching from Lughansk to Lisbon.
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  756. Russia is bringing Freedom and Democracy to coastal Ukraine, whether they like it or not.
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  757. It very probable that Turkey will disappoint the US. For some years now there have been signs that Turkey wants to be seen as a power in its own right, and not be subordinate to anyone. If this is true, Turkey will stick to neutrality in the Ukraine conflict.
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  758. If the "restoration" ceasefire deal doesn't work in Gaza/Israel, they should rename it the "Safe and Effective Ceasefire." That worked a couple of years ago all over the world.
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  759. Trudeau already had the MAID program, where the government helps you kill yourself, but he had to improve upon it with the Fentanyl experiment to establish proof of concept. BTW, I am not joking.
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  760. I have a feeling that the Pentagon may have made another accounting error. There is money owed to Ukraine.
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  761.  @clroger4  It's hard to tell. But if so, then the only reason to carry that out would be to incite the world to release remaining contested money for project Ukraine.
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  762. So suddenly Biden doesn't want to be a wartime President?
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  763. To borrow a phrase by Arnold Schwarzenegger, Lindsey Graham is a girly man.
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  764. The biggest elephant in the room is that the US can produce enough food to feed the world, and then some. But for some reason it chooses to not grow that.
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  765. Did anyone see Boris Johnson around Sanchez while he retracted his resignation?
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  766.  @steenkigerrider5340  Maybe it was YT that deleted your comment. Can you tell who (by what method)?
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  767.  @steenkigerrider5340  Do you want to send Alex a message and ask him? Click on his picture, and on his page is a link (blue font) directly to him. You can select Gmail from there.
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  768. Why would Europeans fear having to fight Russia? Isn't Ukraine protecting them?
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  769. Russian Disinformation seems to be a booming business. If it ever issues an IPO, you should get in on the ground floor.
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  770. Busted!
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  771. Canada should have sent its destroyer - Trudeau.
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  772. So Biden gets more people at his speeches in Poland than he ever had in the US. Were they giving out vodka coupons to attendees?
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  773. Zelensky can draw Poland into the war by bombing Warsaw and claiming it was the Russians who did it.
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  774. OK, I will say the obvious. If Germany starts to build tanks in Ukraine, the project will not survive past opening its gates. How is it possible that Rheinmetall doesn't know this?
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  775. Based on The Economist's image of Putin, it's safe to say he needs to hydrate more.
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  776.  @BWong1234  OK. I will entertain you. But aren't the implications of admission into EU going to result in all kinds of things?
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  777.  @stephenburnage7687  It is unpredictable. In some ways it is like horse races.
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  778. Light bulbs burn out too soon.
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  779. Ryanair is bringing tourists who are on a budget.
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  780. Last call. Zelensky gets out now or never.
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  781. I don't believe Zelensky asked the Pope for money. He probably asked for divine intervention.
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  782. So to get a reward for sunk costs, let's sink more money.
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  783. Russia should speed up its business in Ukraine to save the EU from financial collapse.
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  784. I thought Alex was going to say that Ukraine is using microchips reclaimed from Russian drones to refurbish their aging laundry washing machines.
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  785. McConnell was cooperating with Democrats on most issues for years, so much so that it looked as if he made a deal with the Democrats in the Senate to support their agenda, and in return Democrats would support a Republican Senate when the Republicans are again in charge.
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  786. I wish the Catholic Church had chosen Father Sarducci as the new Pope. He would be a lot more approachable than Leo. People probably know Father Sarducci but don't remember his name. You may have seen him on TV sometime. Usually late Saturday evening.
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  787. There is a perverse logic in claiming that Russia's use of too many missiles indicates they are running out of them. If Russians use more than they manufacture, they will necessarily run out of missiles at some point.
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  788. If Ukraine has "every chance of success," then one of those chances is zero.
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  789. Russia needs Zelensky in power. He is the one who can act on behalf of Ukraine to make an agreement with Russia.
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  790. Ursula von der Leyen is unaware that many EU core Agendas ultimately come from George Soros via the WEF. His lifetime mission has been to degrade European culture, if not to extirpate it entirely, and one of the primary tools for accomplishing that is the flooding of Europe with different cultures. So Ursula von der Leyen is a key player in the destruction of Europe.
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  791. Good point. Eastern Europeans traditionally looked to the West for direction. In most things, like culture, arts, technology, and even politics. Hungary too, BTW, but less slavishly. The reason for this is that Eastern Europeans were late starters within European civilization, having only acquired written language in the 9th century, merely centuries behind western Europe, millennia behind the Mediterranean. This includes the Balts, who were the last Europeans to convert to Christianity, and gave the Germans who were trying to do that, one hell of a fight. If the Germans didn't have greater numbers, they would have lost.
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  792. When Kiev is no longer pro-West, will EU or NATO still continue to supply weapons indefinitely and without conditions? That would mean handing weapons and ammunition to Russia.
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  793. No need for a wax statue. Just stand Mitch on a platform at a wax museum.
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  794. That would be a comedy classic.
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  795. If it was a minibus, it couldn't fit 1.2 Trillion dollars in there.
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  796. In Trump's cabinet, Christie was in charge of the daily menu.
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  797. So the conclusion is that a classical music concert isn't sufficient to change South American political stance that they really don't see how the Ukrainian conflict affects them in any way. They have more pressing economic concerns.
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  798. None of the explanations yet make sense. People who have the ability need to dig deeper. In the absence of that, the best explanation would be just a generalized clamp down on free speech that Globalists don't like.
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  799. It's very unlikely that Russia will stop selling gas to Europe at the end of whatever contracts may be in place. What would be the rationale?
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  800. If Duda isn't careful, Russia will take all of Poland.
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  801. Brooks is not a great mind. Total lack of understanding Russia and Russians.
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  802. If it's the CIA that created the Idea that Pahlavi could become the next leader of Iran, then I think we are in mortal danger from stupidity of the United States.
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  803. Nord Stream pipeline revival would only be "wrong direction" if the gas flowed from Germany to Russia.
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  804. Helicopters doesn't fly that high.
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  805. Those hugging foreigners are probably thinking they are hugging Zelenska (the wife).
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  806. Closure of Hormuz is a losing proposition. Do not close Hormuz.
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  807. So you mean to tell us some Azovs dress in drag to evade capture? That's not very masculine of them.
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  808. The EU is a competitor to US. But right now they are useful. If Germany was smart, it would be neutral and realize that the US wants to keep Germany down. Germany would almost be better off if it partnered with Russia. Germany needs the natural resources, and Russia needs the industrial and intellectual prowess of the Germans.
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  809. The MSM should have said Biden was praying. Nobody believes he was deep in thought because he doesn't have thoughts.
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  810. That Human Rights Chief is a remnant of the Denisovans, who were a sister branch of the Neanderthals (hence her name Denisova). She was apparently suffering from the Munchausen by Proxy Disorder, and invented fancy stories until they could no longer be believed.
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  811. Stoltenberg is a NATO mission "creep."
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  812. Tough guy Pirate Scholz should get a peg leg to complete the picture, and maybe wear a bandana too.
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  813. Ukraine may attack Trans-Nistria, but Moldova will be much more circumspect for fear of their own country getting bombed by Russia. Moldova will also contemplate the likelihood of Russia showing up at their doorstep after extending the land bridge all the way past Odessa and giving Trans-Nistria its own land bridge to the Black Sea.
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  814. Michael Goulish should have saved his scare tactic for Halloween's, so his ghoulish appearance could scare trick-or-treaters.
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  815. It's obvious that NATO is using Climate Alarmists' models to predict a victory over Russia in Lithuania.
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  816. I don't think the Pentagon wants a war with Iran. Only some in the Biden Administration and a bunch of Neocons want that, and most of those want it because Israel wants it.
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  817. For sure Russia will not agree with Ukraine joining NATO, even with conditions and limitations. Russia has learned that the West cannot be trusted with anything.
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  818. Countries could farm cockroaches. I heard they are crunchy and delicious.
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  819. Who says an offensive has to be a short-term initiative? Why not have an offensive that lasts months or years?
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  820. So Zelensky's threat to get nuclear weapons succeeded. Now Macron and others want Zelensky in NATO immediately. They aren't sure who Zelensky is going to nuke, but it could be Paris or London to convince them that Ukraine joining NATO now is better than the alternative. Hooray for Zelensky and NATO!
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  821. I learned a new term - Headline Inflation. The way I understand it, once Inflation reaches obscene levels, all major tabloids will print oversized headlines on their front page about it, hence Headline Inflation.
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  822. I never knew needles were a big business.
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  823. Kamala Harris won't be talking about Ukraine, because she thinks it's in North Korea.
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  824. Palestinians declined the temporary ceasefire offer because, as Blinken and Cameron said, it was too generous. Being modest as Palestinians are, and unlike Zelensky accepting the Oscar statuette from Sean Penn, they couldn't bring themselves to accept such a self-sacrificing gift from Israel.
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  825. The UK was reported to have built a small military base in the Azov region. So the people being evacuated could be UK and US advisors and trainers. If not, the only other option is high level Azov officials, and Zelensky might be afraid of the political fallout if he lets them be eliminated.
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  826. Vietnam probably didn't have a US flag. And it wasn't worth it to run the textile mill for just one flag.
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  827. He didn't include any Diversity.
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  828. Biden's comment suggests that Prigozhin was compromised by the West. Otherwise why would Biden imply that Prigozhin was taken out for a reason.
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  829. If Poland annexes a part of Ukraine, that part will become a de facto member of NATO.
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  830. You should have got that girl's phone number.
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  831. British Intelligence can claim a distinction that no other Intelligence group could, challenging America's exceptionalism in that regard. At least 95% of news and announcements coming out of British Intelligence have been lies and Disinformation, as evidenced by actual events in the Ukraine war.
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  832. China doesn't want to control the world. They don't want to have to learn that many languages.
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  833. Zelensky says China is putty in Putin's hands. I don't believe Zelensky is going to make any Chinese friends.
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  834. The Arab Times is going to publish a story about Zelensky, calling him "Stunning and Brave."
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  835. How are they going to move ships with grain without a tugboat? They just made world hunger worse.
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  836. Macron is the first and only person to wear a turtleneck sweater after 1979.
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  837. Putting captured military equipment on display could be considered to be passive aggressive.
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  838. I think the reason Napoleon's army marched on Moscow is because they didn't have very good maps back then, and he didn't know how far it was.
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  839. Draghi means dragons in Italian, so he would have a fire-breathing outlook on Russia.
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  840. There is no way these washed up singers spontaneously decided to promote Zelensky and Ukraine. I count three so far, but I am sure there have been more. Bono/U2, John Pussy Mellencamp, and Rod Stewart. I just can't figure out who spoke to them to cause them to do that. Probably some figurehead from the government.
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  841. The most incredible segment in this video was the part with Boris Johnson. Every single thing he said was not true, and by a lot. Whopper after whopper, followed by an even more astounding whopper. The only relation his speech has to reality is that it is totally divorced from it. In trying to come to terms with how it is possible to be so wrong, I concluded that it must have been written by British Intelligence.
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  842. Removing sanctions against Russia as a bargaining chip can only work if Russia didn't believe existing sanctions will gradually be removed regardless. In all likelihood, Russians believe countries that imposed sanctions will lift them, if for no other reason than that sanctions were hurting their own interests. So the bargaining value of lifting sanctions is restricted to the value Russians assign to removed sanctions during the period before those sanctions would be lifted anyway. There also is a technical problem with implementing the concept. Russians will doubt sanctions will be fully lifted during the period of them vacating any land they see as commensurate with the value of those sanctions.
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  843. All those hundreds of billions 💶 for Ukraine should be charged at customs as illegal migrants enter Europe. Of course George Soros will finance all of it.
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  844. Ukraine entering NATO will have only one effect. The Russians will hurry up conquering Kiev. I believe that at the moment Russia is expecting that a deal can be made without a total military conquest of Ukraine and absolute control over its government. But if NATO comes into the picture, Russia will lose its optimistic view and just get the job done.
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  845. Annalena Baerbock's speech reminded me of that Beatles song Let It Be, where Mother Mary is "speaking words of wisdom, let it be." She spoke about ceasefire and that it must be sustainable, because for the Globalist cabal if it ain't sustainable it's crap (to co-opt a Scottish dictum).
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  846. Scholz thinks Germany will continue to ship weapons to Ukraine for a long time. Unfortunately for Scholz, it will be the Russians receiving them at the other end in Kiev, so no one is going to oppose Scholz. In fact, the Russians will send him a thank you note along with a case of Armagnac once in a while.
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  847. Purportedly, few things in life are certain. Death and taxes are deemed to be "certain," while tariffs are negotiable. China's mutual cooperation with Russia may not be "certain" in the sense of being unavoidable, but can better be described as set in cement. It will take a lot more than threats and sanctions by a handful of idiots in Brussels to introduce cracks in the China-Russia relationship.
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  848. The excuse Boris Johnson has for his lies is that it wasn't really him (Boris) telling Zelensky to reject the peace deal with Russia. It was Washington moving his lips, which is very likely to be the case.
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  849. The EU is a competitor to the US, and the US likes the fallout from the Ukrainian fiasco.
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  850. Alex. Do you have a way of contacting Lukashenko? The last time I saw a bump on a guy's neck like Lukashenko has, it turned out to be throat cancer. He needs to see a doctor, if he hasn't already.
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  851. If the Reaper drone didn't have a white dove holding an olive branch painted on its fuselage, it shouldn't be called a peace drone. Besides, who names a peace drone Reaper?
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  852. The EU will find itself in a difficult position if there comes a time to return the $250+/- billion to Russia. There are several large loans secured by the frozen capital or by interest earned thereon.
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  853. Baerbock's visit to SA will require MBS to pretend even more than he had to with Biden. With Biden, MBS had to feign respect and pretend that Biden is a sentient human being. With Baerbock he has to pretend he doesn't think she is utterly incompetent and ignorant, and act as if he doesn't view her as an arrogant immature woman.
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  854. At least Putin didn't say Zaluzhnyi is a broad.
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  855. To properly honor Ursula, I propose we replace the verse "Six geese a laying" (in the Christmas Carroll) with Ursula von der Leyen .
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  856. Alex didn't say whether or not Nuland brought cookies to Sudan, or was she able to incite a civil war there without cookies. That would be breaking new ground in starting color revolutions.
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  857. If Mark Zuckerberg is building an underground bunker that is only 5000 square feet, it must mean that he only intends to save his immediate family there with himself.
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  858. We don't need apples falling on our heads. They are racist. Designers of soap dispensers that shoot out on your fly need to be executed.
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  859. Let's not forget that Erdogan has a hidden weapon he can coerce the West with. If the EU doesn't offer Turkey some promise of EU membership, Erdogan could hint at aiming to join BRICS.
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  860. That sign on the sidewalk. Did it say watch out for rock?
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  861. Kaja Kallas reminds me of that Simon and Garfunkel song (paraphrased): 🎶 "...I don't know much about biology..., but I know that Russia must be broken up..."
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  862. The epithet "Stunning and Brave" is now offensive since it is now tainted with transwomen who are all Stunning and Brave.
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  863. The Telegraph deserves an award for Creative Writing.
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  864. Democrats can't have a vacuum, so the machinery (which includes MSM) is supporting Harris. By the time the DN Convention is over, there may be a whole new Democratic candidate inaugurated.
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  865. Russia must be planning big. During the Soviet era, CCCP wanted to make everything the biggest. The biggest hydroelectric plant, the biggest tower, the biggest truck, you name it. I frankly don't understand an obsession with size, except perhaps why certain men get more action than other men.
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  866. At the "Last Supper," they are all crowded at one side of the table. Did they have camera men asking them to pose?
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  867. It should be assumed that if Ukrainian forces hit Russia in anything more than a trifling way, which in the minds of Russians includes Crimea, Russians will bomb important government buildings in Kiev. And if that doesn't work, they are likely to hit whatever they perceive are NATO strategic centers.
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  868. @andreeaivanescu6029  In this context, "Independent" means that he doesn't represent an established political Party.
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  869. @andreeaivanescu6029  Who was financing his campaign? And who was managing it?
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  870. The dress code change will let Senators to attend in a Speedo.
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  871. Being a Non Playable Character, NPC News can hardly be relied upon for accurate information.
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  872. If the US gets Greenland, it will become the second largest country in the world, and Canada will move down to third.
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  873. Lecturing China is one of the best ways to ensure that they don't listen and will instead go against all parties connected to such disparaging behaviour.
