Comments by "TeeKay" (@teekay_1) on "Times Radio" channel.

  1. Europe would have to dismantle most of it's social programs and back off green energy if that happened. It's the US taxpayer who is enabling those socialized programs. That's the stark reality for you.
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  2. What presence does Europe have in the Pacific that would be pulled away?
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  3. It shows the benefit of investing in Defense doesn't it? Russia, absent American military might, could easily take Alaska, bu the price of doing so in reality would be a ruined country for them.
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  4. The shipping costs alone would be more than compliance with the equalizing trade between the two nations.
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  5. Perhaps the push to get rid of coal and nuclear power plants should be rethought in the light of Europe accidentally committing suicide by getting rid of Oil as the primary driver of their economy.
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  6. It always was predominantly the US
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  7. JD Vance did not go "rogue". Quite the opposite. He reflects the views of the American public.
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  8. Because the Aid provided to Ukraine from the US was a loan.
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  9. Maybe they can put a Pan-EU VAT tax of 20% to fund the imagined army?
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  10. Washington is not "agog today". in fact, JD Vance reflects the mood of the US public. Most people do want the Ukraine war to end, and no one is in a mood to spend more money on a pointless war. That's actually what's going on. You're listening to the chattering class and getting bad information.
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  11. @ Your culture, family and your children. Europe seems intent on destroying itself and I am genuinely puzzled why you don't see it and take measures to stop bowing to fringe interests.
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  12. @RollingWaveABD The source was US money that the little comedian admitted he has lost track of.
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  13. Do you think someone stole the chair?
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  14. the UK and France already have nuclear weapons, but as a practical matter, nuclear weapons are actually impractical since their use would mean the Russians would retaliate in kind.
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  15. Ukraine is out of people and money. Perhaps Europe can have a draft and send their sons to save Ukraine. Although to die for a country that's so corrupt the EU refused to admit it, perhaps I would send my son off to the US instead. The only risk is he may not want to leave once he gets there.
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  16. I'm sure you speak for 21% of all Americans with that apology.
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  17. Why would people protest over what a majority of the public voted for. That sounds crazy, my good man.
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  18. What do you believe Russia's goals are? Be specific, don't go with some sort of James Bond "take over the world". And why do you think Russia has the GDP or logistics capability of doing it.
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  19. The irony is that you believe that, despite the evidence in front of you.
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  20. Have you actually been to Ukraine? I'm guessing not based on this statement
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  21. We're just as embarrassed by you. And for all the obvious reasons.
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  22. @ You can live anywhere you want to live; if you don't like the country there are hundreds to choose from. And out of curiosity, what AMERICA were you raised to love and honor? Was it the one where we elected a president who had full-on dementia? Which was crazy, but even then it was pretty clear the guy wouldn't last and one term, and he didn't. Also, if we survived Obama, we can survive anything. (P.S. thank our lucky stars Hillary didn't get elected)
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  23. @ A superpower compared to say.... Monaco.
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  24. The majority of voters not only realized what Trump would do, they voted for him specifically to do what he promised to do.
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  25. Legally they won't do that. You should check why that is. Put his name into a search engine.
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  26. @raintalon6138 That's nothing. Democrats can't define a woman. That's pretty funny stuff, you have to admit.
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  27. To be fair, Europe seems to be run by children on energy policy, on defense, on protecting their culture and protecting their citizens. And Russia doesn't have the economic strength and logistics to "attack Europe". This is a chimera set up by war mongers. In reality, all the Ukraine had to do was pledge it wouldn't join NATO. That isn't a stretch; the EU refused to admit Ukraine because of the corruption. I ask, what democracy are we protecting in Ukraine?
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  28.  @Hhun804  With the bureaucracy in Europe, they'll blow through that cash just setting up the committee to determine what a pan-Europe defense force looks like. Perhaps it would be cheaper if Europe just allowed free speech and paid 3% of GDP towards their own defense. But it's a choice, and we're all about freedom of choice.
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  29.  @pibroch  The war was effectively over about 18 months ago.
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  30.  @AndyM_323YYY  Weird post, but enjoyable. 10 points to Gryffindor!
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  31. It's true that Biden did get his applesauce every day at 3 o'clock. When Joe was good, they'd put cinnamon on his applesauce.
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  32. @ No one wants to waste a perfectly good weekend protesting the results of a fair election that produced an electoral college landslide for one party and a popular vote majority. It's like protesting the team that won the superbowl.
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  33. @ You could always move to canada. It's a free country, and it's likely JD Vance will be elected after Trump.
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  34. Rick likes to make inappropriate phone calls. He's a bit of a freak. You can look that up online.
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  35.  @Ixiah27  I think a lot of the posters here are paid by USAID and Times Radio.
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  36.  @FunkMaster-r7g  Yes, because everyone who you don't agree with is a Russian Bot. Do you even know what a "bot" is?
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  37. I understand there was a lot of agent orange in Viet-nam. That's really too bad.
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  38.  @justonecornetto80  No, he's right. Zelensky is claiming he doesn't know where the money went. But we all know he's been buying expensive homes all over Europe. This will not end well for him.
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  39. They'd go out of business.
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  40.  @Gogedda204  Interestingly as a citizen of the US, I read these comments from the UK and EU as very entitled .
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  41. This is actually closer to 1914 than 1941
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  42. You picked the oddest and creepiest guy to be a hero. Did you look him up on the internet before you crowned him a great guy?
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  43.  @mikec811  Untrue. The US is energy independent. Canada's economy is so small compared to the US that if they stopped providing oil, they'd be in a recession in a month.
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  44. @ Well, you understand how Obama was sensitive about that, right?
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  45.  @user-rv8wb1nl1b  Because everyone who disagrees with you is obviously a "bot". Do you even know what a bot is?
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  46.  @brianferguson7840  Probably Germany. I've never seen a country so intent on self-destruction. The UK is not far behind.
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  47. Ah, I see in Europe you believe in silencing people who are blunt and tell you the truth.
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  48. Well, you aren't the "entire world". Nor are the people you go to lunch with. Most people in the EU and the UK wish they had a strong leader who knows how to push back against the bureaucracy and get things done.
