Youtube comments of (@jonlittle5032).

  1. The problem with your statement is that you are not buying the ebook. Did you not watch the video]?
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  2. Is there a reason why FR24's graphic shows The Far Right Alliance's 132-152 seats is more than The New Popular Fronts 172-192 seats?
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  3. Extremists groups across the world and across the political spectrum are in favor because governments have failed to provided basic services and voters are looking for solutions - they don't care which side delivers. This could make for an interesting analysis.
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  4. The widening wealth equity gap is not a new theory.
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  5. Most Americans are wrong about the economy, though.
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  6.  @Polynuttery  How is it imperialism when Greenland was settled by Danes from Iceland in 986 AD and the Thule from Alaska in 1300 AD?
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  7. I like how the interviewer is actually listening and responding to what is being said, and not just reading one prepared question after another.
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  8. The video wasn't about the why, but about the what now.
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  9. Patrushev's son got a promotion at the same time, and power under Putin isn't necessarily attached to job titles. Need to wait and see where Nikolai ends up.
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  10.  @Leto2ndAtreides  That wasn't his point about South Korea. Angering the South Koreans was a consequence, not the intent.
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  11.  @Decay384  You can't back that up because it requires a twisted interpretation of what we all saw.
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  12.  @Danne1886  He doesn't work for you, and that isn't the focus of his thoughts. Make your own video.
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  13. Zelenskyy's response about the war is a fight for freedom calls on Lincoln's predicament. Zelenskyy has equaled both Churchill and Lincoln as a defender of democracy.
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  14.  @gagamba9198  I didn't say it wasn't important. It just isn't the focus of this video.
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  15.  @blackcatdungeonmastersfami5311  If Zelenskyy escalated, it was in response to the Russian invasion of his country.
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  16.  @dxky5944  I believe it was Russia who put it in Ukraine's backyard 8 years earlier.
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  17.  @derbymon  If fascism is 'my way or the highway' then yes he is.
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  18.  @ohiasdxfcghbljokasdjhnfvaw4ehr  Isn't that the point of the rhetoric of the other side, to sow mistrust of our democratic institutions? I am sure they appreciate your support.
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  19.  @AlysandirDrake  Libertarians for Islam? Are you serious, sport?
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  20. No. You draw a fine picture of correlation, but that doe not imply a causation.
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  21. There is a confusion between profit and total cost. The difference between 90 seconds of labor and a $7 sale is not profit. How much did the roast cost? How much is the cost of the financing for the building, the utilities, the back office support, the cup, the clutch, the napkins, the equipment, the maintenance? Raising wages would not come out of 'profits'; it would come out of the increased purchase price. To assert or imply otherwise misleads and distracts from the real issues. There needs to be an across the board wage increase, a real minimum wage increase. But to assert that increase will come at the expense of profits is disingenuous and serves only to create a hostile political debate.
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  22.  @nazcamain  The constitution also did not abolish slavery. Not a very good argument, sport.
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  23. Name other incidents. And Timothy McVeigh doesn't count.
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  24.  @Danne1886  You are right, and you are wrong. I am defending my point of view.
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  25. And they conducted successful operations around the world. And fielded the bots we keep seeing.
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  26. And Putin and Trump are the oldest men involved ...
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  27. I believe when you accept a pardon, it is considered an implicit acknowledgement of guilt.
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  28. TDS isn't a thing, except by trumpets.
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  29. What happened is you don't understand the difference between prophecy and analysis.
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  30. Been through that myself, 'retired' IT, with family and mortgage. Won't belabor the experience, 'cept to say, the attitude is most important. And you got the right one, my friend.
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  31.  @loganhoffman5789  Wow. Liberal at 18, FR 23. Impressive life experience. I have hemorrhoids that are more mature.
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  32.  @CheriMecham  Having an IRA does not exempt your FICA taxes.
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  33.  @Spractral  The issue is not distribution; it is in reproducibility. Physical media can be realistically copied only one at a time; ebook copies can proliferate like rabbits ... without recompense to the actual owner (the author).
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  34.  @middleagebrotips3454  Interesting. I didn't see either of those issues on the ballot, sport. Was it coded?
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  35.  @Prolute  Yep. Doesn't change the point. Reread my comment.
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  36.  @Prolute  Ukraine is Ukrainian, not Russian; just as Norway is Norwegian, not Danish.
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  37. Being the second most popular party doesn't mean it isn't crazy, radical or nasty. Case in point: the GOP.
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  38. A lot of people objecting to Peter's packing whilst creating the video. Wow. Feels like high school all over again.
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  39.  @Prolute  It was implied by the original comment I replied to. Keep swinging, sport.
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  40. And the trumpets are never far behind.
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  41.  @TheDa6781  Actually it is.
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  42. These comments are stale 3 minutes in; Zeihan's comments stay fresh for days.
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  43. The intent of sanctions is not regime change, but punishment. Regime is merely a hope, wishing on a star. But, arguable, so is punishment.
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  44. Providing Ukraine intelligence so they could kick Russia out of Ukraine's front yard.
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  45.  @Prolute  Nope. Before. Answer the question. How is this imperialism?
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  46.  @Withnail1969  No, they HAVE been firing that much artillery, and gained what? Bahkmut? And most of those shells are North Korean. That well is going to dry up.
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  47. Vance's Munich speech shares an inglorious place in history next to Chamberlain's Munich speech.
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  48.  @vanjabobic5791  The only nuclear weapons that were actually in Ukraine were Russian nukes pointed at their European neighbors.
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  49. If it was such an effective tactic, how come they only bagged one F-16?
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  50.  @haveagoodone5830  Do yourself a favor and get a current calendar. The world (including Ukraine) is not the same as it was 8 years ago.
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  51.  @AkenValle  When the people in occupied Ukraine, the 8 million women and children who fled at the start of the Russian invasion, and the hundreds of thousands of soldiers fighting in the trenches can take time to vote. Did you not watch Zelenskyy's interview the other day?
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  52.  @Withnail1969  They've had 6 months to do FOD walks on those runways, sport.
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  53.  @Withnail1969  Again. 6 months. FOD (foreign object damage) walks. Who says the airfields have not been prepped? You?
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  54. You are ignoring Saudi financing, sport.
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  55. Shaking hands with the enemy strengthens us against them??
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  56.  @joecomyns5120  Drop the snark and we can talk. Otherwise close the bath door. We don't want to watch a solo routine.
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  57. [37:00] Direct mail, small contributions are a Rep thing?? Uh, Clinton? Obama? This is not a gimmick of just one party.
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  58. You haven't actually critically read the comments, have you?
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  59. Peter said IF the National Party doesn't do well in France's upcoming parliamentary elections, THEN it would demonstrate the swing to the right in the EU Parliament is a flash in the pan.
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  60.  @SyntaxErr19287  He has already mentioned he doesn't read the comments - for that very reason.
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  61. Promoted like that cruiser (and a large portion of the Fleet) got promoted to submarine duty.
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  62. Yep. That is the point Zeihan explicitly makes: Russia is waging war now so it won't have to in 2030. And it isn't five years, sport. The current war started 3 years ago, not yesterday. And it is the ninth country it has attacked in the past couple decades ... as Zeihan said. Rewind, play it again, Samuel.
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  63. [17:00] To argue that conservative disgust with Bush led to Trump ignores the even stronger and broader disgust with both Clintons.
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  64.  @LTVoyager  That's what I said. But, I am entirely sympathetic to the prevalent cognitive deficiency that equates analysis to prophecy.
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  65. How many countries have the wealth and power the US has? False equivalency, yogi.
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  66. Nope. The context of the video was about 'consequential' decisions; not whether you agree or disagree with the decision.
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  67.  @Prolute  And yet, that is the question on the table. Keep your elbow up; it'll give you control and leverage. The outfield fence only looks far away. We have faith in you, sport.
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  68. Try again, Ivan.
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  69.  @Withnail1969  Try harder, friend. No one is partaking of your drinks.
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  70.  @teekay_1  Isolated, Russia needs a century to recover. With international support not equaled since the Marshall Plan, Ukraine will need a decade.
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  71.  @Paint-brigade1776  Nope. Wrong party, wrong generation. Keep that elbow up, sport. The outfield fence isn't that far away. You can do it.
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  72. Let's see ... in the context of this video? uh, how about ... he is not Korean?
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  73. And, on the flip side, there is the issue of the native populations treating migrants as second class citizens, contrary to Western values.
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  74. "Speak loudly and carry a big stick" ... yeah, this'll work. 🙄
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  75. The dark negative is a reflection of the object of the conversation.
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  76. It's orcpounding day.
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  77. 12:20 Analyses of politics today make generic "lack of trust in government and institutions" comments without realizing that the distrust is directed towards the people running those institutions, not the institutions themselves. As an example, if 2024 was about distrust in the institutions, there would be no wholesale replacement of the people within those institutions. Trust is being restored. At least from the POV of the current majority.
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  78. And how much time do you have in an F-16 airframe? Certainly more than an F-16 instructor?
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  79.  @Zt3v3  Zeihan has 200k subscribers and videos rarely exceed 500k. He's not getting rich on yt. His business is consulting and does speaking engagements with large corporations and government agencies. And then there are his books.
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  80. Don't worry; it is too hard for you to comprehend. You'll never see it coming.
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  81. Without sources, there would be no understanding.
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  82. NK weapons as good as SK?? Unlimited manpower - the logistics of sending them halfway round the world, without the logistic capacity, is a non-starter; and when they leave the peninsula, who is going to protect Kim from SK? Your speculative premises invalidates your conclusions.
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  83.  @Withnail1969  Ukraine has had trained pilots from before the war. They have been training in Western countries on the F-16 airframe for the past year. Plenty of time.
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  84. As much as I respect Nielsen's perspective and analysis, the only value to this conversation is, why is it getting oxygen?
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  85.  @ALGOBESS  Yes, we weep for justice abandoned.
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  86.  @nicoles9077  No. Inflation is the result of disrupted supply chains. It's not a primary color thing. Governmental spending during economic upheavals kept the economy from seizing up like an overheated engine fed the wrong fuel.
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  87. Growing from what? Their economy tanked. Bouncing off the bottom is not a sustainable economy.
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  88. Ever get a freebie at McDonalds or Burger King? How long have they been in business?
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  89.  @TheSmokinApples  Thinking. Alex Jones. Contradiction in intelligence.
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  90. He was referring to incidents that involved driving a vehicle through a crowd, not mass shootings. Imprecise, yes. But understand the context, sport.
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  91. That actually makes no sense in the context provided.
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  92. "My way or the highway; and if you take the highway, they'll get wicked on you." Applies to the extreme left as well as the extreme right.
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  93.  @BlackbirdArtandDesign  Neither is turning a blind eye to their plight. Or even a wide open eye.
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  94.  @BlackbirdArtandDesign  The economies of all western nations are suffering from an acute and chronic labor shortage that is decades in the making and will last decades. That causes higher inflation.
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  95.  @dxky5944  Crimea, which is Ukrainian, and men in unmarked military uniforms from Russia. Is that the history we are talking about?
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  96.  @ManR15M  You are correct; it was Russian soldiers on unauthorized leave wearing unmarked uniforms carrying Russian weapons, but it was never the Russian military.
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  97. And?
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  98.  @cwjh74  Because Taiwan claims they ARE China, not the communists on the mainland. The problem is not Taiwan's confusion, but yours.
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  99.  @blackcatdungeonmastersfami5311  I don't chase pet rabbits.
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  100.  @haveagoodone5830  So, I'm confused. Are you saying nations act in their own best interests? Wow. I'm underwhelmed. Such cognitive ability. And I thought you were just a bridge dweller.
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  101. Interesting ...
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  102. 3h with JR will turn your brain to mush
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  103. When one is faced with a 'home invasion', you don't take the time to vote on 'what is for dinner'.
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  104.  @eeg-rh7jv  History may not precisely repeat itself, but neither does it reinvent itself.
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  105.  @eeg-rh7jv  Points of significant similarities: Germany had been devastated a couple decades earlier by WW1; Russia had been devastated a couple decades earlier by the collapse of the USSR. After a period of democracy, both Germany and Russia had installed authoritarian leaders. Germany had imperialist ambitions; Putin has imperialist ambitions.
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  106.  @eeg-rh7jv  More congruities: Technological innovations presented new challenges - and untested opportunities - for operational warfare: the Spanish Civil War and Italy's Ethiopian adventures tested out communications, machine guns, aviation and tanks; Russia's invasion of Ukraine is testing out drone, cyber, and information warfare technologies. Both countries rationalized their aggression claiming they were retaking lands that were rightfully theirs.
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  107.  @kelvyiturralde8111  Since your premise is clearly wrong, I won't bother refuting your conclusion.
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  108.  @edhargquest8710  Anders is not speaking in absolutes. But if Russia can win, in what year? What does your analysis say? Look deep into the glass ball you are using.
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  109. In the context of this video? Zip.
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  110.  @wescain8754  Zeihan firing Zeihan? Not your channel, sport. Go back to trumpet camp.
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  111. demon, not god.
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  112. What hasn't changed is the third year of Russian failure to achieve its three-day goal.
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  113. I am going to say some bad words here ... supply and demand. Fertilizer is made from pot ash and .... natural gas. Can anyone say, Russo-Ukraine war? Market analysts have been talking about this since we turned off Russia's spigots. Do farmers raise their prices when the produce they provide is short? Do the farmers watch crop reports? Do they make crop decisions based on market conditions?
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  114.  @SyntaxErr19287  I refute your opinion. 👎
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  115. Are you saying everyone should see to their own interests, except America? Now that raises a false question.
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  116.  @thamimasuku3443  I fully disagree with your trivialization of past history, particularly since the current world order was formed then, which you tacitly acknowledge by bringing up the date 1945. So take off the glasses and look around.
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  117. Calling it an 'American' mindset is revealing of your own narrow viewpoint.
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  118. Not coincidental nor weird; that is how the algorithm works. A surge in popularity will pull a video rankings up. Hardly worth noting.
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  119. Those winters were uncharacteristically mild. This year is forecasted to be more brutal.
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  120. Seriously? Are we still going there?
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  121. Keep laughing. They already tried that, and it failed.
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  122.  @Withnail1969  Wrong. Fighter Jet training lasts about 2 years and starts with Basic Flight School, Basic Tactical Flight school and then Advanced Tactical Training. Only then, do they get specific air frame training.Ukrainian pilots don't need the first three.
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  123. Because the other party wasn't listening to the concerns of the people. That is how democracy works.
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  124.  @richardthomas5362  Most people are able to discern, from the context of this video, that Zeihan doesn't have a high opinion of Carter.
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  125.  @Paint-brigade1776  Old argument, sport. America is both. Did you vote in November? They are not mutually exclusive.
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  126.  @FargarJaji-p6f  Adv nation? Russia uses old tires and cope cages to provide force protection for aviation and ground assets.
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  127. The F-16 was far more advanced then, and now.
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  128. Zeihan is Gen X so your statement is self-contradictory.
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  129. Nope. That's not what you said, Danny.
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  130.  @Taylor.B.Martin  You're embarrassing yourself.
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  131.  @nicholassmith7984  At what point do we hold the German, er, Palestinian people accountable for their country's leadership? That was not a slip of the tongue.
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  132. Zeihan on Geopolitics is a brand name, sport.
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  133. Mistake??? It is beyond credible that "lack of diligence" explains how Johnny Harri got wrong something that has been front and center for nearly three years.
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  134. Not going to complain about the failure of the analysis? Oh, wait. He ended up being spot on.
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  135.  @papapavlov5407  He is a free-marketer; he lauds limited government.
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  136.  @teekay_1  LOL. Russia lost the battle for will, men, and logistics long ago. I think we all know it is Putin and Lavrov who have been way over their heads since the start.
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  137. Why?
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  138.  @jackchop1576  The SSA sends out checks totaling $20B ... every three days. Yeah. Good solution, sport.
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  139.  @HankSemoreButz  Being a bully in 3rd grade is not something I would own up to, sport.
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  140. When one is faced with a 'home invasion', you don't take the time to vote on 'what is for dinner'.
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  141.  @JohnSmith-ti2kp  The blatant DS in your comment is clearly of the Z specie.
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  142.  @Paint-brigade1776  The name is a nom de guerre, a troll trap that you just sprung, sport.
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  143. You are comparing the Union of the British Isles with the artifice known as 'Syria'?
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  144. When one is faced with a 'home invasion', you don't take the time to vote on 'what is for dinner'.
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  145.  @hermesliteratus882  Keep up sport. His channel supports charities. He make his money elsewhere.
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  146.  @TheAmericanPrometheus  Yep. The trumpeteers are a problem. They should start their own channel, maybe put on big black round ears and do song and dance.
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  147. And ... who raise you sport?
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  148. Neutral is showing both sides without opinion. That is what this channel does.
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  149. Amazing how many pages I had to page down to find someone who wasn't.
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  150.  @arktseytlin  When you prove it for yourself, let me know.
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  151.  @LordRykard9376  Nope. Wrong on all counts, especially the first, but you needed a platform to launch from, eh?
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  152.  @rsmith8113  Russian migrants, sport.
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  153.  @klaussecruz7133  Love the sarcasm
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  154.  @averagepainter  No problems, sport. As a retired elementary school teacher, I am always glad to help.
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  155.  @piratesofthebarentssea  False equivalency, sport. It is Russian talking points that keeps getting reality wrong. Are the three days up yet?
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  156. I kind of like Hawaii and it is a state, not a territory. Would you consider the Virgin Islands? It is closer, and title issues would be much simpler.
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  157.  @sluggo206  Out of context: if you have a dictator, you don't have voters who can viably choose their leader.
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  158.  @isoldam  Again irrelevant. Venezuela was/is not a democracy any more than Russia is. Sham elections do not reflect the will of the people. So, no.
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  159.  @familyguygaming_  Again, not relevant. The actions are when it became a dictatorship and not a democracy, thus invaliding the relevance and importance and meaning of voter participation. Thus negating the argument. Keep trying.
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  160.  @kanukistani2984  Nope. What we need is an electorate that understands politics. We could start with you.
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  161.  @rcpmac  Nope. You still watch Saturday Morning Cartoons, don't you?
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  162.  @rcpmac  Nothing but primary colors there. Let me know when you graduate to ABC Afterschool Specials, little trolkin. Maybe we can talk then.
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  163. In Korea? Not even relevant.
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  164.  @one-metallica4156  Dude. Chill. You are frothing. I know some people are afraid of clowns, but did you have a terrifying encounter with a balloon on your 5th birthday?
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  165.  @haveagoodone5830  You've put ol' comb-moustache in the wrong column
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  166.  @haveagoodone5830  False equivalency, sport. Try again, this time stay on topic.
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  167.  @haveagoodone5830  You can bow out anytime, sport. I'm not holding you down.
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  168.  @teddypicker8799  Do you know what a turn and burn is? Those figures on average hours maintenance, include things like phased inspections. In war, those numbers go way down. You do phased maintenance and non-red X maintenance when the plane isn't scheduled to fly.
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  169.  @muckle8  LOL. Ok, sport. I won't burst your bubble. It's all you got.
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  170. This puts the White House stage plays with Macron and Starmer in proper light. Trump wanted Zelenskyy embarrassed. Mundane psychology of narcissistic behavior. Interesting commentary on Rubio. We will see if Mario mans up.
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  171. You need to use current data, not data that went stale a decade or two ago.
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  172.  @karlvongazenberg8398  How many Iranian drones and missiles did it take to create a couple craters?
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  173. False equivalency. But you know that.
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  174.  @thomasnixon9719  And the native Taiwanese are ethnically and genetically closer to Polynesia.
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  175. Yep. That's why most militaries have generals.
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  176.  @klaasvakie  Sec. Austin isn't Russian. Are you?
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  177.  @Mr.White10-65  Not intended, sport. I just report the facts. Ukrainian constitutional law is not beholden to US constitutional law.
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  178. And you are here ... why?
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  179.  @eeg-rh7jv  The only significant difference between 2024 and 1939 is 85 years.
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  180.  @eeg-rh7jv  What is ignorant is to ignore the profound similarities.
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  181.  @eeg-rh7jv  Never forget: Both leaders had turned their democratic institutions into one-party apparatuses and violently suppressed domestic dissent. Hitler claimed a desire for peace while preparing for war; Putin, ditto. Hitler rationalized a pan-germanic state; Putin, a pan-rus state.
