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It's not comparable at all. Trump is not being investigated for sex crime.

And some people are arguing that NATO was a threat to Russia.....

Bonkers predictions? ???? The current climate change is following the forecasts made during the early 2000's Study Confirms Climate Models are Getting Future Warming Projections Right https://climate.nasa.gov/news/2943/study-confirms-climate-models-are-getting-future-warming-projections-right/

Turkey, that was during the 60's. It has nothing to do with the post-Soviet NATO policy.

It's impressive how he fought the swamp by being pro-big business, i.e. by giving tax cuts to the rich.... not to mention his shameless nepotism.

NATO was not a threat to Russia. There was no intent to attack or threaten Russia. Putin is a sore loser. He cannot accept this simple fact: no European country wants to be associated with Russia. One reason being that he failed to develop his country and Russia has no soft power. Another is that they have suffered from Russian (and Soviet) imperialism in the past The Iraq war was different but it doesn't really matter. Everybody would agree with you that it was not a "good war". It was a scam war. Even at that time, several NATO countries were against it (ex. France). Both invasions are horrendous.

There isn't any NATO policy to put nukes near Russia borders. Currently there are U.S. nukes only in Belgium, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, and Turkey, plus France and UK have their own nukes. Apart from Turkey, they are not close to Russia, I.e. not in Poland, Hungary, Baltic states, etc...

An obvious conflict of interest. I guess the GOP committee has now buried the investigation. They seem to focus only on non-conflict of interest cases.

He's already starting the circus. This is going to be entertaining! ???? “THE FAR & AWAY LEADING REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE & FORMER PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, WILL BE ARRESTED ON TUESDAY OF NEXT WEEK. PROTEST, TAKE OUR NATION BACK!,” https://nypost.com/2023/03/18/donald-trump-says-he-will-be-arrested-tuesday/ (Sorry mod for the caps, that's the original text)

By Marco Polo, founded by Garrett Ziegler, a 26-year-old former Trump White House aide! ????

He's trolling

Not so nice try at deflection.

They have relied extensively on copying western technology, but have also significantly improved their domestic R&D capabilities. They have followed a path which is similar to Japan or SK, and now have reached the domestic innovation stage in many domains. On top of it, there are many people, so it's not that difficult to extract enough top scientists and engineers from such a mass of people. Not to mention a captive market which is huge enough to make investment profitable. t's just a question of time and they are fast.

Tucker Carlson on Tuesday gave viewers an economical snapshot of two of his biggest lies. “Jan. 6, I think, is probably second only to the 2020 election as the biggest scam in my lifetime,” the Fox News host said. ???? https://news.yahoo.com/tucker-carlson-packages-2-biggest-125955212.html

Unlike the US, Europe kept its banks on a tight rein post-2008. That was smart http://edition.cnn.com/2023/03/15/economy/european-bank-rules-svb/index.html

It was a perfect fine transaction! ????

A fishy funding by Putin's friends! Quelled surprise! ????

To be free of control and influence is not really achievable for many countries which are not powerful enough. Then the issue is which is the "least bad" influence. What is worse, to be under U.S. influence, or to be under Chinese influence?

"Can still be.." "....despite..." well, It's not all bad then!

That's how it is in a Grand Jury. Nothing specific to Trump's case.

All big Chinese firms are directly or indirectly controlled by the CCP. So how many U.S. companies have received money from the "CCP"? Pages in category "Government-owned companies of China" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 395 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Government-owned_companies_of_China Ex. A Aero Engine Corporation of China Agricultural Bank of China Air China Air China Cargo Aircraft Maintenance and Engineering Corporation Aluminum Corporation of China Limited Ampleon Angang Steel Ansteel Group Aviation Industry Corporation of China

Lol! The whole country is controlled by the CCP! Storm in a teacup! You have nothing.

I know, but I found the linked article quite informative.

As usual, they have nothing. It's not forbidden to make business with Chinese.companies. Trump also did, BTW.

There are different issues: - the laptop. As you mention, they have admitted it was his laptop, - the files. They may or may not be his, or all of them may not be his files, as there is no guarantee there was no tampering. And not admissible in court as there was a breach of chain custody. - even in the case the files were his, these files don't show any criminal activity by Hunter. They also don't implicate Joe as he was not a shareholder of the JV project discussed in the email. The NYPost has kept a copy of the laptop content for 2 gears, and nothing else has come up yet. "There were two supposed “smoking guns” about Joe Biden that conservatives touted in the materials. The first was an email the Post called a “blockbuster,” in which an executive at the Ukrainian gas company Burisma thanked Hunter for the “opportunity to meet your father” in 2015. If you’re steeped in Trumpworld lore, this was damning because of the theory that Biden had the corrupt prosecutor general of Ukraine fired to benefit Burisma, and Biden had said he knew nothing about Hunter’s Ukrainian work, but look, a meeting! (Apparently, it was a dinner at Cafe Milano that Hunter had organized, with about a dozen people.) This appears to amount to Vice President Biden seemingly going to one dinner. The second involved a business venture that Hunter tried to set up with a Chinese energy tycoon in 2017 (after Joe Biden was no longer vice president). One email mentions that the equity split would include “10 held by H for the big guy ?” A former business partner of Hunter’s named Tony Bobulinski came forward to claim “the big guy” was Joe Biden. But a subsequent email from Hunter says his “Chairman” gave him “an emphatic no,” and a further email clarifies that the chairman is his dad." https://www.vox.com/22992772/hunter-biden-laptop