Youtube comments of (@advancetotabletop5328).

  1. ISIS-K guy: “That man doesn’t even look like me!”
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  2. By the time S&P (and Moody’s) downgrades you, the cow hasn’t just left the barn, but so have the farmhands, feral cats, owls, mice, and any zombies you kept there. Thanks for the videos.
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  3. “Too big to fail’ is the western question. ‘Not close enough to the CCP” is the Chinese answer.
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  4. Russia didn’t even notice NATO was falling apart by itself. Good work, Russia. Thanks for the videos!
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  5. First, Russia supplies Ukraine with equipment. Then, Russia supplies Ukraines with Russians. Slava Ukraine!
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  6. And another hundred lost by “searching” teams fleeing the front! Slava Ukraine!
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  7. The more Putin blames Ukraine, the more vulnerable he makes Moscow to, well, everyone else. Thanks for the video!
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  8. Hamas finding out that when you try to throw over other ME governments (Jordan, Egypt), their countries are happy to not support you. Thanks for the video!
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  9. Yes, the sanctions worked. Or, rather, the military sanctions kept Russia from replacing, repairing, and maintaining military equipment, particularly artillery, and had an obvious, relatively earlier impact than economic sanctions, like the oil cap, which cut back oil profit, though not necessarily volume. And, no bots, the sanctions did not affect the EU more than Russia.
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  10. These attacks, like Belagrod, are meant to force Russia to spread its troops over a larger area. Also note that some Russian villages are very small by western standards. Western media has done a poor job of explaining this. I remember the media saying that Russian soldiers captured a train station, when that “station” was just a sitting area made of concrete, sort of like a bus stop.
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  11. 100%. When Russia says Ukraine will do X, then Russia is planning to do it themselves.
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  12. So it took Ukraine half a day to take back what Wagner took half a year to claim? Slava Ukraine!
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  13. And China‘s sending its youth into rural areas for not-re-education. I’m sure that will improve China‘s semi-conductor industry.
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  14. Great to see someone follow-up on these Russian “threats”. IIRC, These tanks were designed by committee, so they got overloaded with features that made them harder to use. Fwiw, The American military has a similar problem, with the infantryman having to carry heavier and heavier loads because higher-ups keep wanting to add more “features” to their kit. Thanks for the video!
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  15. Is there a European country that Russia doesn’t consider part of the USSR or wants as a buffer state?? Not that kids are taught anything about foreign modern history, but should be interesting to see how these countries organize themselves post-Russia.
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  16. Good to hear. Of course, the mainstream media and even YT channels never followed up on the attacks on Ukranian grain supply. Thanks!
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  17. A huge change that started over 15 years ago. That’s when I started seeing posts of the abandoned Chinese shopping malls on the internet. Thanks for the videos.
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  18. Cities are designed for rainfall to runoff to creeks to the ocean, NOT to conserve water. Public buildings, office buildings, and new multi residential complexes need to be designed to conserve and recapture rainwater. (Residential homes are usually not efficient for retrofitting.)
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  19. So, Russiabots. Are those quad bikes the military equipment you kept telling us Putin held in reserve?? Slava Ukraine!
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  20. The colonel reminds me of that guy who speaks out on a forum, gets shouted down by the rest of the forum members, then turns out he‘s right. Thanks for the videos!
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  21. McD replaced their employees with kiosks. I replaced McD with my air fryer at home. :D
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  22. Every time you hear, “Unfortunately, for the Russians”, drink. Make a toast to those Ukranian soldiers defending their nation and freedom! Slava Ukraine!
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  23. Glad to hear EU is stepping up to the bat. Thanks for the video!
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  24. Poland can just walk into Belarus and Russia and take it — not necessarily in that order. Slava Ukraine!
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  25. Putin kept all his air defense around his villa instead of these energy terminals. But you knew what Putin‘s priorities are in this war. Thanks for the video!
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  26. Next week: Russia‘s army second best army in Moscow!
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  27. Support as high as a hospital window!
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  28. I love how Yo upgraded so much of the school — except the clocks. It’s like time just stopped in this remote hideaway! Also seems like he has a good streak of entrepreneurship and business and I hope the school continues to be alive.
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  29. Afghanistan also has some of the richest metals that haven’t been mined yet. I swear, the next time a YT video says a country in conflict has vast wealth “underneath its surface” I’m gonna spam their comment section. :D
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  30. @Dorus: Freedom isn’t cheap, unlike the lives of Russian outside of Moscow and St. Petersburg.
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  31. Finally, someone who explains what‘s going on. Thanks!
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  32. Bakhmut and Putin is that coin-arcade game where the kid spends $75 of Dad‘s money and gets gum.
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  33. Russia has plenty of trained soldiers! Some of them have over eighty years of experience! :P
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  34. “ It is the world's largest technology manufacturer and service provider. While headquartered in Taiwan, the company earns the majority of its revenue from assets in mainland China and is one of the largest employers worldwide” — Wiki. Surprised Foxconn still remained in China up to now, considering how much sabre-rattling China has had for decades, now. I guess China‘s anti-foreign business policies are finally paying off. Enjoy your recession, inflation, food imports, energy imports, raw material imports, and soon water imports, China.
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  35. Amusingly, these nuclear white elephants not only haven’t been used (recently), but are so costly to maintain that anyone who has them has value in them as a hollow threat more than actual use. Meanwhile, it’s the cheap disposable “made in your garage” drones that have played out in actual warfare. I’m sure drones will be regularly used in all those wars in the various Wherever East countries.
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  36. HIMARS forces Russia‘s supply lines to be further back, making it more difficult to bring supplies and men closer to the front. It’s less what HIMARS can hit, than the area it threatens.
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  37. The bombing was against the Iranian government, and a message to them that they can’t get away with their proxies. Those attacked were government supporters, not the ethnic minorities that the Iranian theocracy goverment is suppressing. May the Iranian people take back their country from the oppressive Iranian theocracy and dance in the streets.
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  38. I’m sure the Russiabots will be here any minute to tell us of how much military equipment and trained soldiers Russia has been holding back for this counteroffensive any minute now. Thanks for the video!
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  39. And go ask grandpa what it was like during the 1970‘s when OPEC cut off the oil, because the old king didn’t want to sell oil to Israel‘s allies. The result was conservation*. OPEC learned that they still need to keep their oil prices low enough so that customers don’t have an incentive to research alternative energies or domestic oil. The demand for oil, especially China, *is constantly increasing, but more countries outside of OPEC, including the USA, are exporting oil. The SA prince is more friendly towards Israel and USA because Palestine is economically worthless, and SA is competing with Iran for ME influence.
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  40. Glad to see the detailed military ‘history’. Good work!
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  41. Pro tip: Don’t elect Hamas as your government.
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  42. At Stanford University, we have an unmanned heavily used bike intersection, where students have to guess who can cross. Decades ago, someone (maybe graduate students doing research!) placed a temporary circle in the middle of the intersection. It worked.
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  43. @z: You rooting for no key caps? Slava Ukraine!
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  44. 0:28 : As WS said in an earlier video, it’s unlikely that the Chinese missiles were literally filled with water. Bloomberg more likely misinterpreted the Chinese idiom (which we have a as well) that “watered down” means inferior goods, not necessarily water per se. FYI, In Russia’s attack on Kiev, many of the heavy armored vehicles were unable to continue moving because the corrupt Russian officers bought “Made in China” tires that were unable to hold the weight under actual use. Needless to say, these tires were not filled with water. Thanks for the video!
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  45. Off guard? Entirely predictable. Russia keeps its warships in ports because, as we saw with the Muskova (sp) that Russian warships are only as valuable as the tugboats who escort them.The Kerch (sp) bridge attack baited Putin into cancelling the grain deal, which mean that those Russian warships have to leave port to form the blockade, and thus become easier targets for naval drones. Also, don’t mess with Israel, especially when the Americans are around. Slava Ukraine!
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  46. KGB still able to push out unarmed oligarchs out of windows, I’m sure.
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  47. Degree inflation (ie. Requiring a college degree) is a subtle way of how wages have decreased over the years. You’re paying thousands of dollars more to get a job, when previously you only needed a high school degree. Unfortunately, we’re never taught in high school that you can start your own small company, or improve the family business, and can always get a college degree if it doesn’t work out. Customers and clients do NOT care if you have a college degree!
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  48. 2:09 : Putin: “A town is a town.” Generals: “But Kherson is…” Putin: “A TOWN IS A TOWN“ Thanks for the videos!
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  49. Those who have studied Disney management during the Eisner-Wells years vs. Eisner alone already know that once management stops having differences of opinion, either through yes men surrounding a single charismatic person, or groupthink, it‘s more prone to make mistakes affecting the entire company. Unfortunately, companies are usually intentionally structured this way.
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  50. Invest in a “bank” known for startup and VC’s during a recession when IPO’s are at a 30-year low. What could possibly go wrong?
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  51. @n: Can‘t you Russiabots do anything else besides project and whataboutism?
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  52. 7. Write stuff down. If something emotional is stressing you out, write down your thoughts in a journal. If it’s work, writing down your work will help you manage it, such as by breaking down work into manageable tasks.
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  53. NYC lost four seats in the House in 2022. Vote accordingly
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  54. Those Russian cigarettes are everywhere! Slava Ukraine!
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  55. NIMBYism kept BART from serving the entire west coast. Basically, if any county adjacent to BART said no, it couldn’t be extended to other counties.
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  56. Russia considers Ukraine’s attack as a terrorism because only military targets are legitimate, and Russia’s ships have no military value whatsoever. :D Thanks for the video!
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  57. If you don’t fit the narrative, they won’t listen to you. :/
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  58. Chicago: We accept migrants. Also Chicao: Surprised when they actually show up. Reminds me of liberals I knew who were all for the poor, blacks, and hispanics, but didn‘t want to get six feet near them.
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  59. USA has actually dialed back on naval worldwide protection of economic shipping lanes, and this protection actually helped China‘s exporting business. USA still has regional naval protection for its allies and trading partners. We obviously “lose control” of USA worldwide interests, but, as a taxpayer, if you don‘t like what the USA is doing for you, you can pay your own way out.
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  60. I look forward to Paul’s discussion on how an army can retreat then see how utterly Russia fails to do so. Keep up the good work!
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  61. With China (and India) picking sides with Russia, what US or EU company would want to be associated with them — well, aside from Apple — especially during a worldwide recession? China imports food, energy, and soon enough, water. China exports cheap junk — er, manufactured goods — many of which are not entirely necessary (eg. Amazon :P If Americans and Europeans are spending their money only on food, energy, and rent, that doesn‘t leave them much for imports.
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  62. Safer to be a soldier than a civilian when against Russian soldiers. Best to the Ukrainian partisans who also fight the war.
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  63. Is lie! Russia is not looking desperate and vulnerable! Russia IS desperate and vulnerable! :D
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  64. “ Last year alone, according to the U.N. Chief Executives Board, the United States provided $18.1 billion to the U.N. system. This represented more than a third of all government revenue received by the U.N. system in 2022. Both in dollar terms and as a percentage of total government contributions to the U.N. system, U.S. contributions are at a 10-year high.“ — Heritage Foundation, 2023
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  65. Nah. We‘re gonna forget it in a week. Remember Lyman? Kherson? Vuhledar (sp)? Nobody’s talking about those cities anymore.
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  66. “Unfortunately, for the Russians…” Never get tired of hearing that. Slava Ukraine!
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  67. Darn those Russian cigarettes! Also, see the Infographics video on Crimea, if you’re not already familiar with its importance to Russia. If Crimea is finally recaptured, that may be it for Russia. Thanks for the videos! Only “map” video of the war I see. Keep up the good work!
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  68. 1) Wasn‘t one of the major reasons for China’s BRI was that China knew these countries would default, and China would then take their country‘s resources and strategic locations? (Of course, that was years ago, when we and China thought China had money…) 2) The BRI is also an extension of CCP’s obsession with tofu dreg infrastructure projects, except that the BRI tofu dregs are exported, and the CCP “loans” money to these countries. But, like domestic tofu dregs, Chinese businesses, Chinese workers, the Chinese GDP, and Chinese kickbacks, are the ones receiving the money. (Okay, corrupt local officials of loanee countries get their share, too.)
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  69. And welcome to the American school system. It‘s lacking.
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  70. I remember last year the CCP saying they would focus on manufacturing and, even before the pandemic, domestic consumption. Neither of those are working out, either.
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  71. Gee, I’m so glad that Russia’s loss of tens of thousands of their own men in Bakhmut paid off (except it didn’t). Slava Ukraine!
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  72. @Chex : The entire war is pretty much skewed towards the Ukrainian side.
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  73. Canada bestest neighbor, ever! ;)
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  74. You are the best! Really good presentation of military tactics.
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  75. This is what happens when you support crime and lawlessness. At least nobody’s breaking into stores, I guess.
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  76. West Taiwan! :D
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  77. Those Russians cats must be disappointed that their lasers were taken away from them.
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  78. @p: Putin and the potato would flee from Belarus and Moscow in less than 15 minutes if Poland attacked.
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  79. Patriot missle batteries are too spread out to be taken out by a single hit.
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  80. So long as Moscow, St. P, and Putin’s villas haven’t been affected, everything is fine, nyet?
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  81. I‘m sure a Russiabot is going to tell us how superior Russia is to the West because even a chef can become the leader of a country. Slava Ukraine!
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  82. I agree with you 100%. (: IMO, It’s terrible that students are even prohibited from using technology that they will need as basic skills when they become adults. Dunno if anyone here is older than I am (: but I remember the days when calculators were banned in school. Kids learning AI today will be making decisions on what AI technology to use in their companies.
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  83. @Chad: Shoting up copium again, comrade?
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  84. The best way to beat your competition is to be your own competition.
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  85. BRI looks less Brick and Road than Bankrupt and Ruin. Africa‘s not paying those loans back, either, and I’m curious if China‘s actuallly going to “foreclose” and take their natural resources, instead of just giving them loan extensions. Keep up the good work!
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  86. Not to mention having a sense of entitlement! :/
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  87. Thanks for summarizing the players in the ME. Social media likes to oversimplify things, but, in the ME, every country that has allied with each other has fought against each other in the past. “It’s complicated.”
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  88. Pretty sad that even some European countries aren’t interested in a war in their own backyard. And that the much of the west — but not all — has fallen for the narrative. Keep up the videos!
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  89. Fwiw, Northern California talked about separating from Southern California.
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  90. 6:09 : I love your smile! Keep up the great work!
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  91. No chance of losing! Slava Ukraine!
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  92. I’m sure Russibots will be telling us how Russian soldiers are even more durable than tardigrades any moment soon… :P
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  93. Wonder how that $6M BLM house is doing. Are we equal yet?
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  94. @Tom: Too bad that didn’t happen, eh?
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  95. They’re such good buddies now, that Putin will invite him over for tea!
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  96. Any coverage of China‘s nuclear energy and arms? Keep up the hard work!
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  97. Soon to be second best in Moscow!
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  98. 1. Facing your fears: Use the other two-minute rule. Rather than decide whether or not you should do something, just do it for two minutes. You will often find the momentum to continue doing the project. This applies to productivity, as well as confidence!
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  99. 6. Paraphrasing is something you should do ALL the time, including business. Not only does it clarify issues which may not be visible, and the other person gets to talk more. :D
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  100. So, Russiabots, this is what you meant when you said the bridge will be up and running?
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  101. Put Ben Hodge’s name in the title. Thanks for the video!
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  102. Isn’t a contributing problem corrupt African governments? And I remember some Belt and Road debtors refusing to pay China back. I would really like to see the individual relationships between China and the different countries that did — or did not -accept the Belt and Road. Keep up the good work!
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  103. I‘ll believe it when I see it. France (and Germany) led from behind during the Ukranian war.
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  104. I find it hysterical that Vuhledar involved 100+ tanks in the offensive, while Tavolzhanka only needed… two. Of course, the May 9th Victory Parade still beats them both. Maybe the Mayday tank is in the Shebenksy History and Art Museum. :D
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  105. Yep. Seems like the media forgot moderates exist.
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  106. @Y: You know there’s a Russian bot when they mention the Ottomans.
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  107. Two years. Took long enough, but at least it happened. Thanks for the video!
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  108. Hide behind your wall of text, bot.
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  109. As a buy-and-hold, I'd like to hear more of the upcoming bear market. Thanks!
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  110. Republicans will accept Democrat’s loss as well. :D
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  111. Low unemployment? Want fries with that? And slowing inflation does NOT mean the lower prices back at the grocery store!
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  112. Worldwide recession. In the USA, Walmart‘s reporting higher income shoppers. I remember decades ago reading about China‘s intentinns for a domestic consumption economy, and last year’s intention to focus on manufacturing. Doesn’t seem to be panning out.
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  113. In a few days: Russia second best army in Moscow!
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  114. If you can’t fathom China‘s “Don’t tell him” yes-men culture, see a summary of how Nokia fell. Thanks for the videos — wish they were a little longer.
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  115. Russia second-best army in Russia! Slava Ukraine!
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  116. Toy Story had a better army than Russia. :D
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  117. May they play the music at Putin‘s funeral.
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  118. The Russian’s next surprise attack will be a daylight charge over the minefield. Thanks for the videos!
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  119. Chinabots, journalists with student loans, and clickbait YT’ers gotta get paid. :P
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  120. Wagner: Police allow Wagner troops to approach Moscow Belgorod: Civilians join Russian Freedom Fighters I‘ll just add that, after the earlier entries into Belgorod, Belgorod internal security was supposedly increased. Oh, and Russia accidentally bombed Belgorod earlier, so Russians attacking their own people is not a new thing. :P
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  121. A symbolic move by his body double.
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  122. Next up: Ancient Indian burial grounds.
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  123. We can trust Wagner. I mean, they said they were going to leave before May 10th, right?
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  124. @a: “An almost inexhaustible number of equipment” only if you include shovels and museum relics.
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  125. West: “Where on the frontline will the counterattack take place?” Ukraine: “Yes.”
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  126. Hours for Ukraine to take back what it took Wagner months to capture! Slava Ukraine!
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  127. And Chinese EV‘s were supposed to be competitive against EV’s in other countries. Thanks for the post. Made In China, indeed.
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  128. Stop them like Republican Florida and Texas did, before it escalated like it did in the other blue states.
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  129. @w: Putin can’t afford to buy you a cap key, bot?
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  130. You will believe tofu dregs can fly. Well, for around a month. :D
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  131. Well, Qatar kicked out the Hamas billionaires to save themselves. While the western allies tend to be feckless, you can always count on the ME factions to turn on each other, one way or the other.
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  132. Another great video! Was always wondering when someone would talk about the coast — and more about the dam. Slava Ukraine!
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  133. I remember this from Joe Blog, I think. I’m just gonna add that, although the Indian govt authorized Indian companies (banks?) to accept rubles, none of them did. So much for BRICS unity.
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  134. I prefer the words, “slowly dying”.
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  135. We need a video series of countries that actually have their economies in working order. Should take a weekend to produce. :/
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  136. Don’t forget those silver and copper businesses whose metals mysteriously disappeared!
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  137. Putin was so afraid of Wagner, he took TWO planes out of Moscow. :D I’ll be here for three days! (;
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  138. “Unfortunately, for the Russians” : Bestest phrase ever on this channel. Keep up the good work!
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  139. Forget Taiwan. I want to see what happens when China sends in troops to countries that demand they leave.
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  140. Hey, Russiabots. You forgot to add the “EU and USA are being hurt more by sanctions” narrative to your posts. Fixed that for you!
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  141. 1:30 : It’s about the Soft Skills. (I would add that to run your own business, you need both soft skills for the general business, and an interest and skills in what the business creates.) 2:30 : Honest Truth. We are our greatest critics. Be honest to and about yourself. (Personally, I think you should learn and recognize not to excessively criticize yourself, or seek perfection.) 3:05 : What Do People Want : Pay close attention to what others want, including body language, emotional cues, and vocal patterns. Understand human nature to create something people *want*.
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  142. Russia has done more for NATO unification and green EU energy policies than the West ever did. :O
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  143. Agreed! Even a dorm-partment where the landlord cleans the shared bathrooms and kitchen areas would be attractive!
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  144. Our vet recommended yunnan baiyao for our dog’s anemia, and it’s a popular medicine for certain conditions in dogs. With a little searching, I find out it’s used for… gunshot wounds. And it’s a ‘proprietary’ combination of herbs whose composition has not been released — and, yes, counterfeit by is.a problem. The dog is doing fine, but I have to keep telling my parents who think they should keep some of it that they’re only going to need it when they get gunshot wounds, which I hope won’t be any time soon. :P
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  145. Inflation: Well, we’re still technically not raising taxes on the poor.
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  146. Keep dreaming Ivan. And you’ll wake up at the front, soon enough.
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  147. If everything is fine in Moscow and St. Petersberg, then everything is fine in Russia, nyet??
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  148. @L : Here in the USA, Democrats are only addressing the symptoms while spending over 1.5 TRILLION dollars of taxpayer money and showing little results (unless you define an inflation-wracked economy as results).
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  149. Except Russia hasn’t been feeding them or supplying them in the first place.
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  150.  @Anita-k  The Russian troops have more brown trousers than white undies! :D
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  151. 2:25 : You know when someone recommends the IPhone 14 over your product, you‘re in trouble. :D
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  152.  @Tacit_Tern  > The real century of humiliation began with Mao. Mao's attack on India in 1962 made India an enemy, instead of an ally. That didn't work out so well, either!
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  153. China, Russia, and other countries have had decades to displace the dollar. The only currency to do so is the Euro, which is hardly a BRICS currency.
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  154. Fund Ukraine. And don‘t let France get all the sales contracts. (; Thanks for the video!
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  155. Israel needs to show its strength (and not foot-drag like the West is doing in Ukraine) to prevent Lebanon (which has its own domestic problems) and Iran from entering the war. This could all backfired on Iran, as USA becomes more open to selling weapons to Israel. Saudi Arabia, who is seeing itself as the major power in the ME, is also Iran’s opponent (and was establishing relations with Israel, other ME countries, and the USA before the war) and may see this conflict as an attempt by Iran to dominate the ME. While the old king of SA supports Palestine, the new king does not. I’ll take oil over extremism any day.
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  156. You‘d think that becoming a servant to two dying superpowers led by dictators destroying their own economies and invading other contries militarily or economically was a bad idea. Felicidades y exito!
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  157. And the yuan isn’t all that popular, compared to the USD and EU, as a worldwide reserve currency.
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  158. Everything going according to plan!
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  159. More like burying the bodies of the Russian soldiers, right? :D
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  160. Most developing countries go through three stages: Agriculture, Industry, and Service. China is stuck at the Industry stage, because of CCP ties to businesses indunstry. As a result, money spent for China‘s GDP is through infrastructure, not domestic consumption. which happens in a Service economy. I remember business articles decades ago saying that China will increase its domestic consumption. And Xi’s push for well-educated youths implies he expected China to be in a Service economy now. But, as you can see from the video — as well as the CCP’s no longer releasing unemployment data — there is little domestic consumption, a sign of China‘s failure to reach a Service economy.
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  161. How many minutes of training will the Terminator crew have? And was the Schwartnegger movie dubbed properly? 😊
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  162. Germany leading from behind, as usual. Good work, Poland.
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  163. Exactly. The animation only briefly mentions it, but product differentiation means that you know the general idea where the products are, but the individual stores can still compete for your business, such as a fashion court. Meanwhile, with a food court, each person in your party can get what they want, so each seller benefits. Or, downtown where several restaurants are near your work, you will eat in the same area for lunch, but more than one restaurant will have your business during the week.
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  164. Enjoy your recession!
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  165. “The U.S. government contributed about $12.5 billion to the United Nations in 2021, the most recent fiscal year with full data available. About one-quarter of this total was assessed and the rest was voluntary. This represents about a quarter of the roughly $50 billion the United States spends annually on foreign aid.” And you hear the vatniks say how we sholdn’t be spending money on Ukraine. I say defund the UN and spend the foreign money directly. Why should we foot the mouthpiece for China and Russia? You saw how the UN‘s WHO reiterated China’s lies during the outbreak of Covid.
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  166. Coke has better security than most tech companies. :D
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  167. We’re not in a recession and inflation is transitory, too! Thanks for the video.
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  168. Thanks for discussing the factions. Not that this information is easy to find, but knowing Russia’s infighting factions greatly helps understand the war. Another historical example of factions are the Japanese army vs. navy in WWII. Thanks for the videos!
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  169. Thanks for the historical look at the population pyramid. We‘re well aware that there will be an impact from Russian losses in the war in Ukraine, but may not of previous history. And those who do not learn from history will be doomed to repeat it.
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  170. Russia offensive in the north with troops unprepared for winter, and by moving soldiers from one faction to another area. What could possibly go wrong? Thanks for the videos!
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  171. Pretty amazing how even Ukraine defied western expectations of their defeat as well. Russia was expected to win the war in less than two weeks. Zelenskyy was offered evacuation from Kiev. Western powers advised Ukraine to withdraw from Bakhmut. Beware of attacking someone defending their homeland.
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  172. Nuclear energy sure is green — glowing green. ):
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  173. @N: RIP to the Russian Invader Putin (and his Russiabots, too).
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  174. Another YT video mentioned how Chinese netizens were fine with Walmart leaving b/c they have local groceries. Wonder how fine they will be when they realize the foreign money is gone.
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  175. Also see Japanese army vs. Japanese navy in WWI (or was that WWII? :P
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  176. West Taiwan acting up again. :D
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  177. “Unfortunately, for the Russians…” That needs to be on your merch! Thanks for the videos!
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  178. Only if they don‘t threaten their host countries. Chinese, Indian, Mexican and other immigrants haven’t been as violent as ME ones.
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  179. Yeah, no. It’s a public de-facing. Xi’s done it before in a CCP congress when an announcer didn’t give another faction member enough time to stand and sit down.
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  180. “Unfortunately, for the Russians…” Combine harvesters? That’s the best one yet. Next printing of the t-shirts should have “Unfortunately, for the Russians, all the targets were combine harvesters”. :D
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  181. Alienate foreign investors — and regional neighbors. What could possibly go wrong?
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  182. Ukraine celebrating their own May 9th two days early with “fireworks” at the oil refinery! Slava Ukraine!
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  183. Russia: We must go to North Korea to buy more arms for the special operation. Ukraine: We must go to South Korea so the kids there can teach us how to fly drones. Slava Ukraine!
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  184. Won't attack NATO? Gee, maybe he shouldn't have attacked Ukraine, either.
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  185. “Today's shortest sea route between Southeast Asia and Europe, the Suez Canal carries 12 percent of global trade. “Petroleum exports from Persian Gulf countries, such as Saudi Arabia, Iraq, and Iran, accounted for 85% of Suez Canal northbound traffic. “ While the common perception is that oil transiting through the canal is largely made up of crude from Middle Eastern headed to Europe or North America, in reality the majority of the oil traveling through the canal is now headed in the opposite direction to feed Asia’s burgeoning economies. Sure looks like countries besides the USA rely on the area more than we do.
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  186. Peter Zeihan notes that SA has its own internal conflict between the old King, who is pro-Palestine and cut back oil production in the 1970’s b/c of a previous Israeli war, resulting in USA’s period of Stagflation, and the new Prince, who sees Palestine as economically unimportant, and thus not worth supporting. Tom Nash’s YT video provides analysis of the Hamas-Israeli conflict that I haven’t found on other channels. And you’ve seen that satirical “Always Sunny in Qatar” video, right? It’s about the three Hamas billionaires living in (now expelled from) Qatar, having redirected foreign aid to Palestine into their own pockets.
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  187. Wake up, Europe.
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  188. It‘s all about the ratings. Stir the pot, get the eyeballs.
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  189. @Jose: It’s the Ukrainians who are flexible, and the Russians with the loses. Caused by the Ukrainians. :D
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  190. I‘m sure once that Russian carrier that’s been in repairs for several years comes out, it‘ll turn the tide of the war. Or at least become a man-made reef. Slava Ukraine!
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  191. Tens of thosands of French have died in the war, thousands have been conscripted and given no training, thousands of French have left… oh, wait. That‘s another country that did that. I wonder which one…
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  192. Yep. Zelensky’s strategy to deplete Russian forces at Bakhmut so they are weaker during the rest of the war is quite reasonable. And what will Russia do when the Western tanks move one?
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  193. Good grief, yes. Even for my hobby questions, I got nothing but cookie-cutter beginner wannabe consultant spewage. ChatGPT was useful for creating random tables of events, at least. :/
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  194. Russia doesn‘t have enough warships for a blockade — especially since ships at sea are more vulnerable to drone attacks than ships in port. You also don’t mess with Israel.
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  195.  @jimduffield7822  The only problem with this tank will be the Russians who designed it, the Russians manning it, the Russians commanding it, and the Russian in the Kremlin. Medals for everyone! 😂😂😂
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  196. So who else remembers those Dragon‘s Teeth videos? The Belgians had better defenses with the Maginot Line! :D
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  197. Russians abandoning equipment isn’t collapsing? Cope better next time.
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  198. Too bad Russia’s gonna fall!
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  199. Russian new conscript training: * Day 1: Looting and Pillaging. * Day 2: 1000m Dash. * Day 3: Washer and Dryer maintenance.
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  200. We can still use concrete for non-residential use, such as industrial areas and garages. The dog had the coolest room in the house — she slept the garage!
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  201. “You don’t even need to go to Africa” :D
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  202. With California’s Proposition 19, CA houses are becoming even more expensive. Property taxes mean you will never own your home. And, if you don’t itemize, you don’t benefit from deducting mortgage interest.
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  203. Wonder if Iran‘s noticed that nobody is protesting for them.
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  204. Russia attempting to provoke Ukraine into opening a northern front with Belarus, to take away men from Russian fronts. Although he‘s referring to the Belarusian helicopter over Poland, Anders Puck Niels (sp) video notes that it‘s best to either ignore these provocations or beat the living crap out of them (my words :) much like any bully.
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  205. Somehow, I don’t think that sack of potatoes and week of pilot training worked out.
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  206. Why bother with NATO or the UN? Poland, USA, UK, Finland, Sweden, and any former USSR states who want to join. Poland’s done more than Germany, France, and Turkey combined.
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  207. Last I heard, Russia had the GDP of Texas. How small is it now?
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  208. Germany and EU should have cut themselves off from Russian oil even longer ago. Energy independence first, alternative energies second.
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  209. Student loan forgiveness is also a bank bailout. The bailouts we should NOT have made are to big car companies, which, even today, are receiving EV car subsidies at the taxpayer’s expense. I think taxpayer money should be in taxpayer pockets, especially with today’s inflation.
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  210. Both CA and NY lost a House seat each, Texas gained two, and the House has a slim Republican majority.
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  211. Not to mention complaining they have no water when they’re using the pipes for rockets.
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  212. @j: If you want it locally, it’s going to cost even more. OTOH, locally grown food is often grown to be healthier than cheap food. The more you cook at home, the better your food will be! (:
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  213. Well, defending your own country is a totally different motive than fighting for a totalitarian dictator who’s willing to sacrifice yourself unnecessarily.
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  214. They already sold off their husbands and sons for a sheep and bag of vegetables.
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  215. Russia is losing. That’s all I need to know.
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  216. @j: Horse manure is better than what Putin is feeding you trolls.
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  217. @David: It comes after the chapter, book, and movie about the calls to wipe Jews off the face of the earth.
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  218. @d: USA and the west hold the most gold in th world.
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  219. Great job. I think it‘s too easy to adopt an ”Us or Them“ mentality, and Israel (and India) are caught in the middle in their own ways. Personally, I think Israel has plenty of problems in the Middle East (all their neighbors want to kill them, for one) putting them in an awkward position. I mean, western countries who are foot-dragging weapons needed by Ukraine sure aren’t in Israel‘s difficult position…!
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  220. Needs to go back to Washington for that sweet sweet insider trading.
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  221. More like the conscript in the front shoots or else the professional behind him will shoot him.
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  222. When China thinks more of one of your politicians than half your country does. Thanks for the videos!
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  223. CCP has already done a lot to destroy their environment (not to mention freshwater supply).
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  224. Yeesh, I’m glad we’re getting out of the ME and haven’t stuck our busybody noses too far into Africa. Yeah, these countries have resources, but, as someone who’s been following them since Reagan, I figure that, in contrast to oil, if they haven’t gotten them out of the ground, then they’ll never get them out of there. And the irony is that, despite all these “valuable” resources, they’re fighting over water, something us westerners literally flush down the toilet. Interfering in these areas is futile, and only countries like Ukraine are worth helping.
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  225. Can’t wait for China to stop being the world’s second largest economy so we don’t have to put up with their nonsense. Might take as long as a week. :P
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  226. Perun’s recent video debunks Hersh’s report, including its anonymous source.
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  227. @lucky: They are? Maybe you should tell the soldiers that.
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  228. And might as well close before being hit by a lawsuit - either because they tried to stop a crime, or because they didn‘t!
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  229. Looks like Wagner’s claim of capturing Bakhmut is still premature. Slava Ukraine!
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  230. @Matrix: Russian specialist groups have been redeployed to fill regular troops (not a good thing) so maybe that’s what happened to Russian snipers as well.
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  231. Tell the mayor that crime is pretty devastating, too. Keep up the videos!
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  232. Russia and Venezuela are already in the chat room. :/
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  233. He's had to reduce prices on Teslas and their stock dropped 9% in a day. Now, there's a slap!
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  234. And the only competitor to the dollar is the EU — another western currency.
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  235. Inflation started before the war.
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  236. Enforcer content is preliminary, which is fine with me. Other YT channels will follw-up with confirmed content. Slava Ukraine!
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  237. These ME countries need to grow up and settle the borders themselves. Hopefully, peacefully.
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  238. Taller men and less receding hairline. :D
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  239. Not sure if I "liked" what I saw, but really appreciate the videos!
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  240. Even if it’s a supplement to the major news, your breaking down of the video is your best work. Hope to see more.
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  241. I‘m afraid that our golden will be stolen more than anything else in our yard. Heck, the goldie ran out, we didn’t notice, and she was found THREE MILES away. Folks don‘t mess around with you if you’re walking the dog, but don‘t think they will protect your home if they’re not trained! Hope the dog is alright. You can replace a bike, not a family member.
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  242. I hear the Russians will next build a castle in a swamp. :D
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  243. Republicans who were against aiding Ukraine were not elected. And remember the Gipper! :D
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  244. Certainly knows better than most protestors.
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  245. If this was an isolated incident, it would be less of a concern. But all these different videos of different aspects of China‘s econom, when taken as a whole, show problems with China’s economy.
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  246. Wagner can‘t recruit more prisoners anymore. No bullet, no meat shields, enemy getting better technology, of course he’s going to pull out.
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  247. @mine: CCP harems, not that they don’t have them already.
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  248. It‘s as if it was just yesterday when Russia was making an offensive and not retreating. Oh, wait. It was just yesterday when Russia was making an offensive and now they’re retreating! Slava Ukraine and thanks for your work! Thanks for the maps!
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  249. Reporting from Ukraine noted how the Russia cannon fodder soldiers punched through Ukrainian defense, but was not able to follow through with professional soldiers. What’s the point of finding a weakness if you can’t exploit it?
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  250. Well, remember that Russia’s previous objective was Bakhmut and they failed to take it. Those goalposts sure keep moving, don’t they?
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  251. Russia has the largest freshwater lake in the world and China wants it. In fact, China had already made business attempts (?) to get that water, but Russia blocked it.
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  252. @n : The question is why Russian trolls can‘t write a proper sentence.
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  253. Ukraine: Takes two Russian towns without firing a shot. Russia: Bombs own town after Russian separatists leave (and one month before). . Slava Ukraine!
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  254. Definitely look up the desertification of Northern China. Beijing is about about as dry as Saudi Arabia, but has a much higher population.
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  255. They’ll just raise taxes on whomever is left. Nothing light short-term economic planning, right?
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  256. I guess those military analysts forgot about the pontoon bridge fiasco back in May 2022. Or maybe these are new analysts replacing those who have been sent to the front!
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  257. Also, Walmart is reporting a rise in ”higher income“ customers. That sure isn’t a sign of an economy that feels like spending.
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  258. Graduate from the Baghdad Bob School of BS. :D
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  259. The best way not to fix a problem is to blame someone for your own mistakes.
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  260. fwiw, I worked at Xerox PARC decades ago. Xerox‘s GUI was complicated and proof that, just because you have a GUI, didn’t mean it was better.
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  261. CCP stands for just us!
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  262. Say hi to the parents for me! Hope you got him a good Father‘s Day present!
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  263. Thanks for the counter-intelligence analysis! Also thanks to the CCP member who (may have) given away info to the USA as spied on their spy balloon. Maybe that’s why countries don’t use them, right? Would like to see more videos like this whenever you can!
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  264. 3:30 : Today’s “Unfortunately for the Russians” moment! Wagner: Takes advantage of the terrain by attacking sides of buildings. Ukraine: Blows up whole building Hey, bots. Tell us how Russia captured Bakhmut. Again. Slava Ukraine!
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  265. You‘ve described every road six miles out of Moscow and St. Petersberg. :D
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  266. Yep. France again.
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  267. Community members upset over Walmart leaving. Evidently, community members weren’t upset over Walmart thefts.
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  268. Harvard will still be at the mercy of its alumni and other donors, and its reputation would be further tarnished. Ivy leaague candidates often have multiple offers, and I‘ve already seen YT vidoes of candiates turrning down Harvard.
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  269. Yep. All the media asks if Prig was killed, but others of his inner circle were on his private plane.
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  270. Best at retreating, losing, killing civilians, and sending its own men to the meat grinder.
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  271. At least they stopped in 2009, which was right after the Lehman Brothers collapse, which led to a recession in the USA. Things are getting worse with the current worldwide recession, not just tourism, but manufacturing. Interesting times, China.
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  272. Agreed. Same goes for immigrants from China and India.
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  273. Even braver to pick on a older flag.
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  274. It’s a defeat in the sense that Russia was going after Bakhmut and failed to take it.
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  275. @Toni : I have some beautiful Crimean beach front property to sell you.
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  276. Plenty of people who can’t make a sandwich and prefer to complain.
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  277. Exactly. And how about a timetable for the West to actually help Ukraine? It’s been over a year of foot-dragging and restrictions on how Ukraine can fight the war.
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  278. Russian command running away? That’s not clickbait, it’s SOP! :D Thanks for the terrain and other analysis that other channels don’t have. This is the only channel about the war that I regularly watch. Keep up the good work!
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  279. Oakland? I’m sure the two hit and run drivers will be given a medal.
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  280. EU and USA (as well as other countries) need to finally know that they have to be energy (and food) independent. Thanks for the videos.
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  281. Maybe someone will tell Democratic voters is that all they did was elect another politician.
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  282. @Tyler: Yeah, that. Those “defending” their own territory are often more motivated than their attackers. I mean, how many times have we seen that? We‘re seeing that right now in Ukraine, right? I think any country obligated to send UN forces and with the light equipment they had would have had the same result.
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  283. So not only has Russian been one of Ukraine‘s heaviest suppliers of equipment, it’s now eliminating its own high-ranking military officials. In Soviet Russia… :D
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  284. Then: Don‘t chew sugary candy or gum because it causes cavities. Now: Chew xylitol candy and gum for oral hygeine. Thanks for the video! :D
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  285. A few months ago, Peter Zeihan and other prognosticators said water would be the next scarce resource — not oil, not food, but water — and here we are. Africa, the ME, and Afghanistan are already fighting over water. China is ignoring its environmental problems. The West is even more focuses on climate change than water management. I live in California, and, while drought has been an issue for decades, I think were more “used to it” than taking it seriously.
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  286. No, us American can rip ourselves apart without the help of a short bald guy.
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  287. @Checa : The Kremlin was probably delighted that Germany didn’t listen to the orange-haired guy.
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  288. 8:00 NATO‘s been wrong about Kyev and Bakhmut as well. Of course, if NATO gave Ukraine the weapons it needed, the war would end much sooner! Slava Ukraine!
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  289. Peter Lynch: Diworsification and water cooler theory. Water cooler theory is very applicable to today’s “pump and dump” bear rallies.
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  290. Well, they still have bots left. And they got the missiles from NK.
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  291. @A : Russians (except Moscow and St. P) don‘t have heat. They don‘t need food or water, either, right? :P
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  292. @Keith : Ask his stock portfolio.
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  293. Same here, but criminals would have forced these small businesses out even sooner.
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  294. Which reminds me. Warehouses were commit fraud for bank loans by using the same metal collateral for multiple bank loans. (The banks did not investigate if the collateral had already been used.) This happened all the way back in 2014. This was in China, but, as others have said, not hard to find warehouse metal scams elsewhere.
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  295. CCP as usual.
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  296. Or maybe part of China’s problem was its reckless spending on infrastructure projects with almost no return, in pursuit of their unnecessary GDP targets. If the debt is the province’s baby, guess who the father is. Even if China solved its tax problem, that wouldn’t fix its spending problem (not that China’s not the only country with a spending problem…!).
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  297. @lumo:: Source: Putin.
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  298. Fitch downgraded the USA credit score. Yellen and the other gaslighters did not take that well.
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  299. Since Africa’s involved in the grain shipments, hire some Somalian pirates and claim they’re a PMC. :P
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  300. Each passing day? The war was supposed to be won in three days.
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  301. The same universe where they build one critical supply line which blows up not just a truck full of explosives, but a fuel train.
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  302. All of Russia’s reinforcements are now in Kazakhstan.
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  303. Market behaving like you said they could in your last video. Thanks for saving me a few bucks!
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  304. Well, that first “However, the Russians…” didn’t take long to be said. Amazing how many Russian soldiers you can kill when you have no bullets. Thanks for the hard work and Slava Ukraine!
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  305. Exactly what has already happene in inner cities. Clean up your city and the businesses will come back.
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  306. Besides Russia‘s lack of rotation, Russia still wastes resources (ie. their own soldiers) by refusing to retreat. Combat Veteran noted that a regular unit will retreat with fewer losses than Russian units. beccause below a certain percentage, the unit becomes ineffective. IIRC, A Russian commander (?) in a Kherson river operation chose to retreat to save his men, but was removed from command by his higher ups. Just one of many Russian mistakes during the war that they refuse to learn from. Slava Ukraine!
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  307. @evan: With the recession and inflation, Americans can’t afford food and energy, neither of which China exports.
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  308. lol — Well, the border dispute was started by Mao.
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  309. “Unfortunately, for the Russians…“ Never gets old. Keep up the videos!
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  310. Now it’s France and Germany who took forever to do anything.
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  311. Don’t bother with banks when you can use a non-profit credit union.
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  312. As CB says, American cities originally had public transportation, but GM — yes, the one your parents bailed out and the one you’re subsidizing their EV‘s while they lay off people (again), “ The General Motors streetcar conspiracy refers to the convictions of General Motors (GM) and related companies that were involved in the monopolizing of the sale of buses and supplies to National City Lines (NCL) and subsidiaries, as well as to the allegations that the defendants conspired to own or control transit systems, in violation of Section 1 of the Sherman Antitrust Act. This suit created lingering suspicions that the defendants had in fact plotted to dismantle streetcar systems in many cities in the United States as an attempt to monopolize surface transportation.
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  313. With an air fryer, I toss in ground meat and bacon, cook for awhile, flip the meat, then add cheese and mushrooms. Fattilicious! :D
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  314. Bots busy in the comments today. Y’all work at the same troll farm?
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  315. @Shane: I bet you think Mao‘s GLF was BS, too.
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  316. Exactly. And how difficult is it to add a charger to a rental car parking lot? If I can install a charger on my garage, why can‘t rental car companies install one on their lots??? One of the selling points of EV’s is that you can drive home and avoid the inconvenience of a gas station. And, here we are, with rental car companies adding the inconvenience of a gas station!
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  317. Yeah, and it’s not like the USA wasn’t an adversary against Russia. You’d think with all the old fossils in government (and the Republican Party), someone would remember the Ronnie Raygun years, with Star Wars and the Peacekeepers.
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  318. @e: Agreed. What has SA done for Palestine or other ME countries? All SA has done is spent their money on their gold limousines and mega projects.
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  319. NYC: We support immigrant asylum. Also NYC: We‘re too far away from the border so they’ll never come here. Thanks for the video!
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  320.  James Walton  Go apply for your HB-1 to Russia, bot.
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  321. Protests could be correlation because of similar economic issues. Fwiw, China wanted Moderna to give them their vaccine IP, Moderna (and other companies) refused, then China came out with its own, inferior, vaccine.
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  322. China should worry less about hungry Americans than thirsty Chinese.
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  323. Still a better deal than manufacturer’s ink jet cartridges, right? :D Anyway, and this is everything from printers to buying a house, make sure you research the ongoing costs of a purchase, not just the upfront costs. These companies can charge for a battery because customers don’t look beyond the initial purchase of the car. Thanks for the video and awesome pic on the wall! (:
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  324. Then it shouldn‘t be any problem for the Russians, who seem to do little, if any, maintenance on their vehicles…
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  325. And Bakhmut isn’t a strategic location for Russia anymore. Slava Ukraine!
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  326. And just wait until the Millenium Tower falls over.
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  327. Total Pon-Xi scheme!
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  328. @j: This is about China, not the west. Two wrongs don’t make a right.
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  329. I’m sure she has no idea what she’s talking about because she’s not an academic or Ivy League student and doesn’t fit the narrative. /s Thank you for showing this video.
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  330. A map I saw on The Enforcer (?) shows the radiation moving towards Central Europe. ): Who knows really where it will go.
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  331. More long-range weaponry for Ukraine. HIMARS have forced Russia to deploy troops and ammo further from the front because of their range.
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  332. 2:30 : I‘m sure Russiabots will be telling us Russia is holding back, saving their best shovels for the counteroffensive. Slava Ukraine!
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  333. China always take the long approach. They even take a long time to finally fall apart.
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  334. Poland has the ones France claims to have and Germany’s are dragging on the ground! :P
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  335. @cx: Look up the “Unfair Treaties”. Many countries, including EU, took advantage of China being weaker, during the various ages of imperialism.
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  336. Combat Veteran sent me! Keep up the good work! Slava Ukraine!
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  337. So long as Putin‘s villa is protected from air strikes, everything is fine. Right, bots?
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  338. Russia can make gas on their own! Just need to eat more potatoes.
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  339. And then there are all those student loans you have to pay back, especially when you’re naive enough to have a degree that businesses don’t demand.
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  340. @m: Putin uses Confusion! It backfires! :D
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  341. Short term MA crossed over the intermediate term MA this morning, but I had the usual cold feet. Thanks for the video! :D
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  342. Also, see the 5G China rollout, and the businemen who scammed the CCP with their chip businesses. (Search on “China chip scam”.) USA is subsidizing chip manufacturing (and must be paying a hefty military price for Taiwan), but at least we‘ll — hopefully — see results. Me, I remember the days when cars didn’t have computer chips, and you could fix them yourself! :P
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  343. Did they really guarantee it? Bakhmut was more important to Russia for propaganda purposes. Ukraine fought them to grind down their forces.
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  344. SVB was “not large enough to fail”. Back during the previous financial crisis, the USA bailed out numbers us banks which would have failed. So, historically, SVB is one of the “largest” banks that failed, but it could have been bailed out like other banks. SVB has been taken over by FDIC, and deposits are still insured.
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  345. Gonna be second in Moscow soon!
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  346. M&M also notes that China‘s economy is stuck in the industrial age of economic development (comes after agricultural, and before service), b/c individuals in the CCP have close ties to industrial companies.
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  347. Yep. William Spaniel‘s recent video takes a look at how Putin has to arrange his musical chair so that his inner circle doesn’t become a noose.
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  348. Russia: Wastes 100K in Bakhmut. Also Russia: Not enough men for Ukraine‘s counter-offensive. Slava Ukraine!
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  349. Temporarily? Like “transitory inflation”?
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  350. Biden says he‘s ready to say whatever he needs to to stay elected.
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  351. You can’t fix corruption or an authoritarian government by lifting sanctions.
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  352. Either William Spaniel or Economics Explained discusses economies that rely on only one source of revenue (typically oil), and its usually disasterous effect on the country‘s economies. (or at least the other 99%).
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  353. Win the battle, lose the war, bot.
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  354. Russia has no internal defenses. Poland could take Moscow and St. Petersburg in 3 days. :D
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  355. Powell needs to finish the job without the White House and Wall Street interfering. The Republicans own the house so that’s enough of the job done.
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  356. @g : Work harder for your billionaire masters, bot.
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  357. IMO, We gradually are! Remember the War on Terror? Glad we finally pulled out, even if it was done somewhat messily. Have fun in the ME, China.
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  358. March 9th has been one long 24 hours of “Unfortunately for the Russians!” Slava Ukraine!
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  359. Pretty sad that EU countries are closing the border to Russians, but glad to see Kazakhstan keeping its borders open.
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  360. I swear most people happy about their childhood are people who entirely forgot what childhood was like. Then again, I think totally forgetting what children are like is the only way we‘ll have parents. :D
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  361. Perun’s video on Russian corruption indirectly answers this question.
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  362. Russia had this problem even before the war. Russia also has a male age of death ten years before western countries. Will that also happen to China?
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  363. @Rob: Putin pay you enough for your heating bill?
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  364. So much for Modern Monetary Theory. Which certain USA politicians embrace as well. And the USA has been printing too much money under Quantitative Easing. The slow increase of interest rates under Quantatitve Tightening is too slow and we certainly are heading into a recession. But that sure won’t mean China‘s recession will be any easier — especially with USA and EU being their largest trading partner.
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  365. IIRC, There’s a YT video about how poorly the “non-existent” people who are second children are treated in China.
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  366. Iran: Foments unrest with Hamas. Throws Hamas under bus. Russia: Foments unrest with Iran. You’ll know the rest.
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  367. 8:45 : Fun Fact : Kim uses a train to avoid assassination by air. Priggy should have taken notes. Slava Ukraine!
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  368. Thanks for the video. Partisan and separatist activity has been understandably hard to find, and it‘s just amazing that something like this could be pulled off against a “superpower”. Would be pretty amusing if the rest of the war were these unconventional attacks, rather than the counteroffensive everyone’s been expecting.
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  369. With the Belt and Road Initiative, “taken advantage of” is an understatemet. ):
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  370. Energy independence first, alternative energies second. Cutting off domestic fossil fuel production contributed to Ukrainian lives lost.
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  371. Yep. Supposed to keep the guy at the top in power, but this time one of the factions decided it had enough power to go after the top!
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  372. @M: And, for many homeless, jail is SAFER than the streets!
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  373. @P : Learn to use punctuation, bot.
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  374. Russia: Attacks Ukraine. Ukraine: Defends itself.
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  375. 6:00 : Unfortunately, Russia has historical precedence of Russian citizens populating another country or territory, then using it as a premise for an attack. That’s how they went after Crimea. I’m sure Lithuania remembers the violent Soviet Union attempts to prevent their independence.
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  376. The Kerch, the Kerch, the Kerch is on fire!
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  377. Naivete is right, as symbolized when Merkel said she was afraid of dogs and you-know-who brought his big dog to their meeting.
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  378. Congrats on the award! Just crazy that anyone thought this would work — it relies on people who have even more money and less concern than those who built it!
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  379. And isn’t this already happening?
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  380. Wow. Thanks for serving our country. Glad we pulled out. Great video, too! :D
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  381. @S: Trump‘s heading off to jail. Why are you still afraid of him?
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  382. EU needs to help as well. I find it bemusing that, once the Repubs said they would withold aid, European countries took more action.
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  383. Agreed. Remember the Gipper!
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  384. Every liberal city. Everywhere.
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  385. Russia: Months of withdraw from Kherson. Also Russia: Collapse with Ukraine from the west, shelling Russian soldiers on exit points. No signs of traps or conscripts delaying Ukraine, although some resistance to the north. Ukraine retakes Kherson in about two days. Me: Why should I not be surprised?
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  386. Until the tofu dregs fall apart. Of course, the corrupt officials who accepted kickbacks are long gone.
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  387. Whelp, the Russian soldiers are screwed, then. Hope they enjoy the footwraps.
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  388. Putin is prepared for Poland’s counter-attack! He has his jets ready! His private jets ready to flee Moscow at any moment! :D
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  389. I was wonderng myself, but some YT channels report that the retreat was a rout, and Ukrainian artillery from the west killed many at the limited exit points, and you can find videos of dead Russian soldiers floating downstream, though not on YouTube because of YouTube standards.
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  390. Homeless-to-work program. Plenty of low skill jobs out there. And while you’re at a job, you‘re more secure against crime, particularly for women.
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  391. But the Russiabots said the bridge is now operational!
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  392. USA had its “Stop, drop, and roll” during the Cold War, and children should learn basic safety. I’m surprised children weren’t taught about this months ago, especially after that missile hit a playground site.
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  393. Just read a Yahoo news article that the Zap nuclear power plant is one accidental malfunction away from a terrible mistake..
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  394. Maybe if Mountain Dew was invented in Britain, everyone there would know what a quart mug was. :D
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  395. @n: Yeah, that. Everything is fine in Russia so long as Moscow and St. Petersberg get what they want.
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  396. fwiw, Japan has their annual “Lucky Bags” and the USA used to have “grab bags” of whatever merchandise they couldn‘t move. Now, we just call them “subscription boxes” and “subscription meal kits”. :D
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  397. Thanks for reviewing the Prig list of enemies!
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  398. 2:50 : The internal factions are necessary because it allows Putin to keep his power. Until it doesn‘t.
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  399. Those with family (that they care for) back in Russia. Tough decision when family doesn‘t want to leave because they can’t or have been brainwashed.
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  400. Losing the House isn’t doing poorly? You might as well get a second job posting as a Russiabot.
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  401. Other half will be out because of their higher-ups. Slava Ukraine!
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  402. @a: You misspelled “Russia”, bot.
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  403. USA : We need chip security. TSMC : We need protection from China. USA worker : Maybe you should have asked me what I need.
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  404. Well, our Fed is buying t-bills as our economy collapses… Oh, wait. T-bills are worth something in two years. Thanks for the videos!
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  405. China has had explosive growth. Now, they need THREE enemies to survive! :/
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  406. Would also like to know China and India‘s POV of their ”enemies“ in the ME. At least in the USA, we’re not on the same continent, and aren‘t fighting over water.
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  407. Small price to pay for freedom.
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  408. Only 20 card per ferry trip? I’m sure that will help Russian mobilization immensely.
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  409. Don’t forget how important the climate is when you can’t pay your heating bill.
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  410. And if you want your kids to be rich… 1. Educate yourself. If your school is not teaching personal finance, then it’s your responsibility to. I recommend the Motley Fool workbooks for personal finance. 2. Learn about compound interest. Most Americans don’t start investing until their 40’s. You need to start investing for your children as early as possible — even before they’re born — to maximize compound interest. 3. Be an example for your children. Live below your means. Educate yourself on personal finance, investing, and retirement. IMO, You don’t have to force your kids to understand finances, but even displaying an environment focused on managing money (eg. A whiteboard of weekly expenses) helps. My parents didn’t force me to learn investing or taxes, but I do them because my Dad did when I was young.
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  411. @TS: Russia has shown it doesn‘t care for its own soldiers. Also, did you see that video of the Russian governor denying the dam blew up while the water level behind him was almost a building story high? Absurd!
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  412. I‘m beginning to think the Russiabots will be pretty busy for the next several days.
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  413. @C: Russia has extensively mined its occupied areas. Takes time to clear those things. This isn’t a microwave oven and instant pot meal.
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  414. @Don’t: Good luck with the narrative, bot.
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  415. Russia: “This is the best disinformation campaign ever! West: Slow news day.
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  416. The exact opposite. Like “transitory inflation”. And “no recession“. And, with 80 billion for the IRS, the next opposite wlll be ”tax the rich”.
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  417.  @paulleard8349  The next generation ALWAYS pays for the failure of the previous one. And the bigger picture is that the war started decades ago, and 2006 is just a symptom of a conflict started by those long dead.
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  418. “ Its the last thing they'll be expecting a daylight charge over the minefield!” Slava Ukraine!
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  419. @k: Hello Fresh would susbstitute your violin for a ukelele! :D
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  420. Time needed for western ships to position themselves for a blockade: Days. Time needed for western powers to make a decision: Years. Thanks for the video! Love the cap. :D
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  421. 3:20 : “No experience needed”. Yeah, that’ll help your chances of survival. Slava Ukraine!
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  422. @jack: What‘s wrong with allies? Or is that a foreign concept to Russia?
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  423. Don‘t those troll farms teach you how to write a sentence?
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  424. Well, NATO was ready to fall apart had Russia not invaded. :/
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  425. “Boyfriend”
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  426. Unfortunately for the Russians…
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  427. Yep. Already happened, especially in China’s housing market.
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  428.  @kaleido6551  Spamming the comments with propaganda won’t win the war.
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  429. Hey, Russiabots! Keep telling us how Russia is winning the war. Happy Mutiny Day! Slava Ukraine!
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  430. Russia: We captured Bakhmut! Ukraine: We captured Crimea. Russia: files a complaint Slava Ukraine!
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  431. Control of one strategically unimportant city is not important. Winning the war is.
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  432. @Dr : Russiabot still claiming that Russia still has equipment to fight with. Or at least a lot of museums.
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  433. Wouldn’t be surprised if the anti-GMO movement by wealthier countries in the past contributed to the food inflation and shortages poor countries are facing today. Wealthy countries care more about climate control when other countries are starving.
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  434. C’mon, Russiabots! Where’s all that gold Russia has?
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  435. 21:30 : Half-measures… like Western foot-dragging in Ukraine? Despite the brutality of the Israel-Gaza war, I think there will be far fewer deaths, children or otherwise, than the Ukraine-Russia one. Thanks for the video. And, btw, UK-based Sprouts was able to have a supermarket foothold in my area, despite the Safeway‘s all over the plce. :D
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  436. It isn’t.
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  437. Great work. Contrary to the lack of context in early videos and articles about the explotion (even on Yahoo), the dam is a known issue, and was mentioned quite a bit during the Kherson retreat back in October (including speculation that Russia would use a ‘dirty bomb’ of nuclear material, which it looks like they did not do). But, like any of yesterday‘s news, that was forgotten, so good to see a review of the dam’s importance in a previous conflict. Personally, I expect this dam explosion, while dramatic, to have already been taken into account with Ukraine‘s military plans.
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  438. Yeah, and their higher-ups are even taking away supplies they brought with them!
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  439. Would be great to hear more from this guy, about the history of the bridge, not how it might have been blown up.
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  440. Exactly. Russia has the world‘s largest freshwater lake, and China has already taken business / economic steps towards it. Russia prevented them, but this was before the war in Ukraine. When Russia falls apart, I‘m sure some warlord will be glad to sell off the lake to China for some fat Belt and Road profit.
