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First off, this committe was formed to investigate the Jan 6 insurrection. So accusing them of thinking about Trump is bizarre. Especially claiming that Trump "apparently is all they think about." Other possible felons have been names and the level of their involvement has also exhaustively been examined. As for the Justice Dept inventing a reason to indict him, sometimes the level of ignorance about the possible charges against Trump reaches a truly astonishing level.

Trump, who engaged in the most vitriolic and nasty rhetoric of any American President, offered a vision "of positivity and hope for a better future"? It's clear that you're reporting from Oppositeworld.

Political reported it because it was news. They didn't endorse the views of these people. That this information which various Republican operatives had for months, was only released toward the end of the elections. And Giuliani refused to release data that could confirm the provenance of these emails. And no respectable news source would release this information without first doing a scrupulous investigation. The seasoned reporter that the New York Post assigned to write up this story refused precisely because of the Post's lax, or rather, non-existent, standards.

Why? Do those 95 trade deals signify that there will be an increase in trade for the UK? They're just rehashes. It was the possibility of trade deals with countries that didn't have them with the EU that has been hyped by supporters of Brexit. . And it turns out the amount to very little. Even if the UK concludes a trade deal with the United States, a government report has pointed out that it also will make very little difference to the UK's GDP. There is no making up in trade elsewhere for what the UK has lost in Brexit.

Actually, it was the government's view. And which of those agreements is anything but a continuation of the deals the UK had with other countries when it was a member of the EU?

This is, of course, nonsense. It was anti vaxxers who consistently downplayed the threat of covid and protested against the other steps that Kerryn Phelps recommended including better mask,, zero transmission at hospitals, and mandatory isolation. One has only to look at the political campaigns of various conservative candidates in the USA (and their supporters higher mortality rates) to see the difference.

Oh please. She said it shouldn't be a vaccine only response. That additional measures are necessary. If she opposed vaccination, why would she say it shouldn't be vaccines only? She would say it shouldn't be vaccines at all. Or she wouldn't mention them. But mention them she does as part of a list of things that should be done.

Lucky those new trade deals are now in effect...oh wait a minute Britain won’t easily replace what it has lost by forfeiting unfettered access to the world’s largest trading bloc. The only substantive new trade deals it has struck since exiting the European Union, which did not simply roll over the deals it had as an EU member, have been with Australia and New Zealand. By the government’s own estimate, these will have a negligible impact on the UK economy, increasing GDP in the long run by just 0.1% and 0.03% respectively. https://edition.cnn.com/2022/12/24/economy/brexit-uk-economy/index.html For those of you who don't want to bother to do the math 0.1% = 1/1000. 0.03% = 3/10000

I don't know why the government even bothers to do surveys and compile data when all they have to do is ask Mickmanus. Think of the savings!

Trump took government documents from the White House without the authorization of the National Archives. That alone is a crime. His lawyer denied that he had any more documents. Now maybe you think a lawyer would say that without consulting with Trump? After that denial a lot more documents were found at Mar a Lago, including some in his bedroom. So the evidence is quite overwhelming that he also obstructed justice.

.From Dr. Kerryn Phelps ‘Not anti-vaxxers’: Dr Kerryn Phelps says she suffered COVID vaccine injury, calls for more research By Rachel Clun Updated December 20, 2022 — 6.40pmfirst published at 6.28pm “We are facing a catastrophic toll of disability due to long COVID with broad implications for families, community, the health system, the workforce, the economy and all levels of government,” she said in her submission. “People who are suffering from long COVID, people who are medically vulnerable despite vaccination and people who are unable to have further vaccines are bearing an unfair burden of the pandemic as it is allowed to spread through the community in the absence of effective public health measures.” Phelps said the ongoing pandemic response could not be a vaccine-only approach, and needed to include better ventilation at schools, a zero transmission approach for hospitals, mandatory isolation periods, access to better masks, and improved public health messaging." https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/not-anti-vaxxers-dr-kerryn-phelps-says-she-suffered-covid-vaccine-injury-calls-for-more-research-20221220-p5c7ry.html

I suspect you're right about any charges relating to the insurrection. On the other hand, the theft of government documents case and associated charges like obstructing justice are pretty much a slam dunk. I'm assuming the Biden you're referring to is Hunter. And he could be in trouble. Unless fathering a drug addict and ne'er do well is a crime, nothing substantive against his father has surfaced despite the delusions that the right wing has about what the laptop emails say.

What I'm saying is that since there's no way to prove what you claim, your evidence is irrelevant. And even if what you claim as your personal experience could be proved, it would still be irrelevant. It's a shame that how valid data is amassed and evaluated isn't more widely known.

I can barely restrain myself from questioning your integrity.

You keep on fishing to make it personal. But if you think I am trolling, tell the mods. I am agnostic about what everyone reports on a personal basis as regards controversial issues.. When it comes to how to tile a bathroom, that's a different matter.

