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One would be foolish to become over excited at the polling data. Yes, it it is good news for the Democrats as it suggests that Democrats are firming up their support and retaining the coalition who elected Biden. That's all. There is no overwhelming movement to Harris and no epiphany amongst Trump supporters. The core Trump voters will not change their votes. Trump will continue to poll 43.5% to 44.5% and Harris will poll 44.5% to 45.5% until election day, unless there is a critical event. The goal for the Democrats is that they must get their supporters to vote in the swing states. Absolute numbers mean nothing because Trump has absolute majority in some states, just as Harris has absolute majorities in other states. Get excited when the Harris poll lead exceeds 4%, otherwise it will remain a nail biter until the bitter end.

I responded to a factually incorrect claim with the actual data. You have returned with what is called in education, an information dump: Information that while not necessarily incorrect is not specific to the subject matter. In effect it is used by students (and politicians) when they are unable to respond to a question and instead attempt to deflect with a bombardment of other information. Your comments on GDP are nonsensical. The national GDP with the exception of the Trump Covid legacy of 2020, has grown every year since 2020. This is a reflection of national population growth and is in large part driven by consumer goods and services spending. i.e. as the population grows it spends more on housing, food, motor vehicles, services etc. The reference to unemployment rates is typical of someone cherry picking data in an attempt to support a biased claim. Unemployment must be looked at as a trend. If it wasn't then Trump would have the sole responsibility for the unemployment rate of 13%+ that he left the Biden administration. Covid was the factor in that spike, and it is remarkable that the rate has now been brought back to 4%. The Trump administration unemployment rates match historical trends. Your logic would require effusive praise for the Johnson administration and scorn for the Ford, Regan and George Bush Jr. administrations that saw some of the highest unemployment rates in the past 50 years. Neither the praise, not the criticism would be reasonable, because the peaks were quickly corrected within the following years. No. As per the Pew Research review; From 1970 to 2018, the share of aggregate income going to middle-class households fell from 62% to 43%. Over the same period, the share held by upper-income households increased from 29% to 48%. The share flowing to lower-income households inched down from 10% in 1970 to 9% in 2018. These trends in income reflect the growth in economic inequality overall in the U.S. in the decades since 1980. Income growth has been most rapid for the top 5% of families. Even among higher-income families, the growth in income has favored those at the top. Since 1980, incomes have increased faster for the most affluent families – those in the top 5% – than for families in the income strata below them. This disparity in outcomes is less pronounced in the wake of the Great Recession but shows no signs of reversing. The takeaway is very clear: The income growth has been most pronounced for the most affluent of US citizens. This is due in large part to tax reductions for them. Trickle down economics does not work. Fair and equitable tax policy does work. Elimination of tax reductions, loopholes and tax simplification with minimum tax payments is more equitable. https://www.pewresearch.org/social-trends/2020/01/09/trends-in-income-and-wealth-inequality/

You misinterpret the Hungarians. Their position is not one of support for Russia, but more of the enemy of my enemy is my friend. After the collapse of the Austro Hungarian Empire Hungary lost some of its territory to Ukraine. It believes that the Carpathia region of western Ukraine should be part of Hungary. This is no secret. The right wing of Hungary has always made this claim and went so far as stating that if Russia was victorious, that Hungary should then make a claim to Carpathia, which it expects that Russia would hand over if it wanted Hungary's support. https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/hungary-far-right-would-lay-claim-neighbouring-region-if-ukraine-loses-war-2024-01-28/#:~:text=BUDAPEST%2C Jan 28 (Reuters),leader said late on Saturday. This is an unsubstantiated "urban myth" that has been promoted by the Russian propaganda machine. Russia was actively supporting violent militias a decade before its invasion. On July 17, 2014 Malaysia Airlines flight 17, a passenger airliner was shot down by a Russian backed militia using Russian supplied anti aircraft missiles and Russian supplied and manned radar. 298 non combatant passengers were murdered. Russia refused to cooperate with the investigation. Russia invaded Ukraine in 2022. Almost 8 years of militia sectarian attacks. Please do not insult the intelligence of people by claiming the Russians did not want a conflict. They were in it from the day their puppets were removed from government. You offer a revisionist interpretation of the period when the victims of Russian colonialism broke the shackles of oppression and set themselves free. Germany reunified because that is what the German people wanted. They were fed up of having a wall with deadly mines and snipers who killed Germans who wanted to cross the border. They had watched the the other east European nations gain freedom and wanted their opportunity. It was impossible for Russia to stop it from happening, unless Russia did what it has done in Syria in propping up the cruel dictatorship of Assad, and that is to have engaged in the wholesale slaughter of a civilian population. The legacy of Russia in the former East Germany is one of despair and gloom. The population has the long lasting multi generational damage common to domestic abuse victims. Russia left a region that was a toxic chemical tragedy with poisoned soil, air and water. A region where children were encouraged to spy on their families and where the Stasi ruled supreme. Russia doesn't care about a friendly Ukraine. it wants a subjugated vassal state, like Belarus. It wants the resources of Ukraine at the previous discounted price and it wants the Ukrainians to obey their Russian masters. The Ukrainians don't want to be the Russian puppet state. It's not as if the Russians have anything to offer.