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  441. @m: Putin fled from Wagner.
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  442. The EU was about it. Countries for decades have talked about replacing the USD and it still hasn’t happened yet. I’ll believe it when I see it.
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  443. What’s good for Biden’s first two years with the goose is good for Biden’s next two years as the gander. And how’s Hunter doing?
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  444. Expect Russia to fall apart like the USSR did.
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  445. @h: You forgot Belogrod already? How about the Wagner Justice March? You bots and your selective memory.
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  446. Yeah, that. Americans are behind supplying Ukraine with military aid (but not necessarily troops). Any assistance to Saudi Arabia will be seen as supporting Big Oil and OPEC, neither of which Americans are particularly fond of.
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  447. @monsta: You mean the military leaders who didn’t try to stop Wagner?
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  448. Keep funding Ukraine! The west must help the west and no appeasement for Russia!
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  449. They are. Enjoy your recession!
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  450. So this was common for Japanese companies? Is that why Japan has had a multiple-generation recession? I know USA‘s quantitative easing encouraged companies to make riskier investments, including stocks, so it‘s not just Japan. Keep up the videos! Thanks for the video!
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  451. Of course, SA will sit idly by. SA was making attempts to ally, or at least talk with, Israel and the USA. Iran knew this, and Russia needed a diversion, so Hamas attacked.
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  452. I’m just looking for higher highs, and higher lows. We have the latter, so it’ll be “interesting” to see which trend the market breaks. Thanks for the videos!
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  453. ISIS : We did it. Russia : No, you didn’t. ISIS : Guess we’ll have to do it again. Speaking of which, an attack on Russian soil which has happened three times are the Russian separatists on Belgorod (sp). Russia even claimed, before the third attack, that security was increased. Russia has sent its men to the front, leaving Russia internally vulnerable. I doubt this will be the last attack, because ISIS knows it can get away with it. ISIS seeks revenge on Russia for Russia’s interference in Syria. I’m just glad the USA is becoming energy independent so we don’t have “special interests” to protect in the ME and elsewhere, not that we don’t still have a ways to go.
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  454. All going according to Putin’s master plan! :D Happy V-Day and thanks for the videos!
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  455. Militarily, there might be no difference.
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  456. I thought it was because, in ye olden days, ships were manned by men. Young men. Young men who couldn’t tell the difference between a manatee and a mermaid. You know what I mean. :D
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  457. The 4am rule is worth it because NO ONE ELSE IS AWAKE. :P No interruptions! No distractions! Privacy for once! (: Unfortunately, after exercise and lunch, I’m usually asleep at 2pm (search on biphasic sleep). Thank goodness I’m retired. :P Anyway, on Friday or Saturday evening, you can always go to sleep after a full meal, then wake up whenever, and start your day. Personally, I think it’s more important to be well-rested (which is why I sleep twice a day, again, search on biphasic sleep), and have some peace and quiet from everyone else so you can get done what you need to get done!
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  458. I fiddled with it for my hobby of solo wargames. It was too long-winded to automate enemies, reading more like cookie-cutter business consultant verbiage. However, for unique random tables for roleplaying games, it worked quite well. Specifically, I asked it for a “table of random passive aggressive sarcastic insults a medieval blacksmith would say when fixing your weapons and armor” and results were actually quite good! Now I need it to generate descriptions for damage from crossbow bolts… :D
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  459. Tom Nash has released a YT video mentioning the ethnicities in Iran, and how many of them are living below the poverty line and unhappy with the Iranian government. Gonna guess that this gentleman, or at least those who sympathize with him, symbolizes those people and ethnicities the Iranian government does not support. Keep dancing!
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  460. With the recession, it’s a little easier to do that. :/
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  461. That trillion dollars of spending in the first two years and no attention to federal rates didn’t help.
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  462. Fed raises rates and risks recession to lower inflation. White House and Congress spend more taxpayer money and raise inflation. What could possibly go wrong?
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  463. @y : They don’t have heat. Why should they have electricity? :/
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  464. I assumed the increased security in Belgorod was there to keep Russian separatists out, when it was to keep the Russian citizens from escaping! Slava Ukraine!
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  465. Work more interested in climate change than world food inflation. Not being able to afford food is a higher priority.
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  466. Tell the oligarchs to pay for the war, and abolish the PMC‘s. What could possibly go wrong?
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  467. Can’t win them all. Just ask the 5K of Russians who were at Lyman.
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  468. Disneyland now has competition. Needs more ferrets, though. Thanks for the video!
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  469. @z: Safe to assume the FSB will be the lat remaining working entity in Russia.
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  470. Cope from afar, then.
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  471. Might result in more independent “mom and pop” delis. The new law has exemptions such as not being applied to chains with fewer than 60 locations. Doesn’t mean these companies will make up for the jobs lost. A family business is just that — family is the first hired.
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  472. Another YT channel has said that Ukraine is tracking Russian soldier transport / supply lines, and anticipating likely targets.
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  473. Except, as the Terminator tanks showed, we can’t assume Russia knows how to use this artillery — or whether or not it’s already been stripped for parts, properly maintained, or has a supply chain in the field that won’t be cut off.
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  474. I worked at Xerox PARC decades ago, and, even then, the management at PARC knew Xerox‘s days were numbered. Canon already leaped from analog cameras to printers — just imagine that your Canon inkjet could have been a Xerox. As for OS, I dunno. I did see an Alto up close and the vector graphics were terrific. However, the Xerox implementation of the three-button mouse was horribly complicated, as was their office suite. The suite used “soft keys” which basically meant you had to know every context-based pop-up keyboard if you wanted to do anything. And our researchers wouldn’t even touch the Xerox internal OS, preferring to use Suns and PC‘s.
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  475. Reality hits Russian in the face. Putin threatens retaliation against reality. Thanks for the videos!
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  476. The cobra effect : Sorta like those gun buyback programs. :D
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  477. China also tried developing a bioweapon. Sorta backfired.
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  478. Leftist damage control = blame somebody else!
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  479. Keep the combat video analyses coming! Forget the “OMG” reactions, though. :P Keep it up!
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  480. Short answer: No.
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  481. IIRC, Before the ammo social media thing, the RMD had Wagner pull out of some battle Wagner was winning, and rotated in RMD troops, so RMD could take the credit. Thanks for the video!
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  482. Redeploy your troops to freezing weather without winter clothing, use WWII weapons, and fight alongside a rival faction that could care less if your live or die. What could possibly go wrong?
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  483. Not as far-fetched as you think. At least back in my days, it was a thing to claim you were part Indian. And how will the reparations go for those whose ancestors included a female black slave and a white property owner?
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  484. Also, a defense is only as strong as its weakest link. Once a Ukrainian offense punches through the weak point of a defense line, then what can the Russians do?
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  485. Old wheezing bear retreating. Just wait until winter.
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  486. We restrict Ukraine, and look how many lives were lost, billions spent, and years spent on the war. The west‘s foot-dragging may have even contributed to Iran / Hamas’ decision to start the war in the ME.
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  487. Still not as poor as Russia. Have some grilled dog, soldier.
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  488. Morality Police to be replaced by the Morality Secret Service.
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  489. Hope you keep us abreast about the dam and reservoir. Keep up the good work!
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  490. Plenty of YT videos on CCP aggresion. Recently saw a YT video mentioning China‘s GDP spent on the military.
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  491. I appreciate how this civilized discussion about Russian tanks includes discussions led by a waifu. Thanks for the video!
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  492. Yep. At the least, the soldiers aren‘t stopping Wagner.
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  493. How long does it take a Russian general to throw away the life of another Russian soldier? One minute!
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  494. @Marc : Is that why Ukraine is taking back its territory and Russia is losing at every front?
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  495. Well, the weapons will be Made in China, and you know how that will turn out. :D In fact, in the initial attack on Kyev, Russian armored vehicle tires went flat b/c corrupt Russian higher-ups bought the cheaper tires that were… Made in China. :O
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  496. Sure, bot. Sure.
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  497. Hope GB can write something without repeating herself.
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  498. Joe Blog has a great video explaining price caps and, more importantly, G7 control over shipping insurance and Russia’s inability to stop pumping oil out of the grounds (and Russia’s inability to store it). And like India and Russia aren’t going to want cheaper oil and no secondary sanctions. What’s Russia going to do with the oil it pumps out? Permanently shut down their own oil fields because they don’t have the tech to reestablish their infrastructure? Or maybe they’ll spill all those millions of barrels of oil into some landfill pit because they have nowhere to put it?
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  499. Well, Russia has yet to do anything that would be so cunning. They‘ve shown that they will make the same mistakes over and over again.
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  500. Yep. The husband also had a stroke. Better to sell out for as much as possible, because the medical bills and any help can become very expensive.
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  501. @prize: Unlike Ukraine, Russia has to disburse its troops both on their borders against hostile nations, and internally, against hostile citizens. China has this problem as well. Also, China has plenty of problems Russia has, such as corruption and inexperience against Western allies.
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  502. More like, “I am surrounded by countries who only think they can fight a war.” See also: Russia (and possibly China).
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  503. As a “mom and pop” landlord — I agree. I just want my house to be passed to my heirs while being able to pay off California property taxes!
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  504. Do you bots still live in your echo chambers?
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  505. Beyond the capability of the diverse and woke. And they’ll blame you for not connecting the dots for them — in the way that fits their narrative!
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  506. @H: The USA is sick and tired of being criticized as the “world‘s police” and USA taxpayers don’t want to pay the bill to protect the waterways so countries like China can have safe harbor. USA is still protecting regional interests, such as South American trade waters. If you want to protect Chinese commerce, go ahead and have your country do it.
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  507. Too bad trolling doesn‘t win wars, eh?
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  508. @C: Tell Belagrod that a month ago! :O
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  509. And rumormill is that Putin’s put out an arrest on Prig. Like you didn‘t know Putin wouldn’t do that, right?
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  510. Expect more Russian cigarettes in Crimea! Slava Ukraine!
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  511. @GB : Recycling the same dull insult, bot?
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  512. This is great. Putin sends thousands of men to die in Bakhmut, takes tens of months to destroy it, and has shown the Russian Military Defense is incapable of taking it, then Ukrainian allies take this town only 24 hours later.
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  513. @pat: Yep. Joe Blog also said this, although it was months ago. Enjoy your potatoes, bots.
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  514. Okay. I don’t feel as bad backing Kickstarter projects now. :D Thanks for the videos (and comments)!
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  515. Hey, Russiabots! Think the counter-attack started yet?? Slava Ukraine!
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  516. After watching Perun’s videos on how badly the Russian ships are maintained, it’s a miracle that they float in the first place. Even the prized Muscowhatever has five out of six guns not working. I’m sure Russia’s planes and nukes aren’t maintained any better, which is why Russia doesn’t control the airspace and hasn’t launched.
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  517. Good luck with that narrative, bot.
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  518. @s: It’s always sunny in Qatar.
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  519. Ironically, the Red Sea attacks have affected Russian oil exports, including to China. China’s trade routes to EU are also affected, as is Egypt’s economy. USA, meanwhile, has cut back on being the “world’s police” so its navies are mostly protecting regional partners, such as Mexico. USA is in the Red Sea for the same reason it’s in the ME — to display force for its allies, including EU.
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  520. Yep. See the Tom Nash raport. His interpretation is that Iran is trying to intimidate Egypt, breaking up Egypt-Isreal-US relations (cf. the Carter years). What do you think Egypt will do about this? I‘m not familiar with its military.
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  521. @Combat: Horse meat is certainly an upgrade from the dogs Russian soldiers had to eat before!
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  522. Russia thought missiles from China weren‘t filled with water. Russia thought wrong. :D
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  523. Courts making rulings against women’s rights resulted in the 2022 Red Tide becoming a Red Trickle. Extremists never learn, and MAGA is no exception.
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  524. Gives “Think globally, act locally” a new meaning. It’s totally hypocritical to call yourself green when you’re not only still creating waste, but paying somewhere else — be it another state or another country — to destroy the environment with it.
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  525. Mediocre would describe Russian war performance on a good day.
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  526. Do even the Russiabots believe their own numbers??
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  527. Well, we‘re finding out now…!
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  528. Mav puts his general economic opinions as free content, while the hardcore stuff is behind the paywall. I don’t deal with puts, calls, or options, so find his free content sufficient. Occsionally, he‘ll discuss specific stocks, and that‘s enough for me. I have plenty ot stocks to watch for from Mav without the paywall.
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  529. Send the extremists to the front.
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  530. What’s stopping Russia conquering Ukraine once the Ukrainian army is defeated is that the Ukrainian won’t be defeated.
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  531. A bit outdated, but if you look at the countries who give the greatest percentage of their GDP to aid Ukraine, number one is Latvia!
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  532. Thanks for the summary and analysis of the three phases. You’re the first channel that’s appeared on my recommendations who has done this. Also important to remember that Ukraine wasn’t winning all the time. Continued support to Ukraine!
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  533. Sorta reminds me of the Japanese ‘black companies”. Japan, as you know, has had a recession for generations, like China is entering.
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  534. @d: History. Which, to you bots, translates to “narrative” because one you can rewrite, and the other you can‘t.
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  535. Between rusty WWI shovels and weapons “Made in China”, I’m not sure which I’d take. Thanks for the video!
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  536. China is one of the USA’s top three trading partners, and USA is one of China’s type three trading partners. And China knows what the west will do through the Ukraine war. We should not rely on other countries for our critical supplies and oil, but otherwise, part of the reason why China has not allied with Russia (and Iran has) is that China relies on the USA for trade (and vice-versa) while Iran does not (thanks to sanctions, which may still not be a bad thing).
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  537. @L: Good point. Here in California, we have “special blend” gas (and milk) which means Californians have to pay more for gas and milk compared to the rest of the country. I can now just imagine this for ALL goods in EVERY state to match Europe. Maybe that allows Americans to romanticize Europe’s small scale of the food economy, which allows small companies to sell goods, while the USA has chosen cheap processed preservative food instead.
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  538. I’m assuming you mean livable housing. Too many of these properties are tofu dregs.
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  539. Without Wagner, the RMD flanks will crumble. If they haven’t done so already.
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  540. Russia bots have no right to say the same drivel they did at the beginning of the war. Go learn from Hamas to write a proper troll post.
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  541. “Unfortunately, for the Russians…” never gets old, and won’t, while the Russian military stays corrupt and inflexible. Buy the t-shirt, too!
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  542. 2:10 : By the time Russia controls Marinka, Russia’s entire economy will have collapsed. Behold the Russian micro nation of Marinka! :P
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  543. EU doing their part to not provide aid to Ukraine for over a year.
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  544. @E: If you move to a country, you’ve done so because it benefits you. The country has a right to expect you to behave in a certain way in return, or tell you to go to another country. While assimilation is abstract, if you immigrate to a country and they ask you to serve in the military, but you refuse, the country should have the right to deny you entrance into the country. While “assimilation” is vaguely defined, the country can otherwise have specific requirements that you, as an emigrating citizen, should fulfill if you wish to live in that country.
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  545. She won‘t get her son’s pay if he deserts.
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  546. I like Paul’s analysis of how the Russians can defend, then watching the Russians not doing it. :D
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  547. Other reason is that it‘s China.
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  548. It’s very weird that most Americans don’t understand economics. Inflation started with both Democrat and Republican administrations more interested in pumping up the economy than reigning in risk. (Low interest rates = more business loans = more made-up money for everyone.)
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  549. Russia military can‘t tell the different between a cathedral and a military base. No wonder they’re losing this war. Slava Ukraine!
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  550. Wouldn’t be surprised if the CCP will require various “back door” firmware for Chinese-made chips!
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  551. With the cost of fuel rising, hair’s the only thing you’ll be able to burn.
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  552. Agreed. And, after watching the Ukraine war, I’m fine with economic wars over military ones.
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  553. Collapse? Well, it‘s more like western corporations wanted cheap labor (and, to be fair, wester consumers wanted cheap stuff), so shipped jobs and suppliers overseas. Everyone got used to low prices and that became the norm. USA still protects its regional shipping lanes (eg. Mexico), and I’m fine with not supporting China‘s exports.
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  554. @C : Whataboutism, bot?
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  555. Sounds like someone wants to live in California! We just raised minimum wage for fast food to $22, and a Democrat is posturing to raise the minimum wage to $50. Prices are rising and someone’s gotta pay — why not you?
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  556. Watch the Perun videos about corruption and how poorly Russia maintains their equipment. If their tanks have been stripped of wire, if their supplies have been sold off, I doubt the nukes are in usable or trustworthy condition. Remember that Russia has already used its missiles that can deliver nukes, and even shot down their own missiles recently.
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  557. Putin: “Oh, yeah? Well, we have plenty of museums left!” :D
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  558. I wouldn’t want to be anywhere nearby when the “truth” happens. :/
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  559. Remember that the west tends to individualize everything. This isn’t any more about Putin than his innermost inner circle who shares his beliefs and values. Sure, one of them may off Putin or restrain him, but that doesn’t mean their ideology will be gone. Thanks for the videos!
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  560. @f: Inflation and prices skyrocketed under the current administration. Inflation hurts the lower income folks the most, but the current administration knows they won’t know their own government is to blame.
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  561. Russia has destroyed Ukranian military at least 150 times and killed everyone twice. :P
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  562. The USA didn’t provide these subsidies, the Democrats did, to the tune of one TRILLION dollars of American taxpayer money! Green energy policies cutting off domestic oil production has led to the rise of gas, futher aggravating American and the world‘s inflation prices as well. And maybe EU will stop listening to Greta, as their own green energy policies have made them, particularly Germany, dependent on Russian oil. And wait ten years from now when Western countries (or at least California) mandate EV‘s made with metals from China. Energy independence first, alternate energies second.
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  563. Linguistically, same for Chinese television! Both Mandarin and Cantonese use the same text, but are spoken differently. Thanks for putting together a video that’s answered a question that’s been bugging me as an avid reader of manga. (:
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  564. I can‘t tell if the Russian soldiers are losing because of the Wagner temporary occupation of Rosov, or because they’re Russian soldiers. Slava Ukraine!
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  565. Live rounds won’t work with rusted rifles! Also, live rounds may mean dead commanders. Slava Ukraine!
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  566. Orcs retreat and flee from the siege of Bakhmut! Middle Ukraine has been defended! :D Also, the video of the flaming bunker at 1:44 has a Russian soldier escaping with his pants on fire. :D
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  567. And when Xi says laugh, you better laugh.
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  568. Less often than when Russia whines about it.
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  569. Head up its arse, right? :D
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  570. Human child: “Can I keep him?” Human parent: “No.” Orangutan: “Can I keep him?” Human: “Yes.” I think we’ve all learned a valuable lesson here. :D
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  571. Like everything else Made in China, e’ll get to the point where it’s cheaper to buy a new Chinese EV than repair one. That’ll help the environment, won’t it? :/
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  572. They’ll sell more on eBay than those washing machines. Slava Ukraine!
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  573. @A1 : Russian soldiers haven‘t been rotated. Resupply means sending more untrained conscripts.
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  574. What’s in that Tired Bull drink? 5mg of melatonin? :D
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  575. Do they support Xi as well?
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  576. The toys you used to find at the bottom of a cereal box will overmatch Russia on the battlefield. However, the USA tanks, I hear, require extensive logistical support, and, I assume, training.
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  577. I find it hilarious that Russia will think Ukraine’s international allies will disapprove of an attack or invasion on Russia. Russia has shown that it has no nuclear capability and Ukraine has already attacked Russian logistics past the Russian border. We’ve already known of partisan activity since the war started, even if information about their activities hasn’t been shown, until Belgorod. Ukraine is playing 5D chess against Putin’s 4D!
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  578. 2:00 : Assume Russia is not just lying, but telegraphing. Then confirmation follows.
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  579. I don’t see how this can be avoided. If you have a high risk debtor, then anyone loaning to them will demand a high interest rate — or other sort of return — in return for taking on the higher risk. It’s just that, with governments (and businesses), those in power don’t’ have that much to lose other than their positions when agreeing upon the loan. In any case, I’d like to see how the infrastructure projects turn out ten years from now.
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  580. Race to the bottom. My cheap Lenovo laptop works fine (although it’s slow), but IBM left the PC market ages ago, because it new desktops (and now laptops) are commoditized, with low profit margins. China actually had hundreds of EV car manufacturers, who have been hit hard by the recession, reducing their numbers. Tesla’s even lowered the price of their cars. And China has the rare metal market — Western greenies won’t let you mine in Western countries, but are perfectly happy to pay other countries to do the mining — and environmental destruction — for them.
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  581. When Russia loses the war, all they can say is that, “Well, we captured Bakhmut, once.”
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  582. Sounds like Hilary Clinton before she lost.
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  583. CA: We need to raise fast food minimum wage to $22 an hour. Also CA: We replaced you with a robot. BTW, Fast food companies were well aware of the wage increase, so looked into kiosks to replace workers. Turns out that not only did kiosks reduce the number of workers, but also customers ordered more. Good work, CA.
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  584. Regulation helps big businesses, because they can absorb the overhead costs better than small ones. That’s one reason why “mom and pop” landlords are leaving, and corporate “investors” are taking over.
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  585. Collapse is way overused on the clickbaits, but Russia’s loss of an entire generation of men won’t help the economy. Would like an update about Russia’s manipulation of the Ruble.
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  586. Russian navy: More tugboats. Chinese navy: More fishing boats. With extra-long anchors.
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  587. Harris lives in a nice large house.
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  588. Gloriously running home! Gloriously surrendering!
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  589. Wagner might as well stick a flag in some random rubble and claim they‘ve taken over Bakhmut (again). Thanks for the video!
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  590. Vlad the Soon to be Defenestrated? :D
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  591. I’ll be happy if the economy recovers. May take a few years. Good luck with the inflation and thank Manchin the government didn’t spend half a TRILLION dollars more.
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  592. Paul: This is the optimal Russian deployment for offense / defense. Russia: Does something else and fails. Always. Russiabots: Claim Ukraine is losing. Thanks for the videos! When’s Russia NOT weird? :D
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  593. Oh, I’m sure Putin will make an even bigger mistake soon enough. Thanks for the video!
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  594. @D: Indirectly, you’ve also have to account for the “brain drain” and other loss of Russian citizens.
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  595. Better western gossip than Russian lies.
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  596. @G: I don’t think much thought was put into these Dubai vanity projects (and the poop trucks).
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  597. Russia’s pretty much lost all the military and equipment they had at the beginning of this war, and is now losing an entire generation of men during this mobilization. Land looks nice on a map, but, in the end, it’s a country’s economy that matters. As Ukraine takes back its country, perhaps including Crimea, Russia will fall apart just like the USSR did. That will be the land Russia loses.
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  598. Could be — doesn‘t need to be built quickly to be built poorly.
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  599. The Red Ripple has a good chance of controlling the House, and Manchin has shown that ONE vote in the Senate can stop either party. Hope gridlock stops BOTH parties from doing more damage to voters.
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  600. Very much this. Many trades are useful around the house, saving you money with both DIY and familiarity with “how it’s done”. Not that it’s easy to run your own business, but you can do that more easily as a trade, than even a white-collar job.
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  601. 2:10 : Correction. The sub’s cost is not 750M each. After officials pocket their share, the sub’s actual cost is 750 tons of tofu.
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  602. @S: Wake me up when Biden serves Russian tea to McCarthy over debt talks.
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  603. So lying to the public is defending democracy. Got it.
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  604. Hey, Russiabots. How about you ask again when the counter-offensive is starting and how Russia captured Bakhmut. Slava Ukraine!
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  605. Interesting that all the YT videos said Ukraine needed Storm Shadow missiles to hit the bridge, when they could use drones all along! Thanks for the video!
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  606. A Russian ground offensive means throwing 10K men in Bakhmut and gaining 10 meters of terrain.
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  607. Lithium: Whenever you ship Lithium batteries, put a WARNING label on the box with a battery on FIRE. Also Lithium: Let’s put these in cars so they explode just like they do in those Hollywood movies. Keep up the videos!
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  608. “However, the Russians…” Always look forward to hearing this! Keep up the good work!
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  609. Thanks for the historical examples!
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  610. And it’s the Russian “commissars” in the second row shooting deserters and soldiers retreating who have the bullets. :/
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  611. Agreed, Peter Zeihan (sp) said that US foreign interests wrt oil were actually for our allies’ benefit, not USA. Could be that this Red Sea operation does the same. I’d actually like to see if China’s self-proclaimed “navy” can deal with it, as the trade is between EU and China, as well as for China’s oil interests.
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  612. Next: A daylight charge through the minefields. The enemy will never expect it!
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  613. Mr. Two Steps has had two years to figure it out. Isn’t working out too well for him, is it, Ivan?
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  614. NO! SLEEP! TILL MOSCOW1 — Beastly Wagner Chef
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  615. Putin’s not paying his Russian soldiers, YT’s not paying videos about Russian soldiers. :D I guess YT only wants us watching cat videos?
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  616. 6:00 : Russia did indeed destroy all the drones. The place blew up only because someone was smoking a celebratory Russian cigarette. Slava Ukraine!
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  617. Are the Russiabots still telling us the sanctions aren‘t working? Thanks for the video!
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  618. Always appreciate your analyses of the combat videos. Everyone else is doing the maps, so I don’t watch them, except for one channel that discusses terrain. Hope to see more combat videos, even though they’ve been shown on other channels before, since other channels don’t analyze them. Maybe add a date stamp? Keep up the good work!
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  619. Let’s look at Scholz’ Swiss Bank accounts and see how many rubles are in them.
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  620. Napoleon was years ago, comrade.
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  621. @ST : You need to get a clue of what China imports vs. what it exports. Already, the western recession is impacting China with reduced demand for its cheap goods Americans don’t need. Meanwhile, China needs to import energy, food, and soon, water.
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  622. We need some YT videos of ME countries that aren’t fighting their neighbors. :P
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  623. You’ll find out soon enough how the Russian mobilization will be different.
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  624. Absolutely. The west‘s refusal to escalate the war has resulted in Russia escalating the war.
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  625. Pyrrhic victories. Gaining territory looks good in the newspapers, but when it costs more to gain than what you receive in return, it’s not worth it.
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  626. Maybe Russia should have waited until after the parade for their armored attack on Vuhledar! Slava Ukraine!
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  627. @U: I was seeing abandoned shopping mall pics in 2005, and you‘ve seen the empty business fairs (for foreign business customers) recently. So not surprised more stores are close, airports or otherwise.
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  628.  @donmillican510  Russian government dictates the price of the ruble and regulates the currency. Go home, bot.
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  629. Here we go again. “The Luna-25 lander — the first Soviet or Russian moon probe since Luna-24 in 1976 — crashed into the moon on Aug. 19, during a maneuver designed to set up a touchdown attempt near the lunar south pole two days later.
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  630. Trump‘s indicted and you’re still afraid of him?
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  631. Neither are the Russian oligarchs responsible for this war.
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  632. The other lever, spend money like mad men, broke. :D
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  633. Russia even less.
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  634.  @lawks56  They have a tank commander — back in central Russia…
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  635. Hey, Russiabots! Tell us which republic you will join when Russia falls apart. Assuming you’re not raising sunflowers. Thanks for the video!
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  636. Doing your best Mr. T impression, I see. (: Slava Ukraine!
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  637. Perfectly safe. Just build it on an earthquake fault, next to a dictatorial superpower, provide insufficient training, or push your luck during a test run.
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  638. We need to build land bridges from overpopulated areas of the world to the border of Russia. They’ll never know what hit ‘em. Slava Ukraine
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  639. I’m sure the Russiabots will be telling us how they destroyed all 347 tanks any time soon. Keep up the good work!
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  640. But the Russiabots kept telling us the sanctions hurt the EU more than Russia! Keep up the videos!
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  641. Largest ratio of land mass to GDP and manpower, that’s for sure.
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  642. The whole Russian military — and government — structure is based on loyalty and scapegoats. Merits come way last.
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  643. @M : Haven‘t lost Crimea… yet.
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  644. Soon to be second strongest army in Moscow!
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  645. Even more tldr: Yes.
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  646. Someone should have told the Russian commander that the RED Dwarf “daylight charge through the minefield” line was a joke. Slava Ukraine!
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  647. The fun part is analyzing what the Russians could do, then them utterly failing in doing it. Thanks for the videos!
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  648. I’ll tell you that if you have no purpose when you’re working hard to retire, you’ll have no purpose when you retire. All that work will be for nothing. To some extent, I’m experiencing that now, but I have some hobbies I haven’t had a chance to do before retiring and a dog as well! Keep up the good work!
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  649. I think a review of the USSR breakup and contrast to the possible Russian breakup would have helped. Thanks for mentioning Serbia and Yugoslavia.
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  650. Sure, but with stocks it’s the proverbial winning the war, not winning every battle.
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  651. So… this and Netherlands are the only oil-rich countries that didn’t succumb to Dutch Disease? Thanks for the video!
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  652. Thanks! Would like to have news articles on other EU states as well! Slava Ukraine!
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  653. I’m on the side that doesn’t want to kill us.
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  654. Thanks for the video! Definitely wanted to know more about this man, even if he falls out of a boat!
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  655. Only one factor: The CCP.
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  656. Budget siphoned off for yachts and mistresses long ago! :D
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  657. Those Russian cigarettes are EVERYWHERE! :D
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  658. It no doubt is, just that the books have been cooked enough to stave the inevitable.
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  659. The far left uniting with anti-Semites. Crazy. OTOH, It makes perfect sense when you realize the far anything and racists do not allow you to question their beliefs and want you to toe the line. Think for yourself. You don’t need a herd for support.
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  660. Now how about sending Ukraine the weapons they need???
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  661. Not to mention food poisoning, substandard food, etc.
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  662. The four main styles of parenting are: * Authoritarian * Authoritative * Permissive * Uninvolved Asian American parenting style tends to be Authoritarian (follow the rules without exception). While this results in higher grades than Permissive and Univolved, children of authoritarian parents are at a higher risk of developing self-esteem problems because their opinions aren't valued. In constrast, Authoritative parenting (set limits, enforce rules, and give consequences, but take your child's feelings into consideration) result in kids who, as adults, feel comfortable self-advocating and expressing their opinions and feelings. — Morin, 4 Parenting Styles
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  663. Gasoline prices are going down, but are still very high. IIRC, Traveling during the Labor Day Weekend increased to pre-pandemic levels. Thanks for the videos!
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  664. Happy July 4th. It‘s always an American holiday when Russia gets its butt kicked. Slava Ukraine!
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  665. Another video says that these bonds will be paid off — in bonds, with worse terms, no less. Yep, if you think bond holders will continue to buy local government bonds when they know the rules will change against them… well, wanna buy some bonds? :D
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  666. Russia can’t take Bakhmut, they can’t take Soldevar, let’s see how the meat grinder goes in Kreminna! Slava Ukraine!
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  667. @Markio: Is that where all the Russian oligarchs are now?
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  668. Agreed. Reminds me of San Francisco. I wonder if Gavin is still admiring his picture of him and Xi during their visits.
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  669. They could, but it’s one thing to send military aid, it’s another to send your own citizens. Western countries are sending their own men to train Ukrainians, and I’m sure other operatives.
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  670. @V: The internet. Click on the video. Or are you still using DOS 3.0 in Russia?
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  671. The Russians said they‘d march, but it looks more like they’re fleeing! 😂
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  672. If they only looked at a goose‘s mouth, making the goosd angry, they would have no problems classifying birds as dinosaurs! :D
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  673. @CS : India’s not threatening democratic countries, nor is it hostile towards foreign businesses.
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  674. I’m not clear how India’s navy compares to China’s so-called navy, but “ For decades, India has focused its defense policy on its land borders with rivals Pakistan and China. Now, as its global ambitions expand, it is beginning to flex its naval power in international waters, including anti-piracy patrols and a widely publicized deployment close to the Red Sea to help protect ships from attacks during Israel’s war with Hamas.
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  675. Thanks for the analysis. These details clarify common general statements in the media. Thanks for the videos.
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  676. Wonder if there will be a nuclear fire sale when Russia blows up the Zap power plant.
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  677. @2nd: And they sure won’t need insurance after they close the store!
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  678. To counter Putin’s non-existent victories! Happy Birthday, shorty!
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  679. I‘m sure the Russiabots will tell us it will get fixed next week, and Putin will drive his car across it. :P Thanks for the video!
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  680. Glad to see France doing something about this. Much of the trade in the Red Sea is between EU and China. And you’d think China, who keeps boasting about their “navy” would do something about this, given how it affects their trade and oil. Except that many of their ships don’t have to range for the Red Sea.
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  681. Whenever someone says, “That’s not fair”, it really means they want something and feel entitled to it. Ever notice that someone who says “That’s not fair” is never sacrificing anything?
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  682. @monsta: Hard to retreat when you’re dying from enemy and “friendly” fire.
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  683.  Wggss Great  Putin will pay you after your little trip to the front. Medals and bodybags for everyone!
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  684. The proper way to pronounce these cities are “Annex this, you short little dictator.”
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  685. Yep! And thanks to these “no retreat” orders, Russia is not only the 2nd best army in Ukraine, they are the 2nd best supplier to Ukraine of military aid! :D
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  686. 2024: Chinabots yet to discover formatting.
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  687. Sorry to hear of your loss.
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  688. Extremists on both sides objected to the bill.
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  689. Yeah, good luck with that. The Red Sea is actually more important for EU and China trade. The Suez Canal is more important to Egypt’s economy than USA trade. Unfortunately, us USA taxpayers are going to have to pay up to fix this nonsense — even if China claims to have a navy.
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  690. You Russiabots sure are busy today. Good luck when you‘re mobilized.
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  691. Time for Russia 2.0.
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  692. 5:15 : Should also mention that the head of the Russian Orthodox Church is a (former) KGB agent close to Putin. Satan, indeed.
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  693. Yep. Denys seems calmer today. (: He did point out that Ukraine keeping quiet was a mistake, as Russia was (briefly) able to take advantage of the information vacuum.
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  694. You are quite correct, and others have commented so, in that the West uses Non-Commisioned Officers (or what NCO spells out (: who can make front-line decisions, while Russian command requires approval higher up the chain. (Russian Generals are at the front line, but are not as good as NCO’s.) More autonomy is correct, as the Russian factions (especially Wagner) are fighting amongst each other for power. I’ll also add that tyrannical power structures put loyalty over ability, so are rife with incompetence and yes men. The yes men particularly result in higher-ups receiving incorrect information that’s less accuracy and more “tell them what they want or we’ll be shipped to Siberia”.
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  695. Sunken cost fallacy: I guess they don’t teach classical economic theory in the KGB. And Ukraine has become one big sunken cost for Russia. Slava Ukraine!
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  696. Sure, Ukrained attacked the Kersh bridge and soured the grain deal. But all Russia has to do is leave Ukraine. Too bad Putin‘s pride caused him to make both errors. And bombing those grain supplies in Odessa sure isn’t helping what little image Russia has left. Thanks for the analysis! Not seeing other YT channels doing it!
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  697. This is California. Of course, we don‘t.
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  698. Yet Gavin and Biden roll out the red carpet for their drug-dealing masters. Thanks for the video!
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  699. Remember who controls the Russian Orthodox Church.
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  700.  @flowerpower8722  And Ukraine doesn’t even have a navy, either! :D
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  701. @j: You only know what Putin‘s talking about. Germany got off its green butt and prepared for the lack of oil with LNG.
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  702. Great clear explanation. Thanks!
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  703. Maybe they should investigate Hunter and that bag of cocaine, first. I can tell you what the verdict will be: Innocent, plea bargain, or slap on the wrist.
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  704. Until Machin crosses the aisle.
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  705. Remember the gipper? (: I think us seniors are interested because we grew up in the Cold War, and remember when Russia was a threat. Kids nowadays (: who don‘t want US funding the war don’t remember not just the days when Russia was a threat, but when USA sent troops everywhere, with disaterous results. The west is obviously not putting its own troops on Ukranian soil, but, for better or worse, the spending is on par for domestic spending.
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  706. Heavy stuff? Like their WWI equipment?
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  707. If this is the result of fighter jets, you can guess why Russia isn’t using nukes. Slava Ukraine!
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  708. More like they’ll find some way to steal the catalytic converter or some other parts more easily than other cars. Humans can be much more creative than security systems!
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  709. Putin : “Is my villa in Crimea safe?” Slava Ukraine! Glad you’re back!
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  710. Trump was the one who told Germany not to rely on Russian oil.
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  711. Agreed, especiallly since the RMD has put into law assimilation of all PMC‘s into the RMD.
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  712. Reporting in Ukraine and The Enforcer have good coverage of this. One of them said that Ukraine had boats, so could have attacked the south. Also, while this reduces the front *today*, in 2-3 weeks, the water will recede, and it’s the Russian side of the river that will recover more slowly than the Ukrainian side, putting Russia at a disadvantage. Russian troops, btw, had little or no warning about the dam blowing up, Russian lack of communication as usual.
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  713. Yep. Don’t assume the oligarchs and factions will support Putin over Wagner!
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  714. By the time the average layman hears the news, it's too late. It's too late.
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  715. Agreed. Search on “China GDP” and you’ll find an article that breaks down GDP into productive (happens early in a growth cycle) and non-productive (indicates the end of such a cycle). One guess where CCP’s tofu dreg projects lie.
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  716. BRICS, grandpa-style. Thanks for the video!
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  717. They can have Louisiana back! :D
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  718. Putin ANNIHILATE 2 CENTURIES OF RUSSIAN PROGRESS. Slava Ukraine!
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  719. I think some Iranian women have a few complaints.
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  720. The amusing part will be when Belarus and Wagner say to Putin, “Thanks for the weapons and equipment. You‘re on your own now.”
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  721. Most finance headlines are pump-and-dump.
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  722. Assuming they haven’t been turned into Russian popsicles.
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  723. I wish the greenies would let us have hybrids, b/c “range anxiety” is a thing. I‘d like to see more businesses adopt EV’s b/c that typically drives down the cost and improves the technology.
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  724. Thanks for the analysis!
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  725. Thanks for the money-supply adjusted S&P chart. We shouldn’t be any more happy that stocks, homes, and other assets are going up than we should be that food, gas, and necessities are going up. Inflation is not appreciation, and all this money is doing is requiring everyone to find returns that outpace inflation, just to break even. Yesterday’s CDs, money-markets, and cash are even worse places to put your money, meaning you — and inexperienced investors — need to take on more risk to keep up with inflation.
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  726. You mean like all those fly-by-night Chinese brands on Amazon?
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  727. @Old: Well, Russia (and China) aren’t going to touch the West because of that NATO and allies stuff, so I don‘t see what’s left. Of course, that doesn‘t mean other countries can‘t be invaded.
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  728. They also know how to pollute as well!
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  729. Liar! Russia have totally upgraded their WWI tactics up to WWII! Twice as good! :D
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  730. That one’s hysterical. What I think happened in that he intentionally plugged in the cable to charge the power bank into his phone! You’re supposed to use a different cable to plug into a USB port or something?
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  731. China can protect its own ship. China claims to have one of the world’s biggest navies, right??? Or maybe China should stop subsidizing cheap goods to other countries and pay up for some protection to keep these crew members safe from harm?
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  732. Agreed. You never heard the GOP say they couldn‘t build a wall when we were in the ME and Afghanistan, right? Slava Ukraine!
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  733. Saudi Arabia and Iranian women.
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  734. @g : Now, he’s just in pieces.
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  735. Never heard anyone say it was at Bakhmut, either.
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  736. I‘m sure if CA passes another gun law everything will be fine. /s
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  737. Bestest YT advert ever. Great job! Also, China‘s drought.
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  738. US blamed for ongoing war? Did someone misplace Iran on the map? Which country does Hezbollah belong to? Which organization killed 260 civilians at a music concert and started the war? Did the US elect Hamas to government in 2006? Maybe if countries took responsibility for their own actions, they would have less justification for repeated violence.
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  739. Why nickels? No faith In the yuan, Chinabot?
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  740. The amusing part was that, only a few days ago, Russia showed off one of its tank “repair” stations. Thanks for the tanks, Russia!
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  741. Well, food companies gotta pay their suppliers as well. I certainly doubt restaurants, which are raising prices, aren’t paying inflated prices, either.
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  742. Which side was dancing in the streets and handing out candy on 9/11?
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  743. They’re still better off than the Russian soldiers.
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  744. Not too mention Russia’s track record of scorched earth.
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  745. @K: So do you have to take that copium nasally, or with a rusty syringe?
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  746. Best Chinese camo Alibaba and air soft can supply! :D
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  747. They’ll be blowing up ice cream trucks next.
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  748. More like they made two separate attacks, one tank each. Still more tanks than they needed. :D Slava Ukraine!
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  749. NEVER have children because someone else said so. In fact, NEVER do anything because someone said so (okay, other than this comment (: Not only do you need motivation to have a child, you need the financial means, and discipline for both the child and yourself. Me, I have a golden retriever and neither of us have any discipline whatsoever. :D
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  750. And remember the Covid quarantines. This prevented farmers from selling their crops in neighboring villages, resulting in losses of perishable food. China also has regular swine and avian flus, resulting in losses for their meat industries. I’d really like to see a documetary-style look at China‘s farms over the years, starting when Covid broke out.
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  751. Wagner receives ammunition just in time for rain. Slava Ukraine!
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  752. I understand bank runs better than stag hunts. Thanks for the video!
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  753. Just as long as he doesn’t bend over in the shower! :O
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  754. The bridge said BOOM!!! :D
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  755. The Corrupt Tyrannies Trading Card Set. Collect them all!
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  756.  @AO-rw5xg  Too bad the Russians weren’t thinking!
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  757.  @mariahewitt9787  TANK-MA! :D
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  758. Great summary. Not everyone is following the war every day. Keep up the good work!
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  759. Massive deficit, yet we gotta raise that debt ceiling. Keep on kicking the can down the road.
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  760. Well, if you can start a food supply chain that puts people over profits, I’m all for it.
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  761. You only had one job, Igor! :D
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  762. Of course Ukraine has western help! Why should the west see Ukraine fall? How about you bots tell Russia to invade China, North Korea, Iran, or some other dictator the west could care less about?
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  763. Paul: Common sense. Russia: Whut? Thanks for the videos!
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  764. Only the politicians who though it was a good idea to buy oil from Russia and the greenies who stopped domestic oil production. What could possibly go wrong?
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  765. The Enforcer has some commentary about this and other videos around May 9th. Happy Victory Day — for Ukraine!
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  766. “Unfortunately, for the Russians“ never gets old. Slava Ukraine!
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  767. Yep. And at least ghosts don‘t leae needles and poop on the pavement!
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  768. This is what happens when a country is “neutral” and only looks for its own best interests. And good luck, India. Can’t wait for SA to ditch the Palestinian albatross and buy more Western weapons. ME gonna fight over water, anyway. :P
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  769. @TK: Agreed. China can and has certainly served its own interests through the Belt and Road Initiative.
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  770. Immigrants may want to see family back in their homelands, but they left their for a good reason — particularly if they want their children to live a better life. After hundreds of years of oppression, Russians leaving know that, even if Putin is dethroned, another dictator awaits them. And we keep saying the West is a better place to live than Russia (or China). Why not prove it?
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  771. Russiabots in the comments explains a lot of what’s going on in this conflict.
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  772. @Mr: Okay, comrade. Less copium and paint thinner for you.
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  773. No, ten is how many rubles he’s paid for posting!
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  774. 3:46 : Love the shirts! Unfortunately, the models are not smiling. :D
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  775. Shouldn’t have been built in the first place. Then again, Japan built a nuclear power plant on an earthquake fault… :/
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  776. @l : Had better be students who paid their way through college and not gone into debt.
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  777. Has EU been killing off their own men?
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  778. These ghost apartments don’t have running water, electricity, and some floors have collapsed. What are you? A sparrow?
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  779. Russian soldiers fighting for nothing. Ukraine needs to make Russian battles pyrrhic, while Russia needs to find more men to freeze to death.
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  780. Could be worse. Could be pickle ball. Thanks for the videos!
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  781. So long as the West believes their own naive narrative and fails to understand other cultures, this sort of thing will happen. Today‘s politices of non-escalation are no better than yesterday’s of appeasement. The west continues to be perceived as weak and ineffective, resulting in not only a tanker on fire, but thousand of civilians killed in ME and EU wars.
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  782. Qatar recently expelled the three Hamas billionaires who have been calling the shots and taking advantage of the Palestinian people, not that corruption isn’t anywhere else. Thanks for the video!
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  783. Russiabots in the comments. Explains a lot.
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  784. What a lie. China’s economy has already collapsed. :P
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  785. It’s the OUTSIDE Christmas ornaments I need robots for! I get to stay inside watching fireplace videos. Good work!
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  786. * Two-minute rule. You can always do something for two minutes. * Do your procrastination later! (: It’s fine to enjoy youself, but if you‘re spending as much time or work and not having as much fun, go back to it later.
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  787. Too bad it was designed, is manned by, and is commanded by Russians. 😂
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  788. 1. I find FEAR a great motivator! Was diagnosed as diabetic and that finally got me to lose weight, etc. etc. So make sure everything important can be related to FEAR. :D
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  789. AI will change everything. Y’know, like they said AI would 35 years ago when I studied it.
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  790. Walking dead. Need more conscripts to absorb the bullets.
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  791. Russiabots conspicuously absent from the comments. Maybe the troll farms ran out of onions! Slava Ukraine!
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  792. How do rich Chinese transfer their assets? Just like the rich Russians did.
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  793. Another Inconvenient Truth greenies overlooked.
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  794. @m: He‘s flown into Russia before, though we don’t know why, either.
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  795. @n: I bet you’re taking copium. How’s the Wagner troll farm doing?
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  796. Russia and Iran.
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  797. Russia’s already raided the museum weeks (months?) ago for ancient tanks, so…
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  798. And Putin is still playing 4D chess! :D
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  799. Russia has zero internal security, as the west told Ukraine (previously) not to attack Russian soil. So, of course, Moscow is vulnerable to anyone who holds a grudge — and boy, will ISIS hold a grudge.
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  800. Yahbut in America, we’re not turning reefs and coastlines into topiary garden projects.
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  801. “Russia's Luna-25 spacecraft crashed into the moon and “ceased its existence” on Aug. 19, 2023, two days before a planned landing attempt. ”Top Russian rocket scientist dies from 'mushroom poisoning' in latest suspicious demise“ Not that incompetently launching nuclear whatever can’t be dangerous, of course. This is the same Russia who blew up a dam, flooded their own soldiers, and cut off water from territory they were still occupying.
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  802. USA and the West : We don‘t want to supply Ukraine with the weapons they need because we’re afraid that Russia will escalate the war. Russia: Thanks.
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  803. Russia has plenty of soldiers! See that man? Soldier. See his son? Soldier. See the grandpa? Soldier. Three generations of soldiers right there and we‘re getting more since we’ll need to replace them.
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  804. If it’s a viable option, why are the stations empty? :/
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  805. "Not a buying opportunity" -- Appreciated! Keep up the good work.
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  806. @X: Putin already knows how to say, “Yes, sir” in Xi-nese! :D
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  807. Keep ignoring those red flags, bot.
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  808. Less than Putin paid you, bot.
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  809. That’s what my wallet says about the Democrats. Stop the spending!
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  810. Most trade in the Red Sea are EU-China trade routes, China oil, and Russian oil. We’re only there for our allies, particularly Egypt, whose 1/3 GDP relies on the Suez Canal.
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  811. Russia has plenty of generals! Some of them have even seen a gun! P
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  812. Who remembers the Budapest Memorandum? Russia certainly didn‘t.
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  813. Sales tax at least has criminals and illegals paying taxes.
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  814. Yep — that’s how dictators work together!
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  815. Xi : Let‘s you and him fight. :D
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  816. Established Titles was good for a laugh. Take a look at the Riot Games sponsorship. Keep up the good work!
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  817. Bot must have their head in the sand on the beach along with those Russian trenches.
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  818. @Ashley : In winter, the ground freezes, so vehicles can move better than the mud seasons.
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  819. @Neo: Russia doesn’t need to be pushed over — it’s falling apart already!
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  820. Peter Lynch called it “diworseification”.
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  821. Late comment, but before the Qin dynasty, China was seven kingdoms, and the Qin dynasty “unified” them militarily. In other words, if you use history to claim a territory, for China, you would go back even further to the warring states. China has a very long history, and there were plenty of times when there was no such thing as “One China”.
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  822. Yahbut Russia incompetence and infighting means that Russian military attacks aren’t even coordinated. They can’t even send infantry and tanks in together correctly. Russia was supposed to make all these non-military attacks early in the war (eg. Cyberattacks) and nothing (of importance) happened. Maybe they’re spending too much time playing Sims 3, eh?
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  823. Those are the only missiles left. Empty those museums, right?
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  824. Machin pretty much told us that just because the Democrats had a majority in the Senate, doesn’t mean every Democratic senator will vote along party lines. Hopefully, the thin margin in the Senate, and Republican control of the house means more centralism or at least gridlock.
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  825. I“m sure once Russia finds more shovels, they‘ll be able to mobilize more soldiers. Slava Ukraine!
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  826. Unless a Russian oligarch intercepts it for some wild drinking parties on his yachts! :D
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  827. Remember when the bots were telling us that Russia had 20% of Ukraine? Now Russia only has 20% of their original army!
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  828. Looks like the beginning of the month effect is happening again. Thanks for the videos!!! 📉📉📉
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  829. Remember when the Russiabots said Russia had 20% of Ukraine? Thanks for the videos!
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  830. You‘ll save money on gas until OPEC says otherwise. Who here knows who Carter was? :P
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  831. Better not look at your stock portfolio, then. Wonder how much of Gen Z owned crypto.
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  832. I love these tweet highlights. Keep ‘em up!
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  833. Putin has at least one body double.
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  834. Reporting from Ukraine to send t-shirts to Russian ex-soldiers throwing away their uniforms! Slava Ukraine!
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  835. I got the impression that Ukrainian strategy is to go after Russian logistics, which are already weak. Winter will hurt the poorly equipped Russian soldiers, especially when cut off from supplies.
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  836. Yep. Gonna import water soon — or at least fight to get some. Hi Russia and your world‘s largest freshwater lake!
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  837. Only channel to make MSPaint work. (: Great video!
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  838. USA: Why, yes, we do have balls.
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  839. God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, the wisdom to know the difference, and a shovel to hide the bodies. (;
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  840. The world will trust any currency of a government — and economy — they can trust. It’s been 20 years since the BRICS have been established, and I doubt they can even trust each other.
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  841. Me : Oboy! I got a roomba! Also me: Damn thing chocked under the bed, again. As an early Roomba consumer, I think its problem was that you had to clean up the rooms and make barriers to prevent the Roomba from “getting stuck”. If I could do that (: I might as well just vacuum. When you vacuum, this tidying up is broken down into “tidying as you go” when you can‘t vacuum somewhere, and you have more motivation (eg. closing the door to get to that clump of dust on the floor). Like too many technologies, the Roomba is stuck on the “enthusiast” stage, of owners who don’t mind the various inconveniences of the Roomba (including cleaning out the dust cup and tangling in the brushes — ugh). I suspect Roombas will work much better for business environments that are not as cluttered as consumer, such as office hallways and factory floors. Of course, the sensors and collision detection technology itself can be applied to more than just cleaning bots, so iRobot has some sort of contribution to our future robot overlords!
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  842. Exactly. Toyoto made the first hybrid, but now greenies say hybrids are verboten as well. I like hybrids because you can find a working gas station if the hotel EV charger isn‘t working! Also, looks like if we had hybrids, we’d have smaller and lighter batteries, so could have a spare battery in the garage (or back trunk!) when the EV needs to be recharged.
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  843. All part of master plan! :D
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  844. Reading this comment a year later, in the middle of flood and drought season. Haven’t read an article yet that Australia has had either.
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  845. @YesMan : Just keep watching your Russian overlords lose men, equipment, and territory and you can guess for yourself. At least before the FSB agents volunteer you for the front.
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  846. @CC: Peter Lynch would call it ‘diworsification’. I‘d also categorize this as financial mismanagement, at least in a broad definition.
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  847. What a waste of resouces. Each taxpayer should only receive a credit, that can be applied towards next year‘s taxes or refunded if they were expecting a refund. Anyone who didn’t file receives services from California (anything from schools to roads) anyway, so put their money in the General Fund. California now has a 25 million DEFICIT and will just take that money back in taxes, anyway.
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  848. Serpent now must have the most awesome resume ever! :D
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  849. Financial independence is freedom from the goverment. THAT is why they do not teach kids how to manage money. And make sure you maximiize your children and grandchildren‘s ability to take advantage of compound interest!
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  850. Power corrupts!
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  851. Russia‘s killed tens of thousands of Ukranian civilians, and an entire generation of Russian men. Russia has destroyed its own economy. Russia has created a great non-nuclear environmental and agricultural disaster by blowing up a dam. Russia clearly has no regard for human lives. Why wouldn‘t it blow up a nuclear power plant?
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  852. Turkey: Same.
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  853. And now they’re sending her kids to the countryside. Mao lives on, citizens to die later.
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  854. Keep up the good work. If some viewers want to see stuff ASAP, there are other channels for this. Myself, I don’t have military background, so want to understand how these guys operate.
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  855. Hey, Russiabots. Tell us how Russia is winning. Slava Ukraine!
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  856. If Ukraine attacks Russia with western weapons, I’m sure the western governments will respond with very strong ineffective words followed by proactive finger-wagging, plus at least two impotent UN committees.
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  857. @D : If you get more lawyers, you get more lawsuits.
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  858. China’s top three trading partners are USA, Japan, and Germany. Russia comes in 12th or 15th. So, no, China’s going to stay neutral, and not let Russia use nukes. I don’t think some Americans want to hear this, but, by being trading partners with China (for non-essential goods), the west and Asian countries exert power over them, and vice-versa.
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  859. It’s Always Sunny in Qatar.
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  860. NY lost three House seats to the reds. Work on that crime, blues.
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  861. 1:17 : Exactly. The leftist narrative is that there are only Victims and Victimizers. And, because you‘re a “victim”, any abhorrent behavior on your part (eg. crime) is someone else’s fault. You‘re forced to behave like this, because you’re a “victim”. And, once you‘re a “victim”, you have made yourself helpless. You need someone to rescue you, because you are unable to help yourself. And, look! The left is here to rescue you, give you a scapegoat for your condition, and you just keep up the fight until things get better. Except they won’t. Until you stop thinking of yourself as a “victim” and take responsibility for your own life, it wont‘ get any better. The more you rely on someone else, the more power you give up, and the more control they have over you. And remembe what power does. It corrupts. In 2006, Palestinians elected Hamas to power because the Palestinian Authority was seen as more corrupt than Hamas. Yet, here we are, with three billionaire Hamas leaders who have siphoned off foreign aid and other sources of income for their lifestyle in Quatar (they’ve now been asked to leave), far from the front.
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  862. Billionaire without blood ties to the CCP, that is.
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  863. Spanish weather report: Sexy girl in tight outfit. USA weather report: Dog causing chaos. :D
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  864. Ukraine‘s brief mistake with the tank column video is that Ukraine was being secretive, and not releasing videos. So Russia comes in and fills the vacuum. Thankfully, the public has a short memory, and Ukraine has the narrative back. Also, finally a useful about Ground news. Slava Ukraine!
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  865. @ID: What are you smoking?
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  866. Absolute Certainty: Ever notice that “negative people” always mention negative things that might happen but are unlikely to?
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  867. If Chinese merchants are falsifying their holdings of commodities like copper, silver, etc, then missing commodities like grain and other food would be the norm. The lockdowns — two years worth — have prevented farmers from transporting food, causing them to suffer losses. Unlike metals, food does not wait around, and if you miss a planting season, you — and everyone who eats — has to wait until the next season. I’m sure the Chinabots will find out sooner than we will.
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  868. Here, we call it the “Chef‘s Special”. :D
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  869. @k: Lazyddiction. You can make a sandwich instead of playing the victim.
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  870. Poland taking action while France and Germany lead from behind. Slava Ukraine!
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  871. 0:20 : Dang. Isn’t a bridge hard to construct in a war? Ukraine and Russia destroyed bridges early in the war, and this is the first I’ve heard of either side constructing one? The first of many bridges to come! Slava Ukraine!
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  872. Even that little dog is happy!
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  873. “Lucky” for one of the world‘s supplier of wheat to no longer be producing for decades.
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  874. @C: Yes, William covered several factions in Russia’s military. :P
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  875. Anyone who votes Democrat is a hero! They’re protecting Democracy!!!
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  876.  @whitelilycalla  That would certainly describe Putin! :D
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  877. So, basically, Sinwar’s a lyin‘. :P
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  878. Russia‘s going to keep pushing its luck while the west lets them. That’s how any bully works, and the west‘s lack of response is a sign of weakness. At least by targeting these grain supplies, Russia is not targetting Ukranian electrical infrastructure or residential areas. Russia’s military supplies, including missiles, are limited and dwindling.
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  879. Eh, it‘s a China SOE. Say no more. :D
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  880. So.. Yuki part cat? That would explain the behavior of huskies, to some extent. :D
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  881. PAL’s only military experience has been against defenseless unarmed citizens. Search on the PAL and you’ll find that they’re positions bought by businessmen who use the PAL for their own needs, not an army interested in war. And check out what the PAL military parades have as women’s uniforms while armed. Skirts.
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  882. I only believe what I see on the grocery receipt.
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  883. Good point. Flash floods are a hazard in deserts because the soil is not able to percolate the water.
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  884. The West: We don’t want to escalate Russia into sending nukes, so will not give Ukraine the weapons they need, nor allow invasion of Russian territory. Also the West: What just went off?
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  885. @Hene: Russia is scared that they can be attacked in Moscow.
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  886. Transitory inflation, right? Seattle and California enacted laws raising minimum wage for deliveries and fast food, so guess whom the costs were passed on to. To remain competitive, restaurants absorbed costs until they couldn‘t, and now they can’t. You didn’t think they weren‘t affected by the food inflation we saw in grocery stores, did you?
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  887. Russia is still losing. Bakhmut is not Ukraine.
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  888. China’s not on the border, but I doubt they’d want the uncertainty of a nuclear cloud, either.
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  889. @Time: Russia‘s message: We will sacrifice everything we have for propaganda.
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  890. Saudi Arabia has this problem as well. Should be “interesting” if and when they get drawn into this conflict…
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  891. Thanks to Prop 19, your children will be paying even higher property taxes than you are. Corporate landlords and people wealthier than you are will and already are buying CA homes. If you want to keep houses affordable to the future middle class, search on “Howard Jarvis Repeal the Death Tax”. It doesn‘t matter how much your neighbor pays, when your own children will be affected.
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  892. Gaza has fuel and supplies — except Hamas has it and isn’t giving it to them. Search for the NYT article. Keep up the good work!
