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Clearly in this war Zelensky does depend in part on the nationalist militias like the Azov brigade, and undoubtedly their influence is not a positive one. Another excellent article.

Sorry, I'm not Swedish. And I could care less if Volvo is Swedish, Chinese or Angolan. However, it is simply not true to say that Volvo cars are Chinese. They are not. The head of design at Volvo, Thomas Ingenlath, is Swedish. Almost the entire board of directors of Volvo is Swedish. It's main factory is in Sweden. Volvo is not MG. Volvo has retained considerable independence from Geely. MG cars are Chinese. Absolutely. Volvo most definitely are not. They are conceived, designed and manufactured in Sweden to the largest extent, though some are made in the US, Belgium, Malaysia and China. But Volvo cars are still Swedish. It looks like the excellent, and fantastically expensive EX90, costing 105,000 Euro and thus more than the electric BMW SUV, was designed by a team lead by Robin Page in terms of styling, who has since moved to Bentley, but Swede Tomas Ingenlath retained overall responsibility for the design of the EX90. Though clearly the Shanghai studio must have had some input, it is not clear if they played a leading role. The EX90 is manufactured in South Carolina and China, that much is true.

That's a fair point, but prosecutors also have means at their disposal to investigate, and they do use them. Kamala Harris was served with fabricated evidence and was unable to figure out that it was fabricated. And this was just four police officers. How easy will it be for hardened political operators or secret service agents or diplomats to pull the wool over Kamala's eyes? When she can't even figure out when four police officers are playing her?

I agree 100%, the fight by the Ukrainians is nothing short of heroic. However, their economy is one tenth the size of Russia, they are running out of manpower too. Their country is largely destroyed. The billions the Americans cynically pour in, knowing full that the Ukraine can never win, are just meant to weaken Russia. Indeed a negotiated peace for land would be by far the rational option, but Ukrainian nationalists who insist on not ceding an inch are to blame for those peace negotiations not happening.

It was Kamala Harris responsibility, as the prosecuting attorney, to evaluate the quality of the evidence. Of course. She failed miserably in the case of Mr Trulove.

The Global Head of Design at Volvo is a delightful Brit called Jeremy Offer. The CEO of Volvo is a Scottish chap called Jim Rowan. He succeeded Håkan Samuelsson in 2022. As for Volvo's board of directors, you can see they are almost all Swedish and listed here: https://www.volvogroup.com/en/investors/corporate-governance/board-of-directors.html Volvo's head designer, the guy doing the actual work, is Thomas Ingenlath. He's Swedish. https://www.architecturaldigest.com/story/volvos-head-designer-explains-future-of-the-iconic-swedish-brand Yes, I would. Volvo has shifted production of EV cars from China to Belgium. The reason was EU tariffs. https://www.reuters.com/business/autos-transportation/volvo-shifting-ev-production-belgium-evade-china-tariffs-times-reports-2024-06-09/#:~:text=Regulatory %26 Policy-,Volvo shifting EV production to Belgium,China tariffs%2C The Times reports

Well quite, the US would appear to have a broken justice system, and Kamala Harris was an integral part of this failed justice system. That's the whole point though, when election time nears there is bound to be some real scrutiny of her record as a DA, even if it's just because the Trump camp will push it on the agenda with millions of ads. And frankly her stint as a DA was far from the stellar legal performance some might think. There's plenty of stuff there to discredit Harris as incompetent.

Kamala Harris obviously failed to evaluate the evidence correctly and was easily misled by 4 minor police officers providing her with faked evidence. Either she colluded or she's hopelessly incompetent. Do we really want a woman with the finger on the button who is misled by 4 relatively uneducated police offiers? If it's so easy for four policemen to fool her, how much more for experienced politicians and diplomats?