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  49. @ Prior to the Japanese taking all those islands in the pacific, the Dutch has a significant presence in the Pacific. But that was all gone by 1942.
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  50. No bank will loan a company to mine minerals unless US is protecting Ukraine. So if the EU wants to make the deal, they'll have to set up a government loan to do that.
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  51. @ So who will be your soldiers? Are you willing to start conscription? If not, you won't be much of a deterrent to Russia.
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  52. They're asking the right question.
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  53. @ We are out in the streets The parents finally told you to move out, eh?
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  54. Nobody cares.
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  55. That's a lovely story. And you tell it so well.
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  56. @ Do you realize in the US that calling someone Yankee is a compliment? Unless you're a Mets fan.
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  57. Zelensky is a comedian the UK installed as the leader. He'll be gone as soon as it's convenient.
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  58. @ There's no such thing as a scientific consensus . In fact, if someone tells you there is a scientific consensus, they're a politician who is trying to tax you. I'll share this nugget with you. Reducing carbon in the atmosphere is not only futile, there's no scientific basis (a.k.a. "data") to demonstrate it would lower temperatures on earth.
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  59. The EU as a whole hasn't lived up up to it's 2% GDP investment pledge in their military. At this point, countries that haven't lived up to that should be excluded from Article 5 support.
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  60.  @t7s-b6x  Russia's logistic lines will be much shorter, so they will indeed have something to say about it.
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  61. and the US stay out of Anything on that side of the Atlantic We've tried that twice and after a few years you kept killing each other.
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  62. Nobody cares.
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  63. @ England beat a hasty retreat once the colonials kicked them out of the country after 1776. We are a country born of war, and remain quite good at it.
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  64. @ Most that drop happened because of poor policies by Democrats since the DoE was founded, pushing CRT, and the schools are effectively controlled by the NEA. The union during COVID forced the Democrat party to refuse to restart schooling during COVID. No other nation did that.
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  65.  @suecarey-mitchell2923  I daresay they're probably twice as smart as you.
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  66. It will be far more expensive to say that to Trump than you imagine. But to be fair, big-talking is a feature of the internet.
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  67. So you've...got ... the Canadian Army on speed dial?
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  68. @ I see a different novel where a bunch of countries in Europe are complaining about the US not fighting in Ukraine for them, and they see the end of Europe if all they do is complain, but they won't fight. The best part is it wouldn't even be a fiction book.
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  69. @ Dan Quail was a great guy. Not sure why you would think otherwise.
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  70. But it actually doesn't.
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  71. @ Have you listened to Jeffries talk? He's actually a slow adult.
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  72. This entire conversation is a tempest in a teapot. Lots of clutching pearls, lots of Sturm und Drang. I can almost hear the garments rending from a thousand miles away.
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  73. If by "honour" you mean "US will pay for our defense forever", it might be time to take a longer term view of whether your country is viable without a protector.
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  74. THIS IS GOING TO EXCELERATE Do you mean people will begin using spreadsheets more? AND NOT IN A GOOD WAY! Too soon to tell. You may be right if Microsoft takes most of that market share.
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  75. يجب عليك أن تعقد السلام مع إسرائيل وتبتعد عن إيران، وعندها ستجد السلام والرزق.
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  76. Trump enjoys a 60% approval rating in the US for cutting government waste, eliminating EV mandates, and making it clear there are only two sexes. There will be no impeachment.
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  77. He has experience, since he's been squirreling away money in various expensive houses throughout Europe with the money he's received from foreign governments.
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  78. Logistically that can never happen now, unless we're talking about starting WW3. And it would be an even messier war that WW2
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  79. Well, certainly their national hockey team now understands.
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  80. @ Actually I have been to Ukraine. Just when the war started. All the people with money high tailed it to Romania; the number of Bentleys and high-end cars was amazing. It isn't close to being "the best country in Europe".
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  81. Bill Clinton cut 300,000 federal workers. The US survived and prospered. The only outrage is from Federal workers. Trumps approval ratings remain high on his core issues. The Times knows this, but presumably they simply don't like cutting government because to lefties, government is their religion. Charles Kupchan is a democrat, and he's trying to defend the indefensible things he recommended during the Biden administration.
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  82. Are you an Amsterdam Dutch or a Rotterdam Dutch?
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  83.  @CM_7  Would even be happy to speak Dutch next time I visit NY That would be fantastic. You could open a Dutch Boy Paint shop, and insist everyone pays for their own meal.
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  84. Roosevelt stabbed Hungary in the back by handing them over to Russia.
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  85. JD Vance faces backlash for his speech at the Munich conference Actually he isn't unless, you're discussing the feelings and pride of unelected bureaucrats. But they haven't served the EU very well.
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  86. We actually are energy independent.
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  87.  @DougMccarrel  Because the net cost is lower. The ships can take it to the ports close to where the refineries are, making the shipping costs lower and and faster to market. But ultimately if the Canadians stopped sending oil to the US the economy would collapse making for a lot of unhappy Canadians. And you know that's true.
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  88. He's been more visionary than the last 3 American presidents.
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  89. This reminds one of impact of The Treaty of London, The Entente Cordiale and the The Triple Entente which had the unintended effect of starting a continent wide war that devastated all countries involved. The net effect was one of the most pointless wars in history, and ultimately led to WW2 because of the shortsighted viewpoints of the "winners" of WW I. So before everyone plays arm-chair generals, consider this could be the 2nd most pointless wars.
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  90. We love you, but you are hard to like. Kind of like that lazy sibling you have that always needs something from you.
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  91. @ What you've written makes absolutely no sense.
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  92. Guerrilla warfare is always a possibility You've watched too many movies.
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  93. @ It is not a Russian talking point. Ukraine has a lost a generation of people who died in the war. Please don't expect to send the sons and daughters of those people off to die. Continuing this war is immoral. Please just stop the killing.
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  94. Actually Hungary is a beautiful and peaceful country. Budapest is one of my favorite cities on the continent with perhaps the exception of Paris.