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  893. @s : Well, TSMC is closer to USA security interests than Apple is…
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  894. You saw the M&M video too, eh? (: The consumer demand is low b/c China is still focusing on its industrial phase (eg. big useless infrastructure projects) and not the service phase, which results in consumers having money to spend domestically. What I find interesting is that China decades ago was supposed ot have enough domestic demand to not rely as much on exports as it did before. Yet it seems like this consumer demand has not happened.
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  895. Russia blew up another dam earlier, so, of course they’ll blow up the dam, even though it affects the Crimean peninsula — which Russia will lose, anyway. And, yep, it just means Ukraine can take another route to kick Russia out of Crimea. Looking forward to an update about the exploded bridge between Russia and Crimea.
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  896. Should have stepped in months ago, by giving Ukraine the weapons it needed.
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  897. World‘s former secondmost powerful military controlled world’s baldest by social influencer.
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  898. The purge started a long time ago. I wonder if that hospital is still there…! Keep up the videos!
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  899. Yes, I get it that whoever’s in power uses their power against their opponents, but I’d rather I make the decision to not vote for someone, rather than whoever’s in power make that decision for me. Everyone’s quoting the constitution, except for the “We, the people” part of it.
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  900. 0:40 : The consensus forgot Afghanistan. Russia (and China and USA) couldn‘t take on Afghanistan for the same reason Russia cannot take on Ukraine.
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  901. Glad to see Ukraine finally making attacks on Russian soil. For years the west has told Ukraine they could not attack Russia, in fear of retaliation (eg. Nukes). Well, it seems that some sort of agreement may have been reached. Has Russia pulled their “crying bully” Schlick again with any “(insert adjective here) attacks on Russian soil” statements? Keep up the videos and the lines on the maps!
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  902. Pretty sure that’s how we select our presidential and gubernatorial candidates. :P
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  903. See the recent Perun video. Basically, since they don’t speak Russian or are trained to fight in Russia, foreign forces aren’t all that useful (compared to weaponry).
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  904. Chinese cars on Russian roads? Have you seen those roads outside of Moscow and St. P??? Maybe shirtless Putin will lend his people some horses to ride on to travel around Russia!
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  905. Chinese experience it every day.
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  906. After the war, I bet France and Germany will take credit for everything they contributed to the war.
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  907. Power abhors a vacuum.
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  908. Continue aiding Ukraine! Take down Putin — and show Xi he cannot invade with impunity. Slava Ukraine!
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  909. ANY Senator in either party can break a bill, and the House is red. Hope that gridlock will keep us from MORE government spending and a LONGER recession.
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  910. Lol — Russia really is screwed if YT are their training videos.
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  911. I’m sure the CCP can save China’s economy by having their bots post the SOS in the YT comments over and over again. /s
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  912. @Jimbo: See the economic videos about how resources can doom country economies. I think William Shapiro (?) has a few of them. Pretty sobering. ):
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  913. Came for Putin. Stayed for the chimp. Thanks for the videos!
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  914. Latest correction was my fault. Bought 5K of PRU on Wednesday. Just think of how bad things would have gotten had I bought 10K of SPY. :D Thanks for the videos!
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  915. France leading from behind, again. Funny, I though Nevelle Chamberlain was English. :/
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  916. Water crises in USA and China were from poor water management. Don’t need climate change dialog to not notice that sort of thing.
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  917. 1:50 : This is either the best or worst disinformation campaign, ever. :D Anything you found about Russian support for Iranian nukes? What I heard on the YT channels was that China spoke to Russia about the Zap nuclear power plant and told them to step down? Personally, I think Russia would welcome an end to the war, but needs to save face. Russia moves the goalposts, anyway, so wouldn‘t be impossible to find a way. Thanks for the 10-minute format!
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  918. Yahbut haven’t China and India been attempting to raise their standard of living for decades, now? I haven’t been following India, but China, or rather the CCP, seem to be more interested in holding power than economic growth. Before the Evergrande housing bubble, China boasted a high GDP — although its tofu dreg infrastructure showed that the CCP was more interested in showing off numbers than actual economic growth. Xi has politicized CoVid into anti-Western policy, namely that the CCP can prove itself superior to the West by showing that it can contain CoVid, which sounds dubious given the new more infectious (though less deadly) strain, so who knows when lockdowns will really end. And we’ve already seen with Jack Ma’s three-month disappearance and other treatment of high tech and Chinese businesses by the CCP that the CCP puts its own power over the Chinese economy. Yeah, this sounds like crazy talk, but I’ve been following China’s economy since I saw pictures of abandoned shopping malls in China in 2005, and have been following China’s real estate bubble, and then their overall economy. Leave your western assumptions home.
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  919. But Russia is otherwise completely winning! Medals and bodybags for everyone!!!
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  920. Well, the TA videos may be too slow (: "Markets are moving faster" is indeed true, if volatility can be defined as "moving faster" :/
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  921. Nope! China went from an agrarian economy to an industrialized one, and still needs to continue to a service one. Most first-world countries have a service economy, but China doesn’t b/c most of its corrupt CCP have ties to infrastructure industries. As a result, the money goes to industry, not the consumer. And it’s the consumer who buys goods. But, since China doesn’t have a service economy, it doesn’t have domestic consumption, so must rely on international consumption, aka. Exports. This was fine until it wasn’t. I’d add that decades ago, I was reading business articles about how China was supposed to increase its domestic consumption, thus becoming independent of and relying less on exports. Now, look at China. They can’t even protect their own trade routes with their so-called Navy, and have to rely on the USA. Prior to the ME conflicts, the USA has actually been scaling back its “world police” military spending, including protecting world trade routes, which have benefitted China. (We’re still protecting regional trade routes with our trading partners.)
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  922. Play stupid games, win stupid prizes. Good point.
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  923. Russiabots will reply that Russia has been on the “brink of collapse” for months now. I’m fine with that, as I’m sure Ukraine will win the war, and Russia’s next president will be selling cheap oil back to the EU! Slavs Ukraine!
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  924. Don‘t put anything in China.
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  925. A minor victory is fine, too. Remember those Avalon Hill war game win conditions? :)
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  926. And Russia is always in second! :D
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  927. Whenever a Russiabot speaks, he‘s projecting Russian actions.
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  928. 1:41 : “Unfortunately, for the Russians…” 1:42 : *Map covered with clouds of blue bombs* Slava Ukraini!
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  929. Putin‘s making sure he can land his private jet there when he flees Moscow.
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  930. @M: Do you know how allies work? Of course, not. Russia has no allies, just opportunists.
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  931. Or so gamers can play Dungeons and Dragons in peace. :D
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  932. Universities funded with Qatar money. See the Tom Nash Report.
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  933. I’m more concerned about the Zap power plant that the Russians captured, and a crude dirty bomb. Russian nukes I doubt are in service. Russian incompetence and mishandling of nuclear materials, I’m more confident in. :/
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  934. @M: Canada won‘t join USA untll we drink real beer. :D
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  935. Interesting. Other TA videos are calling for an ABC pattern and recommending holding tight. Well, I guess it's time for a Dividend Champion this week, and some S&P if the ABC pans out... :P
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  936. China’s not the only player of the long game…
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  937. That’s pretty much default Ukrainian behavior now. :D
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  938. Putin should have kept his cards for bluffing, not for building houses! Ukraine taking back in days what Wagner took months! How’s your mansion doing, Sergei? Slava Ukraine!
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  939. 11. You don’t have a cat. Thanks for the video!
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  940. Incremental small costly gains. Doesn’t matter if Russia takes a city when they lose a war.
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  941. I doubt the Russian military is involved. I don‘t doubt someone sold Russian weapons to the terrorists. Haven’t you been watching the Perun videos?
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  942. Anyone who would have left a bank left long ago, to brokerages and credit unions.
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  943. That’s why so many conscripts are left without a commander.
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  944. Get rid of the Biden clan next year!
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  945. @nh: I’ve seen similar western comments — on Asian YT channels.
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  946. @h: Fast food places don’t have to run at all hours, and 24/7 businesses could always reduce hours to stay in business. Non-fast food restaurants already have lunch and dinner hours, closing between those time periods.
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  947. Can’t wait for an AI car to attempt to move another AI car blocking the way. Gonna be like that Battle Bots show! :D
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  948. Hey, Russiabots! How’d the attack on Bakhmut go? Thanks for the videos!
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  949. @Michael: See the William Spangler recent video which mentions MANPADS. Basically, Russian airfighters could only evade Ukrainian anti-aircraft by flying low, but this made them subject to MANPADS. Every man who needs protection needs MANPADS. :D
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  950. With the help of China, Lake Baikal, the world’s largest lake, also located in Russia, is next.
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  951. I’ve seen the tofu dreg roads and infrastructure videos. Can’t imagine being on one at 300 kph. If China’s poor quality, corruption, and need for rapid building is in buildings and infrastructure, why should we expect their rails to be any different?
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  952. Thank goodness for American energy independence. We learned our lesson back in the 1970’s, and keep conserving energy. I always wondered what Russian tankers would do when the mainstream insurance companies stopped insuring them, and I’ll reserve some popcorn salt for the shadow insurance companies.
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  953. Isn’t European health care better or less expensive than the USA’s in various ways? Also, during the baby formula shortage, it became obvious to me that the USA having a set of health standards that was different from Europe’s didn’t make sense — it’s like Americans and Europeans are genetically different! (Okay, maybe there’s a difference with lactose tolerance…!)
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  954. While there‘s no escaping Big Tech, you can certainly minimize it in your life. As someone over 50, I don‘t even carry a cellphone out of the house. While I use social media for my painting hobby, that’s about it. As for mind-numbing addictive apps, at least you have a choice — I grew up with three television channels competing for the lowest common denominator. Get out of the house, leave your smartphone behind, and have a nice walk!
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  955. How Republicans can win the midterms: Shut up.
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  956. Agreed. The USA funds the UN over 18B a year! Why???
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  957. I’ve seen Russian airplane crashes. Not happening all that often, though this doesn’t mean Russia’s running out of planes. Anyway, a crash in Crimea was seen even at the beaches, with smartphones recording. No panic on the beaches, just people watching. I think any lost airplanes are more of a budget and training problem, over a public reaction one.
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  958. Not to mention the rotisserie chicken! Pick it up after work, though. (:
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  959. Search on “biphasic sleep cycle”. Turns out that the “normal” sleep pattern of eight hours of sleep isn’t normal. Before the Industrial Revolution, our normal sleep was in two phases, with the time in between for light activities, such as reading the Bible, meeting the neighbors, and (ahem) procreation. Hope we weren’t doing them all at the same time. Anyway, sleep became monophasic because of electricity and coffee houses.
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  960. @s: Everyone was there first. Even Taiwan has claims on China.
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  961. 46:30 : Russia sure started moving those goalposts early in the war! Slava Ukraine!
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  962. Hey, Russiabots. Still think you’ll have 20% of Ukraine in a month? Thanks for the videos!
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  963. Also see Anders Puck Nielsen‘s (sp) video on the blockade. Thanks for the video!
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  964.  @Tp-ld8ut  What I’ve read is that the Russian ability to coordinate is extremely poor, partially due to their scattershot communication technologies.
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  965. The left won’t admit you’re black if you don’t agree with them or can be used for their agenda.
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  966. Scholtz: Leading from behind!
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  967. @Adam: The entire war.
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  968. It‘s always been the case that whoever controls the purse strings controls everything. ): Ukraine‘s mistakes were thinking Russia would honor the Buddhapest Agreement (sp) and that the West would help them. Go look at Israel for how to fight a war with little or no support from the West.
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  969. 1:10 : Those Dragon’s Teeth were less effective than grandma‘s dentures! Slava Ukraine!
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  970. 16:30 : Great. Now I‘m going to have to properly dry my nuts. Thanks for the video! (:
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  971. The only flawed assumption is that CCP has a fund that isn’t riddled with corruption and won’t fail. :D Thanks for the videos!
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  972. EU needs to grow a pair (although the Finns and Poland might be a start (: EU even needs help from the US in the Red Sea to get their cheap goods from CHINA.
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  973. So EU becomes a retirement resort for wealthy Americans and Chinese? And when’s the next flight to the EU? :D
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  974. Send the tanks, Germany.
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  975. Well, Japan’s been in a recession for, what, at least two generations now? Love their food and culture, but a big pass on their economy…
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  976. I hear Syria is lovely this time of year. I dunno why the ex-chef bothers to stay in Bakhmut — I‘m actually starting to believe his videos and he’s either going to be defeated in Ukraine for lack of supplies and men, or met with an unfortunate accident for the Russian military to save face. Given how Russia‘s military isn’t paying their own men, he‘d also better be asking for payment in advance! Slava Ukraine!
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  977. The crazy part is that, at least now, China doesn’t need all that much oil (because of reduced demand caused by supply chain issues from the CoVid lockdowns) and India can’t get Russian oil at reduced prices.
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  978. Oh, great. Bond yields dropping. Bad enough that the US government destroyed my stock portfolio. Now, they want to get rid of bonds as an alternative. Enjoy your stagflation. Thanks for the video.
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  979. Gee, if only Egypt opened its borders. Except Egypt doesn’t like Hamas, either. You get what you vote for, Palestine. And don’t give me that “the average Palestinian is 18” excuse. Your parents should have known better than to elect violent terrorists. What else were expecting??
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  980. This was not a car crash. It was a special exothermic vehicular operation.
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  981. Dunno about you, but I‘d rather dissosiate a PMC from a famed music composer.
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  982. 4:00 : fyi, Rostovonwhatever was the city the Wagner group captured before their march on Moscow. I got the impression it was an easy capture. Potato head wanted to capture Shoigu and That Other Guy there, but didn’t find them. The West really needs to allow Ukraine to capture or destroy these logistical hubs. My own tinfoil hat guess why the West hasn’t allowed use of Western weapons on Russian soil isn’t nukes, it’s oil. Even while the USA was becoming energy-independent, it fought in the ME because ‘greener than thou” EU was still dependent on foreign oil. Germany’s continued dependent on Russia oil prior to the war, despite all the Russian flags, shows that the West has its self-interests, too.
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  983. Ukraine will dance at Russia’s funeral.
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  984. Only if they didn‘t give you enough kickbacks.
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  985. Private debt: I wonder how many of those who want or had student loan forgiveness have learned to manage their credit cards and other private debt. I also think that we’d have less of either if schools taught personal finance (and retirement investing).
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  986. I guess they haven’t been buying groceries lately.
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  987. Russia can’t maintain its conventional equipment. Doubt it can maintain its nuclear ones, if the budget hasn’t been pocketed by an officer, or parts haven’t been sold off by the supply sergeants.
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  988. @Lies and Terje: You are correct. A YT video speculated that, since this flooding will recede, Russia has bought only 2-3 weeks, with the north recoverig before the south because the north is on higher land.
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  989. If Russia didn‘t have to worry about gravity and physics, it’s air force and navy would work fine.
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  990. But enough about the mayor. What about the homeless? :/
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  991. Oil companies won’t invest the millions needed in infrastructure until they have an administration that is friendly to oil, profits or not. No suit is going to stick his neck out and risk his job while green interests are in power.
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  992. @Tom: Missiles couldn’t damage the dam, and explosions were from the inside of the dam. Russians had better access to these sections. Good luck with the war, bot.
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  993. I like the theory that Shoigu shot down the plane. Putin‘s assassinations have been through the FSB, not MoD. Prig had access to Russia for two months. Putin’s modus is to have internal factions fight amongst each other.
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  994. I’m sure those reserves and military equipment the Russiabots say are in reserve will appear any moment now. Slava Ukraine!
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  995. Well, it‘s pretty much water there, so… :P
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  996. That’s what the war in Ukraine has been for the last two years — on both sides.
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  997. During the pandemic, black students had the HIGHEST increase in homeschooling.
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  998. 6:00 : So even before the counter-attack, Russia wipes out its own Kherson front, opening it up for attack 2-3 weeks later. Brilliant.
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  999. Yes. Supply chain problems aren’t just international. Farmers aren’t planting because they don’t want to spend money to plant crops they might not be able to sell. Rice has already tripled in price in some USA chain groceries, so imagine food inflation worldwide.
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  1000. Well, when the USSR fell apart, the USSR broke up into countries, some of which joined NATO — asap.
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  1001. Well, one out of two ain’t bad.
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  1002. Today: Russia will do something awful tomorrow! Tomorrow: Another 1000 dead Russians and 100 tanks / armored vehicles lost. Nothing to see here.
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  1003. That hat doesn‘t make sense, either. :D I keed. Anyway, technologies go through three stages: Enthusiast, Business, and Consumer. Most Enthusiasts — usually proponents — confuse the Enthusiast and Consumer stages. In the Enthusiast stage, the technology is expensive, and is not as good as the technology it’s meant to replace. So, with EV‘s, they’re expensive and are subsidized, but aren‘t (yet) as convenient as regular cars.Yes, I know that prices are coming down, and ranges are getting longer, but that’s what an Enthusiast would say. A Consumer still complains about the cost and lack of charging stations. After Enthusiast comes Business. Business has the money to buy the technology in large quantities, yet demands lower costs. Business has the economy of scale that neither Enthusiasts nor Consumers have. That‘s why Amazon and the USPS have a fleet of EV’s. These business EV‘s do not need the range of a consumer car, and even have “hot swap” battery charging stations where they have batteries separately charging from the car, and can swap them when an EV has a batteries that need to be recharged. Charging stations are slow compared to swapping in an already charged battery, but battery-swapping isn‘t the convention we use to charge EV cars *today*. Maybe we’ll have it in the future, who knows. Anyway, we‘re better with EV technology than we were ten or twenty years ago, when all we had were golf carts. I still think it‘s premature to shove the technology onto Consumers, and we should look more towards Business use for now. Gimme my Amazon package. :D
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  1004. @J : If you read the comments on the stock sites, yes, GE fell. Hard. :O
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  1005. Russia’s already fallen. This is the slow motion train wreck.
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  1006. This is all according to Putin’s plan, of course. :D
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  1007. Try harder, bot. Bakhmut is a costly front for Russia that’s more political than strategic.
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  1008. Russia has plenty of weapons! Some even work, too! :D
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  1009. 3:50 : And Latvia has provided the greatest proportion of its GDP as military aid to Ukraine.
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  1010. Who failed to control the narrative?
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  1011. You still believe that? I guess you also believe Russia will take Bakhmut any day now.
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  1012. “Unfortunately, for the Russians…” never gets old. Slava Ukraine!
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  1013. You can blame the West for Quantitative Easing, but thank the CCP for an engineered virus, hostility towards foreign businesses, and bubble economy. The recession means customers in the west cut back on non-essential goods, like stuff Made in China. Meanwhile, China will have to import energy, raw materials, food, and soon enough, water, at worldwide inflated prices.
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  1014. Maybe the second best are the Iranian drone advisers!
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  1015. @w: Late reply, but I suspect poor people are less able to not only buy a low-emission car, but don‘t pay for car maitenance.
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  1016. Oboy, an investigation. The UN is totally useless.
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  1017. See also the Three Boxes of Life, by that What Color is your Parachute guy. (: Emphasizes that learning is lifelong.
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  1018. Heard this stuff 30 years ago, when I was studying AI. Groupware was supposed to be the big thing, and it wasn’t as big as business said it would be. We certainly did have technology that changed society, but it turned out to be smartphones more than smart software.
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  1019. Sanctions are keeping Russia from “smart” weapons and maintaining existing ones. Russia has been stockpiling artillery ammo since WWII, but their barrels need modern-day equipment. When Russia resorts to weapons from Iran, you know they’re running out of weapons.
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  1020. The airport got his? But how will Putin flee like a coward in his private jet plane now? And, hey, Russiabots. Tell us how the sanctions aren’t working. Slava Ukraine!
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  1021. I still wouldn’t want to use my family’s money to own a ghost apartment in China.
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  1022. @Brian An It’s caused by building in less and less safe areas over time. Why people are surprised when there’s a fire in a fire zone, or flooding in a flood zone is beyond me.
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  1023. Venezuela has one of the largest oil deposits in the world. Yet they‘ve struck Dutch Disease and has one of the worse economies and governments. If the Venezuelan government was properly run, they wouldn’t have to resort to saber-rattling.
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  1024. We don’t need a “theory” to discuss race. All schools have to do is study current events and you’ll find plenty of race and gender issues to discuss: Russia sending ethnicities to fight Putin’s war, Iran’s protests from gender discrimination, and whatever current even happens next. There’s almost always some sort of racial issue involved, and understanding it takes us back a long way in history.
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  1025. @HMP: No, that‘s how many men running away from Crimea!
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  1026. Should have called it “Fruit” in quotes. (: If you haven‘t read how the food industry once tried passing off “white grape juice” (not to mention how it is made) as an alternative to sugar as a sweetener, definitely look it up.Use of “fruit” to deceive consumers is worth a video in itself! Thanks for the video!
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  1027. @P: Russia is a chihuahua that thinks it‘s a pit bull.
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  1028.  @peterflohr7827  Well, Putin hasn’t actually declared war yet, which would allow him to actually draft Russian citizens. Up until weeks ago, soldiers were impoverished Eastern Russians, while Russians (and bots, no doubt) living in Moscow were untouched (and fed propaganda). Putin supposedly has not declared war, because he is still unsure about how much support he would have from the people if he did so.
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  1029. Read years ago that China‘s SOE’s are unable to compete in the international market. Would like a video on this. Thanks.
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  1030. And I’m sure Russian soldiers shooting each other is all according to Putin’s master plan, right Russiabots? Slava Ukraine!
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  1031. Ask Jack Ma how his “re-education” turned out.
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  1032. The Russian commanders are the ones with THREE whole days of training! Slava Ukraine!
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  1033. The two are mutually exclusive.
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  1034. One major reason for the destruction of Russia — Russia.
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  1035. fwiw, ISIS has been planning and making terrorist attacks on Russia for years. Some have been prevented, others successful in one way or the other. Still playing the ME’s smallest kamancheh for Putin. Thanks for the video!
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  1036. Just mind-boggling how China manages to top itself with destroying its own environment — not that they‘re alone. Unfortunately, the environmental elite have chose to make climate change their agenda and blame only first-world countries, when second- and third-world countries have their own man-made ecological disasters, some of which, such as cleaning the rivers, can be assisted by first-world countries. Dictatorships, however, reward loyalty over competence, and China’s environmental pollcies, which combine CCP ineptitude with unrealistic economic targets, has led to the priority of the short-term over the long-term, leading to one disaster and embarrassment after another (including when the short-term results are actually bogus made-up numbers).
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  1037. Do NOT “help” people. If someone is not ready for your help, they will become upset, resent you, and even blame you for their problems. It’s a misattributed quote (: but “When the student is ready, the teacher will appear”. You can only help others when they are ready for it, and it’s up to them to accept and be able to accept it.
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  1038. All according to Putin’s master plan! Slava Ukraine!
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  1039. 18:00 : China’s slowing growth is due to external economic factors. BUT the CCP has kept China in the Industrial phase of economic development b/c of its close ties to industrial businesses. To increase domestic consumption (ie. Consumption by your citizens, not consumption by building more infrastructure), a country must transition from an.Industrialized economy to a Service one (like the USA and most westernized countries). It’s a Service economy that results in consumer consumption, which increases domestic demand over exports. China can blame the USA all it wants, but it’s the CCP’s corruption that has kept China as an Industrialized economy, thus resulting in a country dependent on exports and foreign economies (as well as investment). It’s the CCP’s fault China has not become economically independent.
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  1040. USA should let Ukraine progress at its own pace and give them the weapons they need! Wouldn‘t be surprised if the current administration is pressuring Ukraine to act faster because next year is an election year. And very annoying that the Repubs forgot the gipper. Also, been reading enough comments by Polish posters who remember Russia that doubling the size of Poland‘s army is a wise move. Thanks for the video!
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  1041. Seriously, nobody cares as much as you think they’re doing — unless they want something out of you. Oh, and if you don’t know how to stop caring, get a cat. :D
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  1042. 7:00 : Some irony that Russia (may have) encouraged Iran to foment unrest with its ME terrorist groups, then is attacked by another ME terrorist group — each “advertising” for more resources for themselves. 8:20 : Yeah, good luck with ISIS, Putin. The west will let you push them around for years, but ISIS will play whack-a-mole, with some of the holes in your backyard. Unlike the West, they will certainly go after Moscow (and St. Petersburg) again. With the Ukraine war and ME hot spots that Russia has caused, I doubt much of the West will be going after ISIS all that seriously.
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  1043. I hear that China will help out Russia‘s railroads, its new BRI, which they‘ve retitled “Buy Russia’s Idiocracy”. :D
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  1044. Imagine Russiabots not in the comments. Winning the war, yet, comrades?
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  1045. @c : These corporations are leaving the state and taking their taxable dollars with them.
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  1046. Sanctions have prevented Russian military from having “smart” precision missiles. While this has prevented Russian soldiers from hitting the mobile Ukranian military targets, Russia still has “dumb” missiles that are striking civilian targets. Sanctions have had an impact, but Ukraine needs air defense or many more civilians will die.
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  1047. Maybe only allow protests on campuses by students??? Just sayin‘.
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  1048. I’m sure the well-educated youth sent to work on farms will increase the GDP even more!
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  1049. The Russian bots here don’t even seem like they’re trying. Are the better paid bots posting on the Israel war comment sections? :D
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  1050. So wonderful the dog kissing its owner. Then trying to rip the head off the poor reporter. We need an annual report! :D
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  1051. All those Russian cigarettes “accidentally” blowing up things. :D
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  1052. Going into the toilet, at least while China still has running water.
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  1053. @Daria: I love Dave Allen, and his jokes about his sawed-off shotgun. Hope the husband gets a keyboard. Keep up the good work!
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  1054. And remember that this sort of graft is throughout the entire Russian government. So it’s no wonder that Russia’s military is so poor — just as Putin is stealing from the Russian people, his own governmental structure is stealing as well, diverting military money away from Russia to their own pockets. Russian propagandists keep telling us how resource-rich Russia is. But if all the money is going to yachts and cellists, then those resources aren’t helping much, are they?
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  1055. Thanks for mentioning the factions. IMO, It’s important that we know that the Russians are not a homogenous force, particularly when the untrained conscripts are killed, only this to help the experienced forces. Keep up the good work!
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  1056. The Enforcer posted the incredulous vacation advice Russia has given to those who want to vacation in Crimea, while the bridge is closed! The “you can have a snack” parts are hilarious. Slava Ukraine!
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  1057. Fwiw, Putin did not tell anyone beyond his inner circle his intentions to invade Ukraine, and his military forces had only a few days warning. So he was probably fed the same copypasta “everything is fine” reports he received before, while his corrupt military pocket the money they saved by using a copy machine instead of doing any inventory. Still, with Xi surrounded by yes-men, it’s hard to know what sort of information he has. While he’s purged the military — who were supposedly loyal to him because he hand-picked them based on their loyalty — he still may not have a good idea of how much corruption there is in not only the military, but the CCP.
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  1058. Glad to see Germany’s IRIS-T air defense! Love that Turkey vs. Russia grain graphic. Considering that five out of six guns on the Muscov flagship weren’t working, Russian ships are essentially rustbuckets coated with paint. Glad to see someone else question the video of Putin standing for 50 seconds waiting for a lesser dictator.
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  1059. Actually, if you discriminate against someone’s ideology, you’ve filtered out anyone who doesn’t understand economics. :D These wars in the ME are only about religion, etc. on the surface. The reality is that they’re competition for resources (more of it about water, greenies should note), particularly the power struggle between Iran-Russia and Saudi Arabia-USA-Israel-Egypt. Make sure you’re watching the Tom Nash videos, so you understand the power struggle in the ME.
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  1060. It’s pretty obvious now as well.
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  1061. Bullish. Learned my lesson in March, with the first rate hike, and saw the AAII sentiment this morning. Bought PRU which had some buy signals. Okay, maybe not that bullish. Thanks for the videos!
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  1062. Military faction of Hamas in Gaza sold out by the Political faction of Hamas in Qatar. Search on “It‘s always sunny in Qatar”. Thanks for the video!
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  1063. Ukraine defended Bakhmut. That’s the major victory here.
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  1064. Decades of quantitative easing. With countries tying themselves to the dollar, they also did well during quantitative easing — but are not, with quantitative tightening. USA, EU. and China are in or heading into a recession, and other countries are, not surprisingly, affected. Of course, CoVid and its supply chain disruption was the major catalyst for worldwide inflation and recession.
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  1065. Great post. Let‘s also toss in the worldwide recession, which doesn‘t provide a good environment for selling electronics, which aren’t as necessary as food and energy.
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  1066. @NH: Russian lackey.
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  1067. 4:00 : Reminds me of the Rocket Races (?) that didn’t last long at Disneyland. Love the ranting, sorry I didn’t discover this earlier!
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  1068. Wlll allies like NK and Iran, who needs enemies?
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  1069. These hats are epic. Sure, I’d rather India be more closely aligned with the USA, but after Russia, China, the ME, and probably parts of Africa, I’m fine with how India’s going.
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  1070. See also Perun’s videos on trench tactics. WWII tactics are actually more relevant to this war because neither side employs air superiority.
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  1071. Source: China.
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  1072. IMO, It’s less important that Ukraine takes territory than it makes this war as costly as possible for Russia. And the maps don’t have graphics telling us how key some locations are, be it a city or road.
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  1073. The systemic corruption of the Russian government (and CCP) are a key reason why neither Russia nor China advance beyond western states in technology (and infrastructure), not that western countries are free of corruption.
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  1074. OMG global warming. Er, climate change. Keep moving those goalposts.
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  1075. I’m grateful to my doggie because she‘s the only family member who doesn’t talk :D
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  1076. The Moral Majority... DARE... Just Say No... I think the Republicans wised up and stopped sticking their noses into our private lives. Then, of course, the Democrats started doing the same by telling parents how to raise their children. No thanks.
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  1077. :@G : Cappy is our savior. Amen. Or at least a military man. :D
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  1078. Democrats want to raise taxes so officials can pocket the money.
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  1079. TLDR: China more interested in power than the economy.
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  1080. Yeah. It’s not like we’re gonna spend 80 billion dollars on the IRS, either. Oh, wait.
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  1081. Russia’s also losing the fighter jets they need to launch heavy waves of missiles into Ukraine. The Russian air defense even shot down one of their own fighters. These fighters cannot be replaced because of military sanctions. Russiabots will tell you that Russia is not running out of missiles and drones, yet each wave of attacks on Ukrainian cities has fewer missiles, and attacks have relied more on drones. Civilian targets are still being hit, mind you.
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  1082. USA out of the ME and energy independent. Only nations USA should fund are western-allied countries that can stand on their own after the USA leaves. Thankfully, for the USA taxpayer, the number of such countries can be counted on one hand.
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  1083. I guess those Russian tugboats couldn’t stand up to the fishing boats! :D
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  1084. Western countries don’t purge their PM‘s.
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  1085. Tap the SPR reserve? You mean cause OPEC to decrease output again? Just like the last time Biden did this? Insanity is doing the same thing twice and expecting re-election. Maybe had the Democrats not spent a TRILLION dollars in the last two year and started raising rates a year earlier, we wouldn’t have this much inflation and those who buy their own food and gas would be voting Democrat.
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  1086. Only industry Russia has are its troll farms. Slava Ukraine!
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  1087. What’s with all these Russian officers purged, killed in combat, and now poisoned? Do you become a Russian officer if you buy a packet of cereal and find a prize inside? Slava Ukraine!
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  1088. Well, finally. Other EU nations are already allowing this, and it’s evident that Russia’s nukes don’t work. Russia can’t maintain its basic military equipment, including because officers and soldiers sell off the parts, so it’s doubtful they can maintain their nuclear weaponry (although dirty bombs and exploding the captured Zap nuclear power plant is not out of the question). The other reason, though, is oil. The West wants its oil and consume it too, so was afraid that any attacks on Russian soil would disrupt and increase worldwide oil prices. I’m going to guess that the West is not as concerned about that now. Plus, it’s an election year. Biden further committing the USA to supporting Ukraine may look bad to Trump. This Reagan-era moderate thinks it’s the MAGAites who are the really RINOs.
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  1089. Looks like hell is freezing over.
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  1090. I’ve sorta been following the Chinese stock market. A 28% loss isn’t as bad as some articles I’ve read.
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  1091. @t : All the bots who know where the shift key is working for Hamas, now?
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  1092. @Damon: Well, when the Russians make the same mistakes, it’s hard not to expect different analyses. Go watch some cat videos if you want entertainment.
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  1093. How the Russian defense lines work: * Front line retreats from Ukrainian forces. * Rear line shoots at front line retreating. Slava Ukraine!
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  1094. I’d rather have Trump in office than Russia in the Ukraine, record inflation, and Americans having to work more years to recover their losses from the stock market.
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  1095. Pure genius. Instead of Putin and his trolls crowing about Bakhmut, western media talks about Belgorod. So much for Putin’s master plan! Slava Ukraine!
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  1096. Vote in 2024 and make your support for Ukraine known!
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  1097. And they’re using Russian tank parts to do it! Slava Ukraine!
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  1098. Junkyard dog: Barks at intruders at night. Junkyard cat: Pushes off things from boss’s desk. :D
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  1099. Just another way to control their people.
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  1100. Digging trenches on a beach for the next decade doesn’t count, Ivan.
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  1101.  @wilberwhateley7569  You mean Iran?
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  1102. As another commenter said, we gotta keep the stock market high so pols and suits can sell before the explosion.
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  1103. Russia painting themselves into a corner with Bakhmut. Russia takes towns for political reasons, Ukraines take them to win.
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  1104. Considering that the CCP cuts off its own people from the internet, and uses it internationally to spread propaganda, hack into other governments and businesses, and sending death threats to other Chinese, it‘s just as well. Thanks for the video!
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  1105. In-and-Out even left before the minimum wage hike and is the ONLY In-and-Out to have closed in the history of the fast food chain. Congrats, Oakland and Gavin.
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  1106. 8:30 : Box-o-Meat
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  1107. Will you be saying that after Russia has lost the war?
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  1108. Russians have protested, so I guess not all of them believe the propaganda? Even before the war, I have a hard time believing that they were terribly happy. Or maybe that’s out western media for you.
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  1109. Perun has a very good video explaining why Russia doesn’t have enough infantry. Part of the reason is that, under a “special operation” and not a war, the military cannot call up the men for sufficient infantry.
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  1110. Thanks for the video. Naively surprised that Russia still has artillery. The military sanctions and Russia‘s “quantity is a quality of its own” use of artillery shells resulted in their quick degradation of artillery barrels, requiring Russia to use Plan B — human wave after wave of attacks.
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  1111. Politicians love a photo op — especially since it’s paid with taxpayer money. Cheaper than government handouts, I suppose.
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  1112. A rising tide lifts all boats. Everything is fine until it isn’t. Don’t bite the hand that feeds you.
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  1113. Just watched Perun’s video on Ukrainian vs. Russian air fighting, and it shows how little content there is on it on YT. So, thanks for your insight and videos!
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  1114. How about cash for guns? Dispose of your broken gun for cash. And how many criminals vs law-abiding citizens did this? And how many guns commonly used in crime and suicide were turned in? Take a guess.
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  1115. Who’d want to own Russia? :D
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  1116. Trick question! All the parts have been sold decades ago!
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  1117. I was just watching Asianometry’s “Insane Rise and Fall of HNA”. Talk about the folly of being an international company dealing with a major Chinese company — with ties to the CCP.
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  1118. Glad the couple took their time to find the cat. But no Boris Karloff? :D
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  1119. IIRC, Deny’s channel said the Ukrainian soldiers offered surrender and (some) Russian soldiers accepted.
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  1120. Great job. Other videos will occasionally discuss logistics, but rarely review the actual and entire network of raillines Russia uses. Also, need more “not Ukraine but Russia” runs into poorly defended Russian territory.
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  1121. @j: Keep coping!
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  1122. Implement a domestic energy production that reduces your domestic energy production. What could possibly go wrong???
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  1123. Seize Russian bank assets and use ‘em to pay off Western country debts. This taxpayer won’t mind.
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  1124. The more Russia annexes, the more Russia loses. And who was the Russian genius that put their forces in Lyman in the first place?
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  1125. If sanctions don‘t work, why is Russia losing? The military sanctions at least preven them from acquiring military weapons.
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  1126. 0:30 : Nice. Putin has been sending the poor and ethnic minorities to fight wars, while leaving Moscow and St. Petersburg untouched. We know from the “invasions” into Belgorod and the Wagner march that Russia internally is practically undefended, at least from those who can fight. The miners are the first uprising within Russia (?) and.I hope there are more to come! And keep funding Russia so more people can claim their freedom from Putin’s government! Slava Ukraine!
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  1127. Soon to be the second best army in Moscow!
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  1128.  @JFHeroux  Remember, this is Russia we’re talking about. Some soldiers thought they were only engaging in military exercises before they found themselves in actual combat. With Russia’s heavy domestic propaganda, I doubt many of the recent conscripts will know any more than those who died.
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  1129. Then: Black slaves exploited by their owners. Now: Black voters exploited by their leaders..
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  1130. LOL — Thanks to the drones, the Russian military forces probably lost or had injured more men than the “destroyed” Ukrainian allies. Slava Ukraine!
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  1131. Pretty sad after a founder dies, and the company is sold off to other interests. OTOH, I think you can replace most of these chain restaurants (and fast food companies) with something healthier from an air fryer…!
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  1132. israel is the one with balls. And have their act together.
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  1133. Heck, I’m in the Bay Area and agree with you!
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  1134. Animal control services is like… we’re not open right now, you guys take care of it. :D Good work!
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  1135. Thanks for the analysis! But I dunno if water conflicts make relationships between countries any better, and can’t make things worse…?
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  1136. Take Mr. Pelosi and Hunter first!
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  1137. @Alex: I‘m sure the bots will tell us of the invisible Terminator tanks behind the museum piece! :D
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  1138. Leftists duped again by rich and foreign interests. Follow the money behind these protests and you‘ll find Qatar — who’s also funded unversities.
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  1139. My opinion is that Putin should not have started this war. Simple.
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  1140. Yahbut the west switched from a manufacturing economy to a service-oriented one. A YT economics video, possibly a William Spaniel one, explained that developed countries eventually adopt service-oriented econonies. Manufacturing ones are constantly under competition from other countries that have cheaper labor. China arguably had more impact on Mexico‘s economy than the USA.
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  1141. Russians lying so much they don’t even know what‘s going on. :D
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  1142. Better use of CA money than that bullettrain. Thanks for the video!
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  1143. 3:00 : Which reminded me. Every time I read an article complaining about the decline of journalism, all I have to do is read a mainstream media headline. If social media titles are clickbait, an entire mainstream media “news” article is nothing but sensationalism. Pretty much every mainstream media lacks analysis or greater context, perhaps a result of our “sound bite” culture of news consumption. Thank goodness for creators like Spaniel who do create analytical news videos, as well as viewers like ourselves who want more than what the mainstream media provides.
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  1144. 1. Drop off payments at the post office, not a mailbox. 2. Have a “public” checking account that you write checks from, and a “private” checking account that you have your money in. Same for credit cards. Do not use debit cards. 3. Carry a “decoy” wallet with enough cash for the day. Wear a “tourist” wallet for your less used cards. Stop using credit cards in public for small transactions.
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  1145. USA has lost its manufacturing to China, resulting in inflation as the supply chains are disrupted. Could you do a video analyzing how this happened? Thanks for the video and hope we can exploit Russia’s “Dutch Disease”.
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  1146. Good points. Even more reason to be energy independent.
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  1147. Still doesn‘t outdo the soldiers who ran over their officer with a tank. Slava Ukraine!
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  1148. @Gus : I’d still voluntarily drive to the USA over Mexico.
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  1149. If you don’t let the people protest peacefully, they’re going to attack violently. Enjoy those Russian cigarettes, Moscow.
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  1150. Laugh when Putin misses!
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  1151. Public awareness.
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  1152. Sanctions against Russia have prevented them from making enough poison-tipped umbrellas!
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  1153. We replaced our fast food fix with an air fryer and frozen pizza with added toppings. Better than fast food and less expensive.
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  1154. Too costly of a maneuver. Could have done it conventionally, and without Putin losing face and a signficant part of what little air force Russia still has.
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  1155.  @ibrahimmoncada7214  Why are your copy and pasting your reply? Why not start a new thread so we can all ignore you properly? 😂
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  1156. Did anyone think a Russiabot would say anything that wasn‘t a lie, pathetic, and whataboutism at the same time?
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  1157. No uncanny valley for these critters!
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  1158. EU: Hey, USA, can you pay for everything? USA: Dangit.
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  1159. All your caps belong to us!
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  1160. 15:30 : The good stuff. (: Russia can’t support one of their only breakthroughs at Bakhmut. 17:00 : Russian faction time. Hi CVR’s bro! (:
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  1161. Agreed. The explosions on Moscow warehouses and the cafe where the military blogger was certainly shows that there’s some sort of activity in Russia, even if it’s symbolic and has no military value.
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  1162. China won’t let them.
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  1163. And the counter-strike hasn’t even started yet! Slava Ukraine!
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  1164. Who knows. I bet all we’ve been seeing are his body doubles!
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  1165. Not to mention wasting resources on non-miliatary targets. Russia shelling evacuees from the dam destruction.
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  1166. TINA — The Chinese real estate market is seen as the only investment around, with the stock market seen as too risky, iirc (and ironically).
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  1167. Wonder if the Russian attack on Romania was caused by incompetence. Anyway, Anders Puck Niels (sp) has a good video on the Grain Deal. Good luck, Russia, with the attacks on ships, since you don’t have a fleet.
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  1168. Russians should stick to taking over garbage dumps. Slava Ukraine!
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  1169. Note that, in 1973, SA had a king sympathetic towards Palestine. Currently, the king is on his way out, with a prince who doesn’t care about Pal b/c of its lack of economic importance. SA is more concerned about Iran, as SA and Iran are both trying to control the ME. Also, USA did learn its lesson from the 1970’s, by increasing fuel conservation and domestic oil (and energy) production. Despite OPEC’s supply changes, OPEC still has to make sure their price increases are not so high that their buyers permanently switch to other fuels or conservation measures. As much as we hear about China’s EV production and coal consumption, I’d like to see it in context of ME and world oil prices. Thanks for the video!
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  1170. China’s already falling. Check out the volatility of their stock market, government promises notwithstanding.
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  1171. Crazy part is that this video is 4 years old — and the top comments are within a month! Go to see a western country that hasn’t fallen for the narrative. Cultural diversity is to enrich a nation, not tear it apart.
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  1172. Dang, those Russian cigarettes are getting out of hand. (:
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  1173. I go to the other YT channels for the gratuitous explosions, then here for the rational analysis. Thanks for the video!
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  1174. @h: Actually, Northern China’s desertification of their local environment has increased their drought. Dunno how this affects the dam‘s water level.
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  1175. Putin full of steam and hot air.
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  1176. But the administration and Fed says everything is wonderful! Why would the government lie, right?
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  1177. USA has plenty of empty land, but we need to address why it‘s empty. It’s not like most of us have to live near a river to survive, nor live in a house without electricity or insulation anymore…!
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  1178. Putin may be a master calculator, but when you surround yourself with men who fear you and do not tell you the truth, you cannot make good decisions. GIGO.
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  1179. Russian officers will just lie up the line to Putin that everything is fine and working. See the Perun corruption video.
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  1180.  @DawnAfternoon  Agreed, but the question is if the Xi’s power base is willing to take that risk if he thinks that’s his only way to stay in power.
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  1181. Agree! Remember the Gipper! :D
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  1182. When you have propaganda, who needs history?
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  1183. More medieval memes, please! (:
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  1184. Late reply, but an advantage of precision weaponry is that you don’t need as much to be effective, so your supply lines and logistics aren’t as burdened as less precise weaponry, such as Russia’s now-WWII missiles.
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  1185. Maybe if Russia didn’t attack Ukraine, those two people would not have been killed. Oh, and let’s not forget the thousands of civilians Russia has killed, raped, and tortured.
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  1186. Two big happy boys! Our dog is going in for 3K of surgery for a tumor, hopefully benign.
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  1187. Good question. USA was supposed to become green since Al Gore, and is now the #1 producer (and top consumer) of oil. EU has nuclear power plants, yet German was caught flat-footed with its dependence on Russian oil at the beginning of the war. Japan has dumped “safe” water from a nuclear power plant disaster into the ocean. And Russia, afaik, still occupied the Zap power plant. Oh,, and all those EV’s are breaking down, as well.
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  1188. I’m waiting for the Russiabots to tell us that the caps are hurting EU more than Russia. Thanks for the videos!
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  1189. EV metals from China. Great idea. /s
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  1190. More than enough re-reposted bot propaganda pics on TT for me. Don’t miss it. Okay, except for the cute dog videos. :D
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  1191. In retaliation, Putin will seize assets in Russia held by Americans. Six bottles of vodka, ten cans of caviar, and some of those little dolls that fit inside each other. Thanks for the video, get those oligarchs, and penalize the Westerners who help them!
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  1192. Russia has plenty of rusted weapons for their troops! :D
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  1193. Congratulations to the Wagner group and Russia for capturing a city that no longer has any strategic value, cost tens of thousands of Russian lives, and further depletes ammunition and resources for Russia’s war. How’s the annexation of Kherson going?
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  1194.  @hgv1883  One year to deliver tanks, fighter jets, and an oil cap is foot-dragging. Heck, USA and Hungary are even reducing their support for Ukraine.
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  1195. So the problem with keto dieting is that you’re dieting. :D
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  1196. First I heard about Russia giving its soldiers drugs was last winter. Also, of course, Russian soldiers have been sellilng equipment and parts on the black market for alcohol and similar since before the war started. Keep up the videos! Slava Ukraine!
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  1197. Reality is “has long been” bankrupt. Keep cooking those books, CCP!
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  1198. You’re 20+ years too late with that reply.
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  1199. Heard of Saudi Arabia?
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  1200. Amazon: We‘re destroying brick and mortar. Also Amazon: Let’s open a brick and mortar.
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  1201. Did the occupiers smoke, or were they smoked? :D I’ll be here all three days. Thanks for the videos!
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  1202. Democrats increasing crime and the cost of food.
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  1203. We were told that inflation was “transitory” and that there was “no recession”. Who are you going to believe? The politicians or your wallet?
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  1204. When you create a government based on organized crime, don’t be surprised it’s undermined by organized criminals. Putin and his oligarchs have stolen from the Russian people, but those who work under Putin have stolen from the military, Putin, and all parts of the government. Systemwide crime is systemwide corruption and no idea where the money has gone. Sure, America has its problems, but it’s not who’s the best. It’s who’s the least worst.
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  1205. Russia didn’t assassinate their Kherson official. He was involved in a special vehicular exothermal reaction.
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  1206. Stop polluting the ocean. Even if you don’t believe in climate change, dumping pollution into the ocean is obviously the wrong thing to do.
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  1207. Russia’s already escalating by carpet-bombing civilian targets. Ukraine needs air defense and weaponry to continue hitting ammo dumps.
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  1208. Bring it on. Can you imagine Poland walking into Belarus and Russia? Putin and the potato will be flying out of their respective bunkers on their private jets as soon as Polish soldiers step in. Poland, of course, will lose — they’ll be stuck having to run Belarus and Russia! :P
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  1209. And just think of the ammunition! Won’t somebody think of the ammunition? :D
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  1210. Xi better keep an eye on India before he goes after Taiwan.
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  1211. Before the war: Russia will attack and Ukraine will fall. Ukraine: Didn’t happen. Before today: Wagner will attack and Bakhmut will fall. Ukraine: Do we have to repeat ourselves? :D
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  1212. 4:05 : Nothing like an eleven-year old armed with a shovel.
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  1213. China also has no social net, just ask anyone who‘s had their bank account frozen. Naturally, this means more money in the mattress for security, and less for leisure goods.
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  1214. Looks like Putin‘s body double is alive and well. Also, the Russian footage cut out the mine sweep and other Ukranian tanks. I’ll agree with Denys that not showing videos and thus allowing Russia to show its version of the event was a mistake.
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  1215. Thanks for the video! Canada, China, and Mexico are the USA‘s largest trading partners, with about as much trade each. Glad to see NAFTA do something for Mexico. Why do so many poorly developing countries have red tape? And stop taking drugs, Americans — at least if you‘re a red. “Just say no,” irght?
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  1216. And considering how many of them are in such bad shape that they’d malfunction on Russian soil…
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  1217. They’re brilliant at math! That’s how all the money disappeared! :D
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  1218. Of course, Russia rotates their men! When they meet Ukranian soldiers, they turn around 180 degrees and run! :D I’ll be here all three days! Thanks for the videos!
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  1219. Will the workers vote left when the left drives out businesses from their city? See the “All the businesses are closed” series of videos to see what’s happening with the SF Bay Area cities!
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  1220. 5:45: “He is screening them, as much as they are screening him.” We’re landlords and have to do this with applicants. Thanks for the videos!
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  1221. Good to hear the not-so-sympathetic intercepts as well.
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  1222. Russia already destroyed a dam. Why not another? I’m sure Russia will extol the sacrifices of the upcoming Crimean drought.
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  1223. @L : Just keep building those subways to nowhere, China.
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  1224. Thumbnail is a lie! Young men have bicycles, too! :D
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  1225. And I doubt any of Xi’s yes-men have told him the news!
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  1226. Wagner group has the best 50-year old men and prisoners money can buy!
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  1227. Thanks — I would have skipped this video because I THOUGHT I knew which foods to eat. Then I saw berries on the list! (:
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  1228. Would like to see more about priming! Thanks for the videos!
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  1229. In America, everything is absolutely necessary because it’s my god-given right to do whatever I want. Then demand the government fix it when I screw up. :D
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  1230. Hey! Russia has plenty of tugboats! Some of them float, too! :D
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  1231. Russian soldiers will lose their body temperature once the leaves drop.
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  1232. They‘re emptying museums for this “equipment”, bot.
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  1233. Just because you come from the west, doesn‘t mean you have immunity. I remember years ago an American protestor standing in from a bulldozer in Israel in some form of protest. The bulldozer ignored her and ran her down.
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  1234. Yeah! Watch out for those flase numbers! Can’t even afford autocorrect, can you bot?
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  1235. @Cargo: Yep. It‘s up to the RMD to defend the city. Much like the Afghanistan army after the USA pulled out. :D
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  1236. @dritz: One of Putin’s supply officers sold off the button (and the rest of the equipment) years ago.
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  1237. Pyrric victories are more pyrric than victory. Slava Ukraine!
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  1238. Thanks for the video! Most YT videos treat the Russians as some monolithic entity, when there are numerous internals (and internal) factions involved. IMO, Important to understanding this war.
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  1239. And we have 2024 to vote against every candidate who is against funding Ukraine! Slava Ukraine!
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  1240. Already fighting in the ME over water.
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  1241. Lol — I like how you start off Russia’s options with them retreating. Keep up the videos!
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  1242. Step 2: Learn the easy stuff to build a foundation for the harder. Step 1: Identify what‘s easy vs. what’s hard. Step 3: Study the harder stuff. I‘m learning to paint miniatures and it’s more obvious what‘s easy and hard, and you have to learn the easy stuff first. Wish RL was as… easy!
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  1243. US Citizens should stay the ** away from Russia. Anyone else remember the FSB “visits” to Google offices?
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  1244. All China has to do is build more canals, dams, high-speed rails, airports, apartment, malls, and aircraft carriers, right?
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  1245. Ukraine can do this as well! Actually, Russians can probably do this to their own ships. :P
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  1246. Russia has run out of good everything. Good rockets, good soldiers, goodwill. And keep up the good work!
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  1247. Russian conscripts sure won’ t be bringing winter socks or clothing!
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  1248. There’s a difference between “slowing down” and “crashing into a wall” not that I wished the USA started raising interest rates two years earlier (and not have QE in the first place).
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  1249. Yes, and so many of them are nowhere near the ME! ):
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  1250. California has caused businesses — and residents — to leave because of overtaxatin and overregulation. Health insurance companies are also leaving California, resulting in fewer choices for residents. Maybe California will have a Covered California program for other insurances. Who knows.
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  1251. There is no “I” in BRICS. Oh, wait. :D
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  1252. I get the irony (: but my dog is taking a commonly known blood clotting medicine made from herbs from China.
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  1253. Can't say I enjoyed this video because I sure ain't enjoying this market. :D Gave you a like, anyway.
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  1254.  @Ikamcmorris  Nice knowing you. Of course, I'm of the "you first" category, so will stay holed up for another year. :D
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  1255. Don’t forget that your gut really is your “second brain”. Do a search! :D
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  1256.  @eliasziad7864  Changing the goalposts like a good little bot, I see.
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  1257. Still afraid of Trump, eh?
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  1258. Supporters of the narrative will never admit they are wrong.
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  1259. Doesn’t look like you’ve been watching the Chinese stock market for the last several months.
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  1260. Wagner is facing no resistance from Russian checkpoints, so Russian soldiers may do same.
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  1261. Keep dreaming. An untrained soldier is worse than no soldier at all.
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  1262. Russia: Hold my vodka.
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  1263. The Enforcer and Reporting in Ukraine have good coverage. The Enforcer showed some errant underwater mines exploding, from a Reddit board.
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  1264. @b: Better take off that blindfold, then.
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  1265. While, IMO, China won’t “collapse”, I’ve been seeing ghost cities, or, rather, ghost shopping malls, since 2005. America has been “kicking the can” for decades, and so is China — except much moreso, including with its tofu dreg GDP. Anyone who thinks China is doing well, well, I’m sure the Russians thought they were doing well, too.
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  1266. All politicians are fake, particularly Democrats. Democratic leaders keep telling their constituents how poor they are, while making the same millions Republicans do.
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  1267. Those Russian cigarettes are really something, aren’t they? :D Thanks for the videos!
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  1268. Slava Poland, too! (: Keep up the good work!
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  1269. i think we found out why so few wars involve “suicide tanks”. :D Slava Ukraine.
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  1270. Agreed. Strategies win wars, but politics overrules strategy! :/
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  1271. I‘m sure all the bots believe what Wagner says.
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  1272. Plus, they’re expensive. Maybe we should slap on some revenue tariffs for those cheap overseas goods us taxpayers are paying to protect.
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  1273. I doubt Putin will listen to anyone except Putin. Other than oil, China (and India) hasn’t supported Russia. China doesn’t want to lose its top three trading partners for Putin‘s benefit.
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  1274. Agreed. Russian Ministry of Defense is already denying them ammunition and equipment. Dictators favor loyalty over merit. While Wagner may be Russia‘s best troups, they’re pretty much depleted of competent fighters, as their need to recruit from prisons shows. So, like those James Bond movies, Wagner‘s usefulness has ended.
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  1275. China: We need a distraction from our disastrous CoVid policy. USA: We need a distraction from our disastrous recession China: I got an idea.
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  1276. Gonna guess he‘s chosen a logo to reflect the broader content?
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  1277. Chinabots in the comments again. Maybe they should pool their RMB’s and support this hub, eh?
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  1278. USA should produce wheat again. The Middle East can’t bake oil, you know.
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  1279. You think this is the only such video we’ve seen? Are you being intentionally disingenuous or is this the first time you’ve been on YouTube??
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  1280. "Me too."
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  1281. fwiw, Authentic Chinese restaurants will have a "shou yeh" or "little dinner" menu, exclusively in Chinese. These are typical Chinese meals, such as porridge. Also, of course, where you are in the USA will make a difference. It's easier to find "authentic" Chinese food in the San Francisco Bay Area because of its Asian population. You then, of course, get to regional Chinese (and Asian) foods, such as Cantonese. The most popular "Chinese restaurant for Americans" around here has been here for years. Last time I ate their Chinese food, it was pretty much huge American-sized portions, more than authentic Chinese food, with mostly Caucasian patrons. Makes me wonder what other ethnicities think of their food when served to a Western (or even Chinese) audience. When I was in Taiwan, the meat was pan fried rather than grilled, and the French Onion Soup was a piece of baguette floating in onion soup, and the waitress sprinkled Parmesan Cheese on it. When serving food, Taiwanese say, "Dwei bu chi" rather than "excuse me" like American waiters do. Except this phrase means "I'm sorry" (as in "I'm sorry for interrupting you"), but some waitresses will say it in English. Why are you sorry for serving me your restaurant's food? (:
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  1282. Wanna buy an apartment in China?
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  1283. “We didn’t lose 1/3 of our military in 100 days and we’re selling oil to China at a fair price.”
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  1284. Wake up Europe. This is happening in your backyard.
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  1285. The Wagner Group are just going to sit there, doing as little as possible to collect their paychecks. Move up a few KM and that’s about it. Thanks for the videos!
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  1286. They don’t if you and I don’t patronize their businesses. McD and Pizza Hut sure aren’t making any money off of me.
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  1287. 5:07 : That military vehicle looks like the Mystery Machine with a coat of yellow paint! Slava Ukraine!
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  1288. Russia is what it is — but sure isn’t anything it was!
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  1289. Keep up the inflation, Joe. Gotta keep your promise not to raise inflation from the poor, right??
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  1290. Good luck with the narrative, Russiabot.
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  1291. I‘m sure the Chinabots will be posting how McD’s is opening restaurants so Foxconn employees will be re-employed. /s
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  1292. My golden retriever has none of these traits so she must be INTENTIONALLY manipulating me. :D Thanks for the video!
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  1293. 12:40 : Yeesh. So glad USA went with energy independence, be it “drill baby drill” or green stuff. It’s kept us less involved in the ME, it will keep us less affected by Ukraine’s attack on Russian oil. Despite Russian oil being a small percentage of oil ship worldwide, even such an occurrence has been shown to dramatically affect world oil prices.
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  1294. @Hugo : The RMD can‘t defend anything.
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  1295. Yet the current administration keeps pulling out its cherry-picked data and tells us how wonderful things are going. Crime-ridden inner cities pay some of the highest prices for food, and this was before food inflation and the recession. And maybe Walmart will come back if Hawaii defunds the police, right?
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  1296. I got rescued from a dumpster and all I got was a big ol’ T-Shirt. :D
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  1297. I’ll just add that it’s not really necessary for Ukraine to take back territory. More important is to make this war as costly as possible for Putin and him and the other Russian tyrannists give up on the war. Ukraine can take all the time it wants with Kherson. Let them cut off the supply line of the 30K Russians there.
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  1298. Ironically, it’s the elderly who are refusing the vaccine in China, not that the Chinese vaccine works, anyway.
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  1299. China: We have more naval ships than the USA. Also China: Ermagad. Pirates. :P Thanks for the video!
