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"Just because Trump got mentioned once" And you accuse me of going on about him? Misleading much? As though mentioning him was some impersonal event devoid of human agency? He didn't just get mentioned. You brought him up. You mentioned him. Not me. You. But I guess yours is one way to wave a white flag.

Not everything that happens in other parts of the world has reference to events in the United States. But if Trump's departure was crucial to the attack, why did Putin wait over a year before launching its invasion? There is nothing in the record that suggest Putin had any fear of Trump. But there's plenty in the record to suggest that he had no reason to fear Trump.

Sure, if one thing Trump demonstrated during his term in office is how opposed he was to Russia in its attacks on Ukraine, That's why, after Congress had authorized a second round for the Ukrainians as they were under a stepped-up attack from the Russians, Trump ignored the please of the Ukrainian govt for months. Even though the transfer of weaponry has been authorized. Trump’s Hold on Ukrainian Military Aid was Illegal As the House impeachment inquiry continues to uncover substantial evidence of Trump’s abuses of power, one thing has become clear: President Donald Trump illegally withheld military aid to Ukraine. No one from the Trump administration has been able to point to any legal authority that allowed Trump to withhold the funding for the length of time and in the manner that he did. Even Trump’s defenders in the House, who have speciously claimed that the president had reasons for holding the aid other than pressuring Ukraine to investigate his political rivals, have not provided justifications that are legal. https://www.justsecurity.org/67489/trumps-hold-on-ukrainian-military-aid-was-illegal/

Top tax rate was cut from 45% to 40%.

And the news is getting better. Reports are that Ukrainian forces have advanced at least 40 kilometers and threaten to encircle Russian troops in Kherson. Lots of Russians, though far from all, seem to have gotten away in Lyman. But in Kherson, they've got the river at their backs and the bridges are destroyed or unsuitable for transport. If the shape of previous defears is anything to go by, the Russian forces in the South are at the point of collapse. But this time it may be a mass surrender instead of a rout. Here's hoping.' https://www.tbsnews.net/world/ukraine-makes-progress-kherson-region-russian-installed-official-confirms-507774

You may remember what interest rates were back then, but you clearly have forgotten what homes cost back in the 80's. https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/MSPUS

Not surprising that some disapprove of it: "The Conversation is a network of not-for-profit media outlets publishing news stories and research reports online, with accompanying expert opinion and analysis.[1][2] Articles are written by academics and researchers under a free Creative Commons license, allowing reuse without modification.[3][2] Its model has been described as explanatory journalism.[4][5][6] " https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Conversation_(website)

This class of reflexive cynicism is really just a way of protecting one's beliefs. In other words, it's willful ignorance, choosing not to know the facts. Each case deserves to be investigated on its own merits.

Well, in a way you're right. 4 or 5 days isn't relevant, but you're the one who raised that point in the first place. But the point I was making still stands: things have changed in an important way since that decision was announced. So BOE policy may change, too.

Read the fine print: https://www.reuters.com/markets/europe/bank-england-buy-long-dated-bonds-suspends-gilt-sales-2022-09-28/

As that 5 day old article notes, that happened because of the tax cuts. Maybe now that things have changed, so have the plans of the BOE.

But the super rich not so much.

I'd like to think that there would be celebrations about my departure sooner than that.

Actually, she shared it with the world. It's called solar power and wind power.

And you are offering absolutely nothing in the way of evidence.

Biden has released his IRS records for public perusal. Don't you think that all Presidents should do the same? After all, it's required of their subordinates.

Thanks for the non-explanation.

If I decide to leave aseannow.com, can I take my posts with me?

You forget that Russian war profiteers are also making out quite handsomely.

"In an article published on Sunday in a major Russian newspaper, Komsomolskaya Pravda, a prominent war correspondent traveling with fleeing Russian forces described demoralized troops with “empty eyes” who barely escaped Lyman with their lives. In an unusually candid assessment, the account, written by Aleksandr Kots, said that in the last few days of their occupation, Russian forces in Lyman were plagued by desertion, poor planning and the late arrival of reserves. “The risk of encirclement or shameful imprisonment became too great, and the Russian command made a decision to fall back,” he wrote." https://www.nytimes.com/live/2022/10/02/world/russia-ukraine-war-news

Thanks for the clarification.

What could Labor do given that they are very much a mnority party in Parliament?

More examples of a kind of amazing memory.

Actually, it would take a kind of amazing memory not to recall it.

As for "butting in"... if you want to offer private counseling, a forum open to all members of aseannow.com is not exactly a sensible place to do it.