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  95.  @BaumerPaulGefreiter  Have you actually been to Hungary? Or are you listening to the press? I am familiar with the dynamic of the country and have spent some time there. You realize the EU is angry at Hungary because it won't take in refugees. I agree with that stance. I like that Hungary encourages families with children and makes it easy to care for those children. I like that they're keeping the country Hungarian. And they have freer speech than the UK at this point. It's a very nice country. It's clean, the people are very educated, and very welcoming to visitors.
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  96. So you're saying France and Germany were one country at one time? The situation isn't remotely the same.
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  97. @ But you do have people in prison for expressing their anger at illegal aliens. Hence you're only allowed to say things that the government approves of.
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  98. @ A country so great and powerful that they named the continent after it!
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  99. It's something that was already agreed to. It's not a new demand.
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  100.  @nikolaucznaum4312  To quote Albert Einstein Compound interest is the eighth wonder of the world!
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  101. We're glad you're gone too. Which is a positive. It shows the US and Canada can agree on some things. BTW, when are you going to dump the son of Castro?
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  102. @ Do a gofundme, I'll throw in $20
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  103.  @PeterLorimer-ji5ut  We can get along with Canada just fine, it's Justin Trudeau who is a problem. Even the Canadians hate him. It's high time they got rid of him.
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  104. @ Yes, it encapsulates liberals as people who are not just ashamed of their country but are self-loathing. If feel bad for them.
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  105.  @byzantium8851  I do know most people. And polls show that the vast majority of Americans are onboard with the Trump agenda. Even CNN reluctantly admits this. The Biden administration was so objectively awful that every demographic voted for Trump at record levels.
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  106.  @tech477  I did. Absolute drivel. The good professor seemed to be taking his talking points from the NYT editorial page. I can get the NYT for 50 cents a week, and that's overpaying.
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  107.  @Interglacial_optimist  That's awesome! I'll ask them to post some tea if there's a website. Maybe even have the BBC use shortwave to reach directly to American citizens.
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  108.  @user-pu2hc2tw2i  Hopefully we're not counting the ship in the middle of the Thames in downtown London.
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  109. @ healthcare in the US is at a very high level. I can get an appointment with any type of doctor within 2-3 weeks.
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  110. @ _ Have US payed us for that???_ The Marshall Plan just entered the chat
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  111. @ you do realize that American no longer get to just do whatever they want in the world, right? Nah, we'll still do what we want.
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  112. @ That seems to be a constant theme of not being sure.
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  113. Our Democrats will insist on calling it Latinx Land. (pronounced la-tinx)
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  114.  @WalrusGumboot99  If that makes you feel better, by all means do that. It will mark as someone really really smart and clever. And I mean that sincerely.
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  115. @ Harris cannot string together a sentence unless it's printed on something for her to read. And Walz would be much happier if he would just come out of the closet.
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  116.  @PeterGriffin_3238  Actually no 21% was being generous to Camel-uh, supporters. Approval for Trump's policies, yes, even on Ukraine is 61%. Unless you watch MS-NBC and you believe in the fairy tales told there.
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  117.  @nancydehart3  Self-loathing is no way to go through life.
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  118.  @sweet467  We don't care. Our country is as large as your continent, and we dont' even think of you or what you think of us.
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  119. @patrickcunniff5936 hanging my head low Do you have a picture of that? That would be interesting to see. I am ashamed to be American Then you're not much of an American. Because if you were, you would know and heed the advice of George Washington and Dwight D Eisenhower who told us to avoid foreign entanglements. So if the father of our country said it, and one of the heros of WW2 said it, and you've been in war, why would you want our boys to fight in a war that is meaningless, that was precipitated by the weak leadership of Obama and especially Biden.
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  120. @ Don't be paranoid. 70 million people feel sorry for you. Because they care.
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  121. @ Democrats in congress have a 21% approval rate. Republicans have a 41% approval rate. Trump is at a 54% approval rate Apparently nobody is having regrets.
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  122. @ The only cowards are the ones advocating for someone else to fight in a foreign war when Europe has provided little funding and no material to support Ukraine. Can you explain that?
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  123. @ Trump never said that. It's a creation of the media.
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  124. @ How much money is the UK committing to Ukraine?
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  125. @ Do more than that. Encourage the EU to send $300B to Ukraine, insist your MPs put together an expeditionary force to Ukraine to support their dwindling army, and encourage your children to join the military.
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  126. @ It is cheaper go to Mexico, but you do need $30K up front to live in Mexico. A lot of people who didn't save for retirement have moved to mexico.
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  127. @ Since the EU is not sending troops or weapons, does that make them a traitor as well?
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  128. @ You can't compare australian dollars to American dollars. The American dollars is worth considerably more. As to "excellent health care", it's only possible if you have a small, homogeneous population. It doesn't scale to a population of 350M people. Unless you don't mind waiting months to see specialists and having certain treatments not available if you are over 60 years old.
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  129. @ The ukranian war is a war of lies. And it's also an example of how the EU talks a big game about how "important" this war is, but only gave Ukraine a loan of $100M and won't send a single soldier or weapons system to Ukraine. You cannot square these facts. It isn't our fight, and the only reason to get involved is to stop the fighting. Ukraine had a great opportunity 18 months ago, but they rejected it and now they're in a precarious situation because the EU advised them not to create a truce with Russia. It's immortal what the EU is doing, expecting the Ukranians to fight to the last person. Also, 2/3's of the Ukranian population has left he country. They aint' coming back. So they don't even wish to fight for their country.
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  130. @ Can you define a woman though?🤣
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  131. That would explain the hunchback.
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  132. I'm sure that sounded better in your head than what came out in your comment.
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  133. You can't take the little comedian in charge of Ukraine seriously. He was put in place by the British. He cancelled elections and he's banned the Catholic Church. What "Democracy" are we protecting?
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  134. Do you know what Populism is? DEMOCRACY Democracy is only possible with free speech, something the bureaucrats absolutely loathe.
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  135. @ I actually do have an incredible talent compared with the dimwits running the EU. They are children in the bodies of adults. And populism is democracy. The day of the bureaucracy is dead in the US.
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  136.  @the_g371  Perhaps, but conscription when you intend on fighting a war, where the people's sons are killed introduces an entirely new dynamic.
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  137. Biden was actually famous for that. He would talk about his apple sauce and he said he liked cinnamon on top. It was funny stuff, but tragic because he had dementia.