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  1300. Next thing, you’ll be telling us we’re eating sugary liquid regurgitated by insects and made from stuff carried on their legs. :D
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  1301. Looking forward to your analysis of the Serbia - Kosovo conflict. Last I heard of it was in the Clinton years. :/
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  1302. By “now” you meant “hope you weren’t dumb enough to do that in the first place”. :D Keep up the video!
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  1303. Should mention that Japan has USA beat with IP-theming. Instead of multi-million dollar theme parks, they have Disney-levels of merchandising, manga-anime-CD tie ins (eg. CD audio dramas, and CDs of songs not in the anime sung by the characters), and fan-created content, from doujinshis (fanmade comics) to cosplay (fans dressing up as anime characters). Anime even has ‘pop up” cafes, where the anime du jour has a temporary cafe with character-based menu items and drinks, with limited edition merchandise you can only get with these menu items. Even that pen-pineapple-pen guy had a cafe themed after him, with, you guessed it, apple and pineapple-based desserts and drinks. Kami bless SoraNews24! (:
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  1304. She even has a backup chicken! Very thoughtful! (:
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  1305. Keep up the good work. Would like to see your take on China-India border disputes. No thanks to CCPTube.
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  1306. Cheaper than a tank of gas, that’s for sure.
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  1307. Keep drinking that copium, bot.
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  1308. Russia also has one of the world’s largest freshwater lakes, while China (around Beijing) is a desert. China’s wanting more than oil from Russia!
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  1309. Chinabots keep asking, “So when is the collapse going to happen”. Well, when it comes to economics, a collapse isn’t the clickbait suddenness, but what you see here in this video. Thanks for the video! Heard of Evergreen, but not Anbang.
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  1310. If it’s a state-subsidized industry, don’t expect it to survive on the international market.
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  1311. Speaking of Japan, Money and Matters (?) argued that China will have a decades-long recession, much like Japan is having. While China has progressed from an agricultural economy to an industrial one, the corrupt CCP is tied to industrial companies, hence all the spending on infrasctructure, to meet GDP targets. Because China has not progressed to a service economy, all the money is spent by building companies, and we excessive building and the current RE bubble. Without a service economy, the economy has less domestic consumption (I remember reading that China was supposed to be independent of needing to export goods b/c it would have domestic consumption), which results in China‘s reliance on exporting good for their economy. But, thanks to CoVid and concerns about a recession, their customer’s demands have lowered, while China has failed to increase domestic consumption and even will not publish unemployment data, and is currently undergoing deflation.
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  1312. California‘s economy is like China lite. China’s been alienating foreign investors, like California has been alienating wealthy individuals and businesses. China has its overpriced real estate, California has its overpriced commercial real estate. But, now tha the recession is underway, that high tide that lifted all boats is no longer there, and the rocks are showing. Not seeing as much crime, homelessness and filth in Chinese streets, mind you. Thanks for the video!
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  1313. We didn‘t think the dam would be blown up, either.
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  1314. Get those supplementary boots on the ground, France. It’s a shame how West EU doesn’t think Russia is their problem. Also, wondering how many of those outdoor shots of Putin are really him, or one of his body doubles…!
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  1315. 7. Write it down. Declutters your mind, saves your (hopefully good!) ideas, gets yourself organized!
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  1316. 10:00 : Well, Turkey‘s relations with Russia seem to be paying off nicely.
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  1317. @l : I wonder if Russiabots actually believe Russia still has nukes — working ones, that is!
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  1318. You have an amazing fantastic talent. And you use it for this. :D J/K -- Hope you have a job where you can speak with others in different languages!
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  1319. Media: ”Bakhmut has fallen, after months of fighting, and Russia sending thousands of men to their deaths. The Wagner Group has publically criticized the Russian Ministry of Defense and — oh, wait. This just in from Belgorod!“ Enjoy your 4D chess, Putin!
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  1320. I doubt RMD has much support from oligarchs and the PMC’s the RMD is trying to conttrol.
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  1321. More like the other way around.
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  1322. Prigo never had Putin’s trust. Putin’s whole power structure has one faction against another, so that no faction can overpower Putin.
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  1323. Tell Putin that if he doesn‘t pull out of Ukraine, they’ll give him Hungary. Thanks for the video!
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  1324. Takes time, bot.
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  1325. Last year: We‘re green! Buy our stock. This year: We’re AI! Buy our stock. Next year: Any guesses?
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  1326. Eating a tuna sandwich and pork rinds at 4:30am counts as breakfast, right? :D
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  1327. Inside job. Faction conflict. If you want to see another example, remember Prigozhian (sp) vs. Shoigu. Thanks for one of the few videos that actuallly analyzes the issue!
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  1328. 4:45 : Perpetual vacation six feet under. Thanks for the video!
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  1329. A business that makes you worry about your food won‘t be in business very long. Hope this place appreciates you as a regular.
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  1330. Yep. There‘s a geopolitics YT channel that compares countries to video game war starting positions, and says USA is way OP. :D
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  1331. So now, only wealthier people can drive cars in NYC. Who says the Democrats don‘t care about the rich?
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  1332. 0:45 : Is Yakkity Sax in public domain? :D
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  1333. China imports: Energy, food, steel, and soon, water. China exports: Cheap plastic crap on Amazon. China may still see itself backed into a political and economic corner and attack Taiwan as a diversion.
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  1334. @p : You don‘t have to be a wizard to know Russia‘s losing. Even if you have a beard like one. :P
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  1335. @Mason: Agreed. I’m glad we’re out of the ME, because no one there deserves our support. (Iran’s even fighting the Taliban over water. ) I’m for Ukraine, but that’s because I’m against Russia’s bullying behavior against the little guy. If it were China vs. India, I’d stay neutral, like they’re doing now in the Ukrainian war.
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  1336. With China‘s desertification, it’s gonna be War, Famine, and Thirst.
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  1337. Well, killing off an entire generation of men is one way to lower unemployment…
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  1338. We‘ll give ’em to you after Russia falls. Wait a few months, okay?
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  1339. Drone attacks on Moscow could be a shaping maneuver to cause Russia to concentrate air defense in Moscow, making the real targets vulnerable. We’ll see.
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  1340. Hey, Russians! Be careful you don’t step and slip on the bodies of your dead comrades sent to die before you before you die. Maybe that rifle you’re supposed to pick up is under that dead Russian soldier you’re stepping on.
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  1341. Yahbut barrels. Assuming that Russia can actually get the components necessary to replace equipment. What are you going to make the barrels out of? Oil?
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  1342. Just as corrupt as the other party — except they‘ve fooled their constituents to thinking otherwise.
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  1343. So basically the comic book “investments” of the 1980’s, but for normies. Thanks for the videos!
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  1344. With the Russian separatists attacking Belgorod (sp) a THIRD time, and after the Wagner march on Moscow, I doubt Russia has the internal security to prevent another ISIS attack. Not all enemies of Russia play by the same rules as the emasculated West.
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  1345. Russia’s whole scale corruption isn’t helping, either.
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  1346. May?? Both parties need to get rid of extremists.
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  1347. Sometimes I wonder if we should even use the Russian flag at all, given how Putin purposefully created antagonistic internal factions, so that he could stay in power! Keep up the good work!
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  1348. You have to go back to 1913, but there was a time when the US government made more its income from revenue tariffs, rather than reaching into your taxpayer pockets for money. I certainly don’t mind China (or other countries) paying instead of me!
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  1349. 7NEWS : Could make an entire series by the comments on this video alone! :D
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  1350. @N: Putin is doing an excellent job of denying reality.
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  1351. Then it will take THREE Ukranian soldiers to defeat them! :D
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  1352. Anti-Ukrainian candidates lost the vote in the USA, possibly contributing to the Red Tide becoming a Red Trickle. If you’re following the debt ceiling negotiations, the Republicans want people to work for their governmental support, want to cut back on the Democratic non-military spending passed during the first two years of Biden, cut back on Biden’s support for the IRS. Months ago, aid to Ukraine was passed bilaterally.
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  1353. Northern China‘s becoming a desert. Maybe everyone will migrate to Russia after China reclaims its historical lands, including that freshwater lake, right?
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  1354. How about someone reporting on this event actually tell us who Hu is? Anyone who’s familiar with Xi knows this is a display of power to get rid of a faction.
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  1355. Everything‘s fine if you don’t drive or eat food. Keep up the good work!
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  1356.  @easymoney8535  Keep posting that propaganda, bot. Everyone knows that the ruble can’t even buy CostCo toilet paper to wipe your butt with. 😂😂😂
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  1357. Thanks for your continued analyses of video footage. Vuhledar was incredible as the commander was to take it “at all costs” and he certainly did. Russia continues to double-down on their failure. This minefield trap is the same one Ukraine has been using on Russia with forest ambushes, yet Russia, thankfully, never learns.
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  1358. Just print enough Yuan!
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  1359. I think Americans driving is worse than global warming. :D
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  1360. NOT IN MY AMERICA :D
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  1361. EV‘s are fine as a “second car” for passenger commute, but, here in CA, we have PG&E whose power lines cause annual wildfires, and even warnings not to charge EV’s on Labor Day Weekend. I cringe at the mandate that no ICE will be sold in ten years. Thanks, greenies, for not letting us have hybrids. ):
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  1362. Yep! Copied it from first world countries, who have second world countries mine their EV metals and create pollution for them!
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  1363. But your shift key doesn‘t work! Oh, no!
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  1364. Those Russian conscripts need to stop smoking at night! Slava Ukraine!
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  1365. Good point about the artillery. Something else about nukes that doesn’t get attention is that… what’s there to hit? Anyone who knows what HIMARS stands for knows that Ukraine’s forces are mostly mobile. Russia already can and has taken out densely populated cities with artillery. And does Putin know which of his nukes won’t malfunction when used?
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  1366. Remember when Putin met with Xi? Yeah, nothing happened then, either. Nothing but photo ops and junkets at the taxpayer expense. And why does Gavin only clean up SF when his boss — Xi, not Biden — arrives?
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  1367. @AH & D : Everything has been sold off except rusty rifles and shovels!
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  1368. @dos: I guess you bots will find out, soon, especially if your master Putin sends you to the trenches.
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  1369. My family immigrated, but they never robbed, pickpocketed, or were part of a gang. The leftist narrative doesn’t understand there is a difference between an immigrant and a criminal.
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  1370. Good coverage. Appreciate the commentary and explanation. Keep up the good work!
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  1371. Covid did more damage. The Houthis are causing more problems for Egypt, China, and EU, than the USA. Egypt depends on the Suez Canal for income, and Iran is using the Houthis to pressure Egypt against USA-Israel-SA-UAE. China uses the Red Sea for EU trade and oil. What shipping lanes did was make consumers used to cheaply priced goods as being the norm, as well as ship jobs to China. Covid already told us to stop depending on cheap Chinese prices, and stop buying junk we don’t need. Likewise, USA has become more energy independent. I find it bemusing the China boasts it has such a large navy, yet it cannot send its ships to the Red Sea to protect its own trade interests. The USA, btw, has been reducing its naval presence on worldwide shipping lanes, which China and countries not allied with the USA used to benefit from. The USA still continues to patrol regionally, such as with Mexico. As a taxpayer, I don’t like supporting China, but, yeah, I get it that this is good advertising for countries to buddy up to the USA. The USA, also btw, according to Peter Zephaniah, fought for foreign oil not for USA, but for EU. Likewise, someone in a YT comment said that NATO is just there to protect EU countries until the USA saves the day.
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  1372. Mainstream media needs to reduce their content for an audience who grew up on Teletubbies. A video of not just the countries in the ME, but the major ethnicities and religious factions is sorely needed to understand these conflicts. Myself, I‘m still glad the USA pulled out, am fine with only helping countries that are willing to fight on their own, and am on the side that doesn’t want to kill us.
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  1373. Well, not USA attention. USA paid little attention to Serbia during the Clinton years, until the media made a big deal about some Americans who were killed there. USA thinks NATO and Europe aren’t doing enough, and I doubt USA will do much for Serbia — or at least Serbia and Europe should not expect USA to do as much as its doing for Ukraine.
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  1374. Well, maybe China can protect its own Red Sea trade routes to the EU instead of having USA do it for them!
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  1375. Tyrannies always rewrite their constitutions.
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  1376. 1:30 : Maybe the preliminary Russian forces will find the Russian strongpoints as they advance closer to Moscow and St. Petersberg. Or Siberia. Or the Sea of Northern China. Slava Ukraine!
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  1377. China not only broke China, but China is just plain broke.
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  1378. Ukraine’s strategy is cutting off supply lines, make precision attacks, and get away before Russians can even find them.
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  1379. @m: Nothing wrong with the Euro being a world currency. Suggests worldwide confidence in European economies (overall).
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  1380. Why are we funding the UN to support terrorism, and why are EU countries not concerned about Russia fighting in their own backyard? I’m all for the collapse of Russia, but the world has told US what they thought of the USA as the world’s police, we listened, we scaled back, and now everyone expects the USA to do the dirty work (and the taxpayer to spend the money) when there’s a problem on the other side of the globe? (Although, yes, I did see Perun’s video about USA as allies and footing the bill. :P
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  1381. Just part of the ridiculous prices we have to pay to repair our cars. Remember when bumpers were meant to prevent the car from being damaged?
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  1382. 2:20 : Russians submerging their own equipment. All part of master plan! Slava Ukraine!
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  1383. Not enough Americans remember the Gipper! (:
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  1384. @S: Yet Democrats are still afraid of Trump, even though he‘s indicted.
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  1385. Doesn’t Wisconsin have all the cheese helmets? :D
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  1386. After watching Perun‘s videos about Russia’s military, I don‘t have expectations for China.
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  1387. Hope to see a follow-up video sometime!
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  1388. @m: Would be amusing to find out that Bel and Mr. Potatoa are controlled by a military Russian internal faction that does not want a nuclear war and want to distance themselves from Putin. :D
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  1389. What‘s the latest on the Zap nuclear power plant? Seems like Ukraine is getting closer to it? Thanks for the videos!
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  1390. 2:00 : fwiw, The Enforcer noted that the bridge was only open for 1.5 months. Not exactly the handful of days the Russiabots were posting! It‘s too bad that poster did such a bad job of defending the bridge. Maybe they should have used heavier paper. Slava Ukraine!
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  1391. Russia retake Lyman? Considering the Lyman bloodbath, not at all likely. Russia can’t even take the surrounding areas around Bakhmut.
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  1392. This is a much-needed video that NONE of the western videos has even mentioned. I kept reading comments from, I assume, westerners, thinking that Russian citizens can just protest and make a change of their government. Especially these people need to understand how Putin has dissociated politics from personal life in Russia. Certainly, in the USA, politics is so ingrained in personal lives, you’ll even see people politicize a personal point of view (eg. Environmentalism) that had no political basis whatsoever.
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  1393. US car companies early bought out private companies offering public transportation, essentially killing the industry just so they could sell cars. And now we’re giving them taxpayer money (again) just so they can sell us cars that are supposedly environmentally friendly, when we could have had solutions like pedestrian-friendly residential areas or public transportation (hopefully without crime…).
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  1394. I’d say more likely bribing Scholz than brainwashing Germany.
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  1395. Great. Now, in our House Rules for our rentals, I‘m gonna have to add a “Do not use the Popcorn button” with a QR to this video. :D
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  1396. USA should also stop funding the UN. Over $12B a year so China and Russia have a subsidized mouthpiece.
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  1397. Keep feeling, it, bro.
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  1398. The Last Starfinder did this, too. :D
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  1399. @J : Do you even read the comments you’re responding to?
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  1400. Doesn’t look like Russia has been taking advice since WWII… :O
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  1401. I‘m sure the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Statio is perfectly safe in Russia’s hands. You know, like how the Kahkova Dam was perfectly safe when Russia captured it. There‘s no way Russia will do something stupid with Zap like they did with the dam, nosiree. /s
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  1402. You Russiabots are worse than biased.
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  1403. Is it an election year? Yes, it’s an election year. And don’t fall for it. After these guys get re-elected, they’ll let in the migrants again.
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  1404. Russian soldiers have plenty of training! Point gun. Pull trigger. There’s your training! And if you hit something, you get to be general. Slavs Ukraine! :D
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  1405. Maybe Russia will have better luck putting the tanks in the water and their ships on land.
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  1406. 4:00 : And those small arms ARE what‘s left of Russia’s air “defense” for many targets. Those oil explotions? “Defended” by small arms as well. Russiabots kept telling us with pride about how large Russia is, and now its size is a liability, as its air defense is too thinly spread. Wouldn‘t be surprised if part of Russia’s air defense weakening is due to sanctions, as air defense obviously relies on more than shovels and WWI rifles. Or maybe they ran out of chips from Ukranian washing machines to power them. Still, so long as Putin‘s villas are safe, everything is fine, right bots? Slava Ukraine!
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  1407. More like “bend over” than “bear” but, yep!
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  1408. Saw the abandoned shopping malls in China in 2005. Not at all surprised. Thanks for the video.
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  1409. TA seems to have more difficulty during volatile times, which we definitely have now. ):
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  1410. Yeah! Remember the Gipper, Peacekeepers, and Star Wars! Many Republicans running for office and who did not support the war were NOT elected. We passed a bilateral bill for 85 billion in aid, but I think that’s a better idea than sending actual US troops. I think EU should do more for Ukraine (It’s as these countries weren’t near Russia…), and I’d like to hope that EU will do more humanitarian aid for Ukraine after the war. Finally, see the latest Perun video how USA’s sphere of influence has increased “thanks” to this war.
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  1411. Nothing better destroys businesses or governments than yes men. Our two political parties have yet to learn the mistakes of an insular environment. Thanks for the videos.
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  1412. If you don’t care for the analysis, then don’t watch this channel. Myself, I can understand the video much more with the analysis.
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  1413. Russia has healthcare superior to West! Hospital windows for everyone! :D
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  1414. Russians can’t even defend themselves against mosquitos? Better issue better shovels, then. Slava Ukraine!
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  1415. Also, Iran and Iraq fighting over water, and Northern China turning itself into a desert. And California has had water management issues for decades. It‘s a local issue, not a global one, and that’s the problem.
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  1416. So trolls, which republic in Russia will you flee to when Russia breaks up?
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  1417. @ABC: Not unless it’s Walmart! :D
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  1418. Well, USA producing as much oil as it does is bad news for OPEC. I’m all for China moving away from importing oil, at least.
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  1419. I’m on the sides that don’t want to kill us.
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  1420. Well, it’s job security. Until you’re shot.
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  1421. China making improvements on the ol’ Pontiacs, I see. :D
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  1422. From an anthropological standpoint, if you asked a primative speaker the representative colors for his language if they had only two colors for language, the colors would always be white and black. If they had three colors in their language, the representative colors would always be black, white, and red. Forgot what the fourth color was. :D
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  1423. Only going to get worse with the EV bandwagon. But if Germany can’t learn from relying upon Russia for gas, EU’s not going to learn from China.
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  1424. Thanks for the review of the drones! They were obviously an important part of the war, but I haven’t seen many videos about how Ukraine developed them. Slava Ukraine!
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  1425. Russia is bluffing and the west is falling for it. Russia’s warships are a joke and can be taken out with a few drone ships (and the occasional tractor). Send out some token grain ships to draw them out to join the Moskva!
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  1426. Turns out that, aside from sulfur rich foods, everything you do to make poop not smell (eg eat slower, eat fiber) is healthy for you! And, yes, the smell is a result of gut bacteria. Thanks for the videos!!! 💩💩💩
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  1427. Propaganda.
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  1428. Biden : Those MAGA guys are keeping us from helping Ukraine in this war. Also Biden : Hey, Ukraine. Don‘t do that, that, that, and some of that, either.
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  1429. Six more stages to go, I bet. :/
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  1430. Who needs AI when you have the CCP?
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  1431. Russian armies forget their only victories were against unarmed Russian civilians.
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  1432. And I’m not seeing any point funding 12B+ per year to the UN when China and Russia use it for their own purposes. Anyone remember the days when WHO said there wasn’t anything to worry about with Covid?
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  1433. Russian intelligence confirms that attack on Kyiv bridge resulted in target of attack unable to transport fuel and military supplies. :D
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  1434. Yep. Also add in the worldwide recession and inflation. Turns out USA and EU don’t need as much Chinese plastic junk on Amazon as China thought.
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  1435. Even if you have information, you need to act on it. Despite the USA’s intelligence on the Russian invasion on Ukraine and the buildup of “military exercises” on the border, the West was caught surprised by the Russian invasion.
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  1436. 1. They have no arms. 2. They run around the house naked all the time. 3. Their hair is all over the place. 4. They eat the same food almost all the time. 5. They demand you feed them. 6. You voluntarily allowed them into your home (usually). 7. They pay no rent despite acting as if they own the house. 8. They don’t pay the security deposit, either. 9. They think touching you in places that you would not let even a close friend touch you as normal. 10. Same for their noses. …and if they’re a cat, they’ll look at things THAT AREN’T THERE while if they’re a dog, they’ll just stick their tongue out at you. :P
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  1437. Remember, though, that someone’s gunning for his job. The west tends to individualize everything. When Putin’s gone, someone from his innermost circle (who no doubt eliminated him) will take his place and, is more likely to have the same values. Think of the Russian government like the KGB like the mafia, and you’ll understand the even bigger picture we have to face. Thanks for the videos!
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  1438. Nothing wrong with being lazy — so long as you’re not procrastinating. As someone who’s retired, I’ve worked long and hard so I can be lazy! :D
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  1439. Brilliant idea. We didn’t need fancy gadgets then, we don’t need them now. I wouldn’t mind rest homes that captured the best of each generation. Radio stations actually do this sort of thing — a radio station will keep its audience as it grows older by playing the same music they grew up with! Also, this place needs more cats. :D
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  1440. @j: Projecting much?
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  1441. Gavin Newsome. He only cleaned up the streets of SF when his Emperor Xi was in town.
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  1442. Further proof that China‘s domestic economy is in the toilet.
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  1443. While most YT videos have been about the military, how about the economic ties between China and Taiwan? IIRC, The two countries were close economically, but that was decades ago.
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  1444. Ukraine: Also deploys larger similar shaped obstacles called hedgehogs. Me: Wonders why caltrops aren’t the ones called hedgehogs, I mean they’re smaller. :D
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  1445. Still doesn’t beat the early war soldiers who ran over their officer with a tank! Slava Ukraine!
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  1446. @h: Yahbut domestic consumers aren‘t consuming. I remember China saying they would increase their domestic consumption decades ago, and it hasn’t happened.
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  1447. There are no homeless in China. Right, bots?
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  1448. Corporate landlords are more likely to evict than “mom and pop” ones. The so-called pro-tenant laws that cities keep passing are more likely to get them to quit, since they don‘t have a lawyer on staff to take care of legal headaches. Especially in CA with Prop 19’s property tax increases, an heir of a rental property might as well just sell it and pay no capital gains (step-up basis upon death) and stick the money into the stock market and treasuries. IIRC, Rent control and other pro-tenant laws protect CURRENT residents (eg. the landlord can still raise the rent for a vacancy), so corporate landlords are more eager than “mom and pop” landlords to get higher-paying tenants. “Mom and pop” landlords are more interested in keep good tenants and preserving the property for their heirs.
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  1449. Government hostile towards Big Oil. Big Oil doesn‘t make enough refineries. What could possibly go wrong?
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  1450. Putin is still losing (and the bots are still spewing) so nothing‘s changed. :P
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  1451. What are you? A Chinabot? Gavin sucks up to Xi and the CCP.
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  1452. 7. Track stuff that’s measurable, and write in a journal anything that’s creative. Wasn’t a cluttered room a sign of intelligence? :D
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  1453. The other 60% are in museums or had their parts sold on eBay. I’m sure Russia could weld a turret to some of those yachts Russian oligarchs bought with funds siphoned off from the military and government. Slava Ukraine!
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  1454.  @nunyadambusiness6902  A well-trained gun crew? Then Russia has nothing to worry about.
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  1455. Well, it‘s not like Russia’s not willing to kill off an entire generation for its dictator, either.
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  1456. You and ten others support those who chant “Death to the USA”, then?
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  1457. It‘s a cat because it wants to destroy you but lacks opposable thumbs.
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  1458. Are the Ukrainians eating dog and burning their own corpses in the fields?
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  1459. So much for all the weapons the Russiabots said Russia was ”holding back“. Slava Ukraine!
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  1460. That poor reporter! Thanks for the video!
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  1461. Looks like Santa gave Russia coal, not ammo. Hey, Russiabots, tell us how the Russians are holding back their best weaponry to defeat Ukraine! Thanks for the videos!
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  1462. Search on “Beijing dust storm”. It was even worse, years ago, believe it or not. :/
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  1463. After Three Mile Island, USA learned about nuclear energy. Unfortunately, Japan and other countries did not.
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  1464. Freedom of speech: YES. Creating an unsafe environment: NO.
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  1465. 25:20 : Shoulda skipped to that part. :) I‘m going with Russia afraid of the tanks finally coming in (and, unlike Russian tanks, these tanks work and would be used properly with infantry). The video is two weeks old, and the Wagner group faction looks to be falling out with Putin, with its lack of being supplied by their opposing faction, the Russian Ministry of Defense (or whatever it’s called) who, earlier, pulled back winning Wagner troups in Bakhmut (?) and replaced them with RMD troops, so the RMD could claim Wagner‘s victory. Even before then, YouTube videos suggested that Wagner’s head was trying to overcome, oust, or whatever Putin, which would explain why Putin would rather Wagner fall than win victories in Ukraine with them. If anyone isn‘t familiar with how internal factions can overpower a nation’s military, search on “Japan army navy WWII” for a historical example of competing military factions. I think one of William‘s or Perun’s videos went over how Putin‘s power relies on him pitting one faction against each other, which works in peace time, but has disadvantages in wartime — disadvantages, like losing the war. Keep up the good work!
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  1466. Russia didn’t learn anything from Afghanistan.
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  1467. USA has already spent over 68 billion dollars to fight Russia in Europe. EU has spent only €18 billion for Ukraine. USA has gotten nothing but criticism, enemies, and entitlement from being the world’s cop, and has inflation and a recession to worry about.
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  1468. Guess the west will have to be neutral once Iran launches a few missiles at Saudi Arabia and Israel.
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  1469. The Russians can’t build drones or computer? But the sanctions aren’t supposed to be working! Slava Ukraine!
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  1470. Whenever I hear “However” or “Unfortunately” from this channel, I know it’s bad news for the Russians! Keep up the good work!
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  1471. CCP numbers are all false, anyway. Starts at the local governments and makes their way up. When the ghost cities disappear, and the infrastructure helps the economy, I’ll reconsider.
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  1472. Better stop them like the other red states did, before they escalate it like the blue states allowed them to.
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  1473. 14:45 : Communism vs. Semiconductors. :P
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  1474. 0:20 : Putin : Ha! We have no oil to ship out, anyway! I am master planner! Thanks for the video!
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  1475. Next step: Send the children to the cornfields. Because the CCP is afraid of student protests, they’re sending unemployed youth to rural areas to prevent from organizing. Xi’s obviously following in Mao’s footsteps, and you should know how rural re-education fared under Mao. You’ve already seen India vs. China’s population periods. It’s worse than the diagrams show, since China’s youth are not only a lower proportion of the population, but also unemployed.
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  1476. With Putin, he’s robbed from not only the old, sick, and poor, but young and healthy. Good luck getting your yachts, Russian propagandists.
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  1477. Keep driving out those “mom and pop” landlords, California. Soon enough, you’ll have nothing but corporates who want a profit. The “mom and pops” are more interested in preserving capital, except that, thanks to Prop 19, you’ve made it less likely the next generation of “mom and pops” will find rental properties worth holding. Here come the corporations.
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  1478. Now, I’m curious about Taiwan’s building codes. I was there decades ago, so I expect they’ve improved. But my relatives there told me of buildings made with empty food containers used instead of reinforced steel.
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  1479. Nice — now to AI laughtracks, or better yet have AI write television that‘s bearable to watch! Thanks for the video!
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  1480. Russia‘s navy has the best tugboats graft can buy.
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  1481. (: The K-Zone is like where you send your kids to for the ball pits. I find it ironic that to get your video on YouTube, you end up having to use the same military doublespeak we mocked the government with during the Reagan years. Double-plus good! (:
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  1482. Well, I just read that China is issuing food vouchers for a whopping $6 a month to low-income Chinese to afford food, so something’s stopping them.
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  1483. And Tesla just dropped almost 10% today. Can’t wait for Bagel’s video on the AI pump and dump. Keep up the videos!
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  1484. Russia donating equipment to Ukraine again!
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  1485. Lol — Russians smoking something strange might be an explanation why they’re digging zig-zag trenches on the beach!
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  1486. I’m fine with him being gay. In fact, if the Democratic Party really represented the left, they wouldn’t covered up his closet-ness. What I don’t like about Paul Pelosi is his, and politicians from both parties, using their political connections to make insider trades. That said, thanks for the video. In the states, all we have are “unbiased” reporting and nobody points out the inconsistencies in these obvious cover-ups.
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  1487. Russia’s lack of coordination extends to their communication. They have to communicate on the “lowest common denominator” of the different communication technologies and standards, and the result is no encryption at all. It doesn’t matter how advanced your communication equipment is, if you have to talk to someone with a RadioShack walk-in-talkie.
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  1488. Glad to see Spencer’s Gifts still around. They had neat stuff at the mall, but I doubt any of their “gag gifts” really sold.
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  1489. All that moving stock footage is fine, but how about just a picture of the stock itself?
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  1490. Businesses leaving happened DECADES ago with inner cities yet progressives are unable to learn from history (not to mention economics).
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  1491.  @Rouge55  You bots still think Russia is liberating Ukraine from Nazis? Enjoy your trip to the front, loyal conscript.
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  1492. Nice. Votes count, and neither party having a majority in the Senate means gridlock and hopefully compromise. Hopefully.
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  1493. Ukrainian soldiers drink coffee then press buttons. Russian soldiers drink vodka then are sent to die. Thanks for the intercepts!
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  1494. Well, McD’s is a real estate company, so… :P
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  1495. Then there‘s Japanese fake food, used to show off a menu at some restaurants. It’s not for IP reasons, but because color photography wasn‘t available in Japan to show off the food in menus.
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  1496. William Spaniel and Perun have argued against a coup (though I think “coup” has been misused by many). With a coup, you go after the head of the state, namely Putin, although arguably Prig was going after S&G, who were indeed supposed to be in Rostov at the time.
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  1497. What’s next? 1.5 billion for that guy who ran into North Korea?
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  1498. China releases Covid and their so-called navy can’t protect their Red Sea trade routes. CCP should have spent more money on boats, not bots! :P
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  1499. Same China who boasts of their navy, yet has to rely on the USA to protect their trade routes with Russia and the EU through the Red Sea.
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  1500. After the 2020 Census, California lost a seat in the House — which has a Republican minor majority — because residents and businesses left, to similarly voting areas, namely Republican ones. (NY also flipped three blue seats to red.) Crime and inflation were the two most important issues to Republicans during the 2020 midterms. If the Democratic Party stays soft on crime (and BOTH parties stop their extremists), the Democrats will continue to lose control in 2024.
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  1501. @r: Because Israel’s not going to have much sympathy from those who believe that you should support other countries attacked by tyranny. Hey, maybe China’s going to attack India soon, right? :/
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  1502. And, thank to YT, you can even make a channel in which you give a lecture based on what you want to learn! Thanks for the video!
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  1503. @PJ: China doesn’t have to invade Russia to get what it wants. It’s already shown that it wants the worlds’ largest freshwater lake (because Northern China has made itself into a desert because China doesn’t care about the environment) through China-backed business acquisitions in the area. They tried this before the war and Russia stopped this, but now that Russia is economically weak, China can exploit Russia for its natural resources, just as it’s already been doing with oil, without an actual military invasion. BRI will soon be the Borscht and Russia Initiative.
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  1504. Gonna recommend the “SeniorShape Fitness” channel, even if you’re not a senior, and even if it doesn’t directly address neck problems. Or any good yoga and stretching channel on YouTube. Stretching is a vital part of keeping your body in shape. Do it before you have a joint problem, do it to relieve a joint problem!
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  1505. Moscow‘s been hit several times before, with symbolic attacks, and, more importantly, it looks like elite areas have been attacked this time in Moscow. While I’d say it‘s risky to attack everyday civilians on their homeland, wealthy elite are more likely to just flee to another country — if these Moscow elite haven’t done so already. At this point, I don‘t think we can assume that the residents of urban cities of Moscow and St. Petersburg will make much of a different in the RMD, either because they’re elite and flee with their money (their children are probably in overseas schools already), or the numbers recruited for RMD won‘t matter (Russia will need more cannon fodder than two urban cities will provide). Sending citizens of Moscow and St. Petersberg, Putin’s only real power base in Russia, to war doesn‘t sound like a sureproof plan, given the incompetence and lack of equpiment the RMD has. All enlistment will tell your average Moscovite or Petersburgian (whatever) is how poorly run the RMD is.
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  1506. No need for the tinfoil hats. ISIS-K has a grudge with Russia, including Russia’s interference in Syria, as well as Africa. ISIS-K is opponents to Iran, a Russian ally, and has attacked Iran (and parts of the EU). We all know that Russian’s internal security is a joke, including the Wagner march on Moscoww, and a THIRD attack on Belgorod (sp), not to mention those symbolic drone “attacks” on Moscow. I’m just wondering if this terrorist attack was actually delayed — would have had more impact BEFORE the elections!
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  1507. Buying bonds only as a substitute for a long-term CD. Already max’ed out the I bonds. Oh, and the Treasury will be using your tax dollars to bail out banks and Wall Street by buying treasuries. Yay.
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  1508. Looks like Americans voted for gridlock, since the Senate is effectively split, with Manchin still around.
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  1509. It’s take your Shovel to Work Day in Vuhledar! Slava Ukraine!
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  1510. Also see the Perun video about the Russian amry where they have an entire corrupt military culture massaging information. Thanks for the S&S discussion!
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  1511. @R: Surprised, like Russia‘s defeating Ukraine in only three days?
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  1512. Russia bending over for China. At least until the Russian cigarettes show up!
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  1513. No doubt the same guys who predicted we’d have a bear market every year for the last decade or so. A recession isn’t a collapse, but it’s still a recession.
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  1514. Someone forgot Ronnie Raygun and the “support” US had in Afghanistan.
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  1515. Just wait a month and see how much Ukrainian land Russia has — not to mention how many more Russian soldiers will die or run away.
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  1516. Gotta cut back on those Russian cigarettes!
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  1517.  @kerbyjoseph2394  Keep dreaming, bot.
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  1518. I though Poland was ready to kick Belarusia to the curb. Maybe Russia sees it as a real threat? :/
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  1519. @Tim: The Democrats spent a TRILLION dollars on their party agenda in their first two years of Biden’s administration.
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  1520. You can add Amazon Basics to your Subscribe and Save deliveries, further knocking down the price, about 1/2 the Everreadies for my deliveries. (: Thanks for the videos!!!
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  1521. Great history of technology. Could have used a timeline. Thanks for the video!
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  1522. Though not direct protests against the CCP, I’m trying to follow the Chinese refusing to pay mortgages, as well as any bank runs as a definite undermining of faith in China’s bank and real estate markets. Definitely a blow to the CCP trying to keep the image of a healthy economy.
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  1523. A truly amazing decision since it lined many CCP official‘s pockets with kickbacks!
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  1524.  @Niosus  After Russia’s capture of a nuclear power plant, Japan’s nuclear accident, and Cherynoble (sp), I still don’t think the public will accept nuclear power.
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  1525. Drives better than I do!
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  1526. I doubt the American taxpayer wants to foot the bill when Russian assets are available. I’m all for the demise of Russia, but we’ve just had a bank crash and are in a recession.
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  1527. That‘s what I say every time I hear about crime in a Democratic city.
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  1528. Too bad the river doesn‘t connect to Moscow or St. Petersberg. A few boats could take on the handful of guys still back in Russia! Slava Ukraine!
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  1529. Given how Russia screwed up blowing up the dam, this isn‘t going to end well.
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  1530. Thankfully, dumb immature people can do these steps, too! :D
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  1531. And they can’t be replaced because of sanctions. Don’t let the Russiabots tell you otherwise. Oh, and one of the airplanes was shot by Russian air defense. Slava Ukraine!
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  1532. Like Putin was supposed to?
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  1533. Just because you’re an Iranian politician, American celebrity, or Russian general, doesn’t mean Mother Nature will make an exception for you. And if it was an assassination, these tyrants have as much to fear from their cronies as they do another country…!
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  1534. Not going to the ME, either.
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  1535. If you want diversity, stop playing the victim and start your own company. And, nobody says it will be easy. In the end, a customer who wants the best service or product at the best price, will not care about your age, color, or gender. The internet has particularly made this so.
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  1536. And the Democrats will still blame (and fear) after locking up Trump in jail! Even when the Democrats had the WH, Senate, and House, it was TRUMP TRUMP TRUMP. The blue party needs to grow a pair!
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  1537. Elite liberals can buy milk and eggs. Everyone else can decide between fuel, rent, or food.
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  1538. Heat doesn’t matter so long as you’re making money. Keep up the videos!
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  1539. @S: Well, Russia’s losing on every war, that’s for certain.
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  1540. Interesting video. California, which you’d think is a state dedicated to conservation of native plants, is over 98% invasive plant species, and that was forty years ago, when I was working on an invasive plant species project. (Of course, when you’re tearing up land for development and planting different plants, you lose native wildlife…).
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  1541. 8:10 : Depending on Russia for your vital resources. Hmm… Where did I hear that before. Oh, right. Germany and Russian oil.
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  1542. And Chinese companies are leaving China to manufacture in Mexico, because of tariffs, but I’m also guessing b/c of supply chain issues in China (and now the Red Sea). Also, Peter Zeihan (sp) has some arguments why Mexico’s drug cartels either won’t be able to control these businesses, or the next generation will transition into legal activity.
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  1543. Putin‘s hiring. :D
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  1544. “Russian fighters in Ukraine reportedly downed their own advanced frontline jet for the second time in eight days. The incident took place Friday in Mariupol, according to multiple reports referenced by Ukrainian defense officials. Information remains scarce but alluded to the pilot of the Russian Su-35 multirole fighter jet surviving the attack.” — Newsweek, Oct 2023
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  1545. What, exactly, does the Middle East have to gain from the war in Ukraine? “Join the Losing Side” t-shirts?
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  1546. WOO COFFEE! Coffee also has beneficial health effects. Personally, if I‘m tired but can‘t go to sleep, I’ll drink some coffee so the caffeine crash can help me sleep!
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  1547. So how, exactly, does US having a problem fix China‘s problem? China still has the problem, regardless of the US.
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  1548. Perhaps Kraft’s mistake was that they didn’t “become their own competition”. Rather than make halfway attempts to “healthily” their products, they could have founded, acquired, etc. foods that weren’t burdened by Kraft’s processed reputation, not that that’s not easier said than done. McD’s tried it with Chipotle, and Coke does this with Fairlife milk.
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  1549. Probably better to watch the original translation on Insight — see the description. Just watched the Insight video on the Russian conscript who was shelled as soon as he was sent to the front.
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  1550. Sorry, women. This doesn‘t fit the narrative, so you have to pay the cost.
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  1551. Dutch Disease but bigger.
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  1552. They should pay higher prices. If you can pay off your loans, you’re obviously wealthy. Vote Democrat in 2024.
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  1553. @Dean: Trump‘s almost in jail now. Why is he still news to the left?
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  1554. China‘s been having economic problems for years, yet the S&P has done quite well. I think many companies have already left China, which was quite hostile towards foreign businesses. While I would not invest in China, I wouldn‘t sell my USA holdings, either.
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  1555. It‘s not VR. It’s another expensive gadget that’s going to fall by the wayside.
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  1556. Russia cannot admit its own citizens are fighting back. Russia weaker and weaker as increasing sabotage clearly shows.
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  1557. We need to elect that Oakland Target employee who told off Newsome how his and Democratic policies have increased crime, driven out businesses, and thus increased unemployment. These rich multimillionaire liberal elites have no idea what the working and middle class are going through. Fast food workers are already being laid off and replaced by kiosks from the recent CA fast food minimum wage increase.
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  1558. MAGA needs to remember Reagan.
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  1559. Xi won’t let his cabin boy Putin launch his toys.
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  1560.  @Arltratlo  Dude, where’s my tank? :D
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  1561. Update: Russia warship sinks. Cause: Water. :D
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  1562. Ate this stuff like crazy as a kid as frozen food, but I’ll take the ground meat as a hamburger in an air fryer. The history lesson is much appreciated, and I’m glad Dr. S. Was around!
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  1563. Gonna turn into Robocop 2 again. :D
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  1564. My golden retriever wants to know where to apply. Thanks for the video!
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  1565. Would love to hear what happened next to the band. Mebbe during their break they should have released a computer game with their sound effects. :D
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  1566. 2:50 : Russian tank cope cages v.2.0. :D I mean, do they even have electricity? Remember Private Ivanovich needs to strip out the vehicle parts for his vodka fix!
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  1567. Sowell takes apart AA in less than a minute. Basically, since AA “protects” AA hires from being fired, companies become extra cautious in hiring AA candidates. Most of these risky AA candidates come from more difficult backgrounds, resulting in AA discriminating against the very people they‘re supposed ot help. Instead, AA results in hiring “safe bets”, which are typically degreed people — in other words, AA benefits those who can afford college and have work experience. Again, not exactly the worst off people, who need help getting a job. That’s not to say there‘s no way to help. Networking is still an important skill that can circumvent the typical “job ad” hiring process. Family businesses hire family and friends over resume. And customers (usually) don‘t care about your gender or skin color, they care more about the value of the service or goods you provide.
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  1568. TBH, I don’t know anything about tanks beyond terrain and single file, so don’t know what to think. T(h)ants for the videos!!!
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  1569. If the Dems didn't spend over a TRILLION dollars on their party agenda during the first two years of the Biden presidency, I'd vote for them. Heck, I'd vote for Manchin (sp) if he was running!
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  1570. 19:45 : Lukeshenko‘s body double looks to be in perfect health! :D
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  1571. At least you’ll get the bread back. (: I have a golden retriever, and I’m not sure I’d even get the twist-tie from her!
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  1572. Russian propaganda commentators looking for an internal Russian scapegoat who duped their glorious leader. Have fun with the purges, Russia! Thanks for the video!
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  1573. Miami beach curfew : I‘ll take safety over a supposed loss in business, anyday. Next year, when vacationers know that that the beach is safe, businesses that cater to law-abiding citizens will have more business and won‘t have to file insurance claims for property vandalization!
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  1574. Some Americans dumb as dirt. Support your local non-profit credit union.
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  1575. Not helping that Russian oil fields MUST continue producing oil or they can’t be restarted again — without western technology. See Joe Blog’s videos.
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  1576. Anyone remembers snigglets? No? :D
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  1577. So long as Putin’s mansions are untouched, right, bots?
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  1578. Guess you won‘t believe it, then!
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  1579. Remember that with a slim lead, BOTH parties need to attract independent and central voters. If one does, and the other doesn’t, guess which one wins.
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  1580. Running against Trump was the Democrat’s entire platform two years ago. How soon they forget.
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  1581. @g: RIP Caps key.
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  1582. Renters complain about corporate landlords, but who’s left when so-called pro-tenant laws make rentals money-losing for “mom and pop” landlords?
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  1583. Three day operation to take Ukraine, one day operation to take Bakhmut, right?. All according to plan, right? Thanks for the videos! Slava Ukraine!
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  1584. And that was before the war! Slava Ukraine!
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  1585. Slouching: And watch out for furniture that encourages you to slouch, such as couches. Use a second monitor with laptops. The keyboard position of a laptop forces us to slouch when looking at its monitor.
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  1586. ME, where every country was both an enemy and and ally with its neighbors. Including Israel (and the USA a few times, too). :/
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  1587. Russia does not have to worry about cowardly Ukrainians destroying Russian railways! No money left in the budget to maintain them, anyway. Thanks for the videos! :D
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  1588. The only consolation is that most of this stuff is Made in China so might as well go direct to landfill, anyway.
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  1589. If you improve your grammar, the troll farm will give you an extra onion, bot.
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  1590. Western countries should do a tripwire and send in humanitarian aid, such as the Red Cross, and volunteers to attacked cities.
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  1591. Russia will empty its nursing homes and high schools before Ukraine loses Bakhmut. Slava Ukraine.
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  1592. Air fryer or brown bag it from home. Inflation under the current adminstration hit grocery stores, and, while restaurants, including fast food, tried keeping market share, they absorbed rising costs. No more.
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  1593. Gee, annexing those buffer countries sure is paying off. /s. Slava Ukraine!
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  1594. Congrats, Putin. You‘re now a proxy state for China. They love your oil, btw.
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  1595. South Korea gets attacked, China steps in, Trump sends a tweet. The End.
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  1596. Amazon only competes against a big chain supermarket store and Walmart. Neither is an underdog. Online, since I‘m a geek (: Miniature Market, which has two game stores in another state, still beats Amazon for prices and selection. Likewise, my parents are Asian and shop Weeee online for Asian food, and go to Ranch 99, an Asian grocery store chain. As a consumer, no one is forcing you to shop Amazon. But, as a small business, you do not compete against big corporations, Amazon or otherwise. We have a local grocery store chain that has a large deli and niche grocery items that Amazon can provide.
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  1597. Scholz bending over for Putin farther than Putin for Xi. Slava Ukraine!
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  1598. Dictatorship security forces are well-trained only against defenseless citizens. And they’re not so spread that they couldn’t handle a with Saudi Arabia, right?
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  1599. 10:00 : Good point about pink vs. red, and it’s interesting that pink has connotations (eg.feminity) that are different from red (eg. Blood and emergencies). Would be interested in knowing if Azurro and Blu have different connotations in Italian!
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  1600. Thankfully, all the Russian generals are just incompetent loyalist scapegoats who aren’t even at the front! :D
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  1601. Wonder when China will enter the chat room.
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  1602.  @brighton1880  The “actual reality” is that Putin is imprisoning more Russian citizens who have tenuous links to other protestors. And, speaking of McD’s, you guys can’t even get the potatoes to make fries to go with your McPutin burgers.
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  1603. And by the time Putin hears from it from his yes-men who don’t want to be shot, it will be propaganda fuel, not the Pyrrhic victory it is.
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  1604.  @kimlavender185kimlavender9  What war? And how is Russia’s new submarine in the Black Sea doing?
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  1605. And Russia claimed they increased security in Belgorod after the previous attacks! The west told Ukraine they could not attack Russian soil, so Russia sent all its men to Ukraine. But, now, that‘s backfired, as Ukraine is taking the war into its own hands (maybe with some tacit western approval) and attacking Russia oil infrastructure (they originally didn’t do that b/c the west thought it would raise worldwide oil prices) and supplying separatists with weaponry (the west was afraid Russia would retailiate with nukes and stronger military, but Russia has shown it has no such weaponry).
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  1606. Green energy is perfectly safe until the humans get involved. ):
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  1607. My theory why you see men as being more “successful” than women is that they’ve been rejected far far more often. :D
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  1608. Putting firing generals he doesn’t like. With real fire.
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  1609. That drone Russia shot down probably cost as much as those nine Russian planes. :P
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  1610. Trump: Hey, Germany. Stop depending on Russia. Germany: Snickers and laughs. Biden: Blow up that sucker. Germany: Oh, yeah? Well, we‘ll take forever to deliver those tanks, then.
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  1611. Market down today, just as the chart suggested. Thanks for saving me a lot of bucks! :D
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  1612. Pretty amusing that the CCP is responsible for hacking into USA government sites, while concerned about online scams from a much smaller country.
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  1613. Why are Americans complaining about funding Ukraine and Israel when we’re spending money on the UN?
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  1614. One side wasn‘t dancing and giving out candy when 3K Americans died on 9/11.
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  1615. Taiwan was successful with zero-covid before the vaccines, but, being on an island, and with post-SARS tracking were better able to. However, they had a major infection when air pilots brought the virus. So, no, China doesn’t have a chance with zero-CoVid.
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  1616. Russia and China have already collapsed. They just don’t know it.
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  1617. Western countries need to send more military aid and Jiffy Pop to Ukraine.
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  1618. The challenge for any new technology is that the old technology’s upfront costs, such as research and infrastructure, has long ago been paid for. Any long-term benefits of a new technology (eg. Environmentalism) are offset by short-term costs (eg. research and infrastructure). That’s where businesses come in. These short-term costs are amortized over the product, and businesses have a greater size and scale than consumers. Frex, Amazon can buy hundreds of EV’s for their delivery fleet, of the same make, model, and support, and I presume manufacturers would rather have one large client than many individual ones. USPS mail trucks are also EV’s, and the government is a lucrative market as well. The amount of money involved in a new technology used for business use drives improvements in the technology for business demands. Eventually, these technological improvements make the technology more affordable for consumer use. Laptops used to cost thousands of dollars, so were used only for business outside of the office. Now, laptops are only a few hundred dollars, and almost passé compared to tablets and smartphones. Scotty the Mechanic calls today’s EV policies, “Putting the policy horse before the technological cart” but hopefully business will make cars better and more fuel efficient, without the need for government subsidies.
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  1619. Thanks to the dam, I wouldn‘t mind if Ukraine delayed the counter-offensive. More time for Russia to collapse internally! Slava Ukraine!
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  1620. I’d just like to know who the bright Russian higher-up thought that a city connected by that single road was a good idea.
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  1621. Don’t just complain to YT. Tell their advertisers as well!
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  1622. Buy his book! :D
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  1623. New Cold War? I would disagree that China‘s blustering “saber rattling” is like Russia’s successful (until the Ukraine war) bluff. And China has been conducting economic warfare for decades*. I remember reading Business Week articles *30 years ago about China‘s growth, which, in hindsight, may have been the same or the root of the lies China has today with their GDP.
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  1624. Maybe if the Democrats weren‘t pro-crime, we’d have more businesses open and more people employed.
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  1625. Trying to connect with the voters? Certainly different than what either party has done!
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  1626. Gee, a lot of those Russian cigarettes, lately. Glad the Ukrainian soldier was safe!
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  1627. Both Russia and Hamas want(ed) a cease fire. Gee, I wonder why.
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  1628. 3:00 : Support for the Houthis? Congrats, you’re on the Russia / ME troll farm list. :/ I do think EU and China should do more to protect their own trade and oil shipping lanes. Prices will go up, but we might as well cut back on all that Made in China stuff, anyway. Thanks for the videos!
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  1629. Russia propaganda says it’s infinite, so it must be true.
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  1630. Bots will tell you the sanctions aren’t working, but, thanks to sanctions, Russia can’t buy “smart” weapons that could taken down HIMARS. Thanks for the twitter comments, learned something new!
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  1631. Good point. IIRC, China attempted to do something similar, headhunting from Taiwanese semi-conductor companies to form their own Chinese company (but failed). USA might as well do some university recruiting for youngsters who think China’s rattling those sabers too loudly. If we can have HB-1 visas for foreign engineers, might as well restrict them to “national security” technologies.
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  1632. Well, China’s been lying about their GDP for decades.
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  1633. 8:49 : Well, that puts things into perspective. Wonder how many in today's stock market were there back then.
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  1634. @Pedro: US didn’t want Trump. But it didn’t want Hilary even more.
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  1635. Dunno about the CCP, but I’m sure China’s bankrupt by now. Hey, maybe the Chinabots can tell us if they’re still getting paid. Thanks for the video!
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  1636. Gee, I’m glad western public schools aren’t teaching Middle Eastern history. /s
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  1637. I‘m sure plenty of oligarchs and inner-ish circle are ready to get rid of Putin!
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  1638. Wouldn’t stop a tractor, either! :D
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  1639. Tip of the proverbial iceberg. If 1.7 billion was China’s only problem, it wouldn’t be a big deal. But it isn’t.
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  1640. Russia is holding back on their best food by forcing their soldiers to eat dogs.
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  1641. Oh, and Russia is holding back on their best bodybags by burning Russian soldier corpses on the fields.
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  1642. Hey, Democrats. Why don’t you let the PEOPLE decide whether or not Trump should be in office? Isn’t that was Democracy is actually about?
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  1643. 1:50 : I’ll take culture any day. Because you’ve seen it in China, where the ruling party wiped out its own culture and rules its people. And you arguably see it in the USA, where a lack of respect for culture allows extremism to run rampant.
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  1644. There’s another YT channel that reviews how Ukraine is attacking Russia, mentioning how they’re attacking Russian weak defenses. Also, search on “Ukraine thunder run”. Russia is also putting their professionals on the second line — to kill off any conscripts on the first line who desert. Russia will not win this war.
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  1645. Too bad Xi‘s sending their educated youth into the cornfields.
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  1646. Congratulations on your lordship! :D Russian’s laying out Kherson as a “trap”, including sending Russian forces. But Ukraine doesn’t need to keep recapturing territory. I bet it will do the same thing they’ve always done — cut off the supply lines and let the Russians, 30K I think, run out of supplies.
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  1647. The Russians failed to take Bakhmut, so, to make sure they fail, they fail to take Soledad as well. Slava Ukraine!
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  1648. Next, they’ll send him in front of the next wet storm.
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  1649. The bots are the ones who think high-speed rails mean anything.
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  1650. 0:30 : Russians blew themselves up on their own mines??? :O That’s one “unfortunately, for the Russians” that outbeats all “unfortunately for the Russians”! Slava Ukraine!
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  1651. Prop 19 jacked up property taxes for those who inherited property. Costs too much to legally live here. Have two friends leaving CA to live with their families.
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  1652. I’ve seen reports of Ukrainian attacks in Russian-claimed territory. Perhaps the red areas aren’t so red after all.
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  1653. Because the left thinks criminals are victims.
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  1654. I write reviews of hobby stuff in return for free stuff. Customers get more info about a product, small companies get advertising, I save a little post-tax money. It’s hardly “passive income” (I’m a landlord, and that’s hardly passive, either!), but I help out small companies I believe in, hobbyists find out more about a product than typical advertising, these companies get low-cost advertising that’s permanently available on the ‘net, and I get something I might not have bought for my hobby fix.
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  1655. Blockade or target practice? :D Slava Ukraine — and thanks to USA and Israel for the escorts!
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  1656. Russia‘s Dutch disease. All this oil they can‘t sell, and they can’t use it to heat their own people. But Putin‘s bunker is nice and cozy, right?
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  1657. The CCP is perfectly welcome to show as many crime and homeless videos as they want. Quite a few Americans dislike how certain politicians have allowed cities to fall to this state of disrepair and want to change it. Meanwhile, in China, the CCP is the only party in control, and will not take steps to correct their problems, if anything, they will compound them.
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  1658. No THanks to THose printers and THose tourist traps colluding no doubt! Thanks for the video!
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  1659. Germany and France keep leading from behind. Everyone relies on USA.
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  1660. Never cared about a billionaire‘s joyride in the first place.
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  1661. Thunder Run to the dam and back! J/k. :D
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  1662. Thanks for the terrain and tactics — and politics! Gonna be another bemusing Russian failure. Slava Ukraine!
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  1663. Peter Zeihan: Nah. :D
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  1664. I’m thinking that, because conflicts — and thus individuality — among Indians is not taught in schools — we lack the understanding of ethnic factions within a country. This results in oversimplification of conflicts — such as the ME — where understanding such factions is necessary to understand the conflict. The narrative stereotype that “only rich white men can do wrong” leads to all sorts of misunderstandings and policy mistakes, to say the least.
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  1665. Russia not even bothering to retrieve bodies with those mysterious black vans anymore.
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  1666. Energy independence first, alternative energies second. Green energy policies reducing fossil fuel consumption have resulted in USA’s dependence on OPEC and Germany’s dependence on Russia. These green energy policies have backfired — it doesn’t matter where you get your oil from, it will have the same impact on the environment. USA’s dependence on OPEC makes the USA look weak, and Germany’s dependence on Russian oil has cost many Ukrainian lives.
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  1667. Democrats putting Trump in the limelight more than Trump or Republicans could ever do.
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  1668. As long as Moscow and St. Petersberg are still standing, Putin doesn‘t care. Keep fighting, Ukraine!
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  1669. After seeing the EU’s stances against USA tech companies, I’m not surprised that they’re behind the USA in tech in general. Yes, tech is a two-edged sword (it turned California from Repub to Dem) it indirectly drives a nation’s economy, is an important part of national security, and thus makes a country relevant on the global stage. As someone who remembers Nokia, SAP, Ericcson, etc., I don’t see any EU advances in tech as declines in USA tech, either.
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  1670. USA has sent 50 billion dollars in aid to Ukraine and isn’t even anywhere near Russia‘s doorstep.
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  1671. When you are strong, appear weak. When you are weak, appear strong. When you are China, attack Taiwan. :/
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  1672. Yeah, those “Made in China” tires really helped all those transport units that lined up to be destroyed earlier in the war. What does China have to gain in all this? They certainly don’t need Russia, other than as a buffer state. China only cares about China, and all that cheap oil is fine with them. China knows Russia is losing, and is more interested in Taiwan than Ukraine, anyway.
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  1673. @Robert : What? You want the Republicans to win? Never interrupt your enemy while they are making a mistake! :D
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  1674.  @laars0001  Good point. Not only are the numbers suspect, but safe to assume money is being siphoned off left and right through corruption.
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  1675. Punish EU re: EVs like China punished Australia re: coal? EU needs to wake up and not rely on dictators for their foreign oil or EV‘s!
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  1676. 1:50 : I thought you were going to say that , because of the bad weather, that the Russian artillery fell over and were destroyed because of bad winds or something. :D
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  1677. I guess trading for those Russian cigarettes was a bad idea.
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  1678. 2. And don’t forget to learn compound interest when learning to invest!
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  1679. The odd part is that Chinese are lactose intolerant. :P The odder part is that BMW is still in China.
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  1680. Why the USA provides 12B+ per year to the UN is beyond me.
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  1681. Warren Buffet was right. Rent.
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  1682. I‘d like to thank the criminals in CA and NY for allowing the Republicans to control the house and pass this bill. Hopefully, with your support and DA’s soft on crime, we‘ll take the WH in 2024.
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  1683. NATO will find any excuse not to “provoke” Russia, when all they‘re really doing is emboldening it. It’s sad how the West hasn‘t progressed much since appeasement.
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  1684. Russiabots in the comments again. Putin can only attack civilian targets and his warships at sea make them more vulnerable to marine drone attacks. Meanwhile, 3rd world countries — and China — see how Russia is causing worldwide food inflation. Maybe Russia and Belarus should make do on their threat to attack Poland, so Poland can walk into Moscow and St. Petersburg, hold a referendum, and annex Russia.
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  1685. Would l Iike to hear your opinion about the Iran / Saudi Arabia conflict. Is it really doing to happen?