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  874. India, unlike the USA, operates on moral principles of friendship. It's like if your friend needs you to help him move his furniture to another place, you don't ask what's in it for me? So if someone who isn't a friend would pay you $50 to help her move on that same day instead, you of course help your friend and decline the $50.
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  875. The post by Dmitry Medvedev is not only grammatically perfect, it also captures the intended meaning remarkably well. There is no way that Dmitry Medvedev wrote this in English. He has a team of English writers who, I must admit, are genuinely gifted.
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  876. It seems that few in the media are willing to put the blame for firing Tucker Carlson on powerful Democrats, probably even Biden's Administration itself. The government has many ways and means to hurt businesses that don't cooperate.
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  877. It would be naive to presume that good will prevail over evil, given enough time. If evil amasses sufficient resources, it can prevail over an interim period, perhaps decades. But good will prevail over evil in the very long term. We don't want to wait that long, which means we have to defeat the Globalists (and their Head Office in Davos), in the short term, hopefully in November.
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  878. Alex observed that chick at 7:25, and she was worthy of observing.
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  879. The "Nut" resides in downtown Kiev.
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  880. One piece of news that might indicate plans to attack targets inside Russia is that the US has issued an advisory to US citizens in Russia to leave the country.
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  881. I wonder how the West celebrated the attack. Was it a quiet family gathering with champagne in the parlor, or an exuberant public parade with streamers and horns blaring ?
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  882. Macron blaming China for North Korean presence in Europe must have baffled the Chinese, and they probably thought their Google Translator got a wrong update or something. They didn't know China is in charge of North Korea, and had no idea that there were North Koreans in Europe except at NK embassies, if any. Some in Beijing probably saw on the news the two poor souls that Zelensky imported from somewhere, and it wasn't certain who they were or where they came from. Beijing probably didn't seek clarification from the French embassy, as they would be equally befuddled and the whole affair would only lead to more confusion all around.
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  883. Russia is not going to conquer America. China is not going to conquer America. But Wokesim will.
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  884. When the military told Biden about the balloon, Biden exclaimed "Oh shooot!" and dove back into his ice-cream. So the military didn't think much of it.
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  885. Medvedev is probably being groomed for taking over after Putin.
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  886. Half of the Finnish breaching vehicles have been destroyed. It must mean that they breached the red line, and shouldn't have come any closer to the front line.
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  887. I believe you have to announce your presence to ATC when entering US airspace. Obviously the balloon didn't do that.
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  888. I am only at the first slide, but find something interesting. So Zelensky is "examining" F-16s that Denmark plans to give him. Isn't there a saying that you shouldn't look a gift horse in the mouth. But to be fair, Denmark ought to have let him take one of them for a spin. Is Zelensky just going to trust them?
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  889. I read somewhere that other EU countries have also outlawed the use of the letter Z when used in a context that could be interpreted as an expression of support of the Russian army. This is a prime example of authoritarian restrictions on free speech, and a petty one at that.
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  890. They can give free X-rays to the first 1000 people that apply at the gate of Fordow, after the US exposes the radioactive material by bombing it.
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  891. The MSM can't get it right when even the think tanks are in the tank.
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  892. How is it that Germany always chooses the wrong side in multinational conflicts?
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  893. Who is going to attack Germany except for 3rd World migrants?
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  894. Iceland will sign up for a security guarantee with Ukraine. Iceland is not afraid because it only has 4 soldiers and a Humvee, and it can afford to lose those.
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  895. Putin should solemnly admit that, yes, Russia is interfering in US elections, but that it's supporting Kamala and the Democrats. And to validate his assertion, Putin should say "After all, Democrats want Communism like we have in Russia."
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  896. At 13:25, the photo of the UK/Ukraine security accord participants was taken by someone with a malicious sense of humour. The two shortest guys in that group appear to be the size of pre-teen children.
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  897. No one in the West can get a better deal about Ukraine than Trump. It's not that Trump can marshal military forces to make things very unpleasant for Russia. And it's not even "The art of the Deal." It's Trump as a person. The Russians respect him as a man.
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  898. It was heartening to learn that China has deployed a Mission to the EU. I assume that in China's view the EU has become barbaric and is in need of salvation. Same as the Portuguese established Missions in the wilderness of Brazil in order to save the souls of the pagan tribes up the Amazon.
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  899. Bono's IQ is approximately one and a half points higher than Sean Penn's IQ.
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  900.  @flamintasty  You know, I was going to say that, but then I would feel obligated to clarify that it is above 85 but not above 95.
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  901. The French Foreign Minister could have been easily freed by pressing the eject button. But I guess his staffers don't know much about Biology.
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  902. At 4:08, a jogging couple made an illegal U-turn without signaling.
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  903. When McConnell froze, he was probably visualizing freezing the conflict in Ukraine.
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  904. Kamala said that all her life she fought to put people first. First in jail, probably.
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  905. Zelensky personally called CIS (cisgender) leaders to ask them to come to Switzerland. I thought Zelensky was Woke because the US asked him to be, and that he would also call LGBTQ+ leaders.
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  906. As far as aiding Ukraine, NZ sent sheep.
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  907. Instead of swords into ploughshares, Merz will turn automobiles into tanks.
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  908. Never underestimate Democrats. They are totally capable of destroying this country.
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  909. South American countries don't need Ukraine to protect their Freedom and Democracy. They already have the USA offering to deliver plenty of that stuff.
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  910. Alex says "Collective West" a lot. This Collective West should collect themselves and get the hell out of Ukraine.
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  911. Zelensky wishes Georgia the same success as Ukraine's? Does he mean he wants Georgia to be bombed?
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  912. Had Trump won the papal nomination and had he become Pope, Lavrov would have no choice but come to the Vatican for talks.
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  913. ​ @EsW865  It makes no sense to disagree with a joke.
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  914. I never trusted that S.O.B. I just can't believe he could hold his breath that long.
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  915. Ukraine may be 53 tanks short on delivery (write it off to spoilage), but Washington is short of a few eggs of a dozen.
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  916. The reason for the registry to control foreign agents in Canada is that they are "bad" (Chinese or Russian). The law to register foreign agencies in Georgia is because foreign agents are "good" since they are Soros's Open Society NGOs and those are Globalist and therefore against nationalist Russia. And while we are on this subject, once Russians perceive sufficient threat of Georgia joining NATO or bringing in foreign weapons, Russians will make short work of it. They won't mess around like they did in Ukraine.
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  917. If I were the Brits, I would be insulted by Zelensky choosing to be Abraham Lincoln II over staying loyal as Churchill II. Abraham Lincoln, also known as Honest Abe, gives Zelensky cover for the stupefying corruption of and by himself and his government.
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  918. It's true. Putin has already failed in his plan for world domination, if he had one.
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  919. Regime change only works in 3rd World countries. In such countries there is usually one person (or a small group of people) responsible for the government policies currently in place. If you change one or a few leaders, their successors will typically implement different policies. It doesn't work that way in more developed and bigger countries. It's like if you removed Xi Jinping, nothing would change in China.
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  920. Thursday's leak said 97% of Russian battalions are deployed in the Ukraine conflict. That's funny, because also 97% of Climate Scientists agree with those who fund them. Coincidence? I think not.
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  921. The concession that Russia is willing to make is that it's not going to take Kiev.
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  922. It's about Barney Rubble.
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  923. There will be more money for Ukraine yet before January 20th. The Pentagon will discover another accounting error, this time made by Hunter Biden. As Alex says, Hunter is a Renaissance man.
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  924. Why is Biden continuing the Ukraine escalation? I like the idea that Ukraine still owes the Biden family money and is refusing to pay up, and also that Ukraine is not willing to keep Hunter Biden employed in jobs like the Burisma scam. By destroying Ukraine, Joe Biden wants to signal to the world that you shouldn't double-cross a Biden or you will be destroyed.
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  925. I see. Biden's grandfather died in Finnegans Wake.
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  926. Is descending into "wartime ecstasy" the same as wartime orgasm?
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  927. Maybe Kaja Kallas will be Snow White and Ursula von der Leyen will be the evil Queen.
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  928. China doesn't trust the US for the reason that India's FM Jaishankar identified, which is that a relationship with the US is "transactional." Many other countries form friendships that last beyond any business, political, or military cooperation, and typically even beyond lifetimes of current politicians.
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  929. Ursula obviously hasn't heard about the lockdown fanatics who promised a two week period to flatten the curve. It took a year and a half.
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  930. When Russia attacks France, France will know about it in advance because the Russians will get slowed down crossing the Alps and the Rhine. Why not build an anti-tank line of concrete blocks like France had done before?
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  931. The Czech Peter Hubinsky is aspiring to rise to the ignominy of his Polish friend Buttinski, you know, that guy who butts in in front of you.
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  932. Some countries use gunboat diplomacy, and Andrij Melnyk uses swear word diplomacy.
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  933. The Charlemagne Prize celebrates the conquest of the Roman Province of Gaul by Germanic tribes called Franks, which is how France got its name. And no, not those Franks you take up to the cottage to barbecue. Ursula von der Leyen can hardly claim lineage to Charlemagne, unless she comes from Oberfranken or Unterfranken, two Kingdoms Charlemagne bestowed on his sons (or so I have been told).
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  934. Ukraine wants the long range missiles to hit Russia, not Iran or Syria. Ukraine is trying to trick the West.
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  935. It would be nice to be "independently" rich, rather than having to earn it yourself. But USAID won't be paying for that anymore.
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  936. Biden thought Zelensky is a general in Iraq.
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  937. If Podolyak wants to prevent shelling of Luhansk and Donetsk and other territories along the border, he needs to talk to Zelensky and NATO. They are the ones shelling the places for 8 years.
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  938. Nuland: Ukraine will be the engine of Europe's revitalization... There are few things that one can be absolutely certain about, but there is near zero chance of Ukraine ever becoming that. Especially if that engine is electric and fueled by "European Values of moral depravity," governed by Rules-based International Order under a Western style liberal democracy.
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  939. Foreign mercenaries being stupid is a fact. No reasonable person goes into a war that will in no way impact him if he stays out of it, regardless of which side wins the war.
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  940. Another 10% commission on corruption in Ukraine is going to "the Big Guy."
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  941. This is actually very reasonable. The stumbling block would be that Russians no longer trust the West or Ukraine.
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  942. Parents of Robert Hur should have instead picked Benjamin.
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  943. I recommend that the FBI blame Vovan and Lexus for all interference in Western politics. After all, they routinely publicly embarrass Western politicians by demonstrating how gullible and stupid they are.
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  944. It will be POTATO (for Asia).
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  945. Apparently, Macron alleged that Trump is being manipulated by Poutine, and as a Frenchman, he will have nothing to do with that.
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  946. It's hard to feel any sympathy for a country as stupid as Ukraine.
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  947. Maybe that peace summit is intended to foster peace among countries opposed to Russia. In that case they don't need Russia to participate.
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  948. Sunak must think that his ULEZ zones are going to protect London from a Russian ground attack. Russian tanks won't be compliant with pollution emission restrictions, and besides, there won't be enough parking.
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  949. If Ukraine wants to stage a psyop in order to discredit Putin and his electoral popularity, they should find an unused flagpole in Moscow and run up a Ukrainian flag there. Then they could broadcast a picture of it, and claim Ukrainians were on the brink of taking over Moscow.
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  950. Zelensky could still claim the status of a mover and a shaker. He is going to move out of Ukraine while shaking in fear.
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  951. At 16:15, I saw Jack Black walking right behind Alex. He was probably promoting anti-Trump violence to his equally unsightly female companion.
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  952. Netherlands doesn't need F16, so why not send them to Ukraine? And Nederlands doesn't want to bomb countries like Serbia and Libya anyway.
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  953. The tank stories further confirm that the West doesn't understand the Russian psyche. Not one Russian will be offended or triggered by the presence of those tanks. Privately, among themselves, they will laugh at how simple-minded Westerners are for thinking it would have any effect of any kind. Russians have a great sense of humor, especially when it comes to politics.
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  954. The West will promise to rearm Ukraine and help it take back Crimea and the other territories later. Otherwise Zelensky won't agree to it.
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  955. ECOWAS wants to restore order in Niger? But there is order already. There is no more fighting and the military carries on business as usual.
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  956. It's obvious that Mélenchon voters will vote for Macron.
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  957. Sport should be devoid of politics, and all parties should refrain from making any political statements.
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  958. Company can be any size. Like three's company in Hollywood.
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  959. The greatest crime of the Globalists is their trying to destroy or rewrite history.
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  960. By now it's obvious that Zelensky has been instructed to not make a peace deal. Probably never.
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  961. Of course we all know, that the Ukrainian war has absolutely nothing to do with America's security.
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  962. Imagine being Zaluzhnyi and reading in Ukrainian Truth newspaper that Russia is trying to take you out (and not to the proverbial ball game). It could make a person paranoid, not knowing where the bullet will come from.
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  963.  @trout1187  There is an excellent Polish vodka made from potatoes.
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  964. China's recent news points to a probable new dynamic in the war. China cannot afford to have Russia lose. If true, it will be interesting if the West loses appetite for continuing the war.
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  965. Biden fell asleep because being the "Leader of the Free World" is hard work.
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  966. 17000 miles is nearly halfway around the world.
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  967. Russian army is short on winter coats. They caught the zoo animals for their fur.
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  968. Zelensky should demand F16s from Moldova. This will put Moldova under some pressure.
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  969. Wasn't the failed rocket "home made"? von der Leyen is suggesting that Hamas intentionally hit the hospital. Maybe "home made" isn't as good as it once was.
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  970. Now you've got me interested in Jayde. To construct the post she has requires an IQ if above 125. And I am not limiting it.
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  971. When I saw Mitsotakis in the title, I thought Erdogan canceled tsatsiki (tzatziki). That's no good, I thought. Next Erdogan will cancel Raki.
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  972. The Kursk bargaining chip will work in reverse. If Ukraine behaves, Russia will let the surrounded Ukrainians go home after the war, unless they surrender first.
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  973. The idea that Russia will lose isn't something that the Pentagon or the CIA really believes. They know full well that Russia will throw increasing resources at the war and will not stop at anything. But this is a convenient propaganda for what the West believes is a weakening of Russia, while upgrading and replenishing military hardware.
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  974. Were there any JSO protesters glued to the road to Lahaina?
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  975. The Kazakhstan mention was at the behest of the US. US has been eyeing Kazakhstan as a perfect chess piece against Russia and China. It's located ideally where Russia and China are not positioned to fight at the moment, and Russia relies on trade with Kazakhstan and has its Kosmodrome there. The West thinks Kazakhstan's leaders are horse eating peasants and don't know when they are being hoodwinked. But the US is even more naive than that. Apparently the US doesn't know that both Russia and China will not permit any Western force or influence to infiltrate any of the Central Asian countries.
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  976. Everything that happened, and especially everything that has been reported, is the Globalist Agenda to dethrone Trump, but more importantly to prevent a Republican win in next elections. The Billionaires don't have the brains to design these machinations, but they have the money to hire people who have.
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  977. It's worse than that. Biden doesn't know who Zelensky is, and he doesn't know that Zelensky isn't a Jew in New York.
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  978. Joe Biden believes his son is smarter than himself, which is obviously true, but Joe somehow deduces from that that Hunter is the smartest man he knows. This doesn't say much for Joe, after Hunter's business associate called Hunter really dumb.
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  979. Europe should just send the whole 150 billion Euro straight to Zelensky. It's needed where the conflict is happening.
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  980. UK (BAE) should produce weapons in Kaliningrad. No one is going to bomb there.
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  981. I want a ribbon too. I never got one since grade school.
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  982. The F35 story is meaningless. Russia monitors them via satellites. Worse than that, Russia hears every electronic communication that comes out of an F35, be it verbal or just electronic. The only thing I don't know about is if Russia has acquired the full capability of NSA. It's not beyond the capability of Russian people.
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  983. You can excuse Starmer mistaking the janitor for the Korean statesman, since it is well known inside the UK that all Orientals look the same.
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  984. If Ukraine doesn't rescind the law prohibiting Zelensky from negotiating for peace, maybe he will get arrested on his return to Ukraine.
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  985. Zelensky is going to need the Antonov when he absconds with all the money and weapons he stole once the Russians are knocking on the door.
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  986. It's likely that Erdogan wanted F35s but settled for F16s to counter Greece's F35s. If, for some reason, Erdogan concluded that a confrontation with Greece is not going to happen, he will naturally ease up on trying to acquire new fighter jets if there is an additional political cost of accomplishing that.
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  987.  @analoguesoul4594  Well the first word could be "muster." Or the two words together could be "true move mr US," which sounds like a code for something during negotiations.
