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Stop your ridiculous trolling! 😃 That's what he wrote: " probably something like this, if you listen just at the end he says 'floods and hurricanes are all subject to manipulation', that was 9 years ago too, how has technology advanced in that time. " BTW, the discussion you invited yourself in, was with frank. So if you disagree with him about the content of the video, please address this issue directly with him! 😁

Stop trolling! It's written in his post, which has been fully quoted 🤣

Please settle this matter with your pal frank, He's the one who made that claim! 😃

Blame Giuliani for that. The MSM did not cover anything up. They were not given a copy of the laptop to authenticate it. After they finally got a copy, they analysed it and authenticated it

It was claimed that the guy was saying that 'floods and hurricanes are all subject to manipulation'.

So a guy evoked this possibility 9 years ago. And since then it has fallen into oblivion and no scientific experiment to divert a major storm has ever been reported.

Small magnitude? You're kidding, aren't you? 😀

Yet it's the military budget which has increased mot in recent years, so it's the main reason, as confirmed by your article: "Total government outlays rose by an average of 15% in both 2022 and 2023, and a slightly smaller rise is budgeted this year. Ministers are devoting much of this extra spending to the war in Ukraine. Data published by the Bank of Finland suggest that military spending will rise by about 60% this year, boosting production of weapons and ammunition, and also putting money in people’s pockets." https://archive.ph/xRTC6 Confirmed by the data about military budget increase I posted.

Please stop distorting what I wrote. I never claimed Russia spent 100% of its budget on military. I claimed that It's the increased military budget which is fuelling growth, as is claimed in the article you linked. The civil sector is stagnant and doesn't creates GDP growth. Confirmed by the following data on Russia"s military budget. It increased from $61b in 2020 to $86b in 2022, and that's not fuelling GDP growth? 😁 https://www.macrotrends.net/global-metrics/countries/rus/russia/military-spending-defense-budget#google_vignette

So spending 32% of its budget on military expenses is not fuelling GDP growth (to compare with 13% for the U.S.)! 5555 😁 BTW, I found an archived version of the article. It states: "Total government outlays rose by an average of 15% in both 2022 and 2023, and a slightly smaller rise is budgeted this year. Ministers are devoting much of this extra spending to the war in Ukraine. Data published by the Bank of Finland suggest that military spending will rise by about 60% this year, boosting production of weapons and ammunition, and also putting money in people’s pockets." https://archive.ph/xRTC6

Quite convenient, as it is under paywall. 70/30 of what?

70/30 of what? Sources?

Article under paywall, so I cannot read the parts of the article you did not mention. BTW, I am not claiming the whole economy is military. My claim is that the growth (the extra 3% GDP), is mainly fuelled by military expenses. Oh, and there was no growth between 2012 and 2021, under 'normal' conditions (no extensive war)

A clip? Seriously? What about some scientific articles?

Lame deflection. Russia is GDP is growing since 2022, I never claimed the opposite. However, your claim that it is not fuelled by military expenses is ridiculous and contradicted by many sources (including the Russian finance minister)! Fact is that, under normal conditions (no extensive war), it's GDP has stagnated during 10 YEARS. An epic fail for Putin! 😃

So no one is selling out the EU as UK is not part of it any more! 😅

Sure. Russia scores much better than the EU on how height the inflation is! Current inflation rate in Russia is 9.1% vs 2.2% in the EU. A clear win for Putin! 🤣 https://tradingeconomics.com/russia/inflation-cpi https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/web/products-euro-indicators/w/2-30082024-ap

Ridiculous B.S.! Putin is incompetemt and corrupt! Thanks to Putin, Russia 'enjoyed' 0% GDP growth between 2012 and 2921! 😀 https://www.macrotrends.net/global-metrics/countries/RUS/russia/gdp-gross-domestic-product And the growth from 2022 is o ly fuelled by military expenses, while the civil sector is deteriorating!

Well, for the time being... https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/research-briefings/sn02784/

Thank you Vlad! 😃

Voted by the EU council (the governments of the different member States)

The EU and a country leader acknowledging deficiencies and challenges ahead, and proposing policies to deal with them! What a shame! 😅 Below a link to a short account of the Draghi report, for those too lazy to read the full report. https://www.bcg.com/publications/2024/draghi-report-future-of-eus-industrial-strategy

That's probably why Trump has already flip-floped and is now urging Republican voters to use early voting and mail-in voting! 🤣

In China, people jokingly say that even beggars are paid with QR codes! It's probably true! 😄

Compared to Trump, certainly! 😃