There are no medical exams to support the Trump claim of bone spurs. His own family repudiated the claim of bone spurs. Joe Biden was classified as 1-Y. This meant that he was available for draft and could be drafted in the event of national emergency. His childhood asthma had made him unsuitable for long term active service. This situation is different than the absolute deferment Trump received. Clinton did not go to Canada to avoid the draft. He never went to Canada. He did join the ROTC like many of his generation and played the draft deferral game. Clinton did lucked out during the Nixon initiated draft lottery when he obtained a draft number that was not called up. George Bush joined the Texas Air National Guard and did his 6 years of service to avoid active service. Air National Guards were not used in the Vietnam war and were kept for national defense and search and rescue. None of the above is impressive. The difference is that some people carry on as if they were great military leaders. The reality is that the command officers who have had active service histories, have zero respect for people who have not served when they could have.

Again, not true. You are repeating a fabrication that a Republican state legislature member had circulated. On the contrary, the order since replaced by a law enacted by the state legislature, protected parental rights to seek treatment. Have you read the actual Executive Order? Please cite the section of the order that supports your claim. To help you out, since it does not appear you have read the instruction, it is Executive order 23-03 and is found here https://mn.gov/governor/assets/EO 23-03 Signed and filed_tcm1055-568332.pdf Please show me where the Order says what you claim it says and I will gladly acknowledge your point.

No he was not. Trump inherited a strong economy and then promptly mismanaged the Covid crisis which then resulted in catastrophic economic damage. The Unemployment rate under the Biden administration, excluding the 2020 Covid crisis is actually as good if not better than the Trump period. https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/LNU04000024 The historic inflation data does not support your claim. Obama: 2013 - 0.50%, 2014 - 0.80%, 2015-0.70%, 2016 - 2.10% Trump: 2017 - 2.10%, 2018- 1.90%, 2019 2.30%, 2020 - 1.40% Biden: 2021 - 7.00%, 2022 - 6.50%, 2023 - 3.40% 2024 year on year - 3% If we use your logic, the Obama was a period of economic brilliance because inflation was so low. The first year of Covid saw a near shutdown of the world's economy which resulted in deflationary pressures. As the economy rebounded when it opened up again, it was reflected by the inflation rate. The Biden administration tamed those pressures and provided one of the world's most robust economies. The US inflation rate today is better than it was under the Reagan administration. You forget that 1979 and 1980 had inflation rates of 12-13.5. Inflation was up and down during the big financial boom times of the Reagan era. The reality is that with the exception of running up deficits under the Trump administration because of high income earner tax cuts, the financial policies of the USA under both Biden and Trump were standard restrained policy.

Singapore is reliable. It is reliable enough that Canada has its South Asian supply military warehouse in Singapore. UK has a naval presence in Singapore and can quickly ramp up should the need arise. Singapore is a developed advanced nation with a well trained and equipped defense capability and that has quality infrastructure and an educated population. Sure, Philippines have lots of people, but it also turned on the USA when it was convenient. Remember the demands for the USA to leave prior to the Chinese expansionism?

Why? She does look quite young. The tramp stamp on her ankle does suggest that she is a woman of experience.

You repudiated yourself. You are trying to use an immoral and technically illegal agreement to support an untenable position. The ceding of Hong Kong came about as a result of the first opium war when Great Britain waged war against China in its campaign to force the Chinese to allow foreigners to sell opium to the Chinese and to create a nation of drug addicts. The Kowloon peninsula was obtained after the 2nd Opium War. A treaty that originates from coercion and violence is not the most easy of agreements to defend. However, the Chinese did respect the Hong Kong treaties. Yes, the new territories were technically the only areas that had a lease ending, however, Hong Kong could not exist without the new territories including the islands that had been leased. Water, electricity and food came from the new territories. Much of the population who supported the "city" lived in the New territories. Hong Kong without the new territories was not viable. It is astounding that you are using an unjust colonial construct to defend your position. The presence of Great Britain in China was an immoral and wrongful presence. Great Britain did the right thing when it withdrew. it had neither the legal nor moral right to occupy a foreign nation in the manner it did, particularly when it was based on trying to addict people to opium. You are arguing in defense of that. It does shed light on why why you are a defender of the Putin colonialist expansionism. Overall your position is patronizing and condescending to the Chinese. I have the impression that it is a whitey knows all mindset, common to the the purveyors of bankrupt political positions of the 1970's.