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  182. Both incited and appealed to nationalistic fervor and scapegoated marginalized communities. Both advocated the superiority of their culture and ethnicity and mythological heritages. Hitler escalated from Austria to Sudetenland to Poland; Putin escalated from Chechnya to Georgia to Crimea to Ukraine. Did I miss something?
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  183. [0:30] "Indicted", not "convicted". As eager as we are, let's not take a page from Trump's play book and jump the gun.
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  184. Americans (and most everyone else) vote on how the economy is doing; most Americans (and most people) don't understand economics. Or how little impact a president has on the economy; or that most economic behavior is affected by things that span more than 4 or 8 years. But it is good some people try to explain it. Thanks, Peter.
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  185. Read history books. As Zeihan has been saying for years, there is a long history of that actuality.
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  186. People call that allegorical. 🤦‍♀
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  187. Trump's plan was to force Zelenskyy to swallow ... his pride. yeah yeah, that's what I meant.
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  188. You don't watch him often. He tends to edit those out.
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  189. Ask MAGA.
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  190. Fascism, as a 'named' phenomena, was invented in interwar Italy. But fascism, as a concept, is as old as the hills. I have seen 2,500 year old Greek plays done by avant garde stages in full fascist regalia - and it is just as poignant. Umberto Eco's 14 points are merely specific descriptive 'talking points' of that Italian iteration. People make the idea complicated because they want to define it so it applies to someone else, not them - which is fascist itself. What is fascism? Simple. It is someone who says, "My way, or the highway; and if you take the highway, I'll get ugly on your arse."
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  191.  @snc376  Like the Russians in Afghanistan before that? False equivalency, sport. Ukraine is kicking butt.
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  192.  @Jamesgalc-gs8wu  I love it when someone says 'calm down'. It means they don't have a response.
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  193. But is Hamas peace loving? That is the point he is making, a point you are ignoring.
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  194.  @King_of_Antisemites  No. You'd drown.
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  195. There were five; now there are four. So. Yes.
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  196. Who butters your bread?
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  197. Well, that and factual content needs to be monitored and confronted on an ongoing basis.
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  198.  @Danne1886  I don't do salt. Maybe you should take it off your table. 👎
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  199.  @Danne1886  I didn't say he dodged anything, sport. That's your salt.
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  200.  @RadiusG60  You started off making some good points, and then went for the snark. I'd love to respond, but only when you drop it. 👎
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  201.  @poplar2065  If you want to talk about immigration, start talking about it. All I see is stonethrowing at the man who said that is not what he is talking about.
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  202.  @_Melian_Dialogue_  Impartiality is crucial in a justice system. When do you start being impartial?
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  203.  @thamimasuku3443  Your emotes are more intelligent than your conversation.
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  204.  @thamimasuku3443  Given that the world nearly destroyed itself under imperialist flags in WWI and then tried to do it again under fashy flags in WWII, it is incredible that after 1945 every nation was able to trade without military escort. After the attacks on maritime trade leading up to US involvement in WWI, and then the wolf packs of WWII, it is interesting that the only acts of maritime violence have only recently started back up. By nationalist forces on the other side of the world, seeking their own national interests.
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  205.  @Karthagast  Again, we have someone inflating their own ego by denigrating others. If I did that, you'd accuse me of a 'Western' mindset, nez pas?
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  206.  @braxxian  There are two posits being made that contradict each other: America has a with or against us mindset, and India is neither with nor against us. Yet, much of India's economy is dependent on mutual business relationships, and American/Indian foreign policy, both political and military, is often aligned and codependent. So, either India is with us, or America is not as binary as some erroneously suggest.
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  207. Biden isn't in Europe. This is a video on Europe.
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  208. He has a history of stuttering. Grow up.
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  209. no. very close to Ukraine
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  210.  @mathurex211  LOL. Oh. Please. More. That is so funny. And you liked yourself, that's so cute.
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  211.  @mathurex211  Yes you did. Right click it. Nice cope, though. Have you calmed down now?
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  212.  @mathurex211  Seriously, Plan A isn't working. What's Plan B?
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  213.  @LordRykard9376  Drop the snark, dude, or stop participating.
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  214. Given that the hard right often used physical stereotypes, I gotta ask: are you?
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  215. Are you saying that we should be concerned about Trump's mental faculties but not Biden's? Why?
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  216.  @RealTalkWithGaryM  Worrying about Trump's cognitive abilities whilst dismissing Biden's cognitive abilities can only be interpreted as a double standard. So. This isn't really about cognitive abilities, but politics. That isn't an interpretation, but a clarification.
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  217.  @RealTalkWithGaryM  Dude. Chill. You have an opinion disguised as fact. My fact trumps your opinion. Cope. And liking your own comment is ....
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  218.  @RealTalkWithGaryM  You could start by explaining the 'fact' that Biden's cognitive decline isn't relevant but Trump's is. That is the 'fact' you are advancing, yes?
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  219.  @RealTalkWithGaryM  Again, more opinions devoid of fact. Try again, sport.
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  220.  @matthewsemrad1474  Re: losing union workers - true (though that started with the Reagan Democrats), but I think it was more a reaction to the excesses of the intolerant political normative behavior of the more radical progressives that fomented what they call the revolution. Pity they only just recreated a conservative copy of that intolerance.
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  221.  @LTVoyager  Is your question any better than the OP?
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  222.  @BatkoNashBandera774  You are right; I have absolutely no interest in your salvation.
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  223. When Russia invaded, EU was producing 450,000 shells a year, US only 180,000; France, Sweden, UK make excellent fighter jets; Austria, France make drones; Sweden, France, UK make missiles.
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  224.  @ghhghh8554  no it won't
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  225. ZDS?
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  226. The 16 that voted against Monday’s resolution alongside the U.S. and Russia were Israel, Haiti, Hungary, Palau and the Marshall Islands; the African countries Burkina Faso, Burundi, the Central African Republic, Equatorial Guinea, Niger and Sudan; and Belarus, North Korea, Syria, Eritrea, Mali and Nicaragua - The Hill
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  227.  @mrowen8156  Well, then stop crying.
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  228.  @aaaaaa2206  And what would that look like? You do not provide a very good example.
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  229.  @scottwhitethebest  Are we talking Putin's soldiers fighting in the Donbass without identifying markers? What were they called again?
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  230.  @kosta2177  And what air frames are they going up against? If Russian MiGs are so good, why don't they have air superiority, three years later? Russian Air is no better than Russian Navy.
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  231.  @Really250  Given that the Russians do not understand air defense, I understand your confusion.
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  232.  @peterponcedeleon3368  We are the wealthiest nation. We are wealthy enough to service that debt. We are not the most indebted nation; Japan's debt to gdp is 40-50% higher than ours, China's, and the EU's, is the same as ours. And inflation is at 3%. I'm not the one confused.
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  233.  @peterponcedeleon3368  When you start stating facts, we can talk. Until then, keep swinging, Casey.
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  234. A highly educated man in an English-speaking Western culture is not sure that Shakespeare wrote "Much Ado About Nothing"? I won't be hiring him as a lawyer any time soon.
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  235.  @joperc  How is money sent to Ukraine, Taiwan, and Israel causing drug problems? Again, disingenuous logic. Is it raining in St. Petersburg?
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  236. "Ironclad support for Israel's right to defend itself", not to attack without regard to civilian lives. If Israel uses their nukes, do we rearm their supply of nukes?
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  237. Relevance of modern philosophy. Are we just searching for more ways to count angels on the head of a pin?
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  238.  @666chew  They do borrow the money. With Treasury Bills, which results in a tidy income stream for the Fund.
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  239.  @joneschilufya867  Well, the ones who survive the yearly famines, the monthly purges, the daily beatings, yeah.
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  240. What can't it carry, flyboy? The colonel is an experienced F-16 pilot and instructor. What are you?
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  241.  @AlexAnteroLammikko  Russia is in its third year of a three day war. If they haven't acquired air superiority by now, what makes you think they can when the 16s start to fly?
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  242. Sport. Give it up. No one is listening.
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  243.  @vermontsownboy6957  yep. dude needs to replace his hearing aid batteries.
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  244. To assert that declining manufacturing was greater in the 80s and therefore it wasn't as big of an issue 30 and 40 years later misunderstands that classic economist POV - "all else equal". It wasn't equal; in this century, the sensitivity to the declining manufacturing base had more depth, and inserted a multiplying factor to the equation.
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  245. Need to look inward for actual symptoms of DS, of the Z species.
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  246.  @jlpowell51  Russia has something they haven't used yet? Did they miss a kitchen sink somewhere?
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  247. The rest of us, those who actually understand what he is saying, is only laughing at comments like this.
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  248. Video is dated Dec 2. Was up on Patreon, sport.
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  249. Sure he can; remember who his audience is?
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  250.  @milesb2111  No. It is because attack postures are intrinsically more exposed.
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  251.  @dougaltolan3017  Don't count on it, Doug. This one is all mouth.
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  252.  @dougaltolan3017  Watch. He'll come up with something he thinks is clever about being all mouth. It is like discussing something with AI. None of it true, most of it nonsensical, but always rabid. My mistake. He'll key off on that last word. Makes for better gut-twists. Right, sport?
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  253.  @rogerrussell9544  Most people can watch from any media source and discern truth. It's ok, it takes time to learn that skill.
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  254.  @rogerrussell9544  Lol. Your point is you would agree with him. Thank you.
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  255. Can we get questions that actually take the conversation beyond surface and mundane topical?
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  256. You wish.
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  257.  @Koz4concern  He doesn't hide the fact that he knows demographics and geopolitics. Wrote the book(s) on it, in fact. Also does work for DoD and private companies and industry organizations who want to know what the future might bring. But you hid that info, didn't you, sport?
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  258.  @PorkusMaximii  'to' or 'too'?
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  259. Keep trying, trumpet.
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  260. You didn't listen, did you? The Falcon's they are getting are active duty airframes that were already upgraded for the owning countries.
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  261. Try TS. They'll tell you everything you want to hear.
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  262. The fact that he didn't confirm your biases doesn't make him wrong.
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  263.  @johnwu7  I said it wasn't a new theory, not an invalid one. The point is even respected news sites engage in clickbait. But, you know what Hearst said.
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  264. 👍 Subscribed
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  265.  @DowneastBeast  Are you suggesting the Founding Fathers should not have instituted a democracy where 97% of the population can choose what issues are important to them? Have you read Paine?
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  266. It is Thomas Paine, with an 'e'. Look at the book cover you say you read.
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  267. The neurology Sapolsky alleges disproves free will comes from within me, not divine intervention nor quantum determinism. But it is also not the trigger of actions of free will. When I choose to marry, when I chose a profession, when I choose to jaywalk instead of going to the corner, those decisions are the result of deliberative, er, deliberation. Of MY Free Will. The neurosignal purported to be the actual consequence of free will is, in fact, a trigger for muscular action, action that had already been chosen. Can the scientists please drop this pseudoscience in the appropriate receptacle and move on?
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  268.  @plotofland2928  Making conscious decisions IS free will.
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  269. A lot of those commentators are part of the trumptrollbrigade trying to shut Peter down.
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  270. The demographic analysis is flawed because it fails to identify the cause of the incipient collapse - urbanization. If the stress of South Korea's school and work environment is the cause of their demographic imbalance, it would not explain the global demographic collapse. Urbanization of a developing economy is a far greater predictor. It isn't that people can't have children because of school and work schedules; it is that the prosperity of urbanization has given people the choice. It isn't that young people are forced to move to the cities - it is because they choose an urban life that can create a better life for themselves. A shrinking working population and a rise in labor costs will open the door to increased productivity through automation, something that has been artificially suppressed by a large labor force that encouraged Luddite mentalities to protect their jobs. The gender imbalance has nothing to do with demographic collapse. That is a direct consequence of the one-child policy and the infanticidal practices of parents who wanted boys for their economic potential. The prime cause of demographic collapse in China, and across the world, is the economic freedom people enjoyed in an urbanizing economy.
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  271.  @u2beuser714  You do realize they lost the war, yes?
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  272.  @TJ-Stackin  And I am from Rigel IV on a recon mission.
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  273. He predicted nothing; it was an assessment, which is standard practice in analysis. When the data changes, the assessment changes.
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  274. My father, who worked for Fairchild in the late 60s, says the point Zeihan is making is the design of the high-end chips, not the ones that go into IoT appliances. You are referencing all design.
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  275. Beau is not known for analysis that does not further his own agenda. And, did you not see the note in the description? This was recorded before it was announced who replaced him.
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  276.  @muckle8  How is it the MiGs and Su fighters haven't secured air dominance yet? The F-16s haven't been there.
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  277.  @muckle8  Are we in Day Two or Day Three of this war?
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  278. Trump's people are running scared. They're literally pounding in the comments. Sort by new, then start paging down. I defy anyone to get any comment more than 1 hour old.
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  279.  @ahm848  I don't understand, are you suggesting that since Musk is now the unelected US president that Trump should take on the role of the unelected president of Ukraine? Ah.
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  280.  @dxky5944  You haven't presented any facts, within the realm of reality, that is.
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  281.  @dxky5944  Nope, not in this reality.
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  282.  @dxky5944  Zelensky stated the facts of the real world when he said Putin lies and Trump is "living in a disinformation space'.
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  283. Nope. Germany's problems started when the Kaiser continued Metternich's policies and interwar politicians ignored the economic catastrophe that their people suffered from. It is not about luck.
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  284.  @klaussecruz7133  The internet was supposed to create a libertarian global village. And this is what that looks like.
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  285.  @shankar4330  The author and the publisher gave the library permission. Ask better questions.
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  286.  @piratesofthebarentssea  Bad metaphor sport. The only obstacles the Russian cope cage rolls over is its own casualties.
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  287. Yes, we know. That is the problem.
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  288.  @richardlanier2113  Not at all, sport. But perhaps you should confine your analysis inward, not outward, to explain this, as the wall next to the dartboard is getting a bit perforated. I know, scary, but I have faith. You can do it.
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  289.  @ralphee7487  Vietnam does.
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  290. One cares about safety, the other is dangerous at any speed. I think you missed the point.
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  291.  @escaped1534  What?! Oh. You're one of those Strawman guys. Dude. Read. Engage brain. Think outside your comfort zone. No hidden message here. I said what I meant. Try to understand the context of the debate.
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  292. LOL. More memes from Fox and TS.
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  293. Why?
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  294. Turkey is just as considerate to the Kurds as they are to the Armenians.
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  295. Look at all those smiling faces; America has been reborn.
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  296. Yes, an accountant who won't steal and can find money for the war. Other analysts are already calling him the War Economy Minister.
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  297. There are 245M eligible voters (children don't count). 77M voted for Trump. 91M didn't vote. It is a fundamental rule of democracy that if you don't vote, you are essentially voting for the winner. That's 168M, not 1/5.
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  298. "Ironclad support for Israel's right to defend itself", not to attack without regard to civilian lives. If Israel uses their nukes, do we rearm their supply of nukes?
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  299. Thank god we stopped using sails on ships, eh?
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  300.  @atomiknight  Stop squinting. You can see better then.
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  301.  @redskinner  Deep breath. Think. There ya go ...
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  302.  @Mr.White10-65  Ukrainian Constitution explicitly says no elections until Russia is defeated. That is the law of the land in Ukraine, not US Constitution. Sport.
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  303.  @redskinner  Nope.
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  304.  @theShartLord  He wasn't commenting on the tragedy, but the context. 3 out of 100,000,000.
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  305.  @ervinvice1521  It's a ten minute video. If you are watching it, you have access to the internet and can do your own research.
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  306.  @PWMoze  Fair enough, except when he said 'flash in the pan', he was referring to the context of this particular election. And he said, IF subsequent national elections do not confirm this regional election, THEN it would be a mere flash in the pan, politically speaking. Your statement was a flat contradiction of what he said. I agree the larger movement is not a flash in the pan, nor even an aberration. And I believe he has even said that in other videos, but those videos, again, were a different context.
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  307. Kinetic is a very common word in politics.
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  308.  @MrR40388  Why, yes it is. It is a democratic republic.
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  309. This wasn't diplomacy; this is what happens when a narcissist can't control the show. Mundane psychology, but not diplomacy. Given his performances with Macron and Starmer. Nielsen's analysis is spot on.
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  310.  @skanderbeg1751  My pronoun is they. What is yours?
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  311. As someone who entered the workforce during the stagflation from the 1970s oil crisis, I take issue - qualitatively and quantitatively - that the COVID economic disruption was even comparable. And neither Carter nor Grump were responsible. Arab national oil policies and the virus were the root causes.
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  312. Especially the orange variety, eh?
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  313.  @queerulantin6431  But that's the point: they are both getting too old. Let Harris run.
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  314. "Had to admit"?? Wow. Now that's some real Russian propaganda creativity.
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  315.  @Thiernodjo  Thus explaining what is wrong with this world. Sport.
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  316.  @TheDavidlloydjones  Keep swinging, sport. The cheap seats are on the floor laughing.
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  317. Would be curious if the large swings to the right in many countries is a symptom of demographic collapse. Immigration seems to be a hot topic among those looking right.
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  318. He did catch it, but couldn't recover, so he just pressed on. He is aware; he is not completely incapacitated. But that's the issue: he is not incapacitated, but the impairment is getting worse and an increasing number of voters don't believe it won't incapacitate him before a second term is over.
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  319.  @Dontbesleep1646  Yes, both parties need new candidates.
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  320. Providing Ukraine intelligence so they could kick Russia out of Ukraine's front yard.
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  321.  @SgtBash-iz2rd  Macron is French, sport. Not American. "Betraying" Trump isn't a crime even from an American.
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  322.  @piratesofthebarentssea  You have it backwards. Russia left because they failed. America won the war in 2 months, turned it over to the local government. It was a change in American policy that prompted the departure. After 20 year, it was time for the civilian Afghan government to sink or swim. Try again, sport.
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  323.  @duckeee7566  Is the assertion Palestinians are not Hamas, but Israelis are .... Israel? Hamas represents the Palestinians and they are as responsible for Hamas' conduct as Israelis are of their government.
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  324.  @marktapley7571  Keep swinging, sport. The outfield fence is not as far as it looks. You can do it.
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  325.  @jpe1  Unfortunately, those "further comments" were a reaction to the bullying they endured. Sad when people can't see how their behavior can provoke others. Not all of us can be as saintly as some, but still be good people. Yes. I am sticking a fork into it, to see what happens. I guess that makes me as saintly as you.
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  326.  @LyritZian  Classic response. Projection. And you liked your own comment. That's cute. I have need for only one account. Which ones are your secondaries?
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  327. most people don't have profile pics. It has been my observation that people with pics are generally trolls pretending to be real people.
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  328.  @RibblesMcSnoo  When does Trump start that?
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  329. 2. How does America deal with Britain, France, Israel?
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  330.  @ChikungDjsso  No. She retired.
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  331.  @ChipmunkRapidsMadMan1869  I've been there myself.
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  332. That's your own outhouse you are smelling
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  333. After four three years, how come the world's second strongest army is still stuck in the mud?
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  334. Excellent video and a clear concise explanation on one of the critical aspects of the climate change debate. However. You do yourself and us a disservice at 7:30 when you say an AMOC collapse happens every 5k years or so during Ice Ages, we haven't had an AMOC for 12K: so, "maybe we're due." That figure, as you just pointed out, was based on 25 AMOC collapses in the last Ice Age. We have not been in an Ice Age for over ten thousand years, and we are not "due": one per 5K years is during Ice Ages, not Interglacials. This just feeds the narrative of the skeptics.
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  335.  @Jessiejam-44  Nope. His analysis was spot on. You are confusing analysis with conclusions, which are only as good as the data available.
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  336. Get over it. Trump is set to be the worst and second worst president in history.
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  337. Another soldier in the trumptrollbrigade who is upset that Peter said bad things about their boy.
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  338.  @jdee8407  No, it's wrong.
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  339.  @mathurex211  👎
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  340. I believe there is a condition that the money be spent on European arms.
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  341. Trumpets galore!
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  342. I think comments like this should be labeled as Monty Python skits.
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  343.  @warfarenotwarfair5655  Nope. Y'alls have ZDS.
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  344.  @ritparent7239  If true, why doesn't Trump have his back, like he has bibi's?
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  345.  @ritparent7239  It is not 1 in 1,000. The statistics are ... how did Mark Twain call it? Let that sink in.
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  346.  @ritparent7239  Lol. So you don't really know? He was elected, not selected.
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  347. @ Seems the derangement is coming from the other direction.
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  348. @A.Gardener No. It's not.