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  988. The assertion by Seymour Hersh that only some time in mid-2022 NATO (led by US) decided to blow up the Nord Stream pipeline conflicts with an earlier statement Hersh made. In his first report, Hersh implied that the pipeline explosives were planted some time around the start of 2023. But if the intent in blowing up Nordstream was to get Germany to commit to the Ukraine project, it wasn't evident at the end of 2022 that Germany would not commit to supporting Ukraine. We'll have to revise the Gilligan's Island S.S. Minnow plot to a more plausible storyline. The US wanted to secure its ability to shut down Nord Stream 2 long before 2023, and most likely installed the explosives either in 2022 or early January 2023. Then, in mid-2023, the US decided to disable the pipelines for whatever reason, perhaps even perceived weakness in Germany's support of Ukraine, but needed to establish plausible deniability in playing a role in the explosions. So a group of operatives independent of the US was hired, and that team procured a sailboat or some other inconspicuous vessel and at a suitable moment sailed out to the area where the explosives were planted. The boat didn't have to carry any explosives since those had been planted months before, and the crew only brought the remote detonators on board. So the objections that such a small boat could not carry enough explosives are irrelevant. And now the US or even perhaps NATO can credibly claim that they didn't blow up the pipelines.
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  989. Biden must have misunderstood the joke and thought it was about Puerto Rican people. Otherwise he wouldn't follow his defense of Puerto Ricans by claiming that he knew a lot of them in Delaware and they were fine people.
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  990. Pizza is better when baked in wood burning ovens.
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  991. If Zelensky wants to join NATO after the end of the war, this very fact will guarantee that there will never be an end to the war. No Russian regime will permit Ukraine to join NATO, ever.
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  992. The thing is done. The only thing that's unclear is how the political situation in Kiev will evolve.
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  993. If Kallas wants $45 oil for Estonia, she will need to find a seller who is willing to sell oil at that price. Russian oil will get blended with global oil supply.
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  994. Or Austin meant that once Russians cross the river at Soledar, they need to turn left at the nearest turning point to get to Bakhmut.
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  995. I didn't know there were 155 experts in the world. They must have multiplied recently. Or they joined ranks with "unnamed sources" and now we will get an even more credible category of leakers - "unnamed experts."
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  996. Arresting people for broadcasting foreign news channels is not something that a serious mature country would do. Germany stooped to the level of Estonia and the other Chihuahuas (as Pepe Escobar calls the Baltic mini-countries).
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  997. Zelensky's wife is not bad looking. I would say he is punching above his weight.
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  998. Those statues look like slave owners or at least white supremacists. Get some graffiti painters from Antifa out there.
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  999.  @JackGordone  Right. They should use liquefied.
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  1000. Mrs. Zelensky must be canning tomatoes in Mason jars at home, although it's possible that in Ukraine stores sell tomatoes in glass jars.
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  1001. This has the potential into a royal mess.
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  1002. It would be relatively safe on the Red Sea coast. But the facilities are sparse and inadequate, with literally just a handful of hotels that anyone would want to stay in.
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  1003. Maybe the Istanbul attack was committed by Swedish and Finnish terrorists.
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  1004. So now it's out in the open. The US wants Germany to be bombed. It wasn't enough to destroy Germany's economy.
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  1005. Emotional Support Stripper is no better than a service dog.
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  1006. Golf carts make sense for Russia. You can't effectively use shovels from a tank or a big military truck. Plus, golf carts are electric so EU Climate Evangelists are less likely to let Ukrainians blow them up.
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  1007. I am 100% disinterested in the UFOs being spotted over some countries. I don't care whether they are weather balloons, spy balloons, aliens, or some amateurs. They don't matter and will not have any effect on anything. Let's not hear about them anymore. The whole thing is stupid.
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  1008. Ukraine fired its Human Rights Chief because Ukraine doesn't have Human Rights, so there is nothing to manage.
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  1009. None of this makes sense. KSA can get nuclear technology from Russia or China. Just dismiss every speculation. Obviously we lack internal information that informes all of this.
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  1010. Nothing was said about supporting Ukraine "as long as it takes." But nothing was mentioned about "Russian aggression." They really are slipping up.
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  1011. Maybe the EU committee about to vote on a politically charged matter, where certain countries could sabotage a "Yes" vote, wait till the problematic representative goes to the toilet, and then they hastily vote for whatever motion they want to pass. By the time the hapless politician returns to his seat, the affair is a fait accompli.
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  1012. NGOs that receive funding from a government, directly or via an intermediary, aren't real NGOs and they should not be called Non-Governmental Organizations. They should be called something like Government Agents or something similar.
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  1013. China supplying weapons to Russia will make the defeat of Russia by Ukraine take longer?? According to NATO, Ukraine is poised to win over Russia, so why prolong the agony?
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  1014. That is good news. I don't watch a lot of figure skating, but I sure will want to see a pair of dudes ice-dancing, at least the first few. I wonder how they will dress. One will probably wear the traditional hotel doorman frock, and the other manly jeans and a white t-shirt.
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  1015. Inflation is just a fleeting moment. When measured in geologic time.
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  1016. It's tough getting the EU to send Ukrainian boys to fight for Zelensky. The Ukrainian government doesn't have as good a command over the EU as Netanyahu has over America's government.
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  1017. Interestingly, sporting tracks are called in some countries "spartkraniak," presumably in deference to the Greeks.
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  1018. Zelensky didn't think it through. A no-fly zone over Ukraine would mean that no air traffic could get to Kiev, and all those Western VIP visitors like Lindsey Graham would have to take the bus to get there.
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  1019. I believe Ukraine currently occupies a piece of land that used to belong to Slovakia. It seems that Medvedev gave that piece to Hungary, so Hungary's gain will be less than what's shown on Map 2.
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  1020. There is no shortage of fertilizer. Democrats are spreading it liberally on TV all the time.
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  1021. Lloyd Austin was actually coordinating with Pentagon during surgery while sedated under local anesthetic.
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  1022. This video gave me a brilliant idea. Send "Just Stop Oil" fanatics to sit right on the front lines, and stop Russian tanks from going any further. By the time the Russian crew scrambles out of the tank to remove them, the Just Stop Oil contingent can fully cover themselves with crazy glue.
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  1023. I can just see Macron telling Trump: "You want a piece of me...?" In a gangsta ghetto fashion.
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  1024. The three Baltic countries never cease to amaze me with how detached from reality they are. Western Europeans are amateurs in how deluded they are.
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  1025.  @egay86292  In my notifications, your username shows up as Robert Bonobo. Does that mean you are smarter than the average chimp?
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  1026. As any organization, EU's primary goal is to survive and maintain itself.
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  1027. It's simple. The DNC doesn't want Biden to run for reelection.
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  1028. Nuland should go to Tbilisi and bring a truckload of candies left over from Halloween.
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  1029. At Purchasing Power Parity (PPP), Russia's economy is in the top five of world economies.
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  1030. By telling China that sanctions would be applied, the US is saying that they will not oppose China militarily if it attempts to take over Taiwan. Interesting.
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  1031. How is Niger under attack? I thought the coup was over and done with.
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  1032. Any Western "Peacekeepers" in Ukraine will only be there to stir up trouble, or to support Ukraine in causing a false flag incident. And if they are British, they will carry out subversive operations against the Russians and against the 5 Russian Republics that are threatened by Ukraine.
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  1033. That Serb wearing the problematic t-shirt should have added in small print "for Zelensky."
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  1034. Obviously, Russia will nationalize German companies in Russia in return, and destroy German companies in Ukraine. Russia will leave a military force in both Crimea and Donbass once they withdraw troops and materiel from Ukraine.
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  1035. Bono thinks that all the money from a pro bono concert is his. It is pro Bono, after all.
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  1036. So the Europeans are now openly against Trump and the Republican America, while some of them keep saying that they are aligned.
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  1037. Zelensky has to get out right now.
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  1038. By the virtue of their geographical position, if Poland and Romania go to war against Russia in Ukraine, they will be forced to use the famous full-scale pincer maneuver.
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  1039.  Dark Cloud  You can say that again. On second thought, maybe you shouldn't.
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  1040. Petr Pavel is literally Peter Paul. The Czechs only need one Mary to form their own musical group Peter, Paul and Mary.
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  1041. But how is Netherlands going to defend itself now that it will be bereft of F16s? If India was ever contemplating conquering the Dutch, time is just about ripe to strike.
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  1042. I considered whether or not Russia has people so diabolically clever that they pretended to be tricked into invading Ukraine, knowing full well that the mechanics of its aftermath would destroy Europe and undermine America in both economy and Geopolitics.
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  1043. Would the ban prohibit Blinken from going to the Post Office or the Passport Office?
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  1044. It would be a misstatement to say that Nancy Pelosi is corrupt, that she lost integrity and ethics or morals of any kind, and that she intellectually doesn't understand the concept of truth. That would presume that such things existed in her at her earlier age. The reality is that she was born that way. A person who was born into an environment of Machiavellian manipulators, where monetary power fused with political power, and the purpose of a successful being was to navigate through this morass by pushing the right levers of power, aligning oneself with those who hold power, and most of all, propagate the message that those in power want to influence the world with.
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  1045. The EU is making the fight personal, between the EU and Trump. That must be because the EU feels they have the backing of Globalists worldwide, like the US Democrats, the WEF and the Billionaires that finance it, and entities such as BlackRock and others. When it comes to a fight between those Globalists and Trump, Russia, China, India, and virtually the rest of the world will side with Trump. The reason is that Globalists are trying to control all of the world. Trump's current "fracas" with China is merely intended to keep China from challenging the power of the US, whereas the Globalists want absolute rule over China.
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  1046. Colonel Sanders should stick with frying chicken.
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  1047. Since the $60 billion loan to Zelensky will be unsecured, what's needed is a guarantor. The lender cannot be the guarantor, so that leaves solely the EU to be on the hook. And they just might fall for it, being as gullible as the US has shown them to be. This way, the US insures against the 100% risk of default, and if the the EU doesn't repay, the US can hold it as leverage over their heads.
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  1048. If we didn't have 3rd World countries, who would provide interesting news? Alex and Alexander would have to move onto other subjects, like Bhutan, whose government is in the business of making citizens happy.
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  1049. He might be washing and reusing plastic straws.
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  1050. There is a way to counter Tik-Tok's sabotage of Norwegian ammo production. Get Leftists to post fewer Woke Tik-Tok videos to alleviate demand for electricity. Surely Woke videos represent as much video volume on Tik-Tok as cute kittens. Woke people must put their perversions where their mouth is, and support Ukraine with deeds, not words.
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  1051. To really puzzle the Russians, Ukraine should tell them "we will blow up that bridge when we come to it."
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  1052. Trudeau had wanted to donate the plane to the Transsexuals Association, but Zelensky told him they do drag shows which is nearly as good.
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  1053. Until they get the word from Shakira (and not Shakeri), I don't trust anything the FBI says, except for its whistle-blowers.
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  1054. Zelensky might have intended to prod other countries into attacking Russians, or maybe it was just a method to facilitate the procurement of more money and weapons from the West. But there was no risk of a World War as a consequence of Zelensky's hysteria, nor from the Polish missile event itself, and even if the West decided that Russians did it, not much would have happened. It takes a lot more to start WWIII.
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  1055. If you had to look at Biden regularly, you too would rather stay in the hospital.
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  1056. If Trump wanted to donate money but still facilitate an end to the fighting, he could stipulate that America's money can only be used for peaceful purposes, like running the country and paying salaries and pensions. Of course this would only free up Zelensky to use Europe's grants to prolong the war.
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  1057. Europe is going to need a very large pacifier, or binky, or soother to pacify Russia.
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  1058. I think no party to the pipeline explosion and also no party to the Ukrainian war wants the truth out there. It doesn't matter who the scapegoat might be, or even who the real culprit is, it can only lead to adverse outcomes for the West. And no one will believe that Russia did it. So the best option is to keep the waters muddled.
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  1059. Publicly aligning with the West isn't going to win over much support among Russians for Mrs. Navalny.
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  1060. Are there any people that Trump doesn't love? And is there a world leader with whom Trump doesn't get along tremendously?
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  1061. Klitchko should have said he brought down the missile with a single punch.
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  1062. That sand etching starts with ♥ Bitches. Then the middle part says "You are shit out of luck" And it's signed by someone named cypres, so basically by a tree Don't ask me to explain it. But in the Wizard of Oz, trees were grabbing Dorothy, so there is that.
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  1063. So it seems Macron should eat more spinach.
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  1064. Wali is Waldo, and everyone asks "Where is Waldo?"
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  1065. Climate Change is to get rid of Soros.
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  1066. If much of the TurkStream pipeline is at a depth of 3 km, then they buried the pipe at least 1 km below the bottom of the Black Sea.
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  1067. At least there still is abundance of bullshit from governments.
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  1068. The US should give Ukraine $1 trillion, and top it up with as much Freedom and Democracy as Ukraine can handle.
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  1069. Biden should ask Xi Jinping to sing American Pie.
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  1070. With this mindset, Trump might choose to perpetuate the war in Ukraine, especially if Putin doesn't convince him that Trump's team is feeding Trump false information.
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  1071.  @egay86292  Come to think of it, has Germany ever produced a comedian?
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  1072. Once these countries elect nationalist leadership, it's going to be Orbanism against EU Onanism.
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  1073. Google Maps is going to face a conundrum about all the political developments around the world. I propose country boundaries be shaped around whatever land and sea is controlled by whatever country. So, for example, Crimea should already be shown as Russia, rather than wishful thinking by Ukraine that a miracle will happen and Crimea will become Ukraine.
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  1074. If I were Putin, I would phone Biden on his birthday and sing "Happy Birthday to you..." I just don't know if I would include the verse that kids like, "...you look like a monkey, and you act like one too."
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  1075.  @8_x_9.  I don't believe I understand your comment.
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  1076.  @dodgex6592  I will have to look into that, and linguistics and philosophy are and have been a preoccupation in my life, despite necessities like going into business to feed my family.
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  1077.  @ChoYu-me6ox  It's no better than any government. It's never by the population. It's always by whoever claws his way to the top.
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  1078. Zelensky says every country can find a point they agree with (in his peace formula), and should ignore points they don't agree with.
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  1079.  @mddell24  She could still laugh, though.
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  1080. Let's not forget that Iran already committed to not getting nuclear weapons. It was part of the cooperation Agreement with Russia.
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  1081. Even if the reserve forces start breaking through the Russian defense line, the Russians will immediately deploy new reinforcements to that area and stop any further advance. I can't see any real progress for the Ukrainians, probably for ever.
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  1082. Zaluzhnyi is Deluzhnyi.
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  1083. Kaczynski is the Unabomber. Who let him out of jail? And now he leads Poland's Law and Justice Party?
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  1084. What do you expect from a Woke military.
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  1085. Maybe even an assghoul.
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  1086. Clusters are said to be safe. But are they "safe and effective"?
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  1087.  @joethekinghawk7514  Russia may hold Odessa as a trump card. The reasoning would be that Russia could take Odessa, but is willing to forgo that in exchange for some concession by Ukraine.
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  1088. Does listening to an answering machine count as talking to Zaluzhnyi?
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  1089. I don't think Boris Johnson needs to present more evidence that he is a political whore.
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  1090. It wouldn't be surprising if Ukrainians or the West now claimed that the Russians used a nuclear-type device to blow up the West-Ukrainian friendly ammunition depot. In any case, Zelensky will want to blame the Russians in some way.
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  1091. That's Blinken's job, politics.
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  1092. If Ukraine can get a lot of its military destroyed in Bakhmut, Russians won't have to chase as many of them all the way to Lvov.
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  1093. Yermak wants Russia to run out of resources so that Russia would be willing to start peace talks. Ukraine and the West could speed up that process and buy vast amounts of Russian resources, especially oil and gas. If the West buys as much as Russia can physically deliver, it will hasten the end of the conflict. So really, the whole thing is dependent on the West's actions, and the West is responsible for any failure to make progress.
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  1094. The US did one helluva sales job on the EU. The US convinced Europeans that the Ukraine project, which really only started because of US interests, is now somehow an EU project and EU's proxy war (via NATO).
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  1095. Biden didn't mean Artificial. He meant Fake Intelligence.
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  1096. If Eurovision is held in Mariupol, it will give an advantage to whoever uses Tchaikovsky's "1812 Overture" as their music. They won't need to provide their own cannon sound effects.
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  1097. Rasmussen's idea of accepting Ukraine into NATO "in parts" is only too obvious. Ukraine will be broken into pieces when the show is over, and whatever part is left may attempt to join NATO.
