Youtube comments of Karsten Schuhmann (@karstenschuhmann8334).

  1. The funny thing is his name, Schön. In German we say "die Ergebnisse schönen" meaning to "fiddle to improve your data".
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  2. I knew Sabine when we started to study physics. She always was extremely intelligent. It is interesting to see her becoming a public figure.
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  3. That is the reason they added weights to the chain. An advantage of a chain is also that the weights will not slide.
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  4. They can, but the EU would allow for better coordination and more effect.
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  5. ​ @reucutajar  Especially beneficial for the smallest members.
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  6. Most parties will lose vote share after getting into government. That is pretty normal.
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  7. That is the best way to prevent Russian tanks from getting fuel.
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  8. How can someone as deluded as Andrea Leadsom become a cabinet minister?
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  9. The EU has never "hammered" the UK, the UK was treated as good as reasonably possible under the circumstances. The UK wanted to become an independent country with a very shallow trade deal. Treating the UK like any other country with a similar deal would have led to much more issues. The problem was, that these issues where not honestly discussed in the UK, so the UK was totally unprepared for the Brexit they desired.
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  10.  @origin9249  Well, he was not worshiping the EU but just stating that EU funds are more trustworthy than national funds. And that is true, they are better monitored and less prone to political influence. Something like the SERCO test and trace with Dido Harding would be impossible in the EU.
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  11.  Mari Jayne  The people actually wanting to cheat were Republicans and got caught.
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  12.  @kaltsssit  Well, there is no dirt in the gun breach because it is permanently engaged. This is the advantage of rotating bearings in contrast to linear bearings.
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  13. That is the best way to prevent Russian tanks from getting fuel.
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  14.  @Aireck174  "Its not about Palestinians, its about using them as an excuse to be anti semitic." We are talking about actions taken by the government of Israel, not about the Jewish people. "If it was about Palestinians, you would hear the same amount of criticism of Egypt." Why? It is Israel that is Gombing and starving civilians in Gaza. Egypt is not taking action to help, but it is not killing Palestinians. "No one ever complains about Egypt." Why should we complain about Egypt? "There are no paratroopers going into Egypt." WTF are you talking about?
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  15. You Americans are really strange with skin color. This girl in the foreground at the well has a brighter skin color than many southern Europeans, still she thinks she is black.
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  16. The EU cannot agree to any trade deal with the UK that costs more than it delivers. Any EU27 country trades more with the EU27 than with the UK. Any trade deal that infringes the integrity of the common market will cause more harm than good. Furthermore, any trade deal with the UK cannot be much better than the deal Canada or Japan have. Otherwise, all the other countries the EU has trade deals with would demand a renegotiation
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  17. One of my great grandfathers died as a recruit during world war 1. Marching in used shoos he got a blister on one foot. The doctor thought he was a malingerer and he died from an infection with tetanus.
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  18. Well, Covid 19 has shown that we need more competences for the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control. Open borders require a robust and coordinated response. They should be able to instate emergency measures like quarantines that would receive approval from the EU parliament after being enacted. With such measures, we could have controlled the outbreak as Australia did. But the countries did not want to give away competences.
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  19.  @Master-vc6hv  All three have spent their life working in theoretical physics. Michio Kaku specialized in string theory. But string theory is despite the name, not a theory it is still a hypothesis. It has not delivered any contribution to the understanding of reality. String theory is elegant and beautiful but it delivers the wrong result. Sabine is a strong promoter of the idea that the beauty of physics is irrelevant, describing reality is relevant. And once again, Penrose seems to agree with Sabine.
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  20. @Mrblazed420  We are talking about national defense. We do not talk about guerrilla war or adventures abroad.
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  21. The WA is a compromise. The EU has been waiting "half the way" for over a year.
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  22. The "all correct" signal of diving? They destroy all good things.
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  23. Well, the UK needs a trade deal, the EU not so much. In 2021 once the reality of Brexit is beginning to bite Barnier will have an even stronger hand.
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  24.  @diceshard2436  " Russians and even Soviets asked to join NATO actually, but were rejected." What is your point? 1. Neither the Soviet Union nor Russia met the criteria for membership. So the application for membership was bogus to begin with. 2. Even if they had met these criteria, many members of NATO have bad memories of being controlled by Moscow. I would suggest, that Russia should spend at least a generation on fixing its economy and acting humbly to regain the trust of its neighbors. "You there just don't understand how it looks outside when "defensive" alliance is waging wars all other the world and at the same time calls you a threat when you try to defend your interests" The USA has been starting some bad wars, but the USA is not NATO. So please be clear are you talking about NATO or the USA.
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  25.  @moonshine.squatter  Really? Be more specific what do you want to say? If she is nothing you are probably less than nothing.
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  26.  @shadowkille8r99  If a contribution is relevant or not will only show in the future. Once again, Pentrose is surely the most accomplished of the three and he agreed with Sabine.
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  27.  @Paul-vm9sz : The fact that there is Article 50 in the Lisbon treaty makes clear that the EU is not an empire. Everybody is free to go. But the UK must not bully Ireland on its way.
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  28. That is exactly their job. They are monitoring the situation. They are neutral observers. They have a similar job compared to journalists, but journalists that can defend themselves. Normally when UN troups are attacked they would call an air strike on the army attacing them.
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  29. This would have been a job for medics, not policemen.
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  30.  @iidentifyasaPSLGoddess  Correct, but as a verb "schönen" means making a thing more beautiful and it is usually used for data.
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  31. Genau im das zu vermeiden müssen wir der Ukraine helfen.
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  32. They are often trying to hide these desires it from themselves.
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  33.  @alexsilent5603  Russia is clearly not more wealthy then China or even Japan. And it was Russia that forgot Ukrainian patriotism when invading Ukraine.
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  34. The "long guys" battalion is not as crazy as it seems. At his time soldiers where using muzzleloaders. For easy loading, the length of the gun needs to be shorter than the man. Huge soldiers could use longer guns. This would have provided this battalion with an extra reach. At a time when battalions marched straight into a battle, this would have been a great advantage.
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  35. The French redesigned their nuclear subs because Australia had specifically asked for diesel.
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  36.  @Bullet-Tooth-Tony- : Jep, if you dip the meat in chlorine you get rid of most salmonella. This way you can sell rotten stuff that would normally cause a scandal.
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  37.  @myhandlehasbeenmishandled  She and Pentrose seem to agree. Michio seemed out of his out of his depth in this discussion. I know Sabine did her diploma thesis about extradimensions.
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  38. Ukraine has made a huge step in the sense of national identity and democracy. And I see a huge willingness in Ukraine to reform the political and judical system. If this is paired with a solid financial policy, you have it. The requirements of the EU are not about being wealthy or not, but about these other factors.
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  39. The EU is not holding together by fear. The comparison with a club makes it clear: If you are part of a tennis and you pay your fees and play tennis. You normally would not think of not paying but still playing tennis. But if one member would do this and succeed others would follow. At the end nobody would be paying and the club would run bankrupt. All over the world people organize clubs and the reason for them to work are the rules and not fear.
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  40. As a German, I would say it is the most insightful description of the german situation of have heard from the UK for quite some time.
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  41. How to cooperate with a country that is in the process of invading?
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  42. How can there be a peace deal that provides Gaza safety from Israel?
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  43. ​@MrBudgiejoe And countries in the direct proximity of Russia have a vested interest in becoming a member of NATO.
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  44. Teresa May has done much fewer U-turns.
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  45. Seems to be a similar concept to the G11. Very complex and quite powerful.
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  46. Germany had a Leopard with a snorkel that could cross, I think, 4m deep water. But the death was limited and the snorkel was vulnerable. With the current battery technology one could build an electric hybrid tank, with an electric range of 5 to 10 km. They could cross a river or lake on its bottom.
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  47. Every country in the EU27 trades more with the other EU27 members than with the UK. So compromising the common market (omitting the backstop and a hard border) would be more damaging for the EU than a hard Brexit. EU politicians, the 27 governments and the industry agree, giving in to Boris would be more expensive than a no deal.
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  48.  @bombardus2258 : The EU is at least as democratic as the UK. Members of parliament are voted for, the ministers are sent by the member states, the commissioners are proxies for the individual government. And the EU civil service is not elected similar to the civil service of the UK. And the EU does not have a House of Lords.
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  49.  @stickyfingazcodm557  Well, the army invading a country is usually commiting more atrocities than the army that is defending their home country, even if the state of the armies is identical.
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  50.  @louderbackbarry  Isn't that similar to the mobile ponton bridge the Russians used.
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  51.  @jacobsteele7138  German population is about a third of the US population. We are not that small.
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  52.  @Pining_for_the_fjords  It is more like playing the game of chicken against a lorry that is too wide to give way. Sure the collision will damage the lorry but giving way would run it into a ditch causing much more damage.
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  53. He is still young, he will get another chance.
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  54. @Mrblazed420  Guerilla warfare allows a small country to defend against a far more capable enemy, but it does not prevent damage, death, and human suffering. A strong army stationed at the border can repell an attacker before he had time to cause significant damage. And it can in a counterattac cause damage to the forreign army before it crosses the border.
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  55.  @Pining_for_the_fjords  Accepting the proposal of Frost would undermine the benefit of the common market. If products (financial and physical) within the market are no longer obliged to follow EU rules, countries would need to shield their internal markets and reintroduce border checks. This would cause an enorumous amound of red tape. It would cost each member much more than they would benefit from a deal with the UK.
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  56. You mean the UK.
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  57. ​ @aliklili It is not a referendum if you drive out 50% of the population and threaten the rest to vote for the result you want.
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  58.  @make-u-rich879  No, a surrender of Ukraine would not have saved Ukrainian lives as we could see in Bucha.
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  59.  @23sunderland  Russia could reduce the number of neonazis in Ukraine by at least a factor of two by withdrawing its army.
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  60. The other EU leaders are not bound by the Brexit referendum. To them, it is the political will of the people of the UK nothing more and nothing less. They are bound by there local political will. If Ireland had a referendum demanding unification with NI Teresa May would not be bound by the referendum. The people of Europe are fed up with cherry picking.
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  61. Any mask will reduce the spread. The R factor of the virus is 3. A reduction of the spread by a factor of 4 will stop the pandemic. You do not need 100% secure masks.
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  62.  @ThePawcios  Everybody in the EU has made this rules.
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  63.  joe caterman  Sure about 10% of German car exports go to the UK but still more go to the EU27. A spokesman of the German car industry has explicitly stated that the integrity of the common market is more important than a deal with the UK. Ireland trades more with Belgium than with the UK and they have increased the transport capacity of the Dublin port.
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  64. Germany has sent uniforms.
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  65. In the past Ukraine had not become a member of NATO in order not to antagonize Russia. This is now out of the window. Ukraine needs to become a member of NATO as soon as the war ends.
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  66. This is fascinating and pretty absurd. In Germany the relevant laws are updated every 20 to 40 years. This adapts the law to new technology and changes of lifestyle, but it also supersedes the case law and it updates the language.
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  67.  @moixyplayz848  Sure, but most of the times you should be able to get it right on the first try (unlike me writing this post). U-turns mean you have been going in the absolutely wrong direction.
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  68.  @TactileTherapy  Had to look him up. I do not really see him as more prominent. But even more, I strongly doubt that is you.
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  69.  @rayagoldendropofsun397  What is this even supposed to mean? There is absolutely no need to handle the gravitation of Earth on the quantum level. You have to go to the quantum level when the gradient of the gravitational field is high.
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  70.  @rayagoldendropofsun397  Are you such a big fan of Michio that the fact that he looked weak here turns you into such a troll? My capabilities in theoretical physics are small compared to Sabine (or any of the others). But your ability in this field seems to be far lower than even mine. You do not seem to know that when the classic description describes all observed phenomena well, there is no reason to use QM descriptions. The description of the gravitational potential of Earth and the sun does not really require a quantization. Physics is not about reality is, but about describing observations we can make.
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  71.  @rayagoldendropofsun397  I have not seen a fact in the chaotic nonsens you stated.
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  72. And this people had to leave their home country due to the destabilization of the Middle East in the aftermath of the invasion of Iraq.
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  73. @Donna Kebab Well, the EU has not lost the referendum, the Remainers in the UK have lost the referendum. The EU was and is not involved in the internal politics of the UK.
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  74.  @SpeedfreakUK  Of course you did. What is your point? The problem is that the UK was unprepared for Brexit, because the necessary infrastructure was not in place. That is the reason for all that delay at the border. Well, for NI the EU agreed to long transitions in order to make it work.
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  75. Yes, Russia attacked Ukraine in 2014. We should have found a way to act earlier and more decisive to protect Ukraine. This second invasion could have been avoided.
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  76.  @iamhardwell2844  NATO has not invaded Iraq? The USA and the UK have. No NATO structures where involved, and several NATO countries where strictly against this illegal invasion.
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  77.  @RobertLutece909  "How could reusing rockets not be cheaper?" 1. The components need to be much sturdier and are, therefore, more expensive and heavy. 2. Before restarting a rocket you usually need to check all components and at least partly disassemble the setup. This costs probably 30%-70% of a single use rocket. 3. The system needed to landing the parts will add weight to the rocket reducing the payload. A 5-10% increase in the weight of the first stage reduces the weight of the second stage by about 50%. 4. Adding 5%-10% of weight to the second stage for recovery reduces payload by a factor of 2. 5. This means reusability may reduce payload by a factor of 4 if cost is not reduced by a factor of 4 the cost per kg into orbit will be higher. "Do you think your flight tickets might be cheaper if they threw away the airplane after you landed?" Rockets are not airplanes.
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  78.  @Nigochen  "Well it's obvious. Because it's the cheapest way." Until now it was always the most expensive thing. 1. The components need to be much sturdier and are, therefore, more expensive and heavy. 2. Before restarting a rocket you usually need to check all components and at least partly disassemble the setup. This costs probably 30%-70% of a single use rocket. 3. The system needed to landing the parts will add weight to the rocket reducing the payload. A 5-10% increase in the weight of the first stage reduces the weight of the second stage by about 50%. 4. Adding 5%-10% of weight to the second stage for recovery reduces payload by a factor of 2. 5. This means reusability may reduce payload by a factor of 4 if cost is not reduced by a factor of 4 the cost per kg into orbit will be higher. "I'm talking about reusability in the future when rockets will have a lifespan of 30+ years without major problems to fix like airplanes." And each start costs half of a similar-sized single-use rocket but only lifts 25%. "And spacex is really far ahead in this technology" That may mean they are just burning money. You may be correct, but I do not think we can trust any figures. "starship is all reusable with both it's stages. In the future it will be like a plane it would do thousands of launches and need only minor fixes. So how is it a bad thing ?" It needs to be reliable and it actually needs to be cheaper than other transports. None of this is a given.
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  79. LMAO, Germany and France are paying more than you. The contribution of the UK is similar to Italy. In addition, it is rather cheap for the benefits it provides.
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  80. It does not really matter how they call semi and fully automated weapons. The content holds water nevertheless.
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  81. It is more than religion, religion was boosted by nationalism and hardened by suffering.
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  82. The EU did not introduce new demands. Thy clarified their position for clueless British negotiators.
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  83. And the UK.
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  84. ​ @genedelattes7781 You do not need to understand Quantum Mechanics in order to understand the forcing effect of CO2. You can measure and accept the behaviour of CO2 and use this to calculate global warming. Understanding why CO2 acts this way is not required.
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  85. This happens when you enter a negotiation with contradicting goals. Just imagine you would call a painter and decorator to paint a room in your house. And you wanted the room green and your wife wanted it blue. And any time one of you would cross the room the painter would have to change the color. In the end, the room would be horrible but the payment would be higher than expected.
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  86. The EU can sit back, after a no deal Brexit once reality will bite the UK will sign the WA.
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  87. Wow, that is an astonishingly UK centered view on these matters. I am used to far more objective reporting from you. I cannot discuss all points, but e.g. calling Barnier infamous is absolutely absurd.
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  88. ​ @srone Correct and the first global calculation (the first very simple climate model) was published in 1897 by later Nobel Laureat Svante Arrenius.
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  89.  @boptah7489 : Article 24 says this can be done when both sides agree (this is valid for the transition period), the EU has told what a transition period requires. If you do not like this there is no transition period.
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  90.  @QuantumAscension1  Who said the world government would need to be Communist or Fascist? It could be democratically elected. Actually, based on the economic power the US government is a quarter world government. So it is nearly there. If you do not like this, you should go to a tiny country like Singapore.
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  91. Well, the BBC did not tell it as it is. They totally screwed up the reasoning. The UK is asking for a trade deal with much better access to the common market than Canada has. And premium access requires a very deep alignment.
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  92. ​ @hansmueller3084 It is not about military bases, it is about a military invading a forreign country. Russia could have retained the Sevastopol port for a long time, if they had not invaded Ukraine.
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  93.  @anirbanroy9855  You mean these people in Donbass, mainly Russian military contractors expelled all loyal Ukrainians from their regions, they shelled the free Ukraine and used the remaining population as human shield. We have seen it all the 8 years when Russia was punishing Ukraine for the audacity to make its own decisions. All this while Russian speakers are in no way disadvantaged in Ukraine, in fact they elected a Russian speaker as president.
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  94.  @alexgruber3527  100% of Ukrainians are citizens of Ukraine. Most of the Russian speaking Ukrainians do not want a Russian invasion.
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  95. Barnier's proposal is a win-win deal. In contrast, Frost's proposal would compromise the integrity of the common market. It would jeopardize the rule of law. It would cost each member country of the EU much more than a deal with the UK could ever compensate for. The members of the EU will not suffer to pamper the UK. No deal is better than a bad deal.
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  96. He was elected by the European parliament. So he has more democratic legetimation than Boris.
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  97.  J Walter  "Most masks are useless as viruses are measured in nanometers" People release the virus particles in water droplets, the largest the size of 0.5 mm the smallest the size of bacteria. Most of them can be filtered easily even with a cotton mask.
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  98. @Cliv Ings It is not about the trade balance it is about the rule of law. If the UK does not commit to a legally binding equivalence to products from the EU there can be no direct access to the common market.
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  99. When will the government of the UK finally accept reality?
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  100. The books of Karl Mai are older than Hollywood. But I guess a lot of images will have come from movies.
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  101. @the one and only: The only reason the EU is so accommodating for Mays request is that they want to give no cause for a British blame game.
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  102. Not really, without accepting the independence of Kosovo Serbia will never join the EU.
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  103. Ich hoffe die beste unseres Semesters, mein unerreichbares Vorbild denkt nicht wirklich so.
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  104.  @NikkyKnowsUNzs2001  You seem desperate to drive your country into the shit.
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  105. They have an imunocompromized child. It is about life and death not about your feelings.
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  106. Roman soldiers are all engineers. Once they would find out they have inferior weapons they would dig in. Palisades can be enforced with dirt. In this safety te Romans could reorganize. Due to their greater number, they could heckle the platoon until they cannot stay awake. If this is impossible, they would build a siege wall around the platoon. This would cut the Americans off from food and water.
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  107. We have school shootings in Germany too, ----- once every 10 to 15 years.
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  108. The EU will not stop the negotiations we do not want to be blamed for the downfall of the UK.
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  109. She was 64 but looked like 84.
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  110. Or he will go down in history as both.
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  111.  @rayagoldendropofsun397  Physiks descrbes reality, the General relativity is perfectly capeble to describe the effects of the earths gravitational field. What else do you need? What do you mean by physical connection? There are no wires involved that cinnect the moon to earth.
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  112. ​ @seansouth7681 Hitler was also quite popular up to his suicide.
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  113. ​ @austintomkewitz3981 500 to 2000km is sufficient range. It is just the size of the fuel tank.
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  114.  @Flat-White  The only side that acted "provokative" in Ukraine was Russia.
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  115.  @23sunderland  Countries around Russia feel the need to protect themselves from Russia. They apply for NATO membership, and sometimes this is granted. The Russian action are the main advertisement for NATO. This has become even more relevant after the Russian invasion in 2022.
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  116. Teresa May shows disrespect for Merkel and the other European leaders. She is stalking them asking them to sign unrealistic agreements and ignoring their answers.
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  117. In Germany relocation is a way to cut jail time. Forreigeners are released early and send to the home country.
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  118. The USA has taken all of Afghanistan in weeks, but they still have not won.
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  119.  @JAZPER53  : Yes they are "bilateral" but the stronger partner dominates. The USA will dominate you like the UK dominated the tribes of Africa in your "bilateral" agreements.
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  120. People should have the right to endanger themselves, but they should not have the right to endanger others. Similarly, you can drink yourself to death, but you are not allowed to drive when drunk.
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  121. O my good, Rory Steward is not much better. 8.10 "We have a center ground, and we, unlike other countries, don't lurch toward extremes". UKIP is virtually identical to the French "National Rally", the German AFD, ..... The only difference is that has seceded with its extreme policy.
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  122.  @googlebarbaralernerspectre2581  Following the quotes of Brexiteres it has been dying since 1995 while in reality it was getting stronger and more effective.
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  123. At the current speed it would take 100 years. But seriously, the geography benefits the defenders of Odessa. One could attack from Transnistria, but this would likely end with the loss of Transnistria for Russia.
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  124. UKIP, yes they are.
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  125. its 90bn PA
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  126.  @jacobsteele7138  Smaller countries would have been incapable to start a world war in the first place and we only started one. But, anyway, this is irrelevant in this discussion.
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  127. The UK has pushed China to realize one state two systems in Hong Kong. Why cont they do it themselves?
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  128. The policemen should be convicted to 90 days of garbage picking in exactly this street.
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  129. It is not about an illegal war and not about human rights. Its about the trade war threatening his business.
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  130. I cannot really agree with this free ride talking point. The only evoking of the NATO defense pact was in the aftermath of 9.11. Germany has spent considerable amounts of money in Afghanistan.
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  131. There are no NATO troops fighting in Ukraine.
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  132. Article 24 says there can be a transition period, in case you reject the transition period, you reject article 24.
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  133. The EU contributions are rather low, and anyway, we all know the UK never paid its fair share.
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  134.  @kxo1038  We have seen Russia calling everyone they do not like a Nazi, including yews. All this, while acting themselves similar to the Nazis.
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  135. The ships are in the Persian gulf directly at their coast. They are harassing Iran not vice versa. Why on earth do you want to make it worse by attacking them. If a bit Iranian ship would come to the cost of Florida the US navy would at least come to investigate and stay in their tracks.
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  136. When the Apple advertisement was made Apple was not in the position to taunt IBM.
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  137.  @andrewkillick2271  The contribution to the EU are rather low, and the part used to run the EU institutions is a tiny part of it. About 10% of the UK governmental institutions in London. Furthermore, decisions in the EU are made by the member countries. It seems your post has no base.
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  138. You always could introduce minimum wages to be for anyone working in the UK regardless if citizen or foreigner.
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  139.  @Titoscudd  Any autonomy of Donbas would have required a long term cease fire. But the irregular Russian army in Donbas kept attacking free Ukraine. And the Ukrainian army needed to defend itself. There was an option for peace when a UN peace troop for Donbas was negotiated, but Russia vetoed this mission. All the war is to 100% on Russia.
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  140. I agree, Russian troops need to leave Ukraine in order to allow Ukraine to heal.
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  141.  @sujathaprakash629  Well, the members of the EU are mid sized European countries, just like Ukraine. More than this Ukraine is a neighbor of the EU. So the EU has the same reason to be interest in a positive relationship with Ukraine and Belarus as Russia. Invading one of our neighbors crosses our red lines.
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  142.  @XMan-qu5kl : This would have been possible all the time. This is a purely internal British decision and it has nothing to do with Brexit. This woman however has been living in the UK for years and has paid taxes, so she would have earned the right for the NHS, wouldn't she.
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  143. Lots of countries have been using Russian gas, nothing bad about that, but all countries try to find a perspective to phase Russian gas out. If Hungary would present a credible path to phase it out in 3 years, it would not be perfect, but a credible effort.
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  144.  @antonmorus2932  You mean legal help in forming a government after the Maidan Revolution. Well then we would also talk about: - Russias illegal involvement to crush the Maidan Revolution, - the Holodomor, - centuries of suppression of the Ukrainian language. .....
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  145. Like most other countries on the planet. Well, at least we do not stay silent about it.
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  146. My sister In law is Jewish and she has a smaller nose then anyone of my family. This stereotype about Jews is so absurd!
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  147. I am not sure reusable rockets are inherently cheaper. Starting more rockets is what makes it cheaper.
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  148.  @Nigochen  "Yes that's correct but technology advances." Well technology has advanced very little, the specific impulse of engines has not changed much in the last 30 years. "You clearly didn't read my whole reply. I said in the future we will have reusable rockets who need minor fixes and can go on for a long time without opening the whole rocket to check the components." Probably, but that does not seem to be true in the present or in the next decade. "What is your idea then we stop reusing rockets ?" It is probably still cheaper to use single-use rockets. It is probably cheaper to build these in large quantities and to reduce costs this way. "It's like you're in the 1980s and those big mobile phones just came out and you said: "mobile phones are so expensive and big let's stop making them and stick with the classic telephone" we wouldn't have made compact smartphones then" I think reusable rockets are more like flying cars. Not one step ahead, but the bas3less hype.
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  149. 45% of British exports are going to the EU, another 20% of British exports are fostered by trade deals of the EU, and with most other countries (USA) exist additional agreements. Nearly nothing is traded based on WTO rules alone.
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  150. You haven't visited many countries around the world, have you?
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  151. That is no new law. They are enforcing rules that have been in place for a long time and the UK agreed to as a member. The only difference, the UK is no longer part of the EU. Brexit means Brexit!
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  152. Well, the numbers of these European countries have been going down far more than in the USA. Make a comparison if the first wave is done with.
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  153. Lots of people already moved to Frankfurt, Paris, Amsterdam, or Dublin.
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  154.  @bombardus2258 : The EU is democratic, but it has its issues. Any political system based on unanimity is vulnerable to gridlocks. This makes the EU slow and reactive in contrast of being agile and proactive. I would favor giving the European parliament more power. In a parliament the discussion would be based more on policy in contrast to the particular interests of individual countries as it is today.  However, abolishing unanimity would for the first time mean a real shift of power to Brussels. Until now all the power is in the hands of the Governments of the individual member states. The only reason Brussels seems to be stronger than London is the fact that Brussels is backed be the EU27.
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  155.  @leet3207  "Russia wouldnt of invaded if the west has stuck to the minsk 2 agreement" The only side not sticking to the Minsk Accords was Russia. Russia even vetoed UN peacekeepers for Donbas. Russia never wanted peace for Donbas Russia wanted to punish Ukraine. "but it was used to buy time to arm Ukraine as admitted by Angela Merkel," Intelligent politicians knew in advance that Russia would not adhere to the Minsk agreements and they acted accordingly within the scope of the Minsk agreements. "so they could retake Donbas and Crimea." The Minsk Accords were a roadmap for a peaceful reintegration of Donbas into Ukraine.
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  156.  @adee6467  They would have a gigantic mayority in the strange election system of the UK.
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  157. If she would not interrupt Boris he would spill out soundbites till the end of the Interview refusing to answer a single question.
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  158. ​ @sod1237 The train station is fundet by the tax payer, not the development. Construction company earn twice. Building a rail station and developing the city center.
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  159. The EU can only agree to a deal if it is beneficial for all members. Otherwise, it will not be ratified win all member countries. The deal proposed by Frost would be worse than no deal for all members. The countries of the EU will not suffer to pamper the UK.
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  160. @bgcvetan  The veto is not the problem for self-defence. We only need appropriate EU law. When the EU border is compromised, we defend with full power unless we unanymusly agree not to do so. The veto will only limit the ability of the EU to act abroad. This would be an issue in a Ukraine situation. Hungary could block EU actions. So I agree, we should stick with a simple mayority.
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  161. Difficult to use them without staff.
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  162.  @pinheadluke3136  So, if Germany had torn down all Russian towns and immediately rebuild them it would have been fine?
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  163.  @JAZPER53 : Any trade deal reduces your national sovereignty as you need to align with another nation. The USA is very likely to be less gentle in this regard than the EU.
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  164.  @gianvw5073  Over its long history the Muslim world was far less antisemitic then the Christian Europe. The Jews had to leave Spain when the Reconquista drove the Muslims out. Yews used to be able to live mostly unbothered in most Muslim countries. Most of the Muslim antisemitism seems to have developed on the last 75 years.
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  165. Any deal needs to beneficial for every single member of the EU. Otherwise, the member countries will not agree to this deal.
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  166. Every country in the EU27 trades more with the other EU27 members than with the UK. So compromising the common market (omitting the backstop and a hard border) would be more damaging for the EU than a hard Brexit. EU politicians, the 27 governments and the industry agree, giving in to Boris would be more expensive than a no deal.
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  167. What consumer are you talking about?
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  168. They had the guys they should have just kept them under surveillance until till they would have gone to a quite area.
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  169. A country not being able to feed itself attempting world domination, worked fine for Britain.
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  170. Probably, but the longer the Russian army can be hold back the more losses they will take and the less likely they are to invade other regions of Ukraine. It may even reduce the power of the Russian army at Kerson.
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  171. You can get used to it and wear the mask without suffering.
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  172.  @AbubekirYalcin14  All member countries benefit from being in the EU. Why should any country leave when it profits from mebership? But reducing reduce external influence is surely useful.
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  173. Really bad for an attack, not so bad in a defensive situation.
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  174. Well, but it is clearly better then Russian investment. I mean the EU tries to find ways to benefit the population.
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  175. Well, Boris has agreed to a border in the Irish sea as part of the binding part of the WA. It was signed and ratified. No deal would make this a hard border.
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  176.  @RobertLutece909  1. Heavier parts are a problem because they reduce the efficiency of rockets. Reusable materials are more costly because they must not degrade under the loads of a start. 2. These Rockets are of course disassembled and probably tested with ultrasonic transducers, especially the engines. 3. The weight of the empty booster is a big deal. Every kg in the empty booster means a smaller second stage. You would need to double the size of the rocket to compensate for this. 4. You would need to double the rocket another time. 5. Rockets ut to the size of Ariane 5 or Falcon 9 gain in efficiency by becoming bigger. Beyond a certain limit of a payload of probably 40t rockets will not gain efficiency, but costs will increase faster than the payload. SpaceX is probably burning a lot of investors' money. Besides covering an upper stage in a heat shield is the same conceptual error that was made for the Space Shuttle. "Rockets are very much like airplanes for the purposes of this discussion." Just the way like horse-drawn charts are like supersonic jets. Increasing the number of Horses in front will not make it faster. "People normally can't wrap their minds around that concept because we don't throw airplanes away at the end of the flight." Physiks stays physiks. "SpaceX's Starship, assuming it works, will be the first rocket that benefits from end-to-end reusabilty and will have substantially cheaper $/kg to LEO than any other system." Assuming it works. "Even Falcon 9 is cheaper." Not sure it is. I do not know if it is simply budgeted in a different way. "It takes SpaceX less than a month to prep a first stage for relaunch, and SpaceX doesn't have any trouble undercutting the competition on price." About two months, and we do not know if the prices are real.
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  177. I like the definition of James O Brian: "Political correct beans not being rude." It has nothing to do with not being able to tell a truth.
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  178. You mean, when you leave the EU completely, the UK is toast, don't you?
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  179. Most of Europeans from the continent do not think they lose their identity by living in the Euro-zone. Yes, we feel as proud Europeans but also as inhabitants of our country. Lots of us also have local identities, the Bavarians, for example, feel at least as connected to Bavaria as to Germany. Just like the people of Norfolk can be proud of being British and being inhabitants of Norfolk. Furthermore, even if you value your local Government, there are many things the British can do many things more efficiently as its cost is distributed on more shoulders.
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  180. 1. Implementing these EU rules should not be seen as an additional workload. These rules will help fighting corruption. And it will push the economy since more products will meet EU standards. 2. Other countries may currently be closer to fulfilling the Maastricht criteria, but they do not move or even move away. But I think the population of Ukraine is willing to fulfill the Maastricht criteria. The Baltic republics can be seen as an example for both point.
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  181.  @zbigniewp1810  The EU has grown stronger in every crisis.
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  182. It is a way to stop the fuel supply for Russian tanks.
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  183.  @ksmith4712  Ukrainie wanted to adhere to the Minsk agreement, but the "separatists" did not adhere to the case fire, this blocked all the following steps. If Putin would have wanted the Minsk agreement to be implemented, he would have pressured his minions not to break the cease fire. Ukrainie tried to ask for UN peace keepers to finally start the implementation of the Minsk agreement, but Russia was not interested in peace, therefore, the veto. At that point, Ukrainie rightfully described the Minsk agreement as dead, killed by Russia. I mean there have been many soldiers from Russia in the "separatist" regions. It was in fact more an invasion than an uprising.
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  184. The Moroccan coast has winds coming from the Atlantic ocean cool and without much sand.
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  185.  @marjoranxha3695  Only if the UK is a stable member. UK membership in the EU is detrimental if the UK blocks policy and starts the next Brexit after a few years.
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  186.  @jamesu1540  Barnier has done a really good job, he is a real diplomat, and not even having to deal with an idiot like David Davis can make him lose his cool, but he does not make the policy. The policy for the negotiations agreed by the European parliament and the 27 member countries in the European Council. Barnier has been iupdated the partners in regular intervals, every steakholder was kept in the loop. Barnier would have failed if he had agreed to the absurdety of the Frost proposal.
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  187. Sure, if NATO had accepted Ukraine in 2008 there would be no war right now.
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  188.  @OutaDark : You are not punished for leaving. Being in the EU is simply beneficial, so leaving is setting you back.
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  189. Hamas is a symptom of the despair of the population of Gaza.
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  190. In a situation like Israel it can lead to a situation where both sides dehumanize each other.
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  191.  @MrTheguywiththemoney  The main difference is that any member of the EU has a saying and a veto in EU policy. It is not being ruled by sombody else, but finding a way to go that all members can agree to. In contrast, Boris can pursue his way without asking the Scots for approval.
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  192.  @sayithowitis1  It is not about dictating anything, it is about fulfilling your commitments. But in any case, Brexit has greatly weakened the UK position in discussions with the EU.
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  193. Hi, I am from Germany, here guns are not totally banned but heavily restricted. Firearms require a background check a training and have to be registered. The last point prevents a legal firearm to become an illegal firearm. Still if you are really into guns, you can get them. I think Jörg Sprave has a nice explanation about our gun law: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q0-J2pYLCvI Just one question for you: I see that Guns may be a needed tool on the countryside, but to me they seem very dangerous in a town or even city. As far as I see, a gun does not really help me to defend myself against a person with a gun. He could shoot me without me even noticing I was in danger. Do you really feel saver walking a street with a gun?
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  194. 3:36 The business in the EU27 has allays stated they would value the integrity of the common market higher than a trade deal with the UK.
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  195.  @nobodyjustme7481  Well, all the casualties Ukraine has right now are casualties of not joining NATO. Russia would have never attacked a NATO member, and without NATO membership there is no protection from another attack from Russia.
