Youtube hearted comments of Barry Hamm (@barryhamm3414).

  1. We call on Russia to exercise restraint and avoid escalating tensions with Belgorod People's Republic and Kursk People's Republic. We urge Moscow to seek negotiation with these new countries and find a diplomatic solution to the dispute
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  2. Does anyone else click the "thumbs up" button before watching the video.
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  3. We call on Russia to exercise restraint and avoid escalating tensions with Belgorod People's Republic and Kursk People's Republic. We urge Moscow to seek negotiation with these new countries and find a diplomatic solution to the dispute
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  4. The official rate around 104 rubles to the dollar but on the street I suspect that the ruble is worth far less.
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  5. The russian army was once thought of as being the second strongest in the world, we then learned that it was the second strongest in Ukraine. Now the russian army is looking like the second strongest in russia.
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  6. Funny how those promoting Russia keep their money in USD (or other western currency) and not in roubles.
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  7. Referendums are not normally conducted at gunpoint
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  8. Sorry Anna but I won't be watching you video but I will be leaving a like. The reason is because anything to do with Tucker always makes me feel violently ill.
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  9. The really good thing about terrified troops running to the rear is that their panic will spread to otherwise steady troops. Plus of course they will leave behind all sorts of useful stuff. Thanks for another informative video.
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  10. As a non-American I do not support everything that America does internationally BUT I would much prefer to live in a world dominated by the US than one dominated by either Russia or China.
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  11. If Russia cannot get the revenue from foreign arms sales how will it fund its future weapons development?
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  12. You make a very good point Mark. If I had say $100k to invest there is no rate of interest that would entice me to invest in anything denominated in rubles.
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  13. The Russian population of a 145 million generates a GDP only slightly larger than Australia's 26 million. In trying to protect their Russian market these companies are risking far larger markets.
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  14. Ukraine: kicking Russia out of Russia.
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  15. They used a stick, don't these fools know that duck tape is what's needed
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  16. Good video Mark, the Russian economy is being kept alive by greatly only expanded military expenditure off-setting rapid declines in the civilian economy. Of course spending money on the military does little to improve the living standards of the population.
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  17. Putin, by blocking off Nordstream 1 has effectively played his last card. Europe will have a difficult but not impossible winter. US gas scheduled to go to Asia has been diverted to Europe and the shortfall in Asia made good with Australian gas. With Putin's last card having been played there is no reason why Europe hold back its support for Ukraine. Regardless of whatever happens in Europe the majority of Ukrainian support is coming from the US so the card that Putin thought was an ace is, at best just a nine or a ten.
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  18. How do empires fall? Slowly at first and then quickly.
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  19. If these funds are used to improve Ukraine's defense and economy the resulting collapse of the criminal Russian regime will, when the dust settles benefit ordinary Russians.
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  20. There are no permanent alliances, only permanent interests. - Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston
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  21. I love it when you tell us about the rapid disassembly of russian oil facilities, firstly because it is the rapid disassembly of Orcish assets but more importantly how your face lights up when you tell us.
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  22. Russia has a large land area but in terms of arable land it is smaller than the United States and India. In terms of exclusive economic zones it is smaller than France, United States and Australia. In terms of population and GDP it is smaller than ... well you get the picture. In reality Russia is not even close to being a major power.
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  23. Oh goodie, another one of Anna's Russian geography lessons. Now to sit back and enjoy with a mug of good coffee.
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  24. Corruption destroys armies (and countries), Perun, 2023
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  25. I wonder if the son has sent his parents a stolen porcelain potato washing machine (AKA flushing toilet)
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  26. Glory to the Belgorod and Kurst Peoples Republics, may they prosper in freedom.
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  27. The ruble has been falling since early August 2024. It's having a few upwards bounces probably because the Russian Central Bank is attempting to keep the ruble above 100 to the USD. Following the trend line it'll be worth less than 1 US cent within the next month or so, once that happens life in Russia will become interesting (but not in a good way).
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  28. No good wind blows from the east
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  29. The fact that after 24 hours that this incursion hasn't been totally crushed demonstrates the profound weakness of the Russian military.