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  1098. Instead of renaming Avdeevka to Prague, there is a better option. Rename it Moscow. The Russians aren't going to attack their own Capital.
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  1099. So there is an Open Ukraine Foundation? That sounds like a George Soros Open Society sub-station. It's probably something like the NED, that should really be named NERC (National Endowment for Regime Change), which would probably bring it more business.
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  1100. In that snapshot at 16:20, Scholz makes the same stand as an MMA fighter from Sweden, whose name I won't be bothered to look up.
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  1101. Actually, Joe Biden would like to be like Xi. Biden wants authoritarian power.
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  1102. Zelensky is out there in the countryside with a shovel, looking for rare earth minerals. He knows they are in the areas that Russia controls, but now that he promised them to Trump he must find some in his part of the land. Zelensky could be hoping that once Trump finds out that he bought "a pig in a poke," he will send American soldiers to get those rare earths.
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  1103. Germany might be sending 18 howitzers on wheels, but to make a difference, Ukraine needs Jesus on wheels (some people may have to look that up).
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  1104. Trump needs a Rabbi to bless his policies.
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  1105. Paradoxically, failed and daft politicians retire and some get jobs with think tanks. Then they go on to advise the next crop of politicians currently in power, and so the political class continually spirals downward both in decision making and unfortunately corruption as well. Boris Johnson is a perfect example of that. The luckier ones get jobs on news networks, passing themselves off as "experts."
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  1106. Scholz is tired of the spoiled brat Ukraine. Ukraine demands equipment from the West, and publicly curses at the West's politicians.
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  1107. Citizens in the West are becoming skeptical of MSM news, but paradoxically Russian economic troubles "is news to us," say Russians.
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  1108. The three Mouseketeers would have definitely be against the EU, and would have probably joined forces with Don Quixote, because that is as much of a fantasy as windmills.
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  1109. I also have classified documents. The ones that show my name or any other identifying feature I classify as "garbage." And documents that cannot be traced back to me I classify as "recycle."
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  1110. Vadym Skibitsky was kibitzing with the Economist reporter.
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  1111. Keir Starmer hosted over 200 military planners from 30 countries. Obviously Starmer is not familiar with the adage "Too many cooks spoil the broth." It probably was like the Tower of Babel in there.
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  1112. At 16:20, there inside a place name is the C word, and it isn't "ceasefire."
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  1113. There was no risk of a nuclear war. No one starts a nuclear war because someone bombed them with a conventional weapon.
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  1114. I suppose for US-Russia relations, three steps forward is better than the proverbial one step forward, two steps back.
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  1115. The UK won't come apart because of anything to do with Russia. It will come apart because of Climate Hysteria, Woke policies, and dictatorial government in matters like Covid management.
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  1116. Scholz could get away with a transwoman if he cannot find an actual woman candidate. Who is going to question it? All Western governments have been lobotomized to believe transwomen are real women.
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  1117. Zelensky's assurances to Moldova didn't inspire much confidence, since he said Ukraine will only help Moldova after Ukraine trounces the Russians. That was a safe and cheap promise, knowing full well that Ukraine can only defeat Russia after the Buffalo Bills win the Super Bowl.
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  1118. Instead of "gunboat diplomacy," it is "missile diplomacy."
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  1119. Democrats have won. For the future of mankind, Democrats have to be overturned. I am going to work on this whole disaster
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  1120.  @beyondrecall9446  You can't beat Chicken Kiev. Well, maybe with Beef Stroganoff you could.
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  1121. No need to be concerned about Ukraine's stability. British Intelligence has assured us that this time Russia really is out of missiles and will soon be defeated.
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  1122. According to Biden a month ago, Russia had already lost. This means that Russia has risen out of ashes, and is now winning the war unless Zelensky gets $61 billion.
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  1123. Bombing the Crimea bridge, or any part of Crimea, is a good way to evoke a much stronger Russian response. Something new, like Bombing something in Kiev other than military targets.
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  1124. Austin is trying to buy time till the new weapons arrive for Ukraine.
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  1125. If you think the US Administration is out to lunch, check out the Estonian Forces Commander's statement. You'll be amazed.
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  1126. Biden said he spent a month in Ukraine, and that there was significant corruption. He forgot to mention that he was the primary actor in that corruption. Nevertheless, if it took him a month to coordinate all that corruption for his son and himself, then he is not very efficient at it.
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  1127. Good news for the EU. Unlike the Leader of the Free World, dementia isn't yet completely done with the Leader of EU Diplomacy.
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  1128. Biden is acting rationally. If you want to be a wartime President, you'd better get a lot of wars going so at least one or two are still on before the elections.
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  1129. The Greek government needs to maintain its ability to secure ongoing loans from the EU. So Greece had no choice but to let the West bully it into expelling Russian diplomats.
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  1130. I believe that by asymmetrical, Sikorski means they will want to bomb Crimea and other places inside Russia..
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  1131. The US State Department is envious of the Zelensky regime. The Biden Administration also wants to arrest anyone who tells the truth.
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  1132. When you say Philadelphia is the city of brotherly love, I am assuming it's the Monkeypox kind of love.
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  1133. Russians will not turn against Putin. And even if they did, his replacement would be more hard-line than Putin.
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  1134. The Oreshnik works like the Russian nesting dolls. There are always smaller ones inside.
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  1135.  @johnbuterbaughsr.933  Maybe it's the Obamas that were cooking up something.
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  1136.  @cornpop8586  You are scaring Biden with a name like that.
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  1137. Kallas has no reason to be afraid. Moscow is not going to send a tank that far, especially if Russia switches to using Electric (EV) tanks.
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  1138. The US is OK with a bully, as long as USA is the only bully on the block.
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  1139. Aside from retaliation, it's not obvious that the 85 US strikes had a well thought out objective. Maybe it's secret.
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  1140. If Annalena Baerbock's visit to Kiev was unexpected and unannounced, I imagine she stepped off the train carrying her luggage and merged into the crowd heading toward the taxi stands. She got into a taxi driven by a foreign-looking man who spoke no German or English. But she had a map, so all was well.
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  1141. Globalists have a conflicting set of agendas. On the one hand they want to dissolve nations. On the other hand they need to fight wars around the world. But America's strength was derived precisely because it was developing in isolation from the world. If the Globalists succeed in defeating the national identity of Americans, they will not have the will nor the ability to fight the world. Billionaire Globalists think they are smarter than Einstein, but all they understand is trade. It is the ability to trade something you can offer for something that to you is more valuable, or will become more valuable.
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  1142. Moldova should join the EU, but only on condition that Borat can be its MEP in Brussels, so that he can embarrass the EU bosses. (Moldova is where the movie was filmed.)
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  1143. Trump should announce that US Democrats own the war in Ukraine. It is their war, and if the Democrats want to keep financing it, Trump will not stand in their way. Surely the DNC must have enough money in their petty cash box or in their kitty, and now is the time to put their money where their mouth is.
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  1144. UK Hunt is a silly _unt.
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  1145. They are all missing the mark with those NATO nominees. Obviously the most qualified person for the job is AOC. She sees everything as black or white which greatly simplifies decision making, and things could finally get done. The downside is that she would be missed by the Democrats since they would be without leadership on social and Green issues.
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  1146. The Coptic Church (in Egypt) is also Eastern Orthodox, but I don't know when their Christmas is.
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  1147. The problem with Nikki Haley isn't that she is a first rate neocon etc. It's that she would be a front-runner for the Presidential seat in 2028. A VP to the President has very little real power, at least while the President is in good health. Only when the Senate is even between Democrats and Republicans can the VP make real decisions.
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  1148. Russians have broken the communication military communication. They for sure have penetrated MI6. I don't know if they managed to break into Pentagon and NSA. They might have. But the problem is that the US shares information with the UK. So the Russians know everything.
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  1149. Modi: "today's era is not an era of war." Is that an observation or a wish? Because it certainly could be an era of war. All you need is to get a few more countries into a kerfuffle. Greece and Turkey might have a go at it, and things are simmering in the Caucasus region. There are more potential flashpoints. Yemen isn't really over, it's just that no one talks about it these days. Same with Syria.
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  1150. Alex is funny. In almost every segment he mentions "rump" Ukraine. All of Ukraine is a rump, sometimes also referred to as horse's ass.
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  1151. There are few things one can be certain of, and one of those is that unmitigated influx of migrants will continue unless Trump wins the Presidency. Mike Pence is as morally corrupt as any of the Globalists, and probably financially corrupt as well.
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  1152. NATO will keep trying to establish itself in Georgia, even if not officially. Once Russia detects a critical amount of weapons stationed there by the West, Russia will put a stop to it and will spare nothing until any Georgian threat is completely neutralized. Stoltenberg is wasting his time.
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  1153.  @ashfield1425  It could be that much of the world can't afford to pay enough, so US farmers plant crops they can sell and make a profit.
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  1154.  @luckyguy600  I even think Taylor Swift is doing it. And I mean this in its literal honest sense, there is nothing wrong with that. Madonna is for sure doing it. The reason I make fun of it is that Madonna can control it, but Joe doesn't. And this in turn simply leads to my pointing out that good old Joe is just too old for the job.
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  1155. A giant casualty that Newsweek never talks about is truth. Truth has been dead for a long time in Western MSM media, and yet they are still killing it with every report.
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  1156. European values aren't in a book. They are on a small flyer that can be slipped under a door. The highlights are things like celebrating various sexual perversions and deviancy. And yes, there is that bit about stifling free speech and undermining democratically elected governments.
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  1157. They aren't photogenic enough for TV.
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  1158. What did Putin tell the Finnish President? You are Finnished.
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  1159. Let's imagine that after Russia wins, Europeans will drop all sanctions and buy energy from Russia, resulting in renewed economic prosperity.
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  1160. This is just such a mess. I can't make sense of it.
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  1161. The West's leaders' statements about Ukraine and Russia offer an insight into human psychology. Somehow, they have acquired erroneous information (wrong "facts") about the war, about Russia, about Russia's economy and its leadership, and generally about the situation on the ground in Ukraine. The list of ignorance is actually much longer, and includes knowledge about China, Turkey, Iran, and most of the world. But it doesn't end there. On top of working with wholly incorrect information about everything, these Western leaders draw conclusions from those mistaken "facts" that are not a logical or natural inference from such "facts." Many of them know that Ukraine is and has continually been losing to Russia, and yet they draw from that knowledge a conclusion that Russia will necessarily lose against Ukraine. A reasonable person would at least admit that at the moment it looks hopeless for Ukraine, but with renewed resources it may be possible to turn things around. Hungary and Turkey are isolated exceptions. I get the feeling that these Western countries are not "serious" countries with competent leaders who are responsible and sensible.
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  1162. Biden's family received money from China, but only to be held in escrow for the US Treasury.
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  1163. Keeping the dam upstream from the broken dam closed can only last as long as "one doesn't pee his pants."
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  1164. Doesn't UK know that where those two minesweepers are sweeping is not the Black Sea? They should give those ships' captains Google Maps, so they can find where Bahrain is and realize that they veered far off course.
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  1165. I can believe any story that Russia poisoned somebody. Poisoning is their specialty. They haven't shot anyone with a gun since Rasputin. Correction: Russians also kill undesirables with an ice pick, viz. Trotsky in Mexico City in 1940, where they hired Ramon Mercader (of famous Mercator projection used in maps) so they wouldn't have to fly all the way to Mexico.
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  1166. I think Serbia will not trust the West. Especially since all the enticements are only happening now.
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  1167.  @homeguardster  That could be bad, because people could mistake poison ivy for Monkeypox. Then you would have to explain why you stick it where it doesn't belong.
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  1168. On that Bild map, its creators drew two curved vectors depicting Germany's famous Pinzer Movement.
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  1169. The accusations by MSM and the ICC claim that Russia is taking "Ukrainian" children and expatriating them to Russia. This is patently and entirely not true. Those are Russian children from Donbass and Crimea, and both regions became a part of Russia with overwhelming support and will of citizens living there. If some of the children are Ukrainian and their families escaped to Donbass or Crimea from other parts of Ukraine, they rejected Ukraine and became de facto Russians. Why no one pointed this out (to ICC and the world) this simple, obvious and undeniable fact escapes me.
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  1170. The US should just absorb all of Europe into the United States. After all, all those Europeans left Europe to emigrate to the United States for a reason. Europe of those times wasn't good for ordinary people. It was still feudal, and that is how EU is composed. Then the US would be far more powerful than Russia or China, and actually be able to compete economically in this much enlarged world.
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  1171. Your surname suggests that you are from the cage, which is rather accurate given that the EU is running your country.
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  1172. The Price of Victory actually has a price, and it is a loss.
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  1173. Dresses don't have pockets.
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  1174. I think Madagascar damaged the pipelines. Nobody would suspect Madagascar, so it makes perfect sense.
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  1175. One thing about Monkeypox. It's going to be a bumpy ride.
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  1176. Bojo doesn't want to go home. Because then he would have to perform in his (presumably) shared bed.
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  1177. If the EU runs out of Ukrainian flags, they can always hang up Ursula von der Leyen in that blue and yellow outfit. After the wind flaps her around a few times like it does with flags, she will be in tatters (pronounced tutters).
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  1178. They can buy equipment at the destination.
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  1179. By now, Russians are on a counter-counter-counter-counter-offensive.
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  1180. Shenna Bellows is the law, just like Fauci is science. You can't attack them, because then you would be attacking law or science itself. This syndrome occurs mostly on the Left or the Woke.
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  1181. Truss is guilty of encouraging mercenaries to fight against Russia. But I am against the death penalty. Maybe some freelance work in Siberia?
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  1182. No surprise about Zlochevsky corruption. Zlo means evil in Ukrainian.
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  1183. If it was about nuclear weapons, the meeting would be between their DoDs.
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  1184. Ukraine doesn't remember that most pogroms happened in Ukraine. And Ukrainian concentration camps guards were the most bestial. Jews have mostly forgiven the Germans, but I question if they have forgiven Ukrainians.
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  1185. US spent 20 years delivering Freedom and Democracy to Afghanistan, but those guys are too slow and didn't learn it, so the US gave up and left.
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  1186. Greta Thunberg should force Zelensky to turn the entire war theatre into a Net-Zero zone. That will teach the Russians.
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  1187. Zelensky probably already pre-sold the weapons in transit to third parties. He could be negotiating with the ships' and airplanes' captains to divert the shipments directly to Zelensky's international customers.
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  1188. Speaking of Scholz, I didn't know you could just look at an engine and know whether it is in good condition. I have seen white collar workers looking under the hood of their own car, scratching their heads and wisely concluding that their brains are squandered on troubleshooting an engine.
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  1189. Why does Zelensky need all this new money? It's because of that saying: You can never be too rich or too skinny.
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  1190.  @марива-ц1б  So was I.
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  1191. If they hit the Russians in the face with paintballs, no wonder the Russians retreated. Those things hurt.
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  1192. Deploying German troops to Lithuania don't make no sense. Lithuania doesn't border Ukraine nor Russia.
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  1193. ​ @univeropa3363  No one is going to fight in Kaliningrad. Especially not to assist Ukraine.
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  1194. NATO countries' leaders (including Biden) continue to live with Alice, in a Wonderland of their own imagination. They fully believe that reality is created by people's minds and by wanting real world events to be as their imagination sees them. This mental disorder is an affliction primarily experienced by neo-liberal Leftists. Not only do they believe that men can give birth, they also imagine all sorts of things happening in Ukraine. This syndrome has been around for ever, it seems, but never before has it been as pervasive as today among Leftists. Some decades ago, there was a news story about a family in the US who told everyone they were going to win next week's lottery, and started behaving as if that was a 100% certain outcome. They bought trips to exotic destinations, started selling their furniture, and threw a party in celebration of their new fortune. They genuinely believed that if things were done as if their imagined future had already happened, then it will have happened. Curiously, this mental illness occurs mostly in Western countries.
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  1195. The northern part of Cyprus is Turkey, and probably is cheaper.
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  1196.  @BoyBoyhaere50  There are a lot of cypresses in Italy, too.
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  1197. Radio Free Europe was relevant during Communism. I don't know who is financing them.
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  1198.  @andersonarmstrong2650  I don't know that they have such a legal mechanism in Sweden.
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  1199. Now I am side of Zelensky. Gather up whatever you can and disappear. It may not be possible later.
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  1200. Russia should start a tribunal for Crimes Against Humanity, and call it the "Second Nuremberg Trials." And charge Kaja Kallas as well as issue an international arrest warrant for her. She has been making trips to Developing Countries and trying to make "unbreakable bonds" with them, which are nothing more than attempts to turn them against Russia.
