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Are you being purposefully obtuse? The point being that it would take years to replace the all the crucial stuff that China manufactures. I pointed out polysilicon manufacture already. Just without that alone, the damage to the world economy would be immense. The world economy now runs on chips.

I'll take your word for it but the Norwegian Supreme Court ruled it was illegal.

As the article pointed out, these people are basically conspiracy theorists. And even if they weren't being paid by Trump supporters, the fact is that they don't qualify as the kind of whistle-blower who worked inside an organization accused of corruption and is a personal witness to that corruption.

No, it couldn't be done. Certainly not in months the way a basic raw material like gas where other sources were found or replacements were made.

And that debt figure you're citing for China is a conflation of government and private debt. Whereas the figure you provided for the US is only for govt debt. US total consolidated debt is close to 90 trillion dollars https://www.statista.com/statistics/1083150/total-us-debt-across-all-sectors/

It may be emotionally satisfying to call for such a boycott, but given how deeply integrated China is into the world economy, that's a recipe for economic suicide. For just one thing, most of the world's polysilicon is manufactured in China. Without that, no chips. And I'm not referring to the kind you eat with fish.

I think what you're trading in here is not historical facts but historical fiction. Actually, the Biden Administration estimated the original Russian invasion force at 196000 troops. Which, just in case you don't have a calculator at hand,, is almost twice as many as the 100,000 you claimed. Nearly all of Russia’s initial invasion forces now in Ukraine, Pentagon says Nearly all of the Russian troops that were amassed on Ukraine’s border are now fighting inside the country, a senior Pentagon official said Monday. President Joe Biden has previously said Russia had 190,000 troops in military readiness. https://www.cnbc.com/2022/03/07/pentagon-says-nearly-100percent-of-pre-set-russian-troops-are-now-in-ukraine.html PUBLISHED MON, MAR 7 20221:38 PM ESTUPDATED MON, MAR 7 20223:10 PM EST

As you know, what makes the EURO issue irrelevant in the case of the UK, is that it isn't required to adopt the EURO. In fact, Poland and Hungary, among others haven't adopted it either, even though they pledged that they would do it. But since no date is specefied, they've put that on hold indefinitely. "Indefinitely", is, I suspect in this case, their way of saying "never." Which is a wise course to follow.

Nothing is more democratic than a referendum: Denmark votes to drop EU defence opt-out in 'historic' referendum Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen said the move, which was approved by 66.9% of voters, sent "a very important signal" amid the conflict in Ukraine. "We're showing, that when Putin invades a free country and threatens the stability in Europe, we others pull together," Ms Frederiksen said. "When freedom knocks on Europe's door and it's war again on our continent, you cannot be neutral. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-61644663

The former.

As a point of interest, Nigel Farage liked referendums so much that he was actually in favor of having 2 of them should the need arise: Nigel Farage wants second referendum if Remain campaign scrapes narrow win Farage told the Mirror: “In a 52-48 referendum this would be unfinished business by a long way. If the remain campaign win two-thirds to one-third that ends it.” https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/nigel-farage-wants-second-referendum-7985017

Here's a summary of the possible criminal charges against Trump from the J6 committee https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-64034782 Here's a link to the J6 committee report as well as links to supporting materials https://www.govinfo.gov/collection/january-6th-committee-final-report?path=/gpo/January 6th Committee Final Report and Supporting Materials Collection/Final Report

And the Republicans clearly are outraged by this incident and want to pass legislation to strengthen rail safety...just kidding GOP urges no ‘burdensome regulations’ on freight rail, after derailment While a handful of Republican senators have expressed interest in bipartisan legislation on freight trains, others said they need more information first on what went wrong in East Palestine. https://www.politico.com/news/2023/02/28/republicans-congress-rail-ohio-east-palsetine-00084878

First of all, what do you mean by "defensive"? Since when is critiquing someone's comments in this forum "defensive"? Are comments that point out faults in others' arguments "defensive"? I suggest you look up what the word means. As for "you've got nothing". I explained exactly why I wrote that. Instead of responding to my arguments, you once again resort to ... 'You just don't like to hear what I write so you resort to "you got nothing"' So once again you resort to ascribing motivation rather than addressing arguments. In other words, you've still got nothing.