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  138. Everybody is all together until the need for money and men are sent out. Then it will be a Henny-Penny situation.
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  139. @ The rich pay the bulk of our taxes, and our poor people live better than the average middle class people in the EU
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  140. @ Completely wrong. GDP for 2024 for the US was 30,337.16T and GDP for the EU was 20,287.330T Between 2010 and 2023, the cumulative GDP growth rate was 34% in the United States compared to just 21% in the European Union. This disparity is largely attributed to lower investment in new technologies and research and development in Europe. The only rival the US has is China.
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  141. @ GDP is based on total output. The reality is the US's GDP is 50% larger than the EU
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  142. @ Italy has chosen a really great prime minister.
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  143. @ It was largely the USSR that beat the Germans. The US rescued France, Italy and the low countries, but it was the USSR that bore the brunt in terms of people and expenditures, which makes sense when you think about it. Europe had nothing left, if anything after North Africa the European allies were actually more of a hindrance to winning the war.
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  144. Not since the 1800’s have Americans mined their own resources in our country, done our own manufacturing of everything That's false. the US in the 1970 was still the leader in manufacturing, it was the curse of globalism that made it cheaper to produce outside of our country. But globalism is now waning as it puts developed countries in a situation where they're too dependent on countries that are not our friends.
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  145. @ Trump's policies have a 60% approval rating
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  146. @ Well, except for Korea, and both wars in Iraq. Vietnam was unnecessary; it's likely that war was pushed on Johnson by the CIA.
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  147. @ It's funny, Europe stands with Ukraine, except they don't to pay for the damage from the war they financed.
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  148. @ No, I am correct. The average income tax rate in 2022 was 14.5 percent. The top 1 percent of taxpayers paid a 23.1 percent average rate, six times higher than the 3.7 percent average rate paid by the bottom half of taxpayers. The top 50 percent of all taxpayers paid 97 percent of all federal individual income taxes, while the bottom 50 percent paid the remaining 3 percent. If you're an American and you don't know that, you should be ashamed of yourself. The US has the most progressive tax code in the world. This is easily searchable.
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  149. There are more people imprisoned in the UK than in Russia for speech "violations"
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  150. There are less people in jail in Russia for forbidden speech than in the UK. That's the issue right now that Vance was calling out.
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  151. lol. First of all that's silly and untrue. We are guaranteed freedom of speech. And coming from a country where you can be arrested and jailed for making fun of people online, you have hardly any room to criticize any other country about free expression.
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  152. @ And The Lord Will Punished Them Amen!! They're about to released the Epstein list. This will be amazing.
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  153. Trump doesn't really want Canada, he just likes poking at Castro's son.
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  154. @ Well, other than the fact that they jail people for criticizing the illegals coming into the country. Yeah, other than that it's great.
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  155. @ The Labour party is finished. Their extreme left-wing tendencies to arrest people who criticize their government was highlighted by JD Vance just this past week.
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  156.  @ringrun9872  quiet an achievment I agree you should be quiet about your "achievment"
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  157. @ Yes, because everyone who is smarter than you is obviously a bot. With that kind of logic, no wonder the world seems like a box of chocolates
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  158. @ Thank you for your patronage of the greatest country in the world. We truly appreciate it.
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  159. @ Russia's economy and logistics ability is so poor that they really aren't a threat to Europe. Well, except for those pesky nukes. But their ability to project power is pretty close to zero.
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  160. @ we are going to decouple That's awesome! Best of luck, Mate.
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  161. @ I think We'll let you know.
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  162. Probably not.
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  163.  @skipperclinton1087  He's actually not. He's as corrupt as the rest of his country. And his war with Russia has wiped out an entire generation of Ukrainians. Some leadership.
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  164. Neither would the US agree with Russian or Chinese troops on our borders.
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  165. Nonsense. The US is the single biggest market in the world; it shows an ivory tower attitude about how countries react to tariffs. He's giving you his TDS guided opinon. And of course you know what they say about opinions. Looking forward to the EU trying to retaliate. They'll suddenly understand the reality of economics in the modern world. Also professor it's pronounced Uh-loo-min-um. Not Al-loo-min-e-um. The British pronounce it incorrectly all the time for reasons that are unclear.
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  166.  @Sally-rl2lf  Yes, the US pronounces it that way because that's the way it's spelled. The British don't even follow their own grammar rules with that pronunciation.
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  167. Politico admitted this past week the economy actually was awful, they admitted the press was lying when they claimed it was doing great. The only jobs that got created were government jobs. The economy was horrible; that's why Trump easily won the presidency. Biden has dementia. There was no way for him to have any cognitive sense of what was being done in his name.
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  168.  @Pdf258  Defenders of the status quo are government workers or aging baby boomers who actually believe CNN & MSNBC
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  169. @ Hardly.
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  170.  @Pdf258  MAGA is most of America now because of the performance of the Trump administration. Last week they polled people who voted for Biden in 2020 but switched their vote to Trump because of the terrible outcomes of the Biden administration. almost 100% of these people are very satisfied with Trump. Like it or not, Trump has defined the US's role in the world in the 21st century.
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  171.  @geofo60  That will happen. Unfortunately Biden ordered 100 million chickens killed, so of course egg prices went up. Come spring egg prices will drop significantly.
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  172. @frankasnyder. Yes yes. we MUST encourage Democrats to insist on sending US troops to Ukraine. It will be an amazing election if they do that!
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  173. The concern for the EU is they lack the will to defend their country and their culture. That is a recipe for disaster. And limiting free speech does make you one of the bad guys. really.
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  174. @ Completely false. What speech don't you have in the US? What speech is being attacked? Be specific, don't just repeat the talking points of the left.
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  175. The next president will likely be JD Vance.
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  176. Canada, some call it the Nation's cap, others call it the 51st state. I call it the country led by Castro's son.
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  177.  @saisonblue  True has not been convicted of being a sexual predator. Try again, Junior, but stick to facts and not the random thoughts that appear to hold you in their grasp.
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  178. Everybody did see it. It was why he got elected.
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  179.  @DANCEGARAGEPUNK  No, they didn't want Camel-uh, because she's kind of a slow adult. She can't string together a sentence without reading it off a teleprompter.
