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Average Canadian IQ is 99,25. Average US IQ is 97.43. I guess that sorts out who are the bigger d!ckheads.

Links are for people who have facts to back them up.

Most of the US contributions to Ukraine have been obsolete and redundant equipment which was slated to be scrapped. The notion Zelensky is piling up cash from America is ridiculous. OTOH, Trump milked the American taxpayer for $240 million by playing golf over 300 times in his last term. His son in law Kushner received $2 billion from the Saudis. Talk about straining at a gnat, and swallowing a camel.

Given you also spread lies and misinformation, it must be galling to get a dose of your own medicine.

IMO the only way to explain Trump's behavior towards Putin and Russia is blackmail. Putin is ex-KGB, and they were expert at setting honey traps, getting people in compromising positions. It must be something that is so embarrassing, criminal or humiliating that even Trump's tarnished reputation would not survive the fallout in America. It may be explicable by his admiration of dictators, but I think it goes deeper than that.

There is a scientific basis for acupuncture. It works for some muscle injuries, not for others. I have not heard of it causing harm when done by a qualified practitioner, although infection and organ puncture are possible with unskilled people.

I beg to differ. Inter Express has delivered goods without notifying me, partially thawed.

Noted you did not answer my question. Good. Because when Trump's tariffs and Musk's mass layoffs leave you and other Trump voters squealing over your soaring cost of living, without effective government help, it will be karma. Did you vote for that too? Because that's what you are getting.

Said tinpot nation supplies 50% of America's oil, and a considerable amount of electricity to the northeastern corridor. I would like to see every other nation hit the US with reciprocal tariffs. Bullies only understand one response, a smack in the mouth.

IIRC it was Stalin who said Communism is not a good fit for Poland. Too individualistic. In fact, the Solidarity movement there was probably the first crack in the Soviet monolith. Maybe Putin has not forgotten or forgiven.

Zelensky wants peace, all right. However, he does not want it at the cost of turning his country over to Putin. Tell me, if someone invaded your country, would you resist, or become a doormat?

When you are 10 yo. a year seems to last forever. 10% of the life span. When you are 50, 2%. You're right, they are wooshing by. It's interesting Canadians refer to their First Nations in the same ironic tone we do. Americans don't bother, they use Native American.

Kubota has over 90% market share in Thailand, locally manufactured. In 2023, the US imported $19 billion worth of tractors, with Kubota one of the leading suppliers. The FTC has taken action against Kubota for falsely labeling imported replacement parts as made in USA. Uninformed as usual.

Which is complete and utter BS, because Kooris are tribes, not nations. Before the Sydney Olympics, the city elders paid lucrative incentives for Kooris in Redfern to move to Wilcannia, hoping to avoid racial friction. When the city dwellers moved there, Wilcannia became a war zone. AFAIK it still is, steel doors and bars on every window in town when I was there 5 years ago.

AFAIK we ban hate speech in Oz. OTOH, we don't have to train our schoolkids how to avoid getting shot, we don't have mass shootings at regular intervals, and we don't have the world's highest prison population. Perhaps you don't agree that's more important than free speech, which would not surprise me.

When someone cannot read a brief of more than one A4 page, there is something wrong with their attention span. Trump brought Vance to the meeting because he did not feel confident he could browbeat Zelensky on his own. Vance was there to fire the bullets for him.

I agree their food is good. However, a word of caution. IME the delivery company they use is expensive, and I have found food partially thawed, when the courier failed to notify me it was being delivered.

I can't waggle my ears, so I guess that's out.

The term is Kooris, you ignorant Pom. Abos went out with bustles.

America has not been competitive for more than 50 years. It used to make half the world's steel, now it makes one-tenth of what China does. China has 48,000 km of high speed rail. America has 80 km. John Froelich invented the first gasoline - powered tractor in Iowa, back in 1892. The fact Kubota has 40% of market share for tractors in America says it all.

When I say exactly the same thing, and post the same data, it results in ad hominem attacks from you. Are you schizophrenic AI? How would you know you are not?

I have been in both places. Texans take longer to say something.

Or he can stay in NATO, and drag his feet when push gets to shove. He certainly wants the same dictatorial powers as Putin or Kim.

Well, we certainly don't want to talk through our noses, like Americans do. It baffles me why the thread title is any way connected to the subject matter, although I suppose bigots can forge anchor chains out of gossamer. I omitted a "w" somewhere there.

I doubt Zelensky will be coming back, he realizes Trump is selling him out to Russia. He will focus on marshaling support in Europe. IMO the EU is smart enough to know if Ukraine loses, they are next. The ANZUS treaty, signed in 1951, includes New Zealand. Do you think Trump will be coming to defend you?