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My dental implants and bone grafts came from Switzerland. I don't care what my dentist uses, I did not buy it. Yes, if there was a medical prosthesis only made in the US, I would avail myself of it. BUT, you think you are the only guys in the world that can make stuff? The Chinese make EV's better and cheaper than you do. 40% of the tractors used by American farmers are Kubota.

How much do you think the debt will be reduced with tax cuts, and American exports being boycotted?

Er - drill baby drill is not really a path to slowing global warming. Nor is tariffs on Chinese EV's. I certainly won't knowingly be buying anything made in the USA while there's a felon in the White House.

The Muskrats have probably never heard of institutional memory. Any savings they achieve will be wiped out by having to hire back the people they have fired as consultants, and the accidents they will cause with their indiscriminate firings. Chernobyl cost an estimated $700 billion to clean up, ineffectively. Fukushima cost $180 billion. That's the sort of money that is needed when nuclear accidents are involved.

How many Australian items have you picked up from Tops? Be specific. What makes you think Tops would be a purveyor of fine food? I guess Fray Bentos is about your speed.

On the statistical sample of one Australian meat pie from Tops, you have concluded Australia has no culture, and is the sphincter of the world? That's quite an extrapolation. We certainly get enough people trying to emigrate to Australia, to get away from worse lives elsewhere. The wealthy Chinese and Indians love Australia. Has it occurred to you we would send our mass-produced food and wine overseas, and keep the best for ourselves?

If life in Russia is so great, why are alcoholism and crime spiking since the invasion? https://jamestown.org/program/russia-faces-spike-in-crime-and-alcoholism-as-war-nears-two-year-mark/#:~:text=Russia's war against Ukraine has,and mirroring Soviet-era trends.&text=The spike in alcoholism correlates,2023%2C the highest since 2011. You obviously have never had a steak and onion pie from Bertoldo's Bakery in Griffith.

Russia has already lost. An economy in ruins. 87 men to 100 women. You think any Western bank or foreign company will ever put capital or technology into Russia again? There's only China, which has its own problems. Any help it gives Russia will have a hefty price tag. You think Boeing and Airbus will say all is forgiven, we don't care you seized our aircraft? Dream on.

Russians are paying a steep price for electing Putin. 21% interest rates as just one example. The price for electing Trump is like a train coming down the tunnel.

Try telling that to the families who have lost their breadwinners to a meat grinder. How many Russians have dachas? Then take a look at average Russian life expectancy. It is ten years less than Australia.

You obviously know very little about Russian demographics, and the Russian economy. They are both on the wrong side of history.

I can see you as a Chinese doormat.

Doesn't matter. My point is Russians are not living in a democracy.

Anyone cheering for the Russians should try living in their country, subject to their laws and living standards.

I don't take any notice of a hair toss. When a woman pushes her boobs against my arm - different story.

There are some seriously sick people on this thread, that think Russia winning is a good thing.

Nothing to do with the question in your OP.

Russia is murdering Ukrainians. With everything Putin can muster. Bombs, bullets, artillery, missiles. It is brandishing nukes. AFAIK China is not murdering the civilians of any other countries. It's not brandishing nukes. Perhaps the distinction eludes the OP.

It's like me with the Red Phoenix threads.

Nobody ever seems to consider the fact the 72 virgins also have 72 mothers-in-law. IME virgins are way overrated, give me an experienced woman who enjoys shagging every time.

I think I look at some threads because deep down, I am a masochist.

IMO the OP has fallen off the wagon so often he should put on a Michelin Man suit, to save himself from bruising. It would also help when he jumps to conclusions.

I have no preferences as to where I die. Although there will probably be more people mourning my passing in Thailand. Dead is dead.

My mistake, I thought annuities stopped on death, with nothing going to the estate.

I am claiming Waitz and Hegseth both served in the National Guard. While Hegseth was deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan, it was not in a combat role. Describing him as a combat vet is stretching the truth beyond breaking point, quite a normal experience with your posts.