The comparison was to how other foreign born populations were faring.Are foreign born populations in the US "doing very well"? And despite the fact that these people are better educated and more likely to speak English, they fare worse.

What B.S! The FBI, went to the home of a pro-life activist who was under indictment for violating the law. He was neither arrested nor indicted for being Catholic or pro-life. And they arrested him at his home. How does that qualify as "targeting his family"? Amid outcry, FBI disputes account of raid at pro-life Catholic family’s home "Mark Houck, the founder and co-president of a men’s spiritual formation apostolate called The King’s Men, faces the possibility of 11 years in prison if convicted of violating the federal Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances Act, more commonly referred to as the FACE Act. The law carries stiff penalties for those who engage in “violent, threatening, damaging, and obstructive conduct intended to injure, intimidate, or interfere with the right to seek, obtain, or provide reproductive health services,” according to the Department of Justice. A federal indictment accuses Houck of twice assaulting a Planned Parenthood client escort, identified in the document as “B.L.,” outside a Philadelphia abortion clinic on Oct. 23, 2021. https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/252393/fbi-disputes-accounts-of-swat-raid-at-pro-life-catholic-familys-home

And those 2 dissenting prosecutors were proved correct because the FBI found nothing. And it never happened that when, prior to obtaining a search warrant the FBI asked permission to examine the contents of certain boxes at Mar a Lago, their request was denied. So it turns out that the signed statement by one of Trump's attorneys that a diligent search had been performed and no documents in violation had been found also turned out to be true. All of this and more happened in Opposite World.

What we do know is that you at least believe you know better than the police how to cope with these situations. What we do know is that the only 2 people killed that night died from an altercation with an untrained minor carrying a deadly weapon.. And didn't anyone ever tell you about the inanity of invoking contrary-to-fact suppositions?

Here's the relevant text from the agreement between the trump administration and the taliban The United States is committed to withdraw from Afghanistan all military forces of the United States, its allies, and Coalition partners, including all non-diplomatic civilian personnel, private security contractors, trainers, advisors, and supporting services personnel within fourteen (14) monthsfollowing announcement of this agreement, and will take the following measures in this regard: https://www.state.gov/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Agreement-For-Bringing-Peace-to-Afghanistan-02.29.20.pdf The agreement is dated feb 29, 2020. 14 months from that date would be may 31, 2021. Here's when the withdrawal actually occurred: Biden Announces Full U.S. Troop Withdrawal From Afghanistan by Sept. 11 President Joe Biden said the war in Afghanistan was never meant to be multi-generational, as he officially announced the drawdown of all 2,500 U.S. troops in that country beginning May 1 and concluding by Sept. 11, the 20th anniversary of the war. https://www.defense.gov/News/News-Stories/Article/Article/2573268/biden-announces-full-us-troop-withdrawal-from-afghanistan-by-sept-11/

Didn't anyone ever teach you about the inanity of making contrary-to-fact statements?

False. The Ukraine war certainly began in 2014 when the Russians began providing armaments and Little Green Men, as they were called, to aid the separatists in the Donbas. Congress passed 2 aid packages to aid Ukraine. It was the second one that Trump failed to transfer to Ukraine for several months. I do wonder why you bother to have an opinion about something you clearly know nothing about.

Not only have you edited a quote in a misleading or rather nonsensical way, but you offer absolutely no reasoning. Just an empty assertion. You've got nothing.

What don't you understand about the fact that two small countries with small economies don't have a very favorable view of the EU as compared to other countries including highly developed ones. How does this not prove that there is no correlation between the wealth of an EU member and how favorably its citizenry views it?

Yes, you and Kyle Rittenhouse both know better than the police what to do in such a situation. And thanks to Kyle Rittenhouse the violence was contained, property preserved, and no lives lost... I mean zero out of three ain't bad, right?

Did any policemen that night get into that situation? Ya think maybe that's because they're professionals and not a 17-year-old police officer wannabe?