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  349. A-10s require another airframe to secure air superiority. They are not air-air fighters.
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  350.  @ginniemess  Right. How's that going? I was responding to Grant's opening statement.
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  351. If you believe that, you do not believe in democracy. Did you listen the rational analysis Zeihan provided?
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  352. Because it was 3 years ago; things change with time.
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  353. Showing the lights, or lack thereof, was illustrative only. There is this thing called demographics; a lot of numbers - real boring stuff for some people. I guess Zeihan just got tired of exhibiting demographic graphics that, for those who can read graphs, is quite conclusive.
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  354. Move on.
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  355.  @yapper58  Equilibrium unemployment refers to zero cyclical unemployment, not structural. Unemployment is structural (which is never zero, even in Switzerland) plus cyclical plus frictional.
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  356.  @haraldhardrade7539  It was called 'russia' back then, sport.
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  357.  @spartjovic  People need to listen to what he actually said.
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  358. False equivalency. autocratic regimes vs democratic society.
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  359. Is your name really Doug?
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  360.  @richardthomas5362  How?
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  361.  @nunyabiznez6381  Taking retirement before the max benefits age means you don't get 100%. Sport. The SSA actually makes money on the money borrowed by the government.
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  362.  @lindaday4734  It does get paid back, about a hundred billion dollars in interest a year.
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  363. Video was released on Dec 10.
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  364.  @josepheridu3322  loves himself and wants to be first only for himself? sure, sport.
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  365. ​ @Paint-brigade1776  Who is Francis, sport? So. You said France was a democracy, and now you acknowledge it is a republic, significant or otherwise. How about Russia, sport? Y'alls keep equating Russia to US.
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  366.  @user-bi8ko7kc6h  What's this 'we' crap, yogi? You argue for the russians in other threads.
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  367. Like John Kerry, you are conflating war with peace. So, no.
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  368.  @secretbassrigs  Try to understand culture before you criticize it.
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  369. If you are looking for the Oracle of Delphi, you don't understand reality.
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  370.  @dawnbogrand4092  The man repeatedly makes clear these are his opinions. And he not only acknowledged his prediction (not prophecy, sport) didn't hit the mark, but explained how he missed the mark. How do you define humility?
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  371.  @SoFunMe  Zeihan is NOT a liberal progressive, unless you are MxgX yourself and see every one as LP. His opinions and philosophy are very much old school libertarian.
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  372.  @Withnail1969  Again. You realize no one is drinking with you.
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  373.  @TobiasDuncan  Seems to be working just fine.
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  374.  @CentristDad155  No they don't. You are the one saying the older people in the Netherlands are xenophobic. Their facts are saying, contrary to Peter, the young are already conservative, for reasons that have nothing to do with age.
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  375.  @amtreasen2347  Clowns are the height of sarcasm and wit. Court Jesters have always had the biggest pair.
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  376.  @mehmetmetegokturk8397  Did you call the Iraqi War an invasion?
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  377.  @mbndr6  Is the United States a country, or 50 States? Seems we had that discussion 150 years ago and the argument failed. But that history isn't taught until middle school.
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  378. To say that the average Joe doesn't know what the Strait of Hormuz is ... makes me feel old.
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  379. This is absolutely not true. I was glad to be forced into early retirement because I was making more than my boss' boss. Retirement is where it is at, baby. I don't need a new car - where am I going to go? I got my XBox and PS2 - what more do I need? Well, healthcare would be nice.
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  380.  @rogerrussell9544  Schwinge weiter, mein Freund
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  381.  @timbo5053  So why do you do that yourself, sport?
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  382. Use your foot. Or is it otherwise occupied?
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  383.  @bartjargengarblbargeler1980  UK deferred general elections until after their victory. Sport.
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  384. Ukrainian Constitution says no elections until Russia is defeated. How does one have elections when 1 in 4 voters are in occupied territory?
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  385. People having problems with their Z DS again.
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  386. The problem for Argentina is not Chinese 'interdiction' but what happens when it goes away.
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  387. Leave a seat in class open for Donny.
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  388. Drones, ships, subs - happens all the time. As long as they stay in international waters/air, we monitor and follow. We typically don't ram them.
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  389.  @gtbr8134  'Jonny', not 'Johnny'. No 'h'; though I do prefer just Jon. And I am not from Asia, so first name first. On the next pitch, hold you elbow higher - it'll give you more control and strength.
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  390.  @JR-pr8jb  That's a very snobbish response.
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  391. Stilted, guarded. Not shaken.
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  392. When we kick the can down the road, when we accept the status quo and let future generations solve the problems we won't, or can't, then those issues only get resolved by bigger conflagrations in the future. Is that really what we want to kick down the road?
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  393. Actually, I would have preferred Abbott and Costello's Who's on First routine, but that choice wasn't available. An external force had eliminated that as an option. There was the Keystone Kops, but Groucho is always my second choice.
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  394. Most of your Trump voters represent the F and the L of the DFL. What color are the ag states and the Rust Belt states? What did Bill Clinton say 32 years ago?
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  395. Interesting alternative metaphor.
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  396. Did not Plato make similar arguments against the written word destroying the art of oral storytelling?
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  397. I believe his grand strategic plays in the past couple years speak for themselves.
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  398.  @fortyninehike  No they aren't. In most western countries, accosting and subverting someone because of prejudice is a violation of their civil rights. In the US, that is a federal felony charge.
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  399.  @LordRykard9376  citizens in the generic sense. All western countries extend basic human rights to all people.
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  400.  @LordRykard9376  Actually, both does. Find an economist.
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  401.  @LordRykard9376  For example, product A costs $10 to make, from wholesale to retail the markeup is 20%. Retail is $12.00. Labor represents 50% of the cost. Labor shortages empower labor, who get a 10% increase. The cost of manufacture is now $10.50, with markup the retail cost is $12.60. That is a $.60 increase. Define inflation.
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  402.  @arktseytlin  Stop preening in front of a mirror. I can't help you.
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  403.  @LordRykard9376  Of course. When you are done clowning around and get serious, give me a thumbs up. 👎
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  404.  @BlackbirdArtandDesign  Boomer generation has been retiring in droves for the past two decades and there is no generation large enough to fill their shoes.
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  405.  @MS-ii1sv  You shouldn't denigrate yourself so. We are all human, even you.
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  406.  @MS-ii1sv  Keep swinging, Casey. You'll get a base hit eventually.
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  407.  @MS-ii1sv  I understand complexity and nuance, yes.
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  408.  @MS-ii1sv  Swing and a miss, Casey. Strike duo.
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  409. Musk wasn't hired as CEO. He created that wealth.
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  410.  @SparePhone-ej6lk  And look how good Ukrainian infantry has performed with that OJT, sport.
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  411.  @Bee_Bill287  An education on Putin's actions before and during the war would be more illuminating.
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  412.  @x_cynful_x8618  The West has simply been defending itself from Russia.
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  413.  @x_cynful_x8618  Never poke the American Grizzly.
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  414. Clearly you see two and only two poles on a single axis. Not very credible, sport..
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  415.  @Marcg-b4n  You might want to put the joint down before commenting. Sport.
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  416.  @Marcg-b4n  Lol. Keep swinging, sport. All you've demonstrated is you have a penchant for bullying behavior.
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  417. Beginning to see a pattern in the BS. Like a recurring hiccup.
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  418.  @Spractral  Yes, sport. I know. Do you understand now?
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  419.  @Spractral  Meaningful means avoiding cute names like Louis.
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  420.  @BigFunnyGiant  Another lawyer splitting hairs.
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  421.  @mrwpg  Foul ball. I hate trools and the denizens that want to steal IPs from creators.
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  422.  @Sentinel82  More split hairs
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  423.  @auntiegliz737  No. You are buying the license. Creative language cannot make pirate mean anything other than stealing.
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  424.  @pseudonymos_  Terrible games don't sell. Try making objective comments.
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  425.  @yansennunez7978  Read federal law. Stealing physical copies of books, art, etc is still stealing.
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  426.  @lycaeonia  Digital content is property. When you pirate it, you have violated the license (a civil offense) and you stole the property (a federal crime) - every see those FBI warning at the beginning of a video? Years in jail and $250,000 in criminal fines.
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  427.  @CrizzyEyes  Doesn't matter how much it costs to make, IP (intellectual property) is, by definition, property - physical or digital.
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  428.  @ms.pirate  This isn't Coke competing with Pepsi. There is no other online store that even comes close to the selection Amazon can offer. Check your Econ 101 textbook for the word 'monopoly'.
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  429.  @BenjaminKing-h6w  Pirating is stealing and has been on the books since the 16th and 17th century.
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  430.  @CaramelCraft  Start reading law books.
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  431.  @damianchang6439  Wrong. Purchasing a book transfers ownership of that physical book; a license, which is a concept older than the digital economy, is a purchase of usage rights, not ownership. In the same manner, renting a car is a usage purchase; don't return the car and you will be arrested for grand theft. That invalidates the entire argument.
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  432.  @LPempty  Which comment? There are literally hundreds, and I have responded to several.
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  433.  @LPempty  ok, sport. Relish the amusement.
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  434.  @LPempty  ok sport. Try something different, like flycasting.
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  435.  @SuperDeluxe80  It may not be the most common usage, sport, but it is used that way. The full saying is "purchasing a software license". As a retired IT guy responsible for purchasing software, I most profoundly affirm that is what we said, as well as the sales rep. No one was confused.
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  436. @The155thbird No. Try to make an argument that does not sound like it was born during 8th grade recess. When did you last sign a lease for an apartment or rental?
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  437.  @Studio23Media  Facts Faces Faves Fives Dives Doves Dopes Nope.
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  438. @The155thbird Nope. A lease is not a purchase agreement.
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  439.  @eds7343  You don't own it so you can't have it.
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  440.  @OnlyFlansInTheBuilding  Piracy has always been stealing, for millennia. There is loss of property when it happens - intellectual property. The rights holders do not have the same amount of copies because those pirated could have been sold by the rightful holder.
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  441.  @claudiasoler7328  Next time you go to the movies, tell them you aren't paying until after the movie. Next time you buy a car, tell the salesman you won't pay for it until after you have had it for a year.
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  442.  @averagepainter  So, sport, stop watching the movies. Mashkoot isn't the one with the problem.
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  443.  @averagepainter  The only infantilism was your bullying statement. Analyze and critique the logic, not the individual.
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  444.  @averagepainter  If you don't know them, don't assume their age. It only exposes yours.
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  445.  @averagepainter  Keep swinging, Casey. Everybody gets the jitters the first time at the plate.
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  446.  @averagepainter  Cool. Glad to fill your day with sunflowers sport. I appreciate you don't see many.
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  447.  @averagepainter  My pleasure.
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  448.  @dbblues.9168  Pirates and Privateers are not the same thing. If you do not have a Letter of Marque from the Queen, you are a pirate, not a privateer.
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  449.  @outspokengenius  Sure, sport. That is why they call their website a 'library'.
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  450.  @JeiDeeEme  Facts Faces Faves Fives Dives Doves Dopes NOPE.
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  451.  @piratesofthebarentssea  Well, with missiles that have Western components because Russia can't make them - I believe it was said there are even Chinese components. Hope you like tightening sanctions.
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  452.  @piratesofthebarentssea  Why are Russians still targeting HIMARS? By my count, they destroyed more than were sent.
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  453.  @jethroarnaiz2216  Nope.
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  454. It was Trump's patronage to Putin who inspired Putin to believe he could take Ukraine. All Biden did was say, "ah, no."
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  455. Putin did not need 'invitations' and it is hyperbole to suggest their actions were construed as invitations; it was part of the plan to create a greater Russia from the beginning. Chamberlain did not create the 3rd Reich.
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  456. New sound system? Got more reverb and bass.
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  457.  @davidsipos302  We should pay for Ukrainian widow's pensions - they are fighting our fight.
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  458.  @Jakob_DK  Doesn't answer the question. Why wouldn't the tactic work on a different day?
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  459.  @Jakob_DK  Not a very effective tactic, if target acquisition takes several days and allows daily attacks on your own forces until you get the aircraft in your sights.
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  460.  @jerseyshoredroneservices225  Yep. But that wasn't the OPs point. Talk to them.
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  461.  @jerseyshoredroneservices225  My comment was deliberately and overtly sarcastic.
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  462.  @Jakob_DK  Say it one more time and then click your heels.
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  463. Congress legislates; the President executes. Read that constitution hiding in your breast pocket.
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  464. If the gas pipelines (which run through the central and northern parts of Ukraine) were the cause, why have the Russians been so geo-focused on the southeastern oblasts. No. Draw a line from Moscow, through those oblasts and continue the line. Where does it lead? The Black Sea. If you want to know why a beast moves in a particular direction, follow the beast.
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  465.  @joshportie  Nope. The reason they are different groups is because they are not the same. ISIS is far more dogmatic and international in its religious fervor, and transnationalist in scope. The group that ran the table in Syria dissociated themselves from ISIS and al Qaeda and are Syrian nationalists. To put them in the same ideological boat is the same as equivocating American evangelicals with the Roman Catholic Church.
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  466.  @richardlanier2113  Thank you for trying to speak for the rest of us, but ... please don't.
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  467.  @nvelsen1975  As an American who also served, I am offended by another American telling the other to be quiet and listen to the self-professed experts. Apparently they don't teach American history in Monterey.
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  468.  @nvelsen1975  Keep rationalizing , sport. The Exit leading out of The Twilight Zone is discoverable. Look harder.
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  469.  @mosellakepoint9088  No, it is an accurate term.
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  470. The development was done during the Cold War. Just need to reboot.
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  471. Watch the video beyond the first paragraph. Zeihan addresses those points.
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  472.  @SignalCorps1  Pity you didn't watch the whole video. Clearly a consequence of ZDS.
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  473.  @RichardChappell1  Financial sanctions on associates of terror orgs is generally not considered a military op.
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  474.  @mikethompson3762  Classic example of Z DS.
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  475.  @RichardChappell1  Correct. It is my claim. OP said Zeihan ignored non-military consequences. That is false: Zeihan also discussed financial sanctions. You disagreed with my statement.
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  476.  @electricmiragemedia  Patreon website
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  477.  @jamesblancaflor3361  Trumptrollbrigade number 3
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  478. Let's see ... where is that TFR dial?
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  479.  @TomTomicMic  We certainly need a rational discourse on immigration that looks at all sides, not just the scapegoating. Especially in this time of aging demographics, which the consequences is also being completely ignored.
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  480.  @web30web Rippin' witty rhetoric.
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  481. Can we please stop turning the news cycle over to the man with the hair piece? He's not serious and it isn't for sale.
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  482.  @Rebecca-fq5zd  And the banner throughout the video, the one you see on the thumbnail ,says AFTER.
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  483.  @jimmymcgill2557  Then why are you wasting your precious time telling us?
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  484. Why? Feeling challenged? Did you not listen to why not?
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  485. Your argument is faulty. Trump has explicitly said, "Aid to Ukraine ends day one." Your argument that ending the war requires more aid, while accurate, is a polar opposite of what Trump has said and thus contradicts your predicate. He will not increase aid; he will pressure Ukraine to sue for peace.
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  486.  @expedition346  Increase wages and the price will go up to sustain the profits. Wage increases come out of gross revenue.
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  487. Providing Ukraine intelligence so they could kick Russia out of Ukraine's front yard.
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  488.  @emilymorton6510  America has strategic partners and allies in that part of the world, so, yes, they do. Besides, it is international airspace and international waters. No country, including the US, needs to justify its presence in that airspace and those waters.
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  489.  @emilymorton6510  Defending the freedom of our allies: Ukraine, Turkey, Romania, Bulgaria, Poland, the Baltic states, all of Europe. Russia has absolutely no business in Ukraine.
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  490.  @emilymorton6510  So say it louder the third time you post it. It won't make it any more true, but it'll make you feel good.
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  491.  @emilymorton6510  See? I told you. You feel better, don't you? You're still wrong, but that's ok. And it is UKRAINIAN BORDERS. But you already knew that.
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  492.  @controversial1994  You are splitting hairs. The incident happened in international airspace. That means it is not protected by Russian sovereignty claims. It also means there is no prohibition for any country's assets, military or civilian, from being there. To wit, a Russian military asset attacked an American military asset in international space. Neither were prohibited from being there. But in attacking, it is technically an act of war, an act that opens the possibility of an Article 5 declaration by NATO. The difference between this argument and an argument based on some 'right' of passage is nil; and a difference that makes no difference is no difference. You are an idiot.
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  493.  @controversial1994  The fact is there is nothing in any international law or treaty that prohibits the drone from flying in international airspace. Russia cannot make sovereignty claims to justify its action. It is a generally accepted international principle that shooting down any aviation vehicle, military or civilian, manned or unmanned, in international airspace is unacceptable and could be construed as an act of war. Don't talk balloons - they were not in international airspace. They were over sovereign territory, and sovereign airspace IS protected by international treaty.
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  494. "and it's perfectly within our rights - and it's within their rights - to fly in international airspace" - March 15, 2023 John Bolton, former US Ambassador to the UN, 2005-2006
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  495.  @emilymorton6510  Regarding the right of free passage in international waters and airspace, I do believe a statement from someone who has spent his career in international law and international relations does indeed carry more weight than the dubious legal opinion of someone posting emotive comments on social media, yes.
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  496. Given the actual demographics, that makes no sense. Are you saying there are vastly more 16-18 year olds than Boomers and Gen Xers?
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  497. Demographics also explains the labor shortage you say doesn't exist.
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  498. @ Focus. It helps comprehension.
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  499.  @monstroth  If you believe in democracy, question why your candidate lost. If you don't, go with the insults.
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  500. Sounds like the report critical of VC in China may be a veiled attempt by the central government to rein in local governments? Are corruption charges in their future?
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  501. How many times does Ukraine have to say, "Please leave our country and take your war machines with you" before we realize Putin isn't listening?
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  502.  @SilentWalker-if4nc  There has been a lot of progress in the past couple years. Putin's soldiers are all over the ground, and he is running out.
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  503.  @SilentWalker-if4nc  That doesn't invalidate the point, sport.
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  504. The only migration issue we have is we have a chronic and acute labor shortage that migration could solve.
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  505.  @one-metallica4156  The US cares about taking care about possible dangerous fallout from recklessly shooting something out of the sky that isn't an immediate threat, while Russia doesn't give a dam and just wants another testosterone-rush.
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  506.  @escaped1534  Again. Reread. You still missed the point. And if you don't believe msm, why are you watching this?
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  507.  @escaped1534  Now you are frothing. I wonder if it is something contagious?
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  508. Vote red and you get fertilizer.
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  509.  @ubub932  Do you understand the progressive nature of dementia? This isn't a one-off; it is getting worse.
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  510.  @Withnail1969  You do know both EU and US passed support packages and equipment and material are already being used? Did you not listen to the video? Ukraine has been increasing its barrages. What shortage are you talking about?
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  511.  @cwjh74  Yes, that would be the universal symbol for being confused ...
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  512.  @cwjh74  And? Are you confused?
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  513.  @cwjh74  What?
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  514.  @cwjh74  Did you miss the word 'not'?
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  515.  @cwjh74  Sorry. Wrong troll. I am not Asian. Why is that relevant? Which are you?
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  516.  @cwjh74  Thank you.
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  517. It is a common misconception that the Chinese of the ROC are Taiwanese; they are not. 'Taiwanese' is an foreign appellation they do not recognize. The real Taiwanese are the indigenous people of the island of Formosa and have been there for thousands of years They are not Chinese. Genetics and linguistic analysis puts them in them as Polynesian.
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  518.  @cwjh74  As I said, we now know where the confusion lies.
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  519. Soon, America will be telling JD we are "so over" adolescent bullying masquerading as adult political discourse.
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  520. Yep. Blame the victim. Very Ferengi of you.
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  521.  @valcorvette431  And what have you done lately?
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  522. Those laws you speak of also speak of basic human rights. Basic universal human rights. The only people destroying Western values are the far-right.
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  523. uh, people who make them?
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  524.  @thabisothabane3800  Keep trying sport.
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  525.  @thabisothabane3800  Nope
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  526. Seriously, sport?
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  527.  @waynemasters8673  You are an embarrassment to our side.
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  528.  @gifmesome  Yeah! I think Putin called them 'threats' at the time.
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  529.  @Withnail1969  When are you signing up for something you believe in?
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  530.  @teddypicker8799  Air power. Huh. Did you watch the video?
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  531.  @teddypicker8799  Wrong.
