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I guess if I were to ask you for a link, you'd offer up your crystal ball.

Yours is an inept attempt at deflection. You started out by denying that the M&Ms were a right wing target, and now that it's been show that's not the case, you try another tactic. What this incident shows is the lunacy of the right wing in even making tiny chocolate candies a political and cultural issue.

False. The ice cap on land wouldn't have to melt. Well, just a little bit on the surface. The glaciers on land would simply have to migrate to the sea at an accelerated pace. Which is already happening. And that's partially because the floating ice shelf, which holds back that migration, is melting much faster than in the past.

Another aseannow member in possession of a crystal ball.

Despicable? Given Germany's brutal treatment of Slavic peoples during World War 2 and the runup to it, I would call their current support of Ukraine reparations.

China? Really? They've hardly been steadfast allies to the Russians.

As the Russians have learned much to their regret.

I've got exciting news for you. Germany has already sent lots of weapons to Ukraine. Germany will supply Ukraine with armoured personnel carriers and a Patriot missile battery, the government has said... Germany already has delivered significant military aid to Ukraine, including Gepard self-propelled anti-aircraft guns and the first of four IRIS-T surface-to-air missile systems. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/1/5/germany-to-send-armored-carriers-patriot-battery-to-ukraine

Let's take a look at an economy that has kept a tight rein on deficits. Germany's total govt expenditure to gdp ratio in 2019 was 44.99%. So even before Covid Germany had a higher ratio of govt expenditure to GDP than did the USA up to that time. And when covid hit, Germany's ratio jumped to 50.41% in 2020 and 51.25% in 2021. https://www.statista.com/statistics/624182/ratio-of-government-expenditure-to-gross-domestic-product-gdp-in-germany/ In the USA total government expenditure to the gdp ratio was 45.3%, in 2021 42.36 percent, and it's estimated to have tumbled to 37.43% in 2022. In other words in Germany before covid hit the ratio was only slightly less than it was at its highest in the USA. https://www.statista.com/statistics/268356/ratio-of-government-expenditure-to-gross-domestic-product-gdp-in-the-united-states/ The difference between the 2 countries is that Germans don't believe in magic tax cuts that pay for themselves. https://www.worldwide-tax.com/germany/germany-taxes.asp#:~:text=In other words%2C the higher,imposed on the income tax. And yet, somehow, the German economy has performed strongly for most of the 21st century.

You mean like the fate that befell Jeffrey Epstein when William Barr was Attorney General?

You make the unsound conclusion that if Scottish voters want to stay in the UK, that means that they don't also want to be part of the EU. Straw man, much? Nowhere did I imply that corruption is. But by your standards, corruption in any country should apparently result civil war. . Why would concern about this corruption scandal, want to make EU citizens leave the EU when stacked up against what an overwhelming majority see as its benefits? Especially when they see the unhappy object lesson otherwise known as the UK. There have been no reports that show this bribery case could have widespread economic percussions. Let me know when something turns up that justifies your suggestion. Until then, all you're peddling is alarmism.

Dubious First of all, it’s not his responsibility as an actor to ensure prop safety. Actors, they’re not even allowed to do that. What people don’t understand is, the Screen Actors Guild, the union, does not allow any producer, anybody, to use an actor for anything on set other than acting. https://slate.com/culture/2023/01/alec-baldwin-manslaughter-rust-halyna-hutchins.html

The quality of his advice isn't the issue. The issue was bias.

my mistake. I copied the wrong link. Here's the correct one. https://www.carefinder.jp/en/news/expert-school-advice-mixed-children-living-japan

Given the track record of these rioters in the courts, what do you think the odds are that his appeal will succeed? Don't you people ever learn?

Anyway, as I've pointed out, it is returning to more normal levels. Given that Longwood consistently gets facts wrong and makes things up, it isn't surprising that this is the case.

It's funny. If I were a right winger and this news came out about the relationship between a senior FBI investigator and Deripaska, I would be dismayed given his connection to the Trump campaign. Yet, apparently, there's something Pavlovian at work here in their nervous systems due to word association that gets them to salivate instead.

Because the House is going to be able to do what Bill Barr's chosen guy, John Durham, completely failed at? It is to laugh.

If this poll is accurate, then the majority Scottish voters are being sensible in their decision not to leave the UK. Because they understand the crucial economic importance of proximity when it comes to trade. And because Scottish voters understand the crucial importance of proximity when it comes to trade, they also want the UK to be part of the EU. Because it will be to their economic benefit. Can offer some analysis of the economic impact on the member nations of the EU that this corruption scandal will have? So far you've offered none.

I'll go with non-anonymous sources: Expert School Advice For Mixed Children Living In Japan Dariusz Skowronski, an associate professor at Temple University, Japan, with a private counseling practice in Tokyo, spoke with CareFinder about the issues children of mixed heritage face during their school years in Japan, as well as tips for coping. Studies show that the vast majority of children with mixed Japanese heritage will face some form of discrimination or bullying, according to Dariusz. Whether it’s overt or subtle (even some teachers are guilty, he says), parents should anticipate dealing with it https://izanau.com/article/view/mixed-race-hafu-in-japan

Seriously? Estonia is culturally/historically pro-Russian?

And who is that oligarch? The same one that Manafort sent confidential campaign info to via a Russian agent.

More falsehoods from you. No, "we" are not at 28.4% of GDP. The federal government spent $6.27 trillion in FY 2022. This means federal spending was equal to 25% of the total gross domestic product (GDP), or economic activity, of the United States that year. https://fiscaldata.treasury.gov/americas-finance-guide/federal-spending/#:~:text=The federal government spent %246.27,the United States that year. And next year federal spending is expect to decline sharply. The Biden Administration proposed a budget of about 5.8 trillion which would bring the federal deficit down to about 23% of GDP. But since the Republicans hold the House it will most likely be less. What's more, the deficit would have been more had Biden not managed to get some tax increases passed over the unanimous objections of Republicans. If only 2 Republicans in the Senate had supported his tax cuts, the deficit reduction would have been even greater.

So simplistic as to be ridiculous. If, in fact, all or most of the money that the wealthy earned was spent on productive investment you would have a point. But in fact, the money acquired by the wealthy is so unbalanced that they were actually willing to park it in govt bonds that paid negative interests. That's because they had nowhere productive to put it. The amount of money they have is so unbalanced that top end real estate and artworks have massively escalated in price. They have so much money that they invest in fake stuff like cryptocurrency.

More nonsense. Money that is taxed once, shouldn't be taxed again. So the money I earn that has been subject to income tax shouldn't be subject to excise tax or sales tax or gasoline tax? Governments ordinarily tax money when it changes hands. When someone inherits money that's a change of hands. As for it being conficatory...confiscatory from whom? A corpse? Really?