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Germany falls into recession as inflation hits economy
candide replied to Social Media's topic in World News
Actually, It's a noticeable achievement that Germany succeeded in switching from 60% dependence on Russian Gaz to 0%. Few countries would have been able to manage this transition as well as Germany, while keeping public debt at a low level. You are laughing about ratings? Really? You forgot that these ratings determine the interest rate when a government borrows money. So Germany has not only a dept/GDP ratio which is around half of UK's debt/GDP ratio, but Germany also pays significantly lower interest rates than UK. -
Trump Calls On DeSantis To Stop 'Woke' Disney In Flip-Flop On Feud
candide replied to onthedarkside's topic in World News
Who made a political issue of harmonious acceptance and coexistence between people of different sexual orientation, if not the U.S. right-wing? -
Trump Calls On DeSantis To Stop 'Woke' Disney In Flip-Flop On Feud
candide replied to onthedarkside's topic in World News
Thanks to a right-wing review bombing campaign. However: "Despite critics being split over Disney’s live-action take on The Little Mermaid, audiences have made the film one of the biggest movies of the year after just three days on release. " https://movieweb.com/the-little-mermaid-review-bombing-imdb-issue-warning-fans-to-make-their-own-mind-up/ -
Bar stool talk about a very specialised field of expertise....
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Thailand's Election Commission Probes Pitha's ITV Shares
candide replied to webfact's topic in Thailand News
Is it worth discussing the legal technicalities of the case? The decision will be political and the EC will do what it's told to do, as before. However, it is not so obvious what the political decision will be, considering that the establishment has lost most of its popular support. The "good people" of Bangkok have voted MF. This is the first time in the recent history of Thailand. When it was about Thaksin, the establishment could always rely on the support from the Bangkok middle-class, and from bureaucrats (in particular against red Issan buffaloes). They supported the 2006 coup, the 2010 repression, as well as the 2014 coup. Now It's over! There's nearly no one to follow someone like Suthep in the streets of Bangkok, no one to greet tanks with flowers and smiles. -
Me stupid! I thought the House of Commons economists and the IMF economists were intelligent people as they regularly use comparisons between G7 countries. Anyway, even if you exclude the non-European G7 countries, UK is still second worst.
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Based on outdated data from ONS (13 April). From ONS, based on the latest revised data (12 May): Quote: "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 (Figure 1). This follows growth of 0.1% in the previous quarter. The level of quarterly GDP in Quarter 1 2023 is now 0.5% below its pre-coronavirus (COVID-19) level (Quarter 4 2019)." https://www.ons.gov.uk/economy/grossdomesticproductgdp/bulletins/gdpfirstquarterlyestimateuk/januarytomarch2023
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An intelligent person would compare different countries, such as the G7 countries, and find out that UK is second worst after Germany in G7. C9mpared to Germany, such a person would also find out that UK has still not recovered pre-pandemic level, and also that UK is rated AA-, while Germany is rated AAA.
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Germany falls into recession as inflation hits economy
candide replied to Social Media's topic in World News
Why do you feel you need to compare UK only with the current worst case? UK is only second worst after Germany in G7. UK is also rated AA- while Germany is rated AAA. -
Germany falls into recession as inflation hits economy
candide replied to Social Media's topic in World News
He did. As Obama and Biden did before him. Obama tells EU to do more to cut reliance on Russian gas (2014) https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-eu-summit-idUSBREA2P0W220140326 Biden Calls Nord Stream 2 Pipeline ‘Bad Deal For Europe’ (2016) https://www.rferl.org/a/biden-nord-stream-2-pipeline-bad-deal-for-europe/27945891.html -
You have no idea of what defines the status of a theory. A theory remains a theory until it is refuted by empirical observations. Once refuted, it is not any more a valid theory, ex. the earth is flat is not any more a theory. While the evolution theory has not been refuted so far, the creation theory has long been refuted by empirical observations in biology, geology, etc... So it is not even a theory any more. It is lying, with the flat earth theory, in the graveyard of dead theories. There is no scientific debate about the creation theory any more. It's dead.
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Germany falls into recession as inflation hits economy
candide replied to Social Media's topic in World News
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Well, if you want to satisfy your curiosity about each and every aspect of this case, I'm afraid you need to spend time with our friend Google. Of course, the content of the documents may be an added bonus. However, they wouldn't need it for an obstruction of justice charge. The obstruction-related statute carries the strongest sentence of a fine and a maximum 20 years in jail for each offense.
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Germany falls into recession as inflation hits economy
candide replied to Social Media's topic in World News