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the Ukrainian revolution forced Yanukovich to go. while there are serious doubts about his election having been democratic, there is no doubt at all that the revolution was caused by Yanukovich lying to the people and conducting different policies than what he was elected on, notably he acted pro-Russian, but he was elected on a pro-Europe programme. that's what caused his demise. he was removed by The Ukrainian People.

what is your comment on the video that shows Trump saying and repeating ad nauseam that Elon Musk gives him 45 million a month ?

I wrote something that was not true and deleted it.

what if you actually read the transcript of that phone call ? it's just international diplomacy at work, keeping in contact and talking with all sides, and of course offering diplomatic support to the parties favoured by one's own government. can't see any "involvement" in the coup from that phone call, not can I see any authority of the US to "put" anyone in charge. of course the US wanted the Russian agent Yanukovich gone. Everyone wanted that except the Russians and their cronies. it's just disinformation Ruzzia puts out to influence gullible minds.

the most appropriate place for your use of quotes would have been around the word "republican". Trump isn't a republican. and that's why this isn't about right-left.

interesting. twice the same post, hours apart.

we didn't hear that one before, you troll

correct

great !

it's fascinating that for some posters here that rumours about some hypothetical sexual encounters of which we have no reason to believe they weren't consensual seem to be more significant that the actions of a repeat sex-offender felon ?

here is a post of mine demonstrating the fact:

there are hundreds of thousands of ethnic Russians currently living in the free part of Ukraine and they are doing fine, as they also mostly were pre-2014 before Putin sent agent provocateurs to stir the sh*t. they are also numerous in the Ukrainian army fighting against Putin. the allegedly oppressed ethnic Russians in Ukraine ... they want Putin out of Ukraine and they risk their lives to defend Ukraine.

some reading: short article: https://dailymontanan.com/2024/07/17/american-fascism-starts-in-places-like-montana/ a checklist: https://www.keene.edu/academics/cchgs/resources/presentation-materials/characteristics-and-appeal-of-fascism/download/ longer: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Definitions_of_fascism https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trumpism and here I applied the checklist. green checkmarks show where Trump fits the bill in fact or in intention.

the guy (apparently) fired three shots, of which only one just at the moment Trump turned his head. he was disturbed in his aim and missed.

bing and duckduckgo will provide some hits google won't, but they are also full of serp-spam

it probably was a piece of shrapnel from a telepromter shattered by the bullets or similar object. not really an important detail. Trump was still shot at. Whether a bullet grazed his ear or a shrapnel doesn't matter to me. the person who saved Trump was probably the police guy who disturbed the shooter on the roof.

Regardless of Trump probably actually not having been hit by a bullet, the chain of events at that rally point to glaring holes in the security plan for that event, and also at a lack of overwatch, together with inadequate alarm procedure. The director had no choice IMO but to resign. In detail, from my armchair : - access to elevated positions directly around the venue was not properly controlled - elevated positions were not under constant observation - alarm of an armed man was raised several minutes before shots fell, yet the spotters failed to assess the threat and the protective detail did not shield Trump - such an alarm should only take a few seconds to reach overwatch ! - apparently there was also confusion over whether a man on a roof, armed with a rifle, could be part of security himself. leads me to think about personnel control procedures in defined sectors and color of the day procedures

don't ... Biden is very happy with the outcome. I have a hunch that this move had been planned for some time. After Trump shot himself in the foot by nominating JD Vance, Biden just had to withdraw for Harris, et voilà ...

I don't think that's an obstacle. Look, even Trump got elected, so what's your point ?

but did you ask yourself the question whether a person would make a good president just because you can relate ?

Harris should run with Haley as VP

my favourite moment was when I showed a piece of paper to a shop attendant, with a picture and a description in Thai of what I was looking for, just to get a "mai mee, sorry sir" and the item was on a shelf just behind her head, about 20cm away.

hope and prayers ! very much the same that Vance wants to use to "support" Ukraine.

might might be completely right with your comment. an alternative power base wouldn't be a good thing for Ukraine in times of war and Zaluzhnyi clearly overstepped making political statements as chief of armed forces, so he was reassigned. maybe the author of the youtube video is a Zaluzhnyi fan. but ... that wasn't the topic. it was about Ruzzians rescuing their men who are encircled in the Vovchansk aggregate plant.

It seems the jury is still out on this