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  1686. Is lie! Russian artillery was not made ineffective by Ukrianian tricks! Russian artillery plenty ineffective all on its own! :D
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  1687. @dos: Too bad Ukraine’s getting all that “borrowed” equipment from the West, while Russia’s only “borrowed” equipment comes from China!
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  1688. The artwork of these videos are great! And I’d like to know what my dog dragging me around says about my walking. :P
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  1689. Sentiment loses again. Thanks for the videos!
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  1690. And many of us moderates wanted Trump to drop out BEFORE the guilty verdict. I don’t like how the Dems have run the economy (or spent 1.5 TRILLION dollars on their agenda in the first two years of office), but Trump is too extreme and too polarizing. Any generic Republican has a better chance against Biden for the office.
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  1691. Russia’s economy doesn’t have to collapse. But the war has end. Wouldn’t be surprised if the ethnic minorities start their civil wars…
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  1692. SA is the country whose military has the best technology and the least training. :P
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  1693. And next time you have Mexican food, try the mole sauce! It‘s made from chocolate, but is savory. Yet another way to broaden your view of chocolte! Thanks for the video!
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  1694. You don't have to look further than Polymatter's 2-year old "Why 50 Million Chinese Homes are Empty" video to know how unsustainable China's "growth" (more like growth of debt and spending) is.
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  1695. Saudi Arabia should ask Iraq what good neighbors Iran is.
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  1696. The irony is that this owner gets free publicity by NOT giving in to “influencers”! (: Don‘t give in!
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  1697. Russia needs to capture another city to make sure they’ll lose the war. Slava Ukraine!
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  1698. China and Russia? They’re not exporting tofu dregs and copium to the Middle East now, are they?
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  1699. I hated learning Chinese, so didn’t learn it. Turns out, I should have stuck with Spanish. :D I did learn another language — economics. Much more useful than Chinese, Spanish, or English! :D
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  1700. IIRC, The CCP forces bond holders to renew their bonds, rather than cash them out at maturity? Yeah, that will attract new money.
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  1701. The problem is the government‘s credit rating. What’s the government going to do when it needs money?
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  1702. Not to mention that, after Jews, Arabs want to kill Americans next. I prefer the company of those who don’t want me six feet under, but to each his own, I suppose.
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  1703. You’re not being discriminated against. The Democrats are against discrimination. Oh, wait. You mean you don’t need a handout because you were fiscally responsible? The Democrats can’t have voters like you around, can they?
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  1704. Sure worked for Putin— or so he thought, right?
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  1705. And I thought the days of political correctness were bad. Wokeness is becoming Nazi-ism — just under a different name.
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  1706. Do you love how he sucks up to Xi?
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  1707. Why are we funding over 12B a year to the UN? And remember when the WHO was little more than a CCP mouthpiece during the beginning of Covid? The Republicans keep telling us how we shouldn’t fund Ukraine because it costs so much. Well, I know where we can get 12B, at least.
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  1708. No wonder India is nervous, with these nutjobs around.
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  1709. Memorizing the Bizarre: This is why your English teacher said to write in specifics. It’s also why comedians exaggerate something specific in their routines. Personally, I will always throw in, for better or for worse, an unusual aspect of my persona life in a conversation. So now a stranger knows I and my mother have diabetes so have to buy a small cake for Dad’s birthday! :P
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  1710. Too many people in the west don’t bother to understand other cultures or history. I’m sure anyone who grew up in the Cold War thought being dependent on Russia (not to mention USA’s dependence on OPEC+) was a ridiculous idea.
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  1711. Hey, Russiabots. Tell us how China‘s not collapsing. Where’s that guy with his wall of text?
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  1712. iranian coutryment did it against the Iranian government.
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  1713. Thank you so much for your explanations! You’re doing a great job and I really appreciate it! Keep up the hard work. Slava Ukraine.
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  1714. If a working population better than China’s is one of those goalposts, India has certainly reached it!
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  1715. Western countries should let in these immigrants only into cities that are protesting for them.
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  1716. McClellan 1977: -1.26% return. I think I can handle that. 😅 Thanks for the videos!
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  1717. Sadly, history shows some idiot on Wall Street will think China’s a bargain to “invest” in. I know Blackstone bought real estate last year before Evergrande imploded. As an individual investor, do your research and watch out where your American international businesses put their money.
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  1718. USA: “We don not want a war with Iran” Iran: targets US bases
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  1719. Don't just follow the money, follow the upper middle class. In California, we've not only had Chinese immigration for the last several decades, but also high student population and real estate purchasing by wealthier Chinese. While you keep hearing fellow Americans quoting China's growth rate or upset about the American economy, Chinese personal wealth is thinking otherwise.
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  1720. Treat their ethnic minorities like dirt then expect them to fight for you. What could possibly go wrong?
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  1721. Good point. I’m concerned about the three House seats flipping to RED in the middle of NY. Some blue states, like CA, have had an exodus for decades, resulting in them losing House seats. Not controlling the House and Machin as a Senator doesn’t look like a Democrat win to me. Then again, the Democrats have been telling us that inflation is “transitory” and that we are not in a recession.
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  1722. The bemusing part was that Xi and CCP said last year that China would focus on manufacturing for its economy. Whoops.
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  1723. “About” to start a trade war? China’s dumping of pretty much everything for the last who-knows-how-many years shows they’ve been at war since forever. Of course, “fair trade” is anything but a norm, and USA has its share of subsidies and protectionism. Some I agree with, but protective tariffs on sugar to protect USA businesses from South American countries has resulted in the use of high-fructose corn syrup over sugar, causing high obesity rates. I’m pretty sure sugar isn’t a national security issue or technology that we don’t want copied by the CCP.
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  1724. The truth is that when you have Russia and China around, nothing good (for you) comes out of it.
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  1725. Old and you’re right! :D
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  1726. Congrats for paying it off early! Paying off your debt is the ONLY way to “guarantee” a return on your money. All other investments, other than maybe treasuries, carry more risk. What if your stocks went down while you carried a mortgage? What if you lost your job — but at least paid off your mortgage? The money you didn‘t pay on your interest can be used in investing, even if you’ve lost some advantage in compound interest. Heck, why even buy a home? Plenty of non-financial reasons to, but ask that Warren Buffet guy and search on “hidden costs of owning a home” to know why a home is not as good of an investment as renting and putting money in the market.
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  1727. They sure don’t have anything else!
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  1728.  @WagnerGroup2025  Your glorious leaders have sold off the serviceable parts in those warehouses to line their pockets.
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  1729. The Emperor has not clothes. Putin has only one tank! Maybe shoulda invaded Vulhedar late May instead?
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  1730. Yahbut during the CPI-core drop, retail investors put a record amount of money into the market (only to lose it with the FedEx earnings announcement). Wouldn’t you need more capitulation before calling the end to the market? :/ Thanks for the videos!
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  1731. Any chance of a video discussing the infighting factions? With civil war becoming more likely, I’d sure like to know who’s who and who’s fighting whom!
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  1732. I can’t tell if these comments are anti-Trump or anti-Democratic Party.
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  1733. Anything Putin and his bot say, you know the opposite is true.
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  1734. Russia: “Joke‘s on you! Those planes never worked, anyway!” Slava Ukraine!
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  1735. When you are strong, appear weak. When you are weak, appear strong. When you are China, attack Taiwan. I dunno why the Dems are provoking China, especially when it‘s the Democrats who are economically pro-China (eg. lower tariffs). China‘s doing a fine job on its own, ruining its own economy, and any Western shenanagins will give them an opportunity to divert attention away form domestic problems. Americans haven’t shown much interest in fighting foriegn wars, limited to providing weapons. While I see China’s army as a paper tiger, I don‘t see what we can gain by annoying them, other than our own diversion from domestic economic problems. Which, of course, may be why Dems are provoking China.
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  1736. And they’ll find out in a few decades what it’ll be like to have their future spent when they were young, much like the OK Boomers and their retirement portfolios have found out.
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  1737. How sick? Well, they‘re sick and tired of Putin!
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  1738. I also heard that when the police were “defunded” many of them resigned — many of these police being “of color”, too.
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  1739. @e: IMF doesn‘t make loans to countries, typically corrupt ones, that won’t pay them back.
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  1740. I also watch Maverick of Wall Street, who shares a similar view (though more ranty!), and Ciovacco Capital, who doesn‘t. Seems like the macroeconomic indicators (“the economy, stupid”) differ from the charts (“the chart in front of us”). I‘ve only been following the CNN Fear and Greed Index for about a year, but, so far, I’m finding it to be with the charts, and use it as a contrarian indicator. It‘s useful to find local highs and low in the market, and has you trading only once every few months, so you don’t have FOMO as often.
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  1741. Any info about other countries trading in the USA market? I just read an article today about India buying up USA shares (and some negative articles about China's bond et al. markets). IIRC, Before the USA stock market plunge, Chinese stocks were sold off for USA ones. TIA!
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  1742. @s: So one out of three? :D
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  1743. Nuclear power. Perfectly safe. Cherynobyl wouldn’t have happend IF they didn‘t test it improperly. Japan wouldn’t have happened IF the plant wasn‘t built on an earthquake zone. Ukraine wouldn’t have happened IF it wasn‘t built next to Russia. Three Mile Island wouldn’t have happened IF personnel was properly trained. Otherwise, perfectly safe.
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  1744. Bring it on. Russia has children and 1940’s equipment they haven’t used yet.
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  1745. Dunno specifically about Pakistan, but why BRI is “popular” is that the money goes into the pockets of corrupt officials who sell out their country’s economy for the quick bucks. Usually, these countries are not eligible for IMF loans because this corruption. It’s the equivalence (and foolishness) of not qualifying for a bank loan and going for the loan sharks. I should say that Mexico is benefitting from “Chinese investment” but not through BRI. Chinese companies who want business in the USA without the supply chain problems of manufacturing in China are locating their manufacturing to other countries. But this investment is not BRI.
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  1746. Greens looking the other way while paying other countries to do the dirty work for them.
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  1747. Tom Nash’s comments also worth watching.
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  1748. Exactly. ME gets the media attention, but there are even worse wars in Africa. And its going to get worse because countries are now fighting over WATER.
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  1749. Newsome is a Xi wannabee.
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  1750. Putin: I claim these previously Soviet and/or USSR territories as part of Russia. engages in war that ends Russia Iran: Ha! We can do better. engages in war with everyone and claims a whole continent Thanks for the video!
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  1751. Critical single point-of-failure. What could possibly go wrong?
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  1752. 0:45 : Government “removed and stored” bikes. No idea why they’re so orderly — maybe the storage service is run by a CCP member who needed the money. :P
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  1753. If the West stops funding the war, Putin will see the West as weak. Win the war.
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  1754. Russia didn‘t attack when Trump was around.
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  1755. Putin no doubt has arrested all historians for not telling the “truth”.
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  1756. Too bad. It’s the Democrats who are in charge, not the Republicans. Free taxpayer money for everyone (who votes for them).
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  1757. Russia will disintegrate on its own, like USSR did. Like the partisans, just because we don’t hear much about ethnicities, other Russians wanting freedom from the Kremlin, and other Russian government factions, doesn’t mean they don’t exist.
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  1758. China doesn‘t care about either.
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  1759. @M : Refrigerators Made in China and made by whichever CCP relative gave the most bribes! :D
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  1760. Get rid of Trump. And BOTH parties need to look at why NEITHER has a strong majority in the Senate.
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  1761. Glad to see your videos appearing on the recommendation list about the war. Plus I miss the pink donut. Keep up the work!
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  1762. And those guys getting cheap oil.
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  1763. A) It’s a respiratory virus. Don’t dismiss it, but don’t panic, either. B) Listen to other countries, like Taiwan, which have had more experience with Asian viruses. Why do countries refuse to learn from others?
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  1764. Option 3: Russiabots on copium trying to change the narrative.
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  1765. USA just passed a $85 billion dollar military spending bill. I don’t think the USA is done with Russia…!
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  1766. Exactly. Also, WFH is cheaper for businesses because they‘re not paying for office space. Job applicant pools become much larger and applicants will take a lower pay to WFH!
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  1767. Exactly. Also, WFH is cheaper for businesses because they‘re not paying for office space. Job applicant pools become much larger and applicants will take a lower pay to WFH!
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  1768. Prig‘s shown on social media his threats then backing down before. IIRC, Prior to May 9th, he threatened to pull out of Bakhmut because of lack of ammo (the second time they ran out of ammo), then acted like it never happened. Putin, of course, has broken his word before. Just ask Ukraine. The not-Ukraine (: Russian patriot forays into Belagrod and Wagner’s Justice Parade showed that Russia has no effective internal defense. Planes sent against Wagner and the patriots were ineffective — and they‘re costly, too. Russia has plenty of oligarchs and ethiciites who would be happy to break away from the Russian government. Maybe China will foment some unrest to the partially ethincally Chinese north because of those “Unfair Treaties” and the world’s largest body of water to slake the desertified Norther China‘s thirst.
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  1769. There’re some arguments for single-payer health care, but it’s outside the scope of this video and not about large corporations.
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  1770. Putin: Country in terrible economic shape. Wishes to leave a legacy. Military invasion of Europe. Xi: Country in terrible economic shape. Wishes to leave a legacy. Economic invasion of Africa and the Middle East.
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  1771. @M: Would you like some tea near your stay at the hospital near the window?
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  1772. You got to do a video on psychological tricks you dog or cat does on you. Thanks for the video!
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  1773. Gavin’s America.
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  1774. @Save: Russia is going to lose. Will send you links later. :D
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  1775. Babushkas may be effective than the Russian soldiers and “generals”, though! :O
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  1776. Russia’s going to back down from Turkey (and Poland) like it did last time. Wagner forces in Belarus have been stripped down to their sidearms, and I’m sure the equipment has been sold off on the black market — er, redistributed to Russian military solders — by now. Russia can’t even defend itself from the Russian “freedom fighters” in Belgorod. Turkey or Poland could capture Moscow and St. Petersburg in less than three days!
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  1777. What am I going to do with all this popcorn? :D
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  1778. Bots crowing that sanctions have backfired to the West, causing recession. Has China been sanctioning Russia? Because they‘re in a recession, too.
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  1779. 1:45 : Oh, look. Another Democrat who knows nothing of economics.
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  1780. Well, stay in denial while China’s economy dries up.
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  1781. EU is providing 5b of aid compared to America’s 25b. They could at least admit more refugees. For every Russian male over the border, that’s one less needless Russian death and dead Ukraines.
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  1782. More like stands for the People‘s Republic of China. He totally sucked up to Xi.
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  1783. In the SF Bay Area, I‘m seeing more kids on e-bikes. I think that’s great — although they‘ll gain some weight :P I hope they’ll delay driving that car a little longer, and will focus more on daytime activities than night time. Speaking of battery swaps, businesses should be encouraged to use EV‘s, including on campuses. With tech, the second stage of technology is business, which drives down the cost of technology (eg. a company buys twenty of the same EV, has a dedicated battery charge area, and swaps batteries with their vehicles).
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  1784. Stop funding the UN $12+ billion dollars a year, and hire this guy some bodyguards.
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  1785. In hindsight, the movies about US involvement in Vietnam were.a step backwards for US allying with Vietnam. :/
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  1786. Outrage that anyone’s dumb enough to think Putin would accept peace except on his terms.
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  1787. Just imagine how much worse the US economy would be with the $1.5 trillion dollar spending of BBB. And imagine how much better the US economy would be if the Democrats didn’t spend their first year on progressive social agendas and dividing the nation.
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  1788. Russia‘s capture of Bakhmut seems to be a tad premature… Slava Ukraine!
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  1789. 11. Make sacrifices for your future. Learn investing and money management TODAY, not in your 40’s.
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  1790. Tinfoil hat fun time: Wonder if the drone attack on the airport was to test a future attack to prevent Putin from leaving Moscow if Russian separatists pulled a Wagner and marched on Moscow.
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  1791. Never thought I’d see Fox (“faux”) news showing actual footage and bringing in credible interviewees about the war, while other mass media have taken Hamas at their word. Thanks for the video!
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  1792. And have your fun in the comments, Hamas-bots. Only those foolish enough to follow the narrative and forgot October 7th will follow and obey you.
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  1793. Xi is Putin 2.0.
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  1794. Part of the GOP proposal is to cut back on the TRILLION dollars spent by the Democrats on their agenda during the first two years of Biden. And, if the Democrats had a 1.5 trillion dollars to spend for BBB, why didn’t they pay down the debt?
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  1795. I wonder when Gavin invited Xi to SF, Gavin ask his CCP lord and master how to make California’s closed and boarded up shops look as good as Xi‘s closed businesses!
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  1796. And students on campuses are allying with anti-semetics promoting genocide. Go ask grandpa if he thought his pro-Communism student protests turned out to be a good idea. Thanks for the video!
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  1797. The left didn’t learn from their support of Communism, evidently.
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  1798. Chinabots conveniently forgetting all the dumping China does for its exports. USA just needs to slap on some revenue tariffs, and problem solved — not to mention generate some government revenue NOT from taxpayers for once.
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  1799. @TpT: Only according to the CCP and you Chinabots.
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  1800. Russians still haven’t depleted their WWI weapons and supply of meat for the grinder yet.
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  1801.  @matthiasblum6555  If you really believe only numbers matter, then you definitely must be Russian! 😂
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  1802. Troll farms love Twitter. Yet another internet time sink that riles you up and wastes your time.
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  1803. 7. You will sometimes, and perhaps often, have to make decisions without complete information. This is especially true in the stock market. Don’t let doubt become paralysis. Don’t assume that if a strategy fails to produce results once, it will fail always. Bet on favorable odds, but do not assume you will always win.
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  1804. Thanks for the analysis!
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  1805. Another YT says that Russia still has hundreds left. They don’t have precision missiles, so can only hit stationary civilian targets.
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  1806. Democrats don’t even know that the economy is on the ballot.
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  1807. You wish, bot.
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  1808. Remember that gut feelings are not emotional reactions. Also, just because it’s a gut feeling, doesn’t mean you can’t understand and find the reason behind it.
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  1809. Great job with the commentary and breakdown. That’s why I watch your videos! Slava Ukraine!
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  1810. What’s going on is politics, as usual.
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  1811. Self-Darwinism lives. :D
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  1812. Laxatives, not poison. Anyone remember chocolate Ex-Lax? :D
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  1813. When it comes to Russia, it’s just easier to assume they and the trolls are lying, then wait for confirmation. Did you see the video of the Russian governor (?) saying that the dam wasn’t blown up, while in the background you could see the risen water level? Baghdad Bob wasn’t this busy! Slava Ukraine!
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  1814. Prop 19 has entered the chat room
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  1815. The elite Wagner unit is the one who has ammo. Thanks for the video!
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  1816. Pay off your mortgage. Never know when stocks are going to go down. Better yet, listen to that Warren Buffet guy and rent instead of own, particularly with interest rates so high. Remember, when you buy, you will buy more house than you will need right now. While, with renting, the reverse is true. Plus, you won’t spend 1/4 of your free time maintaining the house!
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  1817. Russia destroys drones by intercepting them with their warships. Tugboats, however, still intact. Slava Ukraine!
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  1818. Some YT videos address this. Basically, the Russians, particularly those in the cities, have traded their political power for economic comfort, a tradeoff in other totalitarian regimes. Also, it‘s mostly the cities Putin needs to draw support from, so he’s using men from anywhere but.
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  1819. Agreed. China’s going to take Russian gold just like they took Russian oil.
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  1820. Considering what Russia did to Ukraine, those “vassal” states are doing pretty well.
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  1821. The solution is enforcing the laws we have! Thanks for the video.
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  1822. 3:40 : So Homer Simpson is smarter than we thought! Great video!
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  1823. Computers make you more intelligent. At least by the amount of swearing and cursing they’ve made me do. :D
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  1824. I hear UK and the USA made up since that 1776 thing. Build up that military, Germany! And thanks for the videos!
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  1825. The million-dollar lie is that China’s ownership of treasury bonds is important. Anyone who wants to listen to someone besides CCP’s 50-cent army should do a search on this issue.
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  1826. I’d be happy if news stations didn’t reduce everything to a 30-second sound bite!
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  1827. 4:17 : Russian military budget to go up by 150%. Number of Russian soldiers MIA to go up by 150%. Number of mansions owned by Sergei to go up by 150%. Keep up the videos!
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  1828. Glad to see you and most of your follilcles made it safely back from Ukraine. :D Thanks for the videos! Keep counting those days, right? :D
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  1829. @u: Yep. Iran’s government has plenty of enemies in Iran.
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  1830. Yes! Another video analysis. Thanks for the videos!
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  1831. Those Russian cigarettes are dangerous! :D
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  1832. Chinabots alone count for 2% of China’s economy.
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  1833. Well, the House flipped red, so I guess we didn’t.
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  1834. 11:15 : China‘s fishing boats on standby for the invasion. :P
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  1835. The bots are the ones regurgitating Xi‘s GDP numbers.
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  1836. Why are leftists so concerned about the environment and climate change when the cities they rule are filled with trash and filth?
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  1837. 6:40 : Search on “It’s always sunny in Qatar”. With Qatar withdrawing $30 million monthly, it’s up to people like you to support the Hamas leaders to the lifestyle they are accustomed to.
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  1838. @A: Why the ** wouldn‘t the west help Ukraine? Do you Russiabots have no concept of how allies are supposed to help each other? I guess BRICS allies only see how they can exploit each other.
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  1839. Wasn’t The Butcher supposed to be important? I can’t keep track of all these generals. Maybe someone should release a trading card set. Slava Ukraine!
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  1840. Post an update! The Enforcer showed a pic of an Ingush uprising (?) within Russia. Thanks for the video!
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  1841. @u: Xi lifting the people out of poverty by employing them on bot farms.
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  1842. “ Other estimates show that Proposition 13 may not have reduced California's overall per-capita tax burden or State spending. The think tank Tax Foundation reported that in 1978, Californians had the third highest tax burden as a proportion of state income (tax-per-capita divided by income-per-capita) of 12.4% ($3,300 tax per capita, inflation adjusted).[22] By 2012, it had fallen slightly to the sixth highest rate, 10.9%, ($4,100 tax per capita, inflation adjusted).[22] California has the highest marginal income and capital gains tax rate and is in the top ten highest corporate tax and sales tax rates nationally. In 2016, California had the 17th-highest per-capita (per-person) property tax revenue in the country at $1,559, up from 31st in 1996.[23] In 2019, WalletHub applied California's statewide effective property tax rate of 0.77% to the state median home market value of $443,400; the annual property taxes of $3,414 on the median home value was the 9th-highest in the United States.”
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  1843. Saw your interview on Jake’s (?) video channel. Very interesting background you have! Keep up the good enthusiastic work!
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  1844. No, you be silent before you believe your own propaganda and find yourself unprepared that you‘re losing the war.
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  1845. NATO’s been training Ukrainian troops in various countries, some since 2014. Slava Ukraine!
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  1846. @d: Selective reasoning much, bot? That said, I wouldn’t mind USA not spending taxpayer as much money on the corrupt countries in Africa and the ME. Slava Ukraine!
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  1847. Putin’s mistake was thinking he was play a game against America, when America wasn’t even at the table. Putin didn’t understand that he’s like that kid you agreed to play a board game with, but you’re watching television instead. Putin has gotten away with quite a lot, and it’s his own fault he tried to go too far.
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  1848. Just amazing that you‘re so patient yet firm with these customers. (: Do they train you for this?? Keep up the good service!
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  1849. @AB: I‘d trust David more than the Kremlin. Heck, better data comes out of my dog’s posterior than Russia.
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  1850. China’s already in a recession. CCP even increased the money supply to lend businesses, and businesses aren’t taking out loans.
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  1851. 1:45 : That Russian power plant IS operating at 100% capacity. Or, rather, it’s operating at the same capacity it was before being struck! :D
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  1852. Three Mile Island… Cherynobyl… Fukushima… and now Zaporizhzhya. For a clean inexpensive green energy source, nuclear power has been an environmental disaster, dangerous, and expensive. Good luck, Sweden.
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  1853. @VL: Xi knows about diverting. When’s the invasion of Taiwan happening?
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  1854. Must be those long range Russian cigarettes. :D Thanks for the videos!
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  1855. Always good to see partisan activity. Not that it‘s all that easy, but I’d like to see more videos somewhere on YT about how partisans helped the war, and how much effect they had on it. Keep up the good not-so-unfortunate work!
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  1856. Gee, China. Maybe you should have been friendlier with your neighbors. Thanks for the video!
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  1857. China‘s not even sending ships to the Red Sea, which China relies for its trade to the EU, among other things.
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  1858. Perun also mentioned Israel’s massive intelligence failure in the 1973 war. My guess is that, sure, you can have intelligence, but the higher-ups need to be “intelligent” enough to act on it.
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  1859. Manchin cut Democratic spending by 1/3, from BBB’s 1.5 trillion to a series of bills totaling a trillion or more. With the Senate majority being so thin, any Senator can effectively shut down their party, be it Democrat or Republican. Gridlock is good enough, though, I suppose.
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  1860. Agreed. I think your average economist would pick stagnation over stagflation and recession.
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  1861. Training to die. :D
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  1862. The strategy for both sides in the Black Sea is to prevent insurance companies from insuraing ships carrying grain. Time for that low-carb vegan diet…! :/
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  1863. USA: Protect kid from every possible physical and cultural threat possible. Israel: Here kid. Have a Ban-Ban. Thanks for the video!
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  1864. China has the Northern Desert, also thanks to China‘s severe mismanagement of its water supplies.
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  1865. 60,000 troops, 30,000 guns, 15,000 rations, 0 commanders. :D
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  1866. Intelligence is overrated. Motivation and social skills (interpersonal intelligence) are more and just as important. A’s are important in high school, but only to get you into a college that looks good on the resume. In college, unless you want to get into graduate school, grades don’t matter as much as your field, and even less than your networking. Work on that interpersonal intelligence.
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  1867. As I understand it, the printing press prohibited the further evolution of letters (although your “Nine letters lost” explains how printers “lost” a few letters!). And I’m sure block writing and keyboards will remove several cursive letters, like the “z” with its tail. But with even academics (not to mention the Fed) creating new words — namely jargon — we’ll still have our dictionary changing, especially when you don’t want to use the same “awesome” and “radical” words that were so popular decades ago!
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  1868. I love this glimpse into Russia personal lives, as well as your storytelling style. Cuts to photos are distracting — maybe have the pics only as inserts. But get a shave! Keep up the good work!
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  1869. ISIS: Attacks Iran. Iran: Israel did it! ISIS: Attacks Russia. Russia: Ukraine did it! ISIS: This is gonna be along war.
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  1870. Why are all those inner demons my waifus?
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  1871. Well, Russia’s going after Soledad because they failed to take Bakhmut.
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  1872. Russiabots in the comments again. Good luck with the hospital windows, Shoigu. Wonder why they don‘t even mention his name at the beginning of the report. Typical mainstream media.
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  1873. Like Russia has the budget to rebuild the bridge. Or is interested in peace. Looking forward to an update once we know more info.
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  1874. Wait. THAT is Market Street??? That’s even less crowded than when I went to Chinatown decades ago. Gonna be fun when the Millenium Tower falls…
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  1875. Why invade a country when they’re happy to sell you their beer? Canada and USA forever, eh?
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  1876. Or don’t build houses where you shouldn’t???
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  1877. Gee, Russia blowing up that dam sure paid off. /s Slava Ukraine! Take your time with the counter-offensive!
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  1878. Stop mining yourself! Stop mining yourself! Nelson.gif :P
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  1879. Agreed. Although I’d have sacked S long ago!
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  1880. Bots everywhere. After the PLA purge after Russia received Chinese missiles and Kiev failure with the Chinese tires, China is that friend you have if you dont need enemies.
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  1881. Well, Nixon and Kissinger (?) tried to get China into the UN fold, and look what happened.
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  1882. Time to reconcile a few “Unfair Treatie” and get a freshwater lake as well!
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  1883. 8:30 : Great. Nowadays, the only things in my head in the shower are shojo anime songs, how to unnecessarily bling up my solo Five Leagues from the Borderlands solo miniatures game, what I’m procrastinating on because I decided to take a shower instead, and how rinsing green tea in my hair is supposed to get rid of my receding hairline. :D
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  1884. Best tldr ever!
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  1885. @L : Wtheck are you talking about? You want crumbling buildings? Just look at those Chinese ghost cities in your own country.
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  1886. Well, finally. One of Trader Joe's strategies is providing fewer choices to consumers. Prevents "purchasing paralysis" when a consumer has too many choices. Do you really need THAT many varieties of spaghetti sauce??
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  1887. Build a land bridge from Russia to Germany. That’ll take care of things. :P
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  1888. By ”rot“ you mean “sold by corrupt local officials”, right? :O
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  1889. Russiabots can’t vote in USA elections. Or any others.
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  1890. Russia never lost during winter on its own soil. They’re gonna freeze like popsicles in Ukraine.
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  1891. What are Russian soldiers going to defend with? Snowballs with rocks in them?
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  1892. If his constituents still believe him despite rising unemployment, crime, and inflation, well, you know the quote that, “People get the government they deserve”.
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  1893. This will work, until China runs out of money. Probably by next week.
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  1894. Russia has the largest freshwater lake, and China‘s awfully thirsty!
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  1895. Thanks for reviewing the VIX and 10-year yield! Looking forward to your next video.
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  1896. Coulda told you this decades ago. Also, the West thought they could sell cold cereal and tacos in China.
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  1897. And thanks to liberals soft on crime, those who USED to work at Walmart no longer have a job now. All according to master plan!
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  1898. Too bad Russia wasn’t prepared for Ukraine, eh, comrade?
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  1899. Three Mile Island, Japan, Cherynobyl, and now Zapp. Green energy should refer to saving the planet, not the glow from the rods.
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  1900. Many of the spending cuts rolls back some of the TRILLION dollars spent in the last two years for party interests.
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  1901. @F: Russia can only fight unarmed civilians.
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  1902. Think intergenerationally. Pretty much every non-immigrant I've met thinks in terms of the individual, not the family. It costs less to feed a family of four than four individuals. You have more time to compound your wealth if you spread it across generations than decades. And, no, you can't have everything.
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  1903.  @phoenixrising8640  Asia‘s the part where they’re not trying to kill each other 24/7.
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  1904. Sweden: The greatest democracy in the world! :D
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  1905.  Andre Richter  It’s a shame what Russia has done in the last 100 days in Ukraine so blame Putin.
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  1906. Whenever you head “However…” then later “Russians failed”, take a drink of vodka. Unless you’re a Russian soldier, then it’s tank fuel. Slava Ukraine!
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  1907. Should send more and better regardless. Slava Ukraine!
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  1908. @J: CCP is sending an entire generation of youths into the rural countryside and India is overtaking China.Check in ten years what China‘s economy is like.
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  1909. Some of the shots are from the manga, “Kingdom”. The characters are obviously exaggerated, but it‘s a must-read if you’re interested in Chinese history.
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  1910. Even back to Woodrow Wilson that the USA doesn’t want to put American troops on foreign soil.
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  1911. Reporting in Ukraine and William Spaniel have good analyses of the dam.
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  1912. Because the CCP cooks the books, Chinabot.
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  1913. Title is entirely wrong! Should be far more than 50% by now. :D
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  1914. Supposedly, even if you answer the phone, scammers can record your voice, especially if you say “yes”. Probably paranoid here, and it’s probably more useful if you have a family, but have one phone or tablet at home for secure information, such as two-factor authentication (sending a text message to a phone), and your mobile banking.
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  1915. @e: USA is in a recession and consumer spending is down, but you bots and your whataboutism should be more concerned about YOUR OWN country‘s economy, especially since so much of it depends on the West, whom you and your political kind don’t understand you rely on.
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  1916. Maybe Russia mass-murdering Ukrainian civilians?
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  1917. The west has made too many mistakes with Putin, many of which led up to this war. You cannot assume other people think like you do and behave like you will. I really wish schools taught modern history in the context of the culture of a country.
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  1918. Russia will give you all the training they need! :D
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  1919. That hasn’t been learned by terrorists backed by Iran! :/
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  1920. 2:50 : And another YT channel showed Putin holding a private war meeting at the same time as another Putin was laying down flowers publically for some memorial!
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  1921. China accepting a request by a western politician? Pull the other finger.
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  1922. Japan: Hey, check out our monkeys in our hot springs! Tennessee: Hold my bear.
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  1923. So-called pro-tenant laws are driving out “mom and pops”. CA‘s Prop 19 makes it even more expensive to own a rental for heirs, so they just sell the property to whomever.
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  1924. USA should only ally with Western countries that share their beliefs. I’m fine with them being trading partners with everyone else. Sorta. :/
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  1925. Until enough Russian soldiers die, I suppose.
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  1926. 3. No, don’t bite your nails. I did it for years until (TMI) the nail tore off too much skin. Biting your toenails, though, improves flexibility. :P 5. Search on “biphasic sleep”. Not only is not letting your body sleep the hours it needs bad for you, but we’re not meant to sleep in a single period of eight hours. The eight hours, in fact, was a result of the Industrial Revolution, with electricity allowing us to be active at night, and the work environment promoting a continuous period of work. That said, mornings tend to be more productive than late nights, though that doesn’t mean you have to wake up early in the morning! 6. Swearing saves you money, if the alternative is to throw the piece-of-cr*p computer out the window. (: 7. If you’re thinking of having a pet and can have one, get one. Dogs are good as companions and exercise. Cats are… hmm, lemme think of that. :D
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  1927. Russian in poor ethnic countries who traded their husbands and sons for a bag of vegetables or a Lada car might be worse off than the bots who have internet.
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  1928. Russian attacks are politically motivated, or, if the Wagner Group is involved, only enough to fulfill their contract and get paid.
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  1929. Sea drones probably worth more than the Russian rust buckets they hit! :D
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  1930. Except that China’s weapons were… Made in China. :D Who else remembers the Chinese tires in the original Kiev attack?
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  1931. Great job. it‘s possible that the Houthis are “advertiing” themselves for ME backing, with these attacks. William Spaniel covered the idea of terrorist factions competing with each other for funding by commiting the most visible crimes. So that‘s why Houthis call themselve Yemen. Also, Tom Nash is worth watching, for his analysis that the Houthi attacks are designed by Iran to initimidate Egypt’s alliance (neutrality) with israel and the USA (see also Carter). Keep up the good work!
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  1932. Oh, please. We were warned about Russia cyberattacks MONTHS ago early in the war and the clickbait came and went. I’m sure if it was really a threat, 4chan could do something about it.
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  1933. Trump’s out of office and the Democrats are living in the past.
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  1934.  @brandonrandall3861  So if you want to avoid China, buy quality products. :D
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  1935. Remember Chinabots, no amount of regurgitating CCP propaganda will save your economy.
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  1936. @s: Russian men have a life expectancy of 58 years, and that was before the war.
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  1937. And somebody tell California that the worst recession in recent history has already started. California had a 25 million dollar surplus in 2021, thanks to the capital gains from the wealthy California hates, and had a 25 million dollar deficit from all their spending. Businesses and residents have been leaving California for over ten years — California even lost a seat in the House as of the 2020 census. Tech companies have been laying off workers for months and finance companies for *weeks*. I doubt any politician under 60 has experienced a recession like the one we’re having, and it’s just started.
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  1938. Yeah, bought some 2-year treasuries this morning. Maxed out the I-Bonds and better than 2-year CD’s, I guess. Same yield as a DGI stock I’m watching. Still got the dry powder around!
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  1939. @gloin: Pretty sure Andrew was being sarcastic. Slave Ukraine!
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  1940. Then there’s no point talking with Russia.
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  1941. So is the half-naked guy in the last painting in the same pose as those two cupids? Thanks for the video! Definitley learned something new! :D
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  1942. 20 years later: * EU: World’s second-largest reserve currency. * BRICS: Back to Phase One but we‘ll add a plus sign.
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  1943. 4:25 : Look up “Dutch Disease” and Economics Explained’s videos why oil, which the west thinks is $$$ can — and has — ruined ME and other economies. As soon as I heard that Yemen has oil and natural gas, I figured, yep, the have a terrible economy.
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  1944. I’m sure the Russiabots will explain how Russia shot down its own missiles (and are down to 20 missiles per wave from 100) any hour now. Keep up the good work!
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  1945. Search for the YT video of China’s disasterous 5G rollout. Basically, the towers had less range, so China had to build more towers, and the electrical consumption rose, suchthat China had to close the towers in the evening, so you couldn‘t even use 5G. Also, the CCP did their usual cooking of the numbers, suchthat there were more 5G subscribers than smartphones (at the time of the rollout). Also, don’t assume that when you see an Apple store in China, it‘s an Apple store. Search on “fake China Apple stores”, where even employees didn’t know they were working for a fake company.
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  1946. Maybe things have changed, but not if the CCP hasn‘t. Oh, and I’m fine with my dinky 3G, since I use a legacy pay plan. :D
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  1947. You‘ll need to arm the kid with a tractor, first. 😂
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  1948. You mean that guy who used Emergency Powers and the SPR to buy votes?
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  1949. Let’s hope they don’t go for the fourth phase: duct tape.
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  1950. Prig‘s been helicopter and plane-hopping in Belarus and Russia, but, agreed. Crazy to stay in Russia.
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  1951. Americans love protests. But I think it’s loss of confidence in the government that’s bringing down the economy. Already, CCP has made loans easier for businesses, but businesses aren’t taking them out. The “Lie Flat” — and now “Let it Rot” — movement among the young is not a protest by American standards, but dissatisfaction with the economy nonetheless. And Chinese are not paying their mortgages. That’ll affect banks more than picket signs in the streets.
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  1952. Asian dictatorships responding to Western activity with even better parades, and some floats, too.
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  1953. Only opportunity I see here is for Germany to require companies to adopt new technologies, as companies are larger scale than personal use. The money spent on a business scale can then further improve the technology by making it cheaper. Companies, frex, can have a fleet of electric cars to delilver goods (anything from Amazon to the postal service). Company campuses are more secure from criminals than cities, so can use certain technologies (eg. Google‘s on-campus drones) that would be vulnerable elsewhere. PC’s and printers, for example, started as office equipment, before prices went down enough for home use.
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  1954. With China’s supply chain problems and worldwide inflation, fish is going to be the least of China’s problems. They’re already destroyed farmland to for real estate, and China’s facing a countrywide food shortage with food inflation.
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  1955. They will, until the money runs out. Of course, as Temu shows, plenty of foreigners will buy cheap “Made in China stuff” because it‘s, well, cheap.
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  1956. 1:25 : Explosion so powerful Jesus appeared. :D
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  1957. Not hard to find a country that was colonalized and has done well for itself. I guess nobody’s heard of China, who was colonized by at least five other countries — not to mention had a civil war or two — yet became the world’s second-largest economy. Many comments here mention corruption. How would China (and Russia) become if corruption wasn’t so ingrained in their government?
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  1958. If he‘s made a recovery since his illnesses, it’s a double.
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  1959. Continue funding Ukraine. Let’s win a war for once! Slava Ukraine!
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  1960. Russia would make him a general! Well, before he gets killed. :D
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  1961. My bedroom says I gotta stop funding KS projects. :P
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  1962. Evacuating to the point of brown trousers time! :D
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  1963. Check out the various YT videos about the importance of military winter clothing and kit. Russians may tolerate colder weather, but their bodies won’t, especially in those trenches and without food and water.
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  1964. Only over 200 days late. When will the humanitarian and military aid arrive? During the next ever meeting?
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  1965. The Onion couldn‘t even make this up.
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  1966. There‘s an Engineering video of the few dams that do this. However, water can be stored in more than just conventional dams, such as water tables, though they have drawbacks as well.
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  1967. Probably already has backing from oligarchs, other generals, and certainly other PMC‘s, since they will be dissolved and absorbed into the RMD.
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  1968. Pretty interesting that China’s more interested in Western money than Russian. China could care less about supporting Russia’s economy, now that it has enough cheap oil.
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  1969. CCP not adapting well, and only making iffy attempts, such as the Three Red Lines, lowering interest rates, and that subsidity that doesn‘t look like it’s reallyl coming.
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  1970. An ISIS attack shouldn‘t be too unexpected. Russia has been sending ethnic minorities to the front while those in Moscow and St. Petersburg have been insulated from the war. Russia also attacked Afghanistan. Just because the West has a short memory and doesn’t remember what happened last year, other cultures have long-standing grudges lasting generations.
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  1971. Wish they had a low carb bread (they have low carb wraps), but pick up their “Everything but the Bagel” and Chile-lime salted nuts!
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  1972. More money to flow into corrupt host official and CCP pockets. Good luck in the world recession, China. (Same for US taxpayers and the bank bailouts, mind you.)
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  1973.  @madmantheory5216  Because Russians can’t bring supplies to the front. Don’t you know how trains work? Are you in 3rd grade or something?
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  1974. Russians are not losing! They are merely retreating backwards as their men pine for the fjords.
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  1975. The less cheap plastic junk that ends up in a landfill, the better. America’s other two largest trading partners are Mexico and Canada, and I’m sure they’ll be happy to fill in the gap left by China.
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  1976. USA has plenty of bilateral agreements with other nations. We don’t need the UN — nor all the money which could be better spent. Gee, maybe Russia and China can take up the slack. Their economies are totally robust, and BRICS was so successful. /s
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  1977. Ukrainian commander: Count your men. Russian commander: Eh, dump ‘em off.
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  1978. If only they stopped smoking those Russian cigarettes, Russia would win the war. Right, bots?
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  1979. The narrative makes you comfortable because it tells you you‘re the victim. The narrative, however, will not actually help you, because you cannot progress with a victim mentality. Nobody will help you but yourself.
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  1980. Banks are a scam even without scams. You don’t need a bank when you have a credit union, and you don’t need an ATM card when you have a credit card. You should also have at least two accounts for your money, at different institutions. One account is for “public” use (eg. Checks, credit cards) with a low balance (eg. A week or month’s worth of spending). The other has the bulk of your money. Use mobile banking to write checks from one account to the other.
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  1981. Not a good policy? Like decreasing the SPR or spending a trillion dollars on special agenda spending? Pull the other finger! Thanks for the video.
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  1982. Promises, promises. Retailer get into more trouble when they try to stop criminals themselves, so it‘s less expensive to allow theft. This means higher prices passed onto customers, if not businesses leaving for lower cost areas. Why do you think both businesses and residents are leaving SF? When will the left treat law-obeying citizens better than criminals?
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  1983. What the report doesn’t tell you (soon enough) is that the drone strikes were in a suburb nearby Moscow where “elite” residents lived. I wouldn’t mind a few SVB executive homes exploding, myself.
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  1984.  @RealistRobP  By bombing hospitals and schools? Does that Russian Kool Aid taste that good???
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  1985. The difference between the left and right is that the left pretends you’re allowed free speech.
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  1986. Qatar funded. See the Tom Nash Report.
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  1987. Ironically, once Walmart and other large chains leave, residents will have to pay MORE to the remaining stores (typically convenience stores) for their groceries. No doubt liberals will then accuse these stores of “price gouging”.
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  1988. “I‘m a professional dog trainer.“ “Could you show us some tricks?“ “Sure!“ “Ummm… isn‘t that a cat?“
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  1989. Own your goals: Bet the narrator’s friend was Asian-America, like myself. Took four years of college and a year of med school to realize, nope, don’t want to be a doc. No big loss, given that I’d be 50 in the middle of the CoVid pandemic while taking care of my elderly parents, if I were. I’d recommend getting into a foreign exchange (or whatever) program after the first year of freshman college if you don’t know your goals.
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  1990. Plus plenty of hospital windows and boats for the oligarchs!
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  1991. Yep. See also “Unfair Treaties”.
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  1992. Here‘s what China’s new defense minister told Putin: “Bend over”.
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  1993. Oakland has the dubious honor of having the only In-and-Out burger close in the entire history of the franchise. The left is creating more food deserts for the lower classes, who will have to pay higher prices for the few stores, typically individually owned convenience stores, who choose to remain. ABC news already reports that “Nearly 900 neighborhoods across Bay Area have limited access to food“. The left is turning California from one of the world‘s greatest economies into a second world country.
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  1994. Not that I‘d say Wagner are exactly ally material, but “the enemy of my enemy” and all that. Thanks for the coverage!
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  1995. Not to mention Russia’s invasion of Crimea in 2014. Obama and the EU’s response was lackluster, at best. Then there’s Clinton with Serbia. Of course, where do we draw the line? Republicans have invaded the Middle East as well. :/
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  1996. Every time there’s a flood or wildfire, the same areas get hit. So far, nobody’s noticed. Don’t blame human folly on the climate.
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  1997. SoraNews24 has vending machine articles, although they typically focus on a few machines in an article. Thanks for the video!!!
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  1998. Stanford is closer to Stanford. (: Stanford Shopping mall is one of the Bay Area‘s meccas for shopping. And, AFAIK, there’s no crime nearby.
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  1999. You can buy mercenaries in any miliatary store! :D
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  2000. @h: What are YOU talking about? Russia has long ago stopped taking territory and is losing resources to the point where it has to rely on Iran and North Korea for weapons. Pathetic.
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  2001. YouTube: Better than your high school education, and much cheaper, too.
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  2002. @AJ: Were you born after 2008?
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  2003. It’s not like EU and China weren’t doing their part to create the worldwide recession.
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  2004. Well, thanks to greenies, Germany was dependent on Russian oil, and both USA and EU are dependent on Chinese metals.
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  2005. Another Russiabot who hasn’t been watching the war past the first three days.
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  2006. A hubris of influencers. A corruption of politicians. A transitory of memes. A nostalgia of shoulder pads. A vacuity of voters. A risk of banks. A grandstand of senators.
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  2007. It’s not a shame when it doesn’t keep you in power, right?
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  2008. No automated technology carrying something of value will, at least for now, outsmart a human. Drones and robots will only function on business campuses or other “secure” areas. Drone delivery is doing just fine, except its on a Google campus delivering coffee and chicken lunches.
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  2009. Watch the Infographics video about Crimea if you‘re not familiar how important it is for Putin.
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  2010. Does that negate how the CCP ruined the Chinese economy?
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  2011. Doesn‘t help when Russia’s govt shuts down foreign companies and takes away their assets.
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  2012. The intelligence USA had of the Russian invasion was pretty darn good. Yet, despite the buildup of Russian forces, most of the West thought they were just conducting military exercises. Apparently, it‘s one thing to have the information, and another to know what to do with it.
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  2013. Putin is willing to fight to the second-to-last Russian as well! :P
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  2014. Very valuable stuff. I don‘t know why my home hasn’t burned down by now.
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  2015. Love Sam’s voiceover.
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  2016.  @Gwydion_Wolf  I bet if a Russian tanker ran into an ATM it would blow up. :D
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  2017. You don‘t even have to redesign your house! Have your insulation inspected if you’re not doing so already. Use thermal curtains to block out sun during the summer, and keep heat in during winter. But when you do remodel your home or build a new one, do your research and make it heat and cool efficient! Thanks for the video!
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  2018. Instant POW camp. Just blow up bridge. Summon moose and squirrel. Thanks for your videos!
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  2019. Great analysis. And.I thought it was bad when I felt alienated by the Democratic Party when I was younger. It’s amazing how unnecessary these rifts among the Republican factions are. Both Trump and Obama won (and Bernie was popular) because they were seen as outsiders to “the Establishment”. Trump could still win because the Democrats are making him even more of an outsider, emphasis on “could”. We’ll see.
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  2020. LOL — I don’t think even China wants (most of) Russia! :D
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  2021. Dubai with those world islands which destroyed much of the local environment. An apt symbolism of hubris, waste of money, and environmental destruction.
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  2022. And Russia announced it was buying EV‘s from China. Moscow and St. Petersberg are going to be busy this year. :P
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  2023. If Russia doesn’t give its soldiers food, why would they give them blankets? Expect Russians to eat dogs, skin them for their pelts, and burn corpses for warmth.
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  2024. 1:00 : The Olympics gets worse and worse every four years. :D
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  2025. Can‘t wait to see more not-Ukrained-backed Russian patriots making beer runs into Rostov. :D
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  2026. And that price cap took FOREVER to implement as it was, yet again, the usual foot-dragging by the West. I think countries who are counting on Western aid (or even Iranian and ME) are realizing they’re really on their own, or will be used as a pawn.
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  2027. Why is the USA funding the UN over $18 billion dollars a year? Thanks for the video!
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  2028. What’s with the WOOSH-ing and the Starbucks hoodies hackers? :D Thanks for the videos - learned stuff.
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  2029. The Russian Ministry of Defense is only competent at stealing credit. Slavs Ukraine!
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  2030. Perun‘s released a video on the Russian army factions, including Wagner vs. Russian’s army.
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  2031. USA changes its adminstration every 4-8 years. I don‘t see how other countries can depend on their policies more than eight years from now. I think why Israel is pounding Hamas and Ukraine has a two-year war is that Israel knows it can’t rely on the USA (or the West — I‘ve yet to read about any aid from other Western countries) for Ukranian-levels of need, so prepared accordingly (not that they did a good job with the wall against the Oct 7th attacks). At least, in hindsight, now that we know how weak Russia (and China) truly are, having your own military and military technology, while inefficient, isn‘t as bad an idea as economics suggests.
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  2032. I think it’s a mistake. Israel is decisive and will not compromise. The West drags its feet and loses interest within a year.
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  2033. Agreed. And these redeployed troops may be from another faction. We’ve already seen uncoordinated Russian attacks explained by different Russian factions attacking in the same region. Also, Ukrainians, who have greater numbers in the Kherson area and superior everything (: will also redeploy. Without winter equipment, the north will be a death trap for the Russian troops.
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  2034. Better bologna than pink slime! Thanks for the videos!
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  2035. @t: So far.
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  2036. Another posted said that Bakhmut has little strategic important. It is the first city Russia took (?) so Russia has to defend it for propaganda purposes.
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  2037. Parent: Tells grandma not to click on any links in email. Parent: Increases security on PC to prevent child from accessing adult site. Parent: Scans QR code on wall. :P
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  2038. Semi-encirclement soon to be Russia’s defeat.
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  2039. They may be “wrong“ but that doesn‘t mean they won‘t claim a “right“ to retake “their“ land! :O
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  2040. Well, it‘s not like USA’s QE worked out all that well, either.
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  2041. Ukraine to invade Russia? Why? They need more garbage dumps? Slava Ukraine!
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  2042. And commentators on other YT videos are supporting the Iranian government.
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  2043. Climate changeologists are more sure about the future of the world in fifty years than stock market analysts are of the market in fifty weeks.
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  2044. PEBKAC is still a major problem.
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  2045. I grew up with KFC, but stopped going when KFC introduced its crispy chicken, although the buttermilk biscuits were infinitely better than those tolerable wheat buns. By the time I tried going back, the prices were too high, or at least the dull same menu items cost more. The sides, such as rice, were the worst. At home, we still had chicken, and you could cook it many more ways than what KFC offered. Now, I use the air fryer to cook frozen chicken from the grocery, frozen fish fillets, and big burgers with bacon, cheese, and mushrooms. I’d go back to KFC if they sold deep fried turkey during Thanksgiving by the individual piece, though! :D
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  2046. 7-11 is another USA company that is doing just okay in its original country, while doing well overseas, in Japan. See also “KFC Japan Christmas” for KFC‘s amazing marketing that Americans eat fried chicken for *Christmas*. It’s too bad that KFC doesn‘t (or can‘t because of special kitchen equipment) “import” menu items “for a limited time” from other countries. Novelty has often been a part of fast food overseas, while only McD’s has tried “limited time” foods, such as the McRib (only sold when pork prices were cheap enough).
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  2047. 1. Rather than jumping straight into your final goal, you can also explore — by jumping — into your various options, without committing yourself to the one particular option you think is the right one. Trial and error is more likely to result in your reaching your goals, rather than jumping into only one plan, be it the final goal, or what you thought was the best way to reach it. I’m doing that right now with dieting and exercise. Most articles focus on finding the “best” way to diet (and exercise), rather than find the one that fits you the best so you stick with it. Trial and error at least says it’s okay if a particular diet or exercise doesn’t work, rather than suggest you lack the willpower or whatever to stick to the “best” diet or exercise.
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  2048. If you want a “growing thriving restaurant”, don’t. You’re either hooking up with some corporation for a shortcut, or facing the uphill climb of competing against all the other restaurants in the area — especially during the post-pandemic and recession.
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  2049. No surprise here. Search on YT for that “China 5G” video where the CCP wanted to be #1 in 5G, resulting in so many towers that needed to be built and that consumed electricity, they had to shut them off at night, defeating the purpose of the network. Maybe Russia can send China more oil for them to use in lamps, except that it takes 20+ days to transport oil from Russia to China…!
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  2050. Yep. Supply chain issues from Covid and the current administration have led to inflation, resulting in shrinkflation and various forms of cost-cutting, including, I’m sure, lower quality of food.
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  2051. China’s going to become a desert full of concrete.
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  2052. China is also facing a water shortage, and Russia, nearby, has the world’s largest freshwater lake, which China has previously tried accessing in the past.
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  2053. @d: We have a two-party system. Not perfect, but nowhere near as corrupt and tyrannical as your CCP‘s one-party system.
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  2054. 1966: The Russians are coming! The Russians are coming! 2022: The Ukrainians are coming! The Ukrainians are coming! Keep up the good work!
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  2055. That was quick. I still appreciated the Perun video. :D Keep up the good work! Slava Ukraine!
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  2056. I’m not seeing a red tidal wave, but Democrats losing the house and barely holding the Senate isn’t a win. Don’t rest on your laurels.
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  2057. USA, Japan, and Germany are China’s top trading partners. IMO, A reason why China was (sorta) neutral in the Ukraine was was fear of less trade with the West. Chinese businesses, in fact, cut back trade with Russia because they feared secondary sanctions. While, imo, it’s a mistake to rely on another country for critical goods (eg. Oil, chips, EV metals), you should still trade with them. Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.
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  2058. And China‘s ruined its local environment as well continuously lowered its water tables. It’s so bad that seawater flows backwards into formerly freshwater rivers.
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  2059. The title is a lie! China never had a technological advantage. :D Keep up the good work!
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  2060. 13:10 : Was that really Putin, or a body double? Keep up the good work!
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  2061. Russia’s just using the drone attack as an excuse to deny funds to Ukraine, much like they used the bridge attack to bomb civilian targets. What’s the betting pool for what excuse they’re going to use to blow up the dam? I have five bucks on combat mosquitos. Thanks for the vids!
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  2062. Not just the Dragon’s teeth, but the corpses of the Russian soldiers themselves!
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  2063. All according to plan — Ukraine’s plan! Slavs Ukraine!
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  2064. Russians do not eat dogs! Russian soldiers have been well-fed this entire military operation! An entire three day’s worth of food! The other 100 days are nothing but Russian soldiers being welcome with open arms, gunfire, and missiles.
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  2065. Same Iran that’s planning to attack Saudi Arabia. Maybe Putin can take a break from losing the war to patch up their relations. /s
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  2066. Then a window made him dead! :D
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  2067. I see the Chinabots are in full force today. Good luck funding your future 50 RMD at a time.
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  2068. Wagoner’s already experienced the Russian Military Defense taking credit away from them in a previous battle, so he knows they’ll do it again. Without access to prisons, he’s lost his source of cannon fodder to support what experienced men he has left. And the Russian military is running out of ammunition, anyway. When Wagner leaves the war, Russia will lose the only military unit that was even remotely effective.
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  2069. Yahbut, if you look at the CEOs and the head of an international company, it isn’t an Asian. The “authoritarian” method of parenting, which is more common in Asian families than Western, gets the A’s (not to mention an incredibly stressful childhood), but it’s the “authoritative” method of parenting which put Westerners at the head of companies. Aside from English and elementary-school math, none of the learning or skills I learned in school were all that useful for “real life”, from investing and taxes, to networking, to repairing and hiring contractors for the rentals. That said, I can say the “family business”, which is common in Asian and immigrants, is a practical way to learn a skill set that is unavailable elsewhere. For a kid, helping out the family business is anything but fun, but, once you get out in the world and work, that’s not going to be fun either, and you won’t be taking over the business.
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  2070. Russia isnt going to fix anything. Thanks for the video!
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  2071. Repubs need to kick out Trump, Dems need to crack down on crime. Guess we have two years to see which is easier.
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  2072. You think Evergrande would be interested? :D
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  2073. Wonder how many Shoigu‘s are in China’s PAL army. Thanks for the videos!
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  2074. “ Sincerity is the key to success. Once you can fake that, you've got it made.” — G. Marx. :D Thanks for the video!
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  2075. Yep. They’re gonna fight, so let ‘em fight. At least they don’t have nukes — and you can’t stop drones. Ukraine is the only region with providing western aid.
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  2076. Also watch or read comparisons of Japanese vs. USA hospital food! Thanks for the videos! I’m hungry! :D
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  2077. Whenever Reporting says, “However”, take a sip - and celebrate how Ukraine will rebuff yet another Russian attack! Whenever you hear “Unfortunately for the Russians…” drain the glass! Best coverage of the war! Slava Ukraine!
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  2078. Now, there’s a thumbnail reaction I like! Enjoying a low-carb overly artificially sweetened coffee “milk” myself. (: Thank your friend for helping out with the video!
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  2079. And don’t forget that these world banks, or at least the USA ones, are involved with regional banks.
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  2080. @p : Darn kids posting on YT again.
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  2081. Thanks for the videos. At least bringing up the subjects is an important step for Americans to know more about world events!
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  2082. Hey, bots, tell us how Russia‘s going to win when their troops are retreating, your museums are running out of tanks, and your only competent troop is a private army who hates you.
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  2083. Don’t forget the Republicans against the war in Ukraine and against women’s rights cost them the elections as well. The Democrats cost themselves the House, as Democratic cities failed to address crime, and Democratic states lost seats in the House (2020 Census). The side who jettisons its extreme members will win in 2024.
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  2084. More like, how much money from the military ended up in CCP pockets? :D
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  2085. So if Russia can’t take Soledad so they could take Bakhmut, what are they going to attack to take Soledad so they could take Bakhmut? :P
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  2086. @p: Revenue tariffs. I mean, goods sold in the USA have to pay VAT.
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  2087. Unfortunately, once a computer has a case of PEBKAC then nothing can save it. :D
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  2088. Why, back in my days, you had to go to Wikileaks! Thanks for the video!
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  2089. Keep dreaming, Ivan.
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  2090. 6:45 : Ask George Carllin about the blue food! :D Thanks for the video!
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  2091. Can’t afford key caps, Ivan?
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  2092. This is great. For months, Russia has sent troops to die in Bakhmut, and finally gets the PR stunt they wanted, only for Ukraine (allied) forces to take a Russian town (that wants to be freed from Russia) 24 hours later.