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  196. Dear Andrzej Czaplinski, the facts are clear. Everybody, who sees politics realistically sees the EU will not renegotiate as as giving in to BoJo would be more expensive than a no deal Brexit. In contrast, a hard Brexit will catastrophic for the UK. Now, the EU is interested in keeping itself free of any blame for the Brexit chaos in the UK. Brexiteres will blame the EU in any case. However, in case the EU will be internationally blamed for the downfall of the UK, this will delay or frustrate international trade deals. So, as far as I can see, the UK has to jump of the cliff by itself, nobody will push them.
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  197. It is way more democratic than in the UK. In the UK, she would be leader by default.
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  198.  @JZTechEngineering  Well, FPTP is undemocratic. So it is strange that anyoune is using it.
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  199.  @reboot1499 : The EU has no interest to keep the UK in suspension. Teresa May had to deliver on incompatible goals: Leave the EU and keep the NI border open. This has led to this undesirable result. It is a purely British issue. The EU has always said we do not want the UK to leave and it is stupid, but you can do so if you want.
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  200. More Obadiah
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  201. This is a direct result of Brexit. The French are no longer obliged to keep the migrants from crossing the channel. Even more, they are no longer obliged to take them back.
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  202. I did not follow this in detail, but as far as I heard she was not letting him out as fast as he wanted. I would guess he got mad as he shitted his pants.
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  203. @RogueSecret  Countries did join the EU and NATO because they wanted to do so. Countries especially joined NATO because they were afraid of Russia. This invasion of Ukraine has proven them right. Russia has never seriously tried to improve the relationship with the Baltic republics. They could have worked together to remodel the Stalinistic victory monuments into memorials for the victims of Stalinism.
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  204. Well, the same was true for the SS. I am not saying the SS were the good guys, on the contrary, but they where no demons. They wanted to conquer land for Germany. They where fighting an unjust war in a brutal manner, just like the Russian army is doing now.
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  205. As a scientist I find it repugnant when a lawyer or tax consultant make this argument: "You could have looked it up, your pity is just based on the fact that you are lazy or stupid." It is their job to know these things, so it is easy for them. My job is different and to be successful in mine I should waste as little tome doing their job. If light switches had the same sloppy design as these laws, you wold need to know where to touch them in order not to cause a fire or get an electrical shock. I could probably cope with these (as high voltage is part of my job), could they?
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  206. Sure Brexit Party MEPs are clowns.
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  207. More gone due to British austerity. Maybe also due to the UK government not implementing measures to limit EU immigration, measures that would have been available within the EU.
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  208.  @mikeradu2010  Sure, now you will get less migrants from the EU. Less unqualified and less highly qualified. As nobody is interested to raise kids in a xenophobic environment. And you are paying a high price for something you could have had for free. In addition, you are mixing two totally different aspects of migration. The refugees were never allowed into the UK (apart from family unifications).
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  209. Well, Russia had brought large numbers of soldiers to the border one year earlier, and not attacked. So it was not far fetched to assume that they would do the same once again, especially as they where correct that it was stupid for Russia to invade. So they where correct in everything, but they overestimated Putins intelligence.
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  210. Respect for the UN is pretty high, repect for soldiers attacking UN troops is negative.
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  211.  @joecat4892  He was in the fishery committee. That is the place where EU rules are amended and even rewritten. That is exactly the place to influence the EU. But it is a place without posturing and without cameras. But real work without publicity is nothing for Farage.
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  212. I do not really care for him running for office, but how can he still own guns? He has a mental health issue.
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  213. Sure they did. The EU changed the Lisbon treaty and the new version was approved by Ireland.
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  214. Sure, Ukrainians are far more tired of the war. So let's hope the Russian army will finally leave Ukrainie so that the war can end.
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  215. That is a German news channel, it is, of course, reporting about Germany. Germany has enough gas stored to get over the winter even without any gas deliveries from anywhere.
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  216. Not really an option if each drone contains an explosive charge.
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  217. @datwasty64  1. The EU most probably helped you to retain the industry you still have. 2. The EU is not responsible for the parties you elect in Portugal. 3. Freedom of movement in the EU has increased chances to work all over the EU and therefore decreased the likelihood of becomm8ng dependent on welfare.
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  218. Completely free of any relevant information. How do these people earn their paycheck? Oh, i just remembered its the advertysing.
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  219. @R A LMAO
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  220. That is fine with us, as long as you do not blame the EU for your own actions.
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  221. I have no love for the Chinese political system, and it is true China covered it up for 4 weeks. However, at a certain point, they got into action, and they got impressive results. The rest of the world had 2 months of warning time and was still less effective than China. If the rest of the world had been as active in suppressing the Virus as China was, Covid19 would be gone by now.
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  222.  The Irish Italian  Sure, the surface area of Germany is much smaller than the area of the USA. But this does not really have a huge influence on testing for the virus.
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  223.  @nabs16  It seems to be a neglected of all parties. I would not excuse Nasrallah, he is a part of the system. My best wishes to all the people who have lost loved ones.
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  224.  @Purple_flower09  The UK would need to show a very high level of commitment. Something that would convince the member countries of the EU that the UK would not start the next Brexit a few years after entering the EU or the common market.
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  225. Well, in 2021 Barnier will have a much stronger hand in the negotiations.
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  226.  Dustin Heath  If everyone would have been wearing a mask in time 161K people could be still alive in the US and the economy would not have tanked. Do you really want to compare this to this isolated case?
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  227. I guess he trying own the people smearing him as a socialist. Still this labeling is pretty strange when viewed from Europe.
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  228.  @richardjones9007  That is something completely different. And you know it is.
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  229. I pity Merkel and Macron they seem to have a stalker in Teresa May.
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  230. Thermal imaging uses the wavelengths of about 6 000 nm to about 10 000 nm. IR cameras are usually active in the range of 700 nm to 1 100 nm.
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  231.  @JasonFlopster219  If Hungary would be punished over its policy towards Russia and Ukrainie Poland wouldn't veto anything.
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  232.  @arx3516  The EU is reforming all the time any new EU legislation represents a reform.
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  233.  @sayithowitis1  "that was the whole idea" What? Fulfilling your commitments or decreasing the influence of the UK?
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  234. Well, the EOI seems to be in a much better situation as a member of the EU than NI as a member of the UK.
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  235. Russia wanted to create a frozen conflict, to prevent Ukraine from joining the EU or NATO. Taking Donbass would not have done the trick.
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  236. Why? Because it is unpleasant for you?
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  237. The UK negotiators started with unicorns and cherry cake. They tried to rip of the EU. The EU started with several contracts with several countries in place. This has led to pretty much predefined conditions. Any further favor to the UK would put the other partners in a disadvantage. This cannot be done. At the same time they started with a proposal not worse than the conditions of other countries. They offered a fair deal from the beginning.
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  238. Sounds more like Russian or Georgian ammonium nitrate.
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  239. And David Davis despises the EU, so he was send to negotiate. Same logig or same stupidity.
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  240. I have the feeling it has more to do with management. Musk makes big promises and expects them to be delivered within a fraction of the time needed.
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  241. As a German, I really applaud this Idea of Macron. Having 28 and soon 27 different armies in Europe is a wist of money and we are at the same time disabling ourselves. Developing not 28 but at least 10 different tanks for the same purpose is a horrible waste of money. And yes they are executing common maneuvers, but in an acute situation, there are 28 independent chains of command. It seems Europe always needs a crisis to proceed.
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  242. McCain was a far right hawk, but he was a person of integrity.
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  243.  @JAZPER53 : This is reality actually I feel sad for the 48% of reasonable Britons.
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  244. This "mistake" shows there is not a bog difference between the IDF and Hamas.
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  245. Every country in the EU27 trades more with the other EU27 members than with the UK (Even Ireland). So compromising the common market (omitting the backstop and a hard border) would be more damaging for the EU than a hard Brexit. EU politicians, the 27 governments and the industry agree, giving in to Boris would be more expensive than a no deal.
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  246. So you propose that Ireland becomes a de facto colony of the UK? You are really deluded.
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  247.  @andrewkillick2271  You wanted a Canada ++++ deal. Well and more acces means more alignment.
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  248.  @calindicusar  Well, as far as I know France had done the same with Germany over and over again for 400 years.
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  249. She does not understand, for any country of the EU27 the trade with the rest of the EU27 is larger than the trade with the UK. This means the integrity of the common market is more important than a trade deal with the UK. The EU risks fewer jobs with no deal with the UK than with a bad deal (a deal the UK wants). So only minute changes to the withdrawal agreement are to be expected.
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  250. What truckers? The truckers know it was the UK that has caused all the problems.
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  251. It seems Lysychansk was good to defend, because it was built on a hill and the Russians had to attack over a river. But the city was close to encirclement.
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  252. Why do you find pleasure in the misfortune of others. Based on what you say you are either fatuous or you are malicious.
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  253. Eindrucksvoll!
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  254. Once Ukraine is in NATO and the EU, Russia will just be another trading partner.
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  255.  Raven X187 : My great grandparents voted for the wrong guy. And they have paid for this. This can happen in any country. At this moment it is the turn of the US and the UK.
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  256.  @obtv6827  You can ignore an unbelievable amount of pain if your adrenaline level is really high. I have seen a guy walk despite fractured legs.
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  257. This will be the only protection against offensive swarms.
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  258.  @holland736  Well the USA would not accept a Chinese inspection either. However, China has agreed to an international commission to investigate the situation. The USA was invited to send experts, but they refused. Seems the USA is not interested in an investigation if they cannot tamper the results. Regarding international flights: Just imagine the whining in Washington if China would have prevented US citizen from leaving China.
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  259. Why not? It works.
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  260.  @ultrarealism  As far as I know, Thailand had not a single Covid related death on one quarter of the population of the USA. Beating the pandemic did not require a lot of money or an excellent health care system. Just early and decisive action was needed.
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  261. @R A Sorry, I could not help the comment was just too stupid.
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  262.  @Nigochen  Why do you think reusability is a good thing?
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  263.  @robk5159  No, you do not want to be free. Otherwise you would not constantly act as the lap dog of the USA.
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  264. Sure, it is less egoistic than the UK, but contracts need to be fulfilled.
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  265.  @Ami-vh7sr  "No it's definitely China and the W.H.O.'s carelessness.": As far as I see the WHO was attacked for overreacting in case of SARS, EBOLA, the 2009 swine flu pandemic...So this time they stayed to calm. Criticizing this in the hindsight is not really helpful. "They lied about the transmission ability of the virus." In the beginning, nobody knew anything about this virus so all that could be given were estimations. But sure, the Chinese reported a rose-tinted picture (like all other governments do). Later everyone could see Chinas enormous effort to contain the virus. So everyone who wanted to see the truth could see it. "Take Taiwan for example, they didn't trust China as far as they could throw them and Taiwan contained the virus and stopped it dead in it's tracks." The only way Taiwan and South Korea were able to contain the virus was testing, testing, and testing. And Chinese physicians sequenced the virus and distributed this information to all other countries. Without this information, Taiwan would not have been able to realize this containment. "I bet if I look back on German news they were saying early on there was no worry about Covid-19....." Sure, but this was our own stupidity. We could see what happened in China and ignored the truth.
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  266.  @boptah7489 : The UK is the third largest contributor. With a similar contribution to Italy. The EU will be a bit worse of without the UK, but, the UK will be enormously worse off outside the EU. At the moment about 80% of your trade is covered by the EU (40% within the EU and 40% with EU trade deals and trade agreements). All this will be gone!
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  267.  Leroy Jenkins  : Immigration from the EU has nearly stopped and immigration from Pakistan went up to compensate for it. But most of these will not come if the UK cannot offer jobs, once you have lost all trade deals. It could even lead to a British immigration to Germany.
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  268. And the protection of Palestinian civilians.
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  269.  @alterego157  : You have freedom of movement within the EU, and you have the freedom to leave the EU. So how can you call it a trap?
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  270.  @trekteam  Well, that was what we thought. Sadly Putin has a different opinion. We should have understood Putin's weird rambling at the Bundestag as the threat it actually was. And we should have used the time to prepare.
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  271. Fishermen all around the EU went out of business when they had to reduce the quotas. There was not a big difference of the situation in the UK.
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  272. Well, nothing lasts forever, but at the moment is is more likely that the UK is splitting up.
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  273.  @jamesdixon2860  Well, the Nazis did not accept the Nürenberg tribunal either, and the Nürenberg tribunal is the origin of the ICJ.
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  274. I agree, but I guess that would be too obvious.
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  275. Sure the EU industry and administration wants you to stay. But you want to leave so you are free to leave. You can leave with the WA or you can leave in a hard Brexit but the WA will not be changed as this changed deal would be worse than a no deal for the EU. Every country in the EU27 trades more with the other EU27 members than with the UK (even Ireland). So compromising the common market (omitting the backstop and a hard border) would be more damaging for the EU than a hard Brexit. EU politicians, the 27 governments and the industry agree, giving in to Boris would be more expensive than a no deal.
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  276.  @jamesu1540  Well, the UK needs a deal, the EU not so much. In 2021 once the reality of Brexit will be beginning to bite Barnier will have a much stronger hand.
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  277. Nick Ferrari: "The required checks could be less obstructing than no checks at all." Facepalm!!!!!
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  278.  @xretrobox4203  He is literally pushing the escalation. It is exactly the type of pseudo de escalation used by people pushing for war.
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  279. @oliveirlegume3725  What are you talking about?
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  280. Would this actions of the US government set a prescient for the EU to crack down on Facebook? The European issues with Facebook are very similarly to the issues stated by the US government regarding TikTok.
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  281. Simple proportional representation.
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  282. Greece was bankrupt and needed a bailout, the countries of the Eurozone helped them, but required a responsible policy. We saved Greece! The UK refused to take part in the bailout altogether. Not helping at all makes your indignation totally hypocritical.
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  283. It has some similarities to my home country Germany about 150 to70 years ago. Germany had been the dominant European power for about a millenium before collapsing in the Napoleonic wars. People resented not being as relevant as France and Britain.
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  284. You do not understand, for any country of the EU27 the trade with the rest of the EU27 is larger than the trade with the UK. This means the integrity of the common market is more important than a trade deal with the UK. The EU risks fewer jobs with no deal with the UK than with a bad deal (a deal the UK wants). So cooperation with a (have the cake and eat it) deal with the UK would be treason.
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  285. If this really becomes an issue the EU will suspend part of the WA and parts of the TCA until London comes to its senses.
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  286. @Ford Prefect So what?
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  287.  Andrew H  Sure, you are in control, you can crash the UK or you can avoid it. Nobody will pamper the UK.
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  288. Any deal needs to benefit all member countries of the EU. Otherwise, it will not be agreed upon by the Council of Europe. That was clear from the beginning.
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  289.  @djaxxon2015  Well, since April the Russian advance towards Odessa have been negative. Actually, I would guess that Moldova and Ukraine are just waiting for Transnistria to make a move. This would restore Moldova in it's full area and would open new supply routes into Ukraine. A counterattack on Russia is somewhat problematic, a counterattack on Transnistria is not.
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  290.  @leet3207  Arming Ukraine did not violate the Minsk agreements the Russian actions did. So you have not presented any facts, just propaganda.
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  291.  @amigaamigo5307 : The EU surely needs reforms, reforns that have been blocked by the UK, but as far as I can see the UK is more corrupt than the EU.
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  292. There are bilateral agreements between the USA and the EU. With a hard Brexit, you will lose these then you can struggle to go back where you have been.
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  293.  @tanyawilliams1887 Well, it has everything to do with the looting if it is done by far right provocateurs disguising as BLM protesters.
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  294. The job of the EU is to protect its members not to pamper a non member. The UK can leave anytime, but it has to accept the consequences. But please do not bully the Irish and pay your dues.
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  295. So you love mainly Russia, and Putin.
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  296.  @evilbron666  They will have to shut down and use the pond to cool the reactor for a week. Otherwise, they end up like in Japan.
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  297. @RogueSecret  No, they could not. All countries (or at least a mayority) would need to agree. Otherwise, the troops would not move.
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  298. @pep-qew  Decisions would probably be made in the European council, requiring the agreement of most EU countries. Parliament would need to agree to a mission outside of the defense of EU territory, and they would write the mission parameters. Detailed planning would be performed by a European military headquarter.
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  299. How should France have pressured the people of Donbass to keep the cease fire. I mean it was literally the policy of Russia not to give the Minsk agreement any chance. They even vetoed UN a UN Blue Helmet mission for Donbass.
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  300. ​ @MynameIsnotforsell  Gaza is similar to the Ghetto of Warshaw. A violent uprising has led to a bloody "retalliation". Both cases have nothing to do with a war.
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  301. We have many swing voters in Germany, but politics is much less partisan in Germany.
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  302.  A Non  You got it the wrong way around. Police brutality is justified with the danger for the police. In countries without open or concealed carry permits the audits for policemen are much harsher.
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  303. In Germany election day is allways a Sunday and people are registered automatically. By, I am now going to vote.
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  304. Do you think, they can't stop laughing at this guy?
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  305.  @jonlew6383  We can be happy for the hypocrites to have engaged in Brexit.
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  306.  @madmartinline6  The main issue is insufficient preparation from the side of the UK. By preparing the border in the Irish sea in time and informing all the stakeholders most of the issues could have been avoided. Besides, the UK has negotiated the NIP they have signed and ratified it. And even the population of the UK has agreed, the Tories have won the 80 seat majority on its basis.
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  307. @Talorc MacAllan "Deals will and have to happen , as usual in politics it takes eons ," Yes since both sided want to get the best possible result for themselves. If one side gives in at all relevant points, it is fast and easy. The UK was in such of a hurry, that the EU could have easily shafted the UK, just like Australia did in their deal. But the EU agreed on a more than fair deal. "the EU has tried to punish Britain for leaving, that won't work we voted out and out we are ," The EU has never tried to punish the UK, it has just removed the benefits of membership, just like the UK wanted. The UK has damaged itself. "i suspect after the dust settles others will consider leaving" Well, Brexit has shown what the benefits of being a part of the EU really are. Nobody wants to make a fool of themselves line the UK. "also when the EU bully them in to detrimental areas" ???? ".........the new world order is a stupid idea that sounds great on paper but realistically will never happen ........it all takes time ," What on earth are you talking about? "the UK is better for being out of that corrupt organization,in my humble opinion it will just take time to realize that." You are funny. "the question is will there be a united kingdom 5 years from now........going by the countries in the UK and their disdain for the Union I suspect not." Well, I do not know if this will be this fast, but sure, there are hints.
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  308. You mean Jonson and Frost.
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  309. Seems American courts are much stricter with foreign companies.
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  310. You mean a world where Russia 1. Became really democratic includin local parliaments 2. Cared for an independent judicative, 3. Introduced human rights, 4. Formally appologized for its actions in the past 5. Introduced all EU rules
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  311. This is the reason things like this only happen once a decade.
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  312. It is the net-contribution/gain. All countries pay in the budget and all countries revive EU spending. The money is not send to the government of the member country but to projects with EU approval. The lower the GDP of a country the lower the lower the EU contributions. The larger the number of projects founded by the EU the higher the EU spending.
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  313.  @Memovox  Well, Russia did take Crimea by force and Russia did not pay for the water.
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  314.  @fionafiona1146  Well, I do not see how these countries have contributed to the problem. Other countries experiencing the same rules and boundary conditions are thriving (independent if they are richer or poorer than Italy). To me, it seems the two-chamber system of Italy blocks reforms. I think it is reasonable to help Italy in the case of an emergency and I also favor EU projects distributing money to perform certain tasks. However, I do not see any reason to finance the Italian budget. You would not pay for the rent of your neighbor just because he earns 30% less than you and still needs his fancy car.
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  315.  Steve Swithun  Well, the UK needs a deal, the EU can weather some months without. In 2021 once the reality of Brexit is going to bite, Barnier will have an even stronger hand.
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  316.  Steve Swithun  The UK will experience the bulk of the Brexit pain. The EU will not get stronger, but the UK will get considerably weaker.
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  317. Because aus they are not allowed to murder?
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  318. A hard Brexit is synonyms with a hard Border. JRM is just talking nonsense.
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  319.  @anirbanroy9855  Take your time with your response, do it slow and thoughtful. Because the way you respond right now, I have no Idea what you are talking about. I have no idea what your government is and what they said about Russia.
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  320. Ukrainian special forces can pose as Russian technicians. Maybe cleaners or garbage men. They will have used native Russian speakers, and used explosives with timers. Ukrainians can pose as Russian, but not the other way around.
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  321. Asking Ireland to become a de facto colony of the UK is extremely unrealistic.
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  322.  @Exiledk  1. I am not a girl. 2. With Brexit you loose access not only to the EU but also to the rest of the world.
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  323. Cities in medieval China were way bigger than cities in Europe at the same time. The number of defenders was, therefore, also way bigger. As far as I understand walls were made this wide to allow large numbers of defenders to move toward an attack. That is probably the reason they hesitated to put cannons on the walls. It would have undermined the traditional defense of cities.
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  324. Some companies in China have a high level of automation. But even more, they have the right mix of high automation for steps that can be automated on the one hand, and cheap and efficient labor on the other hand. If it comes to produce and assemble smart phones, notebooks, or drones you need both. In addition, they have the largest stock of development engineers on the planet.
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  325. Well, there will be the French Caesar, the German Haubize 2000, the Polish Crab, and I guess some Archer systems.Quite a chaos. At least all they all can use the same amunition. The same as the 777 towed artillery peaces.
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  326. Barnier is a MP in the EU parliament he is far from being unelected.
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  327.  @greathey1234  Yes Putin should pay Ukraine for the rebuilding of Azovstal and the rest of Mariopol.
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  328. @Crazy Toad Nice, you have printed it out. Ireland has most of it's trade with the EU27. It has second most of its trade with the USA, fostered by bilateral agreements in between the EU and the USA. The trade with the UK is large, but much smaller than the two larger partners. More important, nobody wants to push the UK to accept anything. You need to make up your mind about your future. But the reach of any trade deal will be defined by your decision. The EU cannot afford to pamper the UK.
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  329.  @eddiel7635  The NIP is the solution. A solution the UK has agreed to.
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  330. As far as I know, in the last GE the popular vote for the Lib Dems increased by 4% as much as for the Tories. I would not call it a failure even so the number of MPs reduced.
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  331. France is no longer obliged to keep these people back, you canceled all these agreements. Sending them back means sending them to their country of origin, not France.
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  332. I will continue to wear a mask as long as Covid 19 is an issue. Furthermore, I will wear a mask whenever I will feel sick for the forseable future.
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  333. @maninredhelm  You are just pointing out one of the advantages of an EU army over the current situation. The described issue will ocurre in a NATO mission or an EU defense event. In a unified EU army we will have a clear chain of command.
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  334. The book is the story of an average kid being pulled into the world of fantasy, and this is exactly what the book is doing. How deep you enter depends on you. It worked for me!
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  335. I think Barnier is quite happy to deal with a guy who repetitively corners himself, backs down easily and sells his backing down as a win at home.
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  336.  @juliam6442  I think it is not about people being stupid but people being willfuly ignorant.
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  337.  @108Marycelestial  Yes it is the Russian army and especially the WAGNER group.
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  338. Dear Jamei McLeod, please tell me what country the EU invaded or destabilized in a different way. As far as I see this is more the way of Russia and the USA. In addition, you seem to have no idea how the EU is organized. The reason the political system of the EU differs from other democratic structure is the fact that the main power within the EU is executed by the individual countries. The real powerhouse of the EU is the European council, were the heads of the 28 democratically elected governments meet. Any step that would further shift power to the EU parliament would infringe the sovereignty of the individual countries.
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  339. What has been revealed? The fact that the people working in the EU are humans, fallible but still more efficient than in the UK?
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  340.  @zakeyomashowo1690  Russia is progressing, really slow and with enormous losses. It is the best strategy Ukraine can use against a larger army. Fall back slowly and make every km^2 as costly as possible. This will grind down an attack.
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  341. 29 March: Russian troops retreat from Kyiv 6 September: Russian troops are thrown out of the Kherson oblast. 13 November: Russian troops leave the city of Kherson. ......
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  342. China handled the virus much better than any European country. If the pandemic would have started anywhere else we would have had less time to prepare.
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  343.  @The_Desert_Tiger  Well, it is irrelevant why you decided to go diesel, but now you cannot claim the french subs are worse because they are diesel powered. It is exactly what you asked for.
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  344. Walz(e) is the German word for Steamroller.
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  345. This situation was unavoidable as three incompatible goals where sought. No border in Ireland, leaving the common market and no border in the Irish sea. Three snake oil salesmen quit their job on the way. But yes, May could have earlier told the truth.
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  346. It is such a pity Alfred Herhausen was murdered in the 80s by the RAF he was the last trustworthy manager of the bank. My mom heard the explosion.
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  347. Nobody deals only on WTO terms all countries have trade deals, especially with their neighbors.
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  348.  @lionel9038  I do not think Falcon 9 is not more successful due to better technology, but purely due to mass production. When setting up the production facility to have 20 starts a month you can produce way cheaper. But if you have less than this number of starts you will run a deficit. But this is the way to grow fast. In this way thinking big seems to be the way for FalconX to be successful. Starship in contrast seems to be pretty weird. It is a similar concept to the Space Suttle. Launching a heat-shield into orbit is a huge waste of resources. Conceptual if will always be running a loss.
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  349. Bojo? He seems to be ripping off UK citizen.
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  350. The canal starts in the Kherson oblast, but not in the part west of the river. Still, when the west side is under Ukrainian control, they can attack the motorway from Crimea to Mariopol.
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  351. So you say an alternative reality where Russia underwent decades of reforms. Where Russia became truely democratic, not only for the central government, but also in towns and oblasts. Where the Russian legal system was really independent and the human rights where part of the constitution. And a world where Russia officially appologized for what they (or the Soviet Union) did to the countries of Eastern and Central Europe. And finally a Russia that implemented all EU rules. Sure I would be happy to have such a Russia within the EU.
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  352.  @domzbu : Hangry Hippo : 80%of British trade is covert by deals and agreements. 40% within the EU and 40% outside the EU. With Brexit Britain will loose nearly all of it, only 4 of 80 international trade deals have been rolled over. This is not counting the stability of the electrical net, the single skies agreement, and number of required customs officers. The EU will loose only one country, a net contributor, but due to the Rebate these contributions have never been so high. And finally we would get rid of a constant moaner. So tell me, who is going to be toast?
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  353.  Leroy Jenkins : Actually several of my coworkers are British and are happy to have escaped the Brexit mess.
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  354.  Leroy Jenkins : Not really, Brexit fanboy. Germanies export to the EU 27 is much more important than the export to the UK, the same is true for all other members of the EU 27. Besides where will a a Briton order a Mercedes? From Germany! Were will a German order a Nissan? Tariff free from Japan!
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  355. Was there any new development? As far as I know, the UK will loose the trade deal with Argentina due to Brexit. So you may need to wait 10-20years for your tariff free avocado.
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  356. Or longer, I would guess the UK is especially liked in Argentina.
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  357.  Leroy Jenkins : Sure, but this would mean (according to Patrick Minford) running down industry and agriculture in the UK. Furthermore, it would make any trade deals impossible. Only certain investors and extremely wealthy families would profit.
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  358.  Leroy Jenkins  : Dream on, how s could your dary farms be competitive with US farms? How should the meat production be competitive with Argentina? Do you want to abolish the NHS and lower wages to an Argentinian level?
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  359.  @Joshkie2 : Are you aware that the EU is extremely cheap compared to the US or even the UK Government? The UK has 600 000 civil servants the EU has 25 000. Not really bloated, or what?
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  360. The UK has already shown a lack of good faith. How can he be astonished about the savegards the EU wants to put in place.
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  361. ​ @samtkach5255 The land of these families is exactly where they live. You could try and purchase the land for a reasonable price, but just pushing them out is criminal.
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  362.  @nickbreen287  So, why are you staying in the UK?
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  363. The UK wanted Brexit. So what are you talking about?
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  364.  @Sedat028  Natuaral laws are always descriptive. Reality or nature just is, it works in the way it works without needing any laws. I use the term reality, as I think the term nature is better suited to describe what happens within our biosphere. Scientists describe what we can determine about reality in mathematically formulated natural laws. But these laws are never to be confused with reality. The natural laws are not reality, they are designed to approximate reality as best we can, based on the results of our experiments.
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  365. For the EU no deal IS better than a bad deal!
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  366.  @ksmith4712  Sure, the "separatists" (Putins minions) did not keep the cease fire. Ukrainie asked for UN peace keepers to supervise the case fire, but Russia vetoed this mission. Russia was never interested in peace in Donbass, it was a way to punish Ukraine.
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  367. What do you think is staying outside of this bubble?
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  368. You mean JRM, BoJo, Farage, and Banks?
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  369.  @bayphan9777  Just the same LOL. BLM is about the killing of unarmed or not threatening black men (and anyone else who is needlessly attacked by cops).
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  370.  @Katt1n  Why do you think English is that relevant? She has been the embassador to Russia, so Russian was far more important for her job.
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  371.  @Katt1n  How is this relevant. She was the French ambassador in Russia. So French and Russian are crucial, and her English is not bad either.
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  372.  @jackkruese4258  I assume, you are talking about all the people who came to the UK as working migrants from parts of the former British empire, many of these already owning a British passport. Germany never had a colonial Empire. So we are talking about an internal issue of the UK, totally unrelated to refugees or the EU. By the way many citizens of Berlin have a Polish or a Turkish origin.
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  373.  @ionaskualexander1255  "Umm... the question is: Will giving Palestine independence stop Iran from financing terrorist groups within Gaza that want to destroy Israel as a whole? 13" If the majority of the people in Gaza have well-paid jobs in tourism and industry they will have no reason and no time for any terrorism.
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  374.  @TNMJAD  The rough exdend of CO2 forcing was known since 1897. Published by the later Nobel laureate Swante Ahrenius. Without this effect we would experience a much slower cooling. Without human actions the interglatial would probably slowly comming to an end. For some reason the much weaker effect was taken up and amplifed by the media. The teacher of your mother fell for the hype.
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  375. Agriphotovoltarics is a thing. You can farm below the panels. It works for certain crops in Germany, but it surely is interesting for southern Europe.
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  376. I guess the UK will asp for an elongation of the negotiation period, and maybe an other and an other... At the current rate of the negotiation, the UK will continue leeving the EU for decades to come.
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  377.  @tomhulme1176 : If Brexit is good or bad for the UK is not relevant for this discussion. Similarly, the legitimating of the Brexit vote is irrelevant outside the UK. The only relevant point is, that Brexit is bad for Ireland, and Ireland did not start it.
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  378. @Cliv Ings Well, you are describing the situation for countries without a trade deal. It is a hell lot of red tape for the companies involved, but sure it is a viable option.
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  379.  @Isochest  It is mutual! The largest part of the products in Canada sufficient in standarts for the EU and vice versa. Some product standarts are incompatible. As a result, these products are excluded from this trade deal. This is in the interest of both sides as it conserves the rule of law for both partners. However, this small fraction of incompatible products means that all shipments need to be checked by custom officers (this would not work for the UK). Furthermore, both sides agree not to change their standarts in a way that compromises the trade deal.
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  380. You are exactly in the situation where this antibody treatment is useful. There are three ways to prevent a life threatening infection: distance, masks, and vaccinations. The antibodies are the forth line of defense in case all others did not work. Good luck for 2022. Lets hope it does not get worse and you do not need them.
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  381.  @danihesslinger7968  Agreed, but Paxlovir is no reason not to get vaccinated and the vaccination is no reason not to wear the mask.
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  382. Well, the EU represents 45% of British exports, and another 20% of British exports are fostered by EU trade deals.
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  383. Scotland?
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  384. He was leading a militia group in Kiyv. There are no longer Russian soldiers around Kiyv.
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  385. 1. Why did anyone consider it a good idea to leave Palestine defenseless against Israel. 2. Abbas agreed to joined sovereignty and this is pretty shit. 3. Israel signed off on a right to return when it joined the UN.
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  386.  @luitzenhietkamp  Agri photovoltaics seems useful for Spain. Use the panels to shade plants.
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  387. All the countries you want to get a trade deal with.
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  388.  @noodlyappendage6729  Well, its interesting how easily Brexiters dismiss "the will of the people".
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  389.  @noodlyappendage6729  So, when a Majority of Scots decide to leave the Union this would not be democracy? Are the English somehow better than the Scots?
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  390. This is funny.
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  391.  @lecturesfromleeds614  In addition to the fact that this is no way to conquer territory.
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  392.  @amigaamigo5307 : The EU budget is around 150bn and the net contribution of the UK is 6bn, I guess we will manage. I am not really sure that a farmer from the Netherlands will suffer more than all the British consumers once all the salads will rot waiting in the customs of Dover.
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  393. The EU may have its issues, but it is nothing compared to the problems of the UK.
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  394.  @laurejon : A hard Brexit will cause a net loss of 90bn pound pa. This will aggravate the issues of the UK.
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  395. Selensky asked to settle the conflict in negotiations. That is the right thing to do. But that does not imply he is willing to submit large parts of his country.
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  396.  Steve Swithun  Let us see, how long the UK will be able to keep this seat.
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  397. @Donna Kebab Leaving the UN would diminish political influence of the UK. It would actually reduce the sovereignty of the UK.
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  398. Think about the Nepalese Gurkhas that are still recruited for the British army. They are really short, but still, they are referred to as worlds toughest soldiers.
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  399.  @jonnydougs  It seems the British education is not as good as expected.
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  400. They submitted to audits unlike the government of the UK.
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  401.  @MTC008  They agreed on the route with IDF, they had huge logos on all sides of the vehicles, IDF chased the convoy and killed them in 3 vehicles over 2 km. There is absolutely no way that was not done on purpose. It is murder. IDF has shown to be no better than Hamas.
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  402. Well, Brexit seems to be a religion.
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  403. Wow, this show shows the sense of entitlement you see in the UK.
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  404.  @itsme-gm9oi  There is video footage of a vehicle being destroyed, it is unclear if it is a HIMARS or an armored truck.
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  405.  @theodorabruin4601  Well, we know this and this makes the stance of Orban so absurd. Orban is doing anything to transform Ungary into a Russian puppet.
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  406. Well, unlike Hungary and the UK the EU is actually removing corrupt persons.
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  407. Well, some of the fishing rights predate the EU by centuries, others were sold by British fishermen. Edward Heath had to do with neither. Anyway, without the EU protections for the fishing grounds, there would be no fish left.
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  408.  @zogoli5927  Well, the EU is reforming constantly. Every new EU rule is a reform.
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  409. I guess you do not even know and care what socialism is and how it differentiates from social democracy.
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  410. The reason for the unusual setup of the EU is a confederation of independent states. In principle the 28 democratic governments should meet and discuss any changes in person. However, this would take a lot of time and would not leave time to do their main job. So each Government sends a proxy its commissioner. And as a result these commissioners have a similar legitimating as the prime minister. The EU parliament is directly elected by the populous and has the job to discuss and develop possible ideas. The reason why they can not enforce these laws it the fact that the EU is a confederation. It is the local governments job to decide, nothing can be decided if one of the governments wants to stop it.