From the Economist article itself: "Ukraine’s surprise mini-invasion of Russia provokes mixed feelings. Dublin says early successes lifted morale. But it didn’t last. The hope that Russia might respond by moving troops from Pokrovsk has been supplanted by the realisation that it has not. Ukrainian security sources confirm that while Russia has moved troops from other sections of the eastern front line, it reinforced around Pokrovsk. Ukraine meanwhile redeployed special forces units to Kursk, and is patching up the Pokrovsk front with untested formations. “The Russians have figured things out and aren’t taking the bait,” complains Dublin. The defenders of Pokrovsk are reluctant to say how long they can hold out. The Russians may take weeks or months to get past outlying towns like Myrnohrad, Selydove, and Ukrainsk, all now haunted by drones, artillery and bomber planes. The advance has slowed since August 19th, says Oleksandr, a drone commander with the 110th brigade, who watches the battlefield from his screens. But the Russians have a habit of pouncing on weak spots to devastating effect, he warns. It seems only a matter of time before Pokrovsk is crushed like Mariupol, Bakhmut and Avdiivka." And some say Russia is not winning the war. Bizarre.

Definitely the defense was at fault too, however, the prosecution too for pursuing the case against an innocent man. And later for preventing new DNA evidence from being admitted. Consider also Jamal Trulove, who was sentenced to 50 years in prison after he was framed by police for the 2007 shooting of his friend Seu Kuka. Again Kamala secured the conviction. Trulove was acquitted in a 2015 retrial. Three years after his exoneration, Trulove sued the police department and four officers saying they fabricated evidence, coerced a key eyewitness and withheld vital information that may have exonerated Trulove. A federal jury determined the two lead homicide detectives had violated Trulove's civil rights and awarded him $14.5 million. This was the evidence Kamala Harris used to get Trulove convicted. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13750465/actor-wrongfully-convicted-kamala-harris-taunt.html It would appear far from being a great achievement, Kamala Harris' stint as a DA was a litany of failures and she was part of a broken justice system.

At her direction. And why she thought she had the evidence to prosecute a man who was actually innocent, only she will know. What's worse, she then battled tooth and nail to prevent new DNA evidence being admitted that would have exonerated Mr Cooper. "I think a lawsplainer is in order about Harris' efforts as AG to prevent an appeals court from considering DNA evidence that would have exonerated a man on death row." "Her office litigated aggressively against allowing that evidence to be considered in federal litigation to say his execution date. https://www.newsweek.com/kamala-harris-cooper-death-row-case-california-san-francisco-prosecutor-attorney-general-1929773

When she was prosecutor. She prosecuted an innocent man and led the jury to convict an innocent man.

In the swing states Harris and Trump are tied, according to a democrat poll.

Yes, Volvo is still cheaper than the big BMW SUV, that's true.

MG cars are now indeed Chinese cars. "MG Motor cars were once engineered by SAIC at the Longbridge facility in Birmingham, UK. Longbridge was formerly home to Austin, British Leyland, Rover Group and, later, the MG Rover Group. Currently, most of the design, development and R&D takes place in China by SAIC Motor R&D Innovation Headquarters (SRIH)." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MG_Motor#:~:text=MG Motor cars were once,R%26D Innovation Headquarters (SRIH). However, this is very different in the case of Volvo. Volvo's biggest factory is Torslanda in Sweden. It's main design studio is in Sweden, though it has design subsidiary studios in Camarillo and Shanghai. It is completely FALSE to say all Volvo cars are made in China. The majority of Volvo cars are made outside of China. https://www.motortrend.com/features/where-is-volvo-made/

No, it won't, the election will be determined by the undecided voters in the swing states. Officials with the top pro-Harris super PAC said their polling “is much less rosy” than public surveys. Other Democratic pollsters noted that — even if their polling is right — Trump still maintains a lot of advantages. There are plenty of warning signs hidden in the data: A poll commissioned by the Democratic messaging firm Navigator Research and unveiled during the convention showed Harris and Trump essentially tied across the swing-state map. “Every year, we’ve had different curveballs. This is a difficult industry,” said John Anzalone, who was the lead pollster on Biden’s 2020 campaign. “Something’s gonna happen in 2024. You and I, right now, don’t know what that is.” https://www.politico.com/news/2024/08/22/democrat-pollsters-kamala-harris-00176065 Looks like the pollsters themselves are less confident than you, Danderman.

From your own link: "In his letter to the defence ministry, Lindner downplayed the impact of the move, suggesting that funds could be made available to Kyiv from frozen Russian central bank assets. Still, it’s unclear how those resources could be tapped amid ongoing legal issues, the FAZ reported. Under current plans, Germany’s military support for Ukraine — second only to the US, according to the Kiel Institute for the World Economy — is set to be almost halved next year and then reduced to less than a tenth of the current amount in 2027, the newspaper reported. " So not only is Germany halving its funding for Ukraine by half, in due course Germany plans to reduce funding to less than one tenth of the current funding.