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  30. Russia must not just lose the war but it must be obvious to all Russians that they started a war and then lost at terrible cost.
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  31. The risk or nuclear war is never nonzero but by my recollection this is the 18th time since the start of the invasion that Putin has rattled the nuclear sabre.
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  32. Over the past month the official rouble exchange rate has fallen by 2.36% against the Chinese yuan. This is hardly a ringing endorsement of the Russian economy. Although I've quoted the official exchange rate, the actual decline is likely to be significantly worse.
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  33. This, Mark is possibly your best video to date. The tunnel might be long and strewn with obstacles but at the end there is light.
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  34. Soviet dentistry is alive and well.
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  35. Belgorod is a beautiful city and in 2025 became the capital of the Belgorod Peoples Republic
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  36. If I might misquote Winston Churchill: Many economic systems have been tried, and will be tried in this world of sin and woe. No one pretends that free-enterprise is perfect or all-wise. Indeed it has been said that free-enterprise is the worst economic system except for all others. As a further comment, I watch a number of WW2 tank restoration videos and to find examples of worker sabotage is not uncommon. Bad working conditions lead to bad workmanship and outright sabotage
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  37. Natural resources without capital and know-how is just scenery. Russia has cut itself off from the world capital markets and failed to invest adequately in the education of its own citizens.
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  38. Another well researched video
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  39. When the Soviets entered Germany toward the end of WW2 they were amazed that every German house had a small room that contained a porcelain potato washing machine. In 2022 the Russians again found these potato washing machines and of course took them back to Russia to make their babushka's life easier.
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  40. We learned that the russian navy was pathetic: russian airforce - hold my beer
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  41. Looking forward to more of Anna's lessons in Russian geography.
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  42. Rarely does one find bullshit such as this.
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  43. The weakness of Russia's border protection will not be lost on its neighbours
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  44. There is no loyalty among rats
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  45. Using rubles to make tissue boxes etc is a good suggestion but I might just wait a month or so and then use bundles of them as cheap insulation.
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  46. This morning there was a new video from ClimateAdam and this afternoon this one from Engineering with Rosie - life is indeed good. This thing with waste is that it is really a resource for which we haven't found a good use. I use waste from furniture manufacturer to make simple toys for charity. Although this certainly won't have any meaningful environmental impact I am keeping several hundred kilos of wood waste out of landfill. People need to realise that the near future will not look like the near past, we are at a fork in the road and which path we take will have consequences.
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  47. Without a sense of humour this conflict would be too horrific to retain one's humanity. It is the humour shown by Operator Starsky and others that convinces me that Ukraine will not be defeated.
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  48. I've used Google Maps to look at a couple of random locations around 60kms outside of St Petersburg. Even the main roads are breaking up and the side-streets are unsealed and full of potholes. Some of the houses look ok but there are lots of decaying massive blocks of concrete apartments. As a general impression these places might have been OK twenty or thirty years ago, but those days are long past.
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  49. I love your lessons on Russian geography, may there be many more.
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  50. There are numerous videos on YT of people visiting supermarkets in Russia and showing how good things are, I cannot help thinking that these are Potemkin villages, remember that even just prior to the USSR collapsed and shops had no bread etc the well-connected however still lived well. The educated in Moscow & St Petersburg know that the ruble is near worthless but the collapse will not occur until that fact percolates throughout society, that will take time but perhaps less than most pundits think.
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  51. Reporters report the facts and allow their reader to form their own opinions whereas commentators give opinion. However credible commentators base their opinion upon verifiable facts, this guy is just giving us a virtually fact-free diatribe, the few facts that he includes are distorted.
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  52. Ritter's support for the 7 to 1 ratio resulted in my dismissal of everything else he had to say. All military experts that I am aware of conclude that those defending prepared positions have lower casualties than those attacking, hence Ritter's support for that claim was likely to be for reasons other than a factual pursuit.
