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candide

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  1. 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.
  2. Who made a political issue of harmonious acceptance and coexistence between people of different sexual orientation, if not the U.S. right-wing?
  3. 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/
  4. Bar stool talk about a very specialised field of expertise....
  5. 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.
  6. 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.
  7. Based on outdated data from ONS (13 April).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
  8. 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.
  9. 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.
  10. 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
  11. Just one question: do you think there was massive fraud during the 2020 elections and that Trump actually won?
  12. So she was not a Republican because she refused to lie. I agree with your definition of Republican as liar.
  13. 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.
  14. Are you that uninformed or are you just trolling?
  15. So do credit rating companies (my post).
  16. Good question. At least, in Melania's case we know why she's with Trump.
  17. I 'm not going to spend my time searching the Internet for you. They found extra documents, that's fact. If you want details, search for them!
  18. 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.
  19. Meanwhile.... https://countryeconomy.com/ratings
  20. Which mistake have they made in this case? Any evidence of it? Or is it just your imagination?
  21. The content of the documents is irrelevant to some of the potential charges, in particular the obstruction of justice charge. But feel free to give free rein to your imagination about FBI conspiracies.
  22. Duly noted. Stay tuned! BTW, the missing hidden documents have been found.
  23. From the article: "ACE promises that its qualifications will get you into university. They didn't," she said. ????
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