Comments by "David Glickman" (@live_free_or_perish) on "BBC News" channel.

  1. Somebody needs to help them. It's just so wrong to abandon them.
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  2. The Taliban will take any aid they get for themselves. The people will be left to suffer.
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  3. Now that energy costs are so high we have an opportunity to find out if green alternatives can work. And also how people cope with using a lot energy.
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  4. Ridiculous. This is the 21st century. Well too bad for them. What a waste of human resources. Societies and nations are more productive where women participate equally. It's half the population for goodness sakes.
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  5. I feel such a mix of emotions - uplifted and yet so sad. I hope all my heart she will be united with both of her parents and be spared the pain of war.
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  6. Score is 1 to 1. Freedom and democracy lost in Georgia but won in Moldova. Hopefully, the US will elect Harris despite Putin's covert influence campaigns.
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  7.  @hmmmmm2634  the decision belongs to the women. Nobody tells me what to wear and I won't tell anyone else what to wear.
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  8. I wouldn't be so sure the counter offensive will end in the fall. Ukraine is full of surprises.
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  9. That was really interesting. I always look forward to what BBC puts out
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  10. Haily or Christi could win a general election. None of the others, including Trump, could win a general election.
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  11. Acceptable to support dictatorships?
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  12. We have stronger social and economic ties with Taiwan. It has also been a free and democratic nation longer than Ukraine. It has played a larger role in Asia Pacific geopolitics. Ukraine is the new kid on the block by comparison.
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  13.  @Bobunaganinamoto  yes, middle eastern countries should receive refugees from the middle east just as European countries take the in Europeans. I don't see the problem here.
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  14.  @jasonbromhead5257  my mother escaped the Soviet Union when Stalin was in power with the help of the Canadian embassy (yeah, I'm that old) and she was born in America. There is always a way
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  15. Do the people in the Finland that do not want to be in NATO believe they could fight off Russia alone?
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  16. Classic Russian strategy. Nothing new here.
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  17. Tragic. This won't end well.
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  18. This will end when the hostages are released.
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  19. It's obviously Russia, they gain strategically and tactically. Ukraine will suffer from this.
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  20. Not a big economic hit. If the funds go to European weapons producers, the spending stays in Europe. And the amount spent is a small fraction of national budgets
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  21. My son grew up doing almost all of his reading on the internet. I doubt he ever checked a book out of the library. He fairly well informed. I did my best to teach him critical thinking and avoid confirmation bias.
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  22. Great reporting 👏
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  23. If Ukraine gives up it's military they will cease to exist. Putin will erase every trace of them.
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  24. People can say whatever they want. It's called freedom of speech. If I think your treatment of women is medieval I will say it.
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  25. Two possible outcomes. Hostages returned, situation goes back to normal. Hostages not returned or killed, apocalyptic.
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  26. Putin has made gains in the information war. His bot army is enormous. Infiltration, covert influence campaigns, massive propaganda.
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  27. Dictatorships versus Democracies. Nuff said.
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  28. Paid Putin trolls are busy I see. They will lose their jobs after Ukraine starts hitting Russian airfields and launch pads in Russia. Cowards attacking civilians from safety in Russia.
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  29. Well, that was different 😳 . Meta news. I like it 👌
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  30. If nothing else it should make voters less inclined to vote for someone who tried to interfere with the peaceful transfer of power. The hearings are just providing evidence that this actually happened.
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  31. This is how China operates. Resistance is futile. They will be assimilated. Slowly but surely China will absorb it's neighbors and silence any opposition.
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  32.  @atnfn  that makes sense as long as Russian leadership is rational but Putin has a lot in common with Stalin. I can't make any judgements about the conversation among yourselves but I would be uneasy living in Finland without NATO membership which pretty much guarantees you won't be attacked.
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  33. Putin's trolls are all over this one. She is too good for them to leave her alone. They have to attack her.