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  1201. Russia has to win, and Globalism has to lose. And they are not independent, because one will not happen without the other.
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  1202. I am surprised no one has yet accused Hladimir, the Norwegian spy whale, of exploding the Nordstream pipeline.
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  1203. Instead of rewriting history, why not be proactive and write current history where Ukraine has won over Russia and now Russia is a vassal state to Ukraine?
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  1204. Airborne means that you are in the air. I reimagine (reimagine is a favorite word for Woke Leftists) that the Russians will blow the 101st Division up before they make any headway into Ukraine. That way they will indeed be up in the air.
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  1205. Mr. Snyder needs to stop his snide remarks.
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  1206. The terrorist attacks in northern Syria are the culmination of a plot by the US to accomplish a number of related objectives which focus on aiding Israel. The main objectives include disrupting the flow of arms from Iran to Lebanon and Hezbollah, driving a wedge between Turkey and Iran, making it difficult for Turkey now to take actions against Israel, destabilizing the Assad regime, hurting Russia's interests in the region, and weakening Hezbollah. Only time will tell how successful this operation will ultimately prove to be. That depends on how long will the desired effect last. The longer-term concern is the apparent pivot of Turkey toward the US-Israel coalition.
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  1207. NATO wants Romania to get bombed first, before they evaluate the consequences. After all, who gives a sht about Romania.
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  1208. Biden is only politically comparing himself in age (to Kissinger).
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  1209.  @margaretha907  I was joking. There isn't a Ukrainian who cares or thinks about the European Order. Are you willing to sacrifice your own life and the lives of your family for the European Order?
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  1210.  @bokibo87  About that bicycle fall where Biden keeled over. If you look carefully at the footage, you will see that Biden's bicycle has "rat traps" (foot holders) attached to his pedals. The reason Biden fell is that he couldn't get his foot out of the rat trap fast enough. It wasn't a matter of balance, but rather the skill of getting your foot out as you come to a halt.
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  1211. @@ronalds.5815 Since you addressed your comment to me, I will give you a reply. I don't know which specific condition you are referring to. But for life longevity you need to keep moving, and at times generate sustained heartbeat at something above resting. It doesn't get any simpler than that.
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  1212. Zelensky should call Kim Jong-un. North Korea seems to have lots of rockets.
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  1213. The German Greens believe that eating more than 10 grams of meat a day will raise citizens' methane emissions to dangerous levels.
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  1214. There is another way to deal with the Gordian Knot. Hire a laborer from Southeast Asia and he/she will unravel it eventually. Besides, I didn't know ancient Greece had a guy named Gord or Gordon. And why did he have to tie the knot so tight in the first place? He should rightly be charged with mischief.
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  1215.  @greetingsearthlingspluto6666  These things are not that specific.
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  1216. It's difficult to decipher Trump's pronouncements. It's best to wait till he clarifies things later or commits to some actions. But let's not discount the possibility that Trump is being grossly misinformed and has a faulty understanding of what's going on in Ukraine. And if that is the case, then his adversaries are laughing at him, with the WEF being one of them.
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  1217. He is declining faster than before. We need Biden to last until the Democratic Primaries in the Spring of 2024. That will disadvantage the DNC's preferred contender for Presidency in 2024. At this rate, Dementia will take him out of the picture by year's end. Let's Go Biden - announce you are running for reelection.
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  1218. I just love all these countries that have literally zero power or influence on absolutely anything in the world warning countries like Russia, China, Iran, Turkey or anyone about anything. France warning China is straight out of Babylon Bee.
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  1219. All those personalities traveling to Kiev are bringing small arms and ammunition. That way no one suspects nuttin'.
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  1220. Now that the Russians can jam the controls on HIMARS, I wonder if Poland will cancel its order for 500 of them? Mind you they could still be used against the EU or just Germany.
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  1221. If they go for Muscovy, why not go all the way and call Russia Muscovy Duck. It may not be as famous as Chicken Kiev or Peking Duck, but the Internet says it tastes great with cranberries.
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  1222.  @ikeybertso  May be so. But they could be considering the difficulty of protecting such a long thin border in the future.
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  1223. That peace talks proposal is just Ukrainian gallows humor.
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  1224. Once the Russians start pulverizing the "non-NATO" troops, there is a high probability of a false flag chemical attack by the West, or at least they will accuse Russia of it. The Spectator is absolutely correct in writing that "it will be a learning experience" for the non-NATO but really NATO soldiers. Russia will make sure they learn their lessons, and there will be a final exam at the end.
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  1225. Zelensky says Russia is fragile. I guess he means it will crumble, like in that song "...one night in Bangkok makes a tough guy crumble..." (could be tumble)
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  1226. You can never have too many weapons.
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  1227. My hat off is to our weather forecasters. They are right most of the time. So it's no wonder that China needed balloons to forecast the weather across the USA.
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  1228. Giorgia on your mind? Maybe it's just her melonis.
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  1229. So the Biden White House are nice guys after all, trying to protect Trump from those dodgy Iranians.
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  1230. Or just move to a different neighborhood.
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  1231.  @egay86292  Makes sense. She is a major Climate Alarmist.
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  1232.  @TepurangaHeremaia-ce4qe  The self driving taxi would get stuck at a construction zone and wait until the orange cones were cleared in the morning. Annalena would have to pee in the nearby bushes and sleep in the back seat.
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  1233. If Ukraine wants a game-changer, maybe they should switch to Parcheesi.
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  1234. Dana Spinant was hired for his skill in spinning a story in favor of Globalists. BTW, "spinant" means spinning in French, so the shoe fits.
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  1235. The "intercontinental" missile did cross continents, so it can be called intercontinental. Ukrainians have called Russians Asian and I think some in the West too, so yeah, it's intercontinental.
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  1236. So the German Justice Minister who promises to extradite Putin to the Hague is dragging Germany down to the level of immaturity and irresponsibility of the ex-Communist Eastern European countries. It's perplexing that the Minister doesn't know that any country that attempts to arrest or attack Putin or his entourage will be bombed heavily in response, potentially with nuclear weapons. The Hague will be leveled, and probably Amsterdam too. An attack on Putin is an attack on Russia, and it will remain so even if Putin becomes a private citizen (retires). Just like no country would dare lay a finger on any living US ex-President.
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  1237. @garylines5755  Do we know the details about how the Social Credit score will work? Maybe it's not imposing control or limiting free speech.
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  1238. Zelensky may be a liar, but he is not a pathological liar. Lying is natural and healthy for him.
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  1239. The SA flag looks a bit like one of the new Woke flags.
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  1240.  @emrisrex  That's only because black people have more common sense than Woke Leftists.
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  1241. The factory is composed of several buildings and other structures. The perimeter of its land area is a few miles. I don't see how many of the captives can be prevented from crawling out at night.
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  1242. Democrats have won.
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  1243. It's actually fitting that Kamala would be named the AI Czar, since her intelligence is totally artificial.
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  1244. Biden is unlikely to abdicate the throne unless those around him will want that. But Team Biden doesn't nominate the official Democratic presidential candidate. That part is up to the delegates, and I am sure that behind the scenes the DNC and other prominent Democrats, in concert with donors, are busy persuading each and every delegate to abandon Biden. The unknown is whether the DNC is already telling the delegates who to nominate instead of Biden, or if they are asking everyone to wait (until perhaps the DNC Convention) to appoint the then favored DNC candidate. If not enough delegates can be turned away from Biden, then it could happen that Biden will continue his run. Either way this will be very messy for the Democrats, and will hurt Democrats' election prospects (even "down ticket").
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  1245. Like American media, Germany's Intelligence is also getting its information from "anonymous sources." Anonymous Sources are fast becoming the most trusted among sources of confidential information.
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  1246. I recommend that Zelensky puts the Pope's name on Ukraine's extreme enemy list.
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  1247. Trump Jr. has no gravitas. And he lacks charisma just as Joe Biden's son does. It's wrong to use Trump Jr. as a spokesman for conservative causes.
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  1248. If Turkey didn't partner with Russia, it would ally with China. But Turkey will not be controlled by any foreign power. Of course it wants to maintain good relations with US and EU. That's why Turkey chooses neutrality, despite the risk of weaker relations with the West as a consequence.
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  1249. How about a Telemark (town in Norway) style mission on the WEF headquarters in Davos? The WWII allies conducted an operation to destroy Germany's production of heavy water used in making atomic bombs. Apparently the small team got there on cross country skis, which would be helpful in Switzerland's Davos.
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  1250. Maybe Macron and Biden think Bandera and his militia were among the Allies in Normandy on D-day, and that's why they thanked Ukraine. That would explain why Biden symbolically shat his pants, in sympathy with the soldiers running up the beach under heavy fire.
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  1251. Even transgender beauty pageant contestants know more than many Progressive liberal leaders.
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  1252. The world is not fair. Here I am covered in snow, and the vegetation is brown and dead for another three months.
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  1253. Reassurance Forces would be mostly Social Workers and perhaps some clergy representatives, I presume.
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  1254. NGO is short for NO GOOD.
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  1255. I am surprised that China didn't blow something up, even just as a symbolic gesture. Possibly they expected that Taiwan would hit something in retaliation, and China doesn't yet feel ready.
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  1256. Are Ukraine's People Snatchers going to replace their dead with plant-based warm bodies, like in the 1993 "Body Snatchers"? It would be in line with Ukraine's purported Woke and Globalist environmental orientation.
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  1257. Blinken's jet was probably driven by an 80 year old who forgot to turn off his blinken' turn signal off.
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  1258. Ukrayinska Pravda means Ukrainian Truth. So there is, putatively, such a thing as a unique truth that either Ukraine reports or Ukraine believes internally. It's their own truth. Gosh, I wish I had my own truth.
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  1259. Somalia might have some difficulty in getting ammunition for the HiMars rocket launch systems they bought. But the 750 paratroopers from the US will sort it out.
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  1260. The Democrats have won.
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  1261. Those activists think that sunflower oil is used in automobiles.
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  1262. One conundrum that is hard to resolve is that Team Biden believes that Biden will not win if Ukraine loses before November. And since Team Biden would rather destroy the world than have Biden lose, this makes for a highly dangerous situation.
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  1263.  @sylviam6535  By virtue of my friends who hold high positions in large American companies, I get information about the inner workings of Corporate America. And American companies are run, for the most part, more efficiently than most of others in the WWW.
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  1264.  @sylviam6535  Everything you say can only improve the effectiveness and efficiency of American companies. But they operate within a larger context, and that is to a large degree determined by the Federal government. And this is where the problem lies.
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  1265. It's nearly certain the nuclear power plant will be attacked by Ukraine, and likely more than once. It could be by sabotage, ground attacks, air strikes, or a combination. Of course Ukraine would prefer a false flag and blame Russia. I don't know if there is a connection, but there is an increase in MSM reporting that Russia is losing, and that's matched by independent reports at least on YT, where one channel reported that Ukraine has completely liberated Crimea and all Russians have evacuated. And the video showed footage to prove it. Presumably, this propaganda will make it more credible when Zelensky charges Russia with blowing up its own power plant.
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  1266. Medvedev should have threatened to bomb Djokovich if he doesn't let Medvedev win.
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  1267. If Russians believe that the depleted Uranium is harming their people, they will definitely take revenge in some form. I would expect something like dispersing radioactive particulates (powder) upwind from the UK. The thing is, they will not announce that they are doing so, even to score propaganda points. The sufferers, as in all Globalist agendas, are the common people of Britain, and in this case, will also be Ukrainian citizens.
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  1268. I wish FIFA would stage the World Cup so that countries would let Ukraine win. That would create satire of the highest order, especially if it involved players on opposing teams deliberately missing the Ukrainian net and tripping as they handle the ball. I mean, this was done in Eurovision, and lo and behold, Ukraine won. Failing that, it's just going to be plain old-fashioned football.
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  1269. Alex isn't interpreting the Russian statement about Snake Island correctly.The Russians are simply removing any perceived restrictions on maritime transport. They are not admitting the Snake Island was part of a scheme to interfere with such transport, which obviously it wasn't.
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  1270. The Czech Republic, like all Eastern European countries that were under the Soviet Communist umbrella, are not mature. They don't truly understand and believe in Democracy and the rule of law. In a democratic mindset, you allow views that are in opposition to the government or government's views to be communicated in public.
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  1271. Russia is not going to give up what's in the ground in the 4 oblasts and Crimea. Russia could give away whatever is in the ground in areas Russia takes in excess of those 5 republics.
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  1272. Putin is not yet guilty of prosecuting war crimes. But he will be, if he decides to put on trial NATO or Ukrainian officials he believes are guilty of war crimes, including Victoria Nuland.
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  1273. After stabbing Trotsky with an ice pick in Mexico City in 1940, the USSR switched to poisoning as its favored method of dispatching political enemies.
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  1274. Sweden and Finland will not act against their Muslims or Kurds. They don't want to be called racist. So Erdogan effectively won't let the two countries join NATO.
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  1275. I still think Baerbock is a Germanized version of Bareback, which means doing it without a condom.
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  1276. Olaf is hiding out with Waldo.
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  1277. That icon where Baby Jesus is blacked out has been misunderstood. It's a black Jesus. Zelensky is just trying to show his Woke credentials.
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  1278. Greatest threat to world peace? It's either Joe Biden or Annalena Baerbock.
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  1279. Tusk got the information about the shopping mall fire from Zelensky, whom he calls "reliable sources."
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  1280. That Icelandic bureaucrat brought Easter chocolates for Zelensky in her purse.
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  1281. If the Ukrainian border is "our border," that just means that anyone is free to enter without ID, and they can bring drugs and weapons as well. And Kamala Harris, the Border Czar, will explain AI to the Ukrainian fighters.
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  1282. If Ukraine gets to Moscow, its army may as well continue all the way to Vladivostok. If they cut through fields and forests, it's only about 7000 km to walk, but longer if they drive, since roads and railways have twists and turns. From there, they can take on China or Japan (hint: Japan would be easier).
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  1283. It's possible that the US has a Consulate in Tel-Aviv, and some people call it "Embassy."
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  1284. Annalena Baerbock must be caught in circular reasoning.
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  1285. I am only 11:50 into this thing, but there is no way that Ponomarinko wrote that thing.
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  1286. This might not be accurate, but those Ukrainian troops getting ready for a Spring offensive must not be very enthusiastic about it. Picture yourself in that position.
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  1287.  @PeterJohnBailey  That's not the worst of it. Apparently you think IBM is "they" like it was some kind of transgender thing. If IBM fired all employees, you would still say "They have computers." IBM is an "it." It is an incorporated singular entity.
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  1288.  @peterjenner5431  Trouble is, Robin Hood gave those French words to the rich.
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  1289. I like the name Institute for the Study of War. It's not haughty or arrogant, but rather humble and unassuming. "We aren't experts or anything. That's why we only study war, and don't pretend we know a hell of a lot about it."
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  1290. If Trump had an army like Putin has, nobody would be able to arrest him.
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  1291. As much as Germans excel in engineering, they lack in common sense. 😊
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  1292. NATO doesn't want Ukraine as a member. NATO wanted that when they thought Russia was weak. In fact, Russia should threaten to make Ukraine a full NATO member now, with full Article 5 rights and obligations.
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  1293. Ursula von der Leyen has tools to deal with China. Apparently she is unaware that the tools are Made in China.
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  1294.  KlaunFuhrer-du7fr  And another thing. I am imagining fuhrer unlike MacDonald clown. How do you present yourself?
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  1295.  @twangbarfly  I did get it. But I have to play my part.
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  1296. Now NATO should get Norway to release the Kraken. Norway has been holding out.
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  1297. It's certain that the referendum in Crimea was fair and impartial. It wasn't influenced by any outside activity or institution, including the presence of Russian naval base on its western coast. The reason for this certainty is that Russia would have querried the population of Crimea before the referendum to make sure the outcome will be pro-Russian. If Russia 's polling indicated that Crimeans would vote against separation, Russians would have delayed the referendum until a more favorable political climate was in effect.
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  1298. Macron and wife ought to confine such escapades to the bedroom.
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  1299.  @lorainejones41  A tiki bar would help pay for the rent. And the spies would probably get better info from beach goers than by sitting next door to the Australian Parliament.
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  1300. Of course, the willing dunces in the EU will believe that Russia will attack NATO.
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  1301. What did the Hindi couple do on the photocopier? They were making Rupee!
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  1302. The Taurus is only safe in India, where they don't eat cows.