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  180. That was Obama that agreed to that. One of our worst presidents in recent memory.
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  181.  @ua697  Sorry, that was Biden that did that. But he's an old demented man, and he probably doesn't remember doing it.
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  182.  @la7dfa  When you have a strong hand, you don't threaten in a negotiation. It's understood. That's why Trump is a billionaire, and you're a guy living in the UK in subsidized housing.
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  183.  @justinlinnane8043  Yes, obviously a Russian Asset because that's what the Beeb told you.
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  184. The EU is deathly afraid of competition. It's why they have high tariffs even on goods from the people who provide them defense.
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  185. But the EU can't offer protection against Russia.
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  186. Ukraine couldn't get into the EU because of the corruption in the government. It's always been a place where western politicians launder money and continue to do so. The whole debacle with Biden in the US is because they were buying influence in the US government
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  187. @ You're overwrought and silly.
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  188. @ Johnny is obviously not a real person. A lot of the accounts are sock puppets.
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  189. @ @FBI check out this userID. I'm sure you'll find something interesting.
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  190. @ Oh Yea. Maga forever!
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  191. @ And yet it was the feckless Obama who allowed Crimea to be taken and the demented Biden who allowed the invasion.
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  192.  @cotus2408  Happy Christmas, War is over. The US will be made whole for the money we spent on Ukraine, we get access to minerals, the EU has to step up, and the US will have a non-military presence in Ukraine.
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  193.  @gnw1264  The well has already been poisoned. Democrats have destroyed property because they don't like Musk, including customer cars, dealerships, and Tesla superchargers along the highway. But then, Democrats do those sorts of things all the time. Emotions are not a super power, but that's all they have.
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  194. Linda a serious question.. What is the end game here? We've already spent hundreds of billions of dollars and the only thing to show for it is a generation of Ukrainians dead and Russia actually achieved their strategic goals in war. What do you think is possible to achieve right now, and who is willing to spend more money and the willingness to send their sons to Ukraine. I certainly would not allow my son to go, but maybe you feel differently.
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  195. @ we suffering thru this, pls advise us Why are you suffering?
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  196. @ NHS is in trouble, there's no doubt about it.
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  197. @ So the Brexit vote was rigged? Interesting. Is there proof of that? Or are you just upset that Democracy didn't go the way you wanted it to?
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  198. @ The polls show Trump's approval rating at 55%, and support for his policies at 60% So perhaps it would be more correct to say that most Americans are happy with Trump. They especially like DOGE
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  199. @ Actually he won both the popular vote and it was an electoral landslide. A 2-fer.
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  200. @ Well, someone's been watching MS-DNC.
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  201. @ As I mentioned before Kelly, Trump's approval rating is at 55%. That's a majority of people.
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  202. @ Do you even know what a "bot" is?
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  203. @ You do know Biden has dementia right? So obviously he wasn't running the government.
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  204. And we feel pity because you have Starmer in charge, a guy who has so many skeletons in his closet that he's a full-on Halloween horrror show.
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  205. Yes, thank god he's not on the supreme court. We'd be in a real mess if McConnell didn't deep six his nomination.
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  206. Wouldn't it be easier to just have Free Speech? Are there people in the EU who are afraid of free speech?
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  207.  @jaja3359  Hardly. There's actually nothing in the US that will get you into trouble if you say it on public or online. Why don't you write "Muslim immigrants are destroying england and they should be sent back to their own country" Or if you're in Germany, why don't you write "The government is no better than than Nazis. We'd be far better off if we got rid of this government and elected the AfD Can't do it, can you?
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  208. @ It is amazing the people (probably most of them sock puppets) are advocating for the Ukrainians to fight to the last person, but have no intention of putting themselves or their sons in harm's way.
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  209. We wont' be alone at all. America has taken the world with it's *culture*. We're still the cool kids on the block.
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  210. Are Reciprocal tarrifs "nonsensical", and if not when are they justified? As for DOGE, Musk is not cutting anything. He'd identifying graft and fraud which a federal judge has agreed the president may stop graft and fraud as it is identified. As to Reagan's attempt, it was completely foiled by Democrats who seem to have a stake in continuing graft in budgets.
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  211. We get it, the last president's brain was not functioning properly (that's not a joke, BTW), and he agreed to anything you wanted, so when he went away, you're getting natural skepticism on EU demands.
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  212. @ they will go everywhere where it is soft You mean like a Kardashian girl?
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  213. Misinformation has been around since the cave man. The problem is when the government decides to limit free speech in the name of Democracy, make the cure worse than the disease. The other issue is when the media becomes the mouthpiece for the government. Media needs to question governments or else they're of no use.
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  214. @ Are you talking the Band or the Air Force base?
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  215.  @Michaelcj-m2d  Actually no. With the fraud they just found in the SS system, they can increase benefits, and exempt them from federal taxation.
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  216. @ They certainly played a role, but the English could never win that war because their supply lines were so long (3 months for a ship to cross the Atlantic), and the Colonies were self-sufficient for arms. The more the British tried, the more they lost. I highly recommend the book The British Are Coming: The War for America, Lexington to Princeton, 1775-1777 By Rick Atkinson
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  217. @James_08-07Americans will not send their sons to die in something the Europeans have no interest in defending themselves. Time for Europe to grow up and defend themselves. It will be good for you getting out of mom & dad's house and acting like a grown-up country. BTW, are you a sock puppet?
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  218.  @rossothecrimson7  If you voted for Kamala what you were actually voting for was unelected bureaucrats running the country. Probably the same unelected bureaucrats that ran things for Biden, since he had no input into his policies for the obvious reason. Thank you for participating in Democracy, but there were few people who wanted a continuation of the Biden regime, and so Trump was elected. Not because they were lost souls, they simply wanted competence in government, and the people judged her incompetent.
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  219. Democracy is incompatible with limiting speech.
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  220. Yes, his attorney wife is a handmaiden to JD Vance. Let me ask you something, and I mean this sincerely. Have you ever met and got to know an Indian woman? Because based on your post you seem to be fantasizing over it, since nothing you've written is based on reality in any way. Plus you're a dude. What are you doing reading a woman's fantasy book? I'll suggest you read a little more Louis L'Amour and a lot less women's fantasy books.