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  34. Sadly the damage has been done. Not sure how johnny dep comes back from this.
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  35. Unbelievable, does he really believe anyone buys this? That insanely obsessed little man just won't quit. Now is the time to go all in and give Ukraine what it needs to push him out. It's time to stop holding back and finish this once and for all.
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  36. Another child loses his mother. Stupid senseless war. God damn Putin and his minions to hell.
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  37. Can't believe how many suckers fell for that ponzi scheme. Just a reminder there's no such thing as a "sure thing". If it's too good to be true it probably isn't. Desperate Bitcoin owners be trolling comments to prop up Bitcoin. Sorry, too late for that.
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  38. 😁 go Ukraine! Push Putin's army all the way out!
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  39. It's not U-235, it's mostly U-238 which is what's left when the fissile material is extracted. Ironically one application is radiation shielding.
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  40. Putin is the epitomy of evil
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  41. America has been standing with Europe for over a century. But people have become so self-absorbed that they just aren't interested in anything that doesn't affect them directly.
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  42. I'm sure there are aliens, but they are so far away that it's completely irrelevant. No communication will ever take place.
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  43.  @jordy8066  🤣
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  44.  @hmmmmm2634  so the solution is to keep them in a burka? And really it's not a male female thing, it's a freedom thing. Just don't like it when people try to control other people.
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  45.  @warmachine676  I agree with you. They should be allowed to wear what they want and no one should interfere with them.
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  46. Hopefully the free world knows what you said is true. Serbia cannot be trusted even though the government pretends they should be allowed into the EU
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  47. Say what you want paid Putin trolls, the Ukrainian leadership is smarter than you think. Just wait and see, Ukraine will come out ahead before this is over 😏
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  48. Exactly. The religious right cares more about their agenda than the survival of the nation.
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  49. Putin has no credibility. I doubt it was Ukraine.
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  50. Putin just wants to reduce Ukraine to a pile of ruble. Conquer by annihilation. Putin will only respond to a show of force.
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  51. Putin will lose the war in Ukraine, but people fear him so much that I think he will stay in power.
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  52. So bizarre, so random. Rwanda? Not judging, just seems strange to someone from another country that knows nothing about the situation 🤪
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  53. Time is running out for the paid Putin trolls here. Ukraine will push his army back and the trolls won't get their paychecks. They are complicit in Putin's war crimes hiding anonymously in the comments.
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  54. Israel needs to get rid of this government dominated by the religious right. Nothing good will come of this.
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  55. It's very common to be pro-palestinian among the the extreme left. All the cool kids are doing it as virtue signaling to show how "woke" they are. Truth is Arabs in Israel get superior education, positions as doctors, scientists, engineers. Their lives are better than most in the Arab world. Palestinians could have that too if they weren't so eager to kill the Jews.
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  56. The earth is flat. Birds aren't real. Aliens live among us. It's a conspiracy by the government. Everything is a government conspiracy. Except the left wing conspiracy. And the right wing conspiracy. I know because I saw it on the internet, and Fox News says so. You don't know because you aren't as smart as I am. But I know. I know secrets you don't know. Shhh. It's a conspiracy.
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  57. Looks like Ukraine 2.0. Another dictator obsessed with territory wanting a legacy as a great conquerer. Another tragedy in the making.
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  58. All of this speculation is actually good for Ukraine. Keeps the Russians guessing. They have no idea what Ukraine will do next.
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  59. White people bad, black people good. Socialism good, capitalism bad. Equal outcome good, equal opportunity not enough.
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  60. This is how wars are fought now. It's a contest of influence. Every comment is a bullet.
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  61. Your education failed you. Ukraine will not lose this war. The free world is committed to victory and the entire Ukrainian population is committed. Putin does not have the resources to keep fighting.
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  62. Does China think we will stand by and let them destroy the Taiwanese people? It's not gonna happen. Taiwan is part of the free world. There's no going back to slavery under Chinese tyranny.