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  411.  InfiniteShadesOf  The motorway should have been closed off, it seems, it is the police who is to blame.
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  412. The UK could have waked away any time, you are waisting the time of the EU.
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  413. Sure, this would give the EU an even stronger hand in the negotiations in 2021.
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  414.  @feckenblinken7985 : France like most democracies has a proportional representation, it the majority of the French would want to leave the EU Le Pen would win the absolute majority and could organize France leaving the EU. But the reality is different, even EU-sceptic parties no longer propagate leaving the EU. Otherwise, they would loose their votes.
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  415.  @MrJonezy541  Well, we have been buying Russian gas all the time of the Cold War. It has not been an issue back then and it is no issue right now. The only issue is that the USA want to sell their fracking gas.
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  416. They were about to rebel against the system now they gather behind the government. Well done, well done!
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  417.  @anneclarke3905  Well, lots of Spanish and French fishermen have purchased quotas from British fishermen. These are legally purchased assets. These fishermen are de facto British fishermen for the time they are fishing in British waters. Do the Tories really want to communize foreign assets in the UK? Regarding the standards. Your present day standards are irrelevant for the discussion. Trade deals are about the future. If you did not want to lower your standards agreeing to the level playing field would cost you nothing.
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  418.  @eddiel7635  Sure, the moment the UK gives a written commitment not to lower its standards. Something like this is needed to base this equivalence on.
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  419. Well, if the USA had acted early and decisive, like S Korea, no lockdown would have been needed.
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  420. @shwetapatwa1327  There is a legal way for a country to leave the EU. There is no reason to change this. Every country can leave, but it will no longer enjoy the benefits of membership.
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  421. Good idea, stop wasting Barniers valuable time.
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  422. In 2018 Australia and the EU started the negotiations to a free trade deal. It is a first step.
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  423. The only side that has been breaking its word over and over again in this sorry saga was the UK.
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  424. If this was actually the case, I would not want to be in the position of the responsibe scientists. I would guess the treatment by the Chinese government will not be very soft.
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  425.  @eddieB-8  You know that the EU institution has less then 10% of the bureaucracy of the government of the UK has in London alone. And the UK still waisted 27 billion pounds on a useless test and trace alone. Quite the contrary, the EU bureaucracy has shown to be relatively efficient and less corrupt then most similar institutions. I would trust them much more then anyone else to limit corruption in the use of this money in Ukraine.
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  426. No deal is better than the ludicrous proposal of Frost.
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  427. Well, this airport surely was involved in the war.
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  428.  @tousifhabib7868  Sure, the government of Italy did its best, but we all acted too late.
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  429.  @fionafiona1146  I get your issues. It is a difficult situation for Italy. But you should, also see it from the other side. Some countries need to pay for this and on top of this, they are insulted by Italy for being greedy. Can you fault them for being annoyed?
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  430. Well, there are jobs with a negative pay. It is called university. But if you quit a job shortly after the training, it need not be your fault. Very often job descriptions differ greatly from the real thing. So you have wasted your precious time on a useless and annoying training. In this case even a payment far beyond minimum wage will be no adequate compensation.
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  431.  @olllloollllo  Well, there is virtually nobody left in Mariopol. The few people left may find housing in what is left of the buildings.
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  432.  @garylloyd57  Sure, now it is project fact.
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  433.  @plugsocket9432  Every trade deals requires commitments not to lower your standards. Otherwise, trade deals would not work. The UK does not want a Canada style deal, but one for all goods and services. That requires especially deep alignment.
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  434.  Steve Swithun  The banks are not owned by the British state, they are in London because it is a good place for business. Many of these banks will move to the continent or found subsidiaries in the continent in order not to lose access to the common market. Capital will find a way. Many banks have already transferred manpower and capital. We need the rule of law within the common market. There cannot be a passporting right for UK based banks if the UK does not agree to a level playing field.
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  435. Still, better than the British cabinet ministers.
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  436.  @Anymonkey70  "Hung parliament and remainer mps made Conservatives back down, no need to now." It was ratified after the general election.
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  437.  @MrWasGehtSieDasAn01  Well, the official shipping lanes are in Omani waters. But assuming you are right, and the ships are legally in this region. The same would be true for the Iranian vessels.
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  438. Sure, Brexit is all about the gain of the elite, like JRM and Rupert Murdoch.
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  439. That is the way diplomacy is made. Make it as hard as possible for Putin but also him a path out of the misery.
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  440. Correction: AZ has exported vaccine despite not fulfilling their legally binding contract.
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  441.  @julianpetkov8320  "Hey ding-dong, they all had to learn Galichan aka "Ukrainian", it is only spoken natively around Lvov." That is no discrimination that is normal. If you live in a country it is normal to be able to speak the local language. And it is clear that this language is taught in school anything else would be a to the disadvantage of the pupils. But there is no rule that prevents to learn and speak Russian or any other language in addition to Ukrainian.
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  442. Vlacker: Thanks for defending me. Intensity Lit: He died decades before I was born, so this is family history, not a personal experience.
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  443. They have done before.
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  444. The USA and the UK invading in Iraq have caused the formation of ISIS. Later, the USA, the UK and Russia have encroached in the civil war in Syria making it to their proxy war. This external money and material has fueled the perpetuation of the war. It has been you who caused ISIS and the refugee trek in the first place. It is you who should pay for it.
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  445. Wow, you were nearly in tears. I do not know what to say, all the best from Germany.
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  446.  @anabona4764  So you are talking about the small minority of citizens of Mariopol that did not flee and did not fight. Sure, there is a pro Russian minority and when you go to a school only attented by these people, you will find them in the mayority. You could go to a synagogue in New York and interview people just to claim that 80% of all people in New York are Jewish. The fact that a person speaks Russian as first language does not mean he is pro invasion. I mean Zelensky is a Russian speaker.
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  447.  @anabona4764  I have seen the results of the recent general election in Mariopol. The pro Russian candidate had more votes than any individual other candidate. But this was still about 25%. The vast majority has voted for one of the pro Ukrainian candidates. This is real data, you are just bringing up anecdotal evidence.
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  448.  @dragonace119  Regenerative is better in the short term, and it will become even better in the long term. Economy of scale will further bring down costs and increase the efficiency of the production of PV and wind turbines. And new recycling technologies will be established. Nuclear is already more expensive in its life cycle and it produces more waste. And that despite the fact that it is a long-term established technology.
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  449.  @johnslugger  "The Chinese make 97% of the worlds solar panels do not care about recycling" Chinese producers will produce what the market demands. If we agree on the regulation requiring easy recycling they will adapt faster than any other industry. " unless your country puts a ban on recycle unfriendly panels." Unfriendly? What is this supposed to mean? "They have their place liker on boats, RVs, and off grid homes but NOT IN CITIES!" Sure too much shadow in cities. Well, you can have it on the roof of residential buildings and as shade over parking lots. "Your THINKING WITH YOUR HEART AND only your HEAD can do calculations." Are you talking about yourself? "Can solar REALLY replace. Can solar really replace 19.89 million barrels of petroleum per day? in other words make 32,300,000 kWhs per day of power? Do some more math." Well, with an efficiency of 10% and an irradiation of about 5kWh/m² that is about we would need about 64 10^6 m². That is a square of 8km. Wait, that is so small something seems to be wrong. Ah, it seems you made an error. It is not 32 10^6 but 32 10^9. Well, that is equivalent to a square of 250km length. Well since the panels are built at some distance from each other we will get to a square of 500km.
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  450.  @waqasahmed939  The wealthier Arab nations are very far away, much further than Europe, and they have deserts and sun too. I think 2 steps are relevant: 1. Morocco can become independent of fuel imports. 2. Morocco can become a part of the European power grid. Selling and buying whatever is needed.
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  451. Germany is No. 4 following the USA, Russia and China. In addition, Germany has stopped selling to Saudi Arabia. Still, there are several shady deals a closer inspection is needed. All the top politicians need to be highly competitive in order to rise to this situation. So yes there is not the most peaceful bunch of people. However, Europe has come a great way from remembering the Fallen in a nationalist way that contains the seed to the next war to a common remembrance of the fallen by former enemies.   I think it it is beautiful.
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  452.  @stickyfingazcodm557  Well, the fact that you deleted your original post shows that I was on point.
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  453. He should have tried this in Japan, the EU, or the UK. He would have been arrested before he tried this assault, or he simply wouldn't have gotten the guns. Not because guns are banned, but because he would not have passed the background check.
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  454.  @dendradwar9464  Well, we should not jump to conclusions, I do not think our government has shown the ideal performance in recent years, there is room to improve. But more than this, the current changes in heating are connected to large insecurities within Germany. I think it is in principle a good policy for many reasons: 1. It reduces our CO2 footprint. 2. It makes us less dependent from gas deliveries. 3. It is the cheapest way to go in the long term. But there are issues to be ironed out, but there is time to do so until the next general election. Ideally, it would have been instituted directly after the new government came into power, but it is a policy based on the current situation of the war in Ukraine.
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  455. I think any armed protest is crazy, but that is because I am European. In the USA it is legal, so it is good you have done this. Furthermore, you have done nothing but protecting the protest, a thing the police are supposed to have done.
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  456.  @discoboy8169  In a modern world every country has some influence on others.
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  457. @weyland yutani Boris does not want to freeze Russian money. Each country has issues with the type of sanctions that will hurt itself. But in the UK it would especially hurt the Tory party. But sure, Boris is a master of bluster.
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  458.  @Tacklepig  Well, that is better than being 250 years behind in the legislation as described in the video.
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  459. The EU does not demand anything from the UK appart from standing by its commitments. But there are certain requirements for free and full access to the common market.
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  460.  @pembsbear  Teresa May had nothing to do with the the trade deal. These are the requirements of the EU for the trade deal you want. Nobody forces you to accept them. But you have to see, that the EU cannot accept a deal that would be detrimental for its member countries.
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  461. I guess Kherson will be liberated, but it may take long. The Ukrainian army can further separate the Kherson oblast from the supplies, afterwards it is just a question of time until the Russian occupies run out of ammo.
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  462. Well, the actions of Russia have already been brutal in Ukraine. One brutal response, but less Russian supplies are a net positive for Ukraine.
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  463.  @jackspring7709  Well, in your reply to Robert Straw you just say that you do not want to go into any details. So I am mainly responding to the rest you posted. I do not know if you are ill informed or lying, but the armed conflict was always between Russia and Ukraine. The separatists where always just a pawn in the hands of Putin. In Ukraine Russia has used the same strategy as they did in Estonia, Moldova, and Georgia before.
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  464. Where does he come from and where was the vaccine developed.
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  465.  @akgamingzz  And for that reason they can bully their neighbors as it pleases them? No mam!
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  466. This is the reason why you need to have regulations and you need to enforce them. You could have solved the problem before it occurred.
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  467. The EU is not more corrupt than the UK or Australia.
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  468. They reject rational thinking?
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  469. People are most infectious in the 24 hours before symptoms arise. So most of us are infected by seemingly healthy people.
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  470. If you want free access to the common market you need to follow some rules. We do not want crooks in our house.
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  471. Full and free access to the common market requires the level playing field, irrespective if you are a member of the EU or not. Take it or leave it.
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  472. The arrangement of engines is indeed similar to the N1.
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  473. There is a big difference in between knowing about something and officially stating something.
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  474.  @Vermilion2049  Well, Russias concerns are relevant. But the Ukrainian concerns are relevant as well.
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  475.  @jakesmall8875  "We don’t need influence in Europe" That is your decision, but it is also about the influence in the rest of the world.
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  476.  @jonny1872  "Yes, shall I use the same rhetoric that I would have used to tell the USA when they went to Iraq, or shall I try something else?" I am against both invasions, but - Ukraine is a Democracy, - Ukraine is a neighbor of the EU, - Many countries in the EU have really bad memories about control by Moscow. "If you simply believe that Putin is all to blame then what can I even say to that?" In regards of the situation in Ukraine it is Russia that is all to blame. "And the other perpetrators will carry on regardless." In Ukraine there are no perpetrators but Russia. "Take Putin out and they will move on to the next guy, and you can all shout about him, whoever he, or she, is." Sure, and he or she will know that messing with the Russians neighbors is not good policy.
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  477.  @eddiel7635  "who cares whether the UK agreed to it." Well, that is important. "The UK is saying it needs changing and if it’s not going to be changed we’ll throw it out." Well, it was a compromise, if you want further concessions you need to give further concessions to keep it balanced. "Contracts last as long as they benefit both parties, this agreement doesn’t work for the UK and is no longer viable." Well, they last for another 12 months after one side formally refuted the treaty. In addition the whole withdraw agreement, the trade deal, and the GFA are dependent on the NIP. So refuting the NIP means refuting all of them.
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  478.  @eddiel7635 " no it doesn’t mean walking away from the GFA. Keeping the protocol means walking away from the GFA, it’s already been breached, you need to get that into your head." Brexit means breaking the GFA, only the NIP keeps it in place despite Brexit. That is what you need to get into your head. "A reasonable compromise does not involve compromising the integrity of your country. Like I said, how would you feel about it if it was Bavaria." Well, you have deleted this post. The NIP is a compromise from the side of the EU. We allow a country that is not in the common market to guard the access to the common market. That is an issue in any case, but we are actually talking about an extremely unreliable UK. That is a nightmare for the EU. It was only done to keep peace in NI. Any new compromises would need to improve the way we could trust the UK. Besides, Büsingen am Hochrhein is a German town that is part of the Swiss customs zone. So we actually have this issue our self. " But yeah, happy to walk away from the WA and the trade agreement." And the GFA. "We agreed to the divorce bill to get a trade deal but the trade deal is so thin there isn’t much in it anyway." These things are not connected. "We walk away you lose your second largest export market and £40 billion that Germany will have to pick up. Not to mention the end of the EU fishing fleet. We don’t lose very much at all. You might not want to wish for this to happen." Well, the trade deficit of the UK increased after Brexit. Without the trade deal it would likely become even worse.
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  479. The Kurds have taken the only chance left. Everybody has abandoned them. This seems to be the beginning of the end of the Syrian civil war. Nine years of death and suffering has led back to step one. Assad can reestablish his control on Syria he has won but at an enormous cost. The real winner is Putin.
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  480.  @physiocrat7143  Russia is a dictatorship, but Russia is rather weak. So it is far safer to buy gas in Russia than in the USA. Putin could not afford a trade trade war, the way Trump started it.
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  481. @smirkyshadow4152  Yes, I agree that NATO would profit from an EU army and a more balanced relationship between Europe and America. I just meant that the described issues with unclear leadership arise when different armies work together, not in a permanently unified army.
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  482. He was the favorite author of most German boys of that time. So it is not surprising.
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  483. 1. Both sides had finished negotiations. 2. The EU negotiators had always kept the EU parliament and the 27 governments in the loop and made sure they had the approval of the relevant stakeholders. Teresa May, however, was so silly to keep the reality of the negotiations apart of the parliament. This made the UK look silly. 3. Well WTO rules, the GFA and Brexit require either the Backstop or the Border in the Irish sea. That is simple reality. 4. Nobody was trying to punish the UK, but nobody wanted to pamper the UK either. Treating the UK as a third country (just like other third countries) is no punishment.
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  484.  joe caterman : When they rejoin they probably will be forced to take the Euro.
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  485. @racoonlady  I think, she did a pretty good job. She especially excelled in forreign policy. I can't think of anyone better.
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  486. Soon the UK will have even less influence as Farage and his cronies are too lazy to take part in the meetings of the different committees.
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  487.  @SuperStrilChuk  NATO a defensive alliance, that is the way it is organized and run. It does not matter what it's member countries do outside of the NATO structures. As far as I understand, Russia was told that all present day members of NATO need to agree to Russian membership. And it was Russia that was offended by needing to undergo the same procedure as e.g. Lituenia. As a result, it was rejected by Russia.
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  488. The Backstop is nothing but an enforcement of the GFA. If you are not going to break the GFA, it is irrelevant. If you want to break it, the Backstop is needed to protect the Irish people on both sides of the border.
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  489.  @GREENFING3R : Having a common army provides the best protection at the smallest possible cost per citizen. This is all I need to say. If you think no protection is needed, you can dispose the British armed forces. This is your choice.
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  490. Dear @danielspillett5393 , are you aware that people think shouting is gross? The occupation of Germany was no oppression of the German military forces but a defense against the Soviet Union. The EU has really done what was intended, the common market interlinked the European nations in a way that made any rational argumentation for an internal war impossible.
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  491. Most of the deaths of citizens of the Soviet Union could have been avoided if they would have given in to Germany.
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  492. What would be the benefit of such a change? They would not gain in power, but they may loose many voters as the group could be seen as to radical to be electable.
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  493. @Simon John: It is so much better than a no deal Brexit, but of course it is worse than staying in the EU.
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  494. @Simon John: LMAO, you cannot have your cake and eat it. Solve your issue with Ireland and the backstop will never enter into force. The payment is not bribe for a trade deal, it is the payments you have already agreed and signed in previous budget rounds. In principle the WA is much to gentle.
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  495.  @Darkwintre : I think the EU will not stop granting extensions (this is an opinion not a knowledge). They think the results for a hard Brexit will be tremendous for the UK and they don't want to be blamed for this. The blame of exposing the UK to this would be detrimental for any future trade deal (world wide) and the stability of the EU. We (the EU 27) will not push you, you need to jump on your own.
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  496. You mean to say far right, don't you?
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  497. Ukraine has been an independent country for nearly 30 years.
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  498. You mean the Ukrainian army has been fighting against warlords financed by Russia and some civilians came in the crossfire.
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  499.  @visassess8607  Well, the Australians obliged the French to redesign the fully developed nuclear subs to run with diesel. This took some time. Australia wanted to have these subs produces in Australia, this took extra time. Now for some reason the Australians wanted nuclear subs and not produced in Australia. This would have speeded up things for the French subs. Well, and now, Australia has signed a new contract, so their subs will arrive even later.
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  500. @XY-uc1tw  Every member countrie benefits from the EU. The benefit is the common market with common rules. The EU payments are peanuts in comparison.
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  501. They should land the lunar landers in a desert on sand dunes with 20° slope and start back from there.
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  502.  @MidnightRambler :In the case of no deal, Ireland would become a third country for the UK. If the UK would choose not to enforce this border the WTO s "Most-favoured-nation" rules would require the same for all other nations on earth. Goof luck with take back control. Open doors for all third wold migrants.
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  503. Your body consists of an enormous number of control circuits. The slightly higher resistance and the slightly lower O² concentration will be compensated for. Your body will need to work a bit harder and you will get tired a bit earlier. That is all. People have been wearing masks with very high resistance to increase training.
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  504. And the job of Barnier is to get the best deal for the EU27.
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  505. Similar time, similar requirements.
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  506. @ASL 72 Thue, but how is this related to the talk of Tusk?
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  507. I know this is from England but they ignore Konrad Zuse, building the computer all on his own.
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  508.  @robk5159  That is your impression lets see.
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  509. You left, solidarity is for members not for third countries. What did you expect?
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  510. Its 90bn PA only based on tariffs, not taking into account any disruptions on supply.
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  511. Sure, the UK had years.
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  512.  @Ami-vh7sr  No, everyone worldwide is paying for the carelessness of the whole world. There would have been several opportunities to stop the virus. Germany, for example, did a much better job than many other countries in tracking the virus. But we did not stop large gatherings in time.
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  513.  @Ami-vh7sr  As I stated, I trust Chinas numbers much more than the numbers of the UK or the USA. Not because I like China this much, but because their numbers make more sense. Consistency is relevant.
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  514. In my mind, the ideal plant may be the fodder beet delivering a harvest of 120 t per hectare. In a greenhouse, it may be possible to obtain three harvests a year. The taste is currently not very good, but we may be able to breed special types for greenhouses with a better taste and leaves that can be used as salat. I do not think couples are a good way to grow food. You yourself, have referred to the cupola module of the ISS. However, solar panels have an efficiency of 20% at max and LEDs have an efficiency of 50%. This will generate way too much heat in a space station. I would prefer a telescope focusing sunlight on a small spot at the end of a glass rod. The glass rod will guide the light into the greenhouse.
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  515. I do not see where your evaluation comes from. I would say she has done a really good job in difficult times. She has shown to be a very competent Commission president, especially in the realm of international affairs. She was especially way above her counterpards from the UK. I cannot see anyone who could have done a better job.
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  516. Ich denke auch solche vereinzelten Angriffe binden Russische Kräfte weit über das Ende der Mission hinaus. Wenn die Ukraine die ganze Grenze sichern muss, Russland aber nur die aktive Frontlinie, dann ist das ein grosser Nachteil für die Ukraine.
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  517.  Leroy Jenkins : The baby boomer are long retired, and any projection up to the year 2060 is really difficult. If the immigration to the UK would have continued as between 2000 and 2010 the UK could reach a larger workforce than Germany, but at the moment the British EU immigration has stopped (Isn't this what you wanted?) So if your projection really comes true the UK will have transformed to the first European country with black majority. But it is more likely that the UK shoots itself into oblivion.
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  518.  Leroy Jenkins : LMAO, in the first quarter of 2019 the British economy grew due to stockpiling.
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  519. Ever thought why no other (mayor) country is doing this?
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  520.  @rodeolo1  Well, once the reality of Brexit is beginning to bite, Barnier will have an even stronger hand in the negotiations. Even more, in this situation, breaking international law will further weaken the British position, as the EU would be justified to retaliate.
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  521. Well, in the first month Russia conquered more territory then they are holding now. It seems they indeed run out of steam.
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  522. That is the way it is done in Germany.
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  523. This time the UK would need to show a strong commitment. Asking for too many exceptions will get the alarm bells ringing and several members of the EU will deny the candidate status.
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  524.  @Marc-ww7cc  It clearly shows that he speaks German well. But I had no idea he was German.
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  525.  @inimeneinimene463  Sure, people are fighting not working, what else should they do?
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  526. UN peacekeepers for Gaza!
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  527.  @luishernandezblonde  This would still not contradict the possibility that someone in Russia wanted him or actually his daughter gone. I mean her death may be a welcome reason to turn up the escalation.
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  528. The UK has pushed China to realize one state two systems in Hong Kong. Why can't they do it themselves?
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  529.  @aj_wuwei  : He is trying to be useful. Let's see if he is successful.
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  530.  @far_centrist  No, as long as Russian soil is not conquered there is no reason for nukes. Russia could (without proper justification) use nukes in any case they would loose in Ukraine. It is like a tank truck, only bigger.
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  531.  @davidwinters8325  : Sure, but the Cameron being afraid of UKIP initiated the referendum. So they, even though not in parliament, controlled the fait of the UK.
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  532. The EU27 is by far the largest export market of the UK. On the other hand, the UK will become one export markets of many, for all countries I have looked up you are smaller than the USA. For example only 6% of German exports are going to the UK, you are less important than the USA or China. The EU has numerous trade deals, and closer associated countries and members. This setup requires fairness, if we would pamper the UK we would affront numerous trading partners. The combined value of this trade deals by far exceeds the value of the UK. So the UK will need to act reasonable to realize a trade deal. ​@ Nick Nack The EU is growing in a similar pace as the USA. The UK is one of the countries with the lowest growth rate in the EU and you have not even left. Sow me a comprehensive trade deal that was reached in 11 months.
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  533. So you think he will attack some of the guards?
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  534.  @mre1369  It is about public safety not about revenge. I do not expect him out of jail before he is too old to commit a crime, that is sufficient. There is no need to torture him.
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  535.  @mre1369  That is not justice it is revenge, and it damages the USA. You response to convicts is dominated by wrath, people are treated badly in jail. As a result only very few of them will be able to reintegrate in society once they have served their prison sentence.
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  536.  pammens miss  The earlier we start the with this measures the lower the impact will be. We have already lost too much time. I hope Boris will also close schools soon, otherwise, you will end up with Italien conditions.
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  537.  @MinkieWinkle  Well, the EU retains most of its trade deals but the UK looses most of them. You got it the rong way around.
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  538.  @a.h.tvideomapping4293  Well Hisbollah is part of the political system and Nasrallah does not seem very different to the other strong men. That said the explosion was an accident. It was fostered by neglect and corruption, but nobody wanted this explosion.
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  539.  @a.h.tvideomapping4293  Well, it is a story of neglect not of ill will. None of the involved people had really grasped the danger, otherwise they would have acted. It would not even have been expensive to sort this out. Your argument does not apply, any group has lost public approval.
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  540. It has been reforming all the time.
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  541.  @fofal  1. These separatist regions where a way to punish Ukraine to draw out the conflict. This way Russia prevented Ukrainie from joining NATO. If Russia had simply annexed the Region, the war would have been over and Ukrainie could have joined the Organization. Russia never wanted to adhere to the agreement, it was only relevant to keep the conflict going and to now have a justification to invade Ukraine again.
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  542.  @fofal  2. The people of Donbass have never been treated as second class citizens, under Janocowich the rest of Ukraine was treated as second class citizens.
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  543.  Steve Swithun  No, Barnier is well-liked all over the EU. I am sure, he will be pressured to delay his retirement. And the continental fishermen know it is not his fault. Furthermore, they will get some money to survife until the new negotiations are finished.
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  544.  @user-op8fg3ny3j  The bay of Pigs was a small one off event, it did not continue for 8 years and was finally the justification for a full invasion of Cuba.
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  545. There are too many important languages on the Globe to speak them all fluently.
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  546.  @danieleyre8913  " I don’t mean to be rude. But it is an insult to not know that Ukraine already has had a national identity for centuries, since before Ivan the terrible extended Muscovy." I never, denied a Ukrainian identity before 2014, that would be absurd. But the last 8 or years have galvanized this identity. "And actually Zelenskiy and his government has had to be more autocratic to conduct the war more effectively." What is your point? "Ukraine is not a place with very democratic values and had poverty associated problems galore before the war." That is known, but your way to argue is wrong: - poverty is no obstacle for joining the EU. - Corruption, issues with democracy or issues with the legal system are issues. "Need I remind you of how Greece almost brought the entire EU down after them not meeting criteria was overlooked?" The Baltic republics where far poorer than Greece when they joined. And they have been a success. It is far more an issue of the state of mind of the population. joining the single market is a challenge not a hammock. "No Ukraine is far too poor and backward a country currently to be in the EU." Poverty is not an issue, corruption is, but from what I see, no one in Ukraine will accept a government of Ukraine not to realize the needed reforms.
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  547. So the installation of the "High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy" was a blow to the UK as it reduced their options to use the EU as international leverage.
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  548. In the case of no deal, Ireland would become a third country for the UK. If the UK would choose not to enforce this border the WTO s "Most-favoured-nation" rules would require the same for all other nations on earth. Goof luck with take back control. Open doors for all third wold migrants.
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  549.  @Garapetsa  : Scotland is part of the UK, the republic of Ireland is not. As a result there is very different default situation on the Irish border and the Scottish border. However, it is true, that the Scottish referendum was realized under the premise to stay in the EU. This has changed, so a new referendum may be justified.
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  550.  @Andreas-hh9yg  Changing of the local climate by cutting down forrests and engaging in agriculture was known since antiquity.
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  551. Like the UK hides behinnd Russian money?
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  552. Well, if the UK and the other countries would have joined the Euro we might have replaced the Dollar as reserve currency. This would have provided enormous benefits. We could in fact export paper. It would also have provided another boost for the City.
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  553. I still have the feeling that the attack in Kherson may be a false flag. Get as many Russian soldiers in that region and blow the bridges. Afterwards an attack from Kharkiv should be easier.
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  554.  @bleaklow254  It is unlikely that the UK will be able to join the EU, England may do.
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  555. The EU has numerous trade deals, and closer associated countries and members. This setup requires fairness, if we would pamper the UK we would affront numerous trading partners. The combined value of this trade deals by far exceeds the value of the UK. So the UK will need to act reasonable to realize a trade deal.
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  556.  @lisajohnson2699  Greece wanted to join the Euro in order to increase their economic growth. They were not fulfilling the criteria. So they were cooking the accounts. And it worked, after entering the EU and the Euro they had enormous economic growth for a wile, until the country went into default. So what do you think the EU should have done better? OK, I know one thing, they should have scrutinized all new members much more thoroughly. Any additional ideas.
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  557. Monitoring both sides. It is not their job to engage either side. Now they are more needed then ever.
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  558. Do you mean "Vote Leave" or "Leave.EU", both were useful idiots for Putin.
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  559.  @Paul-vm9sz : The reasons for you to leave are irrelevant for your point there is article 50, so it is possible to leave. Just do not bully any other country. Leaving other political organizations like the UK or the US is much more difficult and dangerous.
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  560.  Sarah Min  As far as I know, shrines that are kissed by Islamic pilgims.
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  561.  @niklasmolen4753  Well, Putin obviously cannot raise prices above the international market value. Otherwise, he looses customers. The fact that we still buy gas in Russia shows how insanely expensive US gas is.
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  562.  @niklasmolen4753  Putin and Xi can be trusted to act rational. That is a huge benefit over the USA. In addition, Russia is economically weak. Russia cannot afford tho start an economic war with the EU, like the USA did under each Republican president this century.
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  563.  @squizza28  : The club treated all members according to its rules, but one member thought it was something better. And really a generous rebate was given. But this member continued to insult other members and asked for a second rebate. This was not granted. And this member got mad, insulting everybody even more and wanted to leave. We said, OK pay your dues solve your problem with Ireland and go.
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  564.  @squizza28 : Even more, the rules were made by all members sitting together and voting. The vote had to be unanimous so no member could be forced to do something it did not want. However, this special member voted for some rules to discipline others, but got upset when the same rules applied to him.
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  565. But without the land lease and the war in the west Russia would not have succeed in doing so. Germany had no access on sufficient recourses, factories and cities where bombed, and most of German war planes where used to defend German airspace.
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  566.  @albxox  Normally they would call an air raid against an army attacking UN troops.
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  567. I think it is immoral to ignore the rules you have committed to uphold.
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  568.  @WiseSloth1978  Why? I think she was pretty successful.
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  569. You sound like David Davis.
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  570. The guy looks actually quite small and weak. More an average man than a matcho.
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  571. It was Russia that attacked Ukraine. Sure, the Russian army has done a lot of damage in Ukraine.
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  572.  @Shadowless_Kick  Well, the way China and all other big nations became so large was the fact that they did far more invading themselves then being invaded. Countless tribes where absorbed so that they now think of themselves as Han. A few cultures where not eradicated, These are the national minorities. All this happened in the past, so let us put it aside for now. Today, it is no longer seen as correct to force minorities to fully integrate. So citizens should get the same treatment in the society irrespectively if they are a member of a national minority or not. That is a problem in many countries, including in EU countries or the US. And journalists will describe this mistreatment irrespectively if in the USA or in China. I do not think anyone thinks the Uighurs should have their own country.
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  573. It also means Odessa would be very difficult to cut off from western supplies.
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  574.  @Peter-bg5gy  Not really true, all Western countries had ample time. We all could see, what happened in China. We could have suppressed the pandemic in our countries by: - Intensive testing, - contact tracing, - quarantine measures, - and stopping of mass gatherings. This way we could have avoided most deaths and the lockdown.
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  575. If you ask the same question over and over again you will get similar answers. I would think its an issue with the SUN rather than with the EU.
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  576.  @darwinjina  Sure, that is true. And in every region without rainfall, some cleaning of panels will be needed. But it is a big difference if you need to clean once an hour or once a year.
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  577. Any country of the EU trades more with the rest of the EU than with the UK. So any trade deal that compromises the single market would be a net negative.
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  578.  @1chish : There was a dip in the growth last fall but it's already back up, so no issues with the German industry. The situation of Deutsche Bank is a pity, but it already lost so much of its worth that it should be no longer system critical. It is only one of many banks in Frankfurt.
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  579. ​ @grundgesetzart.1463 So you say the nuclear weapons do not belong to Russia? Well, all Soviet assets became assets of the the former republic they were stationed in.
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  580.  @BabyDoIIx  I do not think anyone would want to use nukes.
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  581.  @abodabalo  Well, Russia stole Crimea, so they should have at least payed Ukrainie for the water.
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  582.  @HBTeamaker  "One side should always be able to walk away" Sure you can, sent the letter to revoke the WA and after 12 month you will no longer be bound by it. But of course it revokes all of the WA, the TCA, and the GFA. "especially when we all know the EU cynically used Northern Ireland to make Brexit as difficult as possible." No the EU made it as easy as possible without harming its citizens, but the problem is complicated. "They exploited the inevitable political turmoil and debate within the UK following the referendum for a myriad of self-serving reasons and didn't actually give two hoots about the democratic vote." The EU accepted the vote before the government in London did. But you cannot expect the EU to pamper a non member. Other politicians have a responsibility towards their own voters. "People who glibly say "well you signed it" conveniently forget how desperate it all got and how there was a real chance that politicians would not deliver the result that people wanted." The UK could take as much or as little time as it wanted, the EU would have prepared to finish this quicker, but we are not responsible for British governments. "I'm not remotely surprised that Brexit wasn't fully delivered because of the pressure that the EU cynically brought to bear on us." So you do not care about NI but just about Brexit?
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  583. Well the French anti riot troops are tough, but they do not beat peacefully protesters.
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  584. In Europe it would have been the first and most important task for the police to keep protestors and counter-protesters separated. In this case they would have instructed Rittenhouse and his gang to do their stuff on a different street. Well, in addition neither protersters nor counter counter-protesters would have been allowed to be armed. There are situations where you can be armed, but political assembly is limited to unarmed people. If still something like this had happened, Rittenhouses action would have been murder or at least manslaughter. In addition, the top 3 policemen would have faced at least early retirement.
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  585. And it was true, the speed of conquest is more than 100 times slower now.
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  586.  @delawarecop  Petro Poroshenko was one of the people defending Kyiv. Why did you ask for the opposition leader?
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  587.  @pb004l7138  The ECJ is an international court. It was instituted to arbitrate in cases of disagreement of countries within the EU and in cases of disagreement in between the EU and many countries in the proximity of the EU. Turkey, for example, accepts the ECJ in economic terms. And, of course, the UK accepted the ECJ in the WA. You accepted the ECJ in regards of NI in the binding agreement. This has been signed by BoJo and has been confirmed by Westminster. Furthermore, in the political declaration, the UK agreed to regulatory alignment and the ECJ.
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  588. Every country in the EU27 trades more with the other EU27 members than with the UK. So compromising the common market (omitting the backstop and a hard border) would be more damaging for the EU than a hard Brexit. EU politicians, the 27 governments and the industry agree, giving in to Boris would be more expensive than a no deal.
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  589. Juncker has been prime minister of Luxembourg for 18 years. Then the European Parliament voted for him as the President of the European Commission. More democracy than in the UK.
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  590. Britain has not delivered anything, they have not even made up their mind which way to go. If the UK needed an extension they should answer, until then it is not an issue. Why do you expect Mrs Merkel to answer you on a non topic.
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  591.  Andrew H  Still better than the UK with its zero-hour-contracts.
