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OP is Daft as a Basil Brush. What, "locals" have to "learn" at Berkeley. Guess he went to the School of Hard Knocks and the University of Life. I can guess which side he was on, on 4th May, 1970. I suppose he is a strong supporter of the CCP's orders to the formerly Royal Hong Kong Police to open fire on protesting students who should have been studying.

Unless you were one of those voters who was working on one of the actual 747s being built as new AF1s to be told they were out of a job, as they don't need the plane now. Laurer Loomer seemed a bit put out by it. Ben Shapiro, I think he's one of them, banged on about it Mark Levin was somewhat perturbed by reports that the President was getting a plane off people he considered evil incarnate.

Quite. I don't understand the obsessing about where Sars-Cov-2 or Spanish Flu came from either.

It gets better. The fact it was for sale isn't coincidental either. https://edition.cnn.com/2025/05/19/politics/trump-adminstration-approached-qatar-jet Full spec from the Sale ad https://web.archive.org/web/20200905142708/https://www.amacaerospace.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/200707_AMAC_Aerospace_Mini_Tech_Spec.pdf But does it still have the Northrop Grumman AN/AAQ-24(V)N Large Aircraft Infrared Countermeasure (LAIRCM) system installed? https://www.flightglobal.com/business-aviation/us-clears-sale-of-ir-countermeasures-for-qatari-bbj-747-8is/134462.article Even Sam Chui covered it.

Only $100m if they choose to replace it. And there are some disputes on value. Tha't inflation for you. https://united24media.com/latest-news/ukrainian-recon-unmasks-and-destroys-russias-45m-buk-m3-air-defense-system-video-8063 Whats more important is how many they have left. Russia had about 100 Buk-M3 new builds; in principle, older variants can be reworked. They had about 400 systems to start with, but they can probably swell their numbers from Belarusan and Iranian sources.

The results of "the WW2" as you put it (in pidgeon English) involved the blokes who planned the invasion and seizure of lands being tried and hanged, and the one who started it blowing his brains out. So I have you on record; you want the entire Russian General Staff to be strung up and hope that Putin kills himself, whatever lover he has right now, along with his dog. The results of "the WW2" also involved the country who was the aggressor undergoing a 50 year occupation by foreign forces, that included the eventual political dismemberment of said country, so you are calling for the Russian Federation to be dissolved, forcibly. The process also involved the dismissal from positions of government those political devotees of the said aggressor government (the Muscovites). So, as you sit in your government funded troll farm in St Petersberg, I'd be looking for a new job soon. This one won't be paying you much more. You are a racist and sectarian pig who has repeatedly denied the right of the people of Ukraine to seek self determination. And you smell.

I'm not the Forum Police, Comrade. Presumably, you have reported the poster.

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The sound of furious back pedaling by Zeliboba (Зелибоба). You slag off the Financial Times based on an anonymous forum posting that breaks forum rules. Gullible isn't in the dictionary/

He's not Russian. That's just an alter ego.

True sterilising vaccines, ie vaccines that stop the onward transmission of a disease, are actually extremely rare. Generally it takes about 20 years of work to arrive at a vaccine that does that. Take the measles vaccine. Its not a sterilising vaccine. If you take a class of kids, all vaccinated. The measles virus circulates among them. The vaccine isn't stopping that. What the vaccine stops is the development of measles, ie the rash. FWIW, I am currently into day 4 or 5 (maybe day 9 if I count the asymptomatic period) of my latest Sars-Cov-2 infection. Its a little different from previous this time around, following a whizzbang tour of Portugal and Italy. There are about 25,000 variants in circulation. But like symptoms, there lies the rub. Defining "COVID-19" has always been problematic; we will be more clear what it means in 10-15 years. The official language is problematic. We talk about getting a "COVID test"; the tests do no such thing. All they are detecting is a recent Sars-Cov-2 infection. Its strange, because most people do know, by now, that a HIV test is not an AIDS test. We know when the Measles vaccine works; kids don't come out in a rash. I think a COVID-19 diagnostic definition has to eventually include hospitalisation, ie you don't have COVID-19 if you don't meet criteria for admission to hospital, and that the effectiveness of the resulting vaccines is measured by hospitalisation rates. If you are sitting there, like me, nursing a thick head, dribbling nose and a hacking cough, you don't have COVID-19, though many will big it up a bit to elicit sympathy. The test for attitudes is "I've just had a positive test. I'm off to the supermarket". Would you? I just did. My wife will wear a mask, mostly when on a motorbike to protect her face, but often when around monks, which is actually the correct reason to wear a mask; to protect others, rather than to protect yourself (I could go into a discussion of filter dynamics, brownian forces, van der waals forces, but it will be fruitless now).

You muppet. Did you go and look at the 2024 parade, which the FT (and others) reported on. Or were you furiously googling to defend your Rapey Hero, you forget to check the dates. One tank on display: https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/ukrainealert/putins-one-tank-victory-parade-is-a-timely-reminder-russia-can-be-beaten/ 1 tank on display https://www.newsweek.com/putin-victory-day-parade-moscow-tank-t-34-1898740 1 tank https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2024/05/09/putin-watches-victory-parade-with-just-one-russian-tank/ The Kremlin's own report, 1 tank http://en.kremlin.ru/events/president/news/73995 Thanks for outing yourself.

