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No scoop. The full interview transcript has already been released one year ago! 🙂 https://democrats-judiciary.house.gov/uploadedfiles/doj-hjc-hur-0000033-0000191.pdf&ved=2ahUKEwix5OnqsqqNAxUfTqQEHVb1NS0QFnoECCEQAQ&usg=AOvVaw3Pmzy8UZZky52VDngm6JM_

It's unlikely that some terrorist organisation gets its hand on one, as they are well protected. However, it's not impossible to make a dirty bomb.

Australia, I guess. My comment was not only targeting Germany, but all related countries, including the U.S. If the U.S withdraws its nuclear protection of Europe (it's currently only a scenario), the only practical solution is nuclear proliferation. That would also mean the de-facto end of the treaty, and nuclear proliferation in other regions.

The debt level is certainly an issue that this administration needs to address! Oh wait! 😆 "The package would cut taxes deeply – essentially making permanent the sweeping individual income tax provisions of Trump’s 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, as well as adding several temporary tax breaks to fulfill the president’s campaign promises. It also calls for historic cuts to the nation’s safety net – particularly Medicaid and food stamps – in an effort to cut spending. But the tax revenue loss would still swamp the spending reductions. The package would add $3.3 trillion to the nation’s debt over the next decade, according to a preliminary estimate from the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget. Annual deficits would jump from $1.8 trillion in 2024 to $2.9 trillion by 2034 as the federal government would continue to spend more than it would raise in revenue, the committee projected." The United States just lost its last perfect credit rating https://www.cnn.com/2025/05/16/business/moody-us-credit

Didn't Trump promise to reduce the debt burden? 😆 "The package would cut taxes deeply – essentially making permanent the sweeping individual income tax provisions of Trump’s 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, as well as adding several temporary tax breaks to fulfill the president’s campaign promises. It also calls for historic cuts to the nation’s safety net – particularly Medicaid and food stamps – in an effort to cut spending. But the tax revenue loss would still swamp the spending reductions. The package would add $3.3 trillion to the nation’s debt over the next decade, according to a preliminary estimate from the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget. Annual deficits would jump from $1.8 trillion in 2024 to $2.9 trillion by 2034 as the federal government would continue to spend more than it would raise in revenue, the committee projected." The United States just lost its last perfect credit rating https://www.cnn.com/2025/05/16/business/moody-us-credit

That's a key issue. If the US withdraws its nuclear protection, the only solution is nuclear proliferation, I.e. countries such as Poland or Germany having their own nukes. The idea of another European country, such as France, extending its nuclear protection to other countries is meaningless. They are all avoiding to face this critical issue.

The EU has no military prerogative....🙂

It's nice to read that Trump's 51st State is a nonsense! 🙂

Says the famous Zeke Gary! 🤣

Keep updated. He's already been 86'd in 2017! 🤣

With the tweet from Matt Gaetz!

Brexiteers will never tell it because there was never a project. Brexit was an act of faith. So they complain the Tories, then Labour, torpedoed Brexit, but they are unable to articulate how it should be, according to them? For example, should it be the low-tax and low-protection, ultra-liberal economics version of Brexit, as touted by the so-called economists for Brexit? Or should it be a more protectionist andvsocial version for people who feel they have been left behind (i.e. in the NE)?

When there's some MAGA BS, you can be sure that Riclag will post it!

I forgot to upload the picture. It's nearly as distinguished as the golden sneakers. Only a MAGA would buy that crap for $640! https://nypost.com/2025/05/14/us-news/rhode-island-man-bummed-out-by-rump-typo-on-640-limited-edition-president-themed-watch-report/

I thought you were joking but it's actually true! https://nypost.com/2025/05/14/us-news/rhode-island-man-bummed-out-by-rump-typo-on-640-limited-edition-president-themed-watch-report/

From studies in developping countries such as India, and for concentrations (found in natural water) which were higher than the concentration applied and monitored for tap water in developped countries. Studies also did not test for other contaminants, which is an issue as water in developing countriesmay be of poor quality on that matter and is often poorly monitored. https://theconversation.com/is-fluoride-really-linked-to-lower-iq-as-a-recent-study-suggested-heres-why-you-shouldnt-worry-247093

But posts were not citing Merriam-Webster and Oxford English, if I remember well.

