Comments by "Martin Maat" (@MartinMaat) on "CNN" channel.

  1. It makes you wonder, how many perfect phone calls did this man make?
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  2. Most shocking part: the widening camera view at the end revealing the empty seats.
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  3. The real troubling thing is not her clumsy response but the fact that in today's America politicians will lose votes if they provide a straightforward answer to this simple question.
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  4. I love and deeply respect these people. Thank you for showing us there are better people in the US than those in the government. That speech was appaling. "We're standing up for values, not shrinking back, not in the face of terrorism and their state sponsors." He really said it, with a straight face. You are the #1 state sponsor of terrorism Mr. Blinken. Not by desperate act of resistence but by choice. And no, this is NOT unifying in any way shape or form. You are creating new enemies, among former allies and domesticly.
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  5. It could just mean a lot of the sane republicans turned their backs on the party entirely and stayed home this time. We'll see when the winner runs against a democrat.
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  6. I cannot help but see this as just passing on the hot potato. One next move in an array of stalling, postponing, procrastinating moves. They don't want to bring this to an end for some reason that is beyond me.
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  7. Note that when Americans lack moral arguments they start talking about "defending American interests".
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  8. ​ @Lena-g3q Link? Just one out of all please.
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  9. "There will be more classified information in his head than in his desk". You think so? He reportedly could not pay attention for 5 seconds when he was briefed about anything. I don't think anyone needs to worry about what's in his head regarding state secrets.
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  10. Flynn sounds drunk. I'd like to see him on a stage together with Rudy. Should be good.
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  11. I am Dutch, I've seen Geert Wilders operate in parliament for over 20 years. It is bad enough that he won this big, he has some weird political fetishes, but I would not call him a fascist. He originates from the VVD, a moderate right wing party, in which he clashed with party leadership about his Islamophobia. So he started his own party, which is really just him. As a leftist, I say he is not your regular trumpian idiot. We have seen worse in Dutch politics. For an anti-immigration islamophobe who does not want to spend money to counter climate change he is actually quite sane and on social economic issues he could even be regarded moderately left wing. I am not worried he will kill democracy anytime soon. Anyway, it will be interesting to see what parties he will end up in a government with, if even that. It is still possible to form a government without him although that seems unlikely and not true to the outcome of the election.
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  12. That opening statement sounded really reasonable, yet was utterly meaningless. As if there is still one American who needs to be informed about who he is and what he stands for. There is not, this is just handing him a megaphone and let him do his thing, which is make himself look big, planting hope in the heads of people again who voted for him before. "He's a reasonable guy, he even appeared on CNN". He thrives on spectacle and controversy and you handed it to him on a silver plate.
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  13. I visit a market each week. I used to buy my greens from a stand there. One week I didn't need any so I just passed the stand. The guy behind it started shouting profanities at me. I guess he felt entitled to my business. Other people laughed awkwardly in vicarious embarrassment. The weeks thereafter fewer and fewer people stopped at the stand. Everyone went to the competitor instead. The guy continued to yell at people passing his stand until he was no longer there. There's another man in his spot now who just smiles and nods at people. We still talk about the other guy. Rumor has it he's in an asylum now.
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  14. ​ @nolongerblocked6210 Knowing when to quit is not stupid or objectionable. It can just be the smart choice.
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  15. This could have been fixed by making is real stop what they are doing. But you can't do that, can you? They own you. Including your news media so no one talks about that on television. As the general said earlier about the US stance on Iraq: if the only tool you've got is a hammer, everything just has to be a nail.
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  16. Yes that was really something. There was panic in his eyes but he did keep a straight face.
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  17. That "Person of Interest" television series, which I thoroughly enjoyed, wasn't that silly after all. Spoiler: it doesn't end well.
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  18. I suspect it's a case of Lindsey Graham syndrome.
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  19. If any of the stories about empty stores in Russia is true, this little performance should primarily anger his own people. So either he is vain and not thinking straight or we get fed overly optimistic stories about the impact of sanctions. I don't know at this point what to believe.
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  20. What is that last remark supposed to mean? Did you hear one interview with a Hamas leader on American television?
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  21. Yes, it's lazy. "Look at what people are saying!" As if I need another opinion or gut feeling.
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  22. ​ @tongobong1 Ah, your lord and savior. He's different alright. But breaking down everything that hasn't worked for you so far does not necessarily make things better for you. Your guy is a lot of things, caring (about anything but himself) is not one of them. He has one talent, that is manipulating people like you. Did you send him money yet?
