placeholder

Fascinating post. Thanks.

Why not? Russians have an abundance of highly skilled IT workers.

You would thinks so. Rising sea levels now make flooding a regular occurence along much of the coast even in balmy weather when the moon is full. But that hasn't stopped people from moving there. Sooner or later, Florida will be mostly Everglades again. And even then I bet Floridians rather than leave will choose to live on rafts.

One would think that such a ridiculous statement would be a joke. But the dismal history of the Brexit threads shows otherwise.

So, how strong is the government's case against Danchenko, the third and final defendant? Maybe not very: Durham target heading to trial as probe winds down A federal judge on Thursday rejected Trump-Russia dossier source Igor Danchenko’s motion to dismiss the charges that Durham indicted him on in November 2021, which include five counts of lying to the FBI... Judge Anthony Trenga for the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia said that while the decision was an “extremely close call,” he would not wipe out the charges against Danchenko because the government overcame the motion to dismiss. It will now be up to a jury to decide whether a crime was committed beyond a reasonable doubt when Danchenko’s trial begins on Oct. 11. https://www.politico.com/news/2022/09/29/durham-trial-probe-trump-00059552

My comment was part of a mini thread that began with this: Oddly enough, you didn't object to this post. Double standard much?

And the older a voter in the UK is, the more likely they are to support Brexit.

The difference is I'm not denying that the United States committed human rights abuses at Guantanamo Bay. But you are denying that China committed massive human rights abuses against the uyghurs.

If something hurts your opponent then it benefits you. Europe and Russia are opponents. The rise in gas prices hurts Europe. Therefore Europe's opponent, Russia, is helped. If I were to make this any simpler, I'd have to use a Ouija board to solicit Dr. Seuss' help.

I didn't know that the UN was the collective west. China denounces U.N. report detailing human rights abuses of Uyghurs Sep 1, 2022 12:11 PM EDT BEIJING (AP) — The U.N. accused China of serious human rights violations that may amount to “crimes against humanity” in a long-delayed report examining a crackdown on Uyghurs and other mostly Muslim ethnic groups. Beijing on Thursday denounced the assessment as a fabrication cooked up by Western nations... Still, among Uyghurs who have fled overseas, there was a palpable sense of relief that the report had finally seen the light of day since many worried that it would never be published. https://www.pbs.org/newshour/world/china-denounces-u-n-report-detailing-human-rights-abuses-of-uyghurs#:~:text=China denounces U.N. report detailing human rights abuses of Uyghurs,-World Sep 1&text=BEIJING (AP) — The U.N.,other mostly Muslim ethnic groups.

I am supposed to be impressed with claims from an anonymous person? All I can reliably construe of your economic knowledge is what you post on these pages. You think it won't detrimentally affect the European economy if instead of paying X dollars per unit they pay X +20% of X? You think wars don't have an economic dimension to them? That hurting the economy of your opponents isn't a plus for you?

Are you seriously stating that the price of natural gas is inconsequential to the Europeans? That it doesn't matter to the Europeans how much they pay as long as the gas isn't coming from Russia? I think you need to start at Economics 001.

Of course it's consequential to Russia. The rise in price will put a greater strain on European budgets.

What we do know is that people who aren't reservists, without any military training, are also being drafted. So that 300,000 figure is not to be trusted.

Ancient history. And in the 21st century very few countries have attacked other countries in order to enlarge their nation. And it's not America. But as for Russia and China...

Given that the price of gas shot up in the wake of the leak, it's clear that were such an act believed to be done by the Russians, it could have some intimidating effect. But what's relevant isn't my belief but what would Putin's be. Given how badly the war is going for the Russians, he's clearly desperate.

I used the google translate function on the first 3 sentences in that article 'The secret seventh paragraph of the decree on mobilization allows the Ministry of Defense to call up one million people. About this to Novaya Gazeta. Europe,” a source in the presidential administration said. The day before, a scan of Vladimir Putin's decree on the introduction of "partial mobilization" in Russia was published on the website of the legal information portal. The seventh paragraph of the decree is designated "for official use."'

This is a very sad attempt at deflection. Putin definitely made a threat involving the use of nuclear weapons. As I remarked earlier, his comment can't be construed rationally in any other way.

I did not point out that it's not intimidation. Stop making things up. What I said was I hope Europeans wouldn't be intimidated. That is not at all as saying that they wouldn't be intimidated. An expression of hope is not an assertion. But what's more important, that comment did not address Putin's intent in any way.

Nice try. Putin claimed without offering evidence that western nations were threatening nuclear war. Then he said the weathervane can turn. There is no rational way to construe this other than as a nuclear threat.

I don't know what you think you are agreeing to. I said I would hope so. Not that it would be the case. As for Putin, why wouldn't he try to intimidate the Europeans. His position is desperate. His war in Ukraine is not going well at all.

Biden did not say something similar to what Putin said. Putin unequivocally indicated he was willing to use nuclear weapons. Biden has not.

Well, unlike Putin, I would hope that Europe wouldn't be intimidated by a hostile signal.

Can you show me where Biden specifically indicated he was considering using use nuclear weapons?

Last 40 years of UK GDP https://www.statista.com/statistics/281744/gdp-of-the-united-kingdom/ Now GDP isn't everything, and the UK ranks very low on income equality, but that doesn't mean the 40 years ago things were better.