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candide

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  1. Can't you read? Or are you knowingly changing the meaning of others' posts? I wrote "it starts going back to a more reasonable level", not "has returned to a more normal level". Your percentage is also not accurate, BTW. https://fiscaldata.treasury.gov/americas-finance-guide/federal-spending/#:~:text=Spending Trends Over Time and,the United States that year.
  2. He was connected to Manafort. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oleg_Deripaska#:~:text=On 22 March 2017%2C the,United States%2C starting in 2005.
  3. Same reply as before. The law requires intent. A few documents forgotten somewhere doesn't support an accusation of intent (it doesn't exclude it either but does not support it) The law specifies: "knowingly removes such documents or materials without authority and with the intent to retain such documents or materials". I doubt having a few classified documents scattered here and there can be used to accuse him of such intent! https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/1924
  4. He's not only characterised by what he has done that day.... https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rasmus_Paludan
  5. Not an excuse, a fact which may be relevant as the law specifies that intent is a necessary condition. The law specifies: "knowingly removes such documents or materials without authority and with the intent to retain such documents or materials". I doubt having a few classified documents scattered here and there can be used to accuse him of such intent! https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/1924
  6. A wilfully misleading post 1. The quote has been taken out of context. It doesn't mean what you claim it means https://apnews.com/article/biden-politics-united-states-government-wilmington-merrick-garland-f2384a87dcddbd38796f63e1269c6baf 2. The "60 minutes" interview occurred in September, the documents were found in November.
  7. If European countries want to send Leopard tanks, it must be worth it, i.e. together send 200 or 300 tanks. If It's just about sending 50 tanks, It's not worth the trouble for Germany.
  8. Ok but there are also many Americans who want this to end, but they are held hostage by the gun lobby, gun-friendly morons, crooked politicians, and a conservative biased supreme court.
  9. Jews are usually against racism and discriminations, whoever is concerned, because they have suffered from it in the past. They also know they may well be the next target. A good example is the case of white supremacists who were mainly anti-black and recently also turned antisemitic.
  10. I never said that all wars were just. I said that the weapon industry is always making profits, independently from the fact that a particular war may be just or not. There's not necessarily a causal link. A better example you could have evoked is the war in Irak. It was based on lies and some key actors (ex. Dick Cheney) were obviously compromised with the militaro-industrial complex. It's completely different from the Ukraine case. Actually, several people and countries who are now supporting Ukraine, were against the war in Irak (in particular in Europe, I.e. France)
  11. We'll see what comes up from the investigation. The law specifies: "knowingly removes such documents or materials without authority and with the intent to retain such documents or materials". I doubt having a few classified documents scattered here and there can be used to accuse him of such intent! https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/1924 BTW my personal opinion has always been that Biden is too old for a second mandate (provided another good candidate can be found, of course).
  12. What I indirectly evoked, in case you did not get it: he cannot be accused of obstruction, unlike the guy who should not be named.
  13. Right, But a few documents can easily be lost or forgotten.
  14. It's very easy to understand. They are ready to do and say anything, including lying and cheating, including campaigning against their sexual orientation, etc.... in order to succeed!
  15. The weapon industry makes money. It doesn't mean the cause is not just. For example, the US industry made a lot of money during WW2, does it imply the US was wrong tu support the allies and ultimately make war?
  16. From a legal point of view (and from a fundamental freedom pov), it shouldn't be forbidden to burn any religious book. Having sais that, It's obvious that this guy is a despicable anti-muslim racist, who is surely not guided by enlightenment philosophy.
  17. Right! Six documents! So the total number of documents found is what? 26? Note the full-cooperation demonstrated (very different from the behaviour of who shall not be named): "The FBI found more classified documents at the Wilmington, Delaware, home of President Joe Biden during a consensual search Friday that lasted nearly 13 hours, his personal lawyer and a prosecutor said Saturday evening" https://www.cnbc.com/2023/01/21/search-of-bidens-home-by-doj-finds-6-more-classified-documents.html
  18. To operate beyond the law is usually criminal, isn't it?
  19. Trump news – live: Humiliated Trump withdraws suit against James after $1m fine over ‘frivolous’ Hillary claim https://news.yahoo.com/trump-news-live-humiliated-trump-173604076.html Not me saying! Eh eh! ????
  20. What evidence? You have nothing.
  21. Lol! Another conspiracy theory.Testifying before congress about what?
  22. Are you serious? You don't see the difference between media which are censored (and state controlled on top of it), and media which independence is protected by law? Really?
  23. They don't dare to go after Putin or the Russian army, so they chose this indirect way.
  24. Actually, the group even operates beyond the law in Russia, where private military contractors are officially forbidden.
  25. It's not mainly a question of numbers.
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