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  221. Clive, It literally is not related to a work of fiction. And women read "Handmaids Tale" because it's a fantasy for them.
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  222. Is it acceptable that Zelensky cancelled elections and jailed the opposition? Just asking for the sake of Democracy that everyone says they believe in.
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  223.  @aidan11162  The US is effectively subsidizing Europe so they can have generous social programs. That will be the first to go if the US isn't there to save them once again.
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  224.  @petebrown6356  Sure, it makes them feel sad, and speech that makes you sad is illegal. Other than that you can say anything you want. Well, except you can't mock someone online. But other than that, you can say what you want. And if you say something false about a person online, they can arrest you for that as well. But other than that they 100% have free speech. Unless you criticize government ministers because they're idiots. That's not allowed, but everything else is okay with the exceptions of everything I mentioned here plus a few more. Oh, yes, you can't pray silently in public, because it intimidates people, and that is definitely something you should be arrested for. But yeah. Free speech.
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  225. Which port will be used to facilitate this trade?
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  226. It's odd you consider yourself part of that group.
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  227. @ Oh, Rick has a much more checkered past than that. Look up his phone calls online. It's the reason why no news channel (even crazy MSNBC) will have him on.
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  228. @ Don Regan died in 2003, and was a good chief of staff. We all miss him.
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  229. @ You sure spotted that one BobsBurgers.
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  230. @ Sudan. You'll love it there.
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  231. @ You know it's TDS when they're praising Rick Wilson. Rick Wilson has done things so beyond the pale, that nobody wants to be around him. In real life, it would be fair to call him a creep.
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  232. @ They were hoping the taxpayers would fund a war with Russia and someone else would fight it for them. Yet for people with such strong opinions, not one of them have signed up to the Ukrainian army to really use that passion for war.
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  233. @ Rick is an old man who looks fondly on the Bush years when we would fight lots of wars. After all, look how great Afghanistan and Iraq turned out. All of that for only $5T of debt.
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  234. Well, there are precious few here.
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  235. The English could help out by producing the English Longbow which was the difference in the Battle of Crécy. So you shouldn't underestimate it.
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  236. One would have thought you'd already ran out of pearls to clutch when Biden said he was going to do an end-run around the Supreme Court and forgive loans. BTW, the WSJ has a much better editorial on this than you guys. Let's talk turkey. USAID is a way to distribute funds to NGOs without congressional or any oversight. Democrats used this money for pet causes or for graft, which is why they're upset about it. After all, no one rational could defend $50M for condoms, or Sesame Street for Iraq. But Democrats are extolling the virtues of both. By cutting this funding, suddenly everyone realizes that Democrats can't get people to protest on demand, because they have no money to pay protestors because USAID is gone. This is good for the country and good for our children.
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  237. lol. You mispelled Biden
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  238. The military equipment wasn't actually "outdated". That's the excuse they used to justify getting arms to Ukraine immediately. Meanwhile, the US hasn't replaced the armaments because the defense contractors can't ramp up that quickly.
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  239.  @arnovriends5873  If they were obsolete, they wouldn't have worked so well against the Russians. You can't have it both ways "they're obsolete", but "they worked really well".
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  240. Economist Explains Why Trump's Tariffs Won't Work There is a reason why economics is called "The Dismal Science".
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  241. It actually isn't. Europe doesn't have the electrical infrastructure to support a complete EV transition (nor does the US). The world will be running on oil and natural gas well into the 22nd century unless we come up small-scale fission plants or some breakthrough technology.
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  242. The Yankees generally play home games two weeks each month through the season. If you're in the Bronx you can buy a ticket to watch them go home.
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  243.  @wehretdenanfaengen  You're too soft and whiny to do anything like that.
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  244. @ I love the Europeans and the people in the UK, but they lack the will to defend their culture and their respective countries. While people are insulted by JD, they haven't actually said he was wrong. Apparently being blunt is not a thing in the EU nor the UK.
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  245. @ How could it favor the US if you've never paid for your own defense. I'm genuinely curious You have very comfortable social programs that are only possible if the US is paying for your defense. If you had to devote 5% of your GDP for your own defense, how would that affect your country's budget? it's a rhetorical question for you to ponder.
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  246.  @timtrewyn2042  That pales in comparison to Sleepy Joe's public speech gaffes. Quail's main criticism is he spelled potato with an "E" on the end, which as it turns out is still correct.
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  247. They can't even get rid of Starmer.
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  248. Explain to the group, Judith, how a duly elected president with a majority of the popular vote can execute a coup against himself. I'll pull up a chair and get some popcorn.
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  249.  @JRW4449  Did he not say you will never have to vote again? He said that in the context of Sleepy Joe Biden or Camel-uh. If they got into office there would never be a fair election again. Which was true. We dodged a bullet when we elected Trump. As to the of rant, did you know that Bill Clinton Fired 300,000 Federal workers when he was in office? And he closed down redundant departments. You seem to be confusing large numbers of people and departments with efficient government, which is completely wrong. We're $36T in debt. We need to cut back and significantly. It's a good thing for the future.
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  250. @ Most of the manipulations in our elections have been local Democrat officials.
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  251. @ A democrat may never win in Florida again.
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  252. @ No, he said that had the Democrats gotten back into power we would never have a fair election again. And he was right.
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  253. @ Actually correct. -- Expelled former Democratic congressman Michael “Ozzie” Myers has been sentenced to 30 months in prison for federal election fraud dating back to 2014, the Justice Department said Tuesday, and was immediately taken into custody. --The former chairperson of a local Democratic Party in Connecticut must serve two years' probation and pay a $35,000 fine for fraudulently submitting absentee applications and ballots for dozens of people without their knowledge during a local election. --Five people, including three Bridgeport council members and the vice chairwoman of the city’s Democratic party were charged with election-related crimes on Friday as part of a sprawling investigation into the city’s 2023 Democratic primary, which resulted in widespread allegations of absentee ballot fraud and a judge overturning the results of that election. --A jury in South Bend, Indiana has found that fraud put President Obama and Hillary Clinton on the presidential primary ballot in Indiana in the 2008 election. Two Democratic political operatives were convicted Thursday night in the illegal scheme after only three hours of deliberations. They were found guilty on all counts. Do some googling. You'll find out.
