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1 hour ago, JackGats said:

Is that a reason to support a system of legalised misandry that makes every (heterosexual) man liable to blackmail or life-ruining scandal every time they have a tryst? To me it is exactly the opposite.

 

First hey came for Bill Cosby, Epstein, Ron Jeremy, Kelly, Polanski, Woody Allen, Trump ... (the list goes on) ...until one day they ran out of celebrities and came for us. 

 

 

 

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.....

20 minutes ago, BritManToo said:

So in another 3 months, the world can forget about trying to stop climate change 'cos we're all going to die anyway. Good to hear, we can live our lives without further worries.

 

Obviously the Climate Alarmists will just change the end date when it doesn't happen. (like they always do when their bonkers predictions fail)

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/

12 minutes ago, Andrew65 said:

The ex-Soviet bloc countries became NATO allies instead of Soviet /Russian allies, which they found 'threatening', there former-'friends' were now on the side of their enemies.

Whenever we see the history of the Cuban Missile Crisis, and what is never mentioned is that the US had previoulsy placed nuclear missiles in Turkey, in the Soviet's backyard. As I said, most people are completely unaware of that.

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

35 minutes ago, Andrew65 said:

It wasn't NATO's policy for most of the Soviet-bloc to become NATO members...until it was.

I think Putin/Russia feel threatened by NATO expansion. What's NATO's answer to that? Let's make NATO even bigger.

And before I get slagged off for making these comments, I don't believe that the invasion of Ukraine is that different to the 2003 invasion (a 'war of aggression' based on falsehood) in Iraq, where maybe half a million people, many of them innocent, were killed.

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.

4 hours ago, Misty said:

Then there's peachy story, let's see, the Saudis give Jared Kushner, an actual member of the Trump administration and senior advisor to the former president, $2bn for his "investment" fund - why, because Kushner is such a talented investor?  Yeah, right. 

 

"Kushner created his investment firm the day after Trump left the White House in January 2021 and the Saudi government gave it the $2 billion six months later."  https://www.cnbc.com/2022/06/03/house-oversight-investigating-2b-saudi-investment-in-jared-kushners-firm.html

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.

1 hour ago, Chomper Higgot said:

The offer to voluntarily surrender is a deliberate play to avoid being handcuffed and to avoid the ‘Perp Walk’.

 

Trump will then claim he wasn’t arrested.

 

Here’s a thing though.

 

assuming an indictment is issued and assuming Trump voluntarily surrenders.

 

The next step is booking and arraignment.

 

That is an arrest.

 

He’ll stand in front of the booking officer, he’ll be read his rights.

 

His personal details will be recorded.

 

He’ll be fingerprinted and mug shots will be taken.

 

He’ll then be arraigned before a court, the formal charges against him will be read and recorded.

 

He’ll apply for bail.

 

Assuming he’s not charged with any violent crimes, he’ll be granted bail with conditions.

 

Surrender passports, bail bond and house arrest are the most likely outcomes.

 

A trial date will be set.

 

He’ll be processed just like every other person indicted for crimes. 

 

Though with one difference.

 

He’ll make a circus of it, and his supporters will bay at the moon.

 

Expect the press to go to court to have the mug shots released.

 

Don’t expect FOX or NewsMax to petition for the mug shots to be released or publish them when they are.

 

 

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)

33 minutes ago, DudleySquat said:

FBI was given the laptop years ago. They sat on it. If there had been tampering we would have heard about it.   

 

Nice try.

Not so nice try at deflection.

9 hours ago, cncltd1973 said:

the progress China has made recently was from infiltrating and copying, I'm thinking specifically of the wave of Chinese enrollment in Harvard that was part of their gov't program to infiltrate, learn and implement back in China. that happened 10+ years ago, and the reverse engineering and copying that they are actively doing now. do you think they made all this progress in house, in their own universities? Harvard specifically changed criteria because the Chinese were enrolling enmass. their scores for rote memory were better than westerners but they were lacking in EQ and problem solving. whatever they learned in our universities is serving them well now, they are quickly making up for lost time

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

1 hour ago, Tug said:

Now he’s gonna start his crybaby victim spiel and start a grift on his rubes ???? ment to say supporter’s just the thought of his being such a victim makes me want to start bawling and blubbering like a 5 year old who dropped his ice cream cone lmao ???? oh boy tantrum storme inbound 

It was a perfect fine transaction! ????

1 hour ago, sscc said:

 

So called "Globe South" is sick and tired of USA control, and influence. 

Latest turnaround was USA long-time and one of strongest allie  Saudi Arabia -- signing agreement with Iran, long-time USA enemy, few days ago.  

(  ASEANNOW Website did not bother in reporting ) 

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?

17 minutes ago, CG1 Blue said:

Great news.

This is a sure sign that an independent Britain can still be a major player on the world stage, despite what the brexit doomsayers like to tell us. It will create more jobs in Barrow and Derby as well as give a long term economic boost. 

These benefits are in addition to shoring up defences in the Pacific region and letting China know they're not going to have it easy. 

Ok the French are not happy, but c'est la vie...

 

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

4 hours ago, Purdey said:

Understood the term is wrong but he is being accused of something and the prosecutors will try to prove they have a case, so what is he? The Accused? 

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

34 minutes ago, vandeventer said:

Proof, now that's a hard one if you show leftwing media that's proof here.  But if you show rightwing media they take it off as it will never be the truth or proof here, this is sad.

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.

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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

6 hours ago, dotcalm said:

Maybe he did, but was he in office at the time as Biden was? I don't think so.

 

And, were talking CCP (Chinese Communist Party), and NOT private/state CN companies.

 

You got nothing. Show me where Trump received payment from the CCP.

LOL

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

5 minutes ago, placeholder said:

You have to keep in mind that MAGA members live in oppositeworld. So to them, an "emphatic no" means a "resounding yes".

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