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  592. Such a deal would be worse than no deal for all members of the EU. But in order to strike a trade deal all member countries need to agree.
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  593.  @tomasbickel58 : Was soll man machen, es wurde den Briten eben 40 Jahre so erzählt.
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  594.  @djaxxon2015  At the current speed it would take 100 years. Let's hope the war will not last that long.
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  595.  @darrenb3830  "The entire premise of Palestinians having the right to fight their 'oppressors' is that apparently it is Israel that is trapping them in an 'open air prison'. YET THEY SHARE A BORDER WITH EGYPT. Thus the entire premise collapses with this fact." Well, only if you ignore that Israel has a treaty with Egypt that all goods passing the border into Gaza need to be checked by Israel. Egypt cannot open the border without risking an attack by Israel. It seems it is your argument that falls apart.
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  596.  @darrenb3830  We do not have all our borders checked by a hostile country. But that has been the situation for Gaza for a long time.
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  597.  @leet3207  Where do you get these insides from private conversations? It is still true that the Russian side was the only side violating the Minsk agreements. And Russia was the only side preventing UN peace keepers from helping implementing the Minsk agreements. But sure, after years of the Russian side breaking the agreements everybody could see this was going nowhere.
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  598. very country in the EU27 trades more with the other EU27 members than with the UK (even Ireland). So compromising the common market (omitting the backstop and a hard border) would be more damaging for the EU than a hard Brexit. EU politicians, the 27 governments and the industry agree, giving in to Boris would be more expensive than a no deal.
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  599.  @laurejon : Many things to object in this claims: - If tariffs make things more expensive you may not only loose the tariff but you may loose the trade altogether. (Germans will no longer by Japanese cars from Sunderland but from Japan, it will be cheaper) - 46% of the UK go to the EU, true, but another ~40% is fostered by the EU trade deals (and only 12% of this was rolled over, 5% of the total trade) - You do not hand over anything when importing via the EU. - The EU allows importers to reduce red tape. Without a trade deal the non tariff barriers will greatly increase. - The annual membership fee of 13Bn is reduced to 7bn when you account for the EU financing of infrastructure and science in the UK. - If the EU does no longer provide the administration, this has to be provided by the UK, this increases costs it does not lower them. - If the civil service is not ready to take over this tasks this will lead to chaos.
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  600. How is Germany giving other countries a political leverage?
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  601. @Unknown-m7u  Well, some accountability will come if everyone who published himself committing war crimes becomes a person non grata world wide.
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  602. Chile has the best cost to life expectancy compromise.
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  603. Sure it is Italy's fault. Italy is also a "production country." Furthermore, the Baltic countries have a lower GDP per citizen than Italy, but they cope with the money they have. Do you want to punish them for their financial responsibility?
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  604. Germany did win over Russia in 1918.
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  605. So being vaccinated is the best preparation.
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  606.  @machinestats459  Well, as I said, a vaccination is the best way to prepare to be infected.
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  607. 40% of British trade is with the other EU countries and another 40% of British trade is based on EU trade deals and trade agreements. On the other hand any EU27 country trades more with the EU 27 than with the UK. Compromising the common market is far worse than loosing the UK. Even more, when a Briton wants a Mercedes he has to buy in Germany, when a German wants a Nissan he can buy tariff free in Japan, not in the UK.
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  608. Dear  @KingScorpio84  this may change soon. The EU negotiators do not fear no deal. They expect a no deal Brexit to be so bad for the UK that the British government will sign the WA within weeks after Brexit. The main motivation of the EU at the moment seems to be not to loose the blame game. They will not to push the UK out, they have to leave on their own will.
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  609. Or the UK
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  610. Every country in the EU27 trades more with the other EU27 members than with the UK. So compromising the common market (omitting the backstop and a hard border) would be more damaging for the EU than a hard Brexit. EU politicians, the 27 governments and the industry agree, giving in to Boris would be more expensive than a no deal.
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  611.  @jonnydougs  Contracts need to be fulfilled, independent if you are sovereign or not. Besides all countries of the EU are sovereign.
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  612.  @jonnydougs  Well, your definition of sovereignty is useless. According to your definition there is not a single sovereign country on earth. All countries have trade deals (and numerous other treaties). All these treaties are arbitrated by an independent tribunal that is not bound by the countries internal legislation.
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  613.  @jonnydougs  Well, any international treaty, trade deal or not, supersedes the laws of the countries involved. Otherwise, treaties would be useless. The WA is such a treaty.
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  614. Russias contributions to the economy of Serbia are miniscule, far smaller than EU contributions, far smaller than the benefits of a further EU integration could be. Nobody would sanction Serbia, if Serbia would fully drop all the agreements with the EU, they would simply cut your benefits. You want to be left alone? So you do not need any EU benefits? An improved relationship of Serbia with the EU, with it's neighbors and with NATO is irrelevant for the war in Ukraine, but it is very relevant for the security and the development of the Balkans.
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  615. How has the EU done this? By protecting the people the are instated to protect and not protecting the people who do not want to be protected? By being rational and honest? By exposing your house of cards as what it is, a lie?
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  616.  @richardrussell5695  The UK pays about 12bn, the net payment is about 8bn and the EU butget is about 140bn. You see, a loss of 8bn is unpleasant but nothing horrible. The growth figures for the EU are similar to the UK, but this is misleading since the Pound has lost in comparison to the Euro.
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  617.  @PeterWoodstorrechianca : You do not need to like Angela Merkel, but she is orders of magnitude better than Boris Johnson.
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  618. The e-ink display in a casing may not be a bad idea. Well, as long as the software of the phone supports it.
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  619. Are you talking about Farage and JRM?
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  620. First they came for the Socialists, and I did not speak out— Because I was not a Socialist. Then they came for the Trade Unionists, and I did not speak out— Because I was not a Trade Unionist. Then they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out— Because I was not a Jew. Then they came for me—and there was no one left to speak for me. Martin Niemöller
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  621.  @rickseymoranis8398  I am happy that the first Gepards are about to be shipped. They should be able to take apart drones and helicopters.
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  622.  @itsme-gm9oi  You where claiming 4 HIMARS to be destroyed.
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  623.  @amadeuz8161  Currently most European soldiers are still stationed at the inner borders of the EU. Spain traditionally has barracks at the border to France, Portugal has barracks at the border to Spain,.... A common army would allow to work on the system and place the barracks at the outer borders of the EU. All that would not prevent Finland from having a general subscription to national guards, while a professional EU army would be stationed at your border.
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  624. I agree Germany should send Leopards, but I do not understand the argument about the Abrahams. I do not think the reason for the USA not to send the Abrahms makes any sense.
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  625. Well, in the aftermath of the COVID crisis the budget needs to be increased.
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  626. Boris has already signed them away. Plus an additional 7bn.
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  627. So you want to improve big tariffs on all goods from any country and make anything very expensive for Britons?
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  628. The USA is doing the same thing right now.
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  629. But this time the delays will be in the UK, much longer and will not end after a few days.
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  630. ​ @Hkwoieix She has done a good job, why replace her?
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  631.  @CarlosWiden  It does not matter anyway, because Europe has the undisputed air superiority.
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  632. Show me one border in between two countries outside a trade block where the border crossings are not controlled (no hard border). Please find a single border.
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  633.  @thomasmatewe  We are also in a multilateral world. No country has the right to invade another country. Abolish the UN security council, give all the power to the general assembly.
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  634. @Hard Brexit No deal is better than a bad deal for the EU.
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  635. Who cares what your view is?
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  636. Ja, und dieser Effect sollte noch lange nach dem Ende der mission anhalten.
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  637. The Backstop is enforcing the GFA. The UK says the want to honor the GFA. So, the Backstop should be irrelevant. Only cheaters get angry when they are bound to their promises.
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  638.  @myfavs5393  WTF Nobody wants to attack the USA. But in times of Trump, the Nato defense promise diminishes. Europe needs to find a way to defend itself effectively.
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  639.  @donkey3187  Many Americans hate their government, but in case of an attack they would forget this hate, they would shout for revenge. Do you really think Iranians are different. We are all humans.
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  640. Do you have any reason for your assumptions.
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  641. Ukrainie is a direct neighbor of the EU, it is as much of our business what happens in Ukraine as it is Russian business. But sure, if our politicians had done their job correctly Ukrainie would be a NATO member and there wouldn't be a war.
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  642.  @rockbutcher  That is the issue. A policemen that ignores crimes committed by his friends is no policemen.
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  643. ​ HappyEnglishman Uk  "While the 27 squabble over what isn't theirs and dont get budgets passed we will be on a clean break like every leave voter wanted..." So you do not like democracy? "We are not after being "Pampered", by ✊✊💦 ers we're after honouring our vote" You have left the EU. Politicians in the EU need to honor the will of their own electorate, not the will of the electorate in a non member. Anything else would be undemocratic. The British public profited enormously from being in the EU. The new year will bring a rough awakening.
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  644.  @eddiel7635  If the UK continues to break the NIP they will force a border in Ireland and scrap the GFA. This will surely end the peace process in NI.
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  645.  @madmartinline6  Well, the NIP is a compromise. So sure, the EU has agreed to a compromise. Now it is up to the UK to the UK to stick to its side of the compromise. Just not working of implementing it and then claiming it was impossible to implement it will not cut.
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  646. No, it does not matter how powerful a country is, invading an independent country is always to be condemned. But sure, if a NATO country is invaded the reaction would be different.
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  647. @bgcvetan  The self-defense of the EU would be EU law. No veto can stop an existing law. They would need a mayority or even unanymity to stop the self-defense.
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  648.  @Theozenith  It would need a lot of reforms for the USA to be similar democratic to the EU.
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  649.  @GBatya  Most of these countries show rapid economic growth. Cheam labor is probably an important point, but it is the fastest way a country has to grow its economy and its living standard. As long as the criminality of the government does not suck the country dry, as we see in Hungary.
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  650. @ Halotest100 Europe is a great place because we can travel without visas. But if the UK is closing its borders, you cannot expect the others to keep their borders open. Europe is a great place because we can order from any EU based shop without custom problems. Europe is a great place because the roaming fees are very low. But without common regulation this is gone. Europe is a great place because we have a common standard, making products cheaper and even forcing foreign industries to comply. But without common legislation this power is gone. Actually the Euro-zone is even better, you should try. I also have very different views on the increasing integration of the EU. No European country is strong enough to have a real influence on the international stage. Without unity, we ware pushed around. Why is this extraneous to you?
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  651. The vast majority of the Moslem migrants coming into the UK are not refugees but workers from Pakistan. Their number is already increasing as European migrants avoid the UK since the referendum.
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  652. But what she said made sense, that is all I care about.
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  653. Well, German and Polish Neonazis have meetings together. You cannot expect logig from them.
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  654.  @octavianpopescu4776  They cannot afford the lockdown, and, therefore, they cause an additional spread causing the need for an even longer lockdown? Seems legit!
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  655.  @freddycook630  He will still be an MEP. He may resume negotiations with the UK in 2021
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  656. Well, where is your point, Frost was not elected either.
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  657. All members of the EU need to agree to a deal, therefore, and deal needs to be beneficial for all members if the EU. The proposal of Frost would damage trade within the EU. It would cost every single country more than the deal with the UK could ever compensate for. The members of the EU will not suffer to pamper the UK.
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  658. The German car industry values the integrity of the common market over a deal with the UK. Wolfgang Munchau is uninformed if he thinks Merkel intervene against the will of the car industry. If there is no deal negotiations will continue in 2021 and Barnier will have an even stronger hand.
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  659.  @SarahHughLavender  Really funny.
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  660. Brexit is destroying the peace process.
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  661.  @johnkelsall9791  Something like this will only work in the UK.
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  662.  @markchesters8861  Well, when all signatories agree to change a deal it is not a breach but legislation.
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  663. ​ @NYJGreatness  They would need a place to assemble, get training and make a plan.
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  664. Kann mich nicht daran erinnern, aber ich bin DER Karsten.
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  665. Ich denke, JETZT erinnere ich mich . Nun jeder Temperatur ist ein Intensitätsmaximum bei einer Wellenlänge zugeordnet. Ich denke meine Frage war stark verkürzt und daher Fehlerhaft, aber der Sinn war eigentlich klar und valide. Musste grinsen als ich mich wider erinnert habe.
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  666. Just like the "corrupt" members of parliament and the people in the civil service.
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  667.  @Memovox  How has Ukraine been targeting the population of Crimea? Regarding the water: Russia could just have paid. Regarding the airport: That is clearly a military installation.
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  668.  @fionafiona1146  The Baltics that have lower GDPs per citizen than Italy but a stable economy. Should they suffer to benefit Italy?
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  669.  @fionafiona1146  It is a GDP per capita, so the size of the countries is irrelevant.
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  670. ​ @fionafiona1146  We are all small countries. But this is not the point. The Baltic countries can cope with their budget. Every country needs to find the correct balance of austerity and spending.
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  671. Cameron tried to cherry-pick and screw over the other countries of the EU once more. And, yes, he was rejected, well done!
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  672.  @olllloollllo  I agree with you. I just wanted to say that the fact that a few people pretend to live a normal life in the outskirts does not mean the rest of the city is habitable.
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  673.  @MaoDopamineDong  The post-office delivers not only parcels but also letters and they reach every single household. No private parcel service would do this to this cost. Looking at this this way you will see how efficient the post office is.
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  674. It's the UK that needs a deal not the EU.
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  675. What else should Selensky do. He is working on saving his country.
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  676. Humans have changed the local microclimate everywhere they went. A forrest has a very different microclimate then open farm land. And lots of farmalnd add up to changing the climate of a region. But I think the first to talk about the effects of CO2 was Swante Arrhenius in his paper from 1897.
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  677. De Gaulle agreed with you.
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  678.  @Land-of-reason  "The EU were negotiating with opposition parties in parallel with their discussions with the government. They were undermining our elected government using the opposition to cause trouble." Well, and Boris was visiting several capitals to annoy the heads of government with Brexit. He was doing the same.
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  679. ​ @physiocrat7143 Gaza is densly populated and people are starving. Any person needs to be assumed to be a civilian unless confirmed othervise. Such a mistake is good for 20 years inprisonment.
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  680.  @keegan773 : There can't be a politician more corrupt than BoJo, Farage, and JRM. I admit Schröder is close, but he waited to the end of his term to work for Putin.
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  681.  @aeye9772  Ukraine was seeking NATO membership, to be save from Russia. And they where correct to do so, there would be no war if Ukraine was a member of NATO. Ukraine was not seeking any nuclear weapons. How on earth did you come up with something so absurd. The Baltic republics are NATO members and there are no nuclear weapons in the Baltics. I see Ukraine on a good path for recovery as a member of the EU, in contrast, I would say project Russia is failing.
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  682. A Brexiter leading a remain party was a recipe for disaster.
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  683.  @anirbanroy9855  "don't you know after maidan they held referendum mariopol, donbass khavkiv.. all these cities.." So some guys with guns assemled and held a "referendum". That is about as legit as if the gangs in a town assemble and decide that Kokain has to become legal. "the militia in this are formal Ukrainia army .. do you know that .. do you have guts to go their and ask whom they would like to be with.. do you ?" Well the "separatists" seem to be worse. Half of the population has fled from these "separatist" controlled areas mainly to the free Ukraine to areas controlled by the militia. "Give me example where russia used their own people as human shield .. " I was talking about the separatists, they surely used the Ukrainians as human shields. "UN reports say who does .. neonazis in comedian army " There are Neonazis in any army, especially the Russian army. ".. even yesterday night in doneskt city Patel mines were delivered by air by UA" Indian mines? What are you talking about? "..do you know what this tiny mine does rip leds if you step .. russia army isnt the one who walks in the city .." No idea what you are talking about. But I guess it will be investigated once the Russian army has left Ukraine.
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  684.  @anirbanroy9855  And he has not documented war crimes of the separatists and of Russia? Interesting!
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  685. Why?
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  686.  @Purjo92  Serbia stagnates, but all new member countries experience rapid growth. When all the countries around Serbia have joined and grow their economy many Serbian citizens will change their minds. They will elect different parties.
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  687. Germany, Britain France and many more have been subsidizing Greece for very many years. Still, it is you who blamed the EU. Even so many other Countries where giving money. Europe may have helped harshly, but Britain has not helped at all.
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  688. Every county of the EU 27 trades more with the EU 27 than the UK. Compromising the common market would hurt more than a hard Brexit. You just presented the reason why Macron can't compromise any further.
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  689. This will happen in any case. You will either take the rules of the EU, of the USA or from China.
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  690.  Nick Nack  Seems more you are the idiot, if you are leaving the GDP will reduce by 13% but nobody will be poorer. So this is a non issue. And once again, the EU27 is by far the largest export market of the UK, taking 45% of British exports. Another 40% of British exports are fostered by EU trade deals. On the other hand, the UK will become one export markets of many, for all countries I have looked up you are smaller than the USA. For example only 6% of German exports are going to the UK, you are less important than the USA or China. The EU has numerous trade deals, and closer associated countries and members. This setup requires fairness, if we would pamper the UK we would affront numerous trading partners. The combined value of this trade deals by far exceeds the value of the UK. So the UK will need to act reasonable to realize a trade deal. Once the UK has left, we sill will have all these trade deals, but you will have nearly none. As far as I remember trade deals covering 5% of British exports have been rolled over.
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  691.  Cucking Funt  "the eu is on its way out." How, at the moment the UK seems far less stable then the EU. "At best it would be an application to a successor organisation." If you are that slow, there may be another metamorphosis of the EU. "The eu doesn't work without the uk really." I would think it is working better.
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  692.  Cucking Funt  "The UK is far more stable than the EU." Really? Why do you think so? "The EU won't be around and we are just doing our own thing." The EU is here to stay. Brexit has increased the stability of the EU.
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  693.  Cucking Funt  Brexit has increased unity in the EU. There are always some quarrel, but since Brexit the far right parties no longer promote leaving the EU. Very different from the UK.
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  694.  Cucking Funt  Not a singe country is considering leaving the EU. And most eurosceptic parties are no longer promoting to leave the EU. Neither the AFD, nor the Lega and not the National Assembly. So tell me what country are you talking about.
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  695. You wanted to say despite the rhetoric of support for Ukraine Poland has been showing its big middle finger to Ukraine. Now the EU decided to rectify this hypocritical behaviour.
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  696. A EU-army would not be a replacement of nato, but the second biggest partner in NATO.
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  697.  @anabona4764  "Mariupol is the most russian speaking city. You wont hear Ukranian there." Russian speaking does not mean pro Russia. Selensky is a Russian speaker. "Citizens in Mariupol voted to join Russian in 2014." There was no vote. And in later elections less than 50% voted for the pro Russian candidate. Later Azov nazi battalion occupied the city. There were videos where they robbed houses and sent citizens' property to the western Ukraine. Majority of Azov battalion are from there. Maybe you heard about neo nazis . You can find western videos about Azov battalion in internet." Azov is a tiny group, less than 2500 people in the 250 000 sized Ukrainian army. "Watch german journalist's video who just came from Mariupol. He sad that people ask Russian army to stay. The are scared. of Ukranian regime." I do not doubt that there are some pro Russian people in Mariopol, but they are not the majority. At least they were not before the majority has left Mariupol to avoid the Russian army.
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  698. No problem, in 20 years when the UK is readmitted to the EU Poland will by a net contributer (based on their economic growth) and the UK will be will be a net receiver (due to the decay caused by a no deal Brexit).
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  699.  @dragonace119  No power is available in the same amount as solar radiation. It is simply impossible to generate more power with any other energy source we have right now. (Nuclear fusion may change that) Photovoltaics is per kWh cheaper then Nuclear. Even if storage is included. Recycling of nuclear fuel reduces the consumption of natural resources, but it does not reduce the amount of waste.
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  700.  @johnslugger  So? You think I am wrong? Please present a better result or show what you think my mistake is. I mean it is a pretty simple evaluation. I found a mistake, but it was yours.
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  701. Is the way he looks totally irrelevant?
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  702. OK, get Salat and strawberries from New Zealand. They will surely be very tasty when they arrive.
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  703.  @tanja8907  Not in the required amount and not in winter.
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  704.  @dirtbikerman1000  I find it alarming, that the British society wants to dispossess foreign assets.
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  705.  @tlg5003  Sure, no deal will hurt France too. But it will hurt the UK so much that it will have to restart negotiations in 2021. Well, if it will take some pain for the UK to come to its senses, so be it. The EU can whether the "no deal" period.
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  706. UN peacekeepers for Gaza!
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  707.  @dork7546  I as a German tend to disagree people can stay in power for longer, as long as we have a real election and there a democratic methods to remove them from office every single day of their tenure.
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  708.  @ashcarrier6606  Well, Merkel has stayed in office for 16 years and decided to retire when hitting 67 years. If she had tried she could have gotten another legislature period. Nothing undemocratic about that.
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  709. @weyland yutani "Well he appears to be the most vocal anti-putin out of the western leaders" Sure, he is vocal in any situation. But he was payed 100000 Pounds for playing tennis with the wife of a Russian minister. Once again he is blustering to prevent the people from seeing he is compromised.
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  710. Orban will not be the leader of Hungary forever.
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  711.  Internet Research Agency  Currently, Kherson is occupied by Russian forces, hopefully it will be liberated soon.
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  712.  @paulohenriqueferreiradealm1893  Sure, and building stuff was a great part of the combat effectiveness of the Roman army. Otherwise, they could not have taken Massada or Alesia.
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  713.    Well, I cannot disagree about May, but Boris is even worse.
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  714. You can win trade wars (with tariffs and embargo), like that on Iran that resulted in a the "Iran deal", but this means you have to isolate the country you want to win over. Than you can make the whole world take part in your war, than and only than it is possible to win. Trump in comparison insulates the US. Best way to loose trade wars.
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  715.  @Jinke888  Well, currently most supply lines to the west of the river are cut. So the Ukrainian army is bleeding the Russian occupiers of Kherson dry. The attack will take place when the Russian troops in Kherson are considerably weakened.
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  716.  @jackspring7709  Well, NATO did everything they could not to provoke Russia, otherwise they would have admitted Ukraine in 2008. It was a mistake to do this. All the wars of the last 8 years could have been avoided. Russia spits on gestures of good will and calls them weakness.
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  717.  @chrisgrahma5064  The NATO performed a UN peacemaking mission. It is different from peacekeeping, but still a UN mission.
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  718.  @denisgorjunov  Russia did not even start to implement the Minsk accords. They undermined them from the beginning. Russia was never interested in peace in Donbas, they even vetoed UN peace keepers in 2015.
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  719.  @erzan : Could be.
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  720.  @damnedmadman  An international treaty does not distinguish between law and constitution, and am international treaty is not a law acting upon citizen but upon countries. The constitution is the highest law In Poland, but the EU rules are a law for Poland and all other member countries.
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  721.  @d34dly0101 : Nobody wants the UK to leave, but the EU needs to be fair. The since Thatcher the UK had its rebate and an altogether preferential treatment. With David Cameron the UK asked for a further improvement of the conditions to the detriment of all other countries. This was a slap in the face of the rest of Europe. After the UK makes such a fool of itself in leaving the agreement to the EU has risen all over the EU27. Even the far right parties no longer propagate leaving. Especially interesting is only the selective perception of you Bexiteres as you see only the downside of Brexit for the other countries not for Bitain. The truth is this: The UK constitutes 6% of the German export market, with a hard Brexit not all of this will be lost, it is only the preferential access to the UK market that will be lost. The UK, in contrast, will loose the preferential access to c.a. 80% of their export market (40% within the EU and 40% based on EU trade deals). I
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  722. Dear  @Hashterix , I just wanted to find out what you described as "rubbish", it seems you want to play games instead of answering. The 39 billion is not subject to a deal, the composition if freely available on Wikipedia: £16.4bn (€18.5bn) towards the UK’s contribution to the EU budget to December 2020 (after offsetting for the UK rebate); £18.2bn (€20.2bn) towards outstanding commitments for projects that have been signed off but not yet paid for by 2020 (The Reste à Liquider ("RAL") from successive Multiannual Financial Frameworks) to be paid up to 2028; and £2.5bn (€2.7bn) for other financial liabilities, being an estimate for pension liabilities of €9.5bn offset by other assets totalling €6.8bn.[27] The payments towards the pension liabilities are estimated to be made until 2064.[27] With a no deal brexit, the first 16.4bn will not incur, but the rest has to be payed regardless to the type of Brexit.
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  723.  @Hashterix : So the UK is larger than the EU27 and it will keep all its trade deals?
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  724. Talking to Hungarians, it seems to be a fault line between Orban and the population. If there were general elections now we may get rid of Orban. But I still would prefer Russian troops leaving Ukraine before these elections.
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  725. ​ @boxoffisa UN troops monitoring the situation are now more important then ever. Any country attacing UN peacekeepers should be put under an international embargo.
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  726. First-past-the-post Splitting the liberal vote would be stupid.
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  727. @ lucius1976: Perfectly right, in addition, France discussed the budget with the other partners of the EU before announcing it, Italy discussed one budget and announced something entirely different.
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  728. Iain Duncan-Smith does not understand, for any country of the EU27 the trade with the rest of the EU27 is larger than the trade with the UK. This means the integrity of the common market is more important than a trade deal with the UK. The EU risks fewer jobs with no deal with the UK than with a bad deal (a deal the UK wants). So only minute changes to the withdrawal agreement are to be expected. So he wants to play the game of chicken driving a sedan against a lorry on a narrow road, so the lorry that has no space to give in.
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  729. Western companies tried to invest in Russia but it turned out to be not sustainable for most of them. Too much criminality, too much corruption. Only predatory investors will try this. It does not require a lot of external guide to know what to improve, and still this guide was given over and over again.
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  730.  @gosolvideos  The closer countries where to the border of Russia the more desperate they wanted to join NATO. It would not have prevented Russia to become more like western countries and from applying to join NATO.
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  731. There is no foreseeable scenario in which the border in the Irish sea will be blocked completely. It is, however, possible that the border will be closed for certain food products from the UK. 1. You know that certain US food products are banned in the EU and the UK. 2. The UK wants to strike a trade deal with the USA and seems to may want to align with the USA to an unknown extend. 3. The UK does not give the EU any assurances that its standards will be aligned with the EU. 4. As a result, the EU cannot guarantee that all British food products can be exported to the EU (and NI). 5. This is no issue for the supply of food for NI, on the contrary, the border to the EU will stay open.
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  732.  @nobodyfromnowhere3597  No, they did not. They took the last two towns of the region, not the whole region. But this was nearly two months ago and not much happened since then. I expect the Ukrainian attack on Kherson at the end of September. This would bring the motorway to Crimea in the reach of Ukrainian artillery.
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  733. It is a consulate! Every country that will need to close a condulate will destroy documents. The USA is doing it right now at their consulate.
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  734. She has done a good job for the EU. She should stay. That has nothing to do with the USA.
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  735.  @costinhalaicu2746  Not really: 1. Narrowing down a gauge can be done with minimal construction work. You do not even need to replace the sleepers. 2. After the war Ukraine needs to switch to the European standard anyway. 3. Using standard gauge the train can go to any port in the EU.
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  736. Why should she say "careful"?
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  737. ​ @arizonaarmadillo5829 It is not illegal to knock on someones door, and using a driveway for turning is no reason to get shot.
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  738. Imagine Russia without help. The war would be over.
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  739.  @ronaldmatthews7361  Well, unlike right-wing protests most people are wearing a mask. But sure it would be beneficial if these protests would not be necessary and policemen that violate citizen would be immediately arrested, without the need of thousands of people hitting the street.
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  740.  @ngp1868 : I could say the same about May, Boris Johnson or JRM.
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  741.  @LoneWolf-ck7pj : Everyone in the European parliament is voted for in one of the 28 countries. Al 28 members of the European commission are selected by the 28 democratic governments similar to the way ministers are selected in the 28 countries. The different councils of Ministers are occupied by the ministers for the different topics from the 28 different countries. And finally, the president of the EU is voted for by the members of the European parliament similar to the British prime minister. Unlike in the UK all the political positions are democratically legitimized.
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  742. Sadly there are not a lot of Gepards left Ukraine needs to get a lot of the Skyranger 35.
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  743.  @eddiel7635  "like I said before, any treaty or contract is only worth something whilst it benefits both parties. Once that’s no longer the case, it’s either changed or the other party walks away." Like I said, walking a way needs 12 month of notice and in this 12 months you are obliged to adhere to the treaty. Walking away from the NIP means walking away from the WA, the trade deal, and the GFA. "As for Brexit, since when has self determination ever been so controversial?" It never has, you wanted to leave and no one was holding you back. "The UK made a decision that it doesn’t want to be governed by unelected officials in Brussels, this is a perfectly sensible and reasonable decision to make and well within our rights." That is fine, I repeat myself, nobody was holding you back. Well, it was clear from the beginning that you would either need to breach the GFA or tho come to a reasonable compromise like the NIP. "The sooner you all get over it and accept that it wasn’t a crime the better for all of us." We got over it in 2016.
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  744. The Dynetics lander looks astonishingly practical. Blue Origen is somewhere in the middle, and Starship seems pretty useless.
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  745. ​@gregb1599 It clearly was more opinionated than other stuff. But he did catch some issues, even if they did not end the mission. The name of the feed was a tongue and check reminder to the fact it would fall into the ocean in any case.
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  746.  @gregb1599  It was a popcorn and beer livestream. What did you expect.
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  747.  pinkie perky  Well, lying when striking a deal and then reneging on it is against international law. It allows the EU to sanction the UK. Furthermore, this way you are showing the whole world that a deal with the UK is not worth the paper it was printed on. Good luck striking any trade deals.
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  748.  pinkie perky  False, the WA is legally binding, the UK cannot repeal it without breaking international law. It was agreed and signed by Boris, it was agreed to by the electorate of the UK in the last general election, and it was ratified by the present British parliament.
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  749. All these lies will be exposed sooner or later. Well a region that has been lying will have a bad time selling their products in future, even to countries not requiring these high standards.
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  750. Dear Metatron, all mail, I see in the Internet and on your presentation, make use of round and planar rings. These are easy to produce, but as an Engineer, I know it is far from optimized to take force. Here a nonplanar ring having a small bending radius at the position where it meets other rings and strait wire in between could take considerable more force before it is deformed. In addition, this design would increase density. Where armors of this type used?
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  751.  @JBrandeis1  : I was thinking more about the 1800s and the colonies but true.
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  752.  Darth Brino  Correct, but Barnier is a real diplomate he does not lose his cool. His remarks have a purpose.
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  753. @Alex Devereaux Much better than no education at all.
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  754. How do you come to this conclusion?
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  755.  @carnaud  Well, I blame Fox news and the USA for the late declaration of a pandemic. The USA and especially the right wing press criticized the Who for declaring a pandemic too early in case of the pig flue and Ebola. So they pressured the WTO to act slower in this case. I will check your link later.
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  756.  @kavustock  It is not very nice of you to say this. I am living in the EU and I am a EU patriot. It is as if I would tell you the USA would deserve to collapse. Most of all you are wrong, the relevant officials in the EU are not unelected. The main powerhouse of the EU is the European Council. Here the 28 heads of democratic governments meet. The commission consists of 28 commissioners that act as proxies for the 28 governments. They are not elected but chosen to represent this government and can be replaced any time similar to ministers of a cabinet in any country. You are well aware that the members of the US cabinet are not voted for. Finally there is the European parliament, and I am sure you have to agree this is definitely democratically elected.
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  757. But the gains of Russia in the last months are tiny. At that speed it would take centuries to take Ukrainie.
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  758.  @gethcreator751 : Brexiteres threatened that their raw number would gridlock the EU, based on what we have seen from Farag it is the opposite. Jumped like a tiger, landed like a pussy.
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  759.  @trumpisking2648 : Not as fast as the UK.
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  760.  @lackns : I am allready. But I am really sad for the sane fraction of the British people.
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  761.  @lackns : You can decide whatever you want, if you really want Brextit just go for it. But do not bully Ireland on your way out and do not expect the EU27 to make concession for someone who is leaving. Face it, brexit will be awfull, and this is the reason noone wants to take Teresa Mays job.
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  762.  @lackns : Barnier has shown an almost superhuman decency, but they cannot deliver your dream Brexit, this would be treason on the EU27. Sure the Irish can do what they want, but the agreement with the EU is at its peak with 80%. And face it, you can only keep the border open when NI stays in the customs union.
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  763.  @trumpisking2648 : The austerity policy of the Tories have threatened the livelihood of many people and then you have fallen for the propaganda similar to us Germans in 1933.
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  764.  @trumpisking2648 : Sure, why not? People in the EU have really been fed up with the EU pampering you. If Cameron had gotten his demands it would have resulted in a public outcry.
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  765.  Albert Pike  : Must have been the worst puppet of all time. Constantly lamenting about the tiny EU contributions, constantly slowing down important reforms, making the EU responsible for agendas they pushed themselves, leaving the EVP, trying to block Juncker... Conclusion: Only a paranoid could think they were a puppet of the EU.
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  766. ​ @SilverforceX This rail line on the Ukrainian cost is in the range of Himars, Drones, and even some artillery shells.
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  767.  @s0ycapitan  There are bridges at Mariopol and Melitopol. These are in range of Himars.
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  768.  @SuperStrilChuk  This shows that you and your friends have no idea what NATO is.
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  769.  @SuperStrilChuk Did Russia make the reforms required to join NATO? Otherwise it was pointless posturing.
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  770. These are tiny dragons teeth. These here in Switzerland are far larger.
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  771. It is not only the case that all contacts of a positive test need to isolate, but you also need to test all the contacts. Then you can trace the contacts of all the newly tested positive cases.
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  772.  Albert Pike : Could you elaborate the indication that makes you assume this. A common army would need an unanimous agreement of all member country for any attack. So this army will be centered on defense. I would assume an European army is more about optimizing collaboration in order to effectively collaborate in an emergency. At most, I would guess we improve the defense of the Baltics against any Russian avidity.
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  773.  SEAN INGRAM : Don’t make me laugh by comparing the UK troops to the troops from the USA. But all countries of the EU together (whether the UK takes part or not) are a force to reckon.
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  774.  Albert Pike : You have been watching too much RT. The former Soviet Union and most countries of the Warsaw alliance were insolvent in 1990. So the countries needed to re orientate themselves. So they applied for the EU because the people wanted it. It is called democracy. And you have to admit, they have been successful as a comparison of Poland with the Ukraine shows.
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  775.  SEAN INGRAM : What do you want to say?
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  776.  SEAN INGRAM : At least we are aware of our questionable military history, unlike the British.
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  777.  @GREENFING3R : The only side interested in an empire and controlled by the far right seems to be the UK.
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  778. Dear  @GREENFING3R , I fully agree it is nonsensical but there are websites like this https://globalbritain.co.uk/. We have been waiting for three years for the UK to leave, when will you finally do it?
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  779.  @孫悟空-r7w  Well, the Ukrainian troops have just left the encirclement of Lycychansk so there are no forces to be encircled. And it does not seem likely than Russia is able to realize any larger encirclement. Well, and they have already been unable to take the parts of Donbass without great losses.