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  1303. That's why BlackRock is probably pushing for more war against Russia. BlackRock wants access to resources in the four regions Russia is going to keep.
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  1304. For once, India (still deemed a 3rd World country) can say it brings Freedom and Democracy to the West.
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  1305. At 31:30, a CNN expert is in Syria sniffing someone's underwear for evidence of chemical weapons. It might have been laundry detergent that she detected, but hey, who is to argue with an expert, especially one from CNN.
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  1306. The French are angry at the very idea of Russia bombing French people in Ukraine. Perish the thought.
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  1307. Mediazona is now unwittingly using the "reprobate" method to estimate Russian casualties, while thinking it was the "probate" method.
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  1308. @egay86292  That could get confused withe the BLM stripe already in there. That flag could now be called The United Genders Flag, to differentiate it from The United Nations Flag.
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  1309. @kazab873  And that's not all.
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  1310. I want to sign up for a job as "unnamed sources." Your identity is kept secret and you can get paid for just making shit up.
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  1311. I think it's a given that Ukraine will shoot something at Donbass and Crimea. Russia's response to that is less certain.
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  1312. Even Blinken wouldn't spend a night with Nuland.
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  1313. If in WWII an SS Galicia member fighting Russians doesn’t make you a Nazi, then how about killing hundreds of thousands of Jews, Poles, and fellow Ukrainians? Does that make Mr. Hunka a Nazi?
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  1314. Too many acronyms, schmo.
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  1315. The ICC should instead prosecute individuals in the West that mutilate children and/or feed them hormones that disfigure them literally and metaphorically. The confused and mostly brainwashed child is the victim. The parents or guardians are criminally insane, and the Woke doctors as well as counselors and anyone else enabling these sex mutilations should face charges commensurate with their level of involvement and the harm they have caused.
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  1316. On an aptitude test, piss to peace is the same as appease to peace. (The first one is from Zelensky)
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  1317. One lesson for Russia is to not give Wagner any weapons other than what's needed for city warfare. No artillery, tanks, planes, helicopters, missiles etc.
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  1318.  @vulgarisopinio  Possibly. Putin is probably mulling over how to deal with Prigozhyn. He never got to a position where he could threaten Moscow, and he may well be needed to wind down the Wagner Group.
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  1319. The catastrophic immigration situation in Germany will not improve under Merz. At most he will make cosmetic changes and do some propaganda about it.
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  1320. The assertion by Seymour Hersh that only some time in mid-2022 NATO (led by US) decided to blow up the Nord Stream pipeline conflicts with an earlier statement Hersh made. In his first report, Hersh implied that the pipeline explosives were planted some time around the start of 2023. But if the intent in blowing up Nordstream was to get Germany to commit to the Ukraine project, it wasn't evident at the end of 2022 that Germany would not commit to supporting Ukraine. We'll have to revise the Gilligan's Island S.S. Minnow plot to a more plausible storyline. The US wanted to secure its ability to shut down Nord Stream 2 long before 2023, and most likely installed the explosives either in 2022 or early January 2023. Then, in mid-2023, the US decided to disable the pipelines for whatever reason, perhaps even perceived weakness in Germany's support of Ukraine, but needed to establish plausible deniability in playing a role in the explosions. So a group of operatives independent of the US was hired, and that team procured a sailboat or some other inconspicuous vessel and at a suitable moment sailed out to the area where the explosives were planted. The boat didn't have to carry any explosives since those had been planted months before, and the crew only brought the remote detonators on board. So the objections that such a small boat could not carry enough explosives are irrelevant. And now the US or even perhaps NATO can credibly claim that they didn't blow up the pipelines.
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  1321. The UK does have some intelligence, but unfortunately none of them work for the government.
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  1322. People who have no business there but still go to Tel Aviv are trying to elevate their political or public stature back home. "Hey, look at me. I am important." Could there be a Zelensky type curse coming out of this?
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  1323.  @charlesachilefu  You obviously don't understand my comment. Think harder, and think about a figure of speech Alex uses a lot.
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  1324. The US will support Ukraine for as long as it takes for Russia to destroy all of Ukraine.
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  1325. Hunter Biden is an artist of a kind - a con-artist.
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  1326. Did Kamala include her iconic laughter in her write-up?
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  1327. Ukraine was lacking in human Diversity, so it compensated with weapons Diversity to test whether any kind of Diversity actually gives Ukraine strength.
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  1328. The Secret Service removed the Commander in Chief for biting.
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  1329. I like that Biden reportedly said the bombing was "at his direction." At whose direction could it otherwise be, the panhandler down the road on Pennsylvania Avenue?
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  1330. So China has its own "USAID" equivalent? I suppose it is called CAID.
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  1331.  @a.m.armstrong8354  Boris Johnson wants to let Ukrainians use weapons "we have already given them" on civilian targets inside Russia. Ukrainians are already using them on legitimate military targets, so clearly he means going beyond that. So far, of the targets Ukraine hit inside Russia, most have been civilian. For instance, the number of fatal attacks on civilians in Belgorod is several dozen at least. The reason I chose the wording in the comment is to expose the UK government in charging their British citizens with incitement to violence and hate, while all they are doing is objecting to crimes committed by recent residents.
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  1332.  @РондаЛиПомогаева  Pomogayeva you are.
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  1333. Those pigeons Alex talked about at the beginning were courier pigeons, and yes, they will spread the news.
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  1334. Not to disappoint Macron, Putin will change the situation in Ukraine alright. The change will probably not be to Macron's liking, so I guess Putin isn't going to the D-Day commemorative celebrations. Not that he would want to, even if he wouldn't get arrested and shipped to the ICC. After all, D-day had nothing to do with the USSR.
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  1335. The survivability of Diddy depends on how damaging his knowledge and evidence is. If important people can be compromised sufficiently, then Diddy is a dead man walking. There really isn't a safe space for him, because not even Russia or China will accept him. But it will be interesting if he somehow escapes his pursuers. I would like to see that happen, because I want to see how that is possible. Just think, the FBI, CIA, Biden (well, whoever changes his diaper), Hollywood, and countless others are wanting him dead. This will be interesting.
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  1336. That 9 year old is the real Ghost of Kyiv.
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  1337. Hopefully the pipeline was large enough that Russian Special Forces didn't have to crawl on hands and knees for 12 kilometers to Sudzha.
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  1338. @davidlazarus67  If the size of the pipe allows it. But I was thinking of how the soldiers got out of the pipe at the right location. Are these kinds of pipelines equipped with escape hatches that can be opened from inside? So then I thought that the Russians probably smuggled some Special Operations agents into Sudzha and they opened an exit once the soldiers got close.
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  1339. I didn't expect Sikorski to advocate for long range missiles to use against Russia. I thought Sikorski was more of a helicopter guy. But since he said he wants the West to "speak in a language Russia understands," using long range missiles works since Russia understands them very well, makes a lot of them and shoots them down handily. Besides, Sikorski only speaks broken Russian that Russians probably wouldn't understand.
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  1340. Now the West has an excuse for not starting the Spring Offensive. They were going to cross that bridge when they came to it.
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  1341. The text attributed to Zelensky containing the phrase "with all due respect" just simply does not occur in English language or psychology, outside of situations when respect is actually not the case. You might ascribe it to foibles of foreign language translation, but that is not the case. YouTube has evolved to assign "personalities" to each entity that occurs in its space. At the moment this isn't scary. But it could be misused, and become Politically Correct.
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  1342. Don't expect nuttin' from the yacht rental company. They are maneuvering between seizing Russian yachts and trying to turn this into a marketing opportunity.
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  1343. To save energy, I have given up on personal showers until the neighbors start to complain.
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  1344. Serbia needs to acquire missiles capable of hitting several Capitals of Western EU countries. Then NATO will be reluctant to bomb Belgrade. Following that, Serbia can carve out a part of Northern Kosovo for ethnic Serbs. Serbia is mistaken in wanting all of Kosovo. It has no value, and is full of Albanian Muslims.
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  1345. There are unforeseen benefits that can accrue from a Golden Dome. Maybe it will reflect sunlight, thereby cooling the planet.
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  1346. Kallas warns of China laughing on the sidelines of an EU/US trade war. I would like to see that. I don't often see Chinese government officials laughing, especially not on the sidelines. They deserve to have a laugh, just like our guys.
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  1347. Let's rephrase that's everything that's happening in the Middle East. It's the perennial battle for Jews for to establish their own land after England abandoned Palestine. There will be no peace in the Middle East, as long as America depends on oil. And that, my dear Greens friends, is at least 200 years, and maybe more.
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  1348. I can see a sensible use of Hunter Biden's paintings. Someone should open up a Museum of Corruption, Bribery, and Extortion in Washington DC. I am sure it would be flooded with exhibits from money laundering enthusiasts the world over.
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  1349. Russia has also not managed to capture Lvov.
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  1350. Globalists in a number of countries realize their citizens are waking up and will demand governments that execute the will of the people. We should expect the Globalists to start taking increasingly desperate measures to hold on to power. The Nigel Farage thing is just another effort to silence free speech, as was the Tucker Carlson debacle.
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  1351. Everything that can be said about Kim Jong Un applies also to Zelensky.
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  1352. It could be part of the plan.
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  1353. Amazon Plus.
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  1354.  @Lupi33z  Better Business Bureau
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  1355. Trump is a realist, and he always knew that Russia wouldn't attack any NATO country unless attacked itself. His belief would be based on realities of the time, and Ukraine was the only country taking actions against Russia - planning to install NATO weapons, bombing ethnic Russians in Donbass, arming Ukraine with Western weapons and training Ukrainians for war.
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  1356. All those motorcycles... That must be where Malaysian Hells Angels' headquarters.
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  1357. It's virtually a guarantee that the new UK Conservative Party leader would allow as many legal and illegal migrants to enter Britain as the Bozos before her.
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  1358. I heard the payload on the balloon was mostly classified documents China was returning back to Biden. The boxes couldn't be sent by UPS because the driver would become suspicious and open some of them.
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  1359. Everyone has a balcony, but I have not seen a single person using it.
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  1360. Zelensky should have kissed Pelosi with a French kiss. He is a comedian, after all.
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  1361. I used to like Pompeo when he replaced Bolton. But now that Pompeo has shown himself to be not so smart, it makes me question the intelligence generally of West Point students where Mike Pompeo is said to have graduated first in his class.
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  1362. There is a place in Ukraine that would be good for a vacation, and which is unlikely to be bombed. It's the Carpathian Mountains near Hungary. It's unspoiled by tourism, and certainly beats the Danish countryside. And it's cheap.
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  1363. Kamala is like Raygun, the Australian break-dance Olympic champion. In other words, she is completely useless and an embarrassment to the Democratic Party and USA generally.
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  1364. They must be stuck on a high speed rinse cycle.
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  1365. Can you please stop spinning around in one place. You are making me dizzy. Just walk in a straight line. I will stop watching your videos if it is spinning.
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  1366. The Globalists are humans as paws, and many are obliged.
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  1367. I doubt very much that there are any Generals in Mariupol. I doubt that there are official soldiers from anywhere. No Western country would be stupid enough to put them there. The high-value captives there must be third-party (mercenaries) or just high ranking Azov Nazi people.
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  1368. About that whale-submarine confusion... Shouldn't the UK suspect China rather than Russia if they heard "Ping"? After all, only China has names with "ping" in them.
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  1369. Putin should announce that since Russia can't support the Biden campaign financially, it will do so by other legal means.
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  1370. You know France is in big trouble when you see the Statue of Liberty on a barge, being delivered back to France at the port in Le Havre.
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  1371. It could be if the EU incorrectly understands the dynamics of irritated Russian tourists being able to influence Kremlin. Fact is, those tourists will not blame Kremlin nor the war, they will blame the West.
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  1372. We (the public) will never know with certainty who blew up the pipeline, nor who else was involved in some way. And it doesn't really matter except for a scenario where the German public would believe a particular entity did it, and they would then be opposed to cooperation with such a group or organization.
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  1373.  @yurichtube1162  Can you honestly say that we (or anyone other than the guilty parties) know with absolute certainty whodunit? We actually know very little with absolute certainty.
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  1374. I am pretty sure the US, and perhaps others, tried to persuade China to take over large parts of Siberia, including areas Russia bought from China a century and a half ago. If successful, this would have given China access to resources it currently buys from Russia. This enticement likely started already before Russia's incursion into Ukraine in 2022. Of course China made the calculation that Russia would defend its territory at all costs, and besides, China has had an absolute distrust of the US for decades and more recently of the rest of the West.
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  1375. Russia will send Navy ships to the Caribbean while busy in Ukraine to show that it too "can walk and chew gum at the same time" (just like Lloyd Austin said about the US).
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  1376. But Yermak was right again. The Time report is "a very important article," since it highlights Zelensky's flaws which could interfere with an orderly surrender by Ukraine.
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  1377. So are you saying that the White House still follows Obama's Hope & Change slogan?
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  1378. That lion must have been starving from Communist days. His ribs are pressing out through the skin.
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  1379. I am waiting to hear from USA Today's Woman of the Year Rachel Levine. Only then will I make up my mind about all these unknowns.
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  1380. At 29:30, there is a snapshot of Ukrainian recruits including a midget standing in the middle of the lineup. Ukraine is really digging deep when they have to rob from the cast of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.
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  1381. Taiwan contributed drones to Ukraine's ROC effort? Maybe it's because Taiwan's official name is ROC.
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  1382. To the Whitehouse, Russia's retreat at Kharkov symbolizes defeat, sort of like giving land back to Indians.
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  1383. Democrats are giving democracy a bad name. Soon nobody will want democracy anywhere.
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  1384. Trump doesn't need the military to invade Greenland. Just announce a 50% Discount Sale and shoppers will flock to Greenland by the thousands.
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  1385. Isn't Pentagon going to paint the vehicles with Woke colors for camouflage?
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  1386. So Zelensky is willing to give up land. It's just that he doesn't have a need for the western provinces.
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  1387.  @themsmloveswar3985  Algeria fought a proxy war against Morocco in Western Sahara. There is nothing in Western Sahara anyone would want, and 99% of the country is a rocky desert. I tried to pass through Western Sahara in the early Eighties on the way to Timbuktu, but Moroccan soldiers near the border stopped me and said I could go but I will likely be shot at. So my girlfriend decided we should turn around.
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  1388. I wonder if contemplating to create a buffer zone around Kharkov is an indication that Russia may not be intending to take over Kharkov militarily.
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  1389. Kursk, if in its present form, will be a bargaining chip for Russia. Russia will only release the Ukrainians surrounded in Kursk by Russian forces if Ukraine concedes some Russian demand.
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  1390. Russia should talk to Western media. If they don't, they will look like they don't oppose the West's narrative.
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  1391. Democrats will miss McConnell, because they will have lost their most important ally in the Republican Party.
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  1392. How can funding Ukraine be the most important objective for America? Is it an existential threat to America if it stops funding Ukraine? It would be a non-event. Deterring China will only make it work harder to get stronger.
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  1393. For Joe Biden, Independence Day is a day when he can go out without wearing his Depends.
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  1394. EU countries should peg their currencies to Zelensky. That way they can explain inflation by blaming it on Zelensky.
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  1395. Trudeau also said that this Hunka fought for Ukrainian independence and freedom from Russia during WWII.
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  1396. The US Administration is likely concluding that Ukraine will not collapse by November. Consequently, there is now no reason to panic about the Ukraine situation, and just let things proceed "peacefully."
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  1397. The US does not want the Kurds be designated a terrorist organization. They need them for operations in Syria and Iraq.
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  1398. The only way to explain Kamala Harris's smart phone speech is that her speechwriters want her look even stupider than The Leader of the Free World.
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  1399.  @Roruoni  That's interesting.
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  1400. Meloni likes people like Elon Musk, and not trashy looking people like Zelensky.
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  1401. If the US puts sanctions on Chinese companies selling stuff to Russia, meaning that the companies won't be able to freely sell things to the West, then such companies will be confined to the Russian market and will sell even more stuff to Russia. It's a win-win.
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  1402. The billion dollars is to commemorate the billion Biden gave Ukraine back during his VP days.
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  1403. Needless to say, military action against Niger will firmly plant entire Africa against the USA.
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  1404. Will General Motors rename its Denali trucks to McKinley?
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  1405.  @Not-Impressed..1821  So unlike Bruce Springsteen, you want to start a fire? Some people say that if no country had a military, the world would be a better place (without militaries). And others would say that by becoming a soldier, one consents to follow orders but not beyond a certain ethical threshold, such as the murder of children or torture. There might be another option. Have every new conscript make an oath that he/she will kill his/her own mother or child if ordered to do so. An army of such people would be very effective.
