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candide

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  1. For those who don't know it already, a little gem. Watch how grand dad is passionate and overflowing with energy!
  2. Scene 3: blame Zelinski! 🙂
  3. Exactly! Look at the ridiculous sanctions he's threatening Putin with. Tariffs on oil imports from Russia! 🤣
  4. From someone who still hasn't acknowledged that Biden won the 2020 election and has been pushing ridiculous conspiracy theories about it for years (following his master). 🤣
  5. How do you know it would have been better if Trump had won the 2020 election? He didn't dare to do it during his mandate and left his mess for the next President.
  6. So he did not claim it should be used for confidential military operations, did he?
  7. Google from search, android and its apps, plus YouTube. Re. Social media, Meta dominates with Facebook, Instagram, messenger, whatsap and Threads. A good proxy of the value of data is add revenues. X weights peanuts. https://quartr.com/insights/company-research/the-rise-of-google-meta-amazon-and-youtube-in-advertising
  8. On Chinese citizen, certainly.
  9. Says someone who never acknowledged that Biden won the 2020 election and has been pushing ridiculous conspiracy theories about it for years (this thread included) 🤣
  10. If Biden hadn't withdrawned U.S. forces and started again to fight agains the Taliban, MAGAs would have blamed him for being a war mongerer...🙂
  11. Alternative facts and conspiracy theories...🤣
  12. In the MAGA alternate universe...🙂
  13. Another way to say that you have nothing.to contradict my comment..🙂 You wrote yourself that it was about discussions on human rights.
  14. That's the summary made by chatGPT. With what do you disagree? - If you're analyzing economic dominance, trade relationships, or global influence, **nominal GDP** is usually the preferred metric. - If you're comparing living standards, economic productivity, or income distribution, **GDP (PPP)** is more appropriate.
  15. "So, ChatGPT says that Russia is number 4 of in the World in terms of livings standards? 😀" Where is it written in my post?
  16. Do you have anything to support your claim or are you just parroting MAGA propaganda? Doesn't the U.S. base in Greenland play a key role in protecting the U.S. by allowing to detect in advance ballistic missiles launched at North America (that's precisely its purpose)? Aren't U.S. mining companies making profit and supplying the U.S. with critical minerals? Haven't Greenland and Denmark banned Chinese firms from investing in infrastructure since 2018?
  17. From the OP.... However, the review of the vaccine’s effectiveness and safety was handled by an independent data-safety monitoring committee, which relayed its findings to Pfizer and its partner BioNTech. Pfizer filmed and later broadcasted the moment its executives learned of the trial's successful results, which occurred on November 8, 2020—one day after Joe Biden was declared the winner of the presidential election.
  18. I asked Copilot (ChatGPT), in order to get an external assessment. Here's the reply: ### Nominal GDP: - **Definition**: Measured at current market exchange rates, reflecting the value of goods and services in terms of the local currency converted to a common currency (usually USD). - **Best for**: Comparing the size and strength of economies in the global market. It’s particularly relevant for evaluating countries' influence in global trade, investment, and financial markets. - **Weakness**: It does not account for differences in cost of living across countries, which may distort the real value of economic output. ### GDP (PPP): - **Definition**: Adjusts for differences in price levels between countries, essentially reflecting the purchasing power of each country's currency within its borders. - **Best for**: Comparing living standards and the real value of economic output. It’s useful when you want to assess how much a given amount of income can buy in terms of goods and services within each country. - **Weakness**: It may not accurately reflect a country’s ability to engage in international trade or its influence in global markets. ### Example of Use: - If you're analyzing economic dominance, trade relationships, or global influence, **nominal GDP** is usually the preferred metric. - If you're comparing living standards, economic productivity, or income distribution, **GDP (PPP)** is more appropriate.
  19. Nice try! PPP is relevant in order to assess the local dimension of the economy. In particular the standard of living in a country. That's why it is called Purchasing Power Parity. However. It is irrelevant to assess to global position of a country. A country doesn't buy or sell anything in PPP. BTW, in this respect, PPP is usually used per capita. Guess which country is not even in the top 40? https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_GDP_(PPP)_per_capita
  20. So most people who voted no, also voted that they would have voted no if Hillary had done the same thing! What a joke! 🤣 "Lock her up"...🙂
  21. Basically, he sold it to himself! 🙂
  22. No. It's Alphabet (Google), by far. Meta and Microsoft also fare better than X on this respect.
  23. Joining the single market would be a good way to cut the current red tape. It would also be a relevant response to the current geostrategic threats and aggressive trade environment.
  24. The usual MAGA false equivalence tactics! 🤣 That's irrelevant! It was not to discuss confidential military operations.....
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