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Right-wing gun fan's arguments for defending Hunter Biden! Eh eh!

Alternatively, the police will use the files that it has on them, their family and their connections. The army tried to investigate the Thai police after the coup, as it was perceived as pro-Thaksin. Then the police arrested an army general for human trafficking. The message was well received by the army and the investigation into the police was terminated.

On the one hand, increasing interests rate may lead to recession, one the other hand it tends to reduce inflation. Well, at least in the EU. "Inflation in Europe drops to lowest level since Russia invaded Ukraine" https://edition.cnn.com/2023/06/01/economy/europe-inflation-drop-ukraine-war/index.html There is an obvious issue of fine tuning there.

Some critics may not like it, but the public (you know, the people who actually pay to see a movie) seem to like it. More precisely: - it remains that the website has been massively trolled by right-wing racists, - a claim was made that live action remakes are not good for Dysney's business, and in particular the little mermaid. Fact is that the box office numbers are quite good for these movies, including the little mermaid. It shows it was a lame claim.

There is a right-wing review bombing campaign which is exactly that: artificially influence the ratings in a negative ways. Rating should be written by people who have actually watched the movie, not by trolls. Every board, forum or website is applying measures to avoid being massively trolled. Meanwhile, the movie started quite well at the box-office, so it means people like it.

They are actually doing quite well with their live action remakes, including the little mermaid which made an impressive start. https://screenrant.com/disney-live-action-remakes-movies-box-office/#the-little-mermaid-2023

Actually Derkach was even deprived of citizenship. https://babel.ua/en/news/89191-zelensky-deprived-the-citizenship-of-ukraine-of-lawmakers-victor-medvedchuk-taras-kozak-renat-kuzmin-and-andriy-derkach

According to the article it comes from Ukraine, probably from his pro-Russia friends (ex. Derkach) who have been sanctioned in the U.S. and in Ukraine. No wonder even Barr did not accept it. "Ukraine's main domestic security agency said on Friday it had uncovered a Russian spy network involving Ukrainian lawmaker Andriy Derkach who was previously accused by the United States of being a Russian agent." https://www.devdiscourse.com/article/law-order/2085889-ukraine-accuses-us-sanctioned-lawmaker-of-working-for-russia?amp "Zelensky deprived the citizenship of Ukraine of lawmakers Victor Medvedchuk, Taras Kozak, Renat Kuzmin and Andriy Derkach" https://babel.ua/en/news/89191-zelensky-deprived-the-citizenship-of-ukraine-of-lawmakers-victor-medvedchuk-taras-kozak-renat-kuzmin-and-andriy-derkach I knew that coming from Giuliani it could only be a scam

Oh, I did not pay attention to that. I guess it comes from the Russian operative (Derkach) Giuliani has been in contact with. The guy has been excluded from the Ukrainian Parliament for his pro-Russia stance. https://www.devdiscourse.com/article/law-order/2085889-ukraine-accuses-us-sanctioned-lawmaker-of-working-for-russia?amp Also sanctioned in the US. https://archive.kyivpost.com/ukraine-politics/us-cracks-down-on-russian-linked-friends-of-rudy-giuliani.html So definitely a Giuliani scam that even Barr did not accept.

That's why nobody believed it was not fake: it came from Giuliani, known for spreading Russian disinformation (and later for being a main promoter of the Big Lie). Giuliani has zero credibility. As about MSM, as recalled already many times, they were not given the content of the laptop. Only the right-wing biased NYPost got it at that time.

The US debt ratio on GDP is not very good, as it is around twice the debt/GDP ratio of Germany, but is at the same level as UK. Moreover, Biden's USA is still trusted by financial markets as it is rated AAA, (while UK is rated AA-). Practically, it means USA is paying lower interest rates for its debt than most other countries.

The contrast is illuminating indeed! A Q1 growth rate which is 11 times higher than UK is considered as low in Biden's USA, while 0.1% is considered as a remarkable achievement in Brexited UK.. That says it all! "In the first quarter of 2023 US real GDP expanded at an annualised rate of 1.1%, according to the initial estimate from the Bureau of Economic Analysis—down significantly from 2.6% growth in the fourth quarter of 2022." https://www.eiu.com/n/us-gdp-growth-slows-sharply-in-the-first-quarter/

Moreover: "The document has origins in a tranche of documents that Rudy Giuliani provided to the Justice Department in 2020, people briefed on the matter said." ???? https://edition.cnn.com/2023/05/31/politics/christopher-wray-congress-contempt/index.html

To be noticed: ???? "The document has origins in a tranche of documents that Rudy Giuliani provided to the Justice Department in 2020, people briefed on the matter said."

A well-crafted sentence!

Also from this very interesting article: "It’s looking increasingly likely the Bank will have to ratchet up interest rises again to crush inflation. Economists think there’s a chance Bailey and co will revert to the 50 basis point speed at the next MPC meeting on 22 June. Markets think the eventual rate peak will be 5.5 per cent. Reaching such a level would put a recession back on the table, one that is perhaps needed to kill off price rises." So It doesn't contradicts the OP.

January growth followed by a fall in March so Q1 growth rate is 0.1%. It's not bad but nothing to bragg about. "The first quarterly estimate of UK real gross domestic product (GDP) shows that the economy increased by 0.1% in Quarter 1 (Jan to Mar) 2023. Monthly estimates published today (12 May 2023) show that GDP fell by 0.3% in March 2023, following an increase of 0.5% in January 2023 (revised up from 0.4% in the previous publication) and no growth in February 2023." https://www.ons.gov.uk/economy/grossdomesticproductgdp/bulletins/gdpfirstquarterlyestimateuk/januarytomarch2023

This is going to be good! I can't wait for the primaries to watch Republican candidates virtually lynching each other!

It seems that someone accumulated a valuable experience to head a conservative dating app! ???? Quote from the article: "Months before the 2020 election, Mr. McEntee, now the head of a dating app for conservatives, and a deputy sought to overhaul the government’s hiring process. They developed what became known by some officials as “the loyalty test” — a new questionnaire for government hires that asked such questions as “What part of Candidate Trump’s campaign message most appealed to you and why?”

This is incoherent. If Trump had documents which could incriminate the FBI, he would have given them to his pal Durham, instead of hiding them.

Actually, the current drugs are more in an evolution path starting with alcohol for partying and then adopting also more potent drugs for more partying. Smoking weed was rather an alternative to drinking. That's maybe one reason why people who despised weed smoking where often to find among alcohol drinkers.

From one nutter cult to another nutter cult.....

If the stepping stone effect has been a reality (only to some extent) when we were younger, this is probably not the case any more. The hippie time is over.. Young people are often going directly to chemical "club" drugs, and it's a different type of people and environment from the weed consumption related ones. I.e. people who smoke weed usually don't go dancing until the end of the night. Thailand is a very good example. There are more drugs around than foreign people may perceive among young Thai people (at least among party goers): yaba, exstasy, ketamine, etc... They didn't start by smoking weed and are usually not interested in it: only alcohol and chemical drugs (usually both).

Somehow, I understand them. Trump is doing it, so (in their mind), why not do it too!

Me stupid! I thought it was because the main character was a kind of trans women/fish! ????