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  1406. Zelensky apparently doesn't understand the principle underlying the concept of a "guarantee." He seems to think that it is an absolute assurance that a certain thing will or will not happen. In reality, a guarantee is merely a promise to remedy or compensate for damage or loss in the event that some unfortunate outcome occurs. And of course no one expects Zelensky to pay for damages if his drones or missiles harm attendees at the parade in Moscow.
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  1407. The Greeks started Western civilization, and then genetically degenerated. They could still restart it, but then they would have to divorce themselves from the EU.
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  1408. It's a given that if Finland installs anything that Russia deems to be a serious threat, Russia will bomb the shit out of it. Regardless of whether or not Finland is in NATO. Which means that membership in NATO does not confer any protection to Finland.
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  1409. Fragile is better than brittle. So far, at least, no one has called Putin brittle.
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  1410. I thought the British DOD said that Netherlands was giving Ukraine something like 40 of them. Maybe they couldn't fly.
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  1411. It seems as if the CIA and the Pentagon have arrived at the discovery that the Biden Administration is harmful to America. But their brother in arms FBI is still just an arm of the Democratic Party.
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  1412. I am surprised Ukraine didn't demand that RF moves to the easternmost part of Siberia and makes their new Capital City Vladivostok.
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  1413. Klitchko is a real guy. He will turn out on the side of Ukrainian people, which is to negotiate the best deal possible. I believe Russia will be reasonable, and in fact quite generous.
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  1414. Zelensky won't get very far in Finland. Even the dancing Marin has higher standards than that.
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  1415.  @fightback397  It does look like it's on track to happen. Once the US starts installing nukes in Finland, it's uncertain how Russia will react.
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  1416. Zelensky should have said that he just wants to visit Israel as a tourist.
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  1417. If you looked into precisely how much money AIPAC donated to individual Congressmen, you will realize that the US Congress can be bought for very cheap. Both Houses. Which then points to the inescapable conclusion that the United States Legislative Branch are nothing but cheap Crack whores.
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  1418. Kamala and camel colour go together. (And not camel toe.)
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  1419. We need a medium-right category.
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  1420. Technically, that submarine officer didn't literally get orders. The issue was that training protocol was to launch nuclear missiles if warning systems showed an impending large scale attack by the US. He "disobeyed" his training. He deserves recognition for having a really cool head under what must have looked like the start of a global nuclear conflagration.
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  1421. A soldier as well as a policeman should disobey orders if his conscience says the orders were wrong. Wrong ethically, or wrong in not being rational, or being contrary to intended outcomes. And I suppose some recognition for courage is deserved in such cases, because if the individual turns to have made the wrong judgment call, there can be severe punishment.
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  1422. There are enough anonymous sources to form their own army, and actually help Ukraine on the front lines.
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  1423. OK. I feel that I need to do this. The CIA is now working for America, and not for the Democrats. They coordinate with Hegseth and the Pentagon. So any bullshit you hear you should just dismiss.
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  1424. This just reiterates ongoing assertions that all EU countries bordering Russia or Ukraine are immature and irresponsible.
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  1425. Is that the same track and field where Spartans wrestled in ancient times?
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  1426. There used to be a song back in the day. It went something like this. 🎶 "Come Mister Taliban, tally me banana..." I think Harry Belafonte stole it from the Afghans, who gave us the "throw" we call Afghans.
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  1427. The 20,000 figure is overstated, for sure. There is a website claiming most foreign fighters are from Georgia. At least among the early arrivals.
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  1428. Are some people in Slovakia pro-Russia ? What about the government?
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  1429. I believe that Putin meeting with anyone from the West or even from Ukraine is dangerous. Someone will try to infect Putin with either a chemical or biological or radioactive agent, possibly a nerve agent. If Putin meets any of these characters, he should sit far from them, not accept anything that they too haven't touched with bare hands, and if possible never actually be close to them.
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  1430. That's a lot of Ghosts.
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  1431. Freeland should put on a blackface. At the moment she doesn't check enough Woke boxes. All she has going for her is that she is a woman. She should declare herself to be a lesbian, and that she has black ancestors.
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  1432. Peter Brabeck-Letmathe appears to have a bionic eye. He could be one of Harari's trans-humans. Let's let math do the talking.
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  1433. "...and were still alive." Does that mean no one asked the dead?
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  1434. Re Sanna... Vulnerability is a Strength. Almost as much as Diversity.
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  1435. Those are the same people who supported Covid lockdowns and mandates, and then elected a Communist government knowing full well that it will be even more authoritarian.
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  1436. Estonian Colonel Grosberg somehow knows that Ukraine will not attack for 7 days. Why would Ukraine tell Estonia that, and not anyone else? It must be NATO choosing a student of the week to make that announcement, which shows prejudice and discrimination because NATO could have asked Djibouti or Ghana to announce that but chose a European country instead.
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  1437. Jill Biden should offer Whoopi Goldberg to be her physician. That will cure her fast.
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  1438. America has a bigger tool than Europe.
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  1439. If ATACMS are delivered, Russia is going attack 'em.
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  1440. There is a possibility that the EU plus UK will secretly start to plot against Trump and his team. And if that happens, they might coordinate with US Democrats in trying to bring Trump down.
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  1441. You will note that lots of Lithuanian names end with "-vicious." Sid Vicious must have been Lithuanian.
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  1442. Admiral (Sir, or is it Esq.) Tony Radakin must be the highest-ranking spy infiltrated into the UK military by Russia this century. Radakin is decidedly a name of Russian origin.
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  1443. Borrell is a Diversity hire. This happens all the time in the US. You hire a dumb guy who isn't Anglo-Saxon so you can demonstrate (virtue signal) how your company is progressive and Woke.
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  1444. Not a military expert, but I heard two is company, three is a crowd.
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  1445. CIA has decided to stop fighting against Russia. You heard it first.
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  1446. But Zelensky is right. Putin cannot admit defeat. Putin doesn't want to lie.
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  1447.  @PeterLamin-bw5rs  Yes, but instead of raising more cattle, Holland is shutting down farms, courtesy of the Globalist government.
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  1448. It's more probable that the plan is to have Poland and Lithuania attack Belarus with hopes of overthrowing the Lukashenko government. And if this is the case, then it's possible that Russia sent Prigozhin and his Wagners to help prevent this event.
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  1449. I would like to see military strategists at work, and Washington think tanks as well. How does this work? Do you set your alarm clock for 7 am and first read your instructions about the message you will communicate to the world?
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  1450. Right from 2019, the DNC never wanted Biden to be reelected, ever. It's team Biden that insisted on Biden running again, and in the short term prevailed in the infighting.
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  1451. Is that a reference to Nurse Ratched?
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  1452. So Zelensky wants to run with the big dogs.
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  1453. If SVB was smart, it would bribe Zelensky to push the White House to rescue SVB under the pretext that it will help Zelensky to save Western Democracy (since Zelensky allegedly has money in that bank).
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  1454. The West must have forgotten that Russia cannot be defeated. Before that would happen, Russia will use nuclear weapons. By threatening the leadership of Russia the EU and NATO have signed a death certificate for Ukraine. The Russian leaders will make sure Russia wins at all costs. But more than that, now they will be forced to crush Ukraine all the way to its western borders and destroy its entire military. Can NATO and the EU be that stupid, or is it that they don't really care about the lives of Ukrainians? Putin really should set up a War Crimes Tribunal in Russia, charge the thousands of Western civilian and military leaders, convict them, and sentence them to life in a Siberian Gulag. They are responsible for the atrocities in Bucha, Mariupol, and Kherson, and elsewhere. Later pay bounty hunters to smuggle those criminals to Russia to face consequences for their crimes.
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  1455. Alex suggested that, like Menelaus who for the love of his wife asked his brother Agamemnon to send a thousand ships to bring her back from Troy, Macron, driven by emotion, is sending thousands of French soldiers to avenge Zelensky.
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  1456. If words are violence, we will succumb to Leftist violence calling us racist and something-phobes.
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  1457. You'll know Russia is getting really desperate when it begs Madagascar for military assistance.
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  1458. All attempts to make the Russian public dislike Putin will result in the exact opposite. Russians are historically paranoid about being attacked by foreigners, so they will perceive any hardship imposed on them by anyone outside of Russia as an attack on their country.
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  1459. So North Korea will save Russia once again. The Russians were losing to Ukraine, and who shows up over the horizon to turn things around? The descendants of Genghis Khan.
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  1460. Sikorski is right in one thing. NATO's intelligence is artificial.
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  1461. That snapshot of Macron and Lula looks like a happily married couple.
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  1462. Ask Simon Webb of the History Debunked channel, and he will indeed attest to that the British princes and princesses being wed off to Ukrainians a 1000 years ago were indeed black.
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  1463. Lloyd Austin probably just didn't want to worry Biden needlessly. Biden has enough on his plate already.
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  1464.  @sammydavis8722  China has a whole town with replicas of European well known landmarks. Obviously it's not as good as in their original places.
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  1465.  @BlackQback  Did you mean to say Rhine (in Germany) rather than Rhône (in France)? The Rhine has many more castles.
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  1466. It's difficult to be big when Zelensky is 5 ft 5 in. tall !
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  1467. This indicates that there is hope.
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  1468. The EU and the West ought to be careful with their "Maidan" protest. Georgia's government isn't going to fold like Ukraine's did in 2014. If it turns violent, Georgia's government is willing to use their military to keep the democratically elected government safe. And after that, Georgia will be squarely in the East camp, and would join the BRICS at the next opportunity.
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  1469. The neocons might be hoping for a scenario where Trump gives Putin an ultimatum, and Putin just keeps taking control of Kiev. There is now no other way to ensure Ukraine's neutrality than to have control of its government.
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  1470. I propose that European countries give 29% of their GDP to Ukraine in perpetuity. How else are they going to defeat Russia?
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  1471. Elon Musk knew long before the election that Trump was against the EV mandate. Maybe Elon hoped he could change Trump's mind.
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  1472.  @hmldjr  Their job is not to tell the truth. They are paid to sell their government's propaganda, and they take that very seriously. You could say the UK government is getting their money's worth.
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  1473. When trips to Kiev are not announced, Pistorius shouldn't be surprised that no one is waiting for him at the train station and he will have to pull his luggage himself.
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  1474. Going into Kursk is a high-risk stragedy.
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  1475. Bill Clinton is silly. If Ukraine had nuclear weapons, things would have evolved entirely differently, and he would by now be fried in a thermonuclear inferno.
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  1476. Aren't there blackouts in California? Free people won't live in a world of darkness.
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  1477. If Trump wants to make Iran great again, he should send $300 billion to Iran's national bank.
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  1478. The Russians will be able to retaliate more extremely because of the nature of this attack by Ukraine.
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  1479. President of Georgia has an unusual surname - Zourabitchvili.
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  1480.  @js70371  I was thinking of motels. A few months ago I looked up hotels and motels on Kauai, and many had prices around $200. But maybe Maui is different.
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  1481. Does Inflation have to be accompanied by Inclusivity to be our strength. Because Diversity always came together with Inclusivity. Even Equity might have to be paired with Inflation.
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  1482. About those Starmer escorts fires... British Intelligence knows that if it isn't Russia's fault, it's Trump's. It could be China's, but that's too far to blame on.
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  1483. It's not that Ursula von der Leyen's team was busy with Ukraine and didn't prepare for tariff negotiations with Trump. It's that the dog ate their homework.
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  1484. Ursula von der Leyen is paid by Pfizer. I just hope she doesn't kill any more people than she already has.
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  1485. If Mehammer is there to present a peace deal, it's probably not going to succeed. The reason is that the US and NATO don't want the terms Russia demands.
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  1486. Trump is obviously a WWII history buff.
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  1487. I see the drone knocked out the window of the Diversity, Equity, Inclusion secretary of that bank.
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  1488. If Zelensky says the next Eurovision will be in Mariupol, then he clearly lacks vision.
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  1489. Send Count Dracula.
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  1490. Never mind leaders of countries. All MSM will keep parroting the phrase "sham referendum." The question is, are non-English speaking countries going to translate it into their own language.
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  1491. There will be dancing in the streets of Kiev.
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  1492. It is bad strategy for the Neocons to complicate things in Ukraine so as to make it difficult for Trump to make a peace deal. Trump, being the pragmatist that he is, will simply cut the Gordian Knot (I didn't know there were guys named Gord in Ancient Greece). Trump will just say that there is no resolution possible other than agreeing to Russia's key terms and conditions.
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  1493. Why would the Persian Gulf countries agree to sell oil at $50 a barrel when they can sell it at $100 ? That, as Hamlet said, is the question.
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  1494. It's nearly impossible to understand how as simple-minded person as Nikki Haley is could have been a Governor, and now wants to be President. Some people have jobs or business interests that could be jeopardized if someone doesn’t like their views. That's why people have various "web" usernames.
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  1495. There is a conceptual error in saying that deliveries of LNG are slower than gas via pipelines. Only the first delivery takes longer. Once you get a steady stream of LNG ships landing at chosen destinations, you could have a new ship unload LNG every 15 minutes if you want to.
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  1496. Zaluzhnyi could be speaking from beyond the grave. It has been done before.
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  1497. I don't understand China's government well enough, but my sense is that China views Zelensky as an arrogant, spoiled brat.
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  1498. Why does Putin say to ship through Belarus? It's simpler to ship directly through Poland or any of the other countries bordering Ukraine. Poland is on the Baltic Sea, btw. Newsmax just reported from Odessa that Russian ships can be seen blockading the port, which is why Ukraine can't export anything.
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  1499. You could have just pulled out the microchips. No point lugging all that scrap metal.
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  1500. If Ukraine continues to bomb Russian Motherland, Russians will take out CIA substations in Ukraine.
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  1501. When you are dealing with people like Kellogg, you must keep in mind that his IQ barely scratches 115 (at a standard deviation of 16, which only people who have studied psychometrics will know why I mention). But he has been fully indoctrinated and is actually incapable of thinking "outside the box."
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  1502. At least 189 ex-CIA officials said Russia influenced elections.
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  1503. Alex is 100% right about Trudeau getting directions from the US to accuse India of this conspiracy. I haven't yet worked out the purpose of it all, but on a superficial level the US wants to discredit the current government of India to punish it for not bowing down to the unipolar World Order.
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  1504. The thing in Niger is a royal fu&up. It has never happened even in Afghanistan. Well, we'll have entertainment for a few weeks.
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  1505. The US can't sell Turkey F35s. Turkey could then be a danger to Israel. If the sale happens, those F35 jets will be degraded enough to lose their current superiority.
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  1506. Clinton is so deluded that she thinks ordinary Russians trust her. They will feel insulted by Clinton publicly implying that Russians are stupid.
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  1507. Having the US be the middleman between Russia and Europe in the supply of energy might in part displace India's role from which India hitherto benefited. I assume the Russians would consider that and work out a remedial solution.
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  1508. I believe Iran should get close to China. Russia could play that role, but Russia is dealing with too many mutually conflicting objectives.
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  1509. A better name than Eurobonds would be War Bonds. They will sell better to warmongers.
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  1510. Why should I trust you. Romans defeated you 2000 years ago. So yeah, you got a guy in a bath tub, and he noticed that the water level rose because he put his lazy ass in it. Well I will let you know that real men don't take baths. Real men go up to Finland and whip themselves with green branches while immersed in boiling water. Even a polar bear gives them a wide berth if it crosses their path.
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  1511. Does that mean that Umerov will arrest Zelensky as part of the clean up of corruption?
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  1512. If the Greeks have F35s, they may have the upper hand. Did they take delivery of the F35s yet?
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  1513. The Kyiv Independent gave me an idea. Someone should start an honest and truthful publication, and call it "The Kyiv Dependent, and not ashamed for it."
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  1514. No one will oppose Turkey, unless it does something extreme. What can anyone do, bomb Turkey or its armed forces?
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  1515. Giving the seized yachts to Ukraine won't do much good. They are no match against warships.
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  1516. After that performance, Macron had better stay behind the Maginot Line, in case Scholz decides to retaliate against France.
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  1517. If the US decides to hit targets in Iran proper, Iran will not have the ability to shoot down most of the rockets or missiles, which means that it will resort to some deterrent. Since Iran can't hit the US, it is likely to opt for launching strikes at Israel. Striking other targets in the region that represent US interests would not be effective.
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  1518. There is a potential in Syria for more internal conflict among the various factions, as they vie for power. The result might be that the country turns against parties that backed the rebellion in the first place.
