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19 minutes ago, Orac said:
Were these tariffs not instituted after the US won its case against UK/EU for breaking WTO rules on state funding for Airbus?
Right! I can imagine discussions between UK and the US: "tax French wine and German cars, but not British Whisky! ????
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For China haters, another interesting article about Snowden.
https://www.newyorker.com/news/evan-osnos/why-china-let-snowden-go
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2 minutes ago, Pattaya Spotter said:
Again...do you know the difference between civil and criminal charges? Any businessman of Trumps stature is likely going to be involved in numerous civil actions, brought by both private and public plaintiffs, on all sorts of matters. However, criminal charges are an entirely different and more serious matter...again for which the President has NEVER been charged (despite how much some people may wish he was); because there has to be actual evidence of a crime and not just wild speculation in the media and online that crimes have occured.
Ok.
Let's just call him 'dishonest' instead of 'criminal', for now.
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4 hours ago, Pattaya Spotter said:But how many of these people would be dead anyway from non-Covid related reasons because of old age or other serious underlying health conditions?
It's very easy to check as the number of excess deaths is known. Actually, the number of excess deaths is higher than the number of registered covid-19 deaths. The number,beer of covid-19 death is underestimated.
For example, on July 13, there was 149,200 excess deaths in the US, to compare with 135,425 official covid-19 deaths.
https://www.ft.com/content/a2901ce8-5eb7-4633-b89c-cbdf5b386938
So, as the NYT suggests, it is quite likely that the true number is already close to 200,000.
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/08/12/us/covid-deaths-us.html
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4 minutes ago, Pattaya Spotter said:
Would that be because anything you would post would be untrue...because Donald J. Trump has never been charged in a criminal case?
Just two examples....
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It is highly farsical to see Trumpers (for whom China is a key target) now praising Snowden, after he leaked how the US was spying China. As a result, China removed Cisco equipment from its network, thus depriving the US from valuable intelligence. It also had a negative impact on the US IT industry.
https://www.infoworld.com/article/2608141/snowden--the-nsa-planted-backdoors-in-cisco-products.html
On top of it, Snowden provided valuable intelligence information to China (and also to Russia).
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-33125068
It's not surprising that Snowden has been initially protected by both China and Russia...... And now by Trump?
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1 hour ago, shdmn said:
Funny how these "hey look over there, see those dirty illegal immigrants commin to take yer jaabs" stories always come out when there are negative Brexit stories bubbling up into the main stream.
It's even more funny to know that UK law directly derives from having signed the Geneva convention as a country (not as EU member State). On top of it, after leaving the EU, it will likely not benefit any more from the Dublin regulation and will not have the right to send back refugees to the country of entry into the EU.
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Biden choosing Kamala Harris as VP has nothing to do with China. Is it difficult to understand?
If you want to debate about China, use a thread related to China, such as this one:
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4 minutes ago, Pattaya Spotter said:
If liberals and Democrat Party types want to enrich Trump's former lawyer and a convicted felon by buying his book...let them.
Naah! There's a friendly bay where pirates like to shore and it will be found there, same as Bolton's and Mary's books.
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22 minutes ago, rcummings said:Funny. It has just been discovered that In 2019 the Republican led Senate Intelligence committee sent a bipartisan criminal referral to the Justice Dept. It cited Steve Bannon, Donald Trump Jr. Jared Kushner, Paul Manafort and Hope Hicks about possible lying in testimony in reference to the investigation of Russian interference in the 2016 elections.
Interesting
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8 hours ago, rooster59 said:That’s just the beginning, I would imagine
Yes, you imagine!
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2 hours ago, Tippaporn said:Trump has got to be the most scrutinized President ever. And after almost four years nothing incriminating has been found. Now when conservatives claim that the Bidens were crooked in (at least) the Ukraine all the libs yell, "conspiracy theory," "it's been debunked," "there's no evidence," etc., etc., etc. Yet here they are, claiming Trump is crooked while showing zero evidence (at least there's evidence re the Bidens). So by the libs' own standards and definitions are they not now nothing more than conspiracy theorists?
You had a lot of push back to your post, Baerboxer, for pointing out the truth. Double standards, hypocrisy, changing the goal posts, changing values to fit their needs . . . it's all in abundant display here. LOL
As you stated, they hated Cohen until they loved him. The loved Comey until they hated him. They loved Hillary until they just wanted her to shut up and go away. Sentiments and values that change as the wind changes.
B.S. From his past association with Trump we all know Cohen for what he is. A crook! Nobody "loves" him.
However, having been of Trump's main associate crook for years, he may have a few juicy stories to tell.
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6 hours ago, Baerboxer said:Hilary just can't accept that the American people rejected her for the evil corrupt person she is. She can't play the race card so she plays the feminist card. "It's because I'm a woman" - no sweetie, it's because your evil and got seen through!