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  780.  @spin564  It is a psychological thing. This woman, Lindsey offers psychological training. I am not sportive but I like swimming and diving, I have taught both of my kids to control their breathing.
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  781.  @grandcelebration2233  What is the point of adding a link to the video of an idiot?
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  782. ​ @dmitrygreen4002 Ukraine is not Russia. It has not been for 100 years.
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  783. These are specialists from the IAEA, nuclear physicists, not artillerists and no specialists in artillery.
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  784. The problem is that Musk is not really stupid, he has studied physics and he is good in marketing. These things are simple to understand for me and also for him. This leads to only one conclusion he is evil.
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  785.  @yayorandel7106  "or Mabey vice versa." So you want a protester shooting a policeman? I doubt this would help your objective.
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  786.  @yayorandel7106  I want the lockdown to be ended as soon as possible and adapt to the new normal. However, these idiots spoil the effort of the majority. The, and you, are the reason why this lockdown will need to be extended longer than necessary. Actually, if the virus would have been taken seriously from the beginning a lockdown would not have been needed. You and people like you are the reason for the lockdown.
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  787.  @saigashotgun8219 : I am not so sure, obviously a revoking will be impossible after a hard Brexit. But a signed WA would be in both sides interest, so there may be the option to date back the signing of the WA. Then the UK could trigger article 49 from a more comfortable position.
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  788. Seems to be the US American version of "Mein Kampf".
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  789. A real gun with a firing pin installed backward is the ideal tool to get yourself shot especially if you threaten people.
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  790. The Backstop is a reinforcement of the GFA. It s needed to provide a stable situation for Ireland (and NI). The UK has promised to honor the GFA, so the Backsop should not be an issue. Only scammer get angry when bound to their promises. If the UK wanted to renege on the GFA it should be honest about it (to itself and its neighbors).
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  791.  @jamesconroy5905  Have you ever been reading it? https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/the-belfast-agreement
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  792.  @joy4118  For the vast majority of us wearing a mask is indeed harmless. If you are so weak that wearing a mask can cause permanent damage to your health, you seem to have multiple severe preexisting conditions. If this was true, you would have a high likelihood not to survife Covid 19.
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  793.  @joy4118  COVID 19 is definitely not a hoax. No government would ruin their own economy to control their population. There are cheaper and more effective ways to do this. One way is to peddle conspiracy theories like you do. It costs almost nothing and could bring a fringe party into power. You are a danger for yourself and your country. Please try to free yourself from your bubble.
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  794. Fishing is a red herring. But, it seems problematic to cease assets of continental fishermen.
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  795. Nobody has told the companies what the future policy of the UK would be, so the only way to really prepare for Brexit would have been leaving to the continent.
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  796. We need UN peace keapers in Gaza.
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  797.  @wallstreetwoes431  Nothing unusual.
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  798. Lots of French and Spanish fishers have purchased British quotas from British fishermen. Does Britain want to dispossess foreign assets in the UK? Are the Tories communists or Nazis?
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  799.  @Lee_303  Unlike in the anachronistic Houses of Parliament winning such a "fight" does hold no merit in the European parliament. Acting like a troll, will aianate members of other parties. However, the job of parlamentarian is just the opposite they need to form a network of friendships with members of other parties. They will need them to organize a following when pushing an agenda. This behavior prevents you from ever pushing an agenda in the EU.
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  800.  @nomadentrepreneur189  That is funny, your PM is never voted for by the population, he simply is the leader of the largest party and he is made leader of the party by his Tory cronies. Juncker, in contrast, was elected for by the European parliament and he could have been removed by a vote of no confidence by the EU parliament. Furthermore, the real power in the EU are the heads of the 28 countries. Juncker is more of a Spokesman and a mediator without own powers. It would be absurdly costly to let the population directly vote a candidate into this position. By the way, Boris wants a general election to dissolve parliament in order to realize an illegal no deal Brexit.
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  801.  @nomadentrepreneur189  This is getting absurd. Now you tell me that even the worst have been democratically elected. You seem to tell me that it is irrelevant if someone was elected. Doesn't this undermine the last bits of your argument?
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  802.  @Jdeadevil  Well, every country has the duty and means to provide for its citizens. Blocking a companies exports until they have fulfilled their contracts with the government is well within their rights. The UK has done it and now the EU needed to do it.
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  803.  @benjaminbland3988  AZ has made contracts about more vaccine than they can deliver, that is their problem. They need to fulfill the the contract with the EU.
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  804.  @benjaminbland3988  That is a contract in between AZ and Australia. It is not relevant for this case. The EU has a contract with AZ, that is all that matters in this regard.
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  805.  @vinniechan  That is more or less what the WA is doing.
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  806.  @vinniechan  If there is no FTA then checks for goods crossing the Irish sea are surely needed. Actually checks in the other direction will be also required (not based on the WA or the EU but based on WTO rules).
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  807. I am always astonished by the selective perception of Brexiteres.
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  808. So you want to abolish any governing structures. An interesting future for the UK.
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  809.  @dogsenseforu301  So Boris is doing the same to the UK now.
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  810.  @adiadindas  Well, fishery agreements predate the EU by several decades. It is a way to optimize the use of resources. Before this agreement, Continental fishers were fishing the juvenile fish in the shallow waters before it could grow up and migrated to the British waters to mate. Regarding the trade deficit of the UK: Are you sure this will not further increase in the case of no deal. And sure, any trade deal contains some level playing field. The currently negotiated Japan deal for example contains stricter stade aid rules than the EU has asked for. The behaviour of the UK makes it difficult to negotiate any trade deal, the fact that the UK fullfills EU rules at the moment is irrelevant because you want to change your rules, but you are unable to specify the future regulation. Any mutual recognition has to be based on the the future situation. As long as this is unclear, there is no way any negotiation can be sucessful. The deal with Canada excludes finances and certain critical products, therefore mutual recognition is simple. But it took several years to negotiate. The UK has neither the time nor the willingness to persue a canada style deal.
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  811. Dear  @unitedkingdomofgreatbritai9 , any country in the EU27 trades more with the other countries of the EU27 than with the UK. This is even true for Ireland. So the integrity of the common market is more valuable than a trade deal with the UK. Your proposal would compromise the common market, therefore a hard Brexit is preferable for the EU.
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  812. That is bullshit. The rules would not change when article 50 would be revoked.
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  813.  @goenzoy : The text of article 50 will not be changed, and the text itself does not contain a clause that a country can trigger it only one time. Telling the article could not be triggered a second tome is just fear mongering.
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  814. Still more democratic and more intelligent than the UK.
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  815. The always listened to you when they needed a facepalm or a laugh.
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  816. I have been to China. Cars from purely Chinese companies where awful. Chinese engineers are quite good. However, at the time they did not drive cars. All their intelligence could not provide them the inside to the demand a driver has. Now things have changed.
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  817. So Putin could limit his losses by calling his army back to Russia. Putin started the war, he can end it any time. Ukraine has not started the war and they cannot end it without disappearing from the map.
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  818. So you say, Putin will never accept any ceasefire. We will see.
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  819. As far as I understand the crisis has begun with the eviction of Palestinian families in Jerusalem.
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  820.  Is Math related to science?  It started in China but nobody continuously started the virus.
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  821.  @Ami-vh7sr  You cannot trust any numbers in the present situation. These are the official registered cases and deaths. Lots of people with mild symptoms never saw a doctor and, therefore, cannot be registered. If you do not test for the virus, the number of infected people will be zero. And if you do not test enough, the presented number will be significantly lower than reality. Korea has tested excessively, so their numbers will be the most precise. Germany has tested much more than other European countries, so the relation of infected to deaths is very different in Italy, France, Spain, and the UK. Based on the plausibility, I would guess, that the numbers in China are much more realistic than the numbers of France, Spain, Italy the UK or the USA.
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  822.  @Ami-vh7sr  "But China left their borders open, they urged open borders with other nations, and the W.H.O. Parroted their rhetoric." I am not sure about this, you may be correct in this regard. This surely has been a big mistake, especially regarding countries of the developing world. But we as developed world should have been able to contain the situation by testing and isolating cases.
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  823.  Is Math related to science?  So why is Trump doing all to loose this ‘super power race’? Locking down early relates to the least economic harm in the long term. Even worse, the less you test the better your numbers are in the short term but the worse it will become. We were all caught off guard, but once we saw the situation in Italy we all should have acted decisively. Lots of companies are working on a vaccine. And the fact that China provided the genetic code of the virus early gave them all a leveled start. So you think the USA should pay for the Swine flu and the Spanish flu.
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  824. ​ @Ami-vh7sr  As I said at the beginning nobody knew anything about the virus, and so the statements were not very precise. We all were caught off guard. Sure you will find statements from "Reuters, Vox, WSJ, and Bloomberg" that seem ridiculous in hindsight. But this is hindsight, it was based on limited information the history of previous pandemics, and our prejudice. In contrast, FOX continued downplaying the situation up to this week.
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  825.  @Ami-vh7sr  "They only started that within the last Week and I do believe their borders are still open.... Look it up." -- China started their lockdown in January don't you remember the pictures? This week they started relaxing the lockdown because there are no new cases. " I do believe their borders are still open.... Look it up" -- As far as I know, Chinas borders are now closed for people entering China in order to prevent a reintroduction of the virus.
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  826.  @Ami-vh7sr  No you have not attached a link to any article. Just naming a Jornal is no citation. As I said, I need to read the article. It could be outdated, in this case it would be irrelevant. The article could be correct, but it could have been misunderstood or misrepresented. There are numerous reasons to look up the original source. Why on earth do you want to strawman my position?
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  827.  @Ami-vh7sr  Sorry, if I oversimplified things. But please, try to refute the points I made: 1. Independent of how many cases there are in China, I guess we can agree the number went down. Not even the Government in china could hide an exponentially growing number of cases. 2. In order to decrease this number, you need to trace the infections and test people before they become infectious. 3. In order to realize this tracing, you have to make the cases public. 4. If every single case is published the total number is also public by default. And of course: "but you never responded to my own questions Karsten" What question? And finally, please send me a link to your sources!
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  828.  @spicesmuggler2452  Sunlight is great too, and you can restrict the mirrors to the wavelengths needed for the plants. A heliostat can be erected on Mars, but I agree solar panels and LEDs will be more useful. In a space habitat, it is very different. You can orient the whole ship towards the sun.
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  829. Well, nothing lasts forever, but it seems the UK will fall apart much sooner than the EU.
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  830. In fact the COVID19 situation may help Macron, the EU gets stronger in crisis as petty differences are put aside. Still I do not see huge changes and even less specific French changes. In order to initiate changes Macron would need to push for a compromise benefitting all member countries not only France. That is something the UK and even TDLR have not understood.
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  831. We can look up the countries not being signatories of the ICC.
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  832. So they need to find new suppliers for their goods. They had more than a year to do it.
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  833. They have not. The numbers of people who want to leave the EU have dropped everywhere in the last 4 years.
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  834.  @petertaylor8289  Why should anyone panic about this, appart from the British population. Brexit was not even a major topic on the EU summit, why should it? Nothing has changed.
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  835.  @petertaylor8289  Well, the fact that they are your friends may have limit this selection to the most unreasonable people.
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  836.  @petertaylor8289  Nobody wants to punish the UK, but nobody will pamper the UK either. You cannot expect the same level of accommodation for British demands as you had within the EU.
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  837.  @petertaylor8289  Well, the EU and Barnier have treated you fair and with respect despite all the accusations, the vitriol, and the slander voiced by British politicians. But you cannot expect to be pampered, once you are no longer a member of the EU.
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  838.  @petertaylor8289  I know, it is laughable to treat a person like David Davis with respect, but Barnier is a real diplomat and managed even this task.
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  839. Well, more likely it will result in the EU not signing any deal at all.
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  840.  @rodeolo1  Well, we have been faithful but you chose to break international law. Appeasement politics does not work, so we have to act in this regard.
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  841.  @rodeolo1  By the way, you do not bluff your friends and allies into anything.
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  842. The W engine probably delivers a similar density while allowing for a conventional sump.
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  843. In the EU 27 Brexit has boosted the EUs approval rating to unknown values. Nearly nobody in the EU 27 wants his home country to leave. Even the far right parties had to change their policies in order to be voted for. On the other hand, the EU is relaxed with a no deal Brexit, they assume the UK will sign the WA in weeks after a hard Brexit.
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  844. Dear  @Steven_Rowe , notice that the political goals in founding the precursor of the EU in were formulated in 1952. Nobody tricked you into something you did not want. Actually, your example shows that Germany is unable to push an agenda, so you are contradicting your own argument. In the the refugee crisis of 2015 the inrush of refugees overburdened the countries forming the southern border of the EU and Merkel tried to distribute them over the EU but nobody followed.
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  845. @ferkoadr As far as I know these are only some of the supermarkets in NI. Some of the supermarkets owned by British companies. Aldi and Lidl never had an issue.
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  846.  @o00nemesis00o : The CE marking was introduced by the EU based on the advice of a commission unelected experts from all over Europe (including the UK). Compared to Kitemark this brings several advantages: 1. It is cheaper, as the costs for the experts can be divided onto many shoulders. 2. It allows the British industry to sell all over Europe. 3. It allows the British customer to purchase from producers from all over Europe, leading to cheaper and better products. 4. The production capacity of the EU is setting the standard not only inside but also outside the EU. 5. The large purchasing power of the EU forces companies from outside the EU to produce according to this standard.
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  847. Boris? Never
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  848. The WA was signed and ratified.
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  849.  @darrenstrathdee7425  State aid may be a sticking point for the trade deal. But it is less relevant here. The WA was signed by Johnson and ratified by the British parliament. It requires a custom border in the Irish Sea. This law contradicts this agreement, but contracts have to be fulfilled.
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  850.  @darrenstrathdee7425  The level of access to the common market your country wants to have requires a level playing field. But we do not need to sign the deal that is fine. We, however, insist that the WA is fulfilled.
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  851.  @darrenstrathdee7425  The EU was fighting to keep the peace in Ireland despite the reckless behavior of the UK. But this discussion is irrelevant by now. You have signed the WA. You have agreed to the border in the Irish Sea.
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  852. A member of the Bullington club is clearly not left wing. Even May was less right wing the Johnson.
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  853. Sadly not.
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  854.  @stephenconway2468  Well, it seems there should be some more cooperation in this field. I know, merging the different health systems is unrealistic and undesirable for the mid future. But an instituted and active collaboration in the field of epidemics is needed. If they can organize billions to mitigate the present pandemic they should be able to institute the means to stop the next pandemic earlier.
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  855.  @stephenconway2468  Working together is always useful, and in case of the British isles, it surely has some effect. Still, in the big picture, the effect is at best local. Fighting an epidemic is like building a dam. It will only be as strong as its weakest part. A concerted effort of the whole EU would make a big difference.
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  856. I would guess it is more about economic control of Russia. A military invasions will only cause too much backlash.
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  857.  Chris Jonhson  So you keep us save by invading Iraq causing IS to emerge and bombing Syria causing all these people to become refugees. Really well done!
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  858. Until now the EU 27 has treated the UK with uttermost decency, but if you continue like this the wind may change.
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  859. Besides, similarly you could consider 80% of Russia not to be Russian. Russia is the only European nation not to have restituted it's colonies.
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  860. 2:47 The documentary claims that without a deal the UK would have the same relationship to the EU as China, Russia or Zimbabwe. You disagree and say it would be more like the USA, Kanada, Australia, New Zealand, South Korea, and Japan. I am sorry, the EU has trade deals or at least bilateral agreements with all the countries you mentioned. No deal Brexit, on the other hand, means no deal. This is more like China, Russia or Zimbabwe.
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  861. Dear  @davidfrank6373  I fully agree with you. They will argue, that the long history of democracies being in war with each other is not valid, as they will dismiss one or both countries as not democratic as they did not have modern democratic structures (e.g.: the democracy of the Five Nations when fighting the USA). Similarly, in the preparation of a war, the antidemocratic structures of the enemy are inflated and the democratic structures are neglected (e.g. Venezuela and Iran have general elections but these are dismissed due to certain flaws in the political system). This way any country could be classified as not democratic. Furthermore, in the short history of western democracy all the "democratic" countries tended to belong to the same block, so it is no wonder they did not fight a war. It is more an issue of chance but of willingness.
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  862. You do not realize, the EU has its red lines and they know they will be met. When the WA is signed Ireland is protected. When the UK goes for a hard Brexit, it will take 2 weeks until the UK comes back to renegotiate.
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  863. In the UK.
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  864. Has the Lega already been punished in the polls for spreading the Corona Virus?
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  865. Bye bye UK. Would like to say it's been a pleasure but it hasn't. When will you finally leave?
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  866.  @SonoftheAllfather  The WA is a compromise. The Backstop is a compromise. The GFA is defined as a treaty of two countries in the EU. Normally any Brexit would abolish the GFA. The EU negotiators found a way to preserve the GFA but end freedom of movement, a concession of the EU.
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  867.  @hungrymusicwolf  unified forreign policy, unified defense spending (buy European), and a unified command structure.
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  868.  @katiekane5247  What kind of propaganda are you talking about?
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  869. There are several natural barriers on the way to Odessa, the see is mined and too shallow for a see landing. In addition, Odessa can be supplied by Romania. It seems nearly impossible for the Russian army to get Odessa.
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  870. Well, there was no need for Rittenhouse to shoot first to allow heros to bring him down in self defense.
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  871.  @jaredouimette1  Some had guns, but they were not as brutal as much of a psychopath as Rittenhouse. One said his biggest regret was not to have shot Rittenhouse.
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  872. I doubt the Irish lobby in the US is so keen to support the UK.
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  873.  @carycoller3140  The problem was that his own troops did not expect this "genius" move. That was one of the reason they where utterly unprepared.
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  874. Putin may blame Dugin for this war, not really rational, but it would mach the view of a tyrant.
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  875. No deal: 1. We just do not control the Lorries in order not to starve our population. 2. French will no longer check the lorries for African immigrants, and you will not check either. 3. Longer waiting time in hospitals as doctors are missing. 4. Once you finally strike a trade deal (already after two years as you are desperate) the USA has the power over you. . . .
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  876. Die beste Qualifikation schützt nicht vor solchen Fehlern. Eher im Gegenteil, ein Mensch der sich unsicher fühlt würde den Beipackzettel zweimal lesen und nicht den gesamten Inhalt der Flasche injizieren.
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  877. Well, it will be difficult for people in the EU, and it will be harder for people in the UK or the USA. But I have to agree, you in Australia are in a much better situation.
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  878. To countries that are not in war but see the need to protect themselves. To prevent others to start a war.
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  879.  @alexkat8297  It is always the right and the left that is in the pocket of Putin, in most countries in Europe.
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  880. Well, it convinced Russia not to try and take all of Finland.
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  881. So you want the people to wait until Rittenhouse has shot someone until they defend themselves?
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  882. Well, a conscript army is best to defend your country. Because, it means the whole male population has been trained and can be called to the arms in an emergency. But this is mainly relevant for small countries. Like Switzerland or Ukraine.
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  883. What are you talking about? The EU has started a huge spending program and the rules for financial stability have been suspended.
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  884.  @davidwinters8325  : UKIP and the Brexit Party don't have a majority in parliament. But, still they control the policy.
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  885. Well, the percentage people of non European origin is still much higher in the UK.
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  886.  @davidroberts7250  Thank you.
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  887.  @jacobsteele7138  Actually these bases are logistic hubs, the defense worth has dropped to near zero. And based on rumors my neighbors fly drones in the Middle East and Afghanistan because they have less time shift than in Washington.
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  888.  @rinneganitachi4840  Russian provinces are poor. They would prosper as a member of the EU.
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  889. @matthewphilip1977 It seems Sabine would agree, and I actually do so too. I mean we have no evidence for any parallel universe. But I have been talking to people designing experiments for these universes. It will probably lead to nothing but it is definitely worth a shot.
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  890.  Mick Wilson  Himself!
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  891. What would happen if a state would move its official embassy in Palestina to east Jerusalem?
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  892. Similar to the EU election were the Brexit party was largest, but remain won.
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  893.  @merlinthemagician3388 : You started this discussion.
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  894. So You say there will be no negotiations at all.
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  895.  @lordbucketheadpolling5824  This is the way I would see it too, but Brexit has become a blame game.
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  896. ​ @SergejM-gz9dq  Das war nie das Ziel. Ukraine hat gesiegt, wenn sie diesen Russiscen Angriff abgewehrt hat.
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  897. I fully agree. And no hard feelings to your country from Germany.
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  898.  @a.h.tvideomapping4293  It is difficult to argue with a person who can only think in terms of good and bad. They classifie their enemies as bad and are unable to grant them any positive attributes. They think in terms of a comic strip.
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  899. ​@kirkmorrison6131 I mean the thing was invented by an Austrian.
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  900. A no deal Brexit and the Irish Americans will block the US trade deal.
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  901. You are right, if he wanted to change the deal Boris would need the approval of all the members of the EU. He is just deluded.
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  902.  @mazavl7064  How will this help the U when French fishermen push for the hardest possible line against the UK?
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  903.  @MushramboMu  If Russia would do this it would have little consequences, as Russia is a veto power just like the USA. The 5 veto powers are directly or indirectly responsible for most international conflicts. We need to abolish the Security Council. The General assembly needs to take over.
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  904. @Bagpuss Bagpuss: Any trade deal will be worse that the deals the UK had with the colonies of its empire. Nobody will accept deals like this. Week trading partners will probably sign a similar deal, but the total volume of the trade will be low. Powerful trading partners like the USA, China, and EU and will put their own interests first. However, there is one point about being in the EU I forgot to mention: The main way to get things done in any team is not trading exception against exception, but to find common interests.
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  905. WTO coming closer is a threat to the UK not the EU.
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  906.  @nancytolman  Actually we do not care why you wanted to leave, but a no deal Brexit is more of a threat to the UK than to the EU. It is no way to push the EU to give in. Actually giving in to the UKs ludicrous demands would undermine the common market or the other trade deals of the EU. So a WTO Brexit would be better than a deal according to Johnsons terms.
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  907. Why on earth do you think the EU will sign the GATT 24? They already told you what is required for a transition period.
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  908. Sky news Australia?
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  909.  @danieleyre8913  "The Baltic states in 2004 were all considerably wealthier" No up to the crisis in Greece the Baltic republics had a lower GDP per capita compared to Greece. "and more developed" No "and less corrupt (due to much much smaller physical size & greater cohesion)" Has nothing to do with the size, it has only to do with the effort to sub do corruption. "than Ukraine was even prior to the invasion." Well, now Ukraine can go to deeper and deeper levels of association with the EU and receive EU funding. This will accelerate the growth and prepare Ukraine for the challenges of becoming a member. So in 2032 Ukraine will be in a much better shape when joining. "The Baltic states were also a much better match for trading with the EU due to geography, historical links, and having goods for which there is a market for in the EU." I think the same is true for Ukraine. "And actually there have been many negative side effects of their EU membership. Their manufacturing industries have been decimated, much of their agricultural sector struggles to be profitable and they’ve suffered an exodus of their talented youth." The European single market is a challenge. But if a country accepts this it can grow as fast as Poland and the Baltic republics. The same is true for Romania. "This pantomime you’re maintaining that monetary wealth isn’t a barrier to EU membership is frankly absurd. Of course it is!" Well it is not! " If a nation does not have enough wealth and export earnings," Then the wage level is low and the exports will rise dramatically after joining. Just like most for most of the new members. "it will suffer the problems of trade Imbalances," Sure it will export too much. "overvalued currency (killing off exports)," Only if the wages and state spending in this country raise too fast. "inability to pay back loans, etc. You know, the issues Greece had a decade ago…" Sure they criminally cheated in order to run a far higher deficit than allowed in the EU. Most countries where poorer than Greece when joining and they do not show these problems. I mean Greece manages to go bankrupt several times in the last 150 years.
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  910.  @jackkruese4258  Not really, I actually understand it far better than I would like. When I visited Frankfurt after 20 years of absence, I was irritated with some of the changes myself. It is an emotional reaction and one is comparing the present to a past that never really existed.
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  911. And what do you want to do with the fish?
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  912.  @craigbowler5248  So sad that you are loosing all your trade deals with the rest of the world.
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  913.  @TNMJAD  Newspapers are sloppy when it comes to science. If we want to discuss the knowledge of Humanity, we need to look at scientific publications. It is not about me.
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  914. Maybe from your mom when you broke an expensive vase.
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  915.  @antred11  No the UK is performing worse than any country of the EU.
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  916.  @BillCameronWC  I am totally calm, it is simply a matter of fact. Due to Covid 19 the economy of the UK has lost more than any country in the EU.
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  917.  @ezioauditore3128  Sure, there may be no England left. Greater Yorkshire could join the EU.
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  918.  @roland20002000  They are there to superwise and and observe the situation. Now they are needed more than before.
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  919.  @Ov3RFLoW88  But they can't take more than Russia can deliver. The pipeline to China is already at the edge of its capacity.
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  920.  @robbiewizz658  Well, these countries have not experienced the neighborhood of Russia, as the European countries have. Besides, it has been Russia that has been doing the bombing in Syria.
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  921.  @tomhulme1176 : Once Ireland is a third country in respect to the UK you will need to build a border. Otherwise, you would need to stop all border checks for any other country. If you think you know better, show me a single border outside ta trade block that is not guarded.
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  922.  @1chish  You did not get it, did you? Protecting the single market is protecting the well being of your businesses and citizens. Every country in the EU27 trades more with the other EU27 members than with the UK (even Ireland). So compromising the common market (omitting the backstop and a hard border) would be more damaging for the EU than a hard Brexit. EU politicians, the 27 governments and the industry agree, giving in to Boris would be more detrimental than a no deal.
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  923.  @1chish  : Any company would rather sacrifice 10% of global sales than 20% or even 30%. Breaking up the single market would have a much larger impact than a hard Brexit. Nobody would be happy with a hard Brexit, but it is better than the alternative.
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  924.  @1chish  I admitted a mistake myself. So what? Still, what do you think the German industry rather sacrifice, the 6% of global sales to the UK or the 30% going to the EU27?
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  925.  @JuanKuzov : In the case of no deal, Ireland would become a third country for the UK. If the UK would choose not to enforce this border the WTO s "Most-favoured-nation" rules would require the same for all other nations on earth. Goof luck with take back control. Open doors for all third wold migrants.
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  926. Karl Mai came from Saxonia. He died long before any state became socialistic. And most important: The GDR was basically a giant prison, everybody was dreaming of freedom.
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  927. The American version of the Kapp uprising.
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  928.  Sarah Min  Could be a lot of things, but as far as I know, there are numerous Afrikan and middle eastern traders in China importing goods of everyday use to their home country.
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  929.  @niklasmolen4753  Germany has a 12 month strategic reserve Germany can do longer without Russian gas than Russia can do without European money. 12 month are ample time to change to a different supplier and never switch back. Russia would severely harm itself, but not Germany, and Putin knows this. In contrast, the USA could stop supplying Germany without endangering their economy. This makes the USA to a more unreliable supplier.
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  930. Depends on who lived there.
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  931. How is this different from the German Gepard? I mean apart from the fact that the Gepard is older, has more firepower, and a manned turret.
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  932.  @robertdlucas7418  Well, German troops where in the outskirts of Moscow, the center of the Russian railroad system. If Moscow had fallen, Russia would no longer have been able to deploy the troops and the weapons and the supply, Stalin would have been forced to ask for peace. If Germany had 20% more supplies and all troops and planes in the East, while Russia had 20% less supplies, things would have gone very different. And sure without the need for fighters in the west, Germany would have produced different planes.
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  933. Well, I would not put it this hard, but you are correct.
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  934. Well, and no mention of the people who did not want to leave the EU in the first place.
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  935.  @nickbrough8335  Sure, but hard Brexiters are not a majority. Brexiters may be, but not hard Brexiters.
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  936.  @nickbrough8335  Well, Farage has talked a lot about Norway and Switzerland. But I will not be happy if this negotiations will end without a deal. This will allow to fully restart the relationship. Lets see if the UK will finally recognize the benefit of being a member of the EU and stop whining when they are treated like any other country.
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  937.  @nickbrough8335  That is really funny, just 6% of German exports are going to the UK but 45% of British exports are going to the EU and an additional part of British export is fostered by EU trade deals. And only a small part of these deals has been rolled over. I would guess, we can be happy to have gotten rid of the UK. Your contribution to the Budget of the EU was not worth the toxic atmosphere you caused. It hampered the development of the EU.
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  938. Talking about "some kind of long forgotten treaty", isn't it the same for Gibraltar?
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  939.  @mark3427  Well, it is an ancient and nearly forgotten treaty in both cases, at least for the side that doesn't want to remember that treaty. In so far, the similarlies are striking.
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  940. {annihilation of forces} smash the Ukrainian military smash the Ukrainian industry make Ukraine dependent on Russia {denazify} code for: 1. end democracy 2. install a puppet dictator 3. Make Ukraine in all practical aspects a part of Russia What would you do if a foreign power tried to colonize your country?
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  941.  @albxox  I know one, but they will ignore the criminality of their pal.
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  942. We need to abolish the Security Council. The veto is cancer upon the UN.
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  943. Fine if this means Russian troops leave Ukraine and Ukraine can join NATO and EU.
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  944. Well I am fine with an associatipn agreement with the UK, where the UK is part of the commom market and is following its rules without having a political representation. If this is what the UK wants, nobody will object. It prevents toxic British politicians like Farage from coming to Brussels.
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  945. Similar to Sara Wagenknecht in Germany.
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  946. It seem at that time a Haufen (pile) would also describe a group of people in German.
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  947.  @tomaskoptik2021  Yes, I think up to the introduction of printing and later radio you had a continuous transition of language. You still see this when traveling from Frankfurt to Bern. In principle Swiss German is a Swebian dialect and the dialect will become stronger along the path. (I will be killed by the Swiss for calling their language a dialect.)
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  948.  @whoaminot-gy8hq  Nobody in the EU is begging for a deal, but we will always be there if the UK wants to negotiate, that is good customer service.
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  949.  @whoaminot-gy8hq  It will mean much more than tariffs. The non tariff barriers are often much more difficult to handle. When I am ordering a specific part in Switzerland from a German company for let's say 5€, the non tarife barriers by far outway the tariffs. The delivery will become 25€ more expensive and it will take an additional month. Only 6% of German exports are going to the UK, but 45% of British exports go to the EU and an additional 40% is fostered by EU trade deals.
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  950.  @whoaminot-gy8hq  Any country of the EU is exporting more to the rest of the EU than to the UK. Abolishing tariffs does not mean abolishing custom procedures. Any package will be stored at the custom office until it can be processed. The cost for storing and checking will be added to the delivery fee.
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  951.  @whoaminot-gy8hq  The EU is significantly stronger than the UK, in any respects.
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  952. Of what?
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  953. The UK needs a no deal Brexit in order to sober up. Afterwards productive negotiations may be possible.
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  954. @luzi29  There will be lawsuits related to the actions of any government. There is no reasonable accusation agains Ursula von der Leyen personally.
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  955. It is also the abbreviation for German high-speed trains.
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  956. Why do all Englisch speakers pronounce "Göbbels" as if it was written "Görbels". Even in this rater high quality video.
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  957. 1. WTO rules require each member to control its borders (hard border). 2. The GFA requires a soft border in Ireland. 3. Brexit would break the GFA if no additional arrangements are made. 4. The WA solves this issue by moving the border in the Irish sea. 5. Boris signed and the current parliament of Brexiters ratified it. Please, show me if you have a better solution to this issue.
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  958.  @jacksonteller1337  Turkey is delivering weapons to Ukraine.
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  959.  @ЕкатеринаРакова-ч5х  Well, but before any autonomy could be arranged, there needed to be peace and a way for all the refugees to return to the Donbass. Well, the "separatists" did not observe the cease fire, this way blocking any autonomy. Ukraine asked for UN peace keepers. This would have been the correct way to ensure both sides would obey the cease fire. And obviously these troops would have needed to be from any nation but Russia, since Russia had invaded Ukraine before and Russia was the controlling party for the "separatist".
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  960.  @paulwood6729  The WA, the "oven-ready deal" was front and center of the elections. "As I've shown, borders down the Irish Sea breaches the GFA until the people of NI have voted for it." Well, Brexit breaches the (edit out WA) GFA (edit in). There will be a change in respect to the UK or the ROI or both. The Irish protocol minimizes these breaches. NI will stay a part of the UK, but it will be part of a different customs arrangement.
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  961. Sorry UK, the EU will not bail you out.
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  962. The wind coming from the Atlantic ocean is pretty clear from dust.
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  963. Every club that gives leaving members unfair advantages will loose more members. So, yes, it would be bad for the EU to grant unfair advantages to the UK.
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  964. I knew Sabine when we both studied physics. She was extrenely intelligent. Probably the most intelligent person I ever met. She was always way ahed. We tried to understand the lecture, while she wanted to discuss the errors the professor made. I do not think she ever was a particle physisist like me. She did stuff on quantum gravitation. Whenever she claims anything I disagree with, I will assume the mistake to be in my thought first. That does not mean I agree with everything she says, but if it comes to theoretical physics her thoughts are probably outside my reach.
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  965.  @lepidoptera9337  I am just an experimental and applied physicist mainly working on laser development. I cannot really crosscheck her publications. I can assure you that she is very intelligent. Her opinion that nature is under no obligation to be beautiful is valid. She may lack physical intuition, or she may willingly avoid the beautiful solution. Who Am I to say. I remember Nobel Laureate Stefan Hell whose papers were dismissed as nonsense before winning him the Nobel Prize. Experimental physicists have the advantage of being able to demonstrate their ideas. Similarly, but less important. One of my papers was dismissed 8 years ago but now someone else has realized my design and built the most powerful mode-locked laser ever.
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  966. The time from infection to death is 20 days. So even for a full lockdown and not a single new infection, the death rate will rise on the same exponential path for nearly 20 days.
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  967.  @1chish  : So were do I find the second quarter figures of Germany and the UK? Have you subtracted stockpiling?
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  968.  @28pbtkh23  Depending on NATO all one means being pushed around by the USA.
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  969. @grondhero  Do you suggest that Russia wants to escalate the war furter and lose the support of China?
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  970. Countries that took early and decisive action had minimal impact on economy and health.
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  971. They are nuclear scientist, not artillerists.
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  972.  @mickybyrne60 : No deal will be a hit for the EU27, this is true. Nobody wants this. But compromising the common market would be an even bigger hit. Compared to the importance of the common market the 39bn are peanuts. Besides some parts of the amount could be enforced on an international arbitration tribunal.
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  973.  @sle7936  Any party will try to get the largest possible vote share. However, this blatent Form of voter suppression does not exist anywhere in the EU.
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  974. She was elected by Remainers, she is doing her job. You should accept democracy.
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  975.  @irinairina4363  That does not make much sense, troops will fight far better as long as the supplies are rolling.