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  2093. Iran more militaristic? Maybe Saudi Arabia will get off its * and build a military instead of their dumb megaprojeccts.
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  2094. CNN Fear and Greed Index has been at Extreme Greed for the longest time, over a week, for the last year. fyi, This index includes the VIX as an indicator.
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  2095. I don’t want my docs with personal information on some anonymous server. I have a USB thumb drive, thanks.
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  2096. If China is your only friend, then you have no friends.
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  2097. When you declare war on someone and lose, why are you expecting to have your land back?
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  2098. Anders Puck Niels (sp) warned us about these hybrid war provocations. Either ignore them, or respond tenfold. Russia must be treated like any bully, and NATO’s dithering only encourages it. Slava Ukraine!
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  2099. Would like to see more videos of the deflationary crash, maybe once a month tracking it vs. the previous months? Keep up the good work!
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  2100. They’d better. USA support for European wars is waning. :/
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  2101. See 2.:10. You did watch the video?
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  2102. Something is definitely changing — Ukraine’s attacks on Russia’s oil infrastructure. The west has been foot-dragging on weapons, so Ukraine’s going after Russia’s lifeblood, oil. Historically, even small changes in oil supplies have had a global effect, and my tinfoil hat suspects that Ukraine had a deal with the west to not attack oil infrastructure, because the west still wants its oil. Perhaps the sanctions means that this loss of Russian oil won’t affect the west as much. We’ll see.
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  2103. The ISIS attack in Moscow, the Wagner March, and Russian separatist repeated invasion (despite Russian claims that Belgorod‘s security was increased) clearly shows that Russia has no internal defenses left — some ex-Wagner soldiers even joined the separatists. A perverse result of decreasing USA support is that the EU is providing more aid to Ukraine, Ukraine can attack Russia internally (with the USA denying responsibility as shown by its declining aid to Ukraine), and USA can advance as a superpower because of its increasing energy independence. Nations have no permanent friends, only common interests.
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  2104. Good work. Reporting in Ukraine and The Enforcer have good coverage of the dam break as well.
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  2105. Reporting, I think, is in error with the cooling pond. The pond has months of water, but, per The Enforcer who has done some research on other nuclear reactors, you need years of cooling for reactor rods, even those not in service. ):
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  2106. I wonder who still has Spider Man #1 in that poly sealed bag.:D
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  2107. Also found out that south of the dam, where Russians are, will be more flooded than north, where the Ukrainians are.
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  2108. I’m sure the Grommit line is both real and imaginary. Thanks for the video!
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  2109. Iran’s just looking for a diversion to its own civil unrest.
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  2110. Russia is out of artillery shells, or, rather, stopped their saturation bombing, what, over a year ago? That’s why they’re relying on human waves. The west successfully sanctioned some military weapons (eg. Artillery barrel components), so Russia resorts to a “resource” that the western sanctions cannot affect: human lives.
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  2111. The “problem” about intelligence is that we think that’s all you need to be successful in life, when other traits, such as motivation and empathy, are necessary as well.
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  2112. Our ally in the ME is the country that doesn‘t want to kill us.
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  2113. Trumps role is to walk out the door and never come back. BOTH parties need to kick out the extremists, be it Trump or the progressives, to attract the centrist votes.
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  2114. @CMY: Quite true! Was your father able to save his Lada, or were you traded for a sack of potatoes? (:
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  2115. 17:30 : So if you’re going to blame it all on the USA, why are you stealing everything from them as well??
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  2116. Costco reduces retail theft with a card membership program. Laws are useless in CA and NYC when criminals aren’t prosecuted.
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  2117. Thanks for the info! Would like examples, if possible, of its success and failure. One of the few videos I‘ve seen that explains the military formations. And the dog is cute, too. :D
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  2118. Putin squandered Russian lives so he could say ”Bakhmut is mine“ and Ukraine obliged him with real mines. Slava Ukraine!
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  2119. Consumers need to buy less stuff, particularly single-use convenience items. Even if you reuse a piece of plastic, a glass jar, some aluminum foil, a piece of paper, a second time, you’ll be theoretically cutting your use of these resources by half.
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  2120. While Americans want everyone to protest, my impression from comments about Russians are that they’re are fatalistic (while Chinese are apathetic), which, imo, can’t be unexpected given the treatment of the citizens by their government. I just hope these men sent to the front will be able to surrender as soon as they get there, and others can flee before they are conscripted.
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  2121. Russian liberation: Win the battle, lose the war.
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  2122. Search on YouTube how the PAL leaders are non-military businessmen who bought their positions, much like the historical Chinese fiefdoms thousands of years ago. They’re more interested in using their positions economically, than militarily. Which is fine with me — economic ties between China and Taiwan, afaik, have prevented an actual war.
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  2123. Works for me. Sooner GOP settles things among themselves (and gets rid of the orange-haired guy), the better. Democrats need to make sure they don‘t unite Republicans again.
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  2124. Exactly. BRI is “just” an extension of China‘s tofu dreg projects, except they give loans to (sometimes corrupt) countries, so they can build Chinese infrastructure, with Chinese workers, through Chinese businesses — and the money into Chinese businesses. And I can’t believe Xi thinks these high-risk countries will pay back. These BRI “debt traps” are there to forecloseon the countrie‘s natural resources, that China needs. I’m also more interested in seeing what actually happens when these countries default. Does China take those natural resources? What if citzens in these countries attack Chinese workers? Does the local government and/or China send in soldiers? Interesting times, indeed.
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  2125. Democrats have raise the cost of living for the poor through inflation: Food inflation at the grocery store, higher costs of doing business passed onto customers, and increased taxes on gasoline. But, at least you and your now unemployed friends are going to get a free block of cheese as you stand in the food line. Anyone remember the 1980’s.
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  2126. That means Venezuela is screwed. Russia can’t protect itself from an intrusion, and China’s economy is SOL. Looks more like a conflict for the Brits, though, from reading the comments. Americans are getting sick of fighting other people’s wars, I doubt greenies like another “blood for oil” conflict, and I also doubt many Americans have even heard of Guyana.
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  2127. 40% casualties from drinking, 60% from friendly fire. :D
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  2128. @d : As an Asian American, I did not like how the Calfornian UC system gave other minorities admission advantages but not Asians. Research which areas of the USA / CA are Korean-friendly. Given how hard Koreans must study, any good university in the USA should do just fine. Late reply, but good luck!
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  2129. With a worldwide recession, what else did you expect? USA was responsible for quantitative easing, which set up the recession, but China‘s virus was the catalyst, starting with the supply chains. When the two world’s largest economies have problems, the whole world is affected.
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  2130. The Iran-Iraq War was from 1980-1988, lasting eight years, and killing 500,000, mostly Iranians. Here we go again.
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  2131. NEVER scold yourself. You don’t know if the expectations you set for yourself are realistic, so no point scolding yourself. Also, depending on the deadline, intentionally put some work for yourself to do the next day, so you don’t feel aimless because you have nothing planned.
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  2132. In CA, Mayor Newsome has ties to SVB. Let that sink in.
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  2133. Russians are only able to hit civilian targets! :O
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  2134. Tells it like it is, and better than those pansy robots in the UN and our governments! :D
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  2135. CCP: Belt and Road Initiative. SVB: Am I a joke to you?
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  2136. If conventional public transportation is late (and less expensive crime-ridden and used by the homeless as shelter), what makes you think that this shiny new transportation will be any better? Theory puts a pretty picture on new ideas, while reality fails to meet expectations, and projects go over budget. Transportation (including walking) is part of a city culture, and that has to change before we spend billions on another boondoggle, like California is doing. In theory, they’re great. In reality, you have half-projects like BART which failed to connect to San Jose because every county has to approve, and CA is still riddled with NIMBY’s. I don’t trust our governments to do any competent, and I really wish “work from home” was more of our company culture. As to alternatives to the car, we have driving problems because of our health, and have found activities that don’t need a car — or high speed train — in the first place.
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  2137. Too bad that data is made up by local officials who have to make quotas.
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  2138. My side is the one who wants to kill us the least.
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  2139. I'm on the side that doesn't want to kill us. And Israelis weren't dancing and handing out candy after 3000 Americans died on 9/11.
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  2140. 4:40 : Unfortunately, it‘s these mood-boosting foods, namely carbs and proteins, which promote obesity. Simple carbohydrates (eg. sugar) has even been found to affect the same areas of the brain as drugs!
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  2141. Officially, according to CCP and Chinabots.
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  2142.  @brysoncherry9884  I didn't say I was eating more fast food. :P
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  2143. He sleeps with the boss and naps everywhere else. :D
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  2144. That suggests Moscow has anything of value. :D
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  2145. China lend-lease soon to be China reclamation of “historical lands“ that Russia captured from China. Heck, China‘s even renaming their maps of these areas in Chinese. Russia will soon be Belt and Road Initiative 2.0. Hope you Russiabots speak Chinese!
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  2146. What's there to cleanse in a colon? Eat your veggies for fiber. If you go low carb, you reduce your intake of simple sugars and change the environment of the bacteria that feed on it. (Poop is about 40% water and 30%+ dead bacteria.) And you'll "cleanse" your colon plenty when you prep for you colonoscopy by drinking a liter of laxative!
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  2147. First guy to tell us that ISIS <> ISIS-K. Also, we need maps. Thanks for the video!!!
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  2148. My 83-year old Mom is better informed about this war than Putin.
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  2149. It‘s ridiculously obvious how Iran, with the help of Russia, are behind all this, and how Hamas and pro-Palestine supporters are such willing puppets in Iran’s attempt to control Muslims. Of course, had the USA not neutered Iraq (Saddam Hussein), and had other ME countries (eg. Saudia Arabia, Egypt) helped Palestine and other less well-off neighbors (easier said than done), maybe we wouldn‘t be in this situation.
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  2150. No doubt Russiabots and vatniks will proclaim how they repelled the invasion of Belgorod, killing at least 1000x Ukranian, NATO, drones, and shiba inus. Maybe someone should tell Serbia that Moscow is a historically Serbian territory! Slava Ukraine!
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  2151. First and second world countries doing their best to destroy their stock markets and economy. Tighten up those belts, everyone.
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  2152. If you have a home or even a 401K, you’re “wealthy”.
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  2153. We’ve seen videos about RAID and about the Lord titles that come with saved trees. Looking forward to the Masterworks one! :P
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  2154. @ed: So you’re saying there’s no such thing as a Russian soldier.
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  2155. I‘m sure India can count on their ally, Russia, for military aid during Xi‘s “Special Mandate from Heavan Military Operation”. /s
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  2156. It’s called protecting the West from Russia.
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  2157. Russiabot has no friends, Russian soldiers in winter will have no toes.
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  2158. Now, tell us the unemployment rates. Oops! CCP won‘t report them. Gee, I wonder why.
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  2159. Russia: Spending 6% of its GDP on its military. Also Russia: Evidently, airplane hangars and doors are social spending.
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  2160. Lower highs, and lower lows. Keep up the hard work and thanks for the videos!
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  2161. Nukes are more of a threat to Russia. We know NATO nukes work, Russia has poorly maintained radioactive waste.
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  2162. Too bad for West Taiwan! :D
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  2163.  @johnnygreen1376  China’s learning, but I don’t think it’s Democracy. ):
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  2164. 7:45 : It’s to keep them busy. Russia does this to its own soldiers. Why else the trenches on the Crimean bridges??
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  2165. Not to mention China and countries in the Middle East. Unlike the nuclear deterrent, these corrupt countries will have to (or at least should) take a good hard look at their own corrupt militaries, and see if they can really pull off a war.
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  2166. Thanks for switching your thumbnail photo from shocked Pikachu to unamused Espeon. Gotta say that the best part is watching your analysis of the Russians and the Russians blowing it. Keep up the videos!
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  2167. @scaper : Many liberal voters are apathetic about the Democrats because they see the Democrats as just another bunch of politicians, not a representative of liberal views.
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  2168. Homeschool your kids, and encourage them to work part-time or start their own business (eg. Walking dogs, tutoring, babysitting). Even if they took out the agenda you don’t like, they’re still not going to teach your kids personal finance, foreign current events, communication skills, car and home maintenance, self-employment, or other skills they will actually need as an adult. English oral skills are still useful, but anything that’s one-way learning (eg. Lectures, books) can be learned outside of school.
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  2169. Bots working overtime on Ukrainian Independence Day.
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  2170. Sure miss McCain, before he got re-educated into being a right-winger.
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  2171. The usual international lack of action. This is why Putin invaded in the first place. The west didn’t give Ukraine what it needed because the west though there would be a nuclear disaster. And, thanks to those same foot-dragging, we’re going to have another nuclear disaster.
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  2172. Would be nice if western countries learned from history. The west makes no attempt to learn the history of other cultures, leading to disasterous foreign policies.
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  2173. Thanks for the tactical info. Watching your later videos. Looking forward to the update for this region!
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  2174. Glad to know that even the West underestimated Ukraine!
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  2175. @h: Agreed. Just imagine a European immigrating into a Middle Eastern Muslim country and refusing to follow their religion or customs. He’d have at least three body parts chopped off in a week!
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  2176. Indeed, many candidates against funding the war were not elected. Better to send American weapons than American troops.
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  2177. 3:10 : So Russia bombed a drone manufacturing event? Seems like the last people you‘d want to piss off are those making arms for your opponents, particularly if you hit their children… Slava Ukraine!
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  2178. 5:20 : Deadly cancer caused by exposure to hospital window, no doubt. Slava Ukraine!
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  2179. Those oil refinery PMC‘s sure look like they’re paying off. /s
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  2180. Hasn’t gotten to that point. IIRC, Hamas has been releasing western hostages b/c they want to avoid a conflict with the west.
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  2181. Russian soldiers going to have problems firing those rusted guns with frostbitten fingers.
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  2182. 7:15 : A Wagner base in name only, especially with Prig gone. Reminds me of those corporate takeovers where they buy the company then firing squad — er, fire — everyone. Keep up the good work!
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  2183. Qatar funded not just these protests, but also the campuses themselves. Leftists duped by foreign rich men.
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  2184. 25 billion in USA aid, and military supplies capture from Russia.
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  2185. Who needs Facebook when Russia is creating their own fictitious non-existent parallel reality that nobody cares about??
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  2186. I keep reading “Putin is a d%ckhole” as “Putin is a donkey hole”. :D Slava Ukraine!
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  2187. Anyone who bought groceries wasn’t surprised. GoT and other analysts use sentiment as a contrarian strategy, but, imo, while it’s good for building up dry powder, it still doesn’t tell us if the market still has a ways to go down. Maverick of Wall Street harped on how retail investors still were “buying on the dip” of the CPI report (only for FedEx to very quickly quash the post-dip rally), and I think retail investor capitulation would be useful to (ahem) time the bottom. Thanks for the videos! I’m using screenshots of some charts to keep Mama Bear a little better educated about the market.
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  2188. Yep — Just wait for USA’s recession.
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  2189. Hey, Russiabots. Tell us about all the reserves Putin was supposed ot have for this war. They must be really important reserves that Putin wouldn‘t even use them on Wagner inside Russia! Thanks for the video!
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  2190. Russian air defenses work fine! Just too many Russian cigarettes being smoked. Slava Ukraine!
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  2191. Putin drank his own Kool Aid. Thanks for the videos.
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  2192. What‘s next? Selling unseasoned melted ice in plastic bottles? Oh, wait. :P
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  2193. Keep mentally stimulating yourself. Intelligence is overrated. Motivation is more important and communication skills are key.
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  2194. China: We’ve given them money, and now they hate us. USA: Hold my debt. Put me in the “I’ll believe it when I see it” camp as well. Still, after seeing Russia, I’d rather China rebuild its economy, than start a diversionary war.
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  2195. Well, Russia hasn’t been showing signs of using their intelligence so far! :P But seriously, based on the fiascos of Bakhmut and Vuhledar, I doubt Russian intelligence can make up for the other factors that result in Russian failure, such as poorly trained troops. CNN on Vuhledar: “But the Washington-based Institute for the Study of War (ISW) says that poor leadership is only part of the problem: the “highly dysfunctional tactics are far more indicative of the fact that the 155th Naval Infantry Brigade is likely comprised of poorly trained mobilized personnel than of poor command.”
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  2196. Why does the west still think that Putin cares about his word or the law? He, Prig, and everyone else in the Russian government are not just liars, but act like they’re above any law, their own or international. The west needs to stop thinking that Putin cares about legalities, and stop looking at him through a western lens. That said, the only laws Putin is not above are economics, military strength, and psychology. So long as Putin thinks the west is weak, he will act that way.
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  2197. Keep laughing as Russia falls apart and becomes Xi’s gasoline truck.
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  2198. Surely history won’t repeat itself with the same general doing the same things the Russians have been doing for years! Slavs Ukraine!
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  2199. Good to see as the thumbnail the photo you mentioned in your Victory Day (: livecast! Slava Ukraine!
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  2200. @n: He’s a criminal and a protected race. Of course, the Democrats care about him. Certainly more than any law-abiding American.
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  2201. My Dad‘s always said, “If they’re so rich, why are they charging for content”. Yeah, he‘s Asian, too. :D I‘d actually go one further, because it describe me — why put out free content at all? That is, maybe it’s more than the money why anyone charge for, let‘s face it, nominal amounts of money for the work they put out there. I‘m sure most of us who can make money make it through more efficient means, and anyone who does post anything on the internets is an anomily, so you’re making assumptions when you apply, well, assumptions (: to these people.
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  2202. Russia is already “recruiting” in school, as part of their “Take your child to Ukraine” day.
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  2203. I’d laugh, except California’s government is doing the same thing. And, yes, we have a deficit here too, in part by driving away wealthy residents.
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  2204. Anyone who heard of CA’s fast food wage increase knew this would happen. Fast food companies were already researching kiosks years ago, in anticipation. My guess is that restaurants were trying to hold down prices to keep market share. This wage increase (remember that CA still has one of the states’s largest economies) triggered the inevitable — you didn’t think restaurants weren’t affected by the same food inflation you were, did you? Oh, and Seattle passed a law raising minimum wage for food delivery. Guess what. Costs were passed onto the customer, and customers cut back on the services. One-man delivery services will take away market share. Democrats refuse to learn economics. Economics says that with rising costs, prices go up, reducing demand. Reduced demand means companies cut back on costs, resulting in rising unemployment. Or perhaps Democrats do understand economics. With higher unemployment, they can blame corporations for job losses, and make you dependent on them for handouts. These politicians aren’t millionaires for nothing.
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  2205. You lie! China does not make provocative threats against neighbor! China makes provocative threats against neighbors, overseas countries, probably Mars and Venus as well. :D
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  2206. 1:50 : Well, compared to the Russian soldier bunkers (and restrooms) I’ve seen, that toehold is practically a palace! Thanks for the videos!
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  2207. Russiabots in the comments again. Keep posting while Russia loses.
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  2208. Fwiw, The Prince of Saudia Arabia is perfectly happy to abandon Palestine, and ally with the USA and Israel. His father, the King, who’s on his way out, is anti-Israel and anti-USA, if you remember the 1970’s period of stagflation, when he cut oil production.
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  2209. The Middle East: It’s complicated. :D
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  2210. It‘s called gridlock. When the Democrats were in control of the WH, Senate, and House, they spent over a TRILLION dollars on their party agenda — and then the Ukraine war happened. Oops. (Not saying that an all-Repub WH, Senate, and House would be spend less than gridlock, either.)
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  2211. Easy answer. CoVid. Thanks for the video!
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  2212. @Tim: Yeah, I thought commanders were taking away smartphone and cellphones from recruits, although I guess it wasn’t enforced well.
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  2213. Condoleezza Rice was MUCH more competent, yet, because she (and Colin Powell) are Republicans, they don‘t fit the narrative.
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  2214. Pinto, move over.
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  2215. So I don’t have an inner demon because it’s always someone else’s fault. :D
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  2216. Hamas has Iran’s fingerprints all over it. Peter Zeihan says the Prince of SA is ready to drop Palestine. Egypt doesn’t want Hamas inside of its borders, but has to keep up appearances. Despite the phone call between SA and Iran “supporting” Palestine, the two countries are in conflict over who controls the ME. USA did make a mistake attacking Iraq, as that let Iran, who fought Iraq in an 8-year war, become more powerful. SA was making efforts to increase diplomacy with Israel (and other ME countries), and Iran used Hamas to disrupt this. It’s also opportune for Iran’s ally, Russia, because it distracts the USA from the Ukrainian war. I see this as a major loss for Palestine and Hamas, loss for Israel, minor loss for SA, and minor victory for Iran.
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  2217. If Putin and other dictators weren’t in power, these “suspicious” people would be out of a job.
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  2218. Americans love protests, but, in China, someone commented public response as apathy. Makes sense, with the “Lie Flat” (and “Let it Rot”) movements. Also, rather than protest, Chinese are not paying their mortgages. I’d say that’s more effective!
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  2219. You’re better than that David guy. Keep up the videos!
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  2220. That kid was paid 50 rubles to say that. Oh, and she got a sheep, too.
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  2221.  @feedyourmind6713  I’m sure Putin believes that as well. Keep believing the lie.
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  2222. @s : The Ukranian war has shown Russia doesn‘t have any nukes. If Russia really does threaten China with nukes, well, there goes Moscow and St. Petersberg. Then China can take over Russia militarily. For now, I think China will “only“ take over Russia economically, possibly propping up factions that benefit China.
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  2223. Hillary.
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  2224.  @dragonkoi84  Gez’s side is 50 rubles per post in the comment section. At least until he’s volunteered for the front lines!
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  2225. Here comes November.
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  2226. They’re being defeated by other Russian soldiers. How’s that one-day training going, Russia?
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  2227. Newsweek article says that China wants to be seen as a responsible nuclear power (uh, huh), and is willing to throw Russia under the bus. As much as China rattles its sabers, Japan, USA, and Germany are its major trading partners.
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  2228. If I had a yuan for every CCP threat, I could build a tofu dreg infrastructure in my backyard.
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  2229. @A: Except that anything we see in videos is at the field testing stage. If Ukraine didn‘t think the technology was viable, they wouldn’t release footage outside of their own military.
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  2230. Knew Berkeley was going to be a lost cause when they started rent control (funny how landlords stop maintaining property when they can’t make money on it) decades ago, anothe symptom of when the left takes over a city.
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  2231. The Middle East is a no-win situation, and the USA is there only for oil, anyway. USA needs to be energy independent, be it oil and/or alternate energies. I‘d rather have the USA help Ukraine against Russia, instead of one country who hates us vs. another country that may hate us a little less.
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  2232. Same party wants to tax your unrealized capital gains (well, the ones you had two years ago when the Democrats took over the WH and Congress…).
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  2233. 1:10 : I‘ve never seen Sten and Bruce in the same room. (: Thanks for the video!
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  2234. Mounted police were even before my time, but I understand before budget cuts, mounted police made police more acceptable to the public. You can tell from these comments that police are seen as separate from the community, when they really should be seen as part of it.
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  2235. @N: Keep regurgitation the Kremlin propaganda while its empire crumbles. Nobody believes the lies you‘re spreading.
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  2236. Chinabots in the comments again trying to improve their social score.
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  2237. Agreed. It’s as much anti-Putin as. It is pro-Wagner.
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  2238. Russians have plenty of gear! Got plenty of it in Ukranian garbage dump they just captured days ago! :D
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  2239. Definitely interested in knowing how the erstwhile Wagner Group is faring. Hoping for your continued coverage of them. Thanks for the video!
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  2240. Should be “interesting” watching the civil wars erupting from countries that were “stabilized” by Russia. Keep funding Ukraine. Don‘t let Putin think the west is weak.
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  2241. That thumbnail has the worst looking bacon I‘ve ever seen. Six feet away and a mask! That’ll provide some protection against all respiratory illnesses and hay fever.
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  2242. Gee, I wonder why everyone but China is against Russia. Oh, and Americans don’t remember the last eight years of American politics, much less eight months of international anything. :P
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  2243. China says one thing, and does another. They‘ve been treating foreign companies poorly for years and now they want to come back? Fool me once. And China kickstarted the world recession with CoVid, now known to be releaeed from a Chinese lab. With inflation, the west is delaying their purchases of unessential manufactured goods — like the iPhone. China, meanwhile, still needs to import energy, food, raw materials, and, soon enough, water. And good luck with your wolf diplomacy, CCP.
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  2244. 6:50 : Congratulations to the Free Russian Army! The massive irony here is that the Russian army used heavy amount of artillery fire against Ukraine, until the military sanctions kicked in and Russia couldn‘t get (enough) shells for the artillery, nor could maintain the heavily used arillery barrels. I also find amusing that, after the earlier Belgorod (sp) attackes, Russia supposedly INCREASED its internal security in the area. As ever, Russia neglects its own people for hollow political “victories” of taking Ukranian cities at the cost of thousands of Russian lives. Slava Ukraine!
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  2245. Russia has already won! Putin said Russia won in only three days, right?
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  2246. You mean Russia can fall a second time? Slava Ukraine! And Moldova, too!
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  2247. United States and Poland? So much for France and Germany. Slava Ukraine.
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  2248. And now falling apart there, too! :O
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  2249. 4:20 : I knew the Fourth Doctor was on the side of UNIT, but didn‘t know he worked for NATO. .:D
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  2250. Nice — Hope EU provides as much aid as well, at least humanitarian after the war.
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  2251. Knew this was coming ever since I saw the abandoned shopping malls in 2005. Thanks for the videos!
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  2252. China and their bots will have to learn the hard lessions USA did in the 1970‘s under OPEC. Countries need to be energy, food, and water independent.
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  2253. Why is the USA funding UN, when the foreign aid to Palestine goes to Hamas, and China pulls this ****???
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  2254. So instead of damaging the environment in the USA by mining “green” metals, we pay another country to do it to their country and call is “green”. Then, of course, we accuse that country of not being ecologically friendly to the environment (not that that country hasn’t been damaging it for other reasons). Oh, and many of these metals mined in China are available elsewhere. Well, we’re at the mercy of guys who wear picnic table cloths on their heads because we won’t drill, baby, drill, so it’s not like it’s not going to happen again. USA USA USA.
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  2255. Stop spending money on stuff you don‘t need. Not only do you help the environment, but you have more savings for emergencies and retirement.
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  2256. Hope the rodeo sponsors some safe transport for these fine critters!
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  2257. Search on “Nokia business failure”. “ Nokia's management was under the impression that people wouldn’t accept touchscreen phones and would continue with the QWERTY keypad layout.” Hoo boy. And Blackberry RIP.
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  2258. Iran’s using Palestine and Hamas to disrupt negotiations between Saudia Arabia and Israel (and, by extension, USA). The ME is a power struggle between SA and Iran, with everyone in the ME either a pawn, taking sides, or completely ineffective.
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  2259. CCP screwing up as usual. You’d think if they could spend all this money and resources on lockdowns, they could do the same for the inevitable CoVid cases.
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  2260. Not as many mines in Belgorod, just saying. :D
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  2261. He has more control than China does.
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  2262. G20 more interested in flying their private jets around than G7 stopping Russian from killing another hundred or more civilians.
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  2263. Russia couldn‘t stop two Belagrod (sp) beer runs from Ukraine, or Prig’s Justic March to Moscow. China‘s so-called warships can’t even protect their own containers in the Red Sea from pirates.
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  2264. And that would just be by Ukrainian drones! :D
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  2265. Russia’s that guy playing Risk, leaving one guy on each of his countries, and still thinking he can win. Slava Ukraine!
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  2266. Thanks to the west for their foot-dragging that’s allowed Russia to, only after two years, improve their tactics. /s Also, thanks to Carlson for pushing old-school Republicans further into the Democratic Party camp. /s.
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  2267. The Republicans can get rid of Trump by 2024. The Democrats can’t get rid of Biden or their progressives by then.
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  2268. It’s natural state minus water. ME (and Africa) already fighting over water, as predicted last year.
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  2269. China will never spy on its allies! I mean, it doesn‘t really have any, does it? :D
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  2270. @e: What troll farm are you from? Houthis are more pawns of Iran.
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  2271. Yeah, and Russia is holding back on their best professionals by sending untrained teenage conscripts, and 60+ year old men to the front.
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  2272. @Gav: The generals are the ones who are incompetent and get killed every few weeks! Slava Ukraine!
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  2273. Great job. It’s ridiculous how mainstream media isn’t any informative than a Twitter post.
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  2274. Yesterday: Disney fakes footage by tossing lemmings of cliff. Today: … Thanks for the videos! Keep on learning!
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  2275. Demonitze YouTube. Don’t use the YouTube app and watch YouTube without ads on Chrome with an ad-blocking extension. Then fund these content creators directly through Patreon, etc. Best wishes to the content creators.
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  2276. Who assigned genders to non-human things, anyway? Perverts? :D “It looks like a penis. Must be male”.
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  2277. I remember thirty years ago when Business Week and other magazines were reporting about China’s phenomenal growth. Well, look at China now. Bots can say what they want, but I doubt growth means crumbling ghost cities, infrastructure that’s unproductive, and sending your youth into the countryside. China’s economy isn’t going to “collapse” anytime soon, but then Iran and North Korea haven’t “collapsed” either.
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  2278. @n: And you can have bots in the comment fields who think anything they say will change China’s economy.
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  2279. Framing Effect: Another technique is to “provide the client three options”. The first one is the one you want, and is presented as the best one. The other two are presented… less well. (:
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  2280. Dems are spending millions of dollars a day. And, unlike Saleforce, these are YOUR taxpayer dollars.
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  2281. And they did! (: Russia doesn‘t have enough air defense, so whenever Ukraine goes after Moscow, they can hit other targets!
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  2282. 2:00 : Ukrainian aid workers killed and the western media doesn’t care.
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  2283. Time for Norway to attack Russia and reclaim historical lands, taken from them at, uh, sometime in the past. :D
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  2284. Have you even been following the news?
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  2285. Putin is trapped between the moderates and hardliners as well!
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  2286. @ellie: Whataboutism much? Addressing US problems needs to be done, but won’t fix China’s.
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  2287. Buy gold and hide in the mattress. Make sure neither is counterfeit!
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  2288. Fighter jet smokes Russian cigarette! Slava Ukraine!
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  2289. As the recession becomes worse, it will be the companies who put control over productivity who will be the ones to go. At least the falling occupancy of office buildings show that some companies know that you don’t have to have an office to be productive, as other companies who “need” an office can’t afford them as they go out of business.
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  2290. Civil unrest is an American and Middle East thing. In Asia and Russia, it’s lay-flat and let it rot.
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  2291. Except they don’t work or have been sold for parts.
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  2292. Chinabots in the comments again. Besides, China‘s going to be busy liberating lands lost from the “Unequal Treaties” soon. :D
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  2293. The beer run into Belograd and Wagner’s Justice Parade clearly shows Russia doesn’t even have enough men to protect themselves. Ukraine can now hit the bridge to Crimea. Clearly winning the war. Slava Ukraine!
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  2294. Assassination is ALWAYS a possibility. After two years of this war, how can you think Russia will follow any rules but their own? That’s the problem with the west — they think that Russia and similar countries will not cross certain lines, which they obviously will.
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  2295. Yep. Detroit. And our government has been bailing out Big Auto for decades Thank goodness for online shopping, the internet, board games, and the dog to keep us busy at home. :P
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  2296. @Brainwashed: And plenty of Russians fled Russia.
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  2297. Fake Nice People Are Actually pretty Rare : Well, at least until you enter the rat race. Thanks for the videos!
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  2298. Only in Russia are they proud of their obsolete poorly maintained equipment. Assuming it hasn’t been stripped for parts or otherwise pre-sold by corrupt officials.
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  2299. “Transitory” worldwide inflation was already starting before the war, while China’s politically-motivated anti-CoVid lockdowns disrupted agricultural supply chains.
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  2300. He didn’t lose a ship. He gained a submarine! :D
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  2301. Yet we waste our time squabbling and flying jets around for climate change. Let’s start with the pollution that we can SEE first.
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  2302. Three weeks to kill off a conscript? Russia will work harder to kill them off sooner!
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  2303. What’s the world coming to? I remember when Fox was the news channel you didn‘t take seriously, and college campuses weren’t aligned with genocide and terrorism. Good work!
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  2304. Russia plans to have that ship repaired to escort the Admiral Kuznetsov. Just needs some tugboats, funds to embezzle, and ten or fifty coats of paint over the liferings so they don’t get stolen. :D
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  2305. So ChatGWhateverT can‘t fix PEBKAC. :D
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  2306. If you can afford groceries, heating, and gas bills.
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  2307. I know a small company which has a large customer base who nonetheless charged for certain parts of its forum access to develop a product. Turns out that they pretty much did the right thing. Charge money, and you select for a different audience. If you want or like that audience, sure, charge. Doesn’t mean you‘re charging to make money.
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  2308. Every time Reporting says, “However…” I know a Russian base has blown up. Thanks for the videos!
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  2309. Interestingly, if you know a boomer gamer geek, the last gasp of the collectable card game glut (cf. Magic the Gathering) twenty or so years ago was that new games had to have an IP attached to them to stand out, as the market matured. Eventually, the market was unsustainable, and many game lines died out. I will say that IP is not new. Marriot‘s Great America, forty years ago, did not need IP to be a popular SF Bay Area park, but adapted the Warner Brothers IP for costume characters, and movie IP for rides (eg. Top Gun). As for Disneyland, theme (and park cleanliness) was actually more popular than IP. If you took out Fantasyland and the parades, not much of Disneyland was IP-themed (although some Disneyland content, such as Pirates of the Caribbean would later become IPs in themselves).
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  2310. If they wanted fools, they‘d interview you Russiabots and your incompetent masters.
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  2311. Russia has their own intelligence, and Putin won’t listen, anyway.
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  2312. Maybe Taiwan should have re-elected the anti-Chinese party. Also, Taiwanese need to realize that they‘re only chip, so to speak, are chips, and that even TSMC is building labs in the USA and other countries. Much like Russia, China will attack Taiwan as a last resort to distract China from its economy, and fail. But Taiwan will pay, unfortunately, pay a heavy price, much like Ukraine is now. I just hope China diverts its country by going after Russia. Gotta equalize those 1850’s “Unequal Treaties”, you know…
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  2313. @S: How many of these ghost Chinese family apartments have Chinese families lived in? They were certainly “surprised”.
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  2314. Would be amusing if Belarus had a civil war, which spilled into the internally defenseless Russia. Poland is right next to Belarus…!
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  2315. I recall that the Russia government were forcing musical organizations to send a percentage of their musicians to the front. Yeah, good luck with that morale-boosting, Putin!
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  2316. This is not true. When women receive education, population rates decrease. Then, when countries become more developed, rates decrease. China’s drop in fertility was also caused by the one-child state policy, and Russia’s from the nihilistic society caused by centuries of autocratic government.
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  2317. @G: Less that Wagner takes Moscow than that Moscow has or puts little resistance!
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  2318. Hamas may have thought that they‘d get more support from the ME. They did not realize much of the ME hates Hamas as well. I definitely think Russia has a connection to it. The more wars to distract the USA from Ukraine, the better. Hamas is succeeding with social media and the media, perhaps with the aid of Russian troll farms.
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  2319. 7:20 : Hey, Russiabots. Tell us how Russia will win the war now that they‘ve captured Bakhmut. Slava Ukraine!
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  2320. Actually, if you’re letting others speak first, then you have a good social skill. Nod your head and at least pretend you’re a good listener. (: Know some “small talk” opening questions (btw, I think most people do dislike those awkward “small talk” situations) to get people to think you’re interested in them. Once you get that far, go find the Grouch Marx quote about sincerity. :D
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  2321. China: Build an airport. Also China: Build another airport.
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  2322. And toast would be an improvement over what Russian soldiers have to eat at the front lines! :P
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  2323. The same party who wants to “protect democracy” refuses to protect you from criminals and high taxes. I guess since you’re paying taxes, you must be wealthy.
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  2324. Congrats to the Pittie’s parents as well!
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  2325. “Unfortunately, for the Russians…” yeah, 200 soldiers is kinda “unfortunate”. :D Keep the promotions going, Putin, so Ukraine can win this war!
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  2326. fwiw, The Russians are now mining the Black Sea, like they‘re doing in occupied territories. ): There’s even speculation that the Kherson dam explosion was related to mines. Unfortunately, like drones, mines are cheap and effective, and the Russians certainly don’t care about who gets hit by them.
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  2327. DCA ftw. I've been following the TA analysis since March, and may go with DCA for DGI stocks and market timing for SPY/QQQ.
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  2328. Just more fuel of dead bodies for the Russian propaganda machine.
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  2329. At least when Democrats blame everyone but themselves after the midterms, they won’t be in office.
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  2330. Well, my dog’s out of control, but I love her anyway. (: Thanks for the video!
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  2331. No way was I going to vote Trump, but, now that the Democratic are denying VOTERS a say in THEIR right to vote for whom they want, I’m considering it. The Democratic Party is more Party than Democrat!
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  2332. Chinese businesses are opening manufacturing centers in Mexico, to avoid US tariffs. Good move, considering that the Red Sea attacks are affecting EU - China trade. The US military is cutting back on protecting all trade waterways, and focusing on regional — including Mexico.
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  2333. 4:30 Funny how this is happening after beardo releases a video of him walking outside to dispel the rumors of him in a coma. When it comes to Russia, assume they’re lying and wait for confirmation. Slava Ukraine!
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  2334. Best wishes to Mini-NATO! France has been a detriment to the war in Ukraine, Germany acted too late, and the USA is not a reliable source of aid. Russia is so weak that decisiveness is more important than aid. The Wagnar march has shown how little manpower you need to shut down Moscow (and that would only leave St. Petersburg as Russia‘s major city).
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  2335. I don’t think Europe got the memo yet that the Ukraine war is in their backyard. /s
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  2336. @g: I see the Russiabots have plenty of pot as well as copium!
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  2337. When the VIX is low, it’s time to go. Sold some stocks when it was below 20 earlier in the year. Thanks for the analysis!
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  2338. You also want to buy stocks when the VIX is high, although this means you’d buy at a short-term high, and sell at a a short-term low.
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  2339. You can be alone but not lonely. Love the Adventure Time reference!
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  2340. Go ”regroup“ until you‘re out of Ukraine, Russkies.
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  2341. @t : CCP plays its stupid games, and is winning its well-deserved stupid prizes.
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  2342. Need more drones with parts “Made in China”. I don‘t trust China at all as a mediator for Ukranian-Russian peace.
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  2343. China can’t do anything with its economy while the corrupt CCP are in business. Those sanctions didn’t cause China’s housing Ponzi scheme, didn’t cause Covid, and certainly didn’t cause China’s environmental mismanagement and resulting water shortage.
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  2344. Pelosi “very confident” that Democratic voters don’t understand the economy.
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  2345. Same old dictators losing.
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  2346. Remember that video years ago of that guy breaking bar after bar of Chinese-made rebar? I hear Chinese construction companies also use substandard materials because they also get paid to repair their construction! Of course, we have “extended warranties” in the USA, so… :D BTW, Thanks to CCP ties to infrastructure companies, while China has progressed from an Agrarian to an Industrialized country, corrupt CCP officials owning industry have prevented the transition from Industrialized to Service. With an Industrialized nation, businesses get the money, and spend it on infrastructure (unnecessary tofu dreg infrastructure in China). With a Service economy, consumers get the money to create a domestic economy. As a result of not having a domestic economy, China relies on exports which, as the Covid and Houthi shipping crises show, was a case of “everything is fine until it isn‘t”. Not only are foreign consumers paying higher prices for shoddy Chinese product, but China’s realizing how much they depend on the West, despite the saber-rattling. I may not like Chinese goods, but, through the war on Ukraine, I‘m recognizing how trade with China is actually control over them. Keep your friends close and your enemies closer.
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  2347. I worked for Xerox PARC, and it was pretty clear that nobody paid attention. We even had Xerox PARC management who said how Canon, who made cameras (go ask your father what one looked like) and jumped to ink jet printers, was leveraging their technology while we were not. At PARC, our Xerox computers were black and white while our departments were using Suns (ask some old guy from IT), and context-sensitive soft keys (there’s a good reason why you don’t know what they are — context is.a terrible user-interface). Oh, and Xerox PARC invented the mouse, but it had three buttons, so, unless you know what a ‘chord’ is, while Xerox PARC invented your grandfather’s technology, they didn’t make it usable — despite how much they tried.
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  2348. To be fair, most AI is pretty idiotic. :D
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  2349. Democrats can put a political opponent behind bars but won’t do anything about crime. Maybe if they did something about crime, they wouldn’t have to worry about the orange-haired guy.
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  2350. Gee, maybe if Russia didn’t pull a China, and made more than one ally (in an unstable region, no less), they wouldn’t have a problem with a warm water port, Black Sea or otherwise.
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  2351. @g: Western Democracy. Xi is also watching.
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  2352. As inflation raised prices, restaurants tried to stay competitive by avoiding passing on the costs to consumers. No more. You‘ve seen it before that, if one chain raises its prices, so will the others, and that’s what‘s happening. Putting my tin-foil hat on, but CA raised the minimum wage for fast food to $22 an hour. Only a few weeks after doing so, we’re now seeing all these news clips about the higher cost of fast food. Gonna speculate that this wage raise prompted fast food prices in CA to go up. Since fast food was on the verge of raising prices, it was also the trigger.
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  2353. Romania might as well invade Belgorod at this point. :P
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  2354. I bet the CCP is having a field day portraying SF and Portland as typical American cities. Keep up the videos!
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  2355. Also, I doubt Putin will keep his word. Once Wagner is taken apart, Prig better stop drinking tea.
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  2356. Healthiest body double I’ve ever seen. Bot comments better than crypto ones. :D
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  2357. When CoVid first broke out, UN‘s WHO just reiterated what the CCP told them to say. Now, we find out the UNRWA has been funding Hamas. Why is the USA funding the UN 12B+ taxpayer dollars to the UN? If MAGA is complaining how the USA spends foreign money on Ukraine and Israel, how about they do the same about the USA and UN?
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  2358. Saw another YT video about HNA Group. While I’m hardly optimistic about China’s economy, I’ve seen plenty of other large companies, particularly in the financial sectors, such as Credit Suisse and Lehman Brothers, outside of China fail.
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  2359. Borscht and Russia Initiative! :D
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  2360. Business code violations. Toxic chemical fire. China as usual.
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  2361. The road to hell is paved with good intent and ignorance of economics. Thanks for the video!
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  2362. Soon Wagner 25K battle hardened front line troop and 100K conscripts. :D
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  2363. Whoa! You got too much hair cut. :D Keep up the good work!
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  2364. Russia relying on Iran for drones and NK for missiles. Yeah, Russia is a superpower, alright. /s
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  2365. Taiwan was also smart enough to ignore the CCP-influenced WHO and avoided the early phases of the CoVid epidemic.
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  2366. Time to make those historical claims!
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  2367. Pretty sad how McCain turned from a conservative maverick hero into a generic conservative candidate. RIP.
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  2368. Egypt wisely spending all the US aid we send them (including protecting the Red Sea). Makes me wonder why MAGA hasn’t made them a target. “ The United States considers Egypt a crucial partner for Middle East security, and a pillar of regional stability. Both as an incentive, then a reward, for the Camp David Accords that brought peace between Israel and Egypt in 1978, the two countries quickly became the largest recipients of U.S. security assistance. Since then, the United States has provided Egypt with more than $50 billion in military aid and $30 billion in economic assistance, according to the State Department.
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  2369. Gridlock and stopping the Democratic spending. Democrats have spent a TRILLION dollars in two years.
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  2370. @b: With shovels? :D
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  2371. If only Putin wasn’t there.
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  2372. Private health insurance was the result of government regulation against increased wages. Companies had to still compete for worker, and company health insurance was born. ):
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  2373. Glad K and N are back together, too! Thanks for the video!
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  2374. Keep smoking those Russian cigarettes, Ivan! Slava Ukraine!
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  2375. Apple : Thousands of dollars on fall technology for smart watches that cost hundreds of dollars. China : Bags. Thanks for the video!
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  2376. I guess if the Democratic Party can run on “destruction of Democracy” and Nancy can grandstand with tearing up paper and wearing white, Republicans are going to do it, too. Oh, and I see Biden successfully buried that laptop. How’re Mr. Pelosi and Hunter’s millions doing?
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  2377. Russias began stockpiling ammunition since WWII! :D
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  2378. Russia is giving Ukraine tanks. Just need enough Ukrainian tractors to pull them. :D
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  2379. No man left on tank, either. :D
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  2380. And who else remembers Billy Beer? :D
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  2381. I’d rather not have Harris as president.
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  2382. And now it’s two months later, and the global economy isn’t any better. Keep up the updates.
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  2383. In four years, the rest of America gets to find out.
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  2384. Yet they haven’t done so. Why, not, bot?
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  2385. EU needs to be independent of the USA. USA’s “help” comes at a cost — you’re gonna listen and obey the USA or we’ll pull the funding. Don’t naively think that the USA is the world’s police out of the good of its own heartless heart. USA does this to exercise soft power for its interests.
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  2386. If you eject a foreign company, it’s harder to steal their IP.
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  2387. Send Putin out a hospital window! :D
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  2388. Originally, their propaganda was to sow distrust among their enemies. Now, it’s to maintain control over their own people. They’re already not telling Putin the truth.
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  2389. @4 and @e: Troll farm working overtime? And West Taiwan does not belong to the CCP!
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  2390. Because ME countries have enough experiience to know that immigrants from neighboring countries cause trouble. Just ask Jordan, whose Palestinian immigrants tried to overthrow their government. Naive western countries adhere to their fictitious narrative, rather than admitting they‘re wrong with how humans behave.
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  2391. “At least eight prominent Russian businessmen have reportedly died by suicide or in as yet unexplained accidents since late January, with six of them associated with Russia's two largest energy companies. Four of those six were linked to the Russian state-owned energy giant Gazprom or one of its subsidiaries, while the other two were associated with Lukoil, Russia's largest privately owned oil and gas company.” — CNN
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  2392. @z: Israel doesn’t chant “Death to America”.
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  2393. Can‘t say what race the victim is, but black-on-black crime is REAL. Until you understand that not all blacks are victims can you protect blacks who are victims.
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  2394. Exactly. Anyone who points to GDP as a measure of the economy is trying to fool you. China‘s been pumping their GDP for decades with non-productive infrascture, and look what‘s happening.
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  2395. Ugh. Reboot. The G:Hellbent plot looks pretty good, and the idea of accidentally sending newbies into another dimension (with the Ghostbusters equipment) might work. I think the original cast of Akroyd and Murry being SNL veterans made the movie have a really high bar of comedy acting. Having a similar level of talent and chemistry (including experience working together) is extremely difficult, IMO.
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  2396. The left will protect your first amendment rights so long as you agree with them.
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  2397. Russia is running out of World Wars to stockpile from. When you have to ask Iran and NK for arms, you know you‘ve lost.
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  2398. Love the t-shirt. (:
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  2399. 1:15 : fwiw, The fuel wasn‘t necessarily replaced with water. China has an idiom where “replacing with water” means “replacing with substandard material”. The west also say “watered down” which doesn‘t always literally mean adding water to something, but, similar to the Chinese fuel, making a cheaper substandard product.
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  2400. Par for the Putin course.
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  2401. I don‘t think Bakhmut was worth Russia losing an entire generation of men, destroying its GDP, losing its bluff as a military superpower, breaking up in a few years (at most) like the USSR did, and becoming Xi’s personal gas station, but maybe Putin and the trolls think otherwise.I’m sure Russia will hold Bakhmut like they did Kiev and Kherson, right?
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  2402. A Boar and Her Dog. Hope there‘s an updated video!
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  2403. Mine and attempt to dissolve your only effective fighting force. Win fabulous prizes. Slava Ukraine!
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  2404. 24:10 : Not that the USA doesn’t have its water problems, but Beijing’s are man-made: “ The canals contribute to the drying of the major rivers and to the water crisis that Beijing is facing today. Transferring water through this complex series of canals not only deters it from naturally flowing downstream into rivers, but also depletes the groundwater in the system, as water is not able to infiltrate into the soil due to the concrete lining of the majority of the canals. This increases risks of floods in the area and negatively impacts the overall ecosystem in the province.” — Beijing’s Water Crisis: A Historical Analysis of Beijing’s Waterways using Geographic Information Systems, 2013.
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  2405. Who needs climate change when you’re depleting groundwater?
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  2406. Now, Russia is the second best military in Russia!
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  2407. Logistics is yet another part of the army and Russia as a whole that’s ripe for corruption. Write down that you have supplied your soldiers 1000 bullets, give them a 100, and pocket the difference. Corrupt tyrannical forces are only useful against your own citizens (and Russia spends more on internal police than their army).
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  2408. What’s there to remember besides “China screwed itself” and “T is a bot”?
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  2409. Women: Stop being a doormat. Men: Stop being a nice guy. (Nice guys often aren’t “nice”.) What should you do? YT has a plethora of self-improvement videos, and, while being a “nice guy” may be a short route (if not coping mechanism), self-improvement is a long hard road that will end better. While I haven’t gone from “nice” to “charismatic”, I’m going from “nice” to “productive”, a pretty good change, since I have to focus on my health for now.
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  2410. I guess Ukraine can fire HIMARS into Russian territory now. Like. Moscow.
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  2411. Follow the CNN Fear and Greed Index. Sell when VIX is below 20 (like it is now) or when the Index is in Greed / Extreme Greed territory. Buy when the VIX is above 30/35, or when the Index is in Fear / Extreme Fear. Also, watch Sentiment Trader’s Smart Money and Dumb Money charts. Right now, Dumb Money is entering the market, while Smart Money is leaving. Sign of a market downturn, though not overnight.
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  2412. Somehow, you’d think that you’d want to attack military targets in a war and not blow your budget on other targets. Slave Ukraine!
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  2413. It’s game set and match because, by the time the whiff gets to Russia, it’s been exaggerated and inflated so Putin only hears good news! Meanwhile, another oligarch or high commander buys a yacht or falls out of a window! Slava Ukraine!
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  2414. Maybe she‘s familar with Kickstarter. :D
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  2415. Tit for Tat? Russia’s already done quite a bit of pre-bridge TfT. Thanks for the videos!
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  2416. How come two wrongs make a right? And how come Democrats have indicted Trump THREE times and still see him as a threat?
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  2417. @j : I’ll add that, thanks to deforesting of trees on mountain topsoil, China silted up its rivers and valuable farmland. Now, they’re doubling down so they can try to plant more rice. I’ll pick environment mismanagement over climate change any day to explain these ecological train wrecks.
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  2418. Agreed. See Peter Zeihan‘s comments about ME oil. The USA doesn‘t need ME oil, and has been protecting ally oil interests. I say let EU and China send in their warships instead of relying on the USA all the time.
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  2419. Why does the interviewer assume Republicans would decrease funding? It’s the Republicans who’ve seen Russia as their enemy during the Cold War more than the Democrats.
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  2420. It‘ll work by the local officials cooking the books — like they did with Covid testing! :O
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  2421. Clickbait! The collapse is HERE. I remember a decade ago China saying they would increase domestic speding, and, last year, that China would focus on manufacturing (after kicking out foreign companies). Well, guess what didn‘t happen. Chinabots can keep posting their CCP narrative how China’s economy isn‘t collapsing and deny everything until it‘s too late, which it may already be.
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  2422. Woof! :D
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  2423. Dishonest liars like Xi?
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  2424. When you are strong, appear weak. When you are weak, appear strong. When you are Iran or China, invade.
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  2425. What counter-measures? Sanctions? No Chinese fruit or farmed-raised fish, I guess!
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  2426. China was afraid of western sanctions. And, from looking at Russia, they were right.
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  2427. CA’s already caused businesses to leave because of high taxes, crime, and other business-hostile laws. Why should this law be any different, right? March 5th is the last day of the primaries. You know what to do.
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  2428. And this time, the Ukrainians will the ones who have the advantage during winter.
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  2429. Distractions: Get yourself an exercise machine (eg. Treadmill or dog!) and watch television and videos while exercising. Distracts you from temptations caused by boredom (eg. Snacking), and, afterwards, you’ll still be “distracted” with a shower and nap (or playing with the dog!). Forgive Yourself: Always move forward! Treat everyday as the first day. Also, measure leading indicators, not lagging! 10:13 : Great quote! Mistakes as motivators? Would like a video about that!
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  2430. Legal immigrants: We don’t support illegal immigration. Democrats: We will cancel you because you don’t support our narrative
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  2431. Higher prices at the grocery, increased crime, and the Dems more interested in EV's that only the wealthy buy, than the middle and lower classes. Oh, and the "jobs" the Dems claim they created? Want fries with that?
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  2432. Russia destroys drone boats by intercepting them with their ships. Literally. Slava Ukraine!
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  2433. @N:You Russian bots don’t seek facts at all.
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  2434. Putin didn’t attack while Trump was in office. Even a Joe Biden pick criticized Obama for his lackluster response in Crimea. Then, there’s Germany who was dependent on Russian oil, and dragged their feet on aiding Ukraine with tanks. Trump may not be articulate, but Putin feared Trump, not Obama, Biden, or Europe.
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  2435. Russia’s ships are useless. Even the flagship Muskva had only one of its six major guns working. Bombing the Russian fleet was more useful as an excuse for Russia to reneg on one of its promises, than actual combat. Watch the Perun video on the Russian navy if you haven’t done so already.
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  2436. @John: Because Hamas.
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  2437. You forgot to mention that, every time they took “time and money” to resupply artillery ammo, some Russian government official took his “time” to take some “money” out of the military supply line to line his own pockets! He’s probably making better use of his graft than the soldiers did with their aim, though. :D
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  2438. If MAGA won‘t provide aid to Ukraine, maybe the Onion will provide some flags to troll the Russians with! Slava Ukraine!
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  2439. 4:15 - Next up, a daylight charge through the minefields. The enemy will never expect that! Keep up the good work!
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  2440. @d : Russia certainly has fewer people. Wonder when he‘ll recruit the 15-year olds to fight his war.
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  2441. FSB has already put S under house arrest.
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  2442. Costco reduces shoplifting with their membership cards. Also, Hawaii has reduced catalytic converter theft by requiring those selling converters to fill out paperwork requiring their personal information (yes, that actually works). Many retail stores have an optional membership program, anyway, so, if it’s between a cage that needs to be unlocked, or showing a card at the entrance, I guess I’m fine with the latter. And a physical card may promote these existing membership programs, anyway! :/
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  2443. I love the book titles and other details in the background!
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  2444. You don’t hear of UK trying to take back the USA, do you? Support Ukraine independence! Thanks for the videos.
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  2445. Of course, in English, we have that awkward “he / she / it” when you want a third-person singular human or person. Decades ago, it was conventional to use “he” as a general third person singular, yet obviously this is male-centric. Then “she” was used more often, but this was awkward when used in primarily male interests and seen as silly PC-don. “Hisr” and “s/he” were proposed, but also obviously awkward. “They” is sometimes used as a gender less third person, but is also awkward when contextually the subject is obviously singular. Welcome to the English language. :P
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  2446. Only the CCP wants the yuan to replace the dollar.
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  2447. Go ask your grandparents what it was like during the 1970’s stagflation then ask them if deflation is any worse.
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  2448. 1:00 : Don‘t hurt your back! 1:10 : Looking just like that bad guy from Lazytown. Thanks for the video!
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  2449. Democrats can‘t tell the difference between democracy and crime!
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  2450. Speaking of ten years from now… what will the state of the infrastructure be like, then? We already know of the tofu dreg projects inside of China. What about the projects outside of it?
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  2451. 3 billion Chinese and Indians ready to take advantage of them.
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  2452. When Ukrainian attacks Crimea, we’ll see how well that “already running” bridge is.
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  2453. Could use some strong leadership from Europe — most of the Red Sea trade is between Europe and China.
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  2454. Russia’s run out of artillery shells for their saturation bombing. That’s why they now rely on sending men to the meat grinder.
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  2455. Well, it’s not like Russia’s fighting was all that professional in the first place. Like the new reaction picture. Boo, YouTube — you’d think the media was supportive of this war, rather than interested in a buck.
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  2456. I’d rather fund Ukraine than the IRS, that’s for sure!
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  2457. Not supporting Ukraine is political suicide, so I’m glad anyone who promoted not funding the war lost because it’s obvious they’re out of touch with current sentiment. The RNC should have taken them to the back of the shed to thwack them with a clue stick. That said, Senators like Manchin and bipartisan support for some bills in the past show that a slim majority is not a majority. And remember Ronnie Raygun, whose peacekeeping missiles were aimed squarely at the other red threat.
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  2458. His initials are AW. His name is, "Alright. Why???"
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  2459. Trump is indicted, and you guys are still afraid of him??
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  2460. Not to mention an entire nation!
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  2461. Next time a Russian bot says how Western sanctions are hurting their own economy, ask them how their not-available fries taste with their McPutin burgers.
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  2462. The real question is why haven‘t we switched to Base 12. (: You can divide 10 in half only once to result in an integer, but 12 can be divided twice. 10 cannot be divided in three to form an interger, but 12 can. 10 cannot be divide in four to form an integer, but 12 can. And 10 cannot be divided by 6 to form an integer, but 12 can. Of course, only elementary school kids would appreciate this. (:
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  2463. I don‘t think China has much say in this war. USA is one of their top trading partners (keep your friends close and China closer) and China has a lot of cheap oil from Russia already, some thanks to the oil cap by the West.
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  2464. The Chinese ponzi scheme has been going on for decades!
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  2465. Exactly. And remember when we all wanted nukes but couldn’t use them? Well, drones are far more cost effective and have done more damage than any unfired nuke!
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  2466. After watching the Russian war on Ukraine, I have doubts that Pakistan can maintain these nukes. Dirty bombs may be a different matter, though.
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  2467. 1. Blame: Just look at the comment section after any economic article with politics. (:
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  2468. China has “developed” their propaganda, and that includes their space program.
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  2469. Like Russia was going to go through with this. All Russia has been doing is finding excuses for their behavior. Remember the cities attacked in retaliation for the bridge bombing? I’m sure the next “retaliation” will be the Kherson (sp) dam being blown up for whatever convenient reason.
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  2470. Let’s hope that USA base holds. With USA pulling out of the ME, support for Ukraine waning, and the USA economy in pessimistic shape, I wouldn’t count on the USA to do the work. ):
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  2471. Yep. Wager‘s already been hosed by the RMD several times before, and the RMD flanks are failing. Get out before the chef gets cooked!
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  2472. So is Russia resorting to drones since it can’t replace planes that are needed to launch an attack of missiles?
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  2473. Gee, glad so see that big powerful Chinese navy protecting its Red Sea trade route. Thanks for the video!
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  2474. Well, Putin and China seem to have nothing better to do than talk about the West. Maybe because of their own countries.