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  1519. This is just totally unfair. Athens already has Spring. I blame Climate Change. If Al Gore just shut up, maybe we could have a green February.
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  1520. "Exit stage left" is the instruction Biden needs to help him leave the podium after his speech.
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  1521. Greece doesn't want to go to any G20 conference. They would ask Greece to service its debt.
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  1522. I didn't expect Germany to be so stupid. There must really be a desire for self-destruction in the German psyche.
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  1523. If US sends Abrams, it will mean that the technology is no longer ahead of everyone else, so if Russians seize one of these tanks, it's no loss.
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  1524. If you get the driver of a Russian tank in the eye with a broomstick, he won't be able to drive. The driver usually sits with his head sticking out of the tank, so this is entirely possible.
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  1525. Rachel Levine should accuse Kirby of transphobia unless Kirby agrees to go out on date with her/him/it (I thought I would play it safe here.)
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  1526. As far as Lithuania's former President goes, there are products available that diminish bags under their eyes. Without plastic surgery.
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  1527. The EU should let China join. Just for the sole spectacle of the proverbial "Bull in the China Shop" effect.
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  1528. Zelensky is "stunning and brave." That's the greatest compliment in North America these days.
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  1529. Pentagon has to check the other coat pocket. Maybe they stashed a few bills there a long time ago and forgot about it.
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  1530. George Soros has been busy compromising politicians in all countries that "matter." So if you get a change in government, you may just get a different flavor of the previous government.
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  1531. Sweden should try to convert the whale into a double agent.
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  1532. So the CIA wants Turkish businesses to stop dealing with Russia cold turkey.
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  1533. Aphrodite made a baby with Hermes, and they named it Hermaphrodite. That was during their Woke period.
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  1534. I didn't know the FBI knew German words like Doppelgänger spelled with the umlaut.
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  1535. I have to be fair to Blinken. Whatever his faults, he is not the vindictive type. He is more of an apologetic type.
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  1536. Judging by previous experience, Ukrainian factories have miles of tunnels under them. The coke plant might have fighters in those tunnels like in Mariupol. So perhaps it's not finished in Avdeevka.
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  1537. US politicians respect Olaf Scholz about as much as Rodney Dangerfield.
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  1538. That Belgian broad sure looks like some dedonder. And CIA must have a sense of humor if they think anyone can believe that Belgium (alone) was told about the Nord Stream sabotage. It begs the question "why didn't the CIA tell Liberia about it?"
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  1539. Somebody in an EV.
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  1540. Sikorski probably believes his grandfather invented the helicopter. And Vindman was dreaming about fire only because of a sensation in his urinary tract, which is what happens when you try to save money on escorts.
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  1541. Let's not forget that Musk gave at least as much money as Adelson to Trump's campaign. So Trump will listen to Musk's side of the story.
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  1542. That story about Biden's lawyer calling up a judge and pretending to be a prosecutor... That's got to be a con. Biden's lawyer doesn't need to do anything. They are all on the same team. So there must be an angle maybe to get certain kind of news out to the press.
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  1543. Sikorski may have been an MEP, but definitely not an MVP with regards to the Nordstream pipeline.
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  1544. In the hands of the EU, the 1.5 $billion can be multiplied over and over. I mean, Jesus did it with fish, or was it bread?
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  1545. So Nikki Haley is hoping that the "sympathy vote" will carry her across the line. If she somehow were to win, she would be the first President to be elected due to emotional incontinence.
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  1546. Did Alex say Macron was whispering sweet nothings to Meloni and she spurned his advances?
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  1547. Chang Renbo must be an Oriental version of Rambo.
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  1548. There is one Army that can defeat a Woke Army, and it's the Salvation Army.
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  1549. Russia will collapse at the same time as the Arctic ice melts according to the latest Climate Alarmist fanatics' prediction.
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  1550. Small countries of Europe have historically been wiser than their large neighbors. A country like Netherlands had to learn several languages and had to understand cultures and politics of large neighbors like Germany and even the UK. These days, such small countries are acting irrationally and erratically, with prime examples being the Baltic countries, but virtually all small European countries behave that way. Maybe it's because they realize they are powerless, so whatever nonsense they proclaim has no consequence.
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  1551.  @FatherGapon-gw6yo  Not funny, Father Capon.
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  1552. Maybe operating a Mirage is more intuitive than an F-16, so Ukrainian pilots need less training. Kind of like Android compared to DOS.
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  1553. The West is probably already organizing protests in Bucharest.
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  1554. In the words of Dire Straits, the $60 billion is 🎶 "...money for nothing..." and not for any value, contrary to Lord in name only Cameron.
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  1555. Forget the Nobel Peace Prize. We need a Nobel War Prize. No one is ever going to win the Peace Prize. Obama won it, and started war. Even scientific Nobel Prizes are given by political merit.
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  1556. There has never been Democracy. Maybe millennia ago in Greece. There have been attempts in India.
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  1557. They didn't juice Biden up enough on purpose. The DNC never wanted Biden to run in '24. But Newsom is bad news for Republicans. Democrats will swap Biden at the DNC meet in August.
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  1558. So I have something to say about Serbs. They and Croats are the most nationalistic in the world. Only Poland and Vietnam are comparable. Nazis never actually conquered Yugoslavia. They only managed to make road corridors on the way to Greece, to resuscitate the effort of Italians at that time. And we have to understand Italians. Of course through natural degeneration they are not the same people when they routinely defeated wild German tribes every time. Their army was cornered at this forest, (Teutlingen where that town today exists). But since then, the world has evolved. Greece is no longer the time of Plato and Socrates. People have degenerated and mixed with other people. Which in itself is an argument against Diversity. But I want to make a special mention about Italy. Greece gave us science and mathematics, but Italy gave us our Europe. Our European culture comes entirely from Italy. The music, art, everything, started in Italy.
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  1559. That expert predicting in great detail the demise of Russia is going to give Stephen King a run for his money. In terms of pure fiction, the think-tank expert is even better.
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  1560.  @kubhlaikhan2015  In that case, if Russia wants to take Odessa, it will take a long time.
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  1561. Artificial Intelligence is, well, artificial.
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  1562. Holding back Russia's money to facilitate rebuilding Ukraine is a concession that the EU expects Russia to win in Ukraine, and that the war will come to an end.
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  1563. It doesn't make any sense for the CIA to support Globalists (which includes Biden and his Administration). If Globalists reach their end goals, CIA operatives will live in the same dystopian world as the rest of us, and so will their children and grandchildren.
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  1564. I think Papa Smurf was a pedo.
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  1565. Zelensky threw a party, and nobody came.
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  1566. Once upon a time, The Economist used to be a serious journal, spreading old-fashioned capitalist propaganda. Now, it's spreading Woke Neoliberal war propaganda. Capitalism has lost its lustre.
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  1567. Cyprus, like most of Europe, has relatively many more hatchback vehicles than standard cars with a trunk (boot). My theory is that for various reasons they buy smaller cars, and a hatchback seems to offer more space than a car with a trunk.
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  1568. Mind you, it would be a pretty good tent at that price. It might even leave room for a cooler and some Coleman cooking equipment.
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  1569. It's the old quandary. Government will eventually get there, but at immense waste. Business will get there, but at cutting costs and profiteering from corruption, so it doesn't quite deliver the "Whole Meal Deal."
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  1570. If the Pentagon tried harder, it would undoubtedly find a few more $B. Slackers!
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  1571. So Zelensky called the Japanese Prime Minister "a really strong defender of the international order and a long -- time friend of Ukraine." You couldn't possibly embarrass Japan even more.
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  1572. Trump would not have pushed for NATO expansion into Ukraine, and this is why there would have been no need for Russia to invade Ukraine.
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  1573. There is a logical argument that invalidates Lammy's reasoning about Russia being unstoppable if it breaks through Ukraine. If Lammy believes that the West has the ability to stop Russia in Ukraine, then it surely must have the ability to stop Russia at NATO's borders.
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  1574. Hungary and Russia kicked out George Soros and his Open Society (or other) NGOs. Countries that haven't been Globalized don't want to have subversive elements trying to overthrow their governments.
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  1575. It sounds like Challenger 2 tanks can safely sit in Lvov and fire on Donbass.
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  1576.  @thomasbrotherston8306  But that's not how they sell it.
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  1577.  @thomasbrotherston8306  Blackrock wants to convert Ukraine into a corporation, and Zelensky is willing to sell everything. Citizens of Ukraine should be praying that Russia takes over Kiev, because Russia will preserve for Ukrainians what's theirs. (Obviously, Russians believe the areas under their control are in principle Russian, so they aren't going to let them go.)
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  1578. Russia will build more missiles if reserves run low. Why is this even a topic for any MSP (Main Stream Propaganda).
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  1579. So Greece has lost its marbles?
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  1580. The "goodwill gesture" Resnikov has in mind is that Russia will remove the Kiev government after Ukrainian forces bomb a nuclear power plant.
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  1581. At the UN, the UK might refuse to recognize five Republics as part of Russia. This could be to sabotage the Agreement or to force some changes.
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  1582. The protest in Georgia against the "Foregn Agents Bill" consisted entirely of foreign agents, says Georgia's news agency.
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  1583. Boris Johnson is a first class statesman in comparison to idiots like Trudeau, Ardern, and Australia's Dan Andrews.
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  1584. Russia missed an opportunity to kill 30 birds with one stone.
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  1585. Can one say Houthi without lisping?
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  1586. The CIA met with Russians to agree to a mutually acceptable transition of power once Zelensky consents to negotiate. Now they both have a problem. Zelensky doesn't behave. Not according to the script he was given by the US (meaning CIA). So this is posing a real situation, and because of that the war in Ukraine is going to drag on longer than it needed to be.
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  1587. There is a truth about Germany. They don't understand comedy. They take everything seriously at face value, and literally.
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  1588. Is Ursula von der Leyen alleging that Trump doesn't have a package? And that she will wait to meet until he has a package?
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  1589. Not only Cypress, Cyprus too.
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  1590. Those old German tanks can be lined up on a hill outside a contested town to draw Russian fire and deplete their ammunition.
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  1591. If a Hungarian becomes EU President, he should pay Hungary and Poland the billions of Euro that the EU is holding back due to their refusal to incorporate bestiality and pedophilia into their Constitutions, and perennially refuse to let their countries be destroyed by economic migrants.
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  1592. Also, 97% of Climate Scientists agree with those who fund them.
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  1593. Nikki Haley must have skipped classes when the subject turned to US history or politics. And Jack Devine (at 42:40), an ex-CIA mid-level chief, is the most uninformed and misguided analyst to have ever come out of Langley.
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  1594. The answer to that opening question is No! (It's not No and No.)
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  1595. What Ukraine means by "flag in hand" on the battlefield is that somebody is going to have to pry the flagpole from their cold dead hands.
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  1596. There is another oddity. It has been reported that 97% of Climate Scientists agree with those who fund them.
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  1597. Does Cameron not know that Russia has been producing military hardware all this time?
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  1598. European Peacekeepers in Ukraine will never happen. Russia will see them as a potential fighting force that doesn't serve its presumed purpose. Russia is in the driver's seat, so why would they weaken their position!? Russia could consent to having Chinese peacekeepers, and if that is unacceptable to Europe, it will demonstrate their duplicity and total lack of good faith.
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  1599. A military coup is so 20th century that it seems completely unnatural now.
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  1600. That proposal might put Musk on Ukraine's kill list.
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  1601. I see that the pit where Alex was recording is equipped with the same kind of concrete "Dragon Teeth" that the Russians used against Ukrainian tanks. So I wonder if tanks can get get down there in the first place.
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  1602.  @channel1channelone  Some of those people who reflexively blame Putin assume that Navalny was going to run in the upcoming elections against Putin. And some of those people don't know Navalny is/was in jail, and wasn't scheduled to be released any time soon. And some of those people are in my own family.
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  1603. Obama had a good strategy, or at least a nice slogan, heading in elections. Hope & Change. For some reason the Neocons only adopted the first half of it.
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  1604. It would only be a wedge if Zelensky opposes it.
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  1605. I thought he was bringing Freedom and Democracy.
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  1606. Clinton is right, Xi is re-evaluating his approach to Taiwan in light of Putin's failure in Ukraine. Now he says "Oh, FFS, this is going to be a cakewalk."
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  1607. That Ukrainian Foreign Minister who met with Syrian leader Al-something shows that there is no food shortage in Ukraine.
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  1608. Kind of like a visit from Trustees in Bankruptcy.
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  1609. I wouldn't be so sure the New Jersey drones weren't the enemy. They were Biden's drones, after all.
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  1610. $200 million is plenty for Zelensky and his crew. They can fly out of Kiev in style.
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  1611. From the beginning, the DNC didn't want Biden to run. This is just theater before the DNC chooses the candidate.
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  1612. The EU Commissioner for Values and Transparency made it transparently clear that the number one value the EU holds is to censor free speech and to suppress the truth. All the other values revolve around celebration of various perversions and creation of an authoritarian European Federation.
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  1613. There was a spelling error in one of the slides. It's Zoura-bitch-vili.
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  1614.  @No-timeforimbeciles  That is not relevant to the intended message in my comment. But even so, no billionaire is sitting on $75 billion in cash.
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  1615. Russia said it can't negotiate with Western Europeans because they "don't have agency." But after the political spectacle in the United States recently, the US also doesn't have agency. So who can Russia negotiate with, Israel? I think Russia would be OK with that.
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  1616. That's when you want to come to a peace with yourself.
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  1617. I think it should be taken for granted that any armed force that enters Ukraine or Belarus and makes its way eastward will be destroyed by Russians. This is regardless of whether or not they are NATO.
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  1618. It used to be that stores were closed on Sunday in all countries except America. Now every country has open stores on Sunday.
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  1619. The purpose of the DNC Convention is to officially select the Democratic Party's nominee to run in the Presidential election. While it is customary for the DNC Convention to nominate the current presumptive leading candidate as indicated by the Primaries, there isn't a systemic or procedural mechanism forcing the delegates to do that. Of course going against the hitherto leading candidate risks alienating some of the voter base, in the case of Biden or Harris, voters will welcome a popular candidate who may have a chance to win in the elections.
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  1620. I can't see Russia getting distracted by the explosion. Which means that the act, terrorist or not, has not achieved anything, except perhaps scaring Independent reporters who have been put on the Ukrainian kill list.
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  1621. It proves that their print shops haven't been bombed. I wonder if their money printers still work.
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  1622. The situation is this. America will lose in Ukraine and will position whatever outcome to plan for Taiwan.
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  1623. "If your SSN ends in an odd number, you are fired." Vivek just threw that out as an example, but whatever mechanism is chosen to select personnel for "retirement," care has to be taken to ensure it's not biased in an undesirable way. For example, if the last digit in someone's SSN stands for the sex that person was born with and an odd number designates that person to be female, it may turn out that all women in government would be fired. Similarly, if a particular slot in an SSN number stands for the century of a person's birthdate and you decide to fire everyone with an odd number there, you could be firing only people born before the year 2000, which would be almost everyone.
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  1624. If the Russian-held Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP) is in need of upgrading, the Russians would probably let the Americans invest in its improvements. It would have to be done with Russian resources and technology, since those would be incompatible with US nuclear technology. The US could receive some return on its investment, either in cash or some political favor.
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  1625. Maybe the US does have an alliance with North Korea. You could be laughing at Kamala for no reason.
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  1626. Most of the embarrassment stems from the fact that only 5% of reports coming out of the UK MOD have any relation to truth or reality. That must be because of hiring spokespersons who, like James Bond, are cunning linguists.
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  1627. Most Australians are Communist. They are just voting for Labour because they don't like to think of themselves as Communists.
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  1628. The movements of the 82nd Division are visible to Russian space satellites. Russia doesn't need CNN to tell the world where they are.
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  1629. I hope they are wearing protective gloves while handling all that uranium.
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  1630. I think I understand Trudeau's claim about Climate and Democratic decline. The more Democrats and their global Globalist brethren try to push Climate Hysteria onto the public, the more their poll numbers decline.
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  1631. Boris Pistorius will Piss off somebody soon.
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  1632. Ursula has gas pains? You, know, she can take medicine for that.
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  1633. Putin doesn’t control the dolphins. The dolphins control Putin.
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  1634. Democrats can't have a vacuum, so the machinery (which includes MSM) is supporting Harris. By the time the DN Convention is over, there may be a whole new Democratic candidate inaugurated.
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  1635. It fits the concept of OCD.
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  1636. They should have changed Adolf's name to Bob. Like Baghdad Bob.
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