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  532.  @teddypicker8799  a dozen? against Russia? Ok, maybe that's a little overkill, but, what the heck.
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  533.  @teddypicker8799  Is it 17? 5? 10? y'alls gotta get your stories straight.
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  534.  @teddypicker8799  During exercises (you know, practicing war conditions) sortie rates go way up.
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  535.  @teddypicker8799  A turn and burn is when a fighter comes down, pulls in, and sits and waits while the ground crew reloads and refuels. 10-15 minutes. It's like a pit stop at the Indy 500. No maintenance. So it is relevant and you need to watch Top Gun again, because they never showed a turn and burn. I know, because I watched it at the base theater when it came out. Dam Navy always gets the good movies; all we get is Iron Eagle. "Chappie? Can I fire a missile on the ground?" Half the theater walked it. NO!
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  536.  @teddypicker8799  LOL. DUDE. I was on a turn and burn pit for 3 years. Do NOT tell me what it is.
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  537.  @teddypicker8799  And there is no 'turn and burn' maneuver. Describe it, if you know.
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  538.  @teddypicker8799  DCS?? A video GAME?! Yeah. I'm sorry, dude. 200 hours on a game machine. That beats actual TIG/TIS.
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  539.  @teddypicker8799  Sims do not simulate ground ops.
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  540.  @teddypicker8799  And you accuse me of learning something from a movie that you haven't watched. Classic!
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  541.  @teddypicker8799  You would know, bro.
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  542.  @blackcatdungeonmastersfami5311  That's the best you got? Day old snark? Black Cat Dung is right.
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  543.  @haveagoodone5830  So why, with a navy and an air force, does the Russia navy retreat while Ukraine ships grain from Odesa and Russian AF cannot attain air superiority when you say Ukraine has neither? Evidence? How about results? or lack thereof.
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  544.  @haveagoodone5830  Lots of words that fail to address the observations that the Russian Navy is in retreat and the Russian Air Force can't hold the sky and, after three years, the Russian Army is sill the second best army in Ukraine. Keep trying.
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  545.  @haveagoodone5830  This verbosity tells me y'alls are terrified of what the Ukrainians can do with the F-16s.
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  546.  @haveagoodone5830  Classic. Declare victory and retreat.
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  547.  @haveagoodone5830  F-16s: Coming soon to a theatre (of operations) very near you.
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  548.  @haveagoodone5830  If y'alls are terrified of the consequences, leave Ukraine.
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  549.  @haveagoodone5830  I like the trademark comma at the start of your posts. Very edgy.
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  550.  @haveagoodone5830  If the Falcons are irrelevant, there is no nuclear scenario. Unless the Kremlin wants one. And they don't, so they won't.
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  551.  @haveagoodone5830  I think your last post got bounced. I saw the count go up, and then back down. Shame on you.
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  552.  @haveagoodone5830  Would it not make more sense to disable the Russian's domesday machine? to prevent irresponsible leaders from using the threat of it as a blunt instrument?
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  553.  @haveagoodone5830  By your logic, F-16s in Ukraine threaten to trigger Putin to strike with a nuclear attack. Why are a couple 'ineffective' F-16s the problem, but Putin's blatant threat to push the button is not the problem?
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  554.  @haveagoodone5830  Russia has the same 'concept'. Don't be disingenuous.
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  555.  @haveagoodone5830  Putin or F-16's: Which is the biggest nuclear threat?
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  556.  @haveagoodone5830  It isn't part of US Military Doctrine either. Again, disingenuous.
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  557.  @haveagoodone5830  Putin has repeatedly threatened European cities with first strike; Deployed F-16s threaten only Russian air defense and Russian air force illegally operating in Ukraine territory: which is more dangerous? Vlad or Falcons?
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  558.  @haveagoodone5830  LOL! I undestand your flight. To say that Putin's threats to 'retaliate' with nuclear weapons is not a first strike is, well, typically Russian. Thank you for clarifying your CONTEXT.
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  559.  @haveagoodone5830  Putin is not threatening mere retaliation; nor is it mere escalation - though both specific actions would be an act of war under international law. What he threatens is first use of nukes. That is a quantum difference from retaliation or escalation, which is the CONTEXT you explained earlier. F-16s are not the nuclear trigger; Putin's finger is.
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  560. Bush Sr was from the generation that fought WW2; the last president to do so. Those next 6, those Narcissistic Six (yeah, let's make it sound like a criminal gang) were from which generation? We have no one left from that great generation to make the argument that "tyrants bad". So. Here we go again.
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  561.  @DefyLov3  The jury was not DoJ employees; ordinary American citizens
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  562. To quote Reich: BUNK. Issac Newton called himself an alchemist; does that make modern physics alchemy? C'mon, Rich. I think you spent too much time in politics and it has morally corrupted your understanding of economics - which is now not political economics because the politics have been taken out of the science of economics and put in a new field called ... political science. You talk like a politician.
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  563.  @billjones8542  No, he is an academic who served in the government. That doesn't make him a politician. He never ran for an elective office.
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  564.  @billjones8542  And what is this attitude you accuse him of? Having a different political opinion that you disagree with? A politician is one who lies for votes. What lies? What votes?
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  565.  @Joeschmoe8930  86M in a country with 1,417M? That's 6% sport. And that is the definition of demographic collapse.
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  566.  @Dreadwolf3155  A recurring inability to understand something is generally indicative of not trying.
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  567. I can't stand those long complex sentences (Henry James, John Locke, etc.), not because I lack focus, but because they are so unnecessarily complex, no not complex, complicated - especially James!, my god, the man is as guilty of using the florid templated structures of the day as someone today follows Save The Cat or The Hero's Journey (though I do tend to write like that, eh?, being quite liberal with punctuation ... d'oh!)
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  568. The party lost because it forgot Billy's phrase: It's the economy, ... The American public always blames the current incumbent when prices are high and employment is low, regardless of the root causes.
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  569.  @pao6097  Is that why you voted for a felon?
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  570.  @kellywright5282  Well, that's clever.
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  571. What does the F and the L stand for in DFL? What color are the states of agriculture and of labor in 2016 and 2024?
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  572.  @alwaysgreatusa223  Thus the difference between a democratic party and a fascist party.
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  573.  @Marco90731  Just what we need more of: rational, fact-based innuendos.
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  574.  @Marco90731  Keep swinging, Casey.
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  575.  @Marco90731  Go to bed, Sparky. It's a school night.
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  576.  @Marco90731  He didn't invent seatbelts. Detroit did. They were options long before Nader.
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  577.  @Marco90731  Sport, you've got a little ... no, on the other side. There ya go!
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  578.  @marktackman2886  As a professional, I disagree with your opinion.
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  579. Somebody is getting desperate, yes
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  580.  @albertwesker828  One that fires at incoming missiles before they hit their target.
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  581.  @baltasarnoreno5973  Try stop watching soap operas, from both sides of the aisle.
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  582. Everything he is saying is correct. But he is wrong.
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  583. He wouldn't. He would still be Peter.
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  584.  @klaasvakie  Yep, you should get that taking care of. A little post-secondary education never hurt anyone.
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  585. Being Governor has no relationship to being a competent President. Of the 21 Presidents who had some state or territorial executive authority, there are 6 in each of the top 3 quartiles of presidential rankings. There are 3 in the bottom quartile, which only implies executive experience minimizes the chance they aren't a complete failure.
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  586. So maybe you should duck. Now.
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  587.  @delta_glider4362  Wrong. First batch finished last month and left America for Ukraine. Three more training centers have been established in Europe and all four training centers are training a second, larger class. Keep trying.
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  588.  @delta_glider4362  You listen to Ukraine when it suits you? Do you not think that was info meant to lull Russian complacency? You have heard this sht story for a year? And? The Ukrainian F-16 pilots are in Ukraine. And now, so are the F-16s. Heads up, sport.
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  589.  @ryelor123  The title literally says that is what this is, so why are you watching it?
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  590.  @eddog6666  You are forgetting that if he doesn't, it still could happen.
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  591.  @ansari8225  That is illogical; all logic is based on axiomatic assumptions. The trick is to minimize them to only the essential ones for the argument.
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  592. Al Capone to Elliot Ness: I don't recognize your authority, copper!
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  593.  @seancidy6008  Do you understand the value and truth of apocryphal stories?
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  594.  @seancidy6008  Try less personal insults and a little more personal reflection. It says exactly what I wanted to say. Russia is Capone telling the ICC they don't care, yet the rules still exist and when they stand trial ... they will go to jail just as Al did.
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  595.  @f_lawless7689  Because you are viewing other videos that are connected to those videos through viewer engagement.
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  596. Clear and Present Danger. Second to last scene. When Jack responds to the President's faux outrage at Jack's 'junkyard dog' behavior.
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  597. You're right. They have absolutely no problem with South Korea arming Ukraine or Poland. Of course, Putin did invade Ukraine to lock NATO out of Eastern Europe. That worked well.
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  598.  @tsubadaikhan6332  They have nearly halved themselves once. Think half-life mathematics.
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  599.  @alanconway94  Sure, sport. So. We won't be hearing from you again, right?
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  600.  @alanconway94  Explain. Sport.
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  601.  @alanconway94  Why not? You are spending a lot of time making an effort to articulate something. Or is this just an exercise in bathroom voyeurism? If so, close the door; we don't want to watch.
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  602.  @alanconway94  Yes.
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  603.  @asdasdasddgdgdfgdg  Nothing is absolutely certain until it is in the past. As described in the video, the point is Macron wins either way.
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  604. The rhetoric, and actions, from Putin suggests he doesn't agree that the West abandoned Ukraine.
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  605. Providing Ukraine with intelligence so Ukrainians can kick Russia out of Ukrainian territory, perhaps ...
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  606. Uncontrolled implies .... no controls. Every European country controls how many immigrants they let in. You do know they regularly deny entry, and deport those who do get in?
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  607. Jealous no one has accused thou?
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  608. Use proper adult language.
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  609. @johnnyappleseed79 The only thing sad is your explanation. Almost as sad as the defendants excuses made in a NY courtroom
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  610.  @FoodwaysDistribution  Keep swinging, Casey.
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  611.  @FoodwaysDistribution  You see, that kind of churlish response is why someone is getting their comments whacked.
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  612.  @chancelor3235  one bronze star. He is 44 years old, finished college at 23, 10 years at FOX. Where is this 20 years military service?
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  613.  @Calebe428  Not to mention he was classified a 'security risk' when he was with the DC Natl Guard.
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  614. @ Nope. They are saying it is irrelevant. That is a renunciation, not a change of topic.
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  615.  @matt291  I'm not watching this as if it were Friday night's big game. And they haven't voted yet.
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  616.  @matt291  Sorry, sport. You are twisting the metaphor and your interpretation collapses of its own weight. A democracy cannot function with just a single team. What Hegseth et al brings, though, isn't a democracy, so at least that is consistent.
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  617.  @linkly9272  False equivalence. We are watching because we believe he has something to say. Why are you watching?
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  618.  @linkly9272  Let's try another term. Denial. You equivocate your rationale with ours, but you're watching something because a computer said you should watch it.
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  619.  @linkly9272  Get a real life.
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  620.  @drdeadred851  Mearsheimer is back ...
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  621.  @MrR40388  Good arguments ... until you dropped the troll taunt.
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  622.  @eeg-rh7jv  If I throw an apple up into the air, I expect it to come down; If, 85 years later and in a different country, I throw an orange up into the air, I expect it to come down.
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  623.  @eeg-rh7jv  There are two comparisons between 1939 and 2024 that are truly different, though they are contextually important in consequential results, not causative motivations. While both H and P are ultra-nationalistic, and opportunistic, H had a dimension P never had: H was a true believer. He actually believed his hype; P just uses it. This is a function of their psychology: H had psychosociological issues; P is just ... P. Same lack of depth of emotions as T. The other is that while the Wehrmacht had husbanded their forces after their humiliation, Russia fell victim to the mob. While the Wehrmacht kept their force levels under the imposed mandatory limits by filling junior force levels with experienced NCOs. Their rapid mobilization was effected by moving these experienced and professional soldiers into leadership positions as conscripts replaced them in the junior ranks. The Russian army fell victim to corruption and a gangster mentality and filled their ranks with prisoners without adequate material or leadership support. Result? The Wehrmacht executed a skillful blitzkrieg across Eastern Europe whilst the Russians staged a circus clown car act in deep mud.
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  624.  @kelvyiturralde8111  Try again, sport.
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  625.  @eeg-rh7jv  There, of course, the differential that Vlad is the mob boss, while Hitler actually believed his schtick.
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  626.  @kelvyiturralde8111  The point is to hit the ball with the bat, Casey. 2-0. Square your shoulders, keep your eye on the ball and your weight on the balls of your feet, not the heels. Otherwise, you'll end up on your keister again, sport.
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  627.  @kelvyiturralde8111  lol. they really need to change the curriculum; y'alls make this way too easy. Strike three, my friend.
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  628.  @kelvyiturralde8111  Sport! I thought you got lost. Trying to get the last word in?
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  629.  @eeg-rh7jv  Did I mention both leaders accused the previous governments to subvert his opponents and clear the decks to take power? No? My bad.
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  630.  @gort2279  You'd be wrong.
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  631.  @ahuman7199  The slippery slope fallacy is a fallacy.
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  632.  @ahuman7199  Try again, sport.
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  633.  @S1k18  And? This building is 38 stories; that one is 49. This one is blue, that one is green. Which one is a skyscraper? They both are.
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  634.  @kills456  Wrong. But I already responded in depth to that.
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  635. You are not, and have not.
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  636. It is false to assert independents decide elections. Saying 90 percent of the outliers always votes for the same party is not precisely true; it is not the SAME 90%. And to imply that 'true' independents vote as a unified block is just irrational. For example, the 'independents' did not elect Reagan; long-standing but disaffected Democrats did (being disaffected is not the same as being an Independent). Same with Trump in 2016. And Kennedy won on the strength of new voters; again, that is not what an Independent is.
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  637. And your not trump, though you keep trying.
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  638.  @thomasb.anderson8113  There are two groups who watch Zeihan: those who are here for the analysis, and those who are upset that Zeihan has said negative things about the current president-elect. The first group knows who Zeihan is and that the analysis provided comes from his company and those who work for him.
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  639. Didn't you predict T in `20? And the "big red wave of '22 that left world class surfers asking, "where? where? did I miss it?"
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  640. Most of them have something you lack: the ability to understand.
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  641.  @jamesedwards6173  Nice try to hide notifications.
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  642.  @jamesedwards6173  Yes, I know there is. Good try on the vague and ambiguous volley back.
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  643. Yummy is a Korean international food corporation and RC is part of Dr Pepper, an American conglomerate.
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  644.  @macroscopes  Misunderstanding comes from applying large scale solutions to small scale issues, whether you are talking physics, economics or psychology.
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  645.  @demontrader1  We're impressed. You combined several talking points in one rant. Great job!
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  646.  @demontrader1  Sure, sport. I believe everything you say.
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  647.  @akhenatenAmen  The west offers competent psychiatric services. Give it a try.
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  648.  @chillxxx241  China didn't carve anything. Putin gave it to him. Russia is now a vassal of China.
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  649.  @jamesstewart8377  Good point.
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  650.  @millencruz8498  Cute emote. Try again, sport.
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  651. Can you refute his comments about the Johannesburg and Russian BRICS conferences? No? I'd like to see your video sport.
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  652. Serious? Do you know what leading questions are? Of course you do. I am a progressive, but this ... this is, like, gaslighting or sandbagging, or something. The man is entitled to have opinions, and you have provided nothing that says it is inappropriate or has affected his ability to be a Justice. I agree he should recuse himself, but how does this facilitate that? Show me one SC decision where the majority and/or the minority didn't express their ... opinion. As your friend would say, C'mon, man!
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  653.  @XanthasSilvermoon  Which ruling? No rulings were mentioned or even alluded to in the sandbag, er, the recording. The proof you want is proof that will withstand a proper cross-examination, not slandr in a public forum. I mean, that is still a fundamental principle, yes?
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  654.  @XanthasSilvermoon  You can't convict, in a court of law, on woulda couldas. So. No. From a legal, from a moral, point of view, you are wrong.
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  655.  @Xavier1822  Patreon. Pay up or stop complaining.
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  656. @ Nope.
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  657.  @DavidCooper-bn6te  Current videos available on Patreon.
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  658. Yep. But one is now gone.
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  659. I believe you can still get a copy at the library, if you want to enlighten yourself on what he actually said.
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  660. It's just you. That is the look of righteous anger, the same look you'll see in the eyes of Ukraine, Hamas and Hezbollah. The look you think you see can be found in the eyes of Yemeni, Iranian and Russian faces.
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  661.  @Thiernodjo  Righteous anger? Absolutely. Besides, you have the other look taken care of.
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  662.  @Thiernodjo  Try again, my friend.
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  663. What do we do now? Stop asking ourselves and start asking the Farmers of those red rural states and the Laborers of the red Rust Belt states what they expect from the DFL.
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  664. You got that final date wrong. It should be 2016.
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  665.  @leviccas_9294  Nope. Bremmer's analyses have been mostly spot on, because they are analyses and possible outcomes based on the data at hand. You are the one characterizing it as a prediction as if he were Jeane Dixon, so the 'analytical' error is on you.
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  666.  @leviccas_9294  A prediction is "the stock market will break new highs in four days". Bremmer said, "It DOESN'T LOOK like this is the end of Assad", after he spent several minutes presenting the data he used to make that analysis (Turkey wasn't all in, Russia is sending troops, and Iran is sending advisors) and that he had at hand. That is analysis based on available data, not a prediction.
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  667.  @JoeBlow-fp5ng  Yes, he is. The assessment was accurate; the data points upon which the assessment was made, changed. When the data changes, the assessment changes.
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  668.  @leviccas_9294  Sounds like a creationist trying to use the second law of thermodynamics to disprove evolution. Try again, sport.
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  669.  @leviccas_9294  Bremmer is not postulating a scientific theory. His assessment, not prediction, is based on information known at the time.
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  670. Germans have been obsessed with inflation for over a century. Peter. You are getting crotchety in your old age. But you were always conservative.
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  671. What about the economy? Ask Bill Clinton.
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  672.  @Dralchemy  What about disinfo campaigns that make superfluous correlations and arguments without understanding true democratic principles?
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  673.  @andrezcabara2774  Yep. Thanks for playing.
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  674.  @emceeboogieboots1608  One of the Neuewelle trumpets, eh? His channel isn't for profit, so, nope.
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  675.  @antoniomilone5472  Nope. That number is a gross exaggeration of reality. Even more so than the amount of support the US prez claims we have given Ukraine.
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  676. @ Nope. That is more than the total world GDP. If that was true, 1989 would have been very different.
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  677.  @AnnaSibirskaja  Is it possible you have been away from MSM too long?
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  678.  @isaacchukwuemeka5069  Nope. Flight data is publicly available. Check your sources before you spooge.
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  679.  @paolazo-l4790  The decline of democracy starts with 'othering'.
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  680. You do realize he is playing y'alls, yes?
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  681. That was the intent of NATO from the start. America provides a nuclear umbrella and Europe forsakes nukes.
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  682. Comparing China with NK and Russia with US. That's funny.
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  683. Yes, Mario. We have seen everything this past couple weeks. Have you?
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  684. Assad's (both) violence was not targeted at Muslims; it was targeted at all who opposed him. USA did not overthrow Assad; those groups you said he killed so many of, overthrew Assad. HTS is a US, Israeli pawn?? Ok, sport. Iran got attacked after launching hundreds of missiles and drones at Israel. Does that clear it up?
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  685.  @DefyLov3  Cry harder.
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  686.  @DefyLov3  That is so cute. I haven't seen a response like that since 9th, no, 8th grade. Keep swinging Yurgi.
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  687.  @DefyLov3  Don't worry. Spelling is learned in grade school. It'll happen.
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  688.  @DefyLov3  Bait's weak, old man.
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  689.  @DefyLov3  You have no idea whose account you tried to hack.
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  690. Nope. Graham is wearing his red-tinted glasses.
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  691. The conspiracy of denial is from those who think BRICS has legs.
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  692.  @margelatu79  Putin lost the war Feb 25, 2022.
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  693.  @anasttau9908  Prepared with what? Spitwads?
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  694.  @anasttau9908  Which boy fled to St. Petersburg when Prizo came calling and the national defense forces stood down and let him roll towards Moscow?
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  695.  @snc376  Afghanistan was a counter insurgency - Ukraine is a war with front lines.