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  2475. Chinabots in the comments again. Keep denying while China’s economy suffers deflation.
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  2476. Infographics covered a few months ago how Russian intelligence officers defected or otherwise provided intelligence to the west. In Russia, intelligence officers collect information on their comrades as part of their power structure to control each other and thus maintain stability. But that doesn't work when a war breaks out and you're better off selling out others to save yourself.
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  2477. If Putin did nothing, NATO would be falling apart, Germany and France would have closer ties to Russia, and who knows who’d be in the White House. Putin will have a legacy, but hardly the one he wanted.
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  2478. Hope these people aren’t forced into Putin’s war. The poor Eastern Russians are at the front, not the city people who have wealth.
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  2479. If the Democrats haven‘t gotten better than Al “I invented the internet” Gore, then ROT-13 is sufficient.
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  2480. Russia propaganda lying? That never happened before! Russian propaganda videos as lame and pathetic as Russiabots trying to control the narrative. Slava Ukraine!
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  2481. Pretty hypocritical that we’re spending taxpayer money on “green” energy, when we’re really paying other counties — including a totalitarian government — to do the, almost literally, dirty work for us, while we congratulate ourselves on how concerned we are for the planet. Cut out unnecessary travel, especially leisure. Consume less stuff, since it all depends on energy.
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  2482. India (and China) haven’t done a thing for Russia. All they want is cheap oil. Russia’s had to rely upon Iran and North Korea.
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  2483. Or did more than change their passwords, like Nortel did!
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  2484. @Robert: Belarus’ army is too small, compared to Russia’s. They’ve always been pinning Ukrainian forces during the war, though.
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  2485. Sure better than those dumb photoshops the Chinese had ten or so years ago. Search on “Chinese photoshop fail” for what us OK Boomers had to put up with. :D
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  2486. Russia gives all their soldiers special training! Pull trigger, bullet comes out, go to the front. Russian special training! :D
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  2487. Anyone else think the wall Poland is building is going to help Russia more than Poland? :D Slava Ukraine!
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  2488. Only time I use handwriting is when I pay bills and write post-it notes to others. According to this video, I am ANGRY ALL THE TIME. :D
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  2489. I bet that wasn‘t even Putin. He has body doubles, and I’m sure they‘re taught to act.
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  2490. Lower highs and lower lows.
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  2491. The amusing part is that the soldiers sent to the meat grinder will NEVER even see this equipment, much less touch or be trained to use them. Your analyses of the videos are the best on YT!
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  2492. Russia has no choice? Russia has a choice! Leave Ukraine!
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  2493. The entire GDP of Russia is no larger than Texas. Land mass isn’t everything.
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  2494. Well, I guess they can fall back on their screwdrivers. :P I worked for Xerox PARC, but you already know what happened there, right? :/
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  2495. @S: Keep posting. Nobody believes you.
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  2496. We should seize Russian ships with oil after they stop being insured by G7 when the price caps start! Slava Ukraine!
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  2497. I hear the Eastern EU near Russia are taking action, while Western EU are still sitting on their keisters. Any chance of a summary report of who’s doing what? Also, hope Poland (and France) are doing more than talking. Seems like the only forces actually doing something about Russia, besides Ukraine, have been a private army, Russian separatists, and a terrorist group.
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  2498. As cunning as I think Belt and Road is (I mean, they even found governments willing to buy their tofu dreg GDP model, I guess corruption helps), China‘s record with their economy has been iffy at best, anything from their ghost-city housing to massive unproductive infrastructure projects — and the worldwide recession is only just starting. “May you live in interesting times” is actually an English expression, but how China‘s economy, and the Belt and Road which is dependent on the African economy, fares in the next decade or so will be, indeed, interesting.
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  2499. The more complicated anything gets, the more likely it will fail. Turn down the thermostat and wear a sweater. Turn off the lights and wake up when the sun comes out. Take fewer baths and use showers instead. There, I just saved you a ton of energy without needing solar panets. BTW, If you really must have solar panels, look into personal generators. Probablyl more virtue signalling than money-saving, but they have solar panels and you don‘t need them installed. Better yet, start a garden. Nature’s own solar panels, right?
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  2500. The PLA is fully capable of fighting any unarmed Chinese within the PRC. Thanks for the video!
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  2501. Maybe Russia should have been told how Bakhmut went.
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  2502. CA had a net loss of residents and businesses for the last nine years, thanks to the high cost of living (namely taxes).
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  2503. The general was just being efficient. Slava Ukraine!
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  2504. @KS : You bots are the masters of BS.
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  2505. Assuming the logistics shipping them haven’t stolen the washing machines themselves! :D
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  2506. You can tell the Russians are evacuating by the gross stains in their pants! :D
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  2507. So like steampunk without the corsets. Thanks for the video!
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  2508. I’ve been watching MORE YouTube because of the Ukrainian coverage. I guess YouTube is more interest in money-motivated censorship?
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  2509. Any Russian who believes yet another Russian milittary lie will be darwinized courtesy of… the Russian military.
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  2510. 7. Track stuff that’s measuarable. Journalize stuff that’s creative or full of ideas. Mental clutter gets put on paper so you can focus on your priorities.
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  2511. It‘s ridiculous that greenies won’t let you drive a hybrid anymore. With a hybrid, if you‘re at home, you can charge your car. If you’re on the road, you fill up with gas. None of the “range anxiety” we have with EV‘s, and, yeah, I know the car industry is “working on it”.
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  2512. Well, another YT video showed how Russia increased the security after October‘s attack, and here we are with the bridge hit again. And Ukraine did it with sea drones, not Storm Shadow like many other YT videos speculated they could do. So you are corredt that Ukraine could hit the bridge any time. I think Russia already gave up on Crimea to some extent after destroying the dam.
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  2513. Lucid dreaming? And he did the Chupa Chups logo!
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  2514. So what happens when Kaiser pulls out of Oakland?
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  2515. China is only interested in China. Just see what happens when China no longer wants Russian oil.
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  2516. Russia breaking up like the USSR did.
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  2517. On top of that, the youth don‘t have jobs and are being sent into the countryside (to prevent protests). Even if China were to have a higher population of youth, they wouldn’t be able to make them productive.
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  2518. The Onion couldn‘t even come up with something as ludicrous as that parade. Slava Ukraine!
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  2519. Russia telling the narrative until there’s no one left to hear it.
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  2520. Agreed. Maybe the west should have learned from Egypt, Jordan, and other countries, rather than follow the hubris-filled narrative that what the west thinks is right, while everyone else is wrong.
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  2521. USA learned from Three Mile Island. Too bad other countries didn’t.
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  2522. Adding good habits: Bestest advice ever — sort of! (: I’ve been diagnosed with diabetes, and notice that exercise (and resting!) has crowded out my other activities, including some bad habits (such as wasting time on the internet). However :P when it comes to dieting, it’s still too easy to eat bad foods when I eat good. Still, keep up the good work!
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  2523. So have kids then, when they grow up, find no employment, and ship them off to the countryside. Sounds like a plan. Oh, and have an earthquake that crushes a classroom of children because of shoddy local building regulations. I don’t believe China will “collapse” anytime soon, but India and other Asian countries are making it economically and politically irrelevant.
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  2524. Both are happening. Follow the Chinese stock market (the volatility, not just the government promises). CCP also said they were moving China towards manufacturing, a step back, imo.
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  2525. Aren‘t they fighting Pakistan?And what about the India-China border dispute?
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  2526. Argh! Cliffhanger! :D Thanks for the video!
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  2527. Maybe PMCs were illegal for a reason! :D
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  2528. 3:10 : ”Journalist“ don‘t understand the jargon. Why is it so hard for them to do research before they do their ”journalism“?
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  2529. This isn’t war. It’s terrorism. Thanks for the videos.
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  2530. Okay, update us on your thoughts on Hebzollah. You said they wouldn‘t enter the chat room and here they are. Big thanks for helping us know who’s who in the ME. “It‘s complicated.” :/
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  2531. The damaged oil infrastructure will need western parts, which have been sanctioned for now.
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  2532. @rooster : Russian math.
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  2533. @J : Doesn’t matter what you heard. Does matter that Ukraine is winning and the Russians don’t even have dry socks to wear.
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  2534. The Russians gain as much as the stock market does, and for just as long. :D
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  2535. Democrats lost the house in part because of crime, gaining four seats in NY. : “ But it did gangbusters in New York, where a tabloid drumbeat of chaos resonated with voters out in the city’s suburbs, helping the GOP claim one open New York House seat and wrest three more from Democratic control. — Politico
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  2536. Yep. Peter Zeihan mentioned that Palestine has no economic value whatsoever. The prince of Saudi Arabia wants to drop it in favor of Israel (and the USA). Iran only propped up Hamas to disrupt SA and Israel relations. IMO, Iran doesn’t have to risk a fight (with USA around) when they’ve completed an objective.
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  2537. Liar. Russia is already effed! :D
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  2538. No doubt using some recalled DELL laptop battery. :P
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  2539. @SS : China’s mismanagement of its environment has also resulted in a water shortage, comparable to the arid Saudi Arabia, but with many more people.
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  2540. Even Chinese manufacturing businesses have left China for Mexico. The US dollar is mightier than the CCP politics. Thanks for the video!
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  2541. Mohammod didn‘t come to the mountain, so Raisi plowed into it.
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  2542. Democrats want to tax unrealized capital gains.
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  2543. Yeah, that. As much as I like recycling, it’s a lazy way to “save” the environment. The reality is that the only way we can really protect the environment is to reduce the amount of stuff we consume.
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  2544. Renting in a liberal city is just asking for trouble. There’s at least one liberal city limiting background checks on potential tenants. Forget that. We’re in California and are leaving the market.
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  2545. 20 years of BRICS and they still don’t have a common currency. Meanwhile, 20 years of the European Union, and the EU and USD are the most commonly used reserve currencies.
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  2546. The rail bridge that’s a twisted mess of burnt metal isn’t damaged?
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  2547. I keep reading that as the Three Stooges Dam failure. :D
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  2548. And these army officials were picked by Xi for being loya. No one’s loyal to you, Xi, but they are just as corrupt.
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  2549. If it‘s friendly fire, it’s part of war. Civilians near Ukraine and other combat areas need to evacuate as less accurate and more destructive weapons are being used. Western countries need to continue to supply Ukraine with weapons.
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  2550. Yeah, let’s spend another TRILLION dollars on special interests and then beg OPEC for more oil, Bernie.
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  2551.  @ImperatorCaracalla  Sounds like you fell for his propaganda.
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  2552.  @annebritraaen2237  Russia is unlucky to have a leader that will sacrifice Russia for his personal war.
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  2553.  Wggss Great  Russia offers bodybags, medals, and burgers, as well!
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  2554.  @James-ec7qx  And Russia’s GDP is less than that of Texas. Enjoy watching your leaders said in their yachts while you sacrifice your sons, Russia.
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  2555.  Wggss Great  Nobody can compare to how much Putin and his cronies looted from his own country.
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  2556.  Wggss Great  Safe schools that teach propaganda so Russian boys go to the front to die.
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  2557.  Wggss Great  UK spends more on a tank of gasoline than some Russians will see in their lifetime because of Putin. Sacrifice all for Putin.
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  2558.  @kaleido6551  Russians are fighting to the second-to-last man! ;D
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  2559. Another YT videos says they’re “friends”, but he could just be a puppet to save face for Putin.
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  2560. Putin’s going to find out that he can’t buy China, either. China’s still buying Russian coal, but not oil, because of lowered demand caused by China’s lockdowns.
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  2561. We can't let France get all the new weapon contracts! :/
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  2562.  @lunachu8691  And it only took Russia three days to reclaim 95% of Ukraine from the Nazis, as Russian soldiers were greeted with flowers.
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  2563. Okay, so if the license plate is missing or not displayed, how about looking for a black Tesla with no license plates??
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  2564. Thanks. KFC decades ago, In-and-Out Burgers.
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  2565. No, Wagner moved into a nearby village near Bakhmut.
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  2566. @J : Still using copy and paste, I see.
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  2567. Well, you already have rising crime in Portland, so rent control should fit in just fine.
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  2568. Plenty of HIMARS and other precision weapons left. Dummies in the White House are concerned that Ukraine will use them to attack Russia.
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  2569. Could be yet another agreement with the West to serve Western interests (lower energy prices) as a condition for armament. :/
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  2570. @kurt: Biden only killed the economy.
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  2571. USA : Please don‘t bomb the oil refineries. We don’t want global gas prices and inflation to to up. Also USA : Please don’t notice it‘s an election year. We don‘t want USA gas prices and inflation to go up. Slava Ukaine!
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  2572. 10:50 : It‘s always the old people who support the young people to fight and die for their wars. Thanks for the videos!
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  2573. Gonna have a McCowHeart right now! Would like to see these guys again!
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  2574. Well, they’re not going to spend a TRILLION dollars just before a recession, that’s for sure.
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  2575. We don‘t need to convince you. We need to win the war.
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  2576. Is Xi hitting busses now?
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  2577. AI drives down the costs of customer service and anyone waiting on the phone for customer service or frustrated at pressing all those menu buttons are the first to welcome AI. Small businesses and creative types who have no budget to hire others are finding that low-cost and even free AI can help them add artwork to projects, or write text (that still needs to be edited, from my experience!) Anyone afraid of AI should ask themselves if they should be using a search engine anymore. AI is the next step up in processing information. Although, from my personal experience, AI passes the Turing Test less because computers are as good as humans than humans can write dreck as bad as AI! :P
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  2578. Enjoy Canada! Beer’s better!
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  2579. Putin’s targeting oil workers for conscripting. Seems like he’s willing to sacrifice the Russian economy for political gains.
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  2580. USA out of the Middle East. Spend that military aid on democratic countries, not dictatorships and tyrannies.
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  2581. Note how the Russian bots are trying to spin this. Gee, maybe if Glorious Leader wasn‘t shelling hospitals, theatres, malls, and train stations we‘d be more understanding.
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  2582. Turns out their massive growth was a massive Ponzi scheme with a “second set of books”. The lying the CCP does with its GDP numbers certainly wasn’t in the business magazines I was reading a decade or so ago.
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  2583. 17:30 : CA fire alarms must have batteries built-into the fire alarms because, yes, someone took out the batteries of a smoke alarm b/c of false alarms in their house (I’m not clear if this was a rental or they owned the house) and died in a fire. We got as far as putting up a nail in the kitchen and hanging a fire alarm on it, to see if it would have any false alarms. And it‘s only high enough that I can reach it so I can easily test the alarm. Hope I haven’t done something that would kill me, though. Thanks for the video!
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  2584. Anticipatory Joy : Welcome to Kickstarter. :P The sad part is that I like all my ill-gotten loot! :D Thanks for the video — very true for my diet and exercise change to combat diabetes!
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  2585. Appreciated the video. I remember years ago when poor construction of a school building in China killed an entire classroom of students. In the USA, it’s gas pipelines and water mains we have to worry about. The gas is flammable, and the water mains destroyed so less water pressure to put out the fires. ):
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  2586. If Russia thought they could use a flimsy reason to invade Ukraine, just wait until China protects its ”national security“ and historical claims“. Remember the Unequal Treaties of the 1850‘s and the world‘s largest freshwater lake, in Russia, that China made business moves on prior to the Ukraine war.
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  2587. 8:40 : Good time to restart the British Empire. :D Goodness knows, China‘s going to want those lands back stolen from them under the Unfair Treaties :P not to mention the world‘s largest freshwater lake, in Russia, which China attempted to acquire rights for before the war, now that Northern China is a desert. Whew, that’s a long sentence. :P
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  2588. Russia attacks Bakhmut: Russia suffers high losses. Russia defends Bakhmut: Russia suffers high losses. I see a pattern here. Too bad Russia hasnt! Slava and keep funding Ukraine!
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  2589. @Rick: Your world may be bootlicking Chairman Xi, but the rest isn‘t.
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  2590. I, for one, welcome our glowing cat overlords.
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  2591. @P: I guess Putin doesn‘t tell you guys American history. With American the REVERSE happened, from the days of the Civil War, when states acted independently, to today.
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  2592. (: Well, he is arguing against the assumption that Putin will lose power (which does not mean Russia will lose the war), and that Putin is an unpopular figure in Russia. IMO, I think a frequent mistake the west makes is a frequently dismissive “Why aren’t they thinking like us” with no attempt to understand the other side’s POV.
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  2593. While the 2022 Red Tide turned into a Red Trickle, part of the reason why the Republicans gained a slim majority in the House were the seats that flipped red in NYC. More blue seats than red are up for election in 2024. Vote accordingly.
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  2594. @m: I hear the Russian shovels outnumber the Ukrainian shovels 10:1.
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  2595. Ukraine is being attacked by Russia. But you bots prefer not to mention this.
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  2596. Well, with the minimum wage hikes for fast food, they should be set. /s
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  2597. Holocaust.
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  2598. No doubt a systemic retreat like they did in Lyman, right?? :D Slava Ukraine!
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  2599. Bad news: Weapons from China. Good news: Made in China. :D
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  2600. Russia (before they do something) : DOOM. MEDIA CLICKBAIT. DOOM. Russia (afterwards) : Oh, they lost. Thanks for the videos!
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  2601. The first step in EU independence would be to support Ukraine more than the USA.
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  2602. 5:10 : And why not enough service jobs? While China has advanced from an agrarian economy to an industrial one, CCP corruption and ties industrial companies means the CCP members favors industrial companies over China’s economic welfare, thus the $$$ infrastructure projects you’re always seeing (including the BRI) vs. signs of a rising service sector. What’s worse (for China) is that, by not fostering a service sector, not only do we have massive unemployment of service-trained youth, but the money generated by the economy does not go into their hands — and domestic spending has not increased. This means China has to rely on exports, making them vulnerable to economic downturns in other countries. Myself, I read decades ago how China was supposed to increase its domestic consumption and it has not.
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  2603. 3:38 : Well, their volunteering for the Russians paid off, didn‘t it? How… unfortunate. Slava Ukraine!
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  2604. Do those cadets really think they‘ll live to 2024?
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  2605. Russia ran out of artillery, so resorted to human waves. Russia is running out of ethnicies and poor people outside of Moscow and St. Petersberg to throw into the meat grinder.
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  2606. Paul keeps making the same mistake over and over: Assuming Russia won’t make a mistake, over and over. (: Keep up the videos!
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  2607. If the Biden administration can redefine a recession, they can — and will — redefine wealthy. Given that they’re monitoring anyone making $600 a year on Etsy, eBay, etc., anyone who has a job will soon be considered “wealthy”.
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  2608. Pretty amazing that, during the Cold War, everyone was afraid of nukes and desperate to create the technology. Yet, during this Hot War, what‘s winning the war is freakin’ cheap *cardboard*. Slava Ukraine!
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  2609. Two Chinese fishermen no doubt accidentally dragging their anchors near cables for the last twenty miles. Oh, and the Coast Guard are patrolling waters these Chinese vessels shouldn’t be in. Stop it with the FAFO, CCP.
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  2610. Well, Democratic voters certainly aren’t. They just want everyone to follow the woke narrative.
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  2611. Somewhere, there’s a graduate student in animal behavior sciences watching all these hallway-crossing videos. :D Also, the multi-water balloon thingie was originally on Kickstarter! (: Thanks for the video!
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  2612. There’s a China 5G video from way back how the CCP wanted 5G everywhere, but the towers had to be put closer, so 5G was expensive, and they couldn’t even keep the towers on at night because of electricity costs. Furthermore, China claimed they had many subscribers — even more than phones that had 5G capability. Thanks for the video!
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  2613. Maybe once Putin sends you to the front you’ll have a better idea.
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  2614. Biden must have learned to cook the data through Hunter from their CCP overlords. Keep up the videos!
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  2615. I love it that you’re smiling while Russia burns. Then again, when Joe Blog smiles… Keep up the good work!
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  2616. If Democrats didn’t spend over a TRILLION dollars on their party agenda in the first two years, didn’t give criminals more rights than victims, and try to gaslight the middle and lower classes about the economy, maybe I’d vote for them.
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  2617. 21:00 : Also happened with Nokia. Anyone remember them? (: Thanks for the video!
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  2618. Russia needs to annex more territories so Ukraine can get their cities back. Slava Ukraine!
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  2619. These are Buryats, an ethic minority within Russia. You should know by now that Russia sent the ethnic minorities first, so that Russians in Moscow and wealthier urban cities would not find out how badly the war is going. Additionally, Russia wants to kill off ethnic minorities, to have more power of them. So, no, they‘re not Russians as most westerners perceive Russians, but, yes, I’m glad to see some more resistance from these ethnic minoriries who are foreced to fight Putin‘s war. Makes me wonder if we see civiil unrest by minorities within their own territories in Russia.
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  2620. @john: CoVid is NOT the common cold. Go rewrite your narrative elsewhere.
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  2621. Just look at what happened to Russia before the war. GDP the size of Texas. Declining birth rate.
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  2622. Russian soldiers hiding behind defensive positions and freezing to death is not much of a strategy.
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  2623. @Red: The USA were “chasing” the balloons to monitor which military areas the Chinese were spying on, implying which areas the Chinese were weak on information from. The USA also knew, by tracking the balloons, which areas they would spy on, so withdrew anything sensitive and useful to the CCP.
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  2624. @S: Why are you still afraid of Trump?
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  2625. Chinabots sure busy these days. Still, after seeing Russia destroy its own economy, if you’re considering taking a loan from China, it’s too late for your country, anyway.
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  2626. Russian soldiers can’t hit anything, so Putin doesn’t care if ammo depots are destroyed. All according to plan! :D
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  2627. Russia doesn‘t have many opportunities to celebrate, do they? :D
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  2628. China’s pretty much Russia 1.5. I’m sure Perun’s videos about corruption in Russia apply to China.
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  2629. Even when communications wasn’t blacked out, it was all “he said, she said”, such as with the hospital bombing. And, even so, media outlets took Hamas at their word, rather than checking information. Get this overwith. So far, the death toll is nowhere near that of Ukraine. You know, the war where the western powers are telling Ukraine what to do, resulting in a war that’s over a year long.
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  2630. Military sanctions I’m fine with. As a result of them, Russia could not maintain its heavy use of artillery and had to resort to human waves. Likewise, Russia lost control of air space because of the unavailability of airplane parts. Russia has to rely on countries like NK, Iran, and China for equipment.
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  2631. Perfectly safe until it isn‘t.
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  2632. @JJ: Russians are fleeing Crimea, as captured on video. Those trenches your comrades made on the beaches won‘t help.
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  2633. This brutality happens all over the ME, Africa, Russia, China, and other countries, The west needs to wake up and stop thinking simplistically that one side is innocent.
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  2634. Heard the FSB put S under house arrest, S’s house in Rostov.
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  2635. I bet 70% of these donations will end up in Qatar, like the Palestine foreign aid did.
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  2636. China‘s becoming a desert, thanks to its destruction of its local environment. That means it has to import more rice. Increased demand by China means incresing prices for rice worldwide.
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  2637. If Putin has to resort to shovels, rusted rifles, and tanks from museums, you should know better than to think he has nukes. His corrupt officers have long ago sold the components and equipment necessary to maintain nuclear anything. If his most loyal people are like Shoigu, I doubt any of them want nukes threatening their mansions and yachts.
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  2638. 8. Don’t take their toxicity personally. Not that you shouldn’t do anything about it, but remember that it’s them, not you. And you can change yourself, not them.
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  2639. When Dean Witter speaks...people listen. When JP Morgan speaks… :D
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  2640. Too bad Democrats can’t mimic last year’s grocery and gas prices.
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  2641. Three days! :D
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  2642. Attacking the electrical sources indicates that Russia doesn’t think it can capture them, and, thus, show that Russia is losing. Winter will still be harsher on Russian soldiers than Ukranian citizens. Keep up the videos!
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  2643. Oh, yeah? Well, Russia got more washing machines from Ukraine! :D Thanks for the maps and slava Ukraine!
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  2644. China Unequal Treat with Russia : Results in nationalism for lost land and exploitation for cheap oil. American Revolutionary War with Britain: Results in Monty Python reruns and episodes of Dr. Who with a budget.
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  2645. There’s no way Hamas soldiers are in a hospital! It doesn’t fit the narrative! Thanks for the video!
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  2646. Russian objective: Settlements. Ukraine objective: Topography.
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  2647. America needs to be energy independent, then they‘ll butt out of the ME. Both Russia and China are collapsing, and I’d rather see American taxpayer money go towards democracies than politically ambivalent countries. SA has plenty of cash. Just keep buying those American weapons. USA USA USA. :/
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  2648. Wealthy are also taking their wealth and families out for decades. When I was at Stanford thirty years ago, Asians were already buying houses there for their children, essentially sending their future generations to Western countries.
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  2649. Need more non-Ukranian Russians invading Russia. Russia has no one defending it internally. At best, they will send air flighters, but these are its most expensive units, anyway.
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  2650. WWI : Reparations. Today: Sanctions. Not saying that sanctions don’t work, but western powers need to do more to keep these countries in check. Thanks for the video!
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  2651. Tanks won’t matter. Russia will lose just fine regardless. Have fun with the narrative, Russbots.
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  2652. Late congrats on your book!
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  2653. Any kids nowadays (: know what an octopus plug is? Us OK Boomers regularly saw psa‘s warning us about them as kids, and you don’t see those sort of plugs anymore!
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  2654. Exactly. Trader Joe’s, Costco, and the grocery store have plenty of frozen food you can just toss into the air fryer. Set the timer, check every five minutes. Eat! :D
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  2655. Sanctions have prevented Russia from replacing worn barrels and using “smart” ammunition. Corruption impedes production. Sooner or later, Russia’s going to strap WWII ammo to conscripts with grenades and say “Have at ‘em”.
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  2656. USA relies on much of its produce from a region in California, Salinas Valley — and California is in yet another year of a drought.
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  2657. Maybe when Russia collapses you‘ll want “confirmation”, too?
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  2658. Exactly. Russia has had many Russian cigarette explosions at warehouses, recruitment centers, and the coffee house with the milblogger. None of these attacks are military. All are symbolic. I‘m guessing it’s a domestic Russian group behind it.
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  2659. Poland doing what the leading countries of the EU should be doing without telling everyone they’re a leading country. Poland’s come a long way since the butt of ethnic jokes from fifty years ago… Thanks for the video!
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  2660. I’m sure this will improve the Chinese economy by leaps and bounds. /s
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  2661. Russians are tough people. They evidently smoke sticks of dynamite that can blow up bridges, warships, airplanes, and ammo dumps. Slava Ukraine!
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  2662. How many Russian generals does it take to change a lightbulb?
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  2663. That’s how that f-channel of Russian propaganda will claim Russia has a high GDP. :D
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  2664. Russia has plenty of rifles! Some of them even fire and have ammo!
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  2665. Ukrainians are already attacking Russian railways, which also have upkeep issues. HIMARS keep pushing back how far ammo and men can be deployed, disrupting supply lines,. Russia’s superior numbers becomes a liability if you attack the logistics.
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  2666. Too bad these anti-Ukrainian right-wingers weren’t voted into office in 2024. And I say this as a supporter of fiscal responsibility in government.
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  2667. Anything beyond WWII equipment has probably already been sold off through corruption.
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  2668. This is why you establish non-critical trade with your enemies. China is one of USA’s top three trade partners, and USA, Germany, and Japan, are China’s top three trade partners. That’s why China is neutral, including businesses afraid of secondary sanctions. With dictatorships, it’s money more than ideologies, and, to China, USA money talks more than Russian. Iran has strong sanctions against it, so USA doesn’t have leverage over them now. OTOH, That doesn’t mean Iran’s ability to aid Russia doesn’t mean USA sanctions are ineffective. Oh, and good luck not pissing off Israel.
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  2669. Nutrition plays an important role in brain development, and higher-income families can know better how to raise their children. This isn’t an excuse to play the race card. If you have time and money for a tv set, you have time to read to your child before they enter school.
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  2670. Well, remember that, at least in the beginning of the war, Russians didn’t encrypt or otherwise keep secret their communications, making their units easier to pinpoint and attack.
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  2671. With Xi, he needed to do more blowing than chewing! :D
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  2672. For those few who are part of a family business, take the family business. Customers don‘t care about your degree, and your parents aren’t any worse bosses (unfortunately) than the suits you‘d work for through college. The money you didn’t spend for loans will better serve you in the market for your retirement. And you can work as long as you want, at the hours you want, in retirement. Even if you fail, your experience working in a small business will help you stand out in an interview (but you‘ll still need some sort of college degree). Good luck — there are no guarantees in the job market.
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  2673. Ruissia is willing to kill tens of thousands of Ukranian civilians and Russian soldiers. You don‘t think they‘re not willing to radiate Europe?
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  2674. If China enters the chat room, Russia’s going to be in trouble. China (and India) haven’t exactly been aiding Russia like the west has with Ukraine, and China’s top three trading partners are USA, Germany, Japan and Not Russia. China (and India) also have obviously gone along with the oil cap prices, which, while still providing revenue to Russia, also obviously isn’t enough to fund Russia’s war. Oh, and I’m sure China wouldn’t mind taking back the rest of Manchuria…
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  2675. Considering how Putin‘s holed up in his bunker and doesn’t want to hear bad news, his yes-men have no doubt told him that Kiev and Bakhmut have been taken, Crimea is still under Russian control, Belarus has conquered Poland, the Ukranian army has been killed 3x over, NATO forces have joined the war, NATO forces have lost the war, and Russia has recaptured Alaska. :P
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  2676. Looks like those Russian trenches on the Crimean beaches are finally paying off! XD Slavs Ukraine!
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  2677. With Russia, you need to convert numbers like that Monty Python mattress sketch. Slava Ukraine!
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  2678. Russian economics. :D
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  2679. Makes it more suspicious that Russia blew up the Nordstream pipeline back then!
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  2680. Both Trump and Sanders were popular b/c they were seen as “outsiders”. The Dems and mainstream media are making Trump a pariah. If inflation has eaten away your earnings while the government keeps spending, you’re going to vote against the Democrats.
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  2681. And not all oligarches support Putin. And the RMD attempted to assimilate all the PMC‘s — I doubt the PMCs are keen on that, either!
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  2682. Pro-tenant laws are driving out “mom and pop” landlords, who are more interested in preserving capital and good tenants (ie. no headaches). When “mom and pop” go out, corporate comes in, and corporate has got to make them profits. Corporate has more units than “mom and pop”, so can spread risk over mulitiple tenants. Conversely, if you’re the only renter, you have more leverage over your landlord. Unlike corporate, once the “mom and pop” landlord passes away, the step-up in basis for a property means Junior can sell the house without paying capital gains taxes. Who‘s going to buy that house? Yep, corporate.
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  2683. I cheat by having a golden retriever. :D
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  2684. Putin can fall out of a hospital window just like any other oligarch!
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  2685. Agreed. And I’m sure Ukraine will get those wheat fields back before Russia does. Slava Ukraine!
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  2686. I wonder what the Russiabots will say when Moscow or St. Petersburg get attacked next time.
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  2687. Haven‘t heard of him. Bakhmut would have been an even bigger propaganda deal if it was taken earlier. Plus, lots of Russian soldiers dead. Putin would have sent them to yet another city for propaganda purposes. Finally, imo, it‘s the West which has prevented Ukraine from ending this war, and Russia knows it.
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  2688. Excellent analysis! Could use some powerpoint. :D
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  2689. A ‘long war’? Is this what all this western foot-dragging is called?
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  2690. Thanks to liberals soft on crime, we have businesses leaving, resulting in not just loss of tax revenue, but job losses as well. But I’m sure all you have to do is raise minimum wage to take care of that, right??
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  2691. More like China ready to reclaim “historical lands” seized by Russian under the “Unfair Treaties”.
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  2692. Antagonize foreign investors. Blame the West and USA for everything. Threaten not only Taiwan but all your other Asian neighbors. Release a virus and be unprepared for the world recession. What could possibly go wrong?
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  2693. Popsicle sticks, given the winter.
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  2694. 3:50 : Imagine if these “accidental” bombings had a nuclear payload. Doubt if an actual bomb would go off, but who knows about any accidental spillage or leakage.
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  2695. Any new technology, once used by businesses, goes down in price. It’s just that, when the government gets involved, here comes the fubar. I’ll be quite happy to pull the taxpayer plug on the Big Three in favor of a Japanese ICE car and Mexico-made Tesla.
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  2696. Drones attacked the “elite” suburb of Moscow, so I wouldn’t say it’s a false flag. That said, Putin killed 300 Russians in apartments to justify an attack on Crimea (?).
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  2697. China Observer, though anti-CCP, showed videos of Chinese businesses at a business fair to attracti investors. NO foreigners, aside from Russians, whose businesses aren‘t exactly doing well. I know Giorni the Chinabot is going to do his or her best to spin China‘s economy, made an ad hominem attack, post a whataboutism, or otherwise not help the Chinese people recover their economy.
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  2698. Russia’s got plenty of NATO apathy, particularly the two nations leading from behind. Russia doesn’t have resources — even Iran stockpiles are being blown up!
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  2699. The west needs to continue funding Ukraine to make this happen! Slava Ukraine!
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  2700. Stop drones and cruise missile by not funding Russia’s war ahead of time by not relying so much on Russian oil. Somebody didn’t listen to the orange-haired guy, and a longer war is the result.
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  2701. 7:00 : If you’re on keto, find the “Minimalist Grocery Shopping List”. Great premade list. Like templates, premade grocery lists avoid that “I forgot to buy XXX” situation after you’ve left the grocery store. And bring a clipboard so you can bring recipes and take notes at the store!
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  2702. Release a worldwide virus and trigger worldwide recession. What could possibly go wrong? I would agree that USA‘s quantitative easing helped set up the recession, and that the west is dragging its feet on raising interest rates, but it’s not anyone‘s fault but China’s that they‘ve antagonized all their neighbors and trading partners, as well as created their own tofu dreg house of cards.
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  2703. So can you “regroup” with over half of your men gone? /s
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  2704. Well, I’ve read that conventional investments are unusually correlated, so nowhere’s safe.
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  2705. Art of Improvement also points out that you should accept that your friendships, even the non-toxic ones, will NOT last forever, despite the media. We change, and, since many friendships are built among common interests, it’s natural to lose — and make — friends. Just think of cutting off the toxic friends as a pre-emotive strike when they or you will end your “friendship” with them!
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  2706. Unfortunately for the Russians… Putin doubled down instead of listening to Priggy to get rid of his incompetent loyalists, S&G. Fortunate for Ukraine, though!
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  2707. The expert leaves the table, the neophyte doubles down, and the fool thinks he’s winning.
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  2708. Great video. Wish it was taught in history classes, since it ties in many different historical concepts for its explanation!
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  2709. 2:10 : My dog won’t even retrieve anything on land. :P
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  2710. And this is why inner city residents pay the highest prices for groceries in the worst neighborhoods. All but a few convenience stores stay in the crime-ridden areas, all other businesses leaving. This has been a problem for decades yet elite liberals and soft DA’s think the answer is defunding the police and other pro-criminal policies that drive out businesses and residents.
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  2711. Pretty sure when Russia blows the Zap nuclear power plant, this will be a moot issue.
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  2712. Unfortunately, all countries — and political parties — have their own kool-aid, to the point that their leaders actually believe the narrative. Thanks for the videos!
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  2713. Use it with the smart phone because I have ringing in my ears when everything is silent. Don‘t other people do this?
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  2714. Thanks for the educational videos. Maybe during the weekends. I'm forwarding this educational vid to a friend of mine who was brought up to believe stocks and bonds are inversely correlated.
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  2715. For myself it’s… 1. Do your research. It’s easier to say something if you have something to back you up. 2. If someone else has a good idea, boost their confidence. The problem about “self-help” is that “self” part! 3. Don’t risk anything big. If you fail, so what? You didn’t lose anything, anyway. 4. Don’t overthink things. Don’t burden the project with secondary objectives that are or will make the project more difficult to succeed. 5. Hang around and absorb information from others who know more than you do. 6. Do not second-guess yourself. If you have multiple options, spread them over the table and ask others what they think.
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  2716. I also heard that Russian soldiers defected to join the Russian separatists? And did the Russian military bomb or attack their own people or army again? :D
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  2717. Russian allies is an oxymoron.
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  2718. Don‘t forget the NIMBY’s. Of course, it‘s easier to blame investors for rising prices because, more likely than not, you are that NIMBY who doesn’t want an “affordable housing” apartment complex that you think will make the neighborhood less safe, or bring in additional traffic that you don‘t want.
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  2719. Yep. Part of the buy-in from India and China is that they‘ll still get cheap oil from Russia.
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  2720.  @patwilson2546  I’m agreeing with your OP, and replying to those who disagreed with you and were presenting false assertions.
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  2721. It’s like when I play Risk and every country has only one army. :D
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  2722. Explosion in rear ares? Watch out for those Russian beans! I’ll be here all war. Slava Ukraine!
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  2723. So cold the golden retriever came to the back porch only SIX times for snacks. Only 54 degrees in frozen California! :D
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  2724. Now I want to know what Putin thinks about China! It’s as if the only two powers that were around for the last few decades were USA and Russia!
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  2725. Too bad Russia doesn‘t follow Rule #2 : Don‘t let your enemy know your bullets won’t hit them.
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  2726. Well, with India buying oil from Russia, the water’s becoming even more tepid. I do think India can fight off China just fine, though…!
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  2727. US has no allies? China has even fewer...
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  2728. Newsome has over 15 million dollars in assets. This liberal elite has no idea what the people he claims to represent are going through. Thanks to criminals being unpunished, businesses are leaving and taking jobs with them! Vote crime, voter poverty, vote Democrat.
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  2729. As someone with sinus infections, pollen is the tree equivalent of bukkake. Thanks for the video!
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  2730. @pyro: USA has a similar problem. When Social Security was established, the government spent the money on other projects and switched them with Treasure Bills, aka. IOU’s.
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  2731. Search on “It’s Always Sunny in Qatar” if you haven’t seen it already. Remember that Hamas is divided into Military (Gaza) and Political (Qatar) and that the political faction has sold out the military one (Sinwar).
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  2732. Won’t happen. Keep posting. Still won’t happen.
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  2733. And that’s just all the humans! :D
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  2734. Does the armor come with… goggles? :D Thanks for the video!
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  2735. Lol — Those Ukranian losses. They took the animals because you can’t eat a washing machine. ): Well, at least the cruise missiles don’t have nuclear capability. Glad to hear Ukrainians have energy back, thanks EU. Yes, Big Oil and oi-producing countries do not like the Democrats because of Democratic anti-oil policies. No tin foil hat needed. Slava Ukraine!
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  2736. Residents and businesses are already leaving California. During the 2020 census, California lost a seat in the house. Retail stores are closing in SF, leaving the homeless, drug addicts, and criminals.
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  2737. We need more dogs servicing the community. Their heightened sense of smell allows them to detect all sorts of chemicals — including organic ones, such as Covid and cancer “excretions” from humans.
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  2738. AI passes the Turing Test if you realize that humans write garbage as badly as a computer. Great job on the Hiroshima video, btw!
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  2739. We‘re ALL being taxed through inflation — which hits poor people the hardest. Contributing to inflation was government overspending, which was over a TRiILLION dollars alone in the first two years of Biden‘s presidency. With the Dems controlling the WH and both Senante and House, most of this money went to the progressive agenda, until Repubs took back the House with a slim majority. With the Dems in power, the economy has gotten worse, you have become poorer, unversities have become complicit in racism, and enemies in the ME and EU have started open warfare. It‘s not just NY. It‘s not just poor people.
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  2740. 2:37 : Anyone else seeing a toilet bowl here? :D
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  2741. You mean like how Russians retreated from Bakhmut after losing thousands of lives? Better run, bot, before Putin’s men find you!
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  2742. The FDIC should have been able to identify the relatively risky banks. Hellen’s useless, as a mouthpiece for political agendas.
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  2743. Go Poland! Slava Ukraine!
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  2744. I bet some Russian politician is going to file a complaint about Ukranian attacks on Russian soil. Slava Ukraine!
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  2745. AI passes the Turing Test less because computers are as good as humans, than because humans can spout the same drivel as computers.
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  2746. Replace the CCP with the CCP (Cute Corgi Police).
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  2747. Another YT channel which looks closely at photos of attacks concluded, in the comments, that the fuel depot was not crippled, with several fuel tanks undamaged. OTOH, While Russian in Crimea may overlook an exploding Russian jet, an exploding fueltank is a little harder to ignore. And, gee, it seems those trenches the Russians made on the beach didn‘t stop those drones, either. Slava Ukraine!
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  2748. Wall Street Journal article found that speed traps caught criminals with records. The psychology is that if someone disobeys a “major” law, then they will disobey a “minor” one. Adams has also rolled out an anti-gun team, which replaces plainsclothesmen. Gun control laws only work when enforced, and I‘m happy that Adams is enforcing laws rather than appeasing criminals.
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  2749. Military sanctions hit Russia‘s artillery early in the war, resulting them in relying on human waves. Russia needed outside components for artillery barrels that got worn out from constant use. Anyone who does not distinguish military sanctions vs. economic ones either does not understand war logistics or is flat out lying.
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  2750. Now, then. How is this all Israel‘s fault? Mental gymnastics time, bots.
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  2751. All those Russian soldiers dead at Bakhmut, just so they could lose it. Keep moving those goalposts, Putin! And thanks for the videos!
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  2752. The woke narrative will never listen until the problem is on their doorstep.
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  2753. USA made the same “change” mistake with China decades ago. OTOH, If you’re trading partners with an enemy, you have more control over them. China was neutral towards Russia because its three highest trading partners were USA, Germany, and Japan, with Russia being 15th. Many Chinese businesses left Russia because they feared USA secondary sanctions. Dictatorships are only allies of convenience.
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  2754. Russia: We‘ve mined the Zap nuclear power plant. Sweden: We’re building more nulcear power plants. Me: I guess I‘m glad I’m on the other side of the globe.
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  2755. Yahbut NATO doesn’t do more than write stern letters, even during a war. Well, we’ll see soon enough if they’re actually effective. :/
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  2756. Finally buying stocks this week, so here comes the top. Thanks for the videos!!! 📉📉📉
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  2757. @J: You wish. Russian air is practically nonexistent, and their artillery is a joke.
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  2758. And Russia screwed up when blowing up the dam.
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  2759. Loaning money to a dictator. What could possibly go wrong?
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  2760. With Russia‘s corruption, it’s gonna be less than what everyone else thinks.
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  2761. No doubt the Russians will surprise us again with an imperfectly executed failure.
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  2762. It’s would work. For the Chinese.
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  2763. Crime must be fixed. If the GOP kicks out Trump, they have 2024.
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  2764. It’s like EU didn’t realize Trump was president and didn’t have eight years to prepare for this. Russia’s in EU’s backyard — and USA is kinda busy in a few other places, you know.
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  2765.  @kanwervikram6745  Russia is losing and they don’t know it.
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  2766. Wagner Unit most effective unit for Russia! Only the best prisoners and 50-year old men for them!
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  2767. Chip sanctions? Wait until China hits the food, energy, and water sanctions. Pretty sure the USA can survive China’s retaliatory refusal to sell cheap plastic junk on Amazon, though I dunno about the EV metals.
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  2768. Me: I have an air fryer at home and can open a pack of Starbucks VIA! :/
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  2769. Best wishe to mini-NATO! (:
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  2770. I guess “developing” all that natural land to make way for ghost cities has finally paid off. How are them sandstorms, Beijing?
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  2771. What do we call this? CONVENIENCE. American culture is centered around doing more things in less time, and convenient food is just a reflection of it. Have you seen the black-and-white canned soup commercials that tried to convince our grandmothers they were too busy to cook from scratch and should be using condensed soup for not just soup but sauces?
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  2772. Russia sure lost a lot during those three days, eh?
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  2773. Somehow, I can’t see this as much of an argument against climate change.
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  2774. Definitely a good point! Much of Russia’s military is spread out over the country because of internal and external enemies. Ukraine can pretty much commit all its men against the Russians. And if Belarus has civil unrest, what about the ethnic minorities already in Russia? Better watch out for those Russian cigarettes, Moscow warehouses!
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  2775. And not the first time Russia has shown its inadequate air defense. In a previous strike, Russia pulled back its air defense to Moscow, only for Ukraine to strike logistics targets elsewhere. Russia even shot down one of its own fighters with its own air defense during that attack. Note that Russia cannot replace their fighters (or will take a long time to repair them) because of military sanctions.
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  2776. More like stealing the military budget is what everyone in the military is doing.
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  2777. @r: The mass murderers are in Moscow.
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  2778. 3:25 : The sanctions ARE working. Take out the bombers, and Russia can’t replace them. Slava Ukraine!
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  2779. Gee, Wally, won’t this cause Russia to escalate the war and use its nukes, sell its gold reserves, mobilize all its men, and use all those weapons they have in reserve? Or do you think the Russiabots were wrong on all that? Slava Ukraine!
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  2780. I‘m sure the Russiabots will be telling us how Putin is keeping his best trenches in reserve. :D
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  2781. @J : Coolant tanks.
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  2782. Wasn‘t China‘s government pumping money into the stock market, and loosening loan restrictions (not on houses but for business)? Doesn‘t look like it‘s paying off. RIP China.
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  2783. Easiest is to assume Russian is lying, then wait for confirmation that Russia is, indeed, lying.
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  2784. Too bad you can’t win a war with lies.
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  2785. Mexico is CRUSHING Chinese Manufacturing, because Mexico IS becoming Chinese manufacturing. No, that’s not a bad thing, because it means Chinese *companies*, like foreign companies, do not see China as a country worth running a business in. And, given that China, who trades with EU through the Red Sea, hasn’t sent ships to secure its own trade route, it looks like these businesses have made the right choice!
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  2786. Next: Airlines start selling ink jet printer cartridges because that’s where the real money is. :D Thanks for the video!
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  2787. I gave up on the Democratic Party when Clinton introduced his “Rainbow Cabinet” and they were ALL lawyers. Of course, they disappeared from the news after they were introduced. Unfortunately, we elect the government we deserve, and voters still look at someone’s race and gender, rather than their education background. Harris does have a well-educated background, but everyone — including and perhaps especially the Democratic Party — treats here like a checklist of token boxes. Anyone else here remember Condoleezza Rice and Colin Powell? I guess because they were Republican — and were more than token figureheads — they didn’t count as “black” for the Democratic Party.
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  2788. Russia knows it cannot hold Crimea. That‘s why they blew up the dam. Russia knows they cannot hold Ukraine. That’s why they will blow up the nuclear power plant.
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  2789. Then the hand models were sent to the front! :D
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  2790. Bakhmut: Well, that was quick. :D
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  2791. And they — or at least some of them — are. See the “dragon’s teeth” videos.
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  2792. @Ed:lol — And Chinabots are trying to convince us that everyone‘s switching to the Yuan as reserve currency.
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  2793. Same issue with the internet. :/ As much of a headache it is for you for your kid to have a smartphone, he‘ll be expected to have its level of computer literacy once he leaves high school. I still find it head-shaking that public schools fail to encourage our kids to learn new technology.
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  2794. Run the video through a stabilization program, there’s a Reddit board.
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  2795. So Putin in the 1990’s fooled Clinton. Never put up a lawyer against a KGB agent. Thanks for the videos.
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  2796. Because the core CPI doesn’t include food or energy. Yeah, no consumer I knows bothers with food and energy. Thanks for the video!
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  2797. Baltic States to reclaim historical lands! :D Slava Ukraine!
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  2798. Go home and freeze, Ivan.
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  2799. IMO, Hard to tell. Even in the USA, back in 2008 and with SVB, the finance system did a good job hiding the risk until they couldn’t.
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  2800. I‘d watch advertising if it was entertaining. Heck, many YouTube hobby review videos are just advertising. From my Home page of recommencations, YouTube itself I slam on the next recommended video ten or fifteeen times instead of watching YouTube ads. Then I watch the original video.
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  2801. “The Two Most Important Words In The World Are Honesty And Sincerity, If You Can Fake These You’ve Got It Made.” — G. Marx. :D
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  2802. Nice. Erdogan has some major economic issues to overcome and wasn’t seen as helping Ukraine, so hope for good news in his next term. Also, hoping Russia doesn’t blow up the plant, whose fallout may affect Turkey.
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  2803. I bet it‘s domestic. Iran is more than half ethnic minorities, and the Iranian theocratic government suppresses them all. Someday, Iranians will dance in the streets for entertainment, not as a protest.
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  2804. Gonna watch how Russia‘s flanks, by the Russian Military Defense (and not Wagner) pan out. RMD has yet to accomplish anything, other than piss of the Wagner chet.
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  2805. You haven’t been paying attention. He’s been saying we’re at the last leg of a bull run, which typically has a high run-up. The bear is (supposedly) coming a few years from now.
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  2806. So are these tanks the weapons Russiabots told us that Russia was holding back?? Slava Ukraine!
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  2807. So, basically, if Russia threatens to nuke a country, that country can just pack up and move into Russia. :D Thanks for the 10-minute videos!
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  2808. Pelosi “very confident” that her husband will make more money on the stock market.
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  2809. “If China is your only friend, you have no friends.” — NY Times, Tom Friedman
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  2810. Any chance of your covering the possible upcoming Iran-Saudia Arabia? You do the best videos of Ukranian and Russian movements. Keep up the good work!
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  2811. Target’s not doing too well in the US, either… :/
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  2812. Why Washington is doing this the day before the midterms is beyond me. It shows the Democrats are soft on Russia, which the Republicans (at least the Ronnie Raygun ones) would never do. Slava Ukraine.
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  2813. Exactly that. The Biden spent the first year trying to spend an additional 1.5 TRILLION dollars, when it should have started reigning in the economy. Now, we have to cram two years of rate hikes into two months. Slamming down the brakes will do the same for the economy. Enjoy the extra years you will work to make up for the recession, folks.
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  2814. Not as effective as western vaccines. And is the vaccine free or easily accessed?
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  2815. Putin’s body doubles are well and alive.
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  2816. @d: China‘s going to excel the USA with their infrastructure disasters.
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  2817. I love it how the YT experts (and they are) discuss days beforehand how the Russians should attack or defend, then the Russians surprise us at how they utterly fail to do so. :D
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  2818. I‘m sure Modern Monetary Theory will save China any day now. :P
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  2819. Have fun trying to distract your people with a war against Saudia Arabia, clerics. Support for the protestors!
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  2820. You: “What will others think?” Others: “I’m too busy thinking about what others think about me to think about what I think of you.”
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  2821. America gets 12% of its oil from the Persial Gulf, 8% from Saudia Arabia (and 40% US). I think Germany‘s gonna tell us to suck it up.
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  2822. Might as well subsidize Pontiacs, at this rate. :D
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  2823. Wake up, Europe. Your cities are next.
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  2824. And now Walmart is pulling out of high crime areas.
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  2825. Welcome to the real world, kids. Corporations already know that you don‘t say anything controversial that can lose business from your target consumer. Even Chik-fil-A gets called out by being closed on Sundays. Glad I sold BUD back in June. I suppose these students can learn Arabic and cater to ME and Palestinian refugees living in the USA or something like that, but I doubt that‘s what they intended to do when they got a law degree.
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  2826. Fly or die? In Russia, you can have both! Keep up the videos!
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  2827. And you don’t have to be mentally strong to do this! “Just do it” means you don’t think about a task before doing it. So that shuts up your negative inner critic, and your thoughts generating fear. Most goals are self-improvement and non-competitive, so you don’t need to compare yourself to others. In fact, you will eventually want to seek out those better than you, so that you may learn from them to achieve your goals — maybe they’ll even help out. And I love these anime drawings, including Sailor Moon.
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  2828. Israel having balls, as usual. :D Slava Ukraine!
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  2829. Good work, Ben. And I‘m sure there was a pitch to the VC’s and greens how economically friendly a scooter rental company would be.
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  2830. How is it that bots still believe what Putin feeds them?
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  2831. Don’t forget the Bolt Action Dad‘s Army military and civilian sets! Thanks for the video!
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  2832. We’ve became a “certificate society” long ago, with “diploma inflation”. That is, at one time, you didn’t need a degree, you only needed a high school education. Now, companies require a degree for a job, even though some of the best-known companies, such as Microsoft and Apple, were formed by college dropouts. The problem is that we do not have an educational culture (ie. Public schools) which encourages entrepreneurship or taking over the family business. As an investor, my best performing stocks are Apple and Microsoft. As an Asian, I am well acquainted with “the family business”. Trust me, as hard as you work for your degree, your customers, in the end, don’t care if you have one.
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  2833. Congrats for making TED!
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  2834. They have. They’ll disable a whatever dollar tank to sell off the copper, optics, and fuel for a fraction of the replacement cost.
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  2835. Were you and the other 350 thumbs aware that the Dems DID control the House when Biden was elected? All the Dems did was pass over a TRILLION dollars in spending for their party agenda.
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  2836. It could have been worse. It could have been fanfiction. Thanks for the video!
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  2837. The CCP know how to line their pockets, that’s for sure! Russia 2.0.
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  2838. Trump never backed up a stolen van to steal 10K items.
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  2839. Mall : “We have teens loitering in the food court after hours and they refuse to leave.” Pet cafe owner: ”I have an idea.“
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  2840. Yep! At least the reds have the House.
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  2841. Too bad Russia isn’t helping its own soldiers.
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  2842. Leftist are the ones who don‘t know anything about economics. And public schools teach wokeness, not economics. Mind you, the Democratic party depends on poor uneducated people for their votes, so maybe they understand things perfectly.
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  2843. Personal until Ukraine takes back what is rightly theirs! Slava Ukraine!
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  2844. There already aren’t enough air defenses. In the past, Ukraine sent drones to attack Moscow. Then, after air defenses were protecting Moscow, Ukraine would attack unprotected areas!
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  2845. Now look up the Sora24 news article about the drone that was giving out coupons, the housewives who noticed, and what happens when a drone flies too low to a group of housewives. (:
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  2846. Russians have to stop smoking. So many ammo dumps exploding, causing ammo dumps, ships, trucks, airplanes, and bridges to explode. Vodka OK though. :P
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  2847. Qatar-funded protests. See the Tom Nash Report.
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  2848. Not supporting Ukraine is political suicide, and many Reagan Republicans (eg. those over 50 and vote) remember the Cold War. Democrats see the war as supporting freedom, Republicans see this as putting down totalitarianism.
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  2849. Helicopters and air rescue are expensive.
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  2850.  @felipearbustopotd  Putin's war. Putin's rules. If it isn't Moscow or St. Petersburg, he doesn't care.
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  2851. Tastes like racoons and dogs.
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  2852. Yet our youth are employed, our homes habitable, our infrastructure not falling apart, and we can protect CHINA’S trade routes in the Red Sea.
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  2853. Do Russian nukes even work? Poor maintenance and sold for parts!
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  2854. “Everything we have is western” — And Russiabots keep saying how the EU is hit harder than Russia with sanctions. We don’t need Russia at all.
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  2855. Remember how the goldbugs were telling you to buy gold and that the USD would be dumped because China‘s buying gold? Well, China recently blew up the gold market by changing their regulations, sending gold prices down. The unpredictability of the CCP makes investing in anything related to China VERY risky!
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  2856. CCP can‘t even supply China with energy from that cheap oil.
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  2857. For myself, capitulation means retail capitulation, when retail dumb money stops falling for institutional smart money pump-and-dump bear rallies. Buy the dip, fall for the trap. Could you cover retail-only purchasing in your videos? I know On Balance Volume pretty much tracks institutional buying and selling.
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  2858. Not that Mao wasn‘t being Mao, but if Mao didn‘t attack Tibet or Indian borders, America could have been in a perpetual second place to an Indian-Chinese alliance, that would now be seen as the leading power in Asia. Instead, behind the Ukraine war, and Middle East, an Indian-Chinese conflict may be the next military conflict in the future. Ukraine‘s been the exception for Western aid. I doubt India will much support from the West in a conflict with China.
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  2859. Ask Germany. Actually, a Perun video discusses this in its trench warfare video.
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  2860. IIRC, Russians concentrate their soldiers because, if they were to use small groups, they’d run away! Keep up the videos! And where’s the “Unfortunately for the Russia soldiers…” merchandise? (: Slava Ukraine!
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  2861. Beirut explosionn (Wiki) : On 4 August 2020, a large amount of ammonium nitrate stored at the Port of Beirut in the capital city of Lebanon exploded, causing at least 218 deaths, 7,000 injuries, and US$15 billion in property damage, as well as leaving an estimated 300,000 people homeless. A cargo of 2,750 tonnes of the substance (equivalent to around 1.1 kilotons of TNT) had been stored in a warehouse without proper safety measures for the previous six years after having been confiscated by the Lebanese authorities from the abandoned ship MV Rhosus. The explosion was preceded by a fire in the same warehouse. … disaster. In its aftermath, protests erupted across Lebanon against the government for their failure to prevent the disaster, joining a larger series of protests which had been taking place across the country since 2019. On 10 August 2020, Prime Minister Hassan Diab and the Lebanese cabinet resigned.
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  2862. Well, at least when the Russian soldiers die in winter, it won’t be by malaria. Cholera, maybe, frozen to death, maybe, but not malaria.
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  2863. In any crash, there’s a “flight to safety”. Or at least perceived safety, including real estate. These “investors” will find out that housing doesn’t always appreciate, either. I also suspect that corporate landlords are increasing because “mom and pop” landlords, nearing retirement, are fed up with the “pro-tenant” laws that prevent landlords from finding good tenants (eg. Restricting background checks), and put landlords out of business (eg. Rent moratoriums).
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  2864. Do you have a video for electric-powered batteries for a blackout (eg. For refrigerators)? We’re reluctant to have gas or fuel in the house, and only really need one for the refrigerators and cell phones. Thanks!
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  2865. Mainstream media doesn’t bother to fact-check Russia or Hamas. Haven’t watched it for years and it doesn’t look like I’m missing anything. Oh, and where are the Russiabots? They’re crawling all over the comments in other channels.
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  2866. Russian air defense works perfectly! Putin’s palatial home in Moscow under protection 24/7! Thanks for the videos! Glad you’re feeling better!
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  2867. My dog has mastered all seven of these. :D Thanks for the videos!
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  2868. BRI countries typically have corrupt governments more interested in kickbacks than the long-term welfare of their country.
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  2869. Great to hear your personal trip!
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  2870. The house flipped red, so we got rid of crazies and may have prevented more reckless spending as well.
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  2871. Maybe if NY wasn’t soft on crime, they would have kept three seats. Also, if CA and other states weren’t so high tax and high crime, they wouldn’t have lost seats through residents leaving. Many of these “tight” races could have been won a long time ago, had these states put voters ahead of criminals.
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  2872. Russia has plenty of corpses in reserve.
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  2873. Their chemical fire grid is making up for it!