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  976.  @tranbachuyen6655  The G11 shoots all three bullets before the kickback sets in. This means there is no degradation in precision. In addition, the small scattering of bullets is the core idea of the concept. Fire in the direction of the enemy and have 3 times the chance to hit.
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  977.  @delawarecop  "Ms Tymoshenko is a key opposition leader and main rival of the current President. She was sentenced to a particularly harsh seven-year prison term on the basis of vague abuse-of-office charges." Yes, this was during the time of Janukowytsch, the puppet of Putin. At the same time Wiktor Juschtschenko was poisoned. This was part of the motivation for Euromaidan. In any case it is "Pedro Poroshenko" who is the opposition leader. Well, Wiktor Juschtschenko was also fighting for Ukraine despite awaiting a prosecution for corruption. "Medvedchuk is also charged with allegedly disclosing secret data on the deployment of Ukrainian military units last year." Well, Medvedchuk is a personal friend of the person who commanded the invasion into Ukraine, so this claim is not really unlikely. "The new accusations are part of a broader campaign against Medvedchuk launched by Ukrainian authorities in February, when his financial assets were frozen for three years. In February, authorities also shut down three pro-Russian TV channels, 112, Zik and NewsOne, which Medvedchuk controlled." Well, collaboration with the enemy that wages war over your country is a crime in most countries, even democracies. "See a pattern here? Is this the kind of Democracy that people had in mind when they hear Ukrainain Democracy?" Well, it is a democracy that seems to be improving since Euromaidan, but they still have a long way to go. Still it is orders of magnitude better than Russia.
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  978. What is your illness?
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  979. Than leave, we are sick of the UKs posturing. Like this bloke that says good by to everybody and than stays.
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  980. Peter Zeihan often makes very far reaching predictions, that are most likely false, and he has an agenda. Still some of his analysis are enlightening.
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  981.  Jon Coxon  Any international treaty (e.g. a trade deal) supersedes national law otherwise it would not be a binding contract but a declaration of intend. And in case of a dispute this is settled on an international court.
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  982.  intempify : Farage has never been Prime minister or president, he was a backbencher all his political career.
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  983.  @roberthird9089  : Still better than Farage.
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  984. Sure, but one side invades a foreign country the other side defends their home.
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  985. The labor majority is for remain, so he should have made this U-turn long ago.
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  986.  @Darkwintre  I am alking about the majority of the Labor voters.
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  987.  @mentalpot : So you have absolutely no respect for the EU but you expect the highest respect for the UK. This is a prime example of entitlement.
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  988.  @mentalpot : I am not sure how this is meant.  Normally you can only expect respect from people you respect too. Your statements seemed to contain no respect for the EU the EU27 or any of the countries constituting the EU27. So how on earth do you expect any respect for the UK.
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  989.  @lb8825  : This is the reason no nutjob should be allowed to get a gun. Universal background checks seem to be the absolute minimum.
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  990.  @gordonsmith8899  You mean the UK was abusing the EU and is still trying to do so. Now you are a bully that feels bullied because you are no longer able to bully other countries.
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  991.  @gordonsmith8899  1-3 The EU is free to offer whatever deal seems suiting. The EU is not required to pamper the UK, and no other country will do. You have no obligation to strike this deal. 4. Well, Guy Verhofstadt was correct. There was no extension of EU membership. By the way, Verhofstadt bay not be beautiful, but his sight is far better than the professional troll Farage. I am really happy he is no longer an MEP. 5. Well, the COVID19 crisis makes anything a bit more difficult. It was an offer to help the UK. 6. Well, the EU understood: The UK is no longer a member, so there is no longer any reason to be as tolerant as before. 7. Brussels follows the rule of the member countries. Any trade deal needs to be beneficial for each individual member of the EU. 8. That is irrelevant. Politicians in the EU have to work for their own electorate. 9. Well there was mild mocking from the side of the EU and vile aggression from the side of the UK. 10. So what? 11. Nothing lasts forever, but the UK seems much more ready to decay. 12. Well, this folklore organization is extremely relevant. 13. British politicians played a great part in developing the Common Market but later you were annoyed that you could not dictate the rules for all of us.
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  992.  @G1NZOU  Must be free for the poor.
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  993. Romania and Bulgaria are members of the EU Austria cannot block them.
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  994.  Andrew H  As far as I understand, this system can hide a lot of factual unemployment, I guess it is not true for both of you.
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  995. All the mechanical fuses of anti aircraft guns had this feature.
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  996.  @SlimTortoise  So you agree, the UK has behaved really stupid, but you seriously want to tell me it will be the EU that will regret its actions? That is interesting?
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  997. How do you want to do this in a legal manner?
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  998.  @Lando-kx6so  Well, Scotland can organize a non binding referendum. And we have seen how far the will of the people will carry. Military might would be irrelevant in this case.
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  999.  @djaxxon2015  Well, the possibility of Ukraine ceasing to exist was immanent in January, maybe February, but it seems very unrealistic now.
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  1000. Negative advertising should not be a thing. Lincey Graham has no reason to show a picture of his opponent at all.
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  1001. So you think the 5000 members of the demonstration should have been there but not the <100 rioters?
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  1002.  @jameswhiteley6843  If they had acted earlyand decisivelythe economic ramifications could have been minimized as done in Taiwan, S Korea, New Zealand...
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  1003. No they have not.
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  1004.  @mathieusimoneau3358  If Egypt cannot really do anything about the situation, they arr not more guilty as any western nation, or most other nations. While Israel is actually doing the deeds. If Egypt would open the border crossing Israel would find a way to close it permanently.
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  1005.  @Wargasm54  Does this mean you say Israel should not be independent? This genocide is clearly no way to behave.
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  1006.  @mathieusimoneau3358  Look if we want to distribute responibility Egypt is at max on position three, after Israel and the USA. I can not see why you find it so important to stress Egypts responsebility more than these actually relevant countries.
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  1007.  @thisisone9529  1. What would be the benefit for Egypt in aiding Israel in the ethnic cleansing of Gaza? 2. Why should the people of Gaza leave the only property they own, even if it is in rubble? 3. Why is Egypt responsible for taking these people not Israel or the USA? We should send UN blue helmets to Gaza that protect the people on both sides of the border. They can militarily supervise and protect the food distribution directly landed on the beach.
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  1008.  @curiousrap  Is the same true for Israel? Does one need to restrain Israel when it commits atrocities? I mean that is what they are currently doing!
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  1009.  @curiousrap  Israel has the right to defend itself and so has Gaza. But just like Gaza Israel never had the right to commit war crimes. Currently, Israel has no right at all to continue this genocidal war. The hunt for Hamas has become irrelevant by Israel's own actions acting worse than Hamas. The war needs to stop immediately.
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  1010.  @nicbentulan  People have rights. It does not matter if they form a nation or not.
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  1011.  @Wargasm54  What did you never say. There are too many posts to scroll back.
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  1012.  @Wargasm54  Ah, I remember. OK. Well, all people have the same rights, so something true for Palestinians is nencesarily true for Israelis and the other way around.
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  1013.  @nicbentulan  So you agree, that no nation has the right to commit genocide. What currently happens in Gaza is not justified by anything the people may have done. When will Israel upholds it responibility? And by the way, when Palestinians want to be peaceful Israel does not treat them much better. Fatach ended hostilitis long ago. But this is thanked by Israel by violently taking more land. So we can say that Israel does not uphold any of its responsibility towards its Palestinian neighbors.
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  1014.  @JRF1961  Correct, but not relevant for this discussion.
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  1015.  @thisisone9529  It has become really bad for me too.
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  1016. They have suspended the 3% deficit rule and they increased the ability of the ECB to buy Italian debts. Furthermore, the EU has enacted a huge spending program. Issuing Eurobonds is literally giving Italy lots on money for free.
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  1017. Well, Putin only respects strength. If Ukraine had been part of NATO there wouldn't have been an invasion.
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  1018.  @arnehelseth  Well, I guess Putin wants Ukraine as a puppet similar to Belarus. As a poor, week, and corrupt dictatorship. And Putin it choosing the dictator. Ukraine would be part of Russia in all but name, and it would stay poorer than Russia. Well, all his actions are, however, strengthening the will of the citizens of Ukraine to be a part of the west.
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  1019.  @Chris66Mas  You mean nuclear threatening.
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  1020. Depends on the situation. The only place the Austerity does not work at all is a closed economy without any international trade. You can always use governmental money to stimulate the Economy. But if you have no money and the banks do not trust you, you cannot stimulate anything. Greek used foreign money to cause a fast but unsustainable growth, once the governmental spending had to be cut back shrunk by 25% but it became more competitive. The whole thing has nothing to do with austerity in the UK as there was no reason for the Government in the UK to expose the country to this. In the Situation of an international financial crisis the government needs to invest. The German government has done this. But it requires the country to not to drain the capacities before the crisis.
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  1021. In the case of no deal, Ireland would become a third country for the UK. If the UK would choose not to enforce this border the WTO s "Most-favoured-nation" rules would require the same for all other nations on earth. Goof luck with take back control. Open doors for all third wold migrants.
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  1022.  @nigeljohnson9820 : This is one of the reasons the EU needs border security. So let's agree about a border in the Irish sea. This would reduce the required checks to 3 ports compared to 300+ roads.
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  1023.  @nigeljohnson9820  : Why should the EU and especially the Irish agree to this? It is the UK who wants to change the status quo.
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  1024. So how much land should Russia give to Ukraine?
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  1025.  @trishawilson1436  That is correct, hopefully they will find a way to get Ukraine into NATO as soon as possible.
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  1026. They want to become a member of the EU. This would allow for an independent government of Ukraine and a higher standard of living than in Russia.
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  1027. The WA was agreed by Boris and the current House of Commons. Nothing to do with May.
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  1028.  @alanedwards6491  1. Large quantities of trading have already moved. 2. Why should a bank move and disrupt its operation if there still is either a deal or an 18-month contingency. That is still more than sufficient time to move for a bank.
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  1029.  @GabbiSarShalom  You wanted to say only one side is committing genocide. The other side made violent uprising in a ghetto.
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  1030.  @ross9580  It is not the best, but it sticks out for a similar life expectancy to European countries for (as far as I remember) 25% of the cost.
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  1031. Nobody is trying to hold you back. Pay your dues, do not bully the Irish, and leave.
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  1032.  @scott72able : The European negotiators have been as modest as possible. The British were dreaming of unicorns. The harsh reality is painful for snowflakes, but a no deal Brexit will be even more painful for the UK.
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  1033. Why?
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  1034. Europe is like a rope-team of mountaineers it increases safety and success over going alone. But, if one partner does something stupid the whole team will be influenced.
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  1035. Farage has not done enough damage to the UK, he wants to make it even worse.
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  1036.  Somarik Green  We will see.
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  1037.  Steve Swithun  There is no mechanism, otherwise India would be the no.1 candidate. Or Japan and Germany if nations without nuclear weapons would be considered. Well, we will see. Brexit may damage the UK in a way they need to sell this seat.
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  1038. Following your logic any person flinging drones or commanding drone attacks are murderers too.
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  1039. It will be even worse.
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  1040. Dear " @mrkellysch " the very fair WA is indeed worse than staying in the EU, but it surely is much better than falling back on WTO rules.
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  1041. Dear " @mrkellysch " what is your issue with a new trade deal focused on service. Service is the only aspect the UK has a trade surplus. So it should be brilliant for the UK.
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  1042. Dear " @mrkellysch " do you know an European country wanting to agree to this? Being in the EU is the best defense against such demands from the USA. Any "good" trade deal the UK will get with Trump or any other president will imply more of this.
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  1043.  @mrkellysch  :I wish you good luck.
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  1044. There is no specific EU law that could overrule the Benn act. This is also true for numerous other British laws.
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  1045.  @carlosvalentim232  Brexit and the mess you are making has nearly erased any anti EU movement within the EU. Even the far right movements no longer propose leaving. BoJos actions have to follow British law, the response from the EU will follow EU law, were is your issue?
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  1046.  @carlosvalentim232  The referendum was advisory, the action the government was far from ignoring it. By now it is very likely that leaving the EU (on the deal of Boris) has no majority in the electorat. Enacting something that is no longer desired is undemocratic. Furthermore, any later election supersedes earlier elections, this is the way democracy works, this way successive governments can have opposing opinions. The last general election was after the Referendum so parliament should supersede the referendum.
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  1047.  @carlosvalentim232  But leaver do not agree if if the presented WA should be accepted or no deal would be the way. The vote is split in parliament as well as in the electorate. So what way to go is different politicians promised to deliver different versions of Brexit.
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  1048. We know the situation in Ukraine and the willingness of the population to defend their home country. And we know Putin is lying constantly. That claim is just absurd.
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  1049.  @machinestats459  All the studies and the experience show the opposit even clowth masks do help, ffp2 masks are quite effective especially when both sides are wearing them. Now, wearing an ffp2 mask in a commuter train may generally be a good idea, so it does not need to end at all. In any case people not wearing masks are the reason for a lock down in the first place.
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  1050.  @machinestats459  Correct, COVID19 will stay with us for a long time. Eventually, when everyone around the globe is vaccinated it will become something like the flue (not the same virus but a similar impact). We could have prevented this by acting fast and decisive, like Australia and New Zealand did.
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  1051. Tunnels? Are you talking about the salt mines? Is there fighting going on below the ground? I mean the Russians have Soledar.
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  1052.  @mnessenche  Nun, ein Frieden mit Russland ohne NATO Mitgliedschaft ist mehr oder weniger wertlos. Es würde bedeuten, dass Russland jederzeit wieder angreifen kann. Es wäre eine Möglichkeit für Russland neue militärische Kapazitäten aufzubauen. Im Gegensatz würde es notwendige Investitionen in der Ukraine unmöglich machen. Wer investiert schon in einem Land das morgen wieder in Schutt und Asche liegen kann. Warum sollte man dafür den Anspruch auf Territorien wegverhandeln?
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  1053.  @sayuncleordie : It will more likely deeply damage the UK.
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  1054. @Russian Troll so Im told: Sorry the EU is not really outperformed by Japan.
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  1055. @Russian Troll so Im told: Japan is one of the traditional industrialized and therefore countries much more comparable with Germany or the UK. China in contrast is an emerging economy with an average income much lower than in Europe. The total GDP is the largest on earth but the GDP per person is lower than Poland. You do not really believe you can reproduce the growth of china by leaving the EU, do you?
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  1056. Wherever Climate Change disrupts the economy it leads to war.
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  1057.  @bilic8094  Well, Russia is poor and its help for Serbia is small compared the the help by the EU. The help by China is not for free, we will see what is the future of Sri Lanka collapsing under the dept they have in China. The EU is the only organization that could provide the trade, the jobs and the investment.
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  1058. This would be seen as a welcome provocation by the Russian government. I would suggest to prepare but not to take action.
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  1059. Well, it is not ideal, but it is the best solution. What would you have done differently?
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  1060.  @MyVinnyp  The hast year has shown how corrupt the British system is. It is astonishing you cannot see it. In the EU these huge sums are allocated by committees not single persons this reduces the likelihood of corruption in the first place.
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  1061. Thank you Thunderf00t for providing a reasonable explanation. The fearmongers are as as useless as the this appeaser.
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  1062. Have you any idea of geography or reality?
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  1063.  @stephenedge9140  I would guess, there is no longer enough time for a full deal. So like Canada the EU thinks about a preliminary deal, valid for 10 years. Then we could use this time to negotiate a more permanent agreement. I doubt the negotiations will stop for more than a few months.
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  1064.  @martinus4873  To a small amount surely, but Russia cannot send large amounts to China, and China is consuming more that I his for themselves. No, it is simply a result of production and demand.
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  1065. There is nothing about Trumps business partners and children either.
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  1066. This will finally break the alliance between Poland and Hungary. I am sure, the other EU members will offer Poland some guarantees to limit legal actions against Poland if Poland agrees to legal actions against Hungary.
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  1067.  @simplicius11  Well, in Bucha we can see how Ukrainians can expect to be treated after a defeat. It is not surprising that they want to avoid that fait at all cost.
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  1068.  @simplicius11  the people had not been killed by shelling, some where shot, some where bound and shot, and they died long before the Ukrainian army took back the town.
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  1069. Finally, when Britain can no longer interfere the EU may be able to reform. The Brexit may really hep the EU.
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  1070. A system with 3-5 partners can run on a system based on unanimity. A system of 27 or 28 partners based on consensus is destined to a gridlock. To make it run a lot of backroom deals are required. I think we can agree this is undesirable. Here a system of majority vote is the only solution. But this means the EU can make desitions you do not agree. You would call this tyrannical, I would call this Democracy.
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  1071. In the EU corrupt politicians go to jail, in the UK corrupt politicians go into the house of lords.
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  1072. I would say, it is such a public and clear-cut example without any credible deniability. It is an example that shows in what light we need do see all the other incidences.
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  1073.  @trevorparker6803  "And if you don't have a 100% secure mask you are wasting your time." Nothing is 100% secure. So you would rather jump from a plane without a parachute because it is not 100% safe?
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  1074. The USA is not closed down in a way that the numbers of newly infected are decreasing. All you have reached is a plateau. The main reason for this is that people not really following the rules, individuals, and employers. If you would open right now, you would be bach at the situation worse than before the lockdown. All the effort would have been futile. Other countries have shown it is possible, South Korea and Taiwan from the beginning. The European nations have been hit hard, but it is going down in most countries. Germany and Austria are beginning to relax the lockdown because it is possible because most people are following the rules.
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  1075.  @emilyhofland8219  In Spain, France, Italy, Austria, Germany, and also in Italy the lockdown has led to an exponential reduction of cases. In contrast, the numbers in the UK, Canada, and the USA seem to show a plateauing. Why do you think the lockdown in the USA is not really working. Sadly I live in the German town with the largest protest against the lockdown. They do not carry weapons, but these people seem to be the same all around the Globe.
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  1076.  @emilyhofland8219  Thank you for the clarification.
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  1077. Well, ripping up the WA and with it, the GFA will lead to no deal with the EU, no deal with the USA, and it will spoil the peace at the border in Ireland. It would be the fastest way to Irish unification.
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  1078.  @ceased2care  Well, the WA is binding. It is an international treaty. It was signed by Boris and ratified by the present Brexitere parliament. The Torys even won a general Election with this oven-ready-deal. Boris should not have signed it if he had issues with it. The British population should not have voted for it if there were issues. It is the PD that is non-binding.
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  1079. ​ @ceased2care  The UK is no longer a member of the EU. The EU no longer has any reason to be nice to you. Still, the negotiations have been fair. But let me be clear, there will be no Apeasement for any British aggression against Ireland and therefore the EU. Pacta sunt servanda!
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  1080.  @ceased2care  Well, Brexiteres expected they could bully Ireland into submission, but Ireland is a member of the EU the UK is not. A violation of the GFA is an attack on Ireland and therefore an attack on the EU.
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  1081.  @1000niggawatt  I do not think this argument is valid. The USA and Germany have delivered heavy artillery. Clearly an offensive weapon. But both shy back from delivering MBTs. MBTs have a much higher likelihood of getting destroyed. This gives bad press for the donor country.
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  1082.  @inglebear84  "the EU fishing policy, for one. One reason the “Brexit” movement began nearly 2 decades ago." So working together in order not to overfish the seal is a bad thing? Reducing quotas in order to prevent over fishing is a bad thing? " Allowed for the over fishing of certain off shore British fishing ground by foreign ships, while limiting the British fishing of abundant areas right in their own backyard." Because British fishers sold off their licenses due to UK law. "The imposition of law and regulations" Which all had been agreed by the Btitish PM "set forth by unelected EU officials" The EU civil service But the law was negotiated by the MEPs and British MEPs had their fare share in the negotiations (if they bothered to attend). "with the power to by pass elected parliaments" Like any international treaty superseedes national law. "is a major hand brake for staying in much less joining." "If they would push for unity while respecting the will of sovereign peoples, maybe they could craft something worthwhile." That is exactly what the EU is doing. "But if the current EU is any indication, a USE would be even more federalized and undemocratic." You mean de-central and with a weak central power.
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  1083.  @mikeradu2010  The divorce settlement is part of the WA, it has just been signed into British law.
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  1084.  @mikeradu2010  It is a signed international treaty. This money can be forced via an international arbitration tribunal. You know it is even possible to retain British belongings. But I do not think it will ever come this far. Failing in this payments would show the UK as being not trustworthy on the world stage. This would undermine most trade deals.
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  1085.  @mikeradu2010  Apart, from the fact that the EU is not undemocratic.
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  1086. It seems most Israelis support this jihad by the IDF.
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  1087. ​ @annthomson5648  That is the number of people killed by the war in Donbass forced by Russia on Ukrainie, and 5000 of the 14000 where Ukrainian soldiers killed in 2014.
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  1088.  @de4ds1ghtcsgo94  What is your evidence that NATO could not be trusted? NATO is not the USA, and decisions in NATO follow a very different procedure. What is your point if you say that companies in the USA have business interests in Ukraine? Lots of countries and especially Russia have business interests in Ukraine? That is not really a point to either side.
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  1089.  @de4ds1ghtcsgo94  What is your evidence?
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  1090.  @julianpetkov8320  Ok, so you want to talk about the people killed by an invasion and an occupation over a time span of 20 years? Well, we don't have future data for this war. But we can use the numbers for the last time Ukraine was conquered by Moscow. At that time we had up to 7 mio deaths within the next 20 years.
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  1091.  @domenicoborghi2311  True, he looks more similar to Stalin, even the shape of the beard.
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  1092.  @aurelio-reymilaorcabal9669  Lots of bluster from Putin. His weakness shows.
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  1093. The idea of a singularity is purely theoretical. What is inside of a black hole cannot be observed. It is more likely that we just have a flip of a space dimension with time.
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  1094.  @davidl98717  It most likely came from a wet market. The idea it could have come from a lab is possible but there is no hint pointing to this. On the contrary, all hints are contradicting this idea.
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  1095.  @davidl98717  This video is interesting, thank you very much. I already knew Laowhy86, he seems to have taken a much harsher take on China since he is back in the USA. Well, this woman may be patient zero, or she was sent there to the wet market to investigate an outbreak and have been infected this way. I do not know.
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  1096. He had not even been elected for when the Brexit referendum took place.
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  1097. Let us hope that the same will happen here. Let us hope the representatives of the system notice the situation and stop supporting Lukashenko. Let's hope the system crumbles without a bloodbath.
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  1098. The military bases near Lwiw are no NATO sites.
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  1099.  @petroliopetrolatum2597  Not negotiations there should be an arbitration panel, but they do not change the wording of the NIP. In case they cannot find a solution the results are subject to ECJ ruling.
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  1100. @andrewreynolds912  Can you add the name of the video and the author? Once again, Youtube deletes links. Was it from Curios Droid?
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  1101. Nun, so weit ich weiß beschießen die Russen seit langem aus diesem AKW die gegenüberliegende Stadt. Sie nutzen also das AKW als Deckung.
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  1102. It is not a 14bn hole, but a 9bn hole you forgot that the payments to the UK will stop. So only the net figure is of interest.
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  1103. Sorry, I have to disagree: The Space Shuttle was a marvel of technology, but I think it was a stupid concept. Lifting nearly about 88t into orbit for a payload of 22t is madness. Ariane 5 had the same payload capability as the Shuttle at 10% of the cost. In fact, Skylab was a better design than Space Shuttle. A man-rated rocket should be as small as possible, as this reduces the number of components that could fail during the start. The habitat and the payload can be sent into orbit in independent launches prior to the manned mission. This way the habitat can sever many missions, which is the best reusability. Reusing equipment does not necessarily reduce costs. Components will need to be more durable and expensive in the first place, and very deep overhauls may be needed between launches. Highly optimized singe use components may be cheaper. Wings on a vehicle going to space are just a useless payload.
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  1104. When you are under siege you will not incarcerate people that are willing to fight.
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  1105.  @dickmonddickelheimer9452  They are under siege for more than 8 years.
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  1106.  @sidimightbe  Imperialism is bad, respectability from what country. In this situation Russia is the imperialist power. That is pretty simple, isn't it?
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  1107. So Russian troops should finally leave Ukrainie after 8 years of occupation.
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  1108. You could lose your discount on the contributions to the EU (UK rebate), so what? Being treated like anybody else seems not such a bad thing.
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  1109.  @leroymasten5104  Well, the Baltic countries are very progressive in this. As far as I know you can vote within several months and even call back your original vote to replace it with your new decision. Sounds interesting, it may not be necessary but it surely is interesting.
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  1110.  @leroymasten5104  Why not? Every person that has the right to vote should have the opportunity to vote. Do you want to put an American Ninja parcour in front of any election office?
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  1111. Well, headquarters are in Germany, so all this US chitchat will not be seen as similar relevant as a US company would. Similarly, Nike would react a bit slower if a German athlete had done something similar in Germany and in German. I think this whole is a very US focused discussion.
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  1112. Most of the people of Hungary are on the side of Ukraine. Orban is standing against the majority of the population.
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  1113.  @compassroses  Well, he controls the media. We we will see if this degradation of democracy continues or if there is a point where he will be thrown out by his population. In any case we must stop financing Or an and start financing Hungary. EU funds need to be distributed by EU and no longer by Fides. We cannot allow our money to be used to undermine democracy.
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  1114.  @QdWp159  We all have our issues, so I would not describe any country as perfect or as terrible. Well, but until there is some clarification, I cannot tell what he wanted to say.
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  1115. Zelensky was put into power by the population of Ukraine. I am sure the USA at that time preferred Juschtschenko.
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  1116.  @monarchist1838 : 1. The UK can have a free trade agreement with the EU or Canada but this does not mean open borders, custom checks still need to be performed. This is not a big issue for containers on a port, but it is difficult for just in time delivery and perishable goods, and it is very complex at the Irish border. 2. The UK can have a free trade agreement with the EU or Canada but any trade deal requires some regulatory alignment, enforced by international mediation tribunals or the European court of justice. 3. The UK can have a free trade agreement with the EU or Canada but this will take years like any international trade deal. 4. The UK can have a free trade agreement with the EU or Canada but this does not include services which are the main export of the UK. 5. The UK can have a free trade agreement with the EU or Canada but in a no deal scenario the UK would have broken international rules and no country would be very keen for any trade deal with a thug.
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  1117.  @pep-qew  People elected the conservative party grouping to be the largest party grouping. The Spitzenkandidat did not get a majority in the European parliament, she did.
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  1118. You mean wrong in nearly every respect.
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  1119.  @rohitkashyap7476  Russia is anything but a high speed train.
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  1120.  Leroy Jenkins  Nobody in the EU is begging for a deal, but we will always be there if the UK wants to negotiate, that is good customer service.
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  1121. ​@RandomBro5 The legal part could be finished in a legislature if noone blocks it. It would, however, take about two decades until the full benefits are reached. A unified EU forreign policy and a unified EU army. Neither of these changes would mean leaving NATO.
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  1122. The Trump cult?
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  1123. Well, the EU gives its deadlines with an explanatory statement. Boris just givers arbitrary dates, and then violates them himself.
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  1124.  @brianarps8756  The EU does not need a deal, the UK needs it. Barnier has been very patient, but the clock is ticking. Once the time is up, you will be in a mess.
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  1125.  @brianarps8756  Why not? Actually there are two reasons: 1. The EU does not want to be seen as responsible for the downfall of the UK. You need to jump we will not kick you out. 2. A good deal is still better than no deal. Well, but the proposal of frost is significantly worse than no deal.
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  1126. Getting rid of a grouch that does not pay its full membership fee. Sounds good long term.
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  1127. ​ @michaelagbayani4961 Russia has a fraction of the air power of the EU members. An attack on EU soil will not be as balanced as the attack on Ukraine.
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  1128. Have you even begun to understand what it means?
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  1129. So you want Italy to go bust?
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  1130.  @julio5prado  Yes, that's the guy.
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  1131. Well, some infections seem to have later be reimported with frozen meat from Brazil. Based on the infection levels in Brazil this seems quite credible, don't you think so?
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  1132. Das Problem scheint kein Mangel an Ärzte zu sein, sondern ein Mangel an Strom und fließend Wasser. THW würde wohl mehr helfen als Ärzte ohne Grenzen.
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  1133. Well, once the war is over Ukraine needs to become a member of NATO. Now there is no longer any reason to prevent this. Before this invasion one could claim that the best way to avoid an invasion was not to alienate Russia. Now these arguments are no longer valid.
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  1134. So where are you from Belarus?
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  1135. ​ @ragingmonk6080 Soviet assets became assets of the country the were stationed. Ukraine had no launch code. But this wouldn't have been an obstacle for more then 6 month. Ukraine decided this way, because they thought economic help would be more important than weapons.
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  1136. ​ @Matt-yg8ub The Budapest Memorandum did not put any requirements on Ukraine to remain neutral.
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  1137. ​ @Matt-yg8ub The missiles where Soviet and Soviet assets became assets of the country they were stationed in.
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  1138.  @ragingmonk6080  From the point of ownership, these missiles where clearly Ukrainian. I, however, do agree, that even more countries in Europe possessing nukes would have been detrimental. It was probably political impossible for Ukraine to keep them. In any case transferring them from the second most corrupt county to the most corrupt county was not the benefit hoped for.
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  1139.  @ragingmonk6080  Sorry, that is just nonsense, Ukraine did not belong to Russia since 1918. Ukraine and Russia were parts of the Soviet Union and the Soviet Union ceased to exist. So if Ukraine did not own itself, the same is true for Russia. The Soviet Union ceased to exist, and Soviet assets became assets of the country they were placed in. Germany is not a part of the USA so it has no part of the ownership of these nukes. In case the USA ceased to exist one would probably try to return them to the most reasonable successor or store them until the situation in the USA changed. Ukraine had partial ownership of all soviet nukes and, therefore, clearly had a claim in assets placed within Ukraine.
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  1140. @monk6080 And sure, I was relieved over Ukraine giving up its nukes at that time, but in hindsight it is not that clear cut.
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  1141.  @ragingmonk6080  You are done with the conversation because you found out your arguments did not hold water and you are unable to correct yourself.
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  1142.  @ragingmonk6080  Yes, you spend a lot of time spreading nonsense.
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  1143.  @SkyDiver-wd5oj  The monk has no facts. And even if Ukraine had wanted to end the lease of Sevastopol this is absolutely no justification for an invasion. One can negotiate and offer more money. Clearly cheaper than an invasion.
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  1144.  @SkyDiver-wd5oj  Well, the Ukrainian parts of the space program stayed with Ukraine.
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  1145.  @SkyDiver-wd5oj  There was hardly any time Russia was not overreaching against Ukraine and other countries in its neighborhood. There was the poisoning of Viktor Yushchenko in 2004. There was the Russian invasion in Georgia in 2008. And nobody in this region can forget about centuries of Russian violence. All these countries had any reason to look for protection from Russia. And they were absolutely correct, Russia invaded most of its smaller neighbors not in NATO. In 2008 membership pf Ukraine in NATO was denied, that was a huge mistake. If Russia wants to normalize its relationship with its neighbors, it needs to apologize for the violence of the last centuries and help remodel the soviet monuments to memorials for soviet oppression.
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  1146. Well in the beginning most people though Ukraine would fall in 1-5 weeks. People where focused on the resistance after such an event. Compared to this scenario Ukraine has over performed.
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  1147.  @eliasseun6886  Look at Mariopol look at the other towns taken by Russia, I have not seen this level of destruction by the USA for a very long time.
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  1148.  @Юлий-х2р  That does not make any sense. If Ukraine had the firepower to do this destruction in the short time before the Russian army encircled Mariopol, there wouldn't be any Russian soldiers in Ukraine any more. You may be correct for certain parts of Severodonnetsk but not for Mariopol.
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  1149.  @Юлий-х2р  " “shooting own cities makes no sense” you just perfectly described why all this operation started." So you want to tell me that the Ukrainan army did to Mariopol in less than one week what Ukraine was incapable to do to Luhansk in 8 years? So you think the number of Ukrainian artillery inceased by a factor of 1000 for one week and then disapered again. Really? I have a bridge to sell to you. "Again you can cheer up and support genocide all you want ," I AM NOT CHEERING FOR RUSSIA! "but it doesn’t justify Ukraine army and their government in the eyes of Russian." It definite does not justify any of the Russian actions. "Let me again quote you but with additional “shooting own cities AND OWN CIVILIANS makes no sense” so why you and the rest of west people put a blind eye on it back in the days when it all just started?" Are you talking about the Russian attack on Ukraine 8 years ago and thew constant punishing of Ukraine and the fact that Russia never cared about the Minsk protocol? More than this, Russia did not care about the people in Donbass, people had to flee and Russia even vetoed a UN peace mission. "Because you didn’t care about it" NO, RUSSIA DID CARE! "and now instead of asking why Ukraine was doing genocide all these years" THEY DID NOT "you decided to support and cheer on them" YES UKRAINE WAS ATTACKED, 8YEARS AGO, THAN uKRAINE WAS PUNISHED FOR 8 YEARS AND THEN UKRAINE WAS ATTACKED AGAIN. "so you can cover all fake pretending of “not knowing anything about 8 years”. NO, I AM FAR RO WELL AWARE HOW RUSSIA HAS BEEN PUNISHING UKRAINE! "Simple" WE WILL SEE.
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  1150.  HappyEnglishman Uk Well, you in contrast are hiding your interests. But one thing is sure, it is you who has no ideal about the realities. Well, we will see, how reality is going to bite the two of us in 2021.
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  1151.  @Sam-ch9mn  Well, the UK has blackmailed the EU several times while being a member. This is something that will not work as a non member.
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  1152.  @anneclarke3905  You seem not to understand the EU. These are minimum standards, any single member of the EU exceeds these standards in a way. There is nothing special about the UK. Many members of the EU exceed British standards. Well, Fish does not respect borders, so a common fishery policy seems very sensible. Here scientists from all over the EU and also from the UK could discuss the quotas. In fact the EU started to introduce quotas and reduce the amount that could be fished. It was the common fishery of the EU that restricted the quotas in the first place and therefore saved the populations. It was not perfect, but otherwise it would have been worse. Well the UK would like more influence in this policy. So it was quite stupid to make Farage the British representative in this committee. He attended only one of 41 meetings.
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  1153.  @anneclarke3905  Fishermen all around the EU got decimated when they reduced the quotas. But it was necessary to protect the stocks. All the fishermen all around the EU were angry about the reduced quotas. But this was the only way to keep the fishing industry alive. However, only British fishers were allowed to sell off their quotas. That was a purely British decision.
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  1154.  @Sam-ch9mn  Well, the last PM who tried to blackmail the EU was David Cameron.
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  1155.  @anneclarke3905  Well, if you want to blackmail a group similar countries you do not make friends. You already had a huge rebate, why on earth did you expect all the 27 other member countries to worsen their position to pamper the UK? It is a well established rule that if you want to push changes in the EU you have to pay for them. This way all other countries can agree as this new rule does not worsen the situation for them.
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  1156. Please not, lets have no deal in order for the UK to come to its senses.
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  1157. At least not for a 8 year old as small as this. He surely is a punsher.