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  696.  @snc376  Yes, 20 years with the Afghan people in charge of their government. Y'alls couldn't last a single decade.
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  697.  @anasttau9908  What preparations are they making? Stockpiling sticks and stones?
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  698.  @chrisj2502  Russians are being handed rifles from WW 1.
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  699.  @piratesofthebarentssea  Russia's change in policy was driven by disaster. The rest of your statement is just false.
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  700.  @piratesofthebarentssea  Oct 7, 2001 - American forces arrive. Dec 17, 2001 - Taliban flees.
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  701.  @snc376  Afghan was invaded because it was harboring Al-Qaeda, allying themselves with those who declared war on America a month earlier. Invading a hostile country is what happens in war. Keep trying, sport.
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  702.  @piratesofthebarentssea  Run out of Russian History talking points already?
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  703.  @piratesofthebarentssea  Then why did you start that style?
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  704.  @piratesofthebarentssea  I had more respect for y'alls when Prigo was running psyops from his kitchen.
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  705.  @piratesofthebarentssea  Real chefs don't walk out when the kitchen gets hot. Prigo stayed, little bird.
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  706.  @snc376  the Red Army was "invited" after an armed coup by the Marxist-Leninist party of Afghanistan, not one that was internationally recognized.
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  707.  @eddieaie7  LOL. Sport. Use a bigger fork. That barely tickled.
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  708.  @dalecrocker3213  Don't need a ceasefire for Russia to end their invasion and go home. Ukraine isn't blocking the exits - only stopping them from moving forward, further into their country.
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  709.  @dalecrocker3213  Destroying childrens hospitals is, what - a rearguard action?
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  710.  @dalecrocker3213  Accident? The front line is hundreds of miles away, sport.
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  711.  @dalecrocker3213  America and the EU considers Ukraine to be an independent country, yogi. A pair beats a junk hand.
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  712.  @dalecrocker3213  Does Russia want peace? Pull out, Putin.
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  713.  @dalecrocker3213  Then it doesn't matter what Russia thinks. It is still Ukrainian sovereign territory. So it is only important what the Ukrainians think - and they are expressing their thoughts clearly. Keep trying sport.
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  714.  @andrewadams6905  They are terrified what the F-16s mean.
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  715. The right man for the right job at the right time. Thank you , sir.
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  716.  @DefyLov3  And another ...
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  717.  @DefyLov3  One-trick pony
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  718.  @Jamesgalc-gs8wu  Yes, he was there and he knows that people are saying it shows he was incapacitated. So, he agrees with that assessment? If he disagrees with the assessment, and he wants to win the election, he would want to go over it, if only to figure out why others are saying otherwise.
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  719.  @shanetyler9391  Nope. Get a history book. 1892, former President Grover Cleveland vs incumbent President Benjamin Harrison.
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  720.  @kendrabowers6586  Keep trying sport. Someone might actually believe you have something important to say.
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  721.  @Jamesgalc-gs8wu  Keep trying, yogi. You're the only one getting hot.
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  722.  @Jamesgalc-gs8wu  For someone with a life, you are spending a lot of time with me. Why?
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  723.  @Jamesgalc-gs8wu  I'm not the one telling other people to get a life, sport.
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  724.  @Jamesgalc-gs8wu  Chill, yogi. Go outside and enjoy the sunrise; you only get a finite number of them. Don't waste your life.
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  725.  @Jamesgalc-gs8wu  Nope. I responded to a left hook you threw at someone else. So, who really started this, yogi?
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  726.  @Jamesgalc-gs8wu  Nah, If you don't like how people respond to bullying behavior, don't initiate it.
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  727.  @Jamesgalc-gs8wu  'Responded' implies you know you threw the first hook, left or right.
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  728. Thank you, sir, for your continued expert insights. I hope this appreciation does not get lost amid the more disparaging comments from those who do not appreciate freedom of speech.
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  729. If you know what he has said about this in thee past, why do you want to hear it again?
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  730.  @MD97531  Because they aren't. It is all smoke and mirrors on a contract by contract basis.
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  731.  @Coover90210  Wow. A lot to unpack, most not worth my time. If you want to sink your money into a currency with no intrinsic value, please do. Fiat, btw, has intrinsic value. That is why the ruble and yuan have little value compared to any western currency, especially the US dollar.
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  732.  @Coover90210  Bigger answer: why do you care about mine?
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  733.  @Coover90210  1971? and it is now 2024, and that 'writing' is fading? When does it end? 2071?
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  734.  @duckeee7566  who are you?
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  735.  @ultravioletsus  Who are you?
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  736.  @socillizt4life  And yet the counter-argument is that Israel is not peace-loving. Did all of Israel carry out the most serious of crimes? The logic don't fly.
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  737.  @kpokpojiji  Historically whitewashing what happened in October don't wash. Learn more from history, my friend, beyond the memorization of dates.
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  738.  @duckeee7566  Let's go with complete sentences, eh? I refuse to infuse your meandering comments with intelligence. Bring it to the table or walk.
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  739.  @King_of_Antisemites  You are comparing Mandela with terrorists who targeted civilians. Incredible.
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  740.  @King_of_Antisemites  What territories have the UN colonized?
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  741. My apologies. I should not have overtaxed you by asking for complete sentences.
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  742.  @King_of_Antisemites  You compared Mandela to Hamas, not me nor the FBI.
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  743.  @cyberninjazero5659  I believe the percentage of Palestinian who support Hamas is greater. Thank you for pointing that out.
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  744.  @King_of_Antisemites  If I'm not mistaken, Indonesia is half a world away.
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  745.  @cyberninjazero5659  Saying I believe is a courtesy, and I read the same survey. Except I went past the headlines. Try it.
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  746.  @ultravioletsus  Wrong. And irrelevant and argumentative.
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  747.  @King_of_Antisemites  And what is my side?
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  748.  @cyberninjazero5659  Wrong. And provocative and immature. Try again.
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  749.  @cyberninjazero5659  I am not the one apologizing for Hamas. Nor the IDF.
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  750.  @King_of_Antisemites  Nope. Never said that. You're batting .000, yogi.
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  751.  @King_of_Antisemites  Where?
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  752.  @dsmith3199  Music festival. Hostages. Intentional.
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  753.  @dsmith3199  Quality over quantity, dude. Ironic refutation of your irrational logic.
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  754.  @dsmith3199  Your rejoinder is demonstrable that it is not I that needs to provide proof.
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  755.  @dsmith3199  Thought so. And if you are looking for a cogent response to the hypocrisy of your ... well, look to what I said earlier about not making apologies for Hamas or the IDF.
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  756.  @Saeed-nikbakh  We didn't ask for yours.
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  757. Never played baseball before where I could just call in the pitches from home.
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  758. Rus bot points: 3 years, old/young men, EU will take too long.
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  759. Never trust behavior that contradicts past behavior. Putin is not acting 'humiliated'; Trump is 'threatening' Russia. Both are contrary to their respective past behaviors. Ergo, there was no threat and no humiliation. Their behaviors are not directed at each other; it is a sham. The audience for this theater is the rest of the world.
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  760. First week of Jan '25 - Saudi raises price of its crude loading to Asia in February; 27 Jan '25 - Saudi raises price for crude loading in March to record 14 month high. I don't think the Saudi King got Trump's public announcement. Maybe they're listening to private communications?
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  761. What weapons? Putin is shopping for NK weapons, not the other way around.
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  762. "Capital moves faster than labor." Viola!
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  763. I would surmise no one in the podcast read Peter Zeihan's book nine years ago that laid out in detail the coming population collapse or how it would trigger what we now call deglobalization?
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  764. Did they get lost?
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  765.  @chrise-ih4ix  Do you really think the Russian generals would be sending in Russian meat waves if they had half a million non-Russians?
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  766. Wait. [4:50] This happened over three weeks ago?
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  767. Your rhetoric sounds a lot like the class warfare rhetoric of the left a hundred years ago.
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  768. Message to Wagner: If you don't have ammo, stop launching suycide missions.
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  769.  @mariaadelecagna3540  Riiiight. Wagner et al are taking withering fire by imaginary weaponry. That's why they haven't taken Bakmut yet.
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  770. The dangerous precedent is a former president of the US COMMITTED those felonies.
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  771. Politics is broken because the two major political forces refuse to acknowledge the interests of the other have any legitimacy.
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  772.  @dojamimz  We Americans generally prefer truth, not innuendos, sport.
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  773.  @7788Sambaboy  Yes, though I would disagree that is an American attitude; rather it is likely universal. I was countering the identification of the OP, defining 'american' to be an identity that doesn't fit the narrative of the rest of us, but merely conforming to their own self-approval and self-righteousness. But otherwise, absolutely.
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  774.  @SyntaxErr19287  Try again, sport.
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  775.  @SyntaxErr19287  Your opinion was OT and I don't chase rabbits.
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  776.  @duke9555  Keep trying, sport. I know you can do it.
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  777.  @poplar2065  Yep. And Zeihan's video is not about the green curtain, as specified in the description of the video.
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  778.  @RadiusG60  So I am guessing rational discourse is not your intent?
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  779.  @Danne1886  Critical thinking is good; expressing critical thinking is good. But even there, you season it with what you call salt. Remember what Marx said?
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  780.  @Danne1886  Dude. Bottom line. This isn't about critical thinking, because you aren't doing it. Complaining no one is talking about the topic you want to talk about, but not actually talking about it yourself, is the point we keep throwing your way.
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  781.  @Danne1886  Because we are responding to your comments and you are a one-note song.
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  782.  @Danne1886  If you want to have a conversation about immigration being a major factor in the elections, then take the initiative and start that conversation.
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  783.  @Danne1886  And leave the salt on the table.
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  784.  @BobTheTrueCactus  For those people, what was it about? Thanks.
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  785.  @poplar2065  True, but I never said it was a legit issue, just an issue.
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  786.  @jimmyolsenblues  So not you..
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  787.  @shygeist  there was no condescension in the comment, just the reply. Yes, you can call that sarcasm.
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  788.  @LyritZian  Why are you attacking them? Did they do something to harm or offend you?
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  789.  @LyritZian  Back off. You are being a bully and appear to be enjoying it.
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  790.  @wellhellothere6347  Rest assured. There is at least one person who has the reading competence to understand what you said. If I can, I will continue to have your back until the bullies retreat.
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  791.  @LyritZian  Why do you assume I didn't start from the top? Compassion and empathy are two traits a bully never understands. That lack is intrinsic from your very first post. On the other hand, their initial response to your assault was conciliatory. You need to start at the top, reading your own posts.
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  792.  @LyritZian  The first comment that wellhellothere responded to was very clearly drawing a us v them line, an act of a bully, or a victim of bullying turning into a bully. I saw it even before I read wellhellothere's first post.
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  793.  @LyritZian  Clever signoff. Says it all. Classic.
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  794.  @LyritZian  I am an antitroll and an antibully.
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  795.  @wellhellothere6347  I always enjoyed Red Green when he was tying his fly fishing lures. "I'm pulling for you. We're all in this together." We seem to have lost that over the years.
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  796.  @LyritZian  And how many provocative comments did you sling? Oh, wait. Another saintly person.
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  797.  @LyritZian  btw, it is 'they/them'. Not dude or dudette.
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  798. One $7 latte in 1 1/2 minutes; after 5 minutes, that is $21 an hour for wages. Or $43,000 a year. Define livable wages, please.
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  799.  @thamimasuku3443  The only place in the world today where commercial vessels need military escort is around Yemen, one of those smaller nations that have made a choice to attack mercantile shipping. Oh, and off the coast of Iran. Historically, before the two world wars, individual nations routinely provided military escort. Now the US Navy does that globally, for all traffic. Ignoring facts is generally called trivialization.
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  800.  @thamimasuku3443  You trivialize by ascribing it to a particular cultural bias without even knowing what culture I come from. If the word 'trivialization' is too difficult to understand, trying 'bullying'' behavior.
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  801.  @thamimasuku3443  I defer to your expertise in ignoring context.
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  802. Oh, wait. You are ignoring the larger context again. My bad.
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  803. The proliferation of 'calamity' is a consequence of what is happening in the world. The analysis simply reflects that.
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  804. Europeans came from Africa and wiped up the previous European population.
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  805. Nope. Given the availability of fissile material and a technological and commercial infrastructure capable of doing it, 6 months is a fair figure.
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  806.  @uripre  Iran started from scratch. Ukraine has deep history and experience with nuclear tech and science and has a lot of the precursor knowledge and tech already in place. 6 months is realistic for Ukraine and its nuclear development and operational history.
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  807.  @uripre  Did they take Kyiv in 3 days?
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  808.  @uripre  No they don't. They never had it, if they did, they would have taken Kyiv, wouldn't have lost Kharkiv or Kherson. And Ukraine forces wouldn't be on Russian soil nor would Ukrainian drones have clear skies for over a thousand miles into Russia.
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  809. If Russia had air superiority, how did the Ukrainians recently take out their major strategic radar site in southern Russia with drones - the one that is supposed to protect Russia from long-range ICBMs. Russia doesn't even have competent air defense, much less superiority.
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  810. Many defense analysts (ie Anders Puck Nielsen, Military analyst at the Royal Danish Defence College, etc) measure the time frame in months as well, not years.
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  811. You cannot apply supply-demand logic to something that is not freely traded.
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  812. Why would it be foolish to say after working for 40 years, one can retire to enjoy 20 years of life?
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  813.  @VickyLily-s1v  Most of us don't care. Please don't.
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  814.  @AlishaHamaduru  She is a con, and stop liking your comments.
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  815.  @JacobEasy-i4x  She stole my house.
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  816. The video (and probably the described theory) repeatedly equivocates "fair" with "utopia". They are intrinsically not the same.
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  817.  @jwp2166  Do you still believe in monsters in the closet?
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  818.  @Ladyfaithfulpatriot  Great irony!
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  819.  @jwp2166  Stop and think. I have confidence in you.
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  820.  @jwp2166  You do realize the name is not real and it is just a troll trap, yes?
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  821.  @jwp2166  Sure, yogi, because you know who and what I am, right?
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  822. SK is already sending weapons to Poland and Ukraine. Define 'not getting involved'.
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  823. No we're not. If we were, international wouldn't mean western.
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  824.  @chillxxx241  Your implicit context was in terms of who had control, had power. So. Wealth.
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  825.  @chillxxx241  G7 is a western construct to support the international (western) order. Any non-western country in G7 is there to play by those rules.
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  826.  @chillxxx241  There ya go!
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  827. Only 20% of those arrested in Arizona were students.
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  828. The first class already graduated and are back in Ukraine (they started training in late 2023). There are now three additional training centers in Europe and all four training centers are training the next, larger class.
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  829. First class already graduated.
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  830.  @delta_glider4362  That makes absolutely no sense, yogi.
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  831.  @victoriaferguson.4458  Try another line, Vlad.
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  832.  @yeahnah7220  Isn't that how much Russian assets have been frozen?
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  833.  @dshaw8356  Raw data can be found by using the tools found between the Q and the M, followed by the thingy marked enter.
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  834.  @yeahnah7220  I agree. My point was the frozen assets should be used to rebuild what they have destroyed. Given the videos I see on a daily basis, I think 1/2 trillion is likely a tad underestimated.
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  835.  @nazcamain  Lol. Sure, sport.
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  836.  @jamieruehl5198  Why yes it can. It starts by understanding sex, sexuality, and gender are not the same thing.
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  837.  @jamieruehl5198  Yep. In what context?
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  838.  @ChipmunkRapidsMadMan1869  Yes, and that complements my argument against the OP.
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  839.  @ChipmunkRapidsMadMan1869  Didn't say that, sport; you did. You defend it or refute it.
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  840.  @kenharvey8161  Yep. Not the point.
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  841.  @stevenwilson5556  A moralistic convicted felon? huh.
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  842. "It's not that hard to be nice." "Then why aren't more people nice?" "Just worry about yourself."
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  843. Taking an antithesis position from Neville Chambelrain's 'peace in our times' does not automatically make it a correct position; even Churchill believed peace was possible, if negotiated from strength. Life, and politics, are rarely binary. If it were, then either the far right or the far left are right. Typical Mearsheimer dialectic.
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  844. All money from the channel goes to charity. He makes his living providing expert analysis around the world to corporations, industry groups, government agencies. Literally wrote the book(s) on demographics and geopolitical analysis. Try harder, sport.
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  845.  @MotoMatsalleh  Yes you did. Innuendo, insinuation, and implication. Try harder, sport.
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  846. You should ask Lebanese, Iranian and Chinese Christians that question.
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  847. uighurs.
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  848. Lot of Chinese bots trying to drown out one comment.
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  849.  @chengxin2928  Britain was active in Ohio before the Revolutionary War. Ohio is on the other side of the Appalachians.
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  850.  @chengxin2928  Stop avoiding the point. One post about support for Tibet and the denizens in Shanghai go wild.
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  851.  @chengxin2928  The point is you made an historical claim that was patently false.
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  852.  @chengxin2928  Genocide against large animals?? Do you understand that is a non sequitur? Ok, let's talk about the ethnocide of the Tibet and Uighur culture by China.
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  853.  @chengxin2928  Large animals of North America, like mastodons, dire wolves, and sabre tooth tigers? Not only did the concept of America not exist at that time, but even England, and every other western nation, didn't. Who destroyed those large animals?
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  854. This is why the Democrats are losing elections: "That is an unfathomable number." No. It is not. It is four times the total mortgage debt held by Americans; it is 30 times the student loan debt; it is over 40 times the credit card debt. We could pay off all mortgages, all student loans, all credit card debt almost three times. All from our labor. Communicate that and see how many elections you win.
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  855. Nope. By Zelenskyy.
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  856.  @M2m1x  Nope.
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  857. more trumptrollbrigadiers ....
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  858. "Five years minimum..." and can't pardon himself on State charges. So if elected, he serves as President for four years from state prison, which means he cannot govern. We may see Section 4 of the 25th Amendment finally tested.
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  859. "Ironclad support for Israel's right to defend itself", not to attack without regard to civilian lives. If Israel uses their nukes, do we rearm their supply of nukes?
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  860.  @mathewaugustine8650  Do you believe we should resupply Israel with any weapons they use up if they use them to attack Rafah with the same disregard for civilian life?
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  861.  @mathewaugustine8650  btw, work on your syntax. There is no logical construction in your statement. Start with something easy, like S-O-V.
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  862. The F-R is the party of your great great grandfather, sport.
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  863.  @mathurex211  So, I am curious: what the end game strategy to this adolescent taunting? You know, behind the protection you enjoy.
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  864.  @mathurex211  Tell me what Plan B is and I'll tell you Plan C.
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  865.  @mathurex211  ran off the end of the page into a deadend? so back to page 1? Ok, but watch out for the bear trap this time.
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  866.  @mathurex211  Lol. Dude. Lesson #1 - you do not control the narrative. You really are running a script, aren't you?
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  867.  @mathurex211  👎
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  868.  @mathurex211  👎
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  869.  @mathurex211  👎👎
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  870.  @mathurex211  👎 - 👎👎👎👎👎👎👎👎👎👎🎆
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  871.  @mathurex211  👏
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  872.  @mathurex211  Amazing how some dogs will bark even at a new moon.
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  873.  @mathurex211  Pavlov's dogs. Blow a whistle. So predictable.
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  874.  @mathurex211  🌑💤
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  875.  @mathurex211  👎
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  876.  @mathurex211  👍
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  877.  @mathurex211  👎
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  878.  @mathurex211  👎👎
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  879.  @ryushogun9890  Nope. Blame the fashy crowds on both ends and we'll talk.
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  880.  @mathurex211  👍👍👍👍
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  881. ​ @jdee8407  I'm not the one crying, sport.
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  882.  @jdee8407  Populism isn't truth. Engorge yourself all you want. It is still wrong.
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  883.  @jdee8407  I celebrate ALL elections, mate.
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  884.  @jdee8407  I gotta ask, Wilber: How many accounts do you have? I count at least three. At least mix up the rhetoric.
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  885.  @jdee8407  So what's the end game strategy? Plan A is still not working. Different name, same game. Or, was that suppose to be Plan B? Still failing.
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  886.  @jdee8407  LOL. You just tripped yourself up with that alleged denial, Wilber.
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  887.  @jdee8407  Haven't heard from your alter ego in nearly two hours, Wilber. Why?
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  888.  @jdee8407  Wilber. I am a professor of linguistics. All three of you have the same diction, the same exact rhetoric, the same style, the same lexicon, the same cadence.