It is not a lie to state that you have not provided a compelling case (to support Putin's invasion of Ukraine) and instead have thrown out weak excuses for the Russian expansionist policy. Your comments oppose the provision of aid to Ukraine. As a result I have asked why you just not come clean and make clear that you support the war initiated by Putin, and as a result support all of the knock on results that I have listed. Are you now saying that you do not support the Russian position and that it is acceptable for Russia to have started a war with Ukraine and to have supplied and directed militias that have attacked Ukraine?

There is a common saying "don't feed the troll". I believe that it is appropriate here.

You made unsubstantiated allegations. When you were confronted with the the truth you attempted to deflect. All that you do is toss out nonsensical claims alleging electoral fraud. NONE of your claims is supported in fact, nor has ever been proven in a court of law. What are you trying to accomplish?

What is your obsession with tampons? You obviously do not understand how the Minnesota legislature is set up, nor do you appear to have even read the law that you claim did this. Governor Walz did not have a "tampons for boys policy", nor did he ever advocate that boys should use tampons. The state legislature passed a broad education bill that included a provision to provide menstrual products to students. He respected the will of the state legislature which passed the bill with a majority. The Minnesota law DID NOT specify in which bathrooms the menstrual supplies must be located. It left the decision in the hands of local school districts. The school districts developed the plans to ensure that all students who menstruate could access the products. Their availability in some "boys" bathrooms was to accommodate transgender students. What you are in effect arguing for is that Walz should have ignored a democratic decision made by the elected legislature and should have not allowed the parents through their local school districts to decide. Yours is an argument for dictatorship and a suspension of individual rights.

What exactly is wrong with the US position? The position is a reflection of the sentiments off the US nation, or at least those who know what a Thailand is. Issuing statements like this is what foreign affairs departments are expected to do.

That would result in a retaliation against EU visitors. Are you ready for the outcome?

Sentencing takes into account prior offences and likelihood to reoffend, and extent of damage/injuries. Some defence counsels are more effective than others at sentencing too.

The exchange of neo nazi labeling is annoying. There is no denying that neo nazis have existed and still do exist in both countries. The integral difference is that Russia still engages in some of the more vile aspects of neo nazisim, such as state sanctioned anti semitism and discrimination against some ethnic groups. That region of the world has always suckled from the bosom of hate. Killing jews in their community organized pogroms was sport. The ethnic hatreds are particularly strong in the communities near the Russian-Ukraine border. However, the claim of Russians that they are denazifying are a farce since they are no better with their mass murders, torture, looting and rape.

Ducolax type products are what is prescribed when preparing for a colonoscopy. Think about that. If you need help, consume more fiber.

I used your own data to show that your claim is unsupported. There is no evidence of any significant presidential election voter fraud. There are some isolated cases that have had no impact on election outcome. Now that you cannot provide any evidence to support your claim of voting irregularities, your fall back excuse is that it is difficult to to "verify". Foreign nations with a poor history of fair elections like Iran, China and Russia promote conspiracy claims of election fraud and wrongdoing. This is intended to sabotage the USA , sow discord and to buttress their claims of integrity when their fixed election results are questioned. The management and conduct of elections is a state right and activity. You are now deflecting by bringing up the SAVE Act, which was a duplication of existing legislation and that added expense and bureaucracy to voter registration. There are almost no documented instances of foreign voter misconduct in US presidential elections. Surely with all the questionable people in Republican controlled states, the eagle eyed defenders of the electoral system would have caught someone by now? The management of elections is a state responsibility. Attempting to impose a federal law on the states to direct their management of a state designated right would raise the issue of whether or not it was even allowed by the US constitution. Considering the Trump camp argument that state rights must be respected, this Bill should not have been championed.