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  1158.  @answerman9933  No, I just rehearsed Brexier talking points. Well, according to the narrow definition no country with any international treaty is independent.
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  1159. Brexit has become a blame game. Brexiters are blaming the EU for anything. If the EU would deny the extension with dire consequences for the UK many people worldwide would blame the EU. This would impact future trade deals of the EU not only with the UK but worldwide. So, most probably, the EU will tell the UK it has to jump on its own, and nobody will kick them out.
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  1160. I see you are right. I remember seeing a You-Tube vid where a white guy was whining that white people would grow a minority. Now, this is exactly what to expect when a population becomes increasingly intermixed and only "pure" whites are accepted to be white.
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  1161.  @ShadowSkryba  The veto allows a single country to blackmail the rest of the EU.
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  1162. @ShadowSkryba  No, it is not equal. Some countries act obnoxiouson a permanent basis, others do not. Being obnoxious gives a country more influence on a permanent base.
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  1163. - Sure, present-day members of the EU want a country to fulfill the Maastricht criteria before they vote on the membership of this country. - Adopting these reforms will help a country. It may not help maybe not the politicians in office but it will help the population and the economy. - Adopting these reforms will help minimize economic ripples when the country finally joins. - Once a member the country has the same say as other member countries.
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  1164. The geography of the coast east of Odessa contains several natural barriers. I would guess it is easy to defend. Especially if Odessa gets supplied via Romania. Moldova is not pro Russia, a break away republic Transnistria is. But the troops in Transnistria are weak. If they would attack, this would end Transnistria.
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  1165. Should be combined with the SkyNext 35mm anti air gun on Boxer.
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  1166. It takes one month to get full immunity after you got the second shot. They just spoil the effort gone into this vaccination program.
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  1167.  @shaykitty6139  It's pretty good after two weeks, but it still improves.
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  1168. Even these will take more then 6 years to be ready for harvest.
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  1169. The help for a NATO country would be very different. Immediate help in the form of Soldiers stationed in the country and it's neighbors. But far more important, immediate air superiority by the combined air forces of NATO.
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  1170.  @peterbalogh8138  1000 times more competent than BoJo, Truss, and Sunak.
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  1171. As a kid, I visited the GDR several times. And I have seen the comparison in between West and East Germany. And I am with David the Social Democracy is the way to go. To me, it seems all the philosophical discussions are missing the point. It just won't work. If you guarantee an equality of outcome some people will cheat the system, not the majority not even half, but this minority will spoil the system. Actually, a socialistic system is similar to a big company it does not reward honesty or hard work. You can use the Dilbert Strips to describe a socialistic system just by renaming the "pointy haired boss" by "boss of the combine" and the "CEO" by the "commissioner for ...". This strongly reduces Efficiency and the willingness for progress. And this is the reason why large companys slowly decline (despite all the economy of scale) making place new startups.
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  1172.  @paultoseland9524  In any case it is not Israel.
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  1173. ​ @henrybutchy3242 They did act late despite this inaction having larger consequences. Giving away these weapons improves our own defense. Russia winning in Ukraine would have dire consequences for our own security, it would make WW3 more likely.
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  1174. Everyone who ordered from European producers into Switzerland has experienced this issue.
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  1175.  Piston Broke  Well, 55% of British exports used to go to places outside the EU, that is a mayority, but just a mayority. Many companies, however, have only exported to the EU. In addition all the just in time export was exchanged with the EU.
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  1176. And more important we are finally independent of British decisions.
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  1177. We are talking about Mariopol not the whole of Ukraine. Is this so difficult to understand?
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  1178. Californexit?
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  1179.  @Rexavin1  I admire your enthusiasm.
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  1180.  @MatijaMajstorovic  Once again, I will not discuss this here, your denial of the crimes of Serbia make me sick, but this does not matter for the argument. It does not matter. The problem is that your current action not to make peace with your situation and your neighbors will likely further damage Serbia.
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  1181.  @wikingagresor  "When according to access treaties some domains of laws are in the hand of a country," No aspect that influences the treaty. "then why is EU trying to assert their will." The EU is not a person, it has no will. We all need to stand by our commitments. "They know that what they are doing is not lawful and it is a clear power grab." And "They" is the Polish government, isnt it?
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  1182.  @wikingagresor  Well, than we agree that Poland is at fault here. Fine.
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  1183. I thought middle America would refer to Guatemala and Panama.
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  1184. Well, they have started testing on multiple vaccines, why should they not get some results. Besides, a vaccine would prevent you from becoming sick in the first place. Furthermore, it would stop the spread, even protecting people without vaccinization. In contrast, a medicine could prevent death, but any antiviral medicine has severe side effects and is only to be given in a life-threatening situation.
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  1185.  @benjaminbentsen6080  I think he is talking about the union that is the UK, not the EU.
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  1186.  @kevt3318 : Sure, as long as you are able to pay. So a evaluated currency has its downsides.
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  1187. Ich glaube nicht das Brexiteres deinen Humor verstehen.
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  1188.  @tomasc7958  What did you want to say?
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  1189. Same for me. We shoud have send them a year ago and ordered replacements.
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  1190. I do not think they are colored. These may be false colors, different invisible wavelengths (invisible colors) are represented by visible colors.
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  1191. The EU thinks Brexit is sad and stupid, but you can do so if you want. However, the UK cannot expect to be pampered by the EU and the UK cannot be allowed to bully other countries in the process of brexiting.
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  1192.  @Writeous0ne  Well, the last elections in the free parts of Donbass have turned out less than 20% for pro Russian parties, and as the war is going this fraction had likely decreased to something like 10%. I am sure there have been more than 10% of the population of Afghanistan preferring the Western lifestyle.
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  1193. You have agreed to the customs border in the Irish sea. The EU has stood by its commitments and so need you.
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  1194. Catch the fish before it comes into British waters.
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  1195. Well, Barnier seems to be reasonably competent.
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  1196.  @davidchapman3218  Well, compared to all negotiators of the UK he is really competent. Frost is the best negotiator of the UK, by far, but still no comparison. Barnier manages the negotiations of the EU, but much more difficult also the coordination of the countries within the EU. It's a huge task and he is doing a great job.
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  1197. Than leave, we are fed up with the UK.
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  1198. We need to abolish the Security Council. The veto is cancer upon the UN.
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  1199.  @eddiel7635  Well, there is no official enforcement of international law. But winning in an arbitration tribunal allows the affected party to legally retaliate. It is a strange model and it benefits stronger parties. But the UK can only break the WA if thy can weather the wrath of the EU.
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  1200.  @eddiel7635  Sure, the WA is no trade deal, it is an international treaty not mainly concerning trade, but other matters. Still, it is international binding and can be enforced in the described way. Furthermore, an international arbitration tribunal would not evaluate the validety of the WA but the question if one side violated the agreement.
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  1201.  @eddiel7635  Well, the things you described are the results of no longer being a member of the EU an not striking the deals you need. This has nothing to do with being awkward or punishing the UK. That is just treating the UK like a third country. Retaliatory measure would be anything that exceeds this level.
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  1202.  @samuelmendoza9356  I was not talking about any ceramic, but about stoneware. Stoneware is dense and hard. It is impervious to water without glazing and it is not scratched by pebbles. But clearly, such tiles alone are no reasonable armor.
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  1203. Wenn er so weitermacht, dann hat Scholz meine stimme.
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  1204.  @Memovox  No it was not targeting the civilian population of Crimea, Russia could have just paid for the water.
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  1205.  @Memovox  Well, I guess Crimea will stay Russian. Ukraine will accept this, in exchange for Russia accepting NATO membership of Ukraine.
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  1206. @lawrencepak1917  What makes you think so? I think, she was pretty successful in difficult times.
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  1207. There are no new demand from the EU. It was just a clarification for clueless British negotiators.
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  1208. The EU has some institutions working in the field of epidemic control. But these institutions have mainly observing tasks. What we would need is a think tank observing the international situation and having preprepared response plans. Such an organization should have coordinated the situation in the EU since January.
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  1209. Momentan ist Starship teurer Schrott.
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  1210.  @Dam-to-Mars  Wiederverwendbarkeit der Booster ist sinnvoll, der effizienzverlust ist überschaubar und die Anzahl und Leistung der wiederverwndbaren Triebwerke ist gross. Wiederverwendbarkeit der Oberstufe ist einfach dumm. Der Effizienzverlust ist gross und der payoff ist gering. Wenn Starship irgendeinmal funktioniert wird die Wiederverwndbarkeit der Oberstufe aus Kostengründen schnell fallengelassen werden.
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  1211.  @fionafiona1146  "However there is plenty to be said for major chunks of national budgets eventually moving into European budgets (Agriculture is mostly integrated, transportation could be next, " Do you think this is a bad or a good thing? Sure if the percentage of the EU budget increases, Germany (and some other countries) will pay more for poorer countries. "Ps. I don't pay rent for my neighbours but we agreed on childcare being per household, not per child (on our floor) and appreciate the reassuring evidence of their hygiene habits." This is similar to EU financing of projects. I already said I am in favor of these.
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  1212.  @fionafiona1146  Sorry, that is all a bit cryptic to me.
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  1213. Finally, when Britain stops hitting the break the EU could be able to move.
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  1214. Sage mal, wirst du auch ausländische Touristen so anranzen, wenn sie Munich statt München sagen?
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  1215. No country in the EU can strike its own trade deals, this is well-known. Merkel had to explain it 14 times to Trump. So what is so strange about the fact that you need to leave before you strike a trade deal?
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  1216.  @vjs8078  Well, that is not so much about competition but about the rule of law: - Data access can only be realized if the UK commits to similar privacy rules as within the EU. Otherwise, any transfer of data to the UK would be in itself a breach of privacy rules. - Similarly, the financial market and insurance companies are operating under certain rules. If the UK does not accept these rules, the financial institutions will need to move or found subsidiaries within the border of the EU. Do not get me wrong, most of the staff can still be in the UK, but the legal address of the service provider needs to be in the EU.
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  1217. I am sure Xi had a serious conversation with Putin about nukes in Samarkand.
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  1218.  @alanedwards6491 : I thought you want to reduce your tariffs to zero, but whatever, the money is paid (or not paid) by the citizen of the UK.
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  1219. Well, Germany has significantly stronger ground forces than the UK, and France has a much stronger nuclear deterrent. The only thing the UK would have is the fleet. But such a conflict would not require any fleet.
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  1220. ​ @cl4998  they all use 155mm rounds
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  1221. Well, the Soviet Union could have prevented the deaths of millions of its citizens by surrendering to Hitler.
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  1222.  @frankfeng4728  You are talking about the separatist in Donbass aren't you.
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  1223.  @blueboy3990  He was probably talking about the Bundeswehr. The Bundeswehr did not exist at that time. Lost in translation.
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  1224. He needs to defend his own country before Ukraine can establish itself as a power for the good on the global scale.
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  1225. Not a problem in Europe, EU flags do not burn due to EU fire hazard rules. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TQRg7wH_FC0
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  1226.  @scottgriffiths2753  I doubt the kid was with them. But wearing the mask until being seated and having the food in front of you significantly reduces the risk.
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  1227.  @arnolddewijs-sw8df  Sorry I think you had a bad dream. Wake up and see the reality.
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  1228.  @Blanka1100  He may be desperate for a way out that saves his face. Sure he has not agreed to anything by now, but as pong as hundreds of people die each day, it is a duty to try.
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  1229.  @cryptoloader7223  Sure he is desperate, otherwise he would not threaten a nuclear war.
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  1230.  @cryptoloader7223  No need to speak on conjunctiva. We actually have a Russian puppet ( Belarus) and Russian missiles (Kaliningrad, Karelia) at our border. It seems, you think that would be a reason to invade.
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  1231.  @dosa2990  Well, all this while Russia was pushed back around Kharkiv.
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  1232. Well, this still puts the UK on the receiving end.
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  1233. @slavianalbanovich9025  There is the rotating Presedency of the council. The should contrast this fast change by providing stability and professionalism.
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  1234. @slavianalbanovich9025  Sure, the Council sets the goals for the Commission to implement.
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  1235. ​ @anirbanroy9855  "their precident where removed in 2014 by US coup" You wanted to say a revolution devoured by the majority of the population. Janukowitsch had not signed an association agreement with the EU despite even his own party agreeing with the deal. This way he ousted himself as a Russian asset. And Ukraine had their second revolution to stay independent. ", victoria got caught red handed every one .." The US involvement was small compared to the Russian involvement, but the population wanted to stay independent of Russia. "the east Ukrainia voted for him " And as a result he funneled 80% of all infrastructure expenses into Donbass. "and you know what the next precident did took right of language from them " No he did not, everybody in Ukraine can speak Russian without any ramifications. "..you guys live in illusion where you media and govt tells you ever" Talking about yourself? "..their narrative is ture everything else russian propaganda" Let us just see how the countries act! ".. get out of the mindset that and start asking questions to government" YES, please do it!!!! .". cause russian are winning this war" We will see. "and you are about to face economic disaster mate " Nothing like Russia. "good day" Good day to you too.
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  1236.  @anirbanroy9855  "then why didnt a refrendam under UN happened why Ukrainia Nazis occupied mariopol" You mean right now?
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  1237. The absence of penicillin greatly increased the danger of deadly infections, but tetanus is a virus an and antibiotics would not help. However, all it needed was cleaning the wound and a few days of rest. Better shoes would have also helped. Whatever, this way he did not had to experience the Hell of Verdune.
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  1238.  @MONSTERKILL2013  Possible, but a fact is that most of us expected Putin to act rational. That was a mistake.
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  1239.  @PeterTrimboli  It would take a repair shop just some days to figure out some pin compatible ships are used in washing machines. Probably not military rated, but better than not getting the tank back to the front.
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  1240. From the perspective of NATO and EU Russia must not win. When Putin wins he will escalate. He has been threatening all eastern European countries. Now we know this threats are no plattetudes.
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  1241. Well, Russia / the Soviet Union had an extremely good track record as supplier of gas. But furthermore, the US actions and sanctions against Iran and Venezuela made it extremely difficult to find an alternative supply.
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  1242.  @CIutchX  I do not see this limitation, Cyprus has also joined the EU despite the border issues.
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  1243.  @Gaming101-r9o  1. The net payments by the EU are rather small, the real benefit is being a member and trading in the whole of the common market. Every member benefits from being in the EU even net contributors. 2. Serbia is far from fulfilling the Kopenhagen criteria. We need to see significant reforms in Serbia before even considering Serbia's membership. 3. If Kosovo fulfills the Kopenhagen criteria but Serbia does not the acceptance of Kosovo as an independent country will rise steeply. 4. Several small markets are easier to integrate than fewer larger markets. Besides, why should any of the former members of Yugoslavia want to be a junior partner to Serbia again?
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  1244.  @totalstrangerthing7419  So tell the EU that they can use their financial support for Serbia at a better place. It is about 90% of the economic help that Serbia gets. And the response is something like your post.
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  1245.  @Gaming101-r9o  Sure, you should really have read my post before posting your response. Serbia has about the same economic size as in 1990. Romania has been growing by a factor of 7. Short-term fluctuations are irrelevant. And I explicitly compared Serbia with the new EU members.
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  1246. @@Mikhail-ld4yr I have no idea what you mean by "animalic instinct". The EU is a democratic system, it is a bit quirky but it has all the benefits and the issues of a stable democracy. At the moment there is a significant sentiment in the population against Turkey, and this sentiment is justified. Turkey has indeed fulfilled very few of the Copenhagen criteria and is even backsliding on these. If Turkey changed, most of this sentiment would evaporate and once it was below 50% in each country it would no longer be relevant.
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  1247. There are ways to collect a debt. In the extreme case of an absolute unreasonable Government of the UK British planes and ships can be seized all over the world by friendly governments.
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  1248.  Cucking Funt  Well, I think it is more likely there will be no UK to apply for membership. You are, however, lucky. It is much less likely that England will be denied entry of the EU.
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  1249.  Cucking Funt  What have you been smoking? 1. Brexit is anything but successful. And the UK is no ahad but going backwards. 2. Not a single country is thinking about leaving the EU, and the number of people in favor of this has plummet since the UK has made such a mess out of Brexit. 3. The UK is anything but mighty. Germany has more tanks and France has more Nukes.
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  1250.  Cucking Funt  Who needs a carrier to assist Eastern European countries? Do you even think? We are not talking about something on the other side of the planet. Brexit is a shambel, the economic impact on the UK is at least an order of magnetude larger than for any EU27 country. Eurosceptic movements are nowhere on the rise. There are only very few quite loud protoganists. Most of them are nutters even in the view of the far right party they are in.
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  1251. @Robert Kaevur Local law has no impact on iternational treaties. No country can change its local law or its condition in order to free itself from its commitments. This would render international treaties useless. However, international law has, of course, no impact on people, only on countries. Countries need to fulfill their commitments or face the consequences. The countries are supposed to adapt their local laws (including their constitution) in order to fulfill the treaty.
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  1252. China owns a large part of the US national debt. This seems to be a large bullet.
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  1253.  @Soordhin  Thanks for simplifying my post.
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  1254. Well, I think the EU is well aware of the situation, but you are not.
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  1255. It it much lower once you need to go to hospital due to complications.
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  1256. Donbas: Armed uprising by warlords that where payed by Russia. There was a Russian invasion, 8 years of an armed insurgency and now another invasion. So it was three tomes the big fish attacking the medium fish.
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  1257.  @abara2012  Ukraine represents itself, a smaller country trying to fend off a stronger neighbor with imperial ambitions. Many smaller countries will come in the same situation sooner or later.
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  1258. ​​ @chemcintosh9704 They cut off the water supply after the Russian invasion and land grab.
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  1259. We will not strike a deal that is detrimental for any member country of the EU. No country will choose to suffer just to pamper the UK. Being no longer a member of the EU is detrimental for the UK, that was clear from the beginning.
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  1260. He seems to be well informed and neutral, he criticizes Italien politicians are at least as much as the politicians of the EU and the other countries.
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  1261.  @snowyowel7961  Not so sure the UK exists in ten years.
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  1262.  @snowyowel7961  There are voices from NI, Scotland and even from Wales that prefer an independence. And the only way you can counter these voices is to use exactly the arguments of the Remainers. Britain will have problems to sustain this level of cognitive dissonance.
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  1263.  @johnslugger  The fact that current solar panels are not recycled, does not mean a recycling is impossible. Technology is developing and future panels can be build with the recycling process in mind. Besides, nuclear power is far more expensive than solar power, even if storage is taken into account.
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  1264.  @johnslugger  OK, so you are unable to present a better calculation. So will you apologize?
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  1265.  @johnslugger  Tell me, why do idiots always tend to become aggressive when called out on their bullshit?
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  1266.  @johnslugger  You are waisting the time of us all, and you try to paddle falsehoods. It is good I was there to correct you.
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  1267.  @18l33  WTF
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  1268. This precident should allow to procecute gun salesmen for the shooting done with their guns.
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  1269. Because they have numerous deals with the EU and a sufficient number of customs officers.
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  1270.  @dendradwar9464  The reserves were filled to 95% in autumn the amount of gas available would have been sufficient for even the coldest winter. It may have well been that your country had more issues. But I agree, lacking oversite over the stockpiling of gas was a problem in Germany until last year.
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  1271. As a "good" Brexit deal is impossible, any prime minister that handles Brexit will destroy his career. So nobody really challenges her.
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  1272. These are no EU bureaucrats these are elected EU MPs.
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  1273.  @pootispiker2866  Well, I was talking about a refurbishment, not a new locomotive. Changing the disel motor and the electric motors would probably exceed the cost of the locomotive. The best way to exchange a battery is actually to have it installed on a railcar. This way it can be moved easily.
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  1274. ​ Miguel Melchior  Continental fishers have legally purchased British fishing quotas. As long as they fish in British waters they are in a way British fishers. I find it alarming, that the British society wants to dispossess foreign assets without any compensation.
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  1275. This court law in the USA is a mess. Wouldn't it be time for the government to rewrite the entire law this is based on and make is more stringent and clear?
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  1276. Funny how Brexitards only take notice of the impact assessments when it is about other countries than the UK. However, for the 27 countries staying in the EU the impact of giving in to BoJo would be larger than the impact of a hard Brexit. All countries in the EU27 trade more with the EU27 than with the UK. So the integrity of the common market is more important than a deal.
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  1277.  @p.g.u.d  : The fact that most people outside of the UK knew of the aims of the EU and its predecessors, makes it more likely that lying is the native language of UK politicians and media.
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  1278.  @p.g.u.d : Are you insane?
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  1279.  @DanDman14a : You are aware that any international trade deal reduces your sovereignty. You can no longer unilaterally change laws that would affect the contents of the deal. I first learned this within the discussions concerning TITIP. Actually, I think the European Court of Justice is to preferable over international arbitration, as the latter has less legitimacy. Actually, the payment for the EU is small compared to all other obligations we and you have. the British net payment is in the order of 160€ per person and year. Once you may have solved your NI problem and can actually leave we will be able to do without Britain.
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  1280.  @dirtbikerman1000  Do you want to tell me that the moment you leave the EU you can abandon the rule of law and become tribal?
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  1281.  @Ricksdiner  Well, in case of a WTO Brexit the trade deficit of the UK to will likely increase.
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  1282.  @grahamwicks9970  I am not talking about what you want, I am talking about what you need.
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  1283.  @andrewkillick2271  Wow, that is deluded.
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  1284. What if you give some arguments to support your claim.
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  1285. It was a mistake not to adapt the rail gauge to the european standard within the last 8 years. This would now simplify exports, simplify delivery of weapons, and slow down the Russian army.
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  1286.  @alexsilent5603  Georgia did not attack Russia. They may have attacked a Russian financed region of separatists, but they did not attack Russia. Just imagine Japan would distribute Japanese passports in Kamchatka, that would allow to receive Japanese unemployment benefits. Then once more 50% of the population of Kamchatka was settled by "Japanese" they would incite a rebellion against Russia. Finally when the Russian police and army came, Japan would protect "its" population. How do you like the scenario of Georgia when it it is told the other way around?
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  1287.  @paulfredriksteiner  How so? Is this your opinion? Or do you have arguments?
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  1288.  @paulfredriksteiner  So you say you are just rambeling and people should ignore you.
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  1289.  @dork7546  The amount of power needs to be limited. That is the reason I do not think any presidential system is really democratic. The power of the German chancellor is much smaller then of the US president. In fact, the German chancellor leads the country not so much by individual power but by the ability to persuade parliament of his/her policies. More then this, every a simpl mayority can replace the chancellor every single day.
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  1290. The reason for a vaccine mandate is to stop the virus and not endanger others, the benefits for your own health are a side effect.
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  1291. 14:30 I take issue with the view of keeping Germany down. This has been a goal in the first 20 years of NATO, but later Germany was fully integrated in the defense strategy of NATO. Saying something like this seems incredible English.
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  1292. @weyland yutani Well, I am not happy with the actions of my Government, but the UK is not really better.
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  1293. ​ @KekusMagnus It is likely that Ukraine will loose some territory in a peace treaty. But one thing is sure, they will enter NATO afterwards. Russia has shown how important NATO membership is.
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  1294. A trade war the UK would loose in any case.
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  1295.  Mort Lord  A country with full and free access to the common market not required to uphold the rules would damage the EU, this would be detrimental for any member countries. Why should any member country of the EU inflict damage on itself just in order to pamper the UK.
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  1296.  Mort Lord  So why do you accept the Japan trade deal? It contains even stricter state aid rules than the EU has ever asked for.
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  1297.  @MarcoHummingway  I do not think a 10kw range extender is a reason not to add these to the EV vehicle count. In this case BYD would have sold about 1.8 million vehicles.
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  1298.  @MarcoHummingway  When I visited China about 20 years ago most purely electric vehicles had a range of 50 km. Still, it was used on a daly base.
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  1299.  @order_truth_involvement6135  What are you referring to?
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  1300. The WA was negotiated and signed by Johnson. And it was ratified by the present parliament. May did not negotiate the present WA.
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  1301. Ich denke eher das abwiegeln in Januar und Februar hat zu dieser Kriese geführt.
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  1302. No the only politicians constantly contradicting themselves are Brexiters.
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  1303. MacGregor would have advised the Soviet Union to submit to Germany in WW2. It would have saved many if its citizens.
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  1304. Thanks for correcting. I was writing in a hurry, but I am sure you got the meaning. So whats your view on the subject.
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  1305.  @michaelealey7370  Sure, that is the reason they tried a pontoon bridge and are now using ferris.
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  1306. Not true. Every Freeport has a customs border around it.
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  1307.  @GusMac6129  I condone radical attacks from both sides. It does not matter if radical pro Russian groups attack loyal Ukrainians or radical anti Russian groups attack Russian speakers. That is the reason a neutral external UN mission could have delivered peace, but that was prevented by Moscow.
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  1308.  @AahFukIt  Christina Nuland was working at the US embassy in Ukraine, she had nothing to do with NATO. And yes, there is a voice recording where she is giving counseling to the formation of a transitional care taker government. That is usually not what a foreign country should do, but these where unstable times. Unlike you I cannot see any crime here.
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  1309.  @o00nemesis00o : The Britons have been pampered by the EU all the time, people around the EU were already annoyed. Any further improvement for the UK would have led to a worsening for some other countries. If Cameron had got his additional improvements there would have been a public outcry.
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  1310. @bidhrohi12  Arafat turned down a horrible offer in 2000 he should sign off on loosing 38% of the land that rightfully was part of the West Bank. And in exchange they would not even have gotten an independent country. Why on earth would he agree to this?
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  1311.  @chrisgrahma5064  The NATO troops were part of the UN mission in this war.
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  1312. @167mm167 With a cable and without a camera. It is not identical, it is a successor.
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  1313. A EU army would not replace NATO, would be the second biggest partner in NATO. It would make NATO more balanced.
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  1314. It is incredible, the influence of CO2 on the climate is actually known for more than 120 years. Now we have much more precise models, but the basic fact was published in 1896. Sante Arrhenius, " On the influence of carbonic acid in the air upon the temperature of the ground," Philosophical Magacine and Journal of Science, No.5 V. 41 pp. 237-276 (1896)
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  1315. You are talking about Nick Ferrari.
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  1316. Presumably much higher. Lots of people have been dying without being tested.
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  1317. Most of the deaths of citizens of the Soviet Union could have been avoided if they would have given in to Germany.
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  1318.  @julius43461  And also in reality.
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  1319. They are observers, it was not their job to enforce any resolution. They are not supposed to engage Hesbolla or Israel, as long as they are not attacked first. Now they are more needed than any time before. Otherwise we loose an independent observer of the situation.
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  1320.  @peterpan9217 : Trade deals are agreed because they of the mutual benefit not because of a payment. The 39 billion is connected to the WA, it accounts for commitments the UK has made while being in the EU. David Davis resigned when he could no longer hide that the result of the negotiations would be very different to the promises made by the "Vote leave" and "Leave EU" campaigns. This way he could continue nag from the sideline.
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  1321. Sure, they only invited Brexiters to the discussion. No Labor, no LibDems, no EU politicians, and no external viewpoints (US...). That exposes a strong bias.
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  1322. Any international treaty has supremacy over national law. Otherwise it would be useless. A county needs to stand by its commitments or face the consequences. An international tribunal arbitrates the application of the treaty and it is up to the other countries part of the treaty to enforce it. Well, the EU rules are in fact international treaties. The ECJ is an international tribunal, and it is up to the rest of the EU to enforce the commitments Poland has committed to.
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  1323.  @williamdavis9562  "According to your logic Poland would have retroactively be committing itself to any future rule the EU passes and then be put in a position for it to be "enforced"" No, Poland explicitly agrees to every new EU rule. Unanimity, you know. Qualified majority is only relevant for repetitive issues like the budget. "Hmm. That would be like you joining my club and agreeing to all the rules of my club. Then suddenly my club makes a new rule claiming you have to slap an old lady in the face every Sunday. Then the rest of us saying we can force you to do it because you made a "commitment" to follow our rules." And you would need to have agreed to this rule in order to come into force. "You literally want to give the EU leaders mafia type powers?" Do you include the Polish government into the list of EU leaders? They are part of the club! "Should they make Poland an offer it can't refuse?" Poland should make itself an offer it cannot refuse????
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  1324.  @damnedmadman  When international treaties are ratified, they are transcribed into local law. It is this transcription that concern individual people. Well since the language and the legal setup of countries differ the this transcription can differ substantially from country to country. That is no issue as long as the local law provides the intended function of the treaty.
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  1325. The legislation still needs to go via the European parliament. It will be rewritten and amended to fit its purpose. You may tell them what to change.
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  1326. Well, the deal with Japan has stricter state aid rules than the proposal of Barnier.
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  1327. @Firm Buttocks Nothing is perfect, but Merkel has improved over her time as Bundeskanzler.
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  1328. @Firm Buttocks Well, we never went down as far as the UK in 2010. There was less to regain. Furthermore, we had gotten rid of the deficid and most of the debt in 2019. This allowed us to cope much better with COVID 19. Presently, we have half the recession of the UK.
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  1329. @Firm Buttocks Your cherrypicking shows! German industrial output went down in 2019 due to the trade wars, but the German economy did not. In contrast, the British economy contained the no-deal Brexit preparations. Sure, this is economic activity, but it is not productive. But discussing 2020 makes it really striking: British economy went down more than 20%, while the German economy lost about 9%.
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  1330.  @shelleyphilcox4743  I think it would genuinely help if the other countries would produce more goods worth buying. You cannot force the population to order stuff they do not need. The state aid in Germany is (in bulk) not paied by the EU budget but by Germany on its own. Germany got rid of its deficit in good times and can now invest to mitigate the CORONA crisis. Furthermore, Germany is the most important contributor to the mitigation measures for the whole EU.
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  1331.  @shelleyphilcox4743  I never claimed that the other countries would produce nothing of value, to the contrary, I am ordering components form several European countries. But I find it quite arrogant of you to claim that German companies would receive state aid acting as dumping to push stuff to other European countries. - The companies successfully exporting to other European nations do not receive state aid and have to pay higher taxes than in the UK (in order to be able to afford the higher state aid). - State aid is needed to build up new industry (that may become successful one day) or to support companies that experience short term issues and are unable to export at the moment. The rules for state-aid are the same within the EU. Well, at the moment in a reaction to COVID 19 these rules have been temporarily relaxed, once again they have been relaxed for all countries. We all would applaud giving state aid to struggling companies in the north of England, similar to the EU funds, this may pay off in 20 years. Germany was investing in the Black Forest for 30 years before it became one of the most dynamic economic areas. You may be able to do the same with Dartmoor.
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  1332.  @Hashterix : What is rubbish? 1. Do you think the EU should not try to be fair but just pamper the UK? 2. Do you think the far right parties (Le-Pen, Salvini...) would still propagate leaving the EU even so they do not? 3. Do you think 6% is more than 40%? So what should it be?
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  1333.  Janitor Queen  Yes, and at the same time it would avoid companies preferring cheap foreigners over expensive Britons.
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  1334.  @michaelotieno6524  Well, something like this could have been organized if Russia had not vetoed the UN peacekeeping mission for Donbas. I guess it is too late now. A referendum with regular or irregular Russian troops controlling the region can be ignored.
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  1335. Vitamin D? Lots of people with darker skin in the UK.
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  1336.  @Hardcore_Remixer  Show me how this was an European rule and how Germany broke it. Show me how Romania closed all their coal mines. Show me how the mine in Germany was expanded ( an increase in production), or how new mines where started, and how what they did violated any EU rule. I would guess that you are wrong on all points.
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  1337.  @Hardcore_Remixer  RWE wins a case against some environmental protectors, and people that wanted to save this village, so they can continue operations up to the point when a German law tells them to shut down. This village had been part of the area of the mine for years. That not an enlargement, that is normal mining operation. What is your point? This was not about an EU law, not a German law, but about locals fighting against the mine. It has absolutely nothing to do with what you claimed.
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  1338.  @jfv65  As I said, the city was close to encirclement.
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  1339. Tusk tweeted that blame games are stupid not persons.
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  1340.  @The123rasputin  Thats funny, look at the attitude of Farage and Johnson.
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  1341. Well, it is much worse for the UK of course.
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  1342.  @terrybrookes9763  Well, they have prepared at Dublin Port. But even more, a sealed lorry does not need to be checked at the borders of the UK.
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  1343.  @terrybrookes9763  Well, that's a decision of the UK, sure you can check these lorries, even so there is no reason under WTO rules. In contrast, imports to the UK (excluding NI) need to be checked, and imports to the EU (inclooding NI) need to be checked. If you want to play games with unnecessary checks the EU can allway counter with the timing of needed checks.
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  1344.  @terrybrookes9763  Well, there are tons of precedents: An example would be the German-German border during the cold war. West and Eastern Germany were hostile countries, and it was extremely difficult and bureaucratic to enter the GDR. West German lorries and private cars could cross the GDR to Berlin and back with strongly reduced checks of the passengers and no checks of sealed lorries. If you left the motorway representing the direct path you were in deep shit but in obeying the rules of the GDR you could avoid most of the checks. Why do you think the UK will start a fight with a much stronger opponent?
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  1345.  @terrybrookes9763  So, you have no argument? And you are still laughing? Seems very silly!
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  1346.  @Gary_OC  I would guess so.
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  1347.  @userxyz64  There would have been an option for a more robust mandate. But this was probably prevented by Israel and the USA.
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  1348. The EU was mostly very level minded and fair, in contrast we experience a constant flow of insults (EUSSR, NAZI, stick it up your Junker ....).
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  1349.  @jeffwhitney3369  I am not sure who you call extreme left. To me as a German Berny Sanders seems center-left and Obama seems center-right.
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  1350. No direction has a majority, neither the deal, nor no deal, nor remain. This is true for the parliament as well as the electorate. In principle the parliament is a good approximation of the will of the people. By the way, how do you expect any one to vote on a deal that has not been checked for its legal implications?
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  1351.  @markshirley01  Every member of the EU exports more to the rest of the EU than to the UK. The integrathy of the common market is far more important than the trade deal with the UK. Accepting a deal that compromises the common market is a net negative. No deal is better than these absurdity.
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  1352. Barnier is a French MEP and formerly the French Minister of Foreign Affairs.
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  1353.  @darrenbellenger1  You have free trade within the EU for 45% of your trade. Furthermore, another 40% of your exports are fostered by EU trade deals. So what is all this free trade to be replaced with? As far as I understand redundant means it can be immediately be replaced. New trade deals take years, so what is all this free trade redundant with?
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  1354.  @darrenbellenger1  Most of Europe is represented by the EU, and the majority want it to stay this way. So you want a trade deal with Putin?
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  1355.  Gall Óglaigh  Well, David Miliband shows a refreshingly critical mind.
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  1356. JRM is a fool: In the case of no deal, Ireland would become a third country for the UK. If the UK would choose not to enforce this border the WTO s "Most-favoured-nation" rules would require the same for all other nations on earth. Goof luck with take back control. Open doors for all third wold migrants.
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  1357. It is up to Selensky to do the negotiations for his country.