Is this with a Scottish or Aussie accent? Gibson, De Niro, Pacino, Grant, Dyer, Pitt, Voight, Woods, Barr et al, all have Freedom of Expression and can say what they like. The British approach is the correct one; the government has no right to interfere in your freedom of expression. But you have no right to be heard.

Interestingly, Biden was likely suffering from a series of UTIs prior to diagnosis. UTIs can generate deranged behaviour that can be confused with dementia. The hormone therpy used can also cause memory problems. A former work colleague was somewhat depressed to be told he was developing early onset dementia. But this turned to relief when he was later told it was in fact bladder cancer. Biden has Stage IV Prostate Cancer. He has a less in 1 in 3 chance of making it past 5 years. Interestingly, the President is a habitual use of finasteride, which is both a drug used for hairloss, but also used to reduce an enlarged prostate. The President's son alleges there has been a cover up. Indeed, Enquiring minds require information when the current President last underwent a digital rectal exam, and when the next one is planned.

No, it means the battlefield, which was previously made up of towns and villages, with people going about their business, has been rendered a wasteland. Mostly military casualties, because the population has mostly fled from the genocide. But Russians continue to seek out and target civilians. In WW1, there were about 400,000 civilian deaths on the Western Front, compared to 3-4 million military deaths. I don't think you can characterise combat in the Great War as being "precision". There have been numerous incidence of Russian forces deliberately targeting civilians, eg the FPV drone attack on the minibus. The Drone operator would have looked into the eyes of the babushkas and dedushkas as his chose his spot to strike. He clearly targeted the compartment with passengers, as the motor part of the bus is completely intact. The Financial Times carried out an investigation that indicated Russia used drones in 2024 to deliberately target civilians in Kherson, both to force them to flee from their homes, but also as literal target practice, proving once more that Russian is carrying out genocide, and, in German terms, little more regards Ukrainians as "untermenschen", an attitude shared by several correspondants on this forum who are openly supporting of Putin's War of Agression and rape. https://www.ft.com/content/31b630b3-2639-456c-ba50-3caea7a9b2b5

Tariffs are paid by the importer, which might be a subsidiary of an exporting company, or, and more commonly, the appointed distributor. Tariffs are paid ad valorem; based on the value of the goods. Essentially, the tariffs is paid on the final selling price. When a distributor imports goods, typically they buy for a sell-in price and sell for a sell out price, with their margin based on a percentage of the difference. Walmart owns no factories in China. Most of their Chinese goods are directly imported based on a Sale-In Price. Payable tariff is calculated based on Sell Out prices. Tariffs will not trigger force majeure. Walmart operates on quite small margins when you look at that recent 10-k. I'm sure the kids will love the Corn Dollies and Sticks for Christmas.

Now Musk Grok does Holocaust denial https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/may/18/musks-ai-bot-grok-blames-its-holocaust-scepticism-on-programming-error

Presumably Mel Gibson, Roseanne Barr, James Woods, Jon Voight are also washed up actors who's views are a complete irrelevance, and they should also learn to shut their mouths.

Yes. The M1E3 is a hybrid, with electric drive. Challenger 3 will adopt a diesel hybrid drive. Porsche proposed electric drive for the Tiger tank. America's first tank was electric.

Ukraine, as per the recent US-Ukraine minerals deal which included large shale gas reserves. The M1E3 has a hybrid drive; increased range, power, and stealth mode. Somewhat similar to Porsche's proposal for the Tiger tank in WW2. Challenger 3 is likely to adopt a hybrid drive as well, but not gas turbine. https://acmeportable.de/government-and-military?gad_source=5&gclid=EAIaIQobChMIrtP_rf2sjQMVC0T2CB3dMwT5EAEYASAAEgLYgfD_BwE

A scurrilous and outrageous remark, that I hope would be replaced by a forthright apology. The crew are members of the Mexican Navy, part of a planned goodwill visit to the United States. A poor attempt at mocking people who died.

The ship was not planning to transect the bridge. Mayor Adams indicated that the vessal had lost power. There was a combination of the tide plus a strong westerly wind at the time. Some indication of mechanical failure. Not the first time the bridge was struck by a sailing vessel https://www.newspapers.com/article/new-york-tribune-perry-setzer-hits-brook/128599772/?locale=en-GB 2 people died in a tragic accident. I hope those who seek to make fun of this are banned,

Nope. Ergo, the rest of your post was testiculi that I didn't bother to read, comrade. Typical Tankie. Youn sit there at your spittle encrusted keyboard defending rape, child kidnapping, mass murder, genocide, and compare it to buying beer or paying your so-called girlfriend. Beyond the utter Pale. But being a gopnik, you have no idea what the Pale was. I of course was referring to your admission that you need to resort to prostitutes, indicating a depraved nature.

Already tried. Didn't work. What's Plan B, genius?

https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2025/05/elon-musk-grok-white-genocide/682817/