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Here we are! 2022 poll: Less than half of Trump voters say losing candidates should concede elections https://news.yahoo.com/2022-poll-less-than-half-of-trump-voters-say-losing-candidates-should-concede-elections-205513021.html

What's the relation to the article I linked?

Interesting article Opinion: The most likely nuclear scenario https://www.cnn.com/2022/09/28/opinions/how-close-putin-nuclear-war-de-bretton-gordon/index.html

Not to mention a fresh injection of people in a declining Russian population (including a one million decline in 2021).

It seems you did not notice it's the member States who made these decisions.

I quite agree with the article you link, which suggested in 2016 that Trump could be similar to other dictators around the globe! ???? That was actually quite predictive of his fascist behaviour: strengthen the law on classified documents in order to apply it to Hilary (he's having a taste of his own medicine now), abuse his power to discredit a political opponent, try to overturn fair and legitimate elections, etc...

It's a recurrent pattern among MAGA folks. They are told they must back their assertions by linking sources, so they tend to link whatever they find by just reading the title, ????

It would be particularly interesting to know how he valued the properties he donated to charity. If a property is worth 10, and you deduct a value of 30 (a 3 times overvaluation seems to be modest, by Trumps standard) , that's 20 net in your pocket. Knowing the Donald, I doubt he could have resisted scamming the IRS. ????

I mean one of the aim of the agricultural subsidies was to maintain a certain level of self-sufficiency or independence. In times of crisis, it may be useful.

Maintaining a large share of agricultural self-sufficiency in Europe has been consistently denigrated over time, in particular in UK. The recent history (Covid and post-Covid) has shown it was not a stupid idea.

Which evidence?

Ok, I misunderstood then. Sorry.

I should have said far-right parties with a significant representation. Which far-right party with a significant representation advocate leaving the EU? Not in France any more, not in Italy any more, not in Germany, not in Spain, not in Austria., maybe in the Netherlands (I haven't recently followed up)....

You wrote: "The heat is off Hungary now. Time for the EU to concentrate on Italy. " Wasn't it an insinuation that the reason why Hungary has been sanctioned was because it was right-wing, and that Italy would enjoy the same fate with a far right government? What did you mean exactly?

European extreme right-wing parties have taken leaving the EU or leaving the eurozone out of their program, including in Italy, after watching how UK was faring. And It's not what the UK is currently experiencing which will change their mind.

No. It's you who have a distorted and biased view about why Hungary was sanctioned.

Why? Does the future Italian government intend to muzzle opposition, to censure the media and control the judiciary? It's not what they have stated so far.

An interesting consequence may be an IRS federal investigation "How would an IRS investigation differ from the New York one? It would be about federal tax laws, in particular. The IRS will be looking for an answer to this question: “Did Trump overstate the valuation of any property he gave to charity?” The New York attorney general is concerned that he did. The possible overvaluation relates to two different properties in Westchester, a county outside of New York City, and in Florida. What is at issue for the IRS is whether Trump correctly claimed the proper deduction, or whether he overstated, in a fraudulent way, the value of what he gave to charity. An overstatement of what he gave away would mean that the former president took a bigger income tax deduction than the one he was entitled to." https://www.marketwatch.com/story/new-yorks-250-million-lawsuit-against-donald-trump-is-the-beginning-not-end-of-this-casea-tax-lawyer-explains-whats-at-stake-11663869825?siteid=yhoof2 More detail about Trumps "donations" here. What a crook! https://www.forbes.com/sites/andrewsolender/2020/10/23/vast-majority-of-trumps-charitable-giving-reportedly-came-from-land-deals/?sh=85764bb610df Expect more witch hunt whining from Trump and MAGA fans...

Biden has been useful to the Dems, and is not very popular any more. He would only win elections against Trump. That says it all.... Depending on the outcomes of his policies, and on the economic context (global inflation will not last forever), he may become more popular towards the end of his mandate. Even in this case, it would be better to have a younger candidate in 2024.

There may be more cases like this one on the frontline. Officers may be more likely to be killed by their own troops who don't want to die, rather than by the enemy.

How does it practically work? Is there a council of U.S. elites telling Biden what to do?

How do you know what is in the diary if it hasn't been published?

Unsurprisingly, there's nothing about your claims in the article. There's nothing about the content of the diary.

Yes, four pillars. Nothing secret about it and it was the UK decision not to accept them. No unexpected surprise. There is a point. The knowledge was available for anyone who cared to know. There are usually also public consultations, various organisations publish white books, etc... About the part of consultations which were not public, the UK participated in it as other member States. Laws, directives and regulation are proposed by the commission, but after discussions and consultations, in particular with the Council (UK was a member if the Council). Laws and regulations apply directly, but Directives must be implemented by a national law (the Directive doesn't cover all aspects of implementation). In brief, there was no way that UK politicians and their staff were not knowledgeable about the EU. It could be that, for example, some MPs have individually not been knowledgeable but the main institutions (I.e. the House, the Government, etc...) were globally quite aware of it

It looks like you are quite uninformed about the energy issue. There is no scarcity of energy in the U.S. and the country is more or less self-sufficient. The problem is that prices are global and not national. So the U.S. government did not cause the higher global prices, they are caused by global demand and supply. Strategic reserves were useful when the U.S. was a net importer, but It's not the case any more, thanks to a policy initiated under the Obama administration. https://www.forbes.com/sites/rrapier/2022/03/08/surprise-the-us-is-still-energy-independent/