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  53. "Look like the innocent flower but be the serpent under't" Shakespeare - Macbeth, Act 1, Scene 5 A near perfect description of Putin from over 400 years ago.
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  54. To take something with a "pinch of salt" is an English phrase that suggests that claims that may be misleading and should be viewed with skepticism. It comes from unscrupulous cooks who would add additional salt to disguise the taste of food that is past its prime.
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  55. Only commenting to tank you for these videos and of course for the benefit of the dreaded algorithm
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  56. I have a "rule of thumb" that if the source of a claim is Russian or if the claim is pro-Russian then it is most likely a lie.
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  57. I'm Australian, before the current war I rarely thought of Russia, the exceptions being as a source of cheap near undrinkable vodka and when reading about WW2. Now however I think of Russia almost daily and in a far less favourable light.
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  58.  @reallymakesyouthink  A vote conducted at gun point is not a free expression
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  59. If Ukraine can hold its defences, continue to strike oil refineries, and sanctions are maintained then a Russian collapse is inevitable, possibly in 2025. Otherwise, Russia on its current trajectory will still collapse but it will take longer. When watching videos from Russia, turn the sound off and ignore whatever is being shown but instead look at the roads and other infrastructure. This is a country in decline and living off the remnants of the USSR.
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  60. Russia is learning that it is not a great power; the longer this lesson takes the more devastating will be that realisation.
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  61. In YT channels that discuss the Ukraine war a sure sign of success is the attraction of Russian bots and mentally impaired human mouth pieces. I can see in the comments that you are being successful and for that I congratulate you.
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  62. As a non-American I am continually amazed how issues (at least in the media and popular debate) are portrayed as being left vs right. My first and main criteria to decide on any issue is whether the claims or proposed course of action is evidence based or not. If not evidence based then it will be rejected regardless of which political party or other group is promoting it. The evidence, based on Putin's own writings is that once Ukraine was subdued Russia's near term targets would be Moldova and the Suwalki Gap. Ukraine is fighting to keep Russia out of Western Europe and therefore deserves our aid and assistance. Chinese leaders many times have threatened Taiwan with military force, without demonstrably strong and determined Taiwanise allies China might well be tempted to embark on an invasion. My conclusion is the Russia must not be allowed to succeed in its invasion of a neighbour.
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  63. Sanctions against Russia must be strengthened and maintained until any imperialist inclinations are burnt out of the Russian psyche.
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  64. It's a rare military genius that considers taking heavy losses while fighting one's way into a trap to be worthy of celebration.
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  65. Russia is indeed an enchanted land.
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  66. A quick (and far from exhaustive) review of grain futures indicates that the Russian blockade is causing price rises across all world markets. In the West this will lead to price rises but in poorer countries we will see millions of desperate people faced with real hunger. We live in interesting times.
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  67. We have learned that propaganda is one of the few things that Russia is good at and at that they aren't very good at even that.
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  68. The world needs fewer Putins but many more Russias.
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  69. Russia will be defeated and possibly collapse either due to military setbacks or economic turmoil. It has terrible demographics, poor in technology but is rich in natural resources. China needs access to resources and the closest source of those resources is Russia. I doubt whether China would attempt to force access to those resources by military means but rather through economic means. Until Russia collapses China will continue to be ambiguous in its relationship, but clearly it knows that it has by far the stronger economy.
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  70. Russia is a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma. - Winston Churchill I believe that in this video you have lifted a flap of the wrapping and given a glimpse inside, and it ain't pretty.
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  71. A snail moves at around 2.8mm per second at that rate a determined snail could have crossed Bakhmut faster than the Russians.
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  72. At the moment it is too early to draw any firm conclusions regarding the counter-offensive. We do know that although the Russian winter offensive was a failure with significant casualties. We also know that Ukraine has been receiving Western arms and training. Although I am quietly confident of Ukrainian success the Russians remain a dangerous foe.
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  73. Ordinary Russians have already paid a high price for Russian aggression. The government prior to the war built up a war chest of some $600 billion, money that could have been used to improve the living standards of ordinary Russians by repairing roads, equipping hospitals/ schools etc. Instead it has either been frozen or used to destroy a peaceful neighbour.