I have no idea whether the personal evidence you offer is valid or not. And no way of evaluating if it's so.. Once again, you try to make things personal.

Thanks for the advice. But if median income has fallen by 18%, where does that leave people on the wrong side of the bell curve?

Median income in the UK in terms of purchasing power has declined 18% since the Tories took over. What's that got to do with media bias?

And given that income distribution in the UK is so equitable, that's a very convincing observation. Oh wait a minute.

Personal anecdotes are always so convincing. And so convenient.

What you call "spin doctors" most would call scholars. For example, the author of the NY Times piece: "Jane Burbank is an emeritus professor of history and Russian and Slavic studies at New York University and an author, with Frederick Cooper, of “Empires in World History: Power and the Politics of Difference.” The third entry actually quotes him" But you want it more explcit And here's a section of the speech where he specifically compares the situation today to that of Peter the Great who waged many wars of conquest. (Start at about 50 seconds in) Putin said, "The Battle of Narvia what was he [Peter the Great] doing? Redeeming and reinforcing, that's what he did. And it looks like it fell on us to redeem and reinforce as well." The battle of Narvia was an attempt by Russia to regain lands that it once ruled. Could his intent be any clearer? There's also this "Peter the Great waged the great northern war for 21 years. It would seem that he was at war with Sweden, he took something from them... In an attempt to justify his war in Ukraine, now on its 107th day, Putin compared Peter's campaign with Russia's present-day military endeavours. "Apparently, it also fell to us to return [what is Russia’s] and strengthen [the country]. https://www.brusselstimes.com/236481/putin-compares-himself-to-tsar-peter-the-great There is also this article written by Putin where he claims that the Russians and the Ukrainians are one people. "During the recent Direct Line, when I was asked about Russian-Ukrainian relations, I said that Russians and Ukrainians were one people – a single whole. These words were not driven by some short-term considerations or prompted by the current political context. It is what I have said on numerous occasions and what I firmly believe" http://en.kremlin.ru/events/president/news/66181

Brookline really isn't anything like Mayberry, though. To call it a small town is misleading It's a suburb of Boston with ample commuter connections.

Since the Tories took office, the median pay of UK workers has dropped by 18% in terms of purchasing power. That is a huge number.

No, it's not a question of "you may be right.". It's clear that I am right. The name of the park was changed about 5 years ago. Why wouldn't it need renovation or improvement? Maybe there's been damage from flooding. Facilities could be added on. Maybe it was expanded. Who knows?

Statements that can't be backed up with facts are your specialty, not mine This enough for you? Putin Sees Himself as Part of the History of Russia's Tsars—Including Their Imperialism Putin’s war of aggression in Ukraine is a sign of the imperial expansionism that has defined the Russian state for so much of its history. But it is based as much on mythical ideas as on geo-politics in the conventional sense: ideas of a nationalist, socially conservative, anti-Western and religious character that underpin dictatorships in Russia, China, and Iran. Before us we can see a new type of empire arising in Eurasia, uniting countries with historic grievances against the West. https://time.com/6218211/vladimir-putin-russian-tsars-imperialism/ Restoration of empire is the endgame for Russia’s Vladimir Putin Reading Russian President Vladimir Putin’s mind is rarely a straightforward task, but on occasion the Kremlin leader makes it easy. Such was the case on Thursday, when Putin met with a group of young Russian entrepreneurs. Anyone looking for clues as to what Putin’s endgame for Ukraine might be should read the transcript, helpfully released here in English. https://edition.cnn.com/2022/06/10/europe/russia-putin-empire-restoration-endgame-intl-cmd/index.html Meeting with young entrepreneurs, engineers and scientists Peter the Great waged the Great Northern War for 21 years. On the face of it, he was at war with Sweden taking something away from it… He was not taking away anything, he was returning... When he founded the new capital, none of the European countries recognised this territory as part of Russia; everyone recognised it as part of Sweden. http://en.kremlin.ru/events/president/news/68606 http://en.kremlin.ru/events/president/news/68606 The Grand Theory Driving Putin to War In 2013, he [Putin] declared that Eurasia was a major geopolitical zone where Russia’s “genetic code” and its many peoples would be defended against “extreme Western-style liberalism.” In July last year he announced that “Russians and Ukrainians are one people,” and in his furious rant on the eve of invasion, he described Ukraine as a “colony with a puppet regime,” where the Orthodox Church is under assault and NATO prepares for an attack on Russia. This brew of attitudes — complaints about Western aggression, exaltation of traditional values over the decadence of individual rights, assertions of Russia’s duty to unite Eurasia and subordinate Ukraine — developed in the cauldron of post-imperial resentment. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/22/opinion/russia-ukraine-putin-eurasianism.html