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  63.  @mrb152  and that it the heart of the problem - energy density and storage. I know they have a bad rep but hydrocarbons are amazing molecules - and not just for energy. Will be very difficult to replace them entirely. Still, we should make the effort to find alternatives, the supply is not endless and it will become increasingly difficult to extract them from the earth.
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  64. Thousands of dead Russians. It's a great victory. Not.
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  65.  @baroneleve1196  how many dead Ukrainians would make you happy Putin troll? You fascist Putin orc.
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  66. This practice has been going on for centuries in that part of the world. It's a fact and there is evidence regardless of what agents of the regime say.
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  67. All behavior in China is controlled by the state. Indoctrination begins in childhood. Non-conforming acts are forbidden. Continuous surveillance prevents deviation. Resistance is futile.
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  68. Beyond imagination. Such perseverance and determination. Much respect and admiration
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  69. Hitler tried this once before and almost succeeded. Not this time. Hamas has shown their true colors, and Israel will not let anyone stop them from defending themselves.
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  70. These countries are deeply infiltrated by Putin's agents, I'm not so sure this is a good idea.
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  71. Also Austria, Hungary, and Slovakia
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  72.  @pw3858  Tyranny only happens when you cheat and use force to get the results you want. Evil and tragic
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  73. Return the hostages and everyone can go home. Israel will have to go into Gaza and find them no matter what it takes.
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  74. The CCP is worse than Putin. The CCP commits ethnic genocide. They are like the Borg, resistance is futile, you will be assimilated.
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  75. I've seen this stupid post before. Paid Putin troll for sure.
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  76. Hamas trolls in the comments prove that Israel has to fight for its survival. Supporting Hamas terrorism is terrorism.
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  77. Except I'm not sure anyone will come to help
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  78. Seems like a global war now between the free world and the tyrants and terrorists. Deja vu.
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  79. Interesting development, not what I expected
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  80.  @أيشئ-ف1ج  this is equally wrong. Men and women should have the right to wear whatever they want. Who can judge what another should wear?
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  81. Says the keyboard warrior that wants to appease the tyrant rather than fight. This is a war of influence, and you are the enemy of the free world
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  82. The Taliban have an iron grip on Afghanistan and the people were never enthusiastic about removing them. They made their choice, leave them alone to live with it.
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  83. I hope Europeans remember that half of us despise Trump. Maga vatniks don't represent America
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  84. Almost every country has a few right wing extremists, some are like Nazi's. They haven't gained much traction anywhere.
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  85. The only books I have a problem with are the ones that promote hate and divisiveness. Banning books is a slippery slope so it's a complicated.
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  86. America wouldn't exist without the European enlightenment the came before the American war of independence
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  87. The only significant thing coming out of this is the military to military communication. We might end up at war, but at least it won't start by accident.
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  88. If they don't make enough comments Putin will send them to the front where they will die. Have to type as fast as they can 🤪
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  89. Assad and Putin will slaughter them. So sad, they forget they don't live in a free and democratic country.
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  90.  @JustMeTalking  I hope it will work. We did a lot of cost-benefit studies of green alternatives when I took some environmental engineering classes and the result depended almost entirely on the cost of energy. With current costs in continental Europe those alternatives are looking pretty good right now.
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  91. It was unrealistic to defeat Hitler, but we did it. The Trump administration are a bunch of losers 😠
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  92.  @gandalf4423  then why do they let their own people starve?
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  93. Remind me, why is Turkey a member of NATO? They really lowered the bar for them.
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  94. It was supposed to be a system of checks and balances with the court preventing the other branches from passing unconstitutional laws. But this court has violated the norm against judicial activism. Trump and the Republicans are to blame for packing the court with right wing judges. It will take decades to reverse the damage.
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  95. Banning tik tok is a waste of time. Anyone with VPN will have access regardless of what they do.
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  96.  @John_Smith_86  not sure how the Finns feel about being a buffer country
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