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  889.  @jdee8407  This is great. Plan B is implementing Plan A.
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  890.  @jdee8407  Hold on ... I need to make more popcorn.
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  891.  @jdee8407  Same taunts, different name.
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  892.  @jdee8407  👎
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  893.  @jdee8407  👎
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  894.  @PLF...  To conserve means to keep what is already there, so it is about the present and even more about the past. So, yeah, it isn't about the future.
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  895.  @PLF...  👍👍
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  896.  @jdee8407  You make some good points, but it isn't the whole story. Lose the snark and we''ll talk. 👎👎
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  897. Let's revisit this conversation after the first sortie, eh?
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  898. I love it when they pretend not to get the sarcasm.
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  899. The South Korean's seem to disagree with you.
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  900. Threatening a first-strike tactical nuclear attack is the opposite of Deterrence.
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  901.  @adriannaszudrzynska9371  The EU has provided far more assistance to Ukraine than the US, and when they needed it the most.
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  902.  @adriannaszudrzynska9371  EU have given over $130 billion.
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  903.  @adriannaszudrzynska9371  No, we are talking about the comparative commitment the US and the EU have made to helping Ukraine defend itself. The EU has provided far more aid than the US with a GDP that is only 2/3 of the US. The EU is far more committed to helping Ukraine than the US.
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  904.  @adriannaszudrzynska9371  You don't win a war with just bullets. Even Patton understood that.
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  905.  @adriannaszudrzynska9371  "An army marches on its stomach" - Napoleon.
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  906.  @adriannaszudrzynska9371  And gas and clothes and helmets and food and trucks and toilet paper and bandages and surgical equipment and electricity and bunks and blankets and cleaning fluid and grease and spare parts and tires and ear plugs and medicine and ...
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  907. Cold weather materially degrades effective combat power, as does a lack of emergency medical equipment and one does not power a lot of 'military' equipment without fuel or electricity.
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  908. Adrian, have you ever been on winter field maneuvers without a blanket? And what of the civilians whose loved ones are in combat but lost their home because of the war and there is no heating because the Russians destroyed the power plants? Where does the money for that come from? Is that not a cost of war as well? The Ukrainians certainly think so.
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  909. I didn't quote Patton, an American general. Patton was famous for outrunning his logistics and had to sit for days, if not weeks, unable to fight until his supply caught up. Napoleon, like most Europeans, understood logistics: "Napoleon came to the realization that if his armies weren't well-fed, or more specifically if "an invaded country was not able or inclined to sell or provide food," his military tactics would be useless."
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  910.  @LordRykard9376  Can't get away from the snark, eh sport? 👎
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  911.  @LordRykard9376  I've told you before, sport. It's 'them'.
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  912. Stay tuned, y'all, and watch how these individuals can be controlled.
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  913.  @LordRykard9376  👎
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  914.  @RealTalkWithGaryM  Should voters consider the mental health of a candidate for president?
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  915. No. What is offensive is spreading more disinfo. The $750 is to get people through the first couple days. It is not 'only'.
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  916.  @nyghtemxre  What happened in the lead up to 1939? America hid its head in the sand then as well. This is what happens when one generation (those who fought WWII) are all gone. We forget history.
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  917. Did something freeze over when I wasn't watching. Go to sleep. Sleep deprivation leads to paranoia,
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  918. What's old becomes new again. Wouldn't it be incredible if, for the sake of democracy, shows like this were required viewing in high school? Imagine what a difference it would make in the public discourse on the green?
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  919. No. OT.
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  920. All else equal, yes. But deglobalization is causing dramatic near-shoring that is pushing the demand in America up.
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  921. SK doesn't need them. As long as NK has them, SK has the US.
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  922. Detachment from reality is repeating the same schtick and expecting people will ultimately believe it.
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  923.  @DefyLov3  Every reply is just another data point, sport.
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  924.  @DefyLov3  Show me something new
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  925.  @intuitionz1198  go og le. omg.
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  926.  @intuitionz1198  Also, Blue Dog Democrats. I think there is a Yellow variety as well, but I can't remember.
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  927.  @intuitionz1198  my first post disappeared. How about let your fingers do the walking?
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  928.  @intuitionz1198  Democrats (mostly union members) who voted for Reagan in 1980. It was a political seismic shock wave. Do you know who voted for Trump in 2016 in a big way? Democrats. Mostly working class.
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  929.  @intuitionz1198  1980, not sixties. And, no. Troll much?
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  930.  @intuitionz1198  I was 24 and actually participating in the political process. Try again.
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  931.  @ronarnett4811  Given that the Russians are fighting an offensive war of conquest, your analysis is largely irrelevant. That, and the Ukrainians have demonstrably proven the superior defenders.
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  932. But it clearly got everyone's attention. Do you understand marketing?
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  933. Trump won in 2016 and 2024 even though the pundits said he was irrational. America understood what he was saying. Need new pundits.
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  934.  @someguy4275  You do know Haiti and Venezuela are not the same country?
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  935. He didn't. He said Putin going to North Korea and pissing off the South Koreans was one of the 10.
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  936.  @x-men69-96  And what does the EU not have, sport? Artillery shells? Drones? Fighter aircraft? Missiles? What?
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  937.  @x-men69-96  What does Ukraine need SpaceX or AI for? If the Russia invasion force relocates to the Moon, I am sure the Ukrainians would hold the door open for them. And AI?? Why? It doesn't do anything yet.
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  938.  @victoriaferguson.4458  You're all over the place here, eh?
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  939. He did, he has, he continues to say so.
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  940.  @josephjagusah8668  Y'alls need to stay on your side of the Atlantic.
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  941. Zeihan is conservative.
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  942.  @sheasheagaming1660  Trump isn't conservative; Zeihan is and has been since his days at Stratfor.
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  943.  @sheasheagaming1660  The blind telling me I'm blind because I can't see what they see. LOL.
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  944.  @sheasheagaming1660  Listen to his content? I have been reading it since before there was video. And Trump is a populist who wanted to run as a Democrat because he thought they had more power. But the superdelegates actually knew him from the 80s and the 90s and said, not in my party.
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  945.  @sheasheagaming1660  Trump blows with the wind; that is not a political ideology. It is barely politics.
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  946.  @sheasheagaming1660  You got it. The biggest rhino is that man.
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  947.  @sheasheagaming1660  ok yogi. I hope you can find light.
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  948. Because 2024 was all about lithium batteries. Broken record, sport. How about y'alls 2020 or 2022 predictions?
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  949.  @Withnail1969  y'alls seem to be talking about it non-stop. Nothing in the constitution says we have to listen.
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  950.  @Withnail1969  Not an order, sport. You asked a question. Don't get upset if you don't like the answer
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  951.  @Withnail1969  Most people after four years in high school naturally mature and start exhibiting adult behavior.
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  952.  @jestice75  And you are an expert on nothing?
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  953.  @brianhamilton1544  Technically brics is a rump organization.
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  954.  @irinap7389  Soon as they go back to Rus, sweet cheeks.
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  955.  @Peter-zn3wk  'Humanitarians' that steal Ukrainian wheat for resale.
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  956.  @bubba842  Nope. It started a couple years ago and fell flat on its face.
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  957.  @lettheflamestakeover7374  Who are you, again? I forgot.
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  958.  @ghhghh8554  Exactly
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  959.  @ghhghh8554  correct
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  960.  @lettheflamestakeover7374  I don't understand the meme.
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  961.  @lettheflamestakeover7374  Is that what the meme means? That doesn't make sense.
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  962.  @lettheflamestakeover7374  Well, that prophet didn't have much to say.
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  963.  @РомаБамбуков  It's been years, bunkie, when does it actually start?
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  964.  @user-b697  again, years in the making, when does it really start? a tale; Told by an ____, full of sound and fury, Signifying nothing.
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  965.  @user-b697  The Euro was based on solid economies. BRICS ... seriously? You sound like Paula Poundstone, 'It could happen!"
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  966.  @РомаБамбуков  LOL. Try again, sport. I already know it failed.
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  967.  @РомаБамбуков  And yet you are trying very hard to get me to think the way you do.
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  968.  @РомаБамбуков  Cool! 👍
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  969.  @MyulMang  It's a free country; you are entitled to your opinion.
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  970.  @MyulMang  Lol. The name is trollbait.
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  971. Russia pegged the ruble to the Chinese yuan. It is now official; Russia is a Chinese province.
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  972. He was forced to land.
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  973. Graham's response is that of a sycophant embarrassed by the courage of a man who would not submit.
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  974.  @slippers4xmas631  Lol. How's St. Pete, sport? Talk about fake.
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  975. You said Trump in 20. And the red wave in 2022. More stuff that didn't age.
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  976.  @warfarenotwarfair5655  You are right; he does have a real job and a clue. Acceptance is the first step on the road to recovery. There is hope for ZDS, sport.
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  977.  @warfarenotwarfair5655  Democracy is being able to define what productivity means to you. Priceless.
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  978.  @victoriaferguson.4458  And up to this day.
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  979.  @venom4597  When did Biden visit Moscow as a business man?
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  980. (18:13) That is not an F-15. Not even sure it is an American Fighter. Not USAF, at least.
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  981. (26:35) F-35, not F-15. Lockheed hadn't even been awarded the contract until later that year.
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  982.  @BillieBailey-th3lc  There are no relevant Communists in the world today.
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  983.  @ritparent7239  It's not 1 in a million, sport; it is 1 in 40 million. 40 million Ukrainians and only 1 president. Zelenskyy is far more special than you understand, and that is one statistic that Mark Twain would call "the God's honest truth".
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  984.  @zamoragildominiquec.5682  When Russia invaded Ukraine, twice, it became a security issue for Ukraine.
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  985. Graph at the opening of the video says "CUMULATIVE Percentage Change". That means, from 1990 to 2010, a period of 20 years, the annual percentage change was not 15%, but 15/20, or 0.75%. Not good, yes, but "SHARP RISE"? Think about what you are being told. There is a name for Video Titles like this. And you clicked it.
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  986. ZDS.
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  987. @ two plus two will always equal four
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  988.  @pauljordan1956  Nope. It is objectively intrinsic in the comments themselves. Like the one I am responding to.
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  989.  @paul7TM  You haven't actually contributed to the conversation.
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  990.  @brownmold  stated by "brownmold" joined 14 years ago and has only one playlist with 6 videos, created a whole month ago .... suspicious
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  991.  @brownmold  Dude. Sarcasm. Catch up.
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  992. You are equating Russians to Mongols??
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  993.  @williammcguigan7469  Rus are more Scandinavian than Mongol. Review the DNA.
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  994.  @williammcguigan7469  Nope. "Although hg N3 is common for both East European and Siberian Y chromosomes, other typically Siberian or Mongolian hgs (Q and C) have negligible influence within the studied Russian Y chromosome pool. The distribution of all frequent Y chromosome haplogroups (which account for 95% of the Y chromosomal spectrum in Russians) follows a similar north-south clinal pattern among autosomal markers, apparent from synthetic maps. "
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  995.  @williammcguigan7469  Nope. DNA says no.
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  996. The purpose of Linux on a phone is to address the security and privacy concerns of using Android. Whether it "looks and acts" like a Linux phone is therefore completely irrelevant. If it is Linux running on top of Android, the only relevant question, which you dismiss, is: what's under the cover? GUI is irrelevant.
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  997. And, in comes Trump, who pulls out prematurely, and the natural laws of economics and politics pull Europe into Putin's cloister, and, viola! that's the Birds and Bees story of The New World Order.
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  998. There is one thing scarier than a deluded Biden and a demented Trump - a visibly disturbed Zeihan. Yeah, I feel it too, Peter.
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  999.  @goldarrrdigi8588  Strawman. You said that, not me.
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  1000.  @tvan1011  Nope. That is precisely what he did.
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  1001.  @baroneleve1196  Providing Ukraine intelligence so they could kick Russia out of Ukraine's front yard.
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  1002. Palestine is a victim of capitalism? wow. No wonder the far right is winning elections around the world,
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  1003.  @michaelweaver2627  Given what Russia has to put up against the F-16, I wouldn't be overly concerned.
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  1004.  @Withnail1969  Nope. Resurfaced, maybe. Those air fields were serviceable for the planes the Ukrainians already have. The vacuum cleaner of the F-16 requires only a cleanup operation. And the Ukrainians have had nearly a year to get ready. They only need one air field ready to begin operations.
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  1005.  @kosta2177  Wrong. On all counts.
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  1006.  @Withnail1969  How much TIG/TIS do you have on the F-16 air frame?
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  1007.  @Withnail1969  Hey, lil'buddy. Someone take the wind out of your sails?
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  1008.  @scottwhitethebest  Wot's your point?
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  1009.  @Withnail1969  Oldest dodge in the books, my friend.
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  1010.  @Withnail1969  You really don't know what a FOD walk is, do you? How much TIG, again?
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  1011.  @Withnail1969  Ground attack aircraft are useless without air superiority. TIG?
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  1012.  @Withnail1969  Need to secure the airspace before sending in warthogs and other attack aircraft.
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  1013.  @Withnail1969  Yes they can.
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  1014.  @Withnail1969  You do understand that is all standard doctrine? As in, we got something for that already.
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  1015.  @kosta2177  Nope. The ranges are comparable, and the Russians are flying primarily SU-34s, not MiGs. And it is far easier to protect an airbase than a big city. It is much smaller.
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  1016.  @Really250  The very good reason they haven't gotten in-country until now is politics, not logistics.
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  1017.  @davecohn6407  Uh, you do know that Ukraine has military air bases? They were kind of on the front line of the Cold War, sport.
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  1018.  @davecohn6407  Try again, sport. They're right there, on the map even.
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  1019.  @davecohn6407  "If they take off from NATO ..." Do you know what a touch n go is?
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  1020.  @davecohn6407  You do understand that pretty soon, we are just going to ignore Putin's threats.
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  1021.  @davecohn6407  Seriously, try again.
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  1022.  @Really250  It does not void Art 5. If Russia responds, it is still an attack on NATO countries. Do you really think lawyers and judges make those decisions?
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  1023.  @Really250  Besides, what is with this 'we'? You're Russian.
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  1024.  @harleyquinn8202  If Russians hit anything in Poland, it isn't Russia who decides if Art. 5 is invoked. Who do you think makes the determination it would be considered as aggression?
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  1025.  @Really250  Really? Nope. Nothing says that would automatically void it.l
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  1026.  @harleyquinn8202  NATO, collectively and individually decides. If Putin wanted a nuclear war, he would have started it already. We've discounted him. The point is, those planes will not be attacking Russia, they will attack Russian troops in Ukrainian territory, so if Russia responds, it is an unprovoked attack on NATO.
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  1027.  @harleyquinn8202  You misunderstand the dynamics.
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  1028.  @harleyquinn8202  Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov has repeatedly said the value of nuclear weapons is not in their use, but in the threat they pose. Once you use them, they lose value.
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  1029.  @harleyquinn8202  Nice try, sport. No one is pushing any buttons.
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  1030.  @harleyquinn8202  If Russia hits Poland, it won't matter what they say they are targeting.
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  1031.  @harleyquinn8202  Nice bit of disingenuous bullying. There will be a response.
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  1032.  @Withnail1969  Have you personally inspected those runways? I assure you, the Ukrainians have and are resurfacing what needs to be resurfaced.
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  1033.  @Withnail1969  I have seen one from the inside out. Have you?
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  1034.  @Withnail1969  USAF has been maintaining F-16s for decades, in all conditions. Try not to interpret what others say; you are not good at it.
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  1035.  @Withnail1969  The level of angst from the naysayers is palpable. You do understand how dangerous the Fighting Falcons are to Russia, don't you?
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  1036. Said the Klingon ambassador
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  1037. "Ironclad support for Israel's right to defend itself", not to attack without regard to civilian lives. If Israel uses their nukes, do we rearm their supply of nukes?
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  1038.  @peterponcedeleon3368  LOL. You are comparing the economic health of America with that of Japan, who has been in the doldrums since the late 80s? If you love Japan that much, I'll buy you airfare. Me? I love my country.
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  1039.  @peterponcedeleon3368  There is a reason we don't calculate inflation the same as your grandpa did - it is called scientific progress.
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  1040.  @peterponcedeleon3368  Swinging wild, yogi. Wait for the pitch.
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  1041.  @peterponcedeleon3368  We are not weak, we are not in default, inflation is at 3%, we are not in a recession. You are wrong.
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  1042.  @peterponcedeleon3368 Still waiting for real facts.
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  1043.  @peterponcedeleon3368  Your facts are sourced in a dark, moist interior cavity that shrivel up when dropped into the light of day.
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  1044.  @peterponcedeleon3368  Prefer cold hard facts to baseless opinions
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  1045.  @peterponcedeleon3368  If you were right, we wouldn't have to wait ....
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  1046.  @peterponcedeleon3368  Why? If the economy is weak, then it is weak. Why do you need to wait? Why the pontification over the prognostication of tarot cards, and now the sneaking out the back door?
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  1047.  @peterponcedeleon3368  I have a vision. The sun will fall from the sky and we will be plunged into darkness. We need a new man in the White House. Dude. All you are 'predicting' is a recession that is a normal part of the business cycle. Call heads enough times and you'll be right. Doesn't mean you know anything.
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  1048.  @annabellesanchez8011  Nope. I do not believe your lies.
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  1049.  @peterponcedeleon3368  LOL. Dude. Get a current calendar. No wonder your confused.
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  1050.  @peterponcedeleon3368  A recession is defined as three quarters of negative GDP. GDP has been in the black for every quarter since Oct 2020.
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  1051.  @peterponcedeleon3368  "They haven't submitted the revisions ..." But you know what's in them ... LOL. You think this is skit in the movie "Trading Places"?
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  1052.  @peterponcedeleon3368  The ennd is nigh!!! ... er, wait for it.
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  1053.  @arturobianco848  I agree, but as a product/victim of the American public education system, it is more of an indictment that we need to be spoon-fed analysis that a well educated high school student should be able to make for themselves.
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  1054.  @arturobianco848  It is not my intelligence that is insulted. This issue is only important when it is given oxygen, which most readers can discern was my point.
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  1055.  @larsrons7937  Nope. It just needs to be left on the ground to flop like all of his other rhetoric.
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  1056.  @arturobianco848  Those with cognitive ability would understand the point I was making is that giving this issue air only inflates it, so, no, I am not the one insulted.
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  1057.  @larsrons7937  Pouring gas on the fire doesn't put it out.
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  1058. People. The point is: Greenland isn't for sale and America is not going to invade. It is a moot point. There are events in the world that are actually consequential that need to be discussed.
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  1059.  @larsrons7937  Nielsen actually starts with the statement "Trump apparently wants to expand the Unite States." No he doesn't. A proper analysis would be why is he posturing for it? what is actually his ultimately end game? That ... would be the expert analysis you are looking for.
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  1060.  @arturobianco848  Unfortunately, that just reinforces the meme people need to be treated like children and that the man actually means what he says. A good analysis would be why he said this, what his real goals were.
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  1061. More trumptrollbrigdettes upset that Zeihan once said bad things about their savior
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  1062. Nope. But we do know who you represent.
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  1063. Since you mischaracterized it as a perfect world, it is not that unlikely.
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  1064.  @Paint-brigade1776  As I explained elsewhere, sport, keep your elbow up.
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  1065.  @yapper58  You are off by a factor of 70. It is only 100,000.
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  1066.  @Paint-brigade1776  Lean into the pitch. Don't put all your weight on your heels.
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  1067.  @yapper58  US Dept of Labor statistics.
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  1068.  @yapper58  Could be anosmia; see a doctor.
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  1069.  @yapper58  The odoriferous odor is likely coming from unsourced statistics that include retirees, stay-at-home parents, college students, incarcerated felons and children under the age of 18 in that 60% not participating in the workforce.
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  1070.  @yapper58  7 million is 40% of 18 million. I think that shows where the smell is coming from, sport. Keep swinging.
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  1071.  @yapper58  18M is derived from your arguments, using 5th grade math. I did not say 100K were unemployed; I said they have chosen to not participate - Table A.38 US Dept of Labor statistics. Table A-1 puts the unemployment rate at 4.1% - which is very close to structural unemployment and has nothing to do with people not having ambition nor living off of others, as you asserted earlier.
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  1072.  @yapper58  Table A-38.
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  1073.  @yapper58  There is no such thing as 'zero' structural unemployment. Wait a few years when you can take AP Economics.
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  1074.  @yapper58  Keep swinging, sport. The outfield fence only looks far away. You can do it.