Have a look at the Wikipedia article.

The meaning from the slang dictionary was already posted by other posters. There was nothing to hide . Yet the article confirms from the beginning that: Eighty-six or 86 is American English slang used primarily in the hospitality industry and sometimes in the military. In the hospitality industry, it is used to indicate that an item is no longer available, traditionally from a food or drinks establishment, or referring to a person or people who are not welcome on the premises. Its etymology is unknown, but the term seems to have been coined in the 1920s or 1930s. Military personnel might use "86" informally to refer to scrapping equipment (e.g., "That old radio got 86'd") or ending a plan or mission (e.g., "The op was 86'd due to bad weather"). It's not an official term in military doctrine or manuals, but it's part of the informal jargon that soldiers, sailors, or airmen might pick up and use, influenced by broader civilian language. So we have Merriam-Webster and Oxford English showing a different meaning than the one touted by RW posters. That was my point.

More MAGA B.S., as usual. 🤣 Eighty-six or 86 is American English slang used primarily in the hospitality industry and sometimes in the military. In the hospitality industry, it is used to indicate that an item is no longer available, traditionally from a food or drinks establishment, or referring to a person or people who are not welcome on the premises. Its etymology is unknown, but the term seems to have been coined in the 1920s or 1930s. Military personnel might use "86" informally to refer to scrapping equipment (e.g., "That old radio got 86'd") or ending a plan or mission (e.g., "The op was 86'd due to bad weather"). It's not an official term in military doctrine or manuals, but it's part of the informal jargon that soldiers, sailors, or airmen might pick up and use, influenced by broader civilian language. The Merriam-Webster dictionary defines the term as to "refuse to serve (a customer)", or to "get rid of" or "throw out" someone or something.[7] The Oxford English Dictionary says it may be used as a noun or verb.[1] As a noun, "In restaurants and bars, an expression indicating that the supply of an item is exhausted, or that a customer is not to be served; also, a customer to be refused service. Also transferred."[1] As a transitive verb derived from the noun, it means "to eject or debar (a person) from premises; to reject or abandon".[1] The OED gives examples of usage from 1933 to 1981;[1] for example, in The Candidate, a media adviser says to Robert Redford's character, "OK, now, for starters, we got to cut your hair and eighty-six the sideburns".[1] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/86_(term)

Absolutely!. The death rate was higher among Trump voters than among Dem voters, after the vaccine was made available. Because more of them vacated the science based universe and believed the antivaxx nutters! https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2021/12/05/1059828993/data-vaccine-misinformation-trump-counties-covid-death-rate https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/covid-19/political-party-affiliation-linked-excess-covid-deaths

I advise you to send your methodological critics to Yale University!🤣

Exactly. As a result, the death rate was higher among Trump voters than among Dem voters, after the vaccine was made available. Because more of them believed the antivaxx nutters! https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2021/12/05/1059828993/data-vaccine-misinformation-trump-counties-covid-death-rate https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/covid-19/political-party-affiliation-linked-excess-covid-deaths

Ridiculous. It was a lie for the gullible by Jim Jordan. He edited Morell's testimony in a tweet (full transcript in the linked document). 🤣 Why is anyone listening to this liar! https://judiciary.house.gov/sites/evo-subsites/republicans-judiciary.house.gov/files/evo-media-document/Morell%20Transcript_Redacted.pdf&ved=2ahUKEwjcu9uD_qSNAxXxTaQEHRgPLJIQFnoECCIQAQ&usg=AOvVaw3q40e_WuRFU8d28vvwd-5E