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  23. "He's a kind person who only wants to bring fairness back to this country." Yes, that's our boy. The pushback is as wee as it gets. You would think they learned something from the townhall debacle. Nope.
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  24.  @veronicasaint5811  The percentage of people admitted to hospital that have been vaccinated is expected to rise as more people have been vaccinated. The number of people with Covid ending up in hospital however is rapidly declining (in countries that have their act together, with the vast majority of citizens not being idiots).
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  25. 2:21 What's the emergency? The worst thing that could happen would be him selling state secrets to Russia, China, North Korea or whoever may be interested to help him get out of debt. Nothing urgent, that search warrant was overkill.
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  26. How ironic that a man of God's final achievement is to win a Darwin award.
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  27. He's the speaker of the house in the US of I.
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  28. Defense 1: "It's not news, it's opinion". Defense 2: "It's not opinion, it's whatever engages viewers and drives business". In the US, ultimately everything is just a market. News, education, the legal system, whatever.
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  29. ​ @l.andrea2553 The root problem is that too many people in Israel feel "never again" does not apply to their behavior. That fascism somehow can only go one way. It would be nice if people in Israel and the US could get a little more upset about what is unfolding, like these people in the video.
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  30. This was more a case of trying not to say what her voters do not want to hear.
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  31. Since NYT went into janoside coverup mode, suggestive reporting about liberal/progressive people makes me wonder about their agenda. I cannot just see them as a quality newspaper anymore.
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  32. I was like "Yeah, too bad you're not willing to participate".
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  33. There is nothing there. He talks for 8 minutes straight without the faintest hint of what they would agree on. If anything comes out of this it will be just fluff without substance. "We're doing something, really, we're on it!" No you are not.
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  34. 8:39 Tapper had to bring that up to keep his job. "Mounting evidence", meaning "big nothing". Even Blinken was hesitant to jump on it this time. We still don't know what really happened on Oct. 7th and they are doing everything to keep it that way, to keep your attention focussed on one day over two months ago as they continue to enroll their crime of the century.
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  35. Because AIPAC created and owns him.
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  36. Show some respect people. Rosa Parks was George's grand mother. He used to sit on her lap in the front of the bus. She only sat down in the front seat to give him a view of where the bus was going. If it weren't for him the US would still be segregated!
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  37. Well, the Chinese government is taking this report remarkably seriously considering their efforts to saturate the comments section with discrediting nonsense. To those who hate CNN for being on the side of democracy: mind they have no interest in making this up. We have been hearing these reports for some time now, CNN took the effort of getting it first hand. It looks like an inconvenient truth to me. We must not be silent about this or try to deny it.
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  38. News media want to keep access to top political figures. If they ask tough questions and embarrass one of them, none will ever want (dare) to be interviewed by them in the future. It's a win-win game.
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  39. He has a taylored speech for every crowd. Sounded VERY different just a couple of days ago talking to some znist-group. It's all hot air, he's a wcrmnl.
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  40. It's a campaign ad. This conveys to the base she would be perfect to take care of the border.
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  41. CNN is still presenting this as an exiting fight with entertainment value. They are complicit in the jenoside they should be focussing on. No that is not a spelling error. Corrective messages using particular words tend to get deleted here.
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  42. Politics used to be hard. You had to convince people how their vote for you was going to make their lives better. No more! "There's funny looking dudes using the wrong bathroom and I wouldn't be surprised if they were after your kids!" Done.
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  43. He did not take the bait.
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  44. If you're the z10 nist state you can.
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  45. He'll be with you all the way, he really will. It's not like he is going to take your money and reject any responsibility for what might happen.
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  46.  @marcosolo6491  I found one, by The Telegraph, which is UK based, and it was only 42 seconds long, capturing only the moment the man had enough of.. we don't know what, because we were not shown. I guess we will just have to trust Israel and US media to teach us what Hamas is about.
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  47. Until he opens his mouth to defend mass murder.
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  48. They did bonding exercises, singing songs together, building team spirit. Then played a game called "capture the flag" and then some hide and seek. It was just like a day trip with the company. Before they went the boss said "Let's have some fun" and wished them a good time. And now some people are trying to make this look bad, would you believe it?!
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  49.  @scrat8177  It may not be visible on a global scale yet. Some countries may see a decline. With the environmental problems we have I would say that's a good thing. Less mouths to feed, less pollution, less global warming. A growing population is not sustainable. So what if it takes some adaption, just adapt. The ways of the former century are not the solution, they got us into this ecological mess.
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  50. He is not doing a good job, all I can see in his eyes is "Oh sh*t, they will never believe me!"
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