"Clinton, a Democrat, lost in the electoral college to U.S. President Donald Trump in 2016 despite receiving more votes than him nationwide."
Same with Reuters. They always trip this old chestnut out. Somebody should explain the Electoral College system to them and tip them off that the US is a Republic not an absolute democracy. Same old same old tosh.
Whatever the merits of the US electoral system may be, the " American people" did not reject her.
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6 hours ago, Baerboxer said:
You typify the sentiments and judgments of most, if not all, left wing sympathizers.
When Cohen was working for Trump the left pilloried him - lying, untrustworthy, can't believe anything he says.
Now he's trying to make money by "revealing" stories, he's suddenly Mr. Honest whose words can be trusted.
Left wing of politics - double standards, hypocrisy, u-turns and do as we say not as we do, in abundance.
No, no! We all know he's a crook! He was a close Trump's associate, so it leaves no doubt about it.
So it's a crook's word against another crook's word.
Ok, let's be honest and assume that the odds that he may tell the truth are only 50%. ????
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54 minutes ago, Opl said:I have done more for WOMEN than just about any President in HISTORY! As we celebrate the 100th Anniversary of women’s voting rights, we should build a BEAUTIFUL STATUE in Washington D.C. to honor the many brave women who made this possible for our GREAT COUNTRY...It reminds me of a movie!????
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1 hour ago, RobFord said:She’s bought and sold and now finds herself humiliated beyond believe. Maybe the revised prenuptial agreement she forced Trump to sign in order to get her into the WH after the Storm Daniels <deleted> hit the fan allows it, but I doubt it.
I’ve no sympathy for her what’s so ever. Live with it.Right! Her love cannot be betrayed as there wasn't any.
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10 hours ago, timendres said:
Last I checked, Congress approves the budget, as well as the borrowing.
Right! When Trump introduced tax cuts, there was a GOP majority at the House.
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A good account of the whole story which shows all 'suspected' flaws.
https://edition.cnn.com/2020/08/11/business/red-bull-heir-intl-hnk-dst/index.html
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2 hours ago, OZinPattaya said:
Common ground with the CCP. Good luck with that. That does seem to be the strategy of Britain and Europe: To cherish a false and utterly deluded hope of "compromising" with the CCP while secretly, and in most cowardly fashion, depending on the might of America to rescue the Western world as Britain and Europe do absolutely nothing in the meantime, besides cower behind their "woke" and globalist sentimentality.
Countries like Poland REMEMBER what it was like to live under a communist, far-left regime, so it should come as no surprise that they are reluctant to embrace all this sanguine multiculturalist rigmarole. No surprise that they should cherish their independence and their sovereignty. If that makes them "proto-dictatorships"--a typical example of leftist hyperbole--then more power to 'em!
When you have no rational argument, you distort other people's words. Pathetic.
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What a coward!
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25 minutes ago, kingdong said:national newspapers write and report what their owners tell them too.
You very conveniently avoid any fact with the usual conspiracy theory.
According to your own government (HRMC), about your fav option:
"The latest static estimate for the annual administrative burden on UK businesses from additional import and export declarations is £7.5 billion – updated to reflect 2017 data – with import declarations accounting for around half of this figure. The £7.5 billion estimates the administrative burden of completing customs declarations for all EU trade in goods movements."
That's nearly as much as UK net contribution to EU.
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13 hours ago, RayC said:Why on earth would any of the 27 EU states want to join 5 states with whom they have ever-loosely economic ties and very few historical links? (I think that France has given up the fight for Quebec).
In any event, a larger grouping containing Australia, Canada, NZ and the UK already exists - the Commonwealth - and it's influence on the world stage is close to zero.
On top of it, There's already a FTA with Canada and it's underway with Australia and NZ.
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If it's true that China doesn't want Trump being elected, it doesn't make sense to hack infrastructure. They only have to do nothing and let Biden win.
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43 minutes ago, Rookiescot said:
33 minutes ago, transam said:Via the EU and the help of France.....????
"At the same time, since mid-2018, there has been a significant rise in non-EU migration. This is likely to reflect labour market pressures, with the fall in EU work-related migration leading to shortages in some sectors and occupations, which have in part been filled by non-EU migrants. This substitution was facilitated by government policy, with the cap on Tier 2 visas for non-EU migrants (that is, relatively skilled or highly paid workers) being relaxed, particularly for those coming to work in the NHS, in late 2018, when it became apparent that enforcing the existing cap would further aggravate existing recruitment issues."
https://ukandeu.ac.uk/immigration-between-the-referendum-and-brexit/
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UK steps up plans to tackle migrant Channel crossings with new commander
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A short article which clearly summarises related legal aspects.