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  1075.  @yapper58  Milton Friedman and Edmund Phelps received the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences in 1976 for their work that, in part, clarified "full employment" does not mean "zero unemployment". Zero employment only exists in totalitarian states where people work one job for their entire lives, from cradle to grave. Kind of like the Old South. Or the old Soviet.
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  1076.  @yapper58  Strike one.
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  1077.  @GeeGee19  The world is laughing now.
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  1078.  @MoneyMagnet-m2t  Yes. You need to look at that list, sport.
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  1079. Then you shouldn't put it out there, cuz we be laughing at you.
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  1080. You don't believe a president's (in)ability to communicate is relevant?
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  1081.  @spartjovic  Not what I said, sport. That's what you are saying. So I'll take a seat and let you perform your seal act a bit more.
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  1082. In both rounds of sanctions, when Russia annexed Crimea and then when it invaded Ukraine, their GDP dramatically fell.
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  1083. Russian money abroad has been largely seized and is in the process of being handed over to the Ukrainians.
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  1084. @Kompact-vt9dm It's called blaming the US for the failure of others.
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  1085.  @NeostormXLMAX  So you support capitalism and the right of companies to sell anything it wants?
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  1086.  @richardthomas5362  How? How was it globally consequential? Did it stop transoceanic traffic? Did it create global terrorism?
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  1087.  @treeguy7490  Yes. It is valid justification when an aggressor state conducts hostile actions in your friends backyard, you send up the drones to keep an eye on them. It is the US and NATO who are not taking Russia's BS anymore.
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  1088.  @treeguy7490  I never said Russia does not have legitimate security interests. But violating international law (OSCE Charter - which Russia signed) is not the same as flying legitimate recon missions in international airspace. And if your 'backyard' logic is valid (it isn't), then you just answered your own question; the Black Sea is the 'backyard' of those NATO countries and have a right to monitor it, whether they do it personally, or one of their allies does it.
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  1089.  @treeguy7490  As far as your overly emotional behavior, we already discussed that. It is a behavior that you need to fix. Not my problem, so stop crying.
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  1090. Given that Salt Lake City is 40% of the population of Utah, it is ridiculous that it is parsed out into all four districts. One district should be exclusively within the city and the rest of the city wrapped into a second.
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  1091.  @bouzibouzi9428  Johnny Walker's calling, please answer it.
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  1092.  @johnmurphy9385  The man was asking for topics for future videos. I provided one. Not sure what you are doing, but do it with the bath door closed. We don't want to watch.
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  1093. Why F-35s?
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  1094. Yes, it is precisely the right time to be there as Russia conducts 'special military operations' against other countries. And, as pointed out elsewhere, there are two NATO countries that border the Black Sea and at least two aspiring country (Georgia and Ukraine)
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  1095.  @zivaradlovacki2666  Tell us something. What airbase did that SU-27 come from? One in Crimea. Tells us something. From 1991-2014, was Crimea part of Ukraine or Russia? Tell us something. Did Russia invade Ukraine in 2022? Tell us something. Does the US consider Ukraine a friend in need? Tell us something. What reality do you live in?
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  1096.  @kandarpmishra9343  Nope. Both were wrong.
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  1097.  @Pow9514  Wrong question. Afghanistan was harboring terrorists who physically attacked the US; Saddam conducted his own 'special military operation' in Kuwait and the Kuwaitis dialed 911. South Vietnam faced a Russian-financed insurgency from its client North Vietnam and South Vietnam dialed 911. Ukraine ... ditto. Any more questions from the p-nut gallery?
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  1098.  @joecoxy2  Technically, Crimea has traditionally belonged to the Ottoman Empire and was populate by the Tartars, a Turkic population. So .... your book says it belongs to Turkey.
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  1099.  @zivaradlovacki2666  Answer the last question first: What reality do you live in?
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  1100.  @zivaradlovacki2666  Only if Russia launches first.
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  1101.  @Pow9514  LOL. For someone trying to avoid something, you're blowing really hard the wrong way. Please. go on and on. I am fascinated by pathologies.
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  1102.  @zivaradlovacki2666  Yes it matters because it is Russia that pushed into Ukraine, not the US.
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  1103.  @zivaradlovacki2666  Bottom line: How many Ukrainians has US killed since feb 24, 2022? How many buildings has US missiles destroyed since feb 24, 2022? How many Ukrainian children has the US kidnapped and put up for American adoption since feb 24, 2022? How many Ukrainian men has the US tortured, how many Ukrainian women has the US savaged, on Ukrainian soil, since feb 24, 2022? Again. What reality do you live in?
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  1104.  @daggerin4life726  By your logic, the war started 200,000 years ago with Eve's seven daughters.
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  1105.  @zivaradlovacki2666  Only Russia is threatening to launch, so it matters who launches first because if Russia don't launch, it won't happen.
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  1106.  @joecoxy2  That 'election' would be like Canada invading North Dakota, relocating several million Canadians, and then asking them if they wanted to be Canadian. C'mon, even you can't be that ... gullible.
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  1107.  @joecoxy2  LOL. I love people using selected blindness when reading history. All you have done is invalidate your little book.
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  1108.  @joecoxy2  is it an election when it is 'stolen'? Yes, I am mocking your obviously false and disingenuous statement, which invalidates your subsequent logic.
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  1109. The rise of military power in Germany in the early last century was a consequence, not a cause, of the rise of populist politics. It is not the same.
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  1110.  @pedro97w  We know one thing - everyone is to the left of pedro.
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  1111. Does it have a preface that explains they were created in reaction to, and learned all their tricks from, the left-wing extremism of the previous couple decades?
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  1112.  @MAGA_FTW_2024  Given your handle, I'd look in a mirror, sport.
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  1113. Democracy requires faith in the electorate (the 'demos'). Have you no faith?
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  1114.  @fredbugden3511  Someone who believes in democracy would ask why their candidate lost, instead of insulting the electorate.
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  1115.  @Paint-brigade1776  France, or rather, the French Republic, is on its fifth iteration as a Republic.
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  1116.  @Paint-brigade1776  Nope. 5th Republic. Since 1958. However, since 1917 - as the USSR and, later, as the Russian Federated Republic - Russia is a republic but definitely not a democracy, so we understand your confusion.
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  1117.  @davidheidt8548  Keep trying, sport. I was responding to someone on your side of the aisle. Insults are non-partisan.
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  1118.  @davidheidt8548  Nope. Deductive. By your own words. Keep the elbow up, sport. And swing from the hips. It'll give you more control, leverage, and power.
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  1119.  @davidheidt8548  LOL. I've already responded to that little bit of chicanery. Elbow up, sport.
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  1120.  @davidheidt8548  Nope
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  1121. He literally said government spending is at an all time high and that isn't good. Did you watch the video, or just read the description?
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  1122.  @u2beuser714  That only discourages their use. And makes production cheaper in other countries.
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  1123. Yeah, because they clearly have no diplomatic power to reach out to Hamas (an Islamic organization) and say, Dude! Seriously? What were you thinking?
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  1124. Your scrolling across Google Earth induces nausea and is unimpressive.
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  1125. Why would Russia fear China more? Did you not watch the video or listen to the analysis? Mountains ... desert.
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  1126. It is not impossible to avoid ultra processed foods completely. Stick to the produce and meat sections and dust off the cobwebs in your kitchen.
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  1127. How much did Gatorade pay to have her pull out her Gatorade bottle at the end?
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  1128.  @65mustang393  no, the voters aren't that gullible; their memories are just not fragmented into 4 year bites.
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  1129.  @nicoles9077  And you are not black. That is a trope, a meme.
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  1130.  @65mustang393  the data is what you choose to interpret what it is and what you conveniently ignore because it doesn't fit pet theories. What pet theory are you pitching?
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  1131.  @samobispo1527  Zeihan should stop living the American dream? Did you really say that? The Tribunes have indeed won the day, Cicero.
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  1132.  @Withnail1969  How do you know she is?
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  1133.  @Withnail1969  Naturally. And Withnail is your real name.
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  1134.  @Withnail1969  Yes, you did. It's right there, sport. Or, are you disguising your identification? No.. This is the internet; that doesn't happen.
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  1135.  @Withnail1969  I'm not the one believing unsubstantiated self-identifications, sport. I forgot to properly introduce myself: I am the Rigellian Ambassador to Earth, evaluating Earth for possible membership in the Rigellian Federation. The appropriate honorific is either 'sport' or 'slick'.
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  1136.  @Withnail1969  There is not a recession. Where are you getting your data?
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  1137.  @Withnail1969  When it isn't true, I don't. I challenged an unsubstantiated self-id that was intended to bolster an argument without facts.
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  1138. As an African-American, I take umbrage when someone appropriates my ethnicity to make baseless claims. Makes the rest of us look bad.
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  1139.  @Thrainite  And putting a billionaire in office solves that. The economy has recovered from the pandemic; inflation and unemployment are at historic lows. America is reshoring industry. So, they vote out current party. Sure, sport.
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  1140. Zeihan criticizes Biden and Obama just as much, sport. Object to that.
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  1141.  @user-gu2vn8zr2f  If it was flying without transponders, how do so many people here know its routine flight path?
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  1142.  @user-gu2vn8zr2f  No, they haven't.
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  1143. Yeah, brilliant. The SU-27 was forced to land because of damage taken.
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  1144.  @Fidwor  No. The Danes were there first. How are they imperialist?
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  1145.  @Joakim-j7h  Nope. They were in Alaska.
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  1146.  @Fidwor  Ah, yes, it does mean that.
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  1147.  @SparePhone-ej6lk  Nope. That was total training, from first stick-up to airframe-specific training. He was not saying how much time an experienced MiG pilot would need to learn the new systems. Most of the Ukrainian pilots already know how to fly, know basic and advanced tactics. It does not take 3 years to learn a single airframe.
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  1148. @JonDow-ow2fc ?? Sorry, don't speak code.
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  1149. @JonDow-ow2fc yeah, i just haven't been back to high school in decades.
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  1150.  @FargarJaji-p6f  yawn
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  1151. Musk didn't inherit this wealth; he wasn't hired as a CEO. He created that wealth. Understand the difference.
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  1152.  @trinodot8112  Right, because Musk's business models are based on hurting people.
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  1153.  @trinodot8112  Do you often think of hurting people when you get in your car? So, we should revoke your license?
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  1154.  @dudeonbike800  Define robbery. If the wealth didn't exist before, then nothing is being stolen. To argue that society gets 100% over a certain cap, 100% of an income that is already created, is that not the very definition of robbery? Use words that don't skew the meaning - 'fatten'? Think about it.
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  1155. The bulk of Russia's air fleet is Su-27s and MiG-29s. Those other are limited editions and Russia keeps them far away from the front.
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  1156.  @AlexAnteroLammikko  The Su-34s and -35s are built on the earlier airframes. Variants of US jets don't get new nomenclatures unless the airframe is significantly different. So no, the -34s and -35s aren't more advanced airframes. And the Su-57s aren't battletested.
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  1157.  @atacorion  Wow. That is a significant shortcoming, sport (sarcasm). Oh, and I am a sociopolitical observer from Rigel who has been monitoring y'alls for several hundred years.
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  1158.  @atacorion  No, they are still tricked-out Flankers.
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  1159.  @atacorion  I am aghast that as a former USAF tech you are unaware that the B/D models of the F-15 and F-16 were stretched to make them two-seaters and that the FB-111 was stretched at least once - but they are still the same airframe. Ivan.
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  1160.  @atacorion  Stock phrase for "Bail! Bail! Bail!"
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  1161. Interesting that you, a USAF tech and instructor, knew immediately that the Russian Flanker variants were stretched, but don't know the development history of USAF's finer fighter aircraft.
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  1162.  @atacorion  An air-launched land-based anti-tank torpedo?? I bet they call it the Molerat. No wonder it needs to be liquid-cooled.
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  1163. Quickstrike (and the aforementioned Torpedo, or Hammerhead) are Navy ordnance. Operationally, the Air Force does uses them - on bombers, hough they can be fitted to fighter aircraft in a pinch. But as a Tech, you knew that.
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  1164.  @pogo1140  Irrelevant. So are the Su-34 and Su-35.
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  1165.  @pogo1140  What is relevant is the Su-34 and Su-35 are built on an Su-27 airframe and share similar flight characteristics.
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  1166. False equivalency, sport. Russia's invasion is a war of aggression and conquest, and sanctions - from an international body - says, nope, not gonna let you do that.
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  1167. Why would anyone fear losing their job if the President-elect is saying he is going to support the company to keep it open and prosperous?
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  1168. Not arming the victim will settle the war, but not as Putin suggests, "By peaceful means."
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  1169. Toward factual analysis, I know!
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  1170. Still upset about Z's Trump comments?
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  1171.  @PURENT  Although, to be fair, China does have a lot of people in power who make disparaging comments about Taiwan. That's one thing the Chinese relationship shares with US vis a vis Puerto Rico.
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  1172.  @chrisbeer5685  Payment in kind. We got bases in exchange for old destroyers.
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  1173.  @ZoomZoomMX3  Defeating Hitler.
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  1174.  @matteusvirtanen392  Your logic is accurate, and then it fails. If NATO doesn't react then it does cease to exist. So. Why would they fail to act? If Russia invades the Baltics, it makes a lie that Russia will go no further. Try again.
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  1175.  @matteusvirtanen392  I agree completely. And that is why NATO not responding is purely a hypothetical scenario. Your point?
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  1176.  @tea9532  Actually, it is. If we respond (or rather, not respond) as we did in the 1930s, the resulting conflagration will utterly destroy the world order. It is damaged enough as it is. The same as WW1/WW2, except worse.
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  1177.  @matteusvirtanen392  No, it is still a hypothetical and irrelevant. NATO is not just the US and France. And Hungary? Seriously? In the same breath?
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  1178.  @matteusvirtanen392  The bad choice was made in late February two years ago, when NATO was falling apart. Putin's actions revitalized it.
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  1179.  @matteusvirtanen392  Politically, economically, and militarily Russia has been so grossly weakened by its misadventures that Finland alone could stop them - and they have plenty of history to incentivize that. Add Poland and Sweden, all three have the economic and military power to stop the lamed Russia. And they most certainly have the political will.
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  1180.  @matteusvirtanen392  If Russia moves west into Poland, the French people will not let their government, even one led by Le Pen, just sit on their derrieres. The humiliation of France in WWII is still in their national memory. France, even led by Le Pen, will not sit that one out.
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  1181. He needs to be released from the hospital. Crash landed on the runway because of the damage.
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  1182. North Korea is using Russia to fight a war in Ukraine??
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  1183. No. Did the USSR and later the US have any problems with the Afghan mountains? And the Swiss had no problems with German air forces and tanks.
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  1184. Is shame defeated by courage, compassion, connection and vulnerablity; or does shame prevent those characteristics? Chicken or the egg? (and, yes, there as a valid answer to that apocryphal question)?
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  1185.  @lisagrace4713  russbot
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  1186.  @SoFunMe  Bush as a hero to LPs; now that's funny.
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  1187.  @garhent  MAGA thinks it is the working class. The real working class is just along for the ride.
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  1188.  @sph915  Yes, he said it. And Biden did step down when people he trusted convinced him it was for the best. Trump would never step down; and doesn't trust anyone. And Zeihan said that too.
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  1189.  @CharlesCribbs  that's the most non-smart reason to stop listening to someone.
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  1190.  @crescent4996  Real experts in the comments? Like you? Yeah, ok sport. Check your biases at the door and try to comprehend what he says. You don't have to agree, but vacuous and disparaging comments reflect on you, not him.
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  1191.  @crescent4996  Even Dunning and Kruger cringe when trolls misuse their theory. Keep swinging sport. This is mildly amusing.
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  1192.  @agata_katherina  Everyone is biased to a degree. Even you. Even me. That is why we are blessed with critical cognitive abilities.
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  1193.  @Withnail1969  Because they are mostly women and children.
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  1194.  @petermagnus9919  No you didn't.
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  1195.  @lostirishsoul  Yep.
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  1196. The difference between war and annihilation is law. Law does not create conflict; law does not necessarily eliminate it - it mediates and ameliorates it. But go ahead and retreat into your logical, rational, and sterile ivory tower. Raise the drawbridge and close the windows if the noise is keeping you away from your beauty sleep.
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  1197.  @adamfrost3139  No, opinion was rejecting the efficacy of 'law' in war. That is not a juxtaposition; that is a rejection. My opinion ... merely ... rejected the rejection. And your rationalization.
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  1198.  @adamfrost3139  "imaginary" rejects the existence. Otherwise, I'd likely agree with you.
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  1199.  @adamfrost3139  I reject your rationalization of your rationalization, Yogi.
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  1200.  @adamfrost3139  I noticed you like to use that word a lot - merely. I don't think it means what you think it means.
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  1201.  @ExploreVanIsle  Zeihan isn't doing this for the money; he is a consultant for large corporations and government defense organizations. For the price of a cup of coffee a month, you can get this as they are released. That doesn't even cover the cost of the internet connection and office utilities.
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  1202.  @MayDayDevinci  No, he is tired of the trolling on a free channel.
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  1203. Peter has always been conservative, but the grey in his beard is making him crotchety.
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  1204.  @wisenber  Why do you assert open borders and social programs as being mutually exclusive?
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  1205.  @wisenber  Answer the question. You asserted they are mutually exclusive. I merely asked, why?
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  1206.  @wisenber  Your 'explanation' assumes open borders do not positively affect the economy. Who built this country? Who propelled this country from a third rate eighteenth century country to the strongest and wealthiest country in the twentieth and twenty-first century?
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  1207.  @wisenber  Read the whole response, dude. This isn't a cherry tree orchard.
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  1208.  @wisenber  Quote: There's a finite amount ... open borders means ... less." That cannot be true if open borders have a positive impact, so yes, a static economy is required in validating your statement.
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  1209.  @wisenber  Not theoretical, just basic math. And your 'evidence' is politics, not economics. So, no, you are wrong. Second lesson for the day: the history of the American Experience also refutes the arguement. From 1620 to the present, immigrants to America created an economic juggernaut. Again, you are picking up overripe cherries off the ground. Open borders good; closed borders creates stale bread.
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  1210.  @wisenber  5+3+2 10. Even when compounded, it is still 10.3%. As usual, it is your math that is faulty.
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  1211.  @wisenber  the percentages are not 'per annum'. they are percentages across decades. Another basic math fail.
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  1212.  @wisenber  At some point, these basic math errors are going to equate to deliberate misdirection. But that's rhetorics, not math.
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  1213.  @wisenber  Looked to me GSick provided most of the data; you just massaged it to make a (false) rhetorical point.
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  1214.  @henrylicious  It's irrational to say other cultures are destroying yours.
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  1215.  @Stoddardian  What is irrational, paranoid even, is to say you are being replaced.
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  1216.  @wisenber  LOL. ok yogi. you go with that.
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  1217.  @wisenber  5. 3. 2. 10. Black and white, homer.
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  1218.  @wisenber  basic keyboard navigation. pgup. rinse and repeat.
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  1219.  @wisenber  Keep swinging, Casey; there's wood in the bat somewhere. I believe in you.
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  1220.  @Stoddardian  Yep. People of all shapes, sizes and colors. All people. No pods here.
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  1221.  @wisenber  I troll only trolls.
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  1222.  @wisenber  Ok, sven. You're pretty good at it yourself.
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  1223.  @Stoddardian  LOL. Thank you for validating my humanity.
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  1224.  @wisenber  Yet you keep throwing out the same hook. Catch anything yet?
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  1225.  @Stoddardian  See? You did it again. Mucho gracias.
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  1226.  @wisenber  A good fisherman knows when to change their tackle when the hook keeps coming up empty.
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  1227.  @wisenber  Do you have the competence and confidence to make an argument without the snark? Let's try, shall we? My opening argument: Immigration has a positive impact on the economy and on economic growth.
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  1228.  @wisenber  Can't do it without the snark, then. Will that be the last one?
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  1229.  @wisenber  Let me know when you got it out of your system and I'll reply to your point, which, btw, was a good point. But I will not wade through any more 'special sauce'.
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  1230.  @wisenber  Whenever you are ready ...
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  1231.  @wisenber  You can't do it, can you? Ok. I'll leave the nortify on, just give me a thumbs up when you are ready.
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  1232.  @TheGreatness-gg1jx  Nope. Not personal. Zeihan is a free market libertarian. Let's not spread this display of ignorance, eh?