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  74. The Russians are pulling the young and middle-aged men out of the provinces and sending them to Ukraine to suffer life changing or life ending events. It is these men who would providing much of the physical labour needed to keep their villages functioning. When the war finally ends some/many will be so injured that they will no longer be fully productive. Agree, Russia is fully screwed.
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  75. In the last 24 hours the official ruble rate rose to USD0.012 followed by a sharp decline to USD0.011 since then it has just been bouncing around and is currently USD0.0114. This is a classic dead cat bounce. In reality nothing to see here folks and no reason to even suspect anything other than a continuation of the ruble's long-term decline.
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  76. As bad as things have been for Russia in 2024 don't worry, as 2025 will be far worse.
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  77. Why would a Russian collapse lead to armageddon when the USSR collapse didn't?
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  78. Agreed, the first step toward Russia being accepted as a civilised country must start with acceptance of guilt.
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  79. Wherever Russis goes it creates enemies. The really stupid thing about Russia's invasion is that everything it hopes to gain could have been obtained through peaceful trade at far less cost. I agree Poland (and the rest of NATO) should do more to defend Ukraine.
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  80. Russia must be denied a military or a political win. The only acceptable outcome is a free, independent and prosperous Ukraine.
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  81. Putin had a grand plan to expand the Russian Empire and for the ruble to become a world currency, both plans now lie in tatters.
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  82. Whataboutism is not just alive but thriving among the Russian trolls and bots
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  83. Russia must be weakened so that it can no longer threaten its neighbours or spread chaos around the world.
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  84. Thanks Professor
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  85. Russians are serfs, Ukrainians are Cossacks.
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  86. There are reports that the dragon's teeth being used to construct Russian defence lines are beginning to crumble due to poor quality concrete being used, if I was a betting man I'd say that the concrete used to repair the bridge is little better than cement coloured sand.
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  87. Just commenting for the benefit of the algorithm.
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  88. The Russian tactic of "escalate to deescalate" seems to be not working as intended.
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  89. It would be sufficient to get people to believe that the ruble be being counterfeited in vast amounts to impact the russian economy.
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  90. Brexit being a disaster for farmers and fishermen was blindingly obvious to all except the willfully blind.
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  91. Exit polls suggest that around 12% of registered Republican voters are voting for Harris and that unaligned voters are voting heavily for Harris. We won't know until the votes are counted but Harris is in a stronger position than Trump.
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  92. The blowing of the dam will result in reduced agricultural output from one of the world's bread baskets. It's too early to tell but grain futures appear to be rising so as a preliminary prediction rising food prices around the world seem possible. In poorer nations that rely upon food imports this could have serious consequences both in terms of humanitarian impacts but also Russia's standing in those countries.
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  93. Seems that a country can't have both luxury yachts for the elite and a functioning air-defence.
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  94. I don't know whether Putin is next to the frozen peas or not but one thing is certain he has totally lost touch with reality. Another certainty is that he will not die peacefully of natural causes.
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  95. Russia will likely collapse in 2026 which is when it runs out of weapons and money
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  96. Potemkin villages (or farms) aren't real
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  97.  @Professor-Gerdes  Group think is dangerous and at worst fatal to organisations and what we are seeing in Russia appears to be group think at its most extreme. Russia and Putin still might survive the war but at a terrible cost all because Putin wouldn’t listen to views different to his own.
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  98. It seems that one cannot have luxury yachts and houses for the ultra-rich and functioning air-defence.
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  99. We call on Russia to exercise restraint and avoid escalating tensions with Belgorod People's Republic and Kursk People's Republic. We urge Moscow to seek negotiation with these new countries and find a diplomatic solution to the dispute
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  100. “An appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile, hoping it will eat him last.” ― Winston S. Churchill A dangerous crocodile must be rendered incapable of causing harm
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  101. I have flushed things that are better journalists that Carlson.
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  102. Xi will be watching and those stolen territories in what is currently Russia's east must be looking really juicy.
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