Thank you for your inquiry. There have been surveys such as this from the PEW Research Org. that you can look up. Unfortunately the most recent data released last month did not include Belgium, perhaps because it is not a particularly important or influential nation when it comes to international affairs.. https://www.pewresearch.org/global/2024/07/02/confidence-in-zelenskyy-and-support-for-ukraine/ The decline in support was documented earlier this year https://www.brusselstimes.com/925956/two-years-into-the-war-belgian-support-for-ukrainian-aid-wavers and broadened to include allegations of support for Russia from two Belgian political parties; the NVA party and the PVDA party. The allegations follow on from the study released last March by The European Center for Populism Studies (ECPS) an independent, nonpartisan, nonprofit organization, based in Brussels, for research on and analysis of challenges posed by increasing political populism which documented The impact of the Russia–Ukraine War on ties between the Vlaams Belang in Belgium and the Putin regime. You may find the term capitulation too strong. Perhaps it is. However, I find the word most appropriate for the Belgian state and its history since its conduct in WWII and then in colonial Africa. The evil it did in the Congo in 1960 following what is described as its "capitulation" combined with its legacy in Rwanda and Burundi serve as an indication of what Belgium is capable of doing when public opinion shifts.

Because FOX has a bias in favour of Trump. You do mean Fox don't you? Are you aware that Fox is an entertainment company and includes; FOX News Media a 24-hour news service FOX Business Network a financial news channel, covering Main Street and Wall Street. FOX Sports an industry leader in live events, FOX Entertainment FOX Television owns and operates 29 full power broadcast television stations in the U.S. Tubi - Digital entertainment Credible - a tool to compare personalized loan offers from lenders OutKick a multimedia platform for of sports news, sports culture and pop culture. Blockchain Creative Labs a Web3 media company That is not occurred and not what the judge stated. Trump's legal team did not submit "evidence". Evidence of the kind you intimate is not presented at this type of hearing. The court decision was sound and based upon New York law. US District Judge Cecilia Altonaga, noted that the definition of rape differences between the specific New York law definition of rape and the common definition of rape, were different enough to let the case move forward. The judge noted that “New York has opted to separate out a crime of rape. Stephanopoulos’s statements dealt not with the public’s usage of that term, but the jury’s consideration of it during a formal legal proceeding, and “whether or not it is substantially true to say a jury (or juries) found (Trump) liable for rape by a jury despite the jury’s verdict expressly finding he was not liable for rape.” Judge Altonga is also quoted as stating “Judge Kaplan was reviewing a jury’s damages award. His analysis necessarily focused on what Carroll had and had not proved at trial, as well as the harm Carroll experienced from (Trump’s) abuse. There was no discussion of how to accurately report on the jury’s findings.” The judge made clear in her ruling that she was NOT deciding on the merits of Trump’s claim that he was defamed by ABC News, and wasn’t trying to suggest that he’ll win the case.

Your arguments are similar to those used to prevent afro americans from voting. Perhaps some people did sign up for voting, what you do not state is whether or not any of them were deemed eligible to vote and whether or not that they actually voted. Based upon state filings, the answer is Zero. In respect to the Heritage Foundation data, it presents ALL election incidents in its numbers. This includes county and state elections. Almost everyone of the cases relates to local elections and not presidential elections. Here is a typical example; Sherrye Jackson, of Tompkinsville, KY was charged by the state with one felony count of engaging in organized crime and one felony count of first degree perjury after her participation in a conspiracy by the Jackson family to bribe voters or obtain blank ballots from registered voters to help elect James "Darrell" Jackson, a Monroe County Constable, to the position of Monroe County Jailor, during the 2022 Republican primary election. The fraud was uncovered after a tip was submitted to the Attorney General's Election Fraud Hotline. Jackson, who had prior felony convictions on her record, pleaded guilty to her felony charges and entered a pretrial diversion program for 5 years. A common problem is the registration of convicted felons. Many people are unaware that as a felon they do not have the right to vote although some states have reinstated the right to some felons (e.g. Florida). The takeaway is that there is NO evidence of electoral fraud in the 2020 or 2024 presidential election process.

I believe your conclusion is incorrect. The EU will not agree to the use of nuclear weapons unless its own security is at risk. Nor will western nations with nuclear weapon capability put their own nation at risk of nuclear war to retaliate on behalf of Ukraine. The populations of Germany, USA, UK and France would rise up in violent protest if their countries did this. Some EU countries like Belgium, are ready to capitulate to Russian demands now.

Thank you for taking the time to offer an explanation. Technically then, he is not the father. He was just a caregiver who acted as a father figure for 1 year. Admirable and all that, but in the absence of an adoption he is not the father, nor should he be called a father.

I genuinely do not understand. How is he the father? Terry, met Kanjana Milkewicz's mother, Supaporn, now 73 years old Supaporn was pregnant by another American soldier who refused to acknowledge the child. Terry, took care of Supaporn during her pregnancy and continued to support her and Kanjana until she was one year old. Terry then returned to his home country, and Kanjana and her mother lost contact with him. Now 48 years later he shows up. Reads to me like Mr. Milkewicz is the father not Terry.