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  1233. The Poles are paying for their own purchases. Surprise, they have a robust economy.
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  1234. You mean the Sevastopol Ukrainian naval base?
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  1235. No. Israel threatening Iranian air shipments of arms could not have reasonably been foreseen. Given the intelligence at the time, this was good analysis. Oh. You don't differentiate between analysis and prophecy. Of course, you are right.
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  1236.  @coxsen999  Yep. The only lack of diligence was misunderstanding the optics of how this played in Eastern Europe.
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  1237.  @guysimpson4323  Are you canceling the criticisms?
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  1238.  @oDazzleRazzle  If you don't want a hostile alliance next door, don't provoke them. Isn't that the same lesson Putin wants us to learn?
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  1239. Didn't Arafat speak at the UN?
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  1240.  @Karin-jt8hq  Uh, the comment itself was the height of German satire.
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  1241. It's over? Again??
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  1242. If that were true, why is Putin sending hundreds of thousands of Russians to an early grave if all it took was one well-placed missile. Heck. It doesn't even need to be well-placed, and the Russians are good at that.
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  1243. TDS is just a meme for people who can't think for themselves.
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  1244.  @armanozkaya8834  There is no 'direct translation' in German for America, yet they do not say 'America' with an American accent. Have you read Orwell's book?
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  1245.  @demirdemir2227  I didn't know the Corsicans or the Catalonians were taking up arms?
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  1246.  @danielculpepper9258  Russia's stated foreign policy is that nuks are for posturing, not launching. Even Lavrov has repeatedly validated that.
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  1247.  @danielculpepper9258  Stick with the emotes. They demonstrate a higher cognitive ability than your speech.
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  1248.  @JS-th2ev  The only joke in town is T&V.
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  1249.  @davidstockdale4187  Easy way to get over offensive comments is to not make them.
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  1250.  @Dope4life97  There is only one personality cult being run.
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  1251.  @Dope4life97  Kept Trump out of office for four years, that's the big one.
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  1252. Seizing Russian assets will not undermine the sense of investor security. If they are seized, it would not send the signal that investments are not secure, just investments made to support a country that conducts such egregious violations of international order and peace. Investors are not stupid; they understand this.
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  1253.  @dimushka383  They will know that if they engage in illegal operations like Russia, then yes, they will know that their funds will be seized. Are you saying that those non-European countries are intrinsically corrupt? Smart investors will not invest in countries that will do that. And they shouldn't.
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  1254.  @ZoubirKabir  Sure, sport.
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  1255. For the price of one coffee a month, Zeihan's videos can be seen when released on Patreon.
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  1256. I do appreciate the more 'clickbait' approach, but this is taking it too far. Reconsider.
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  1257. ZDS bots out in force again.
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  1258. Lot of good info (I've been fasting 20/4 for a year) - but at 1:29:00, hydrogen water?? What is is hydrogen water? It's water (H2O) that has the hydrogen removed ...??? And, you have a medical degree? Took organic chemistry? Basic chemistry? H2O - H2 = O. You are drinking oxygen. Hydrogen is not a contaminant ...
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  1259.  @andrewdutton3831  As I have noted elsewhere, Zeihan's comments were about vehicular attacks, not bombs in backpacks or mass shootings.
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  1260. Since Sept 2014, when ISIS made the proclamation that Zeihan quoted, there have been 13 mass killings by vehicular ramming in the world that have been attributed to ISIS or claimed by ISIS: 4 in UK, 1 each in Spain, France, Sweden, Canada, Tajikistan, Germany, and 3 in the US.
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  1261.  @chrisbarth2526  and smarter than you.
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  1262. Responding to the headline without watching the video yet: Ah, no. Chinese are more xenophobic than Germany's AfD, et al. China, in Chinese, literally means 'Middle Kingdom', as in, the center of the universe.
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  1263.  @JonySmith-bb4gx  Nope.
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  1264.  @JonySmith-bb4gx  Do you understand what 'analysis' is?
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  1265.  @jiridrapal7512  What advance? At what cost?
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  1266.  @jamescook7713  If you knew simple math, you'd be able to count. But you don't.
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  1267.  @dl6519  Tolerance for casualties equals meat waves. So much for hearts and minds.
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  1268.  @jamescook7713  She also knows it is a trolltrap. LOL. Try harder sport.
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  1269.  @jamescook7713  Oh, she didn't mention that? I wonder why? Are you not on good relations with your x's? Well. That says a lot.
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  1270.  @jamescook7713  Basic Dec 1983, Lacklund AFB. Trained at Chanute AFB 1984. Try again, JUNIOR. What is a 42674?
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  1271.  @jamescook7713  You are right. P like you needs to know who he is talking to.
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  1272.  @jamescook7713  C'mon, JR. Every AF vet is laughing at you. Any one with 30 years TIS will know the answer to my question without thinking about it. Great line from Ghostbusters them song is coming to mind (yes, I saw it when it was first released. You were probably too young to see it.
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  1273.  @jamescook7713  Pilot means officer. 29 years means at least full bird. Retired only a couple years ago. Jacking with someone's name is middle school locker room. Flag Officers don't talk like that, disrespecting the service and all; unless they want to lose their pension. So. Graduate from HS yet? What is the answer to the question that every AF Vet knows? Don't bother with the internet; it is a pre-net thing.
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  1274.  @jamescook7713  Little jimmy. Why would a retired USAF flag officer belittle someone defending US foreign policy?
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  1275.  @Withnail1969  The level of angst from the naysayers is palpable. You do understand how dangerous the Fighting Falcons are to Russia, don't you?
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  1276.  @dougaltolan3017  He may be getting paid, but I'm retired.
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  1277.  @dougaltolan3017  He's actually better than most. Actually says something. The others think all it takes is to throw trashy insults. Like I said, I'm retired. Heard it all a dozen times.
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  1278.  @dougaltolan3017  Nuts. I scared him off. Gonna take a break. Look up about 10 hours, jamescook7713, I think. He was fun. Teenager pretending to be a retired USAF general. I'm still laughing. Take care.
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  1279.  @jiridrapal7512  Drop the snark and explain what a force multiplier is, if you think someone doesn't understand it the way you do.
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  1280.  @rogerrussell9544  Schwacher, alter Mann. Ihr Köder ist abgestanden.
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  1281.  @patricebertrand1146  That kind of diplomacy led to the invasion of Ukraine and WW2.
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  1282.  @patricebertrand1146  Didn't say that, sport. You did.
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  1283.  @patricebertrand1146  Didn't say there was only 2 options. Again, that option is yours to defend or refute.
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  1284.  @patricebertrand1146  Definitely an AI-bot. That rejoinder makes no sense.
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  1285.  @patricebertrand1146  A conversation requires at least two people contributing relevant comments. When you are ready, give it a try. I'm here all week.
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  1286. escalating a war Russia started?
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  1287.  @MrThartofwar  The war started on Feb 24, 2022 when Russian tanks and other vehicles invaded Ukraine and then stalled when Putin forgot to bring gas and food. But you knew that.
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  1288.  @MrThartofwar  The only provocation in 2014 were the "little green men" that Putin later admitted really were Russian soldiers illegally provoking an insurrection in a neighboring country in violation of OSCE Charter.
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  1289.  @MrThartofwar  Yes, I will waste your time, until Putin stops his illegal and violent and undemocratic attempts to overthrow the democratically elected government of Ukraine, which he started back in 2014, and continued on Feb 24, 2022. So you are, in a very real sense, right. I am glad we agree.
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  1290.  @MrThartofwar  In uniform. Making the world safe from terrorism. You are welcome.
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  1291.  @MrThartofwar  And I think you are confused. What you describe is what happened when the Russians were in Afgan, Syria, Chechna, Georgia, and now Ukraine.
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  1292. Oh, I'm sorry. You are implying he is a shill. That'd be you, yogi.
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  1293.  @emceeboogieboots1608  Ah the trumptrollbrigade is here again.
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  1294.  @journeyman291  trumpet
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  1295. Communications requires a sender and a receiver. There is nothing wrong with this video.
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  1296.  @sugarfatpie1  How is that relevant?
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  1297.  @mnorth1351  Because it isn't relevant except to the trumpets upset with some of Zeihan's comments about their leader.
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  1298.  @mnorth1351  Given the concerted coordinated attacks since Zeihan pissed y'alls off, you betcha.
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  1299. When Turkey starts acting like a full partner and not make side deals with the other side, we'll talk about more advanced arms sales.
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  1300.  @jaimel3792  Nope. Just living in the real world.
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  1301.  @joanoblinger7898  Nope. Every President, every Congress has borrowed money from SS - with T-Bills. The SS Funds currently receive $100B a year in interest on those loans.
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  1302.  @CheriMecham  FICA IS 7.5%, and the company gets taxed an additional 7.5%. You must be confusing St. Petersburg with the US.
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  1303.  @KellyReed-o9g  We've heard enough from fx's talking points, sport.
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  1304.  @CheriMecham  Well, that's a credible story that can't be validated.
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  1305.  @CheriMecham  It's never been below 2% and when I entered the labor market in the late 70s, it was already at 7.5%.
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  1306.  @CheriMecham  Another story that cannot be validated. I also looked at my first paycheck in 1977. And I am very good at math. It was 7.5%.
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  1307.  @CheriMecham  According to SSA, in 1937 the tax was 2%. It has gone up since then. It never went down. That can be be validated.
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  1308.  @CheriMecham  Sure thing, babushka.
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  1309. Doomsday! he says. But. Keep it in perspective. Love the humor.
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  1310.  @alquinn8576  Nope. The electorate was not ignorant nor was Biden. It only explains you.
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  1311.  @alquinn8576  yep.
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  1312. as he crash lands on the runway. Yeah. Skill.
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  1313. No, Mario is lying.
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  1314.  @25Soupy  Zeihan is a libertarian, not a socialist. Try again.
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  1315.  @Keyser-z7d  Trump has a lot of good policy points too, but that isn't his essence or political appeal. Or his intent.
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  1316.  @buildingitAI  Emphasis on 'better''. Better for whom?
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  1317. Mandatory vaccinations saves lives.
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  1318. Argentina and Trump are ''excellent'' role models ...
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  1319. Stop the war by forcing Putin to stop his aggression.
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  1320. Immigration: raise quotas.
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  1321.  @ILruffian  Wow. So you have no interest in democracy?
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  1322. Are you saying the script says, "Vice President Trump'?
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  1323. LOL. Demographics favors your wish.
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  1324. Yes they are.
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  1325. Point1: American voters, like all voters in a democracy, aggregately vote their pocketbooks. Point 2: they do not what the latest economic data says; they vote on what their recent past experience. Point 3: Most voters have problems accurately placing events on a (presidential election) calendar.
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  1326.  @ButterfatFarms  Good.
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  1327.  @Nylon_riot  Part of a family of wasting diseases that includes ZDS.
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  1328. Peter? A dem?? LOL.
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  1329. Ah, here is where the people upset with Zeihan's distaste with Trump have ended up, near the drain.
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  1330.  @Paint-brigade1776  Objectively, can you support your subjective comment?
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  1331.  @Paint-brigade1776  Pontificating? Who's painted '1776' on their sleeve, sport.
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  1332.  @Paint-brigade1776  I feel like you are trying to make a point but can't find the words.
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  1333.  @Paint-brigade1776  I know you are trying, sport. Keep swinging. You'll get the rhythm with enough practice.
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  1334.  @Paint-brigade1776  Developing your swing requires changing something; there is no improvement by doing the same thing over and over. Try keeping your elbow up, it'll give more control and leverage.
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  1335. What most 'normal' people do not understand is that family is supposed to help. Abandoning our children when they grow up is just as egregious as abandoning them before they grow up. The purpose of life is the continuation of life, not what you are going to do as you wait to die.
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  1336.  @LordRykard9376  Brexit isn't far right; Thatcher was borderline, though, with some of her social policies. But Trump. Dude. Violent protests and attempted insurrections are what define extremist movements.
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  1337.  @matthewgaudet8001  No. Anarchy is not on the same spectrum as left-right. Just like fascism. "left" is about change, about opposing the status quo. It does not require government intervention.
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  1338.  @spenndoolie  That's funny. Since when has Mahers ever been right?
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  1339. The farce in these comments ends when F24 starts to take responsibility for their passive role in the P's disinfo and cleans it up.
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  1340.  @melanieparker  Precisely why you need an assist, because he does lead and all we get from thee is pisss.
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  1341.  @melanieparker  LOL. Try something else from 7th grade. This is funny.
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  1342. Compensation.
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  1343.  @gtbr8134  Keep trying, sport.
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  1344.  @gtbr8134  btw, I am the ambassador from Rigel evaluating the prospect of Earth's viability for first contact. I specialize in Canadian psychology and am far more conversant with that than you.
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  1345.  @RJV9000  Isn't that the same logic used by people who support Trump?
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  1346. You do know the election also includes 1/3 of the Senate seats, mostly Democratic ones, and all of the House. If Trump wins, who do all those Trump voters select on congressional ballots. Think, yogi.
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  1347. Let's see how many glide bombs get launched in a sky that is actually contested. Wait. What has kept Russia from securing air superiority up to this point?
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  1348.  @boblately5402  Socialism came out of the works of Marx and Engels, both Germans. Germany is in Europe, not America.
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  1349. Wrong.
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  1350. How can a 'reasonable' person compare democratic debates and free speech from the 'Squad' with the violent suppression by MAGA? Please answer, if you are a reasonable person.
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  1351. Advocating for public policies some find offensive; pushing for legislative action to forward one's political agenda: these are not the acts of a demagogue. This is called 'democracy'. Rejecting election results to stay in power; currying favor with foreign agents and dictators: that is called tr... and I ain't naming one of the candidates here (accusing, yes, naming, no). Slanderous taunts, bullying and intimidation tactics, on the other hand, is just juvenile, or a sign of dementia.
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  1352.  @SiliconCurtain  And yet, with respect, your guest directly compared the legitimate legislative and First Amendment efforts of four elected members of Congress of engaging in the same politics as MAGA. Please answer my question.
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  1353. Code Pink and Greyzone, as well as Tenet media ... are not members of Congress elected by the people to represent the public's interest. Stay on topic.
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  1354. Russia is the big baddie you say it isn't.
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  1355. The theory of 'conservatizing' of age has never been shown to be real.
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  1356.  @blakegoulds8313  Translation: The internet was the child, not the parent.
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  1357. Works for Trump.
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  1358. Respect should start with your own post, da?
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  1359.  @npcoo337ooo7  and that is a desultory comment
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  1360.  @aileenl7227  Well, if it was in a song, it must be true ...
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  1361. Nope.
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  1362. Do you find shiny marbles to be just as fascinating?
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  1363.  @djancak  LOL. Try again, Yogi.
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  1364. The key word in your statement is 'fraud'. Fraud is a felony.
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  1365. No. Funded by Turkey.
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  1366. Red state logic.
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  1367. They are active duty aircraft that the donating countries had already upgraded. They weren't sitting in boneyards.
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  1368.  @Axiom1984  I usually don't blame my grandkids for my mistakes, but to each his own
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  1369.  @azurebadger  I don't see the humor; do you see democracy as a joke?
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  1370.  @Axiom1984  When the message is the fallacy.
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  1371. Try a second edit. Your grandkid now dropped the 'i'.
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  1372.  @Axiom1984  No, it wasn't and, therefore, no, it didn't. Let you grandkid respond. Might actually get an honest conversation going.
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  1373. Thomas Paine (with an 'i' and an 'e') was ashamed of George Washington, and Jefferson and Hamilton called each other names. So, there is that. Have you read the book, yet?
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  1374.  @Axiom1984  Someone is trigged.
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  1375.  @Axiom1984  What you said was the Founding Fathers would be embarrassed. Let's stay on your original topic, sport.
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  1376.  @Axiom1984  Do you need that translated into russian?
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  1377. Excellent re-re-edit! Be nice and say thank you.
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  1378. As a well-read person, tell us what the FF thought of non-ME religions - like Shinto, Hindu, and those from Africa? Was it only ME, as the comment suggests, or was there some imprecision in that blurb?
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  1379. You mean before or after the october surprise?
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  1380.  @plotofland2928  Agency. The fact that I make conscious decisions that reflect my choice. Who I marry, what profession I pursue, whether I jaywalk or use the crosswalk. How do you define free will?
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  1381.  @sorenkair  Given I did not use those in my definition of free will, you will have to answer those criteria yourself.
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  1382.  @plotofland2928  My thoughts and feelings are a part of me, and I do have a degree of control over them. I am not merely a passive vessel that receives them. They do not make my decisions, however, therefore even if I had no control over them, they do not take my free will away. I make choices, based on thoughts and feelings. I have free will.
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  1383.  @plotofland2928  It is postulated that there can be no inconsistency in objective reality. As your statements are replete with illogic and inconsistencies, you must have no corporeal objective existence and are merely a consequence of last night's imbibing and overindulgences. Therefore you can be safely ignored.
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  1384.  @plotofland2928  Why did you choose green?
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  1385.  @plotofland2928  Well, I thank you very much. I haven't had a belly-ful like that since the last Groucho Marx festival. btw, I would have freely chosen blue. Except tomorrow, I will choose orange, but only because it is on the menu. Unless i choose something else that doesn't require carrots. Hmmmm. I must deliberately think about that and make a choice. And deep meditation is just delusional sensory deprivation.
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  1386. Because we have done this to ourselves. For five decades, we have gleefully waited for the Republican Party to self-destruct. And? ... Get out and start asking half of America who voted for Trump; ask them. And then ... listen. If you think they were duped, if you think they are not very smart, if you think Americans have lost the capacity to govern, then there a a great question y'alls need to ask: are you a Democrat, or are you a democrat?
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  1387.  @TimSpangler-rd6vs  Timmy! You are back. I have so missed your humor. Keep it up sport. This is hilarious.
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  1388.  @TimSpangler-rd6vs  That's it, sport! I'm glad you're back.
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  1389.  @rick67hou  yep. Your 'trumpets' are as correct politically as those on the left, but neither side can see they are mirror reflections of the other
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  1390.  @newman5924  Good for the convicts; bad for democracy
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  1391.  @draupnir9748  Put the potato juice down, sport, and sleep it off.
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  1392.  @LB-jx8bz  There wasn't a prior conviction, sport. Try again.
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  1393.  @draupnir9748  Keep your elbow up when you swing. It'll give you more control and leverage.
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  1394.  @draupnir9748  Nope. Need to up your game, sport.
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  1395. So stop watching.
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  1396.  @eamonhannon1103  A beard! I didn't even think of that. Uh, what does that mean?
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  1397. "Who would want to go to Mars anyway?" Ok, let's do some math: there are 8B people on Earth. Musk is talking about 1M. 1M in 8B is 1/8 of 1/10 of 1%. I leave the final 'therefore' to you, but acknowledge I deliberately avoided using zeros - apparently our most well know astrophysicist does not understand the value of place.
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  1398. Is that true?
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  1399.  @moblet  Ok, we have two alleged quotes. Is either true?
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  1400.  @moblet  Dude. Sarcasm. Cope.
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  1401.  @moblet  Fluent? Sarcasm, right?
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  1402. Is that really the best you got?
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  1403.  @cmanlovespancakes  Good point. Got another?
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  1404. The 'm' sound is created by closing the lips; the 'n' sound is created by pushing the tongue to the roof of the mouth with the mouth open. His lips were open; the man 'swallowed'. It was an 'n'.
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  1405. Defining imperialism as strictly political deftly ignores that commercial (economic) power is not officially part of the government. American imperialism, especially by critics, is often defined as the actions of corporate American, which Zeihan ignores.
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  1406. Zeihan is not trying to hide his disdain, he is just expressing what most of us here feel.
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  1407. @ Most of us would.
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  1408.  @prestoncrocker119  Trumpetbots don't count
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  1409.  @prestoncrocker119  Keep swinging, sport. You'll need better than that.
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  1410.  @Withnail1969  You mean the 1/4 million Russian young men who fled the country last year?
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  1411. Yep. The rest of us have evolved and moved on.
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  1412.  @xdhwowbob  Not the point, sport.
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  1413. Answer your own question please: how accurate are North Korea's missiles? All I see is a bunch of 'ifs'. If aliens attack next month, this is all irrelevant.
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  1414. How can you extrapolate what will happen when you haven't explained why the past happened? This video is like an weak instruction manual to drive a car without explaining what makes the car go.
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  1415. "OklaHOMa??! Get a rope."
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  1416. Deep breath, sport, and get over it.
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