Germany has stopped funding Ukraine by 50 percent, at best Ukraine will get 4 billion from Germany, not 8 as before. "Berlin, which is Europe's main supplier of military aid to Kyiv, had already signaled a change in course on Ukraine last month, when the governing coalition of the Social Democrats, the Greens and the Liberals adopted a preliminary deal on a draft budget for 2025. The compromise seen by POLITICO detailed plans to slash future assistance to Ukraine by half to €4 billion to fulfill other spending priorities." https://www.politico.eu/article/germany-halt-new-ukraine-military-aid-report-war-russia/

No car in the world is "ALL" Swedish. Or "ALL" German. Or "ALL" Chinese. Or "ALL" Japanese". Every single car in the world contains components from various countries. Including Chinese cars. However, Volvo cars are designed in Sweden, as before. The manufacturing direction and supervision comes from Sweden, as before. This is not the same case as MG. Geely has, smartly, allowed Volvo considerable independence to continue to retain the value of the Volvo brand. Volvo has retained independence from its Chinese shareholder which MG never had.

Not at all, Germany has stopped funding Ukraine to the same extent. Germany has HALVED its funding for Ukraine. Therefore Germany has stopped 50 percent of its funding for Ukraine. Thus, your statement that donor nations have not stopped funding for Ukraine is wrong. Countries in the West have limited resources. And even the major donor, the USA will be forced to re-evluate its funding in due course.

No. Volvo cars continue to be Swedish cars. Designed in Sweden, manufactured in Sweden and to the extent they're assembled in China, manufacturing directions are emanting from Sweden. Unlike MG, Volvo has scucceeded in retaining independence from Geely. You can certainly say MG cars are now Chinese cars, as they have nothing in common with previous British MG cars apart from the badge, design and manufacturing are directred from China. This is not the case with Volvo. When and if Volvo cars are ever designed in China and directions for manufacturing come from China, you can claim Volvo cars are Chinese cars. As of today Volvo cars very much continue to be Swedish cars. Even if a key shareholder is Chinese.

No it's not, polls cannot reflect how undecided voters in swing states will vote and they don't claim to. But this election will be determined by undecided voters in swing states. Hence, all these polls are of little value.

You are wrong, Brian. "The German government will stop new military aid to Ukraine as part of the ruling coalition's plan to reduce spending, the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (FAZ) reported on Saturday. The moratorium on new assistance is already in effect and will affect new requests for funding, not previously approved aid, according to the FAZ report, which cited non-public documents and emails as well as discussions with people familiar with the matter." https://www.politico.eu/article/germany-halt-new-ukraine-military-aid-report-war-russia/ Whilst it's true that Germany will use interest on Russian assets to pay for prior funding commitments Germany's new budget signals a German change of course and a plan to slash payments to Ukraine by half." "Berlin, which is Europe's main supplier of military aid to Kyiv, had already signaled a change in course on Ukraine last month, when the governing coalition of the Social Democrats, the Greens and the Liberals adopted a preliminary deal on a draft budget for 2025. The compromise seen by POLITICO detailed plans to slash future assistance to Ukraine by half to €4 billion to fulfill other spending priorities." https://www.politico.eu/article/germany-halt-new-ukraine-military-aid-report-war-russia/

Sadly for Harris though, the election will be determined by undecided voters in the swing states. The polls do not reflect how they will vote, so in terms of predicting the election these polls are of very little use.

If we're talking about polls, in 2012 polls suggested Mitt Romney's voters were more enthusiastic than Barack Obama voters. In the end Obama won. In the case of Harris, she has the new candidate shine now, but it's almost guaranteed that closer to the election her likeability will fall. The Trump campaign has already pushed millions of advertising painting her as a left liberal, and as scrutiny of her voting record happens closer to the election her record will guarantee that her current poll numbers will fall. https://www.politico.com/news/2024/08/14/kamala-harris-polls-donald-trump-00174050 Harris' record, she actually wrongfully convicted an innocent man, helped to set a man free that later killed, all these things will come back to haunt her. As will her lack of credibility on the main issue, the economy. I am not saying Trump will win for sure, however, this is a very close election and Harris' shiny new polls now don't mean a thing.