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  1358. So you say we need UN peace keepers with anti air defense.
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  1359.  @e3498-v7l  How are the MEPs in the EU less relevant than the MPs in the UK?
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  1360.  @davidjuke2386  Well, the EU parliament will need to agree to a deal. They will be able to do a provisional enforcement, but in the long term the parliament will need to agree. And in case they will not agree a renegotion will become nessesary. In contrast it is very likely that the British parliament will rubberstamp the deal without scrutinizing it. They will simply have no time to do so.
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  1361.  Dirty Dollars  Well, we should hold the UK and the USA accountable for the refugees from Iraq any Syria. If they would not illegaly invaded Iraq and messed up totally we would not have had Isis. They should at least pay for their accommodation.
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  1362.  @scottishlisa3463  If you want free access to the common market you will need to follow some EU rules enforced by the ECJ. No country can have this kind of access without following the rules of the market, anything else would be madness.
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  1363.  @scottishlisa3463  Fine with us. See you in January when anything in the UK goes down the drain.
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  1364. @welshlout3400  PPP is relevant for things like wages, not for components and systems scourced globally. Besides, the EU does not need to be stronger than everyone, just strong enough not to be attacked. The defender always has a bonus.
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  1365. @JSK010  There are no operations in Somalia. There are operations in the coastal waters of Somalia. Invasions into acountry are the problem, not the solution. Why would we want to make problems in Somalia even worse?
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  1366. @JSK010  So you say an EU mission takes part in the Red Sea and different European countries rotate in their contribution in and out in order to provide a continuous service.
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  1367. It is scary as large parts of the German gold reserves are still placed in the US. Actually, as far as I know, the German government has no idea if the gold is still in place.
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  1368.  @whyamimrpink78  Sure, gyms and churches are outside and everyone is wearing a mask.
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  1369.  @whyamimrpink78  Well, this is because outdoor churches and gyms are an exception. Churches are hotbeds for all kinds of infections and gyms are too.
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  1370.  @Thunderfist_McBeefcake  He had 7 minutes to meditate and take his knee off the guy. Then he killed him by continuing to stroke him.
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  1371.  @Davo-007  Sure, it is easy to leave, just evoke article 50 and do it. Everyone accepted it, sure it was described as stupid, but this was never our business. In fact the UK was shocked that nobody tried to hold them back. Nobody offered a better deal (a larger rebate) for the UK staying in the EU. It was the UK that dragged it out to 4 years, trying to negotiate fully unrealistic trade deals.
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  1372.  @Davo-007  Brexit damages all member countries of the EU Barnier had the task to minimize this damage and to get the best possible deal. It was never his job to pamper the UK. You are no longer a member of the EU. Brexit means Brexit.
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  1373.  @ardakolimsky7107  I know, sorry, but Patels threads are as disgusting as pointless. The port of Dublin will stay open. In any case the way Brexiters are astonishingly hypocritical.
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  1374. Russia has pretty much stopped for the last 2 months.
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  1375. ​ @MorinoClub1961 Um das zu vermeiden müssen wir der Ukraine helfen.
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  1376. @Kitty Cat Sure on play money, not in real money.
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  1377.  efren peterson  Not true, the fish processing industry has already asked for a special deal to sell to the EU. In the most important catch in British waters is shellfish which is rarely consumed in the UK.
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  1378.  efren peterson  Well, catching a lot will not help them a bit if they cannot sell it. Now they see the fishing rights, but from the first of January they will see the other side.
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  1379.  Peter Garbutt  Is this supposed to be an insult? Is this all you have left as an argument, an insult?
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  1380.  efren peterson  Interesting, however there are some things you have not considered. 1. Fish and shellfish are a luxury good, you can live without them. 2. Imports from outside the EU require health and safety checks. The number of certified controllers limits the export to the EU. 3. Backlocks at the border could render goods with a short shelf life impossible. 4. Peoples in the EU can purchase on a worldwide market.
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  1381.  efren peterson  "1) If selling our fish to others outside the EU is going to require more time , effort and money. Then the same is true if the eu needs to import fish into the EU from else where, to close the shortfall." Sure, but this does not help the UK, it makes imports from the UK more expensive while imports from other countries stay the same. Your exports will compete on an equal footing to other countries outside the EU. Even more other countries have the protocols of exporting to the EU already in place, the UK has not. Without certified checks, your fish can not be legally exported to the EU. "2) Business activity generates when there is a demand, it ebbs and flows. So the INITIAL pressure will come from the EU consumers demanding continued 'sea food' at the same prices. That's the point. Businesses are their to cater for the demand, not the other way round. " Well, business is fast to adapt. They can scource it fron all around the world if British fish is no longer avaliable in the required amounts. "3) time is on the side of our fisherman, and our fish. they can wait it out." As far as I understood, are they already on the brink of collapse. Do you really think the government of the UK will support them? That is more the way of the EU, not the way of the UK. "Our fish will always be the cheapest way for EU consumers to get their seafood," Sure you are the closest country, but you also have high wages and no trade deal. "and it will be the consumers of Europe that will win out in the end not the political mafia in Brussels !!" Barnier is doing a good job in protecting the citizens of the EU from the consequence of Brexit.
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  1382.  efren peterson  Sure, you recognized it, very good. Both sides can use virtually the same arguments in many aspects. However, the problem is not symmetric. 1. The EU is by far the larger party in these negotiations. 2. The EU is keeping all its trade deals, the UK is not. 3. The EU has competent leadership, the UK has not. 4. The only part of the economy the UK has a trade surplus is in financial services, but a Canada style trade deal does not contain the freedom of financial services. ...
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  1383.  efren peterson  Well, any country of the EU exports more to the EU than to the UK, so any deal that compromises the common market will be a net negative for all EU countries. However, a deal needs to benefit every single country of the EU otherwise it will not be ratified. Barnier has already offered a very good solution, the deal offered by Barnier is close to this threshold. There is very little room for further compromise. We will see if the UK will climb down from its unrealistic expectations before or after the new year.
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  1384.  efren peterson  How should the outlast the EU? The EU is prepared the UK is not. Your own government told us that the customs service will not be ready till mid of 2021. 40% of the UK's export are going to the EU and another 35% are fostered by EU trade deals. In contrast, only 6% of Germanys exports are going to the UK. I would guess, the EU business will write off the UK as an export market and look for opportunities in Canada, Japan, MERCOSUR, and Indonesia (later in Australia and New Zealand). The new trade deals offer new opporunities.
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  1385.  efren peterson  "The UK doesn't have competent leadership?" A clown and a hypnotist are hardly leadership. "The UK is slowly but surely finding its feet." They lost it in the corona crisis. "the EU is crumbling from the inside." According to certain elements it has been crumbeling for the last 50 years while in reality it got stronger. "whole new departments in government have to be resurrected." So much for getting rid of bureaucrats.
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  1386.  efren peterson  "But in the long term , Britain's will be both independent and prosperous !" More likely a puppet ofthe USA.
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  1387.  efren peterson  "The best democracy is local democracy." That is the reason Germany has strong states with their own parliaments. In our region of Germany, we have a coalition government of the Greens with the conservatives. The second chamber in Germany is a representation of these individual governments. They can block a German law when it infringes on the finances of the states. The Scottish government has none of these means of influence, have they?
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  1388.  efren peterson  Well, the Eurozone bailed Greece out while the UK did nothing to help Greece. Standing on the sidelines and nagging is not helpful. Make it better or keep quiet. Regarding the states of Germany: There is no contradiction, every decision should be made at the appropriate level. Some decisions are best on the level of municipals some on the level of states some on the level of the country and some on EU level, simple. Even so, your government seems not to understand it. They don't supply the counties with the information they need to control covid 19.
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  1389.  efren peterson  Well, if you help someone out with his loan you would be irritated to see him enter a fancy restaurant. But what so ever, if the UK thinks it could bail out Greece any better, answer the question : Why didn't you?
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  1390.  @Th3_Gael  Well, in the big picture fishing is a red herring, it is important for some fishers on both sides of the channel, but it is irrelevant for the majority. Decisions are made in the important aspects and fishing is the icing of on the cake for either side. But generally a deal needs to be beneficial for a country in order to agree. Have you thought what the deal needs to contain in order to be beneficial for Austria, for Italy, for France, for Spain.......
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  1391.  @Th3_Gael  Well, here you show your true nature. If you cannot dominate the EU as you have dominated the Empire you don't want to be a part of it. If you cannot oppress the other countries you feel oppressed. You want to be able to block any motion of the EU but you don't want any other countries to have the ability to block these motions. Fintan O'Toole is correct.
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  1392.  @benloki6788  Well, the Empire may have been beneficial for some member countries, but surely not India or China. Still, this is irrelevant, all these countries cad no political power in the Empire, that is all I said and it is true. "Germany had it's own empire in the 19th century so don't chuck the "empire card" around." Well, we have changed our mind in many aspects. We do not glorify the old times like you seem to do.
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  1393.  @benloki6788  Every single parliament in the EU has to approve of the deal. Countries may approve a deal that has no relevant benefits but they will never agree to a deal that is a net negative for this country. Keeping the integrity of the common market is far more important than a deal with the UK.
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  1394.  @OregonCrow  Just like Ukraine.
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  1395. Frank is correct but even worse is the lacking of any consequences. Normally, if 3 policemen would observe a murder, the perpetrator would immediately in custody or prevent from his action and in custody for attempted murder. But it took days ao arrest the murderer of George Floyd and despite clear evidence it is unsure if he will be sentenced.
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  1396.  @ronaldmatthews7361  Phantastic, your arguments totally contradict each other. Do you really think this will make you seem reasonable? One side was fighting to abolish masks and social distancing for everyone, the other side is wearing masks when demonstrating. One side was going nuts because they wanted a haircut and one side is forced to protest because justice is not served.
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  1397. If you do not like the masks you wil hate a ventilator.
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  1398.  dapper patto  : Nothing new, the emerging economies are growing much faster than the classical industrialized countries. You need their per head GDP to realize this speed of growth. In contrast Brexit will lead to a absolute contraction of the British economy.
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  1399.  @victorcenac1247  Sure the EU will offer the UK a good trade deal, good for both sides. The UK cannot expect to be pampered, there will be no benefits to the detriment of member countries. This deal will be good but significantly inferior to membership.
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  1400. You have always been a sovereign country just like all other members of the EU. This stressing of you SOVEREIGNTY is really tiresome. Sovereignty means you are empowered to sign deals that are binding for both sides.
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  1401.  @michaelt.5672 : Es ist einfach schlechter außerhalb der EU. Es war bestimmt nicht das ziel Großbritanniens das zu demonstrieren. Und auch die EU hat GB nicht übervorteilt. Es bestehen ja eine Reihe von unterschiedlichen Verträgen mit denen Länder unterschiedlich eng an die EU gebunden sind (z.b. Liechtenstein, Schweiz, Norwegen oder Kanada). Diese Länder erhalten unterschiedlichen Zugang zu der EU müssen dafür aber dann auch abgestuft EU recht akzeptieren und gegebenenfalls in den EU-Haushalt einzahlen. Wenn man GB für weniger Pflichten mehr Zugang gewährt würde man diese Länder übervorteilen. Außerdem erbringt die EU eine Reihe von Dienstleistungen, für die Einzelstaaten, die am Ende mehr Geld sparen als die EU kostet, weil die kosten auf vielen Schultern verteilt werden. Wenn dieser Service nicht eingestellt werden soll, muss er auch bezahlt werden.
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  1402.  @alexdaniel3043  Sure, Brexit is ruining good things. I fully agree.
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  1403.  @kogororobinson3457  I fully agree with you, the industry of the EU can continue to sell in the EU and all the countries we have trade deals with. And surely a lot of the trade with the UK will continue even without a trade deal. I was only answering to joe caterman.
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  1404.  Teresa Watts  This would be unpleasant, ant therefore we have to take care to protect the integrity of the common market and the structure of existing trade deals. And once this is provided we can look for a trade deal with the UK.
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  1405.  @dbdb9334  The UK has bullied the other countries of the EU to give you a VIP membership. No additional concessions.
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  1406.  @dbdb9334  What shall I say, these are the facts. You are the one who is ignoring reality. Facts do not care about your feelings.
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  1407.  @dbdb9334  Do you deny that the UK had the largest rebate and most opt outs of any country in the EU?
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  1408.  @dbdb9334  So you no longer deny, that the UK had a preferable deal in the EU?
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  1409.  @dbdb9334  Bullshit, there is always this much arguing wen a new 7 year budget is negotiated. So you contradict yourself in not denying anything?
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  1410.  @khankrum1  How do you want to realize the trade of the UK under WTO rules? Setting all tariffs to zero and have no chance for any trade deal? Or do you want high tariffs to get the EU to its knees?
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  1411. Well, that is the design of the EU, you can only change anything if all members agree. Well, that would also be a good thing about a EU army. It would automatically defend any country of the EU but it would not start an adventure all around the world, because there would not be an agreement of the member countries.
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  1412. If you spoil the lock down by a fight it will need to be much longer. Please, do not be unreasonable.
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  1413.  @BlahBlahBlah961  It will prevent some people from getting the virus and a lot of people from being infected by the first few. Please understand, if everyone follows the rules, a lock down of 3 weeks would be sufficient. If many people act on your sentiment, it will take months.
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  1414. @Andrew21795 If you could avoid any sozial contact for 2 weeks the virus would be defeated. Sozial contacts within families are unavoidable so we have to think about at least 3 weeks. Any activity where people of different households meet increases the likelihood for a transmission. All the small chances are adding up and the R value stays close to one leading to months of lock down.
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  1415. @Andrew21795 Well, isn't it this clear? Any fight is a human interaction, and it will contribute to the spread of the virus. In addition the time spent on the fight is lost for preparing for the lock down.
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  1416. @Andrew21795 Well, actually you are worse than BlaBla...., what kind of evidence do you expect? COVID 19 is a virus and spreads via human to human contacts. Reducing these contacts will reduce the spread of the virus. Buying clothing may not be the most dangerous task, but it involves going downtown and eventually eating out. Everyone will act differently, but on average it will increase the spread.
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  1417.  @kutya1012  Seems you have no counter, and all that is left is slur.
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  1418. @Andrew21795 Well, you are obviously no natural scientist: Every natural scientist knows how guidelines are to be understood. They apply for a situation where the outbreak is under control, but it is no longer under control. We have not sufficiently been following these guidelines of the WTO in recent months and now we need to pay the price. We have controlled the virus once (with a lockdown) and we can do it again. If all people follow the guidelines as close as possible this lockdown can be short. If not, it will be the same shitshow as in spring. Then we can go back to the behaviour for a controlled virus.
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  1419.  @giselaengelmann4186  AFD troll detected.
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  1420.  @azadahmadi3557  Let us hope the war will be shorter than you think. Once Erduan is confronted with the Syrian army and indirectly Russia he may be fast to back down. Furthermore, let us hope that the Syrian regime stands to its promises once the conflict with Turkey is finished.
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  1421.  @delboyg01  Sure, it is a good way to get cheap gas and to keep control over Russia.
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  1422. The first step of the counteroffensive is to cut Russian supplies. That is done, and it needs to be continued in future. The next step is to bleed the Russian troops dry of ammunition. This will take a while. Only the third step is to take back Kherson. I do not expect this to start earlier than the end of September.
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  1423.  @rcherLansky  I am not talking about Russia in general, but about the Russian troops in the Kherson oblast in the North of the river Dnepr.
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  1424. David Frost was the main negotiator of the Withdrawal Agreement 1.5 years ago.
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  1425.  @cautarepvp2079  I guess mainly English, but it is much better to decide on it while we still have time then to arrange it during an emergency. This allows training and to put the correct procedures in place.
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  1426.  @gregb1599  Well it seems one engine if the booster did not ignite in the landing process leading to flames engulfing the rocket. That was an issue, but one that could be compensated for. An explosion would not have been unexpected in such a situation. ....
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  1427. @CedarHunt  The USA does what profits the USA. Our interests are mostly aligned, but this alignment is not perfect. A stronger European voice will, therefore, profit NATO and the global community.
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  1428.  @tenguayaqa7116  We do not even have a real technical design of an Alcubier drive. It is still not clear if it could work at all
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  1429.  @garsm2290 : What kind of negotiation are you supposed to have with a person showing up at your office times and times again asking for nonsensical concessions when you have important domestic things to do?
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  1430. Not really, NI will be in a different customs regime than the UK, just like a freeport. If you import stuff via a freeport you pay tariffs, not when it enters your country but when it passes from the freeport to the rest of the country.
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  1431.  pinkie perky  Who gets nothing? Nobody is expecting to get anything, but everybody is expected to fulfill his obligations. Pacta sunt servanda.
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  1432. Foreigeners with a settled status get a document in printed in their passport, furthermore they can get a card similar to a German ID card.
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  1433.  @Yafunnyco  Sure, very likely the EU will be renamed in the next 20 years. So true, in 20 years the EU may no longer exist. But it is very likely that the UK will cease to exist in the next 10 years.
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  1434. As far as i know the Shields of the Tuaregs was made form the leather of the Oryx.
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  1435. Liquid fuel is inherently less save than solid fuel, even if you heard otherwise. In principle, the pellets are the first containment of nuclear fuel. Furthermore, when you build the first industrial scale facility you do not know possible design flaws making is even less save. As a result, the time before starting a new power plant has to be increased by about a factor of two. Building a large number of small reactors anywhere is insanity.
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  1436. You are still paying less than Germany. So what?
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  1437. It has never been a problem to prevent EU migrants from staying if they do not work. Germany has done this for years without closing the borders. And before you ask: The so called invitation from Merkel regarding refugee is a different topic. The right for political asylum is part of Germany´s constitution, a part that is nearly unchangeable.
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  1438. Lieber Luxaly die Japaner verwenden auch Supraleitung. Und es gibt natürlich viele techniche Realisierungen der Kühlung. In einem fertigen Zug würden entweder sehr viel grössere Tanks verwendet, die dann nur noch Wöchentlich zu füllen wären, oder ein elektrisch betriebenes Kühlgerät. Im Labor ist dass was du siehst die einfachste Lösung. Und mit ausreichender Antriebsleistung ausreicender Aerodynamik und ausreichendem Kurvenradius kann auch dieses System viel schneller.
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  1439. Lieber JakeKackklo im Labor ist die Arbeit mit flüssigem Stickstoff sehr bequem. Du musst keine aufwendigen Geräte bauen, sondern füllst dir einfach ein paar "Milchflaschen" ab. In einem technischen Gerät, ist eine höhere Temperatur tatsächlich einfacher zu realisieren. Weil der Supraleiter aber keine Wärme erzeugt, ist das nicht nur für 80K (Stickstoff) sondern auch für 5K (Helium) technisch beherrschbar. Und tatsächlich werden in teschnischen Gerätern meistens Supraleiter auf Basis von NbTi verwendet, weil sie sehr leistungsstark sind. Stichstoff gekühlte HTS vertragen weniger Strom, weniger magnetisches Feld und lassen sich schlechter formen. Daher werden sie meistens für Demonstratoren (Spielzeug) verwendet. Deine Supraleiter mit der noch höheren Srungtemperatur sind gut für Veröffentlichung, aber nicht für den Einsatz.
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  1440. In this case, all our ancestors need to be considered as pedophile. At that time, a girl that had undergone puberty was considered a grown woman, not only in the Middle East but also in Europe and the rest of the World (may be excluding some islands of education like Alexandria).
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  1441. I know it is fully anachronistic, but has any one ever thought about producing a sword according to present day industrial standards. The swords of their time represented the peak of the technical abilities. Leading to different types of masterpieces as the fancy Damascus sword for example. Today all this technologies are reproduced for good swords and replaced by cutting it out of a plate of industrial Steel for cheaper designs. However, nobody seems to think how the modern day technology could lead to an exceptional design. What about using two half shells of titanium that form an extremely light but study sword as some honeycomb mill outs could be realized. For such a weapon, the blades could be realized from Tungsten-carbide and soldered in using high temperature solder as this is done for industrial milling and turning machines.
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  1442. Does the size of the user have an influence in the discrimination of Katana and Odachi? Could the same wapon be called an Odachi in the hands of a small man and a Katana in the hands of a tall man?
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  1443. Social inequality in the UK is larger than in any other European country. This shows the situation is purely related to the UK policy. It has nothing to do with the EU.
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  1444. Have you ever tried Flamm, a traditional dish similar to Pizza served at the border of France and Germany? It is very thin, has a cream sauce and pieces of ham and onion as a topping.
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  1445. So what exactly do you think is wrong?
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  1446. These pree clerence facilites are quite stupid. 10 years I went from Frankfurt to Fort Worth via Toronto. The German travel agency had planned a relaxed transfere. However, I had to pass two Immigration Controlls one to Canada and one to US, as a result I lost the connection.
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  1447. You should mention that plane are indirectly subsidized, as the plane producers can profit from the military budget, airports are financed by cities and air fuel is nearly tax free. You should further take the French, the Japanese and the Chinese train system into account. Being German I would like to point out the German rail system but our politicians mainly finance fancy train stations. In France, the train stations are often rotten, but the high-speed infrastructure is fine. China has national holidays two times a year. At this time, about 200M people want to visit their families several thousand km away. Traffic breakdown would lead to riots. Their government found out it is much cheaper to subsidize the high-speed rail than air traffic. The present day high-speed train system is quite impressive. My wife traveled the 2000km's from Beijing to Shanghai in about 6 hours.
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  1448. You can learn a language from TV. I met a young Romanian man who was speaking fluent German. However, he could not write a thing. He learned it all from TV.
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  1449. The EU is much cheaper than doing the same things without the EU.
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  1450. You are funny!
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  1451. The Domus has huge similarities to the Chinese Hutong; similar situations have led to similar solutions. I certainly see the differences of both but the similarities are intriguing. However, I think this design is more suited for a Mediterranean climate. In northern Europe significantly different designs where developed. I still cannot understand why it was not abandoned after china moved the capital to Beijing. Showed very large Roman Domii the development of an irregular Peristylium similar to the Chinese garden?
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  1452. We would need a Californexit.
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  1453. What do you expect from this type of social media feedback? An idea is an idea and building a house is reality it is an experiment. It will take decades to figure out if it really works. By the way, Fallingwater is beautiful and you could still call it brutalism.
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  1454. Thunderfoot: A disel locomotive is always a diesel electric locomotive. So it has the needed electric motors on board to provide regenerative breaking. The reason this is not doen is probanbly the long livespan of locomotives. At the time current diesel locomotives were developed and produced there were no sufficiently powerful, safe and long lasting batteries. In addition, such Locomotives will probably never be developed because diesel cokomovies are phased out. Electric locomotives use regenerative breaking all the time pushing the power back into the supply lines.
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  1455.  @ezzmuch2391  Are there any British products apart from cheese and fish that do not require components from the rest of the world?
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  1456.  bart simpson  You are talking about submission, not peace.
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  1457.  bart simpson  You wanted to say before 2014.
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  1458.  @sticky59  So when Putin punched them in the face, the population of Ukraine should have said thank you more please?
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  1459. Who deserves what?
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  1460. ​ @kavustock  The EU is controlled by the nation it consists of. To change these organizations to direct democracy instead of being in indirect would brake the supremacy of the member countries. I did not now you agreed to Verhofstadt in this regard. The EU fishery rules were elaborated in the fishery board of the EU parliament. Farage was a member of this board, however, he attended 3 of 41 meetings. These meetings require hard work for the preparation and do not offer high-profile activities. So Farage was letting the UK fishery down.
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  1461.  @Raycheetah  When EU policies that all countries agreed to are useful (as the are) it makes sense to implement them.
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  1462. "A weird question, to ask ''how will all these far right parties work together'' I would say since their vision is the same on some fronts they are already working together as +- 5 minutes earlier this docu showed this." Every one of these parties claims to value the benefit of their own country over all the other countries. In economic terms, the AFD and the Lega are the hardest opposition. Well, it seems they can put this aside to support each other in undermining the EU.
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  1463.  @angelxxsin  Exactly, the Ukrainian troops are operating in a delaying action. This compensates the superiority of the Russian army. It is the best way to maximize the losses of the attacker and minimize your own losses.
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  1464.  @Paddystinian82  I do not see how Russia could take the area west of Kherson. The River mouths are natural obstacles. In addition, Odessa can always be supplied via Romania. In addition, Russia is on the defense in Kherson.
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  1465.  @hermanwooster8944  This number has been claimed, but there is no real data. In any case Ukraine is fighting for its existence. High losses are expected when the other side has military superiority. In any case, this type of battle minimizes the losses that would otherwise be even higher.
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  1466.  @yellowtunes2756  Trying to meet the Russian army on the open battlefield would lead to much higher Ukrainian and lower Russian losses. It would be stupid.
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  1467.  @hermanwooster8944  Everybody agrees that the losses of the Ukrainian army are high, but all we have are estimations. Still, the Ukrainian army is making the most of the forces they have. Any other strategy would cause more losses.
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  1468.  @hermanwooster8944  Correct, Russia never followed the Minsk agreement. Ukrainie asked for UN peace keepers to supervise the case fire and enable the Minsk agreement, but Russia vetoed this mission. Russia has proven absolutely unreliable, any peace without Ukraine becoming a member of NATO is only a delay for Russias war on Ukraine.
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  1469. You could replace EU bureaucrats with the other members of the Eurozone. In case Italy defaults the EU has no budget to save them other countries will need to pay the price.
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  1470. Gaza is densly populated and the people are starving. Every person needs to be asumed a civilian unless confirmed othervise.
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  1471.  @thiphan264  There was a big sign on the roof of each car. You need to actively ignore this. Any German soldiers making these mistakes in Afhanistan risked jailtime.
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  1472.  @thiphan264  So you say the IDF kills indiscriminitly everybody driving a white Toyota truck? I tend to agree. That meens that all the killed "terrorists" can be assumed to be civillians.
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  1473. Why don't you just buy an Unimog? Same size but better all-terrain capability, and better visibility.
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  1474. Thunderfoot will you mention Arrheius 1897?
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  1475.  @chirpywiggins5796  How is this a massive escalation?
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  1476. Well, the doctor administering the vaccine costs more than the jab in any case. The low cost of the AZ vaccine is irrelevant as the company is unable or unwilling to fulfill its contract.
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  1477.  @davemrec  Whatever, the procedure of administering the doses is more expensive than the jab itself.
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  1478.  @davemrec  I would have taken the AZ vaccine, but they never delivered sufficient quanteties. The low cost is fully irrelevant when the company is unwilling or unable to fulfill the contract. Any further contract with AZ would further delay the vaccination process. Pfizer and Biontech have increased the production capacity to the required quantity in the desired time window.
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  1479.  @davemrec  So you think it is the fault of Belgium? No, AZ had the chance to supply the EU and blew it.
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  1480.  @davemrec  The EU ordered the vaccine one day before the UK, this is actually irrelevant. The contracts contain dates for the delivery of certain amounts. Therefore, it does not matter who ordered first. If a company cannot deliver to the promised date, they should not sign the contract. Pfizer informed the EU in time about the issues and measures to resolve them, furthermore, they underdelivered all customers to a similar extent. AZ was not acting in good faith, for example they asked the EU for approval of a production site in Belgium one month later than they did with the UK. Similarly these shenanigans with separating the UK and the EU business have not increased trust in the company.
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  1481.  @davemrec  Well, I am sure the causal AZ will see some court action. In any case it will not change the fact that AZ has failed and proved unreliable. It will be interesting to see what shenanigans of the UK and AZ will come to light in future. Regarding the other companies, the matter is still in the negotiations stage. Let's wait 2 months and see.
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  1482.  @davemrec  So you say: Modena wants to supply the UK with 65 million doses. OK, but what for? You already have a contract with AZ over 100m doses. Enough to vaccinate your total population (if the Pfizer shots are taken in account). Do you want to dump AZ? If they are setting up the production in Scotland right now, they will be able to deliver in November. At that point USA, UK, EU, and India will be fully vaccinated, and prices will reach a minimum. So what will be the economic benefit of setting up this site? You see their are lots of things unclear. So let us see how it will work out.
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  1483.  @davemrec  Well, I just checked. The issue between Valneva and the EU. The EU insisted on the usual health and safety rules without any emergency admission. After we are have the first two shots it will be no longer an emergency but daily life. I myself would rather pay 100€ following health and safety standards, rather then getting an experimental vaccine for free.
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  1484.  @davemrec  Well, AZ has got a exemption from liability in the UK and Valneva asked for the same in the EU.
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  1485. Well strange things happen, Markoni knew much less of physiks then the people at Telefunken. And still he won out. But such events are rare.
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  1486.  @Gaming101-r9o  OK, so you willfully misunderstood everything, fine. - In order to be able to suspend product checks we need a common minimum standard for products. - In order to suspend tariffs we need a level playing field. - In order to allow for freedom of movement we need at least comparable labor laws and human rights. - In order to facilitate freedom of services we need some minimum standards for these services. Otherwise removing borders would endanger voters.
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  1487.  @Gaming101-r9o  Minimum product and working standards as well as human rights will not impact your cultural heritage. As long as your cultural heritage does not involve breaking human rights. In fact, even if the EU became a country this would not change this situation. Different regions in the UK, Germany, or Switzerland have kept their cultural identity for centuries of being part of a bigger country. EU countries work together, there is not one country deciding, but all countries negotiate this topic and come to a common decision. In foreign policy, it is a way to achieve a larger impact and a louder voice.
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  1488.  @remcovanek2  Gibraltar will be a mess, but it is small compared to NI and has no history of troubles.
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  1489.  @zoranocokoljic8927 : Nobody forced them and at least Poland does not have the Euro.
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  1490.  @dannybodros5180 : Sorry, it was not met as sarcasm.
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  1491.  @zoranocokoljic8927 : Thanks, I should have looked it up.
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  1492. Actually, no invader should be given an inch attacks regardless if the invader is democratic or not.
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  1493.  @lackns : You can betray the 27 countries that have chosen you as a negotiator.
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  1494.  Albert Pike  : Spoken like Alex Jones, someone is proud of you.
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  1495.  @herbertbaumer8839  Vor dem Angriff Russlands war die Ukraine neutral. Das ist jetzt keine Lösung mehr. Nach Ende des Krieges wird Ukraine ein Mitglied der NATO werden. Der Angriff Russlands hat gezeigt dass es keine andere Lösung gibt.
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  1496.  @marko.rankovic  "I don't blame Russia for refusing to accept Western values and become another clone." That is not the point. Russia can be however they want to be, why should anybody care. But they need to accept realities, the Russian economy is smaller than the economy of Italy (by now smaller than Spain). If they continue to make imperial demands on neighboring countries they will not get the reaction they demand. This inability to see realities will destroy destroy Russia. "Why should they do that if they already have their own brains?" Fine use it to become industrial leader in as many fields as possible. "There is no way you'd be happy to accept cultural values from the opposite side of the world which constant brags about itself all the time, even if they were doing better and were smarter." That is irrelevant. China has shown the world that you can gain respect without changing your culture. "You still wouldn't do it. It's kind of like selling your family village because you're hungry." Buying weapons instead of food and getting yourself into trouble if no solution. "Sometimes pride does come first, I'd say it does here." No, humility comes first. Accept realities and build on what you really have, do not waist your time on your past glory. "Although I do admit, I do say this with more emotion than logic but humans are emotional beings the hell can you do right?" That is the reason why we want rational thinking people in government.
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  1497.  @ryanstark2350 : At first there was no deception, the hope for a unified Europe was a result of the horrors of WW2 and the reality that Europe would be the battleground it the cold war ever got hot. This was out in the open all the time. Most politicians did not stress this as they concentrated on the next steps, but it was well known. And based on your comparison the US would be more of a tyranny as unlike the EU it did not contain an article 50. In contrast, the US acted violently as a part of it wanted to depart.
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  1498.  @heronsdoor4658 : "Leaving the EU" and "no border in IN" and "no border in the Irish sea" are contradicting requirements. Same is true for "having free access to the common market" (to sell services) on the first hand and "no freedom of movement" on the other. You are caught in your own red lines.
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  1499.  @heronsdoor4658 : Canada has no common border with the EU otherwise it would NEED to be a hard border. MSM is a snake oil salesman. Prove me wrong! Give me an example for a border in between two industrialized countries not within a trade union that does not need border checks. I am constantly crossing the border in between Germany and Switzerland and there are posts and checks. The two countries could save an awful lot of money by automatizing this border but it cannot be done (at least not by now).
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  1500. ​ @heronsdoor4658 : Repetition doesn't make it true. Within the EU there are no border issues. But outside the EU any border needs to be enforced. Show me one single border that is different. By the way, the Canada trade deal would not help your Banks.
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  1501.  @heronsdoor4658 : You have not answered my question. Show me any border outside the EU that is not guarded.
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  1502. 1:42 You have not understood how the EU was keeping the peace. It is not about deterring external enemies like Nato. It is about preventing any internal war, by two means. 1. All EU countries are economically interconnected that any internal war, even if it was won, would be economically disastrous for the aggressor. 2. Open borders mitigate the issues of e.g. the German population in South Tirol Italy. Issues similar to could have led to war, but with open borders, it is much less relevant on which side of the border someone is living.
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  1503. The question if such a trap would be legal can only arise in the USA. Anywhere else they would have gone to jail.
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  1504.  @toddbrackett4277  Well, he is a journalist, not an engineer. Similarly, the Leopar is cheaper than the Abrams mainly because Germany sold them off after the end of the cold war.
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  1505.  @toddbrackett4277  He got the mindset in Germany pretty spot on. Far, far better than anything I heard from the UK and the US in the last month. I guess different people have different qualifications.
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  1506. Thanks for showing me how ridiculous the Starship project actually is.
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  1507. There is no foreseeable scenario in which the border in the Irish sea will be blocked completely. It is, however, possible that the border will be closed for certain food products from the UK. 1. You know that certain US food products are banned in the EU and the UK. 2. The UK wants to strike a trade deal with the USA and seems to may want to align with the USA to an unknown extend. 3. The UK does not give the EU any assurances that its standards will be aligned with the EU. 4. As a result, the EU cannot guarantee that all British food products can be exported to the EU (and NI). 5. This is no issue for the supply of food for NI, on the contrary, the border to the EU will stay open.
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  1508. Well, one side attacks military infrastructure, the other side attacks civillians.
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  1509. Correct, the interviewer is really bad.
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  1510.  @corruptionsniffer5362  An interviewer should challenge his interviewee but he is Gish galloping him.
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  1511. I think blackfacing is a loaded topic in the US. Same is saying the N-word. The racist root have to be taken into account. In fact, saying the N-word is just saying black in Latin, or Spanish. I think the actual words should be of lower relevance than the meaning that was implied. Similarly, if you dress like a person of a different Ethnicity to make fun of them is disgusting, but if you do the same out of admiration it is a totally different situation. I think in this regards the US is caught in its own stereotypes. When Germans do their enactments of Indians from the Karl May novels some Americans may be shocked. But if you look closer, the basis of this is the worshipping of a life of freedom in harmony with nature. And in spite of all the clumsiness of this enactment, it is the spirit