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  254. That's pretty funny. You do realize the only thing that we import is brie from France and some wine.
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  255.  @jim2376  But you liked it when the US was Dementiastan under Biden?
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  256.  @toddfulton2280  Ukraine wanted to be part of the EU ...but were rejected because of the level of corruption in Ukraine. So did they become less corrupt in the last 8 years? Hardly. If anything , the entire country turned into a way to funnel funds back to US politicians.
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  257.  @regynaught  The social safety net is shrinking every time they talk about creating an EU Army.
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  258.  @toddfulton2280  Bingo. Had the Biden white house not encouraged giving Ukraine NATO membership there would be no war. I'm not going to blame Biden because he has no idea what year it is or where he lives, but the neocons inside the white house pushed for this war, and then justified it because they were reducing Russia's army. At the cost of hundreds of thousands of lives. The whole thing stinks to high heaven and it's shocking that none of the Europeans in this video have any idea why the war started.
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  259. That and $5 will get you a cup of coffee at Starbucks.
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  260. @ Well, we were Dementiastan when Biden was in office.
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  261.  @AprilSun-yk3yj  You misunderstand Trump. He knows the right way to run things and he doesn't care if someone else is the face of his policies. He has a proven track record of making the economy and people's lives better, as well as an abhorrence of war and wasting human lives. And he insists our true allies have free speech because without free speech there is no democracy. It's a shame most of Europe has forgotten this.
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  262. Most of them posting here.
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  263. @ I speak for the majority of Americans who will not spend another dime on the little comedian. Most of the circus should actually look at the polls to understand how unpopular the "lets start a war with Russia" path is with the public.
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  264. Could Force Europe to Build New ‘US-Free’ NATO I've got the popcorn out and will enjoy this. It will be interesting to see what social programs you give up to pay for defense. It will also be interesting to see what happens if Europe invites Ukraine into NATO. That will go over well with Russia. In fact, it's the entire reason why Russia invaded Ukraine. So the rhetoric about Russia invading western Europe will become a self-fulfilling prophecy.
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  265.  @raintalon6138  Dude, you don't even know what a "bot" is, so you sound re-gaw-dam-diculus. Second if I was a bot, you're not smart enough to detect a bot. My sincere advice is to look up what a bot is, then maybe you'll understand how silly you sound. But it is true that Democrats can't define what a woman is.
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  266. Bill, since you seem to be the international traveler, why don't you tell us the last time you were in Europe?
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  267. Those millions of men will fight for the other side.
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  268. A Kansas fan, I see. Good album.
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  269. Ah, I see you got an "expert" Rick Wilson a member of the Lincoln project who tried to stop the election of Trump. The Lincoln project is mainly known for taking donor money and disappearing with it. Rick has an extreme case of TDS, and pretty much everything he is telling us is completely wrong. They won't even have him on MS-NBC in the US because of the lawsuits, and their standards are in the gutter. Look for him on your favorite search engine "Rick Wilson New York Times article". You may feel different about him after you see that. Trump and Musk are getting along just fine. Trump has not dropped 7 points. Trump is at 55% approval in the US with his core policies at 60-63% approval. Everything this guy is telling you is what you want to hear.
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  270. The little comedian being "steely"? That's funny. It's more accurate to say he's already been steal-y.
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  271. 120M more people with 66% of the GDP of the US. What could possibly go wrong?
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  272. @ I knew someone would bring up the English Longbow again.
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  273. You're just used to a president who had literal dementia and was easy to manipulate. Biden's gone, Europe cannot defend itself, and without the US as a trading partner, the EU will collapse very quickly.
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  274. Do you understand that Ukraine's membership was rejected because of the corruption in the country? That hasn't changed; if anything it's gotten worse. Moreover, Zelinsky has cancelled elections, jailed the opposition, and has banned the orthodox church. So the EU wouldn't be defending a democracy. The negotiations have to start with Trump because the EU has no credibility with Russia.
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  275. @ Exactly. A friend is someone who doesn't mooch money because they'd rather spend their own money on fun things.
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  276. @ Your proposal is acceptable.
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  277. @ They'll get their money back when the bonds come due, like every other person or country. Do you understand though why every country invests in US Bonds?
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  278. Putin did say joining NATO was a red line. Putin doesn't bluff. Biden himself said the US wouldn't react with a "minor incursion" into Ukraine.
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  279. we all know now he’s in Putins pocket If you feel that strongly about defending Ukraine, they do take women, and you might be a great candidate. That would be a great way to show up Trump that you feel strongly about defending Ukraine. What say you?
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  280. @ Did he fire you for arguing instead of doing your work?
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  281. And yet, it was Obama that allowed Russia to take Crimea, and Biden that encouraged Russia by saying he wouldn't react to a small incursion in Ukraine You'll note that under Trump, Putin didn't do a d*mned thing because he killed 300 Russian soldiers.
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  282. Just a couple days ago we had protests in all fifty states It didn't matter; people are still being let go by the federal government (that's why there were protests)
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  283. @ He's off his meds.
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  284. @ There is no resistance. Trump is the most popular politician in the country.
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  285. Ukraine is out of people. Europe should step up and institute conscription to fight the war.
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  286. By the same token Europe can't do anything without the US's approval. Unless you guys are willing to spend a few trillion Euros over the next 5 years on defense.
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  287. Iv canceled Netflix its a start You've cut the US to the quick.
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  288. How are the bananas over there?
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  289. if you want the protection of the US forever, then can we start charging all of the EU an income tax? That would seem fair, right?
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  290.  @Paul-fg6mk  There are no permanent friends in diplomacy, only shared goals. I'm all in favor of defending the EU provided they become a protectorate of the US.
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  291.  @stevejette2329  Because you're trying to set up interlocking agreements that would force you into going into all out war with Russia; something that the EU is ill prepared for, and all for a country that is corrupt. As was inscribed on the Greek Temple of Apollo.... Know Thyself
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  292. @ No it was a loan when it passed the senate. As a practical matter there was no way Ukraine could ever pay that back, their GDP could never support that, but Blackrock is already in Ukraine looking into the breadbasket of Russia and the minerals which will become the property of the US, most likely.