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  2874. Are you smoking the same thing the Russiabots are? :D
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  2875. @p: After seeing how the west behaved with Ukraine and Israel, I’m expecting India to say, “Nope, I’m good”. Best wishes handling China! :O
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  2876. Great videos. Love the hairstyle. Reminds me of the bad guys in Lazytown. Great job!
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  2877. Glad to know more about the Russian Dude. I watch his channel, but obviously he doesn’t have the opportunity to talk about his own background.
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  2878. Illegal immigrants committing crimes? Maybe the left should understand what the word, “illegal” means, but that doesn’t fit their narrative, does it? Keep up the videos!
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  2879. Supposedly, they were supposed to be taken over by Russia, at least in Africa, and maybe Belarus, but guess not!
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  2880. Russian Dutch Disease. Despite Russia’s oil wealth, it doesn’t have the infrastructure (nor manpower) to provide heat for its own citizens. What these Russian bots don’t understand is that these “sacrifices” are entirely unnecessary, unless the sole purpose of the rest of Russia is to support Moscow and St. Petersburg.
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  2881. Unfortunately, as tenant laws make it a headache for “mom and pop” landlords to rent, you’ll see more corporate landlords renting, and more of these incidents happening. Mom and pops want to keep their properties in good condition, corporates want to wring out the profits.
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  2882. Luke and Putin’s body double sure can read their scripts, can’t they? Thanks for the video!
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  2883. Agreed. SVB and First Republic can‘t be the only banks who made risky decisions. And, with interest rates going up, “zombie companies”, who relied on cheap interest rates to stay afloat, are also going to be bankrupt. This may have a domino effect as companies whose clients are bankrupt themselves go bankrupt and can‘t pay those they owe money to — not to mention their employees who now find themselves out of a job. Maybe the government can spend spend spend spend spend and buy out these commercial RE holdings, rezone to residential, and convert. Of course, the commerical RE industry would profit from this (not to mention pols with RE ties), at the taxpayer’s expense.
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  2884. Next ten years. Great. Well, thanks for the videos.
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  2885. If Biden wants $80 billion for the IRS to go after the “wealthy”, then why has the IRS been sending out mail audits to not just the middle class, but low-income tax filers? (Or, better yet, why was the Earned Income Credit so complicated?)
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  2886. Toyota‘s president died on his Prius sword with hybrids. But the progressives took over their governments, and gave away taxpayer money to their pet greenie projects. And what do taxpayers get? “Range anxiety” where you don’t know if there‘s a working station to charge your EV. Yeah, I get it. YEARS from now, we’ll have an EV that‘s as good as a car and chargers that you know will be there when you need them. But that‘s not TODAY and today’s cars only have gas stations that GUARANTEE you will be able to drive your car in the middle of unfamiliar-ville.
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  2887. Transitory inflation. No recession. Vote in November.
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  2888. IIRC, Interest rates predict the market 2-4 years ahead. This rate-increase rally will happen after the rate hike will be announced. It’s the classic “market hates uncertainty”.
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  2889. 3:10 : So Russia let Ukraine de-mine the minefields for *several days*? Good ol’ Russian inflexibility wins again. /s. Slava Ukraine!
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  2890. Yet they can‘t even protect their own trade routes (with the EU0 in the Red Sea against the Houthis, and the USA has to do it for them.
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  2891. 0:45 : If it’s a photo op, it’s Putin’s double. I’m sure the rest of them know it’s a fake. Might be amusing to find out that most of them are doubles as well!
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  2892. Russia does not care about Western sanctions! Can‘t get parts for WWII equipment, anyway! :P
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  2893. Don’t forget how the UC school system does not consider Asians to be a minority.
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  2894. Mom and Pops would have been robbed and closed down long ago.
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  2895. “Not going to be there forever“ also means that CostCo‘s buying agents can buy what’s on sale, rather than having to pay higher prices to keep everyything in stock. Of course, many items, such as their rotisserie chicken, have to always be available.
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  2896. Whatever you Russiabots post will not change the war. Russia is losing. Badly.
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  2897. Do these Republicans who don’t support Ukraine not remember the “Peacekeeping” missiles of the Reagan era — and how much we spent then? Another 25 billion in aid is more than what EU will spend, but less than what Democrats spent on their post-BBB social agendas. End the Cold War with Russia by ending Russia. Oh, and huzzah to all that freedom stuff the Democrats are interested in. :D
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  2898. Russiabots in the comments again. Actually, there’s another city (starts with a V) that Russia’s military is making a big deal about capturing, and losing quite well, especially re: tanks. Good luck with the narrative, Russiabots.
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  2899. Trump - and Bernie Sanders — were popular against Hilary b/c Trump and Bernie were seen as outsiders, while Hilary was seen as the establishment. If the Democrats and mainstream media left Trump alone, he’d be this crazy person splitting the GOP and losing the election. But, nope, the Democrats and mainstream media need to make him into a pariah, galvanizing his voter base, even more than Hilary did. I’d be happy not to vote Trump, but, as the Democratic Party tries to take him off ballot, I’m voting for him as a protest vote in CA, where he’ll lose, anyway, because I’m against the Democratic Party taking away my right to vote against whom I want, so to speak.
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  2900. Russia: Shells civilians then their own soldiers. Also Russia: Trades washing machines for tanks.
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  2901. @J : Agreed. CA‘s wildfire problems, compounded by Federal, are that so-called environmentalists engaged in “fire suppression”, resulting in breaking the natural cycle of forests. That is, forests are SUPPOSED to burn. Now, all that tree-hugging has resulted in huge amounts of dry dead brush. Secondly, is overdevelopment. It’s not (just) climate change, it‘s houses built in more dangerous areas.
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  2902. We’ve passed it. But Africa and the ME have shown you can have war without spilling over into superpower interests. :/
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  2903. I‘m just waiting for the next Chinese businessman to trick the CCP and run anothe chip scam. :D
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  2904. Prig’s mistake was forgetting that Russia’s only successful attacks are against civilian targets. Keep on purging!
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  2905. The ME is just one big proxy war between Iran and Saudia Arabia.
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  2906. Mostly affects: Egypt, EU, China. Least effort in stopping attacks: Egypt, EU, China. Thanks for the video!
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  2907. I’d sure like to see how these debt traps will work out, since these debtor countries already are showing they don’t have the funds to pay back China. IIRC, The debt traps were planned all along, so China could take their raw materials. But, now, it looks like the CCP sure could use the cash.
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  2908.  @Bass_attack7755  So was Putin defeating Ukraine in only a few days.
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  2909. This is why I didn't ask for a little brother or sister. :D
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  2910. @Sheehy: I’m pretty sure Jack Ma said the same thing before he was “re-educated”.
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  2911. Russia will not be intimidated! The mighty Putin will have his body double drive across that bridge to defy NATO! :D Slava Ukraine!
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  2912. They already have no precision weapons. Just what’s left from WWII.
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  2913. And in the USA, candidates running for office and did not support the war were not elected. Slava Ukraine!
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  2914. The Enforcer reported a rumor that Putin‘s ordered Prig’s arrest. Big surprise, right? Confirmation to come!
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  2915. The Wagner group didn‘t have enough forces to control Moscow, and did not have enough forces join Wagner in the uprising. What Wagner did show was how Russia’s MoD cannot rely on Russia‘s own internal security to defend Russia. A mini-NATO, or even just Poland, could capture Moscow pretty easily.
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  2916. That raccoon knows more about Russian tactics than the Russian military itself…
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  2917. Took them long enough. Campuses should prohibit protests by NON-students and arrest anyone who refuses to show student ID. And why are campuses funded by Qatar? Leftists too blind to see that they‘re duped by not only the rich, but by foreign interests.
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  2918. How much did the USA help out satellite states that broke off from Russia? I‘m gonna say that China will take over the future former Russian states economically with something like Belt and Road, not militarily b/c that will receive less attention.
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  2919. And the Americans only cared until the next news bite appeared on the screen. Trump raid in Florida, anyone?
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  2920. Doesn’t look like Russia started with a functional military — thank goodness.
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  2921. With the military composed of prisoners, they’d probably loot the houses, not save the people.
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  2922. Ronald Reagan would have loved this.
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  2923. @L: We‘ll know in several years, that’s for sure.
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  2924. Well, with the Fitch downgrade, it’s not ending well. Sold a bunch of stocks while the CNN Fear and Greed Index was in Extreme Greed for the last two months.
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  2925. @s: What do you bots mean by “fully mobilized its military”? Russia can’t defend itself internally against Wagner’s march or the Belgorod “invaders”, and Putin risks losing his power base if he forces Moscow and St. Petersburg to mobilize.
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  2926. @AB: And then they got cut by them. China can’t even get their pork from catching a flu every year.
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  2927. CCP doesn’t know its GDP any better than Putin knew his military strength, and for the same reasons. The head sets target goals, and the local officials make up numbers to look good. Even during the Covid crisis, Chinese employees were swabbing themselves to make up for the quotas of testing citizens.
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  2928. Glad to see women taking up arms and fighting! Slava Ukraine!
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  2929. So far, robots have only been able to work in “safe” environments, such as office campuses (eg. Google‘s drones), hospitals (Stanford’s prescription drug robot), warehouses (eg. Amazon‘s robots), etc. Where there are security issues (or humans, such as the self-driving cars in SF, whose sensors were defeated by traffic cones placed by those who were opposed to the cars), robots can — so far — be defeated. I still wouldn’t mind a Johnnycab. :D
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  2930. More lies for their domestic propaganda to keep civil unrest under control.
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  2931. Somehow, I can’t see the CCP secretly accessing user statistics of t*tty drops being a threat to national security.
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  2932. But after you add all those sweeteners, creams, and additives, can you really taste any difference between one coffee and another? You might as well microwave some ice cream and stick it in a blender the way some people drink “coffee”.
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  2933. And why are we funding the UN? Over 12B a year!
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  2934. Russia has a low unemployment thanks to killing off all its (remaining) men.
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  2935. I find it interesting how Russia is losing the war yet Russiabots are unable to handle reality.
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  2936. Russia even broke through north of Bakhmut (?) but could not exploit the assault.
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  2937. This and the guy with the red folder. Is Xi taking notes from Putin‘s purge?
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  2938. Remember to also use your hosts file to reduce ads.
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  2939. Lyman area again, eh? Thanks for the video! Really appreciate your discussion of terrain as well as supply lines in your videos.
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  2940. Oligarchs, inner circle, other PMC‘s, other RMD generals.
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  2941. Ten months for Russia to almost capture Bakhmut. Almost ten hours for Ukraine to take it back!
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  2942. Maybe if the West didn’t engage in so much foot-dragging, this war would end sooner. Ukraine doesn’t have to take territory, it has to win the war.
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  2943. Hunter Biden: Pass the cocaine.
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  2944. Russia did not lose any naval ships! Is merely pining for fjords, that’s all.
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  2945. Nice. Russis said it increased security in Belarus after its two “invasions” by Russian freedom fighters, then gets its vodka handed to them after the recent attempt. ISIS terrorizes Russia DESPITE the US telling Russia there might be an attack.
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  2946. Newsome’s not going to notice these closures, either. Only when Xi comes over to visit will he do anything.
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  2947. 7. The information sucker. That’s my mom (: who has a background in scientific research. Basically, she keeps asking you QUESTIONS and tires you (me!) out. Then she does nothing whatsoever to help your (my!) situation. It’s great that there’s at least one person who still wants to know stuff, but it’s mentally tiring. I just cut her off and ask her to ask about it during dinner time, sorta the ask me during “office hours” approach. Of course, she usually forgets what she asked about by then and we watch fireplace videos. :P
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  2948. 1:40 : I must be a professional tax preparer, then. :D Thanks for the videos. Hope you do an etymology of last names derived from trade professions!
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  2949. 7:45 : Studies have shown that those who write down goals and email weekly reports to friends commute better to their goals than those who don’t. Myself, I paint miniatures for games, so will paint them ahead of the next gaming session. I’ve been more productive, although the quality of the paint jobs has gone down because I still don’t make the deadlines. :P
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  2950. But you can get a free cup of coffee, right?
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  2951. Russia‘s failure is evidnce enough.
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  2952. So the market is waiting for the Fed to rescue us from the Fed. I’m sure this will all be “transitory”. Thanks for the videos.
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  2953. Even if AI makes a mistake, there‘s usually a human “editor” to find them. And we’ve always had the warning, even before the internet, to fact-check and due diligence. (Go ask your grandfather how centerfolds in those gentlemen’s magazines were airbrushed (:: Of course, not everyone does this, which is why have the internet (not to mention the stock market).
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  2954. Russian MoD numbers remind me of the Monty Python mattress sketch. Slava Ukraine!
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  2955. Just because you‘re left, doesn‘t mean you have to agree with the groupthink. Stick to Reduce, Reuse, Recycle. And you build wealth by investing money, not buying crap.
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  2956. Actually, that turned out to be lip service. Corrupt Russian officials did buy “Made in China” tires, for example, for their vehicles, tires which were not made to carry the weight of these vehicles. The tires went flat, leaving the vehicles unable to move, and thus become targets.
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  2957. Trying to change the narrative, eh, Russiabot?
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  2958. How much were you and the 30 other bots paid to make a basic mistake in English grammer? Guess closing down those English tutorial businesses in China really paid off!
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  2959. If Russia’s resorting to use YT videos for their intelligence-gathering, they are DEFINITELY in trouble!
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  2960. China destroyed its own local environment, including depleting its groundwater. Climate change is disingenuous, since cc suggests it’s a worldwide cause, when China’s fate is China’s.
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  2961. Great review. Hope you post updates as we find out where in the world is Lu.
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  2962. Xi‘s doing a good job taking himself down! :D
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  2963. All the kickbacks went into CCP pockets, so everything is fine.
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  2964. Commenters are calling for vacancy taxes, but this may have the perverse effect of decreasing the amount of RE available when the economy returns. Companies can also create shell companies whose sole purpose is to “rent” space to go around any vacancy taxes. The worst case is that a commercial RE company goes out of business (and bankruptcies are increasing), and abandons the property, leaving the banks in a more precarious position.
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  2965. Let’s hope so. The less the world relies on foreign oil — and the US on Big Oil — the better.
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  2966. And if your economy is not doing well, why would you publish economic data? China no longer provides unemployment rates for its youths because it has a serious job shortage problem that the CCP would like to go away.
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  2967. Agreed. Many Asian countries, including Japan, are against China, especially with the South China Sea and its natural resources.
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  2968. Who in the US is advocating diplomacy? Maybe we can ask Putin to pony up some carbon credits while we’re at it. Thanks for the discussion of Russia’s tactics. Russia didn’t even have radio coordination before the war, since different armies had different radios — they couldn’t even use encryption if they wanted to communicate. Slava Ukraine!
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  2969. 4. Break down goals: Write things down. Use a tracker to measure, and to schedule. Use a journal for creative things. Turn a goal into a lifestyle. Art of Improvement has several videos on breaking down goals into manageable tasks.
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  2970. Worse than you can imagine.
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  2971. Yesterday’s Russian roulette is today’s FAFO. Thanks for the video!
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  2972. Tax the poor? Not enough lottery tickets, eht? Time to vote these “soft on crime, hard on taxpayers” jokers out of office!
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  2973. They‘re just going to pile on more debt b/c they didn’t learn their lesson.
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  2974. Put Ben‘s name in the title. Thanks for the video.
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  2975. Democrats fawning over China? Standard operating procedure before Trump and with Hunter.
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  2976. Drop-off boxes in police stations.
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  2977. Could be worse. They could be putting that rebar in their buildings! :D
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  2978. Changing the goalposts, Ivan? This “operation” was supposed to only take three days!
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  2979. Yeah, blame the USA for China’s reckless infrastructure spending which also caused Beijing to have as much drinkable water as the Saudi Arabian desert. Time to invade Taiwan like Russia did Ukraine.
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  2980. 1990: Lithuania and Latvia declare independence, resulting in violent attacks by the Soviet Union, and finally independence in 1991. 2023: Lithuania and Latvia build up forces on border with Belarus, resulting in violent attacks by the Russian, and finally annexation of Belarus and Russia by Lithuania and Latvia in 2024. :D
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  2981. Low-carb, low-sodium here. Love carmelized onions, hate raw onions. (: Love the banter with your camerawoman. (: Hope I can make this in the air fryer!
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  2982. Now, I’m picturing Jesus with a John Cleese indignance. :D
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  2983. 9:45 : Russian soldiers already looted the refrigerators, have no toilets aside from trees, and at least one YT video speculates that some Russian soldiers have cholera. Russia’s missile attacks on civilian cities have already done this. Stay strong, Ukraine.
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  2984. Like the awakening when we found out how incompetent and corrupt the Russian military is?
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  2985. 0:03 : Actually, a subscription box where you get foreign currency (and stamps) might be an amusing business for casual lazy collectors. Keep up the good work!
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  2986. As an American who‘s seen my government pour TRIILLIONS of dollars in foreign aid over the last 40 years into other countries, Ukraine is the ONLY country I’m confident whose government wouldn‘t collapse fifteen seconds after the US troops leave. Y’know, also because the USA doesn’t even have troops there in the first place. Heck, we‘re even giving them our second-tier weapons and they’re doing more against dictators than we‘ve ever done. Slava Ukraine!
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  2987. Russia just needs more parades to win this not-war! 😂
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  2988. Fun fact: Part of the reason why Russia‘s invasion of Kiev failed was that corrupt Russian officers didn’t buy regulation tires for their heavy armored vehicles, and bought cheaper Made in China ones which couldn‘t take the weight of the vehicle.
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  2989. Yeah! Watch about those newds! Got any newd photos of Xi? :P
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  2990. @d: Putin will just have to find another way to lose the war!
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  2991. They can try. At least it will end the war when Poland retaliates and annexes Belarus and Russia!
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  2992. 2:30 : And there’s the plot twist. I doubt any oligarchs were hurt, as the smarter ones (and definitely their children who go to foreign education) would be out of Russia by now.
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  2993. @angel: Except for the “fully encircled” part.
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  2994. Well, Chinese companies are doing less manufacturing in China as they build plants in Mexico, so, yes, you could say Mexico is becoming the new China. Thanks for the video!
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  2995. Xi hasn‘t actually commited to Russia more than a handshake. Amusingly, early in the war, the heavy Russian vehicles attackig Kieve were unable to move because the corrupt officials bought tires that couldn’t hold the weight of the vehicles when moving. You guessed it — the tires were Made in China. :D
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  2996. Reading this comment a year later. A frequent comment about China’s current economy is that they’ve lost the Mandate of Heaven.
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  2997. 1:50 : So not only has Russia contributed equipment to Ukraine, but intelligence as well (not that they haven‘t been doing this since the beginning of the war)! Slava Ukraine!
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  2998. These are the “elites” Putin‘s Russiabots have been telling us he’s been keeping in reserve, right? Thanks for the videos.
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  2999. @i: Go buy a keyboard without a stuck caps lock.
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  3000. Copypastemuch?
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  3001. “Does it work?”‘ “Yeah!“
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  3002. If you’ve seen Perun’s videos, you’ve seen the corruption video. You should already know by now how poorly Russia maintains its equipment, much less sells various parts such that the equipment no longer works property, if at all. While I’m concerned that Russian incompetence will lead to a nuclear power plant disaster at Zaporizhzhia, or Russia may someday resort to a “dirty bomb” of nuclear material, I doubt their nuclear missile system is in working order. Indeed, many months ago, Russia removed the nuclear warheads of their cruise missiles, despite being low on them.
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  3003. Quartz published an article that, when worldwide oil was $100 a barrel, Russia was only able to sell their oil at $35 a barrel. Also, a common misconception (and something I thought as well) was that “oil is oil”. But different countries refine different types of oil better, so you’ll have odd situations like USA exporting oil when gas prices are high, because it’s exporting one type of oil and buying another. Thanks for the video!
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  3004. Drive in a war zone at 3am on a bridge that had been attacked before.Why was that a good idea?
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  3005. Nothing like a government to ruin technology. CCP‘s 5G rollout led to electricity blackouts and limited hours for a technology that was once 24/7. USA’s EV subsidies — which you and I paid for — created friction with US allies and led to job layoffs by the very same car companies that received both subsidies and bailouts way back when.
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  3006. Europe wipes out an entire generation of Russian men likewise.
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  3007. @YV : Russians aren’t snowmen. They drink vodka, not antifreeze.
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  3008. Insanity is doing the same thing over again and expecting a different result.
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  3009. China‘s not selling. China‘s dumping. Raise the revenue tariff. And know the different between a revenue tariff and a protectionist one.
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  3010. Ukraine, Israel, the Red Sea, the national debt, inflation, crime, racism, and the only thing our government cares about is a social media platform half the old codgers there haven‘t even heard about.
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  3011. How‘s the Wagner group going to take on Moscow when the MoD took away everything but their sidearms? I kid. Should still be easy to do. :P Maybe they’ll stop somewhere for supplies. I hear Belarus has some! (;
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  3012. It‘s old news. The bubble started decades ago, and anyone who wasn’t a bot knew what would happen!
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  3013. Thanks for the crash course! Would be interested in how this affects Ukraine and the ME / immigration.
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  3014. Iran.
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  3015. The current use of AI is to get retail investors to part with their money.
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  3016. They, and most of the Russian military that had any training were shipped to the front months ago.
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  3017. So any country around the Black Sea has a motive to do it. Also, only one critical supply line and winter coming. What could possibly go wrong?. Slava Ukraine!
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  3018. Meanwhile, Gavin and Co. want to pass a $6 BILLION dollar bond for mental health. How about cleaning up the city for someone other than your Emperor Xi?
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  3019. With the Democrats we’ll lose the economy AND democracy. Use those Emergency powers and the SPR to buy votes, Biden.
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  3020. @Markio: Too bad Russian tanks are sold for copper parts as soon as they come off the production line!
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  3021. Well, Hunter went to China, and Obama didn’t go to Crimea, so why not?
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  3022. 10:00 : Ukraine could allow support and protest marches in whatever areaa that haven‘t been attacked. Or ask allies to allow Ukranian refugees to make symbolic gestures on election day. After the Florida “hanging chads” and the dumped ballot boxes in another election, I also say it’s practically impossible to have a representative vote, especially in bombed civilian areaas and with Ukranian refugees in other countries, in the current state of the war.
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  3023. Ukraine: Shoots ten surrendered Russian soldiers. UN: INVESTIGATE INVESTIGATE INVESTIGATE Russia: White phosphorus. UN: cricket noises Thanks for the videos!
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  3024. @u: Living the past like Putin.
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  3025. My interpretation is that Sinwar’s been thrown under the bus. Tom Nash had a video about Sinwar’s fall from power in a recent video, Keep up the good work in making sense of all these factions in the conflict. Thanks for the video!
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  3026. What’s going to happen to that chair when Lola gets bigger??? :D
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  3027. Most of these habits can be overcome with the “Just do it” mentality. Most of these habits are negative thinking. “Just do it” usually results in actually getting something done, and build momentum, which creates confidence. Positive thinking is nice, but it’s only acting that can produce results.
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  3028. These non-economic UC’s are great! Mebbe mention the titles as such. The ones with economic consequence make me really depressed. :D
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  3029. Great job preserving a piece of contemporary history. Here in the USA, all we’d get is a plaque in a rock.
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  3030. Maybe Russia will have another victory — in one year, tens of thousands of men, hundreds of tanks and other vehicles, and the other half of their GDP from now. They’ll have to use children, women, and equipment two World Wars before shovels, though.
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  3031. 3:50 : Remember when we had two quarters of negative growth and the government said we didn’t have a recession? Well, we had a recession, except, like the supply chains, CoVid changed the rules, though not as much as this report thinks. Non-white collar jobs did decline during the pandemic, much like they would in a recession, perhaps even more so or at least more rapidly. They’re coming back because people are no long quarantining, and there’s a lot of deferred work — and pleasure — that needs to be done. But this increase in work caused by relaxation of CoVid restrictions may be hiding the loss in non-white-collar jobs that had already started when the recession did. And, yeah, nobody wants to believe in “trickle down” economics, but the next question is if these non-white-collar jobs will still be around after the impact of these white-collar layoffs are felt. After all, if an engineer or finance guy is no longer making 100K per year, that’s up to 100K that’s no longer being spent in the economy to support those non-white-collar jobs.
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  3032. Maybe it’s the tinfoil in my conspiracy hat (: but Putin’s not in as much control as westerners think he is, and Girkin may be appealing to some of the powers behind the scenes — and failed. And there’s no way Russia will give up one of their own to an international body, and risk them giving away information they don’t want outsiders to know.
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  3033. 0:30 : You call that an attack?? 4:10 : Now THIS is an attack! Thanks for the video!
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  3034. Sacrifice? More like sucker-ficed.
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  3035. Wonder how many of these Chinabots have a mortgage on an apartment shell, can’t find a job because of the economy, can’t find a tech job because of the CCP, have been locked down, or have their bank savings frozen. China’s been one big Ponzi scheme with a second set of books for the last two decades — or longer. I’m sure they’ll be ratting the sabers to invade Taiwan, when the CCP runs out of tricks and needs to divert the country’s attention.
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  3036. Agreed. China’s three top trading partners are USA, Germany, and Japan. China can still get oil from OPEC.
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  3037. The Republicans “Red Tide” to capture the House turned into more of a trickle, in part because of the anti-Ukraine candidates. We’ll see in 2024 if this continues…
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  3038. Everything is out of control, but you still need to learn stocks. :D
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  3039. And don’t forget that this liberal soft on crime has resulted in law-abiding citizens losing their jobs when the businesses leave. I suppose these politicians need more unemployed citizens to justify funding handouts and make people dependent on them.
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  3040. Just move them to the DA’s office. Make sure they do some crimes first, so they’ll get better treatment.
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  3041. So BRICS claims they have 40-some country applicants, yet not only will some of these countries be affected by food inflation caused by Russia destroying their wheat supplies, but they can‘t even host Putin because they would have to arrest him on sight. Can’t make this stuff up, folks.
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  3042. See also: Millenium Tower, SF.
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  3043. Good post. Same concerns were raised back in October’s Evergrande collapse. Maybe catch up on how its collapse is going so you can get your answers!
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  3044. Make Germany and EU dependent on your oil for years to come, or sell to China and India at rock bottom prices. Brilliant move, Putin.
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  3045. Good for you! Do you have an air fryer? Great replacement for fast food. Not sure if it’s really healthier! :D
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  3046. From Hooters videos to this. :D Thanks for the videos!
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  3047. Keep drinking that red Kool-Aid.
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  3048. @News: DEFINITELY keep a timeline that tracks the locations of stores that move out.
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  3049. Many of these don‘t even have electricity or water. Many Chinese prefer unfinished houses — at least they did.
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  3050. And now, Pakistan, whose closet allies are USA, China, Turkey, and not Iran.
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  3051. Have fun with the purge, FSB. Putin trusts no one, and a FT article I read says Putin‘s inner circle all hate each other. Oh, god, that pillow is too much! :O
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  3052. @A: Main problem is that many “Americans” ARE playing Ukraine funding as a zero-fund game. Vote your message clear in 2024!
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  3053. Bend over Macron!
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  3054. Thank goodness for USA energy independence. Anyone else remember the 1970‘s? :/
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  3055. @Save: We? Comrade? All you have is Putin and his duplicates!
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  3056. Well, when pro-tenant laws drive out the small mom-and-pop landlords, this happens.
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  3057. The bizarre part is that USA does have subway problems (even Japan has them) yet China propagandists have to resort to a flooded subway. Will you Chinabots please at least tell your CCP masters to search more than five seconds on YT to find an actual problem? Maybe that‘ll even help get it fixed here. :P
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  3058. @b: Do Chinabots practice whataboutism? Just asking.
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  3059. Less prophecy than mismanagement, especially when it comes to China. For the ME, if they decided to get along and focused on their economies rather than killing everyone, these countries would have benefitted from much more than water.
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  3060. NOT learning languages enhanced mine. (: I read manga, so constantly look up Romanized Japanese words, and have learned much more about modern-day Japanese culture, from formality to USA loan words, that I’ve learned more from Japan through manga that I could have through the tedious rote way of learning another language in high school. I say keep learning new languages. Broadening your horizons and understanding other cultures is always a good thing!
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  3061. Depending on foreign oil has caused so many costly probelms for western states — and China. Glad USA has gradually become energy independent. Who remembers stagflation and the odd-even gas lines of the 1970‘s?
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  3062. Been hearing about this for years, at least a decade now. Any sales of treasuries by China to hurt the USA economy will have to be so large that it will affect China‘s economy more. That said, China has been buying up gold recently — not to mention propping up various markets with “stimulus“ — and that money has to come from somewhere. Might as well take advantage of the yields and diversify your portofolio as well. :/
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  3063. Perun’s video on trenches has been released, and is worth a watch. However, I don’t think those beach trenches in Crimea will be needed… :P
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  3064. Follow the money! Both protestors and universities are funded by Qatar, as well as China and Saudi Arabia. Leftists duped by rich, foreign interests, who see Biden as weak and ineffective. Republican Florida and Texas cracked down early on these violent anti-semetic “protestors”, while weak Democrat states let protestors take control, resulting in escalation. The lawsuits against these campuses allowing other enrolled students to be in danger should be amusing.
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  3065. Russian’s navy will soon be nothing but old stock footage, tugboats, and denials. Slava Ukraine!
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  3066. And now the CA government has a 25 million dollar deficit. How about keeping the money and reducing the deficit? Any money left over you reduce the amount of tax you take out of our wallets.
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  3067. Bring on the unprofessionals, then. Today‘s liberal media has no balls to take a stand on anything, or accuse anyone who follows the liberal agenda.
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  3068. The drone in Romania is the same idea as the helicopters in Poland. Russia is conducting a hybrid war, and see Hans Anders Puck (sp) and Perun about this issue. IIRC, Hans recommends ignoring these “provocations” as they somehow benefit Russia. I think Romania should annext Belgorod. :D
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  3069. Me: Watches in-depth well-researched Perun video about Russia vs. Ukraine air-forces Russia: Land assaults using air forces Me: Wants my hour back Thanks for the video and Slava Ukraine!
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  3070. And if it‘s in Moscow or St. Petersberg, it doesn’t count. These are the ONLY two cities Russia cares about. The rest of Russia supports them. It‘s like portraying the Trump family or Biden family as typical Americans. How about visiting a farm a thousand miles away from Moscow, and looking at a grocery store (if there is one) over there?
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  3071. It’s ridiculous that the hybrid hasn’t become the standard. If you’re on the road and need fuel, you go to a gas station. If you’re at home, you recharge the car.
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  3072. Unfortunately, for the Russians… You saw the video, now buy the t-shirt! Slava Ukraine!
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  3073. Anyone who’s familiar with USA-Europe history (which, is to say, pretty much no one :P should know that USA has had periods of isolationism, such as a certain World War that engulfed more than just Ukraine. In more recent history, USA has been criticized as the “world’s policeman” and has been cutting back on military spending — including water trade routes, which benefited EU-China trade. Of course, now that there are world crises, USA is expected to open up their military piggy bank again. Mind you, holding the military purse strings allows the USA a lot of influence and soft power. However, I’d rather have influence via trade (though not of goods and services involving national security) which is what is keeping China neutral. Really, all the economic and saber-rattling spats the USA and EU and even China had are minor compared to the horror of the Ukraine (and Israel) wars.
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  3074. Thanks for Poland standing up to Russia like the self-touted ”leaders“ of EU haven‘t! Poland could walk through Belarus and take over Moscow and St. Petersberg in three days.
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  3075. @j: I’ll just add that, with the decreasing support of Ukraine and USA foreign intervention in general (we pulled out of the ME and nobody here cares), NATO better grow a pair and Europe needs to protect Europe. If anyone remembers the Clinton years when Serbia was attacked, the USA even then did not care until Americans were killed. Media coverage was certainly minimal.
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  3076. The newfangled (: design doesn‘t play with tuna fish cans. The old design lets you press down the “lid” into the tuna, so you can squeeze out the water or oil. We also have a newer can opener, but all it’s done is made me realize how few non-tuna cans we open in the house…!
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  3077. Fake alligators create worry about park attendee’s IQ’s at Mesa Lake. Although it’s not like you didn’t see that coming…
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  3078. LOVE the accordian. Make some video shorts of Ukranian songs on the accordian!
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  3079. @b: Big media takes Hamas statements at face value. Hamas plays the west like the suckers they are.
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  3080. 3. My bedroom is actually quite messy. But if you have a clean work area or study area (eg. Library), you can still be productive. I use the kitchen table — that thing has to be clean every day before dinnertime! (:
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  3081. Ukraine takes TWO seas away from Russia yet has no navy. And remind Romanov to bring some tampons. Me, I’d like to know what ISIS-K and the Muslim ethnic minorities in Russia have to say!
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  3082. 1:35 : The Russians need to support the supports they use to support the supports. Slava Ukraine! :D
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  3083. Liberal white apologist elite won’t let blacks discuss this problem because it doesn‘t fit the narrative. ):
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  3084. I guess it‘s good to hear that France is still using better ingredients than USA. However, I’ve been following fast food in Japan, and Japan has had obesity and other problems since. Unfortunately, it seems that fast food is a result of France’s changing culture, and that‘s harder to change back than even an unhealthy diet.
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  3085. Better renewable resources in CA than that stupid bullet train. :P Thanks for the vid!
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  3086. I”m sure China, USA, and EU have already collapsed — or, rather, are in a recession. Financier Ken Fisher has said for years that economies don’t know they’re in a recession until after months of hindsight. Market’s, however, also correct, which is more visible, and the market certainly did that after the CPI results were announced, and FedEx earnings. I’m waiting for retail investors to finally capitulate, and gridlock in November.
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  3087. Great use for leftover tea bags? You want to avoid steeping them for drinking for more than a few minutes to avoid tannins and caffeine — and bitterness. I guess you can pour the tea on your head before a bath, and rinse your hair when you’re doing bathing! :D
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  3088. When you are strong, appear weak. When you are weak, appear strong. When you are Iran, attack another country.
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  3089. Residents leaving NY caused NY to lose a House seat, and two seats flipped from blue to red (and red kept two) during the 2022 elections, contributing to the slim Republican majority in the House. If the left continues to be soft on crime (not to mention inflation continuing and the recession landing hard), well, 2024 elections are a year and a half away.
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  3090. Who needs Russiabots when you have G7 foot-dragging? Russia has found its greatest ally — Western politicians.
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  3091. Considering how tech companies were responsible for turning California both liberal and expensive to live in, I’m not going to miss them.
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  3092. Bakhmut‘s “strategic victory” was that it was, at one time, if the city fell, then it would open other cities deeper in Ukraine to attack. But Russia is so depleted and incompetent, that the Russians won‘t accomplish anything else. It’s all for propaganda purposes, as are the trolls posting.
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  3093. Remember that the whole point of the news is to get you to keep watching the news. If you weren’t watching, advertisers wouldn’t advertise.
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  3094. Another disruption? Must be a pro-Pal protest.
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  3095. Good luck with the narrative, Russiabots. It‘s clear that Russia has no internal defenses. Some Russian ethic minorities speak Chinese, you know…
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  3096. They‘re made out of tofu dregs. Not going to last long, and someone already stole the money.
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  3097. Because GS already has investments in China and wants to sucker in investors into China. Buy it, pump it, sell it.
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  3098. From that thumbnail, we really need an indie horror-survival mini-game, where we‘re trying to get off a 141 km/h high-speed tofu dreg rail before it crashes into a terminal full of… oh, wait. Few Chinese can afford them, and many of these terminals are deserted, anyway, because they lead to nowhere. Never mind! :D
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  3099. Biden’s probably redefined poverty like he did recession and employment.
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  3100. Wagner Group engaged in Quiet Quitting. :D
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  3101. And don’t forget that local officials can and do lie about their numbers to the CCP as much as the CCP lies to us. Putin’s not the only dictator receiving wrong information from his underlings.
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  3102. Anders Puck Neilson (sp) has a good analysis of the “hybrid war” Russia / Belarus is trying to pull. Either you ignore it (because you’re winning the war, anyway), or escalate it “out of the grey Zoe”. Anders even notes that Wagner has more to gain by going after Moscow again. Thanks for the video!
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  3103. EV’s will also make us rely on China for the metals for these cars.
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  3104. @Shane: You already said that. You getting paid by the copypaste by your CCP masters?
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  3105. True, although it allows Ukraine to concentrate their forces as well. I guess a smaller area is an easier target for artillery? :/
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  3106. Excellent video. I just saw the smoke alarm video, another “but sometimes”. I definitely like your opinionated rants, after decades of “fair and balanced” reporting that‘s become bland and unable to engage in discussing common sense.
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  3107. MCCPGA :D
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  3108. The oligarchs hold Putin’s money for him in Western countries. Sanctions against them are the ones we should focus on.
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  3109. No, Ivan. They said that Russia used up 1/3 of their military resources. But keep listening to what Putin says before you’re shipped off to the front lines. Learn to eat dog.
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  3110. Except Afghanistan showed that it didn’t matter if you were the third, second, or first most powerful country. Thanks for the videos!
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  3111. @F: Did your family sell your father out for a sack of potatoes, bot?
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  3112. Russia’s only true capabilities seem to be spamming social media.
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  3113. IMO, Europe should lead Europe.
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  3114. And remember to “Just do it”. That will take care of a few of those habits in which you question yourself. Dunno if it helps with the siblings, though. :O
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  3115. USA unfroze $6 billion in Iranian assets and reduced oil sanctions, then later attacks Israel. Total coincidence, of course.
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  3116. A Michigan University releases the most overused words each year. I nominate “collapse” and “AI”. :P
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  3117. Save Fiji with environmentalism. Pollute the world with plastic bottles. Glad to see a video about Fiji, though. Keep up the good work!
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  3118. Well, no wonder McD has that Monopoly game promotion! :P
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  3119. Just looked at the university students duped by Hamas activists. Half of those protestors weren’t even students.
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  3120. 0:30 : Unfortunately for the Russians… everyone knows they‘re a bunch of liars. Slava Ukraine!
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  3121. Ukraine doesn’t have to win territory. I just has to keep draining Russia of its resources and equipment. Russiabots kept telling us how Russia had 20% of Ukraine. Doesn’t matter if they can’t hold it.
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  3122. If you don’t patronize a business, you’re not paying the CEO’s or shareholders. McD’s, Pizza Hut, and all other fast food joints aren’t getting a value meal dollar out of me.
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  3123. And now Putin has Africa as well.
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  3124. Russian solders weren’t even told they were going to war. Thanks for the videos.
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  3125. @r: That’s why the USA finally pulled out of the ME. Took the USA long enough, IMO, though.
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  3126. Money comes first… and ends up in the CCP‘s pockets!
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  3127. Who’s needs your respect? And Zel’s been purging corrupt officials long before Putty’s been purging disloyal ones.
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  3128. So let the other EU countries provide aid. That’s you, France.
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  3129. New York? Those criminals will be released any moment now. No wonder four House seats flipped in NY.
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  3130. Even higher likelihood of meltdown in Russian silos. Slavs Ukraine!
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  3131.  James Walton  Go back to phone-scamming elderly Americans for their Microsoft warranties.
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  3132. Mexico, Canada, and China have been USA‘s top trading partners for *years*. No idea why this isnt common knowledge, although I guess none of you young’uns remember NAFTA. :D
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  3133. I loved Pop Tarts as a kid, and now I have diabetes. I'd do it again, too! :D
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  3134. @ellie: The USA, Italy, France, and Germany are the world’s largest holders of gold. China is sixth and Russia is fifth. Go enjoy your tofu dregs, bot.
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  3135. Remember when nukes were supposed to be the game-changer in warfare? Seems that drones are working well, though this war is unusual in many ways (eg. Neither side has control of the air). As for Turkey, Perun just released a video about it a few days ago. Also, Russia didn’t go after an Israeli ship, or escorting American ones. 10 minute format is fine. The Enforcer has 10-minute segments, and I personally think it’s an improvement. Thanks for the video!
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  3136. @l: Biden’s the Democratic Party puppet. He’s hardly the master.
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  3137. Mexico is actually one of our largest trading partners. Unfortunately, China is still cheaper, despite NAFTA.
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  3138. Prig‘s a mass-murderer, so I’m not that upset the Putin will have the FSB hunt him down wherever he is. Doesn‘t matter to me if S&G come back or not, since they’ve proved themselves to be incompetent. Now that Russia has shown they cannot defend themselves, let‘s see the next attempt, as well as a few more beer runs from our ”we’re not Ukraine but we have a tank“ Russian patriots.
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  3139. You do not own your possessions. Your possessions own you. Success is not happiness. Happiness is success. Also, get a dog. :D
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  3140. At this rate, Ukraine won‘t even need a counter-offensive! Slava Ukraie!
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  3141. Putin no doubt told by his sycophants that Germany is still dependent on Russian oil and will do nothing. Russian bots on YT ironically know more about the war than Putin does, but will be shipped to the front and back home in a body bag before allowed to say anything. Enjoy your medals.
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  3142. Russian army is the real hero! Just need to bomb more hospitals to pin more medals on whoever’s general this week.
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  3143. The Japanese have the kotatsu, essentiallly a heater underneath a table and a cover for the table. And this traps in heat. And pet lovers know that a dog (and sometimes a cat) will be happy to sit in your lap with a blanket. Thanks for the video!
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  3144. Thanks for the video. I just find it easier to assume everything Russia, China, and whatever current administration we have is a lie and wait for confirmation later. :P
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  3145. Unexpected? I’m sure Xi expected it. WION at least mentions a little about Hu’s background, unlike other “news” sources.
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  3146. My guess is that China is reigning in Putin. China doesn’t want nukes in its backyard. I’m surprised Putin hasn’t done anything with that nuclear power plant yet.
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  3147. Finally someone makes an actual discussion of a false flag! (: We’ve already had non-military attacks in Russia of warehouses, recruitment centers, and even a pro-military blogger. None of these attacks had military value, but were deeper in Russia than any Ukrainian attack could or would make. Also, everyone should know that Putin himself is deep inside one of his bunkers, and no partisan or Ukrainian knows where he is, much less how he could be killed. Thanks for the video!
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  3148. Ester Williams would be proud. (: Keep up the videos!
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  3149. Is lie! Those billions not wasted! Went into some very good yachts and mansions! :D
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  3150. Part of the reason why youth unemployment is so low is that China has scared off foreign investing. Youths are now seen as a threat, so China has rural programs to get rid of them. In the long run, this will create MORE economic problems, as they have eliminated an entire generation of their most potentially productive workers. Compare the population pyramids of India vs. China (and now Russia).
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  3151. I’m sure if you refused to watch the first parade, you won’t be around to watch the second.
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  3152. The Democrats are doing more to keep Trump in the news than CNN did.
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  3153. Ukraine doesn’t have to recapture more territory. Another YT pointed out that the further Ukraine pushes Russia back, the less Russia soldiers are spread out. Ukraine needs to make this war as costly as possible for Russia. Ukraine has already depleted Russia of equipment, and Russia has used up all its experienced soldiers — including trainers, and now Russia is facing internal conflict. Despite the number of countries that hate the West, you don’t see Iran, China, North Korea, etc. training Russian soldiers or providing military equipment. The only usefulness Russia has is cheap oil, and even China and India aren’t all that interested.
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  3154. DCA and DGI's looking better and better. :P Thanks for the videos, though!
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  3155. Well, the recession in the west means China’s already losing demand for its goods, which are primarily manufactured. Not good when China needs to import food, energy, and, soon enough, water.
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  3156. And during the elections, vote for candidates supporting Ukraine!
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  3157. Boy, am I glad I don’t study anymore. Managing investments, landlord bookkeeping, taxes… none of that requires memorizing or retention. You need to know where to find information, but all that means is that you need how to do a search on the internet. After 50+ years, I can safely say computer, and people skills are the most important skills you will need in your life, not memorizing a textbook for a test next week. Discipline is important, but studying requires discipline, and doesn’t teach it.
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  3158. Yep. And the Russians never learn.
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  3159. I bet Putin’s changing his underpants every hour! :D
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  3160. Many workers were not paid for their work, then lose their jobs — including the boss who disappears overnight.
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  3161. Democrats fooling their constituents again. Anyone who learns economics know that this will increase unemployment, and result in more low-income voters for the Democrats.
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  3162. Yep. Search on “unequal treaties russia china“.
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  3163. The accommodate it by selling == and one of the buyers is Blackstone. Enjoy your corporate overlandlords.
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  3164. fwiw, SoraNews24 (: had an article on the hanko (signature stamp) that because it was handmade, they were difficult to forge. They had an advantage over signatures in that they were more consistent, yet still unique.
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  3165. I wonder how much China is concerned about nuclear fallout as well!
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  3166. Welcome to the worldwide recession. Did China really think the party would last forever?
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  3167.  @alexanderjamie145  The vaccines are on the "fast track" status. That basically means less research and testing than regular vaccines.
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  3168. Russia has become dependent on China. Russia will truly know what suffering is.
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  3169. Wonder if China will take any action. I‘m sure they don’t want a nuclear cloud even in Europe.
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  3170. I’m gonna guess that these military operations are taking longe than three days. I’m gonna guess that when your soldiers are forced to eat dogs, you’re running out of food supplies. I’m gonna guess that when you’re burning the corpses of your own soldiers you trying to hide something from your own countrymen.
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  3171. Hey, Russiabots. When’s the mobilization? Because Putin is in dire need of more troops to waste.
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  3172. @w: Because they’re right next door to the conflict. Because ME nations have not helped Palestine, Palestine is attacking Israel. The USA was very smart to build trade relations with Canada and Mexico.
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  3173. @F: Maybe he likes his frozen food with a nice crisp on the edges! :D
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  3174.  @peter.a.langan5872  Yeah, that explains how Russia won their “military operations” in only three days. Oh, wait. They didn’t.
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  3175. Agreed. It’s sorta like a zombie company in America. Of course, with a recession coming, and worldwide inflation taking effect, these degenerate states are becoming more unstable.
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  3176. That one’s hysterical. What I think happened in that he intentionally plugged in the cable to charge the power bank into his phone! You’re supposed to use a different cable to plug into a USB port or something?
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  3177. That one’s hysterical. What I think happened in that he intentionally plugged in the cable to charge the power bank into his phone! You’re supposed to use a different cable to plug into a USB port or something?
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  3178. That one’s hysterical. What I think happened in that he intentionally plugged in the cable to charge the power bank into his phone! You’re supposed to use a different cable to plug into a USB port or something?
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  3179. That one’s hysterical. What I think happened in that he intentionally plugged in the cable to charge the power bank into his phone! You’re supposed to use a different cable to plug into a USB port or something?
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  3180. That one’s hysterical. What I think happened in that he intentionally plugged in the cable to charge the power bank into his phone! You’re supposed to use a different cable to plug into a USB port or something?
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  3181. That one’s hysterical. What I think happened in that he intentionally plugged in the cable to charge the power bank into his phone! You’re supposed to use a different cable to plug into a USB port or something?
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  3182. Are you Democrats still afraid of Trump?
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  3183. The Democrats raised inflation, which hurt the lower and middle class more than the wealthy. The Democrats raised fast food wages, resulting in higher unemployment by lower income. The Democrats want to keep you poor and dependent on them, so you keep voting for them. They know exactly what they‘re doing.
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  3184. Plus mass famine and regression to 3rd world status! What could possibly go wrong?
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  3185. Reality is that RMD has to depend on Wagner.
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  3186. @z : Freedom from modern-day Naziism, aka. Islamism.
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  3187. These nutjobs are starting WWIII, although I suppose it started decades ago. At least the USA learned its lesson about depending on foreign oil back in the 1970‘s! Keep up the videos. They’re the only ones that look beyond the Pal-Isreal war at the conflicts in the ME. And, boy, there sure are a lot of them. :/
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  3188. They’re not struggles! They’re challenges! And challenges will make you a better person. Thanks for the video!
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  3189. Wow — that Sesame Seeds one was unexpected. I’m just starting a low carb diet and have to cook all my meals. Those sesame seed people really have their options limited! ):
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  3190. Transitory inflation. No recession. Oops, that’s what the Democrats said.
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  3191. “I never trust what Russians say, I trust what they do.” And Russian bots say plenty and do nothing.
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  3192. I fiddled with ChatGWhateveT, and asked it if I should buy or sell AMZN, and it said it didn‘t give investment advice. Yet I’m hearing how ChatGBlahT gives investment advice. What did I miss there? TIA. Myself, I‘m trying out the CNN Fear and Greed Index to sell small positions that aren‘t contributing to my portfolio and buy stocks in sectors I should rotate into. The index captured local S&P highs this year.
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  3193. Yeesh. Finally. If the EU doesn’t want to stay in USA’s shadow, they need to step out of it. They need to stop clinging to America’s apron strings, and those are some very expensive string the USA taxpayer has paid for. (And note who’s spending the money to protect the EU-China trade route in the Red Sea.) Maybe Trump has some use, after all.
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  3194. I find it ironic that Mom has been buying the VIA “$1 a packet” instant coffee, and has been “making” coffee at home for years with half a packet of coffee and no barista. I‘ll go further. I take the other half, add some sugarfree syrup and Fairlife, and make a sugarfree drink with a fraction of the calories of the store stuff. If Starbucks goes the way of A&W, I’m sure Mom and me will be supporting their mail-ordered packets of instant coffee. :P
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  3195. 10:40 : Those piles of grain had it coming to them. Thanks for the video!
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  3196. 4:00 : I hear Spain, London, and India are nice places for a vacation. Once you go there, you’re never coming back! :D
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  3197. The real inflation is China’s need for food.
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  3198. Wishful thinking, although I sure wish it. IIRC, The Financial Times had an article of the government’s inner circle. The bad news is they’re all hardliners like Putin, and want to restore Russia’s glory. The good news is that they all hate each other. Let’s hope for more hospital windows.
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  3199. GDP isn‘t even accurate. You can pump up GDP with both productive and unproductive infrastructure. Guesw which tofu-loving country is known for the latter.
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  3200. School‘s pretty useless, beyond English. I had to learn personal finance, investing, taxes, real estate, job hunting, socilializing, and modern history (and I’m only barely aware of what‘s happening outside of the USA, China, and Ukraine / Russia) on my own, much less any social and psychological understanding in these videos. To paraphrase the Rich Dad, Poor Dad author, “Schools only teach you what the government wants you to learn”.
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  3201. Ukraine also has special ops that they don‘t report. Remember the ammo dumps weeks ago that blew up around the same time, and that Russia claimed were caused by fires.
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  3202.  @NVGEAR  When’s the last time anyone pre-ordered an Apple or Tesla and didn’t receive it or their money back? China’s real estate market is a Ponzi scheme, not a pre-order.
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  3203. No minefields in Russia itself, just saying. :P Slava Ukraine!
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  3204. a) Why is this a problem? Why does USA USA USA have to outcompete China in everything? We have to protect our national interests, but that‘s been chips, not solar panels. b) How much of these numbers rely on data provided by China? Chinese and CCP numbers — not to mention manufacturing — is suspect. CCP often sets high goals and targets that encourage fake numbers. The 5G rollout is a good example of China supposedly being ahead of the USA in technology, when China was really faking subscriber numbers, and found the technology too expensive. c) China heavily subsidizes their projects. While this may be good for solar panels, it’s been a miss for others. (Most Chinese state-owned-enterprices fail to reach a status of international companies.)
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  3205. If those are minor damages, just imagine the bridge when it’s fixed! Crimea River, Russia! :D
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  3206. Well, they weren’t good enough for military targets.
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  3207. We’ll find out in a few months how true this all is.
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  3208. Exactly. Of course, Russia is unable to target Ukraine military units, so can only hit stationary targets. Safer to be a soldier than civilian. ):
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  3209. Joe Blog mentioned the shadow fleets, but, yes, these tankers are older and have some other drawbacks. Me, I‘m hoping Somalian pirates will go after them and hold them hostage or something. :P
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  3210. And, thanks to global warming, it might be a milder winter for EU.
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  3211. If the west didn‘t foot-drag during the Ukraine war, perhaps not only would Russia not be in Syria, but Iran wouldn’t have Hamas attack Israel.
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  3212. Air fryer. Fired everyone, I know what I’m eating, and I can eat at 3am! :D
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  3213. When you are strong, appear weak. When you are weak, appear strong. When you are China, invade. 🪖🪖🪖
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  3214. Best to the partisans. Because they operate in secret, we don’t hear much from them, but they’re an important part of defeating the Russian military. Slava Ukraine!
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  3215. Russia has already run out of artillery, thanks to the military sanctions. That's why they had to resort to human wave attacks.
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  3216. 12:45 : The answer 7:30 : Outlet anatomy. Start here. Thanks for the video!
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  3217. China needs resources — including water — and Russia has them.
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  3218. And it only took three days, too! Slava Ukraine!
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  3219. Just because Republicans are against spending money on green, doesn’t mean they’re against spending money against reds! And the Republicans are controlled by the military-industrial complex, so it’s win-win-win. Oh, and Lockheed Martin stock prices keep going up. :P
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  3220. The escalator goes with the subway that also goes nowhere. It‘s important to diversify their tofu dreg portfolio projects!
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  3221. City of the future? China has no future. Both courtesy of the CCP.
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  3222. I hear there’s a region called “Europe” that might have more interest in Ukraine than the USA has. Just sayin’. Thanks for the video!
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  3223. By banning TikToc, we prevent the CCP from accessing our vital data records of t*tty drops, Nyquil chicken challenges, and cute cat videos.
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  3224. Still down from the 100-missile attacks months ago, which happened every two weeks.
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  3225. Well, when your refrigerator seals are Made in China, what do you expect? China’s found so many different ways to ruin their economy.
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  3226. Well, the boys voted for her because they think they have a chance.
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  3227. China’s GDP as measured by bot posts grew 15 billion percent! :D
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  3228. Wagner group would have more success taking over Moscow, anyway. There’s only one tank there. :D Slava Ukraine!
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  3229. FYI, What’s happening is that delivery people for Uber are creating their own businesses, as they have existing experience and networks in food delivery. Obviously, they’re self-employed and are NOT hiring others, so are not affected by this minimum wage law. Delivery systems require some internet business understanding, so the internet have-nots will be more likely to not recover from a job loss. And, of course, competition may become cut-throat, resulting in the average hourly profit being much less than previous minimum wage. The left continues to destroy the very people they pretend to help.
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  3230. California has been driving out not only home insurance companies, but health insurance as well. Keep working for those group insurance health “benefits”, middle class.
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  3231. Nukes are an unknown, but the lack of even a dirty bomb shows that they‘re not in usable condtion — assuming they haven’t been sold and replaced with bags of rocks…!
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  3232. 4:10 : Putin and cabin boy Sergei preparing for a massive evacuation by wearing brown trousers! Slava Ukraine!
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  3233. Except Ukraine can mobilize its army on one front, and Russia has to spread out its military all over the country. We’ve already seen sabotage in Moscow, and I’m curious if we’ll see some actual civil unrest in minority Russian areas.
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  3234. Democrats need to stop spending and get rid of crime. Republicans have the majority of governors and House seats, and both of those are, imo, a reflection of the Democratic state crime. Even NY flipped three House seats to red, and CA’s loss of population meant Democrats lost a House seat. If you think that’s good news, then I have some inflation that’s transitory and no recession for you.
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  3235. Mastery: Conversely, there’s a productivity video of “20 hours to learn a skill” that says you should target your skill level to “good enough”, not mastery. Lots of good in this video, but don’t feel pressured that you should do all of this. The rambling 15-minute journal sounds like a great idea, though. Gonna write about cats! :P
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  3236. The Russians are the ones NOT wearing blue and yellow colors, bot.
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  3237. Yahbut not everyone wants an AI car. China’s real problem is that their “Made in China” reputation (which is well-deserved) extends to its cars as well. Nobody, at least in the west, buys Chinese cars, because of China’s reputation for unreliable, throwaway, goods. BTW, Even if Tesla’s cars (and Apple’s iPhones) are “Made in China”, at least the branding should mean some level of safety and reliability. And even with that said, Tesla (and Apple) sales are declining with the worldwide recession making their own impacts on China.
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  3238. She would have made a great Doctor!
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  3239. Watch the latest Perun video.
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  3240. Agreed. If it’s not Moscow or St. Petersburg, Putin doesn’t give a ** about them.
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  3241.  @nabihlakkis562  The Russians are advancing backwards! 😂
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  3242. Good luck displace USD and EU as world reserve currencies, BRICS. Also, the USA has the most gold in the world, yet decoupled the dollar from gold. Guess history will just have to repeat itself.
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  3243. Yahbut the Democrats also said they didn’t need the Republicans. Personally, I put the blame on both parties, as evidenced by gerrymandering.
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  3244. Well, whatever happens, USA out of the Middle East.
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  3245. Plus, we get to ally with Poland, Sweden, Finland, the Baltic States, Latvia, and that UK island. :D
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  3246. SF has a Vacancy Tax.
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  3247. Maybe that explains the ban on Apple! Apple didn’t sell itself to China and got banned. Keep up the videos!
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  3248. Even Chinese businesses are moving to Mexico.
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  3249. New tension? Putin has set up his internal factions to fight each other, so that he can stay in power — at least until he needs them to fight a war. All according to master plan, right bots?
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  3250. Lol— Russian commanders compete, they don’t coordinate. Whoever does the “best” job gets more to fight with, even if their objective has no strategic value. Many cities are taken only for political purposes, not strategic.
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  3251. 1:00 : Russia can only fight those who cannot fight back. Glad to see Turkey taking action. Thanks for the videos!
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  3252. Maybe Russia will export to Iran those Russian cigarettes that keep exploding.
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  3253. Trump told Germany of their dependence on Russian oil — and they didn‘t listen.
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  3254. You gotta put little numbers next to the Russian arrows to remind us how many MONTHS it’s taking the Russian soldiers to capture (or lose) territory. Gonna be a lot of frostbitten toes this winter. Slava Ukraine!
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  3255. This video confirms how irresistible my golden retriever is. Thanks! (:
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  3256. Putinganda! :D
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  3257. Ten months later… debt traps and tofu dregs (and CoVid).
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  3258. Stand with Putin. Lie down in a body bag.
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  3259. Russia: “We have nukes.“ West: ”Ukraine, don‘t attack Russia directly. Russia: “We have nukes.” China: “Yeah, but your corrupt officials bought our cheaper Made in China tires that blew out when you used your heavily armored vehicles to attack Kiev. Go check what those officials bought from us when you though they were buying electronics and nuclear rods” Russia: finds bricks of tofu
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  3260. Wait until those interest rate hikes ripple through the economy. Plenty of bellweather companies reporting bad earnings and laying off employees. The smarter Gen Z’s will be learning about shorts and how to make money in a falling market.
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  3261. Five years later, and China's debts even greater than before.
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