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  293. A lot of old thinking at Times Radio. World War II is in the rear-view mirror, but based on this interview, you'd think it was 1962. Ukraine should never be part of NATO; first of all it's too corrupt to even join the EU. Second of all the entire reason why Russia invaded Ukraine is because Biden threatened to incorporate Ukraine into NATO. Russia has historic reasons for wanting a buffer country; and if Russia were to put their troops in Mexico or Canada the US would probably react much the same way.
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  294. That seems to be an interesting take on Ukraine. Armchair generals, usually forget the logistics of the situation. And while Ukraine had some early publicized success against Russian troops, logistically, it will be virtually impossible to drive out Russia unless Europe as a whole wants to commit a lot of troops themselves to the war.
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  295. You mad bro?
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  296. Is it possible... just possible that if you shoot down a Russian aeroplane, they will respond in kind to a British aircraft? Then what happens? By getting involved directly you could potentially invite retaliation in a way that isn't predictable.
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  297.  @stevenajack  First of all, you have no idea what a bot is. That was something you read someplace and you probably believe it's an insult. You have the tech knowledge of a 75 year old. Anyway.... Reed Galen, Rick Wilson, and Steve Schmidt surreptitiously moved millions of dollars out of the Lincoln Project’s bank accounts and into firms associated with a new group, Lincoln Project 2024. They were forced to return the money after Lincoln Project board members discovered the funds were missing, according to the New York Times. Nobody takes Rick Wilson or the Lincoln Project seriously. The whole thing is a grift to get money from slow adults on the internet. How much did you send to Rick & the Lincoln project?
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  298. @ You want a citation that he's creepy? Well, this video is a great way to establish it.
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  299. Well, the shouting is all over. Everybody's ready to sign the peace treaty.
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  300.  @ChristianHarten1911  You're saying the AfD wants to end elections? That's completely made up.
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  301.  @JoeWedgwood-ik9zo  They are starting to come down yes as the last vestiges of a demented Biden have been removed from the government.
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  302. @ So we'll put you in the "in favor of controlling speech that makes you uncomfortable".
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  303. @ Yes, because everyone who doesn't agree with your world view is a "stooge".
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  304. @ So when you hear an unpleasant truth, you attack the person, rather than the argument. What did Vance say that was false?
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  305. @ Can you imagine being so soft that when someone publishes something you don't like that you want the writer fined and/or jailed?
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  306.  @Skeaik  It will never happen. It would mean they'll have to give up all those price subsidies, green subsidies and probably "free" medical care. But then, a civilization that won't defend itself won't last very long.
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  307. Actually the pejorative "Karen" is associated with liberals and lefties.
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  308. @andrereloaded1425 ...or perhaps you need a shower
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  309.  @thunder2434  So, no, there isn't guarantee of free speech in the EU or any place in Europe. What a backward violent lot you must be compared to the US which gets along just fine with no interference allowed in any speech in the US.
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  310.  @thunder2434  so free speech as long as it's government approved. How is that different than say.... North Korea? It used to be not allowed in America as well Incorrect. Our rights to free speech include everything the EU and the UK will arrest you for. You really have no free speech.
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  311. Stone Cold Sober, buttercup.
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  312. When the UK is jailing people for criticizing government policies on the atrocities by Pakistani men on young girls, the country is already lost.
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  313.  @mikec811  As I said, it would force us to import more gas/oil, but it would also ruin Canada's economy, and then Canada would beg to become part of the US.
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  314.  @markmanc-zw3td  You're forgetting that Biden was the ice cream guy, but to be fair, Biden had and has dementia. The symptoms were clear when he was elected, but the press covered it up.
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  315. @ Everything has a price. Europe won't pony up for something they consider vital. That's really the mark of a failing culture when you won't defend yourself.
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  316. Rick is a freak. Look him up online
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  317. Why would you keep the truth secret?. If Vance is wrong, then point out where he is wrong. You can't change and move forward without being mindful of facts.
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  318. The collapse of the two casinos was in Atlantic City which went into severe depression. Pretty much everything went bankrupt, primarily due to bad government in the state of New Jersey.
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  319. You voted for Kamala that's pretty funny.
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  320. Pizza for our time.... US 1947/3000
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  321. You shouldn't count on New Zealand, Japan, Australia, or Taiwan. They're not going to send soldiers and money for something that won't affect them.
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  322. Trump is not facing Republican resistance at all. In the words of Donald Trump, "Times Radio is fake news". Also, Kier Starmer has no political juice left. He's unpopular in his own country and the US basically undercut him over the weekend. Plus Kier Sarmer actually is a heavy handed authoritarian.
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  323. That's one explanation, the other is that comedy isn't your strong suit. I can give you some great material, but you'll have to have a credit card handy.
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  324. That's almost the worst analogy someone was put on YouTube just today.
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  325. Yours is obviously the minority opinion in Australia.
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  326. Look up why that "guest" was removed from the Lincoln Project.
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  327. @ They always say "diversity is our strength". Apparently you don't agree.
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  328. Acting your age means that you take care of your own defense.
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  329. The Ukraine is not part of the EU.
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  330.  @Robert-b4e1v  Well, that's what we get for having a Bush in office.
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  331. And then what?
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  332.  @jyrkihyvola3680  Shutting down nuclear plants shows the countries involved are not to be taken seriously
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  333. @ But those millions who didn't vote for him were a minority. The citizens want to focus on fixing our own problems which are manifold after the disastrous Biden regime.
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  334. You have people in the UK who are jailed for criticizing immigration and the gangs of Pakistani men who did unspeakable things to British girls. Those people get put in prison. The Pakistanis are left alone.
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  335. @ People chant in football stadiums all the time. They even were chanting F*** Joe Biden, and people just laughed and got on their their day.
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  336. Careful. The Germans may flag you for hate speech and jail you.
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  337. Why would you accept Ukraine as a member of NATO if they're too corrupt to join the EU?
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  338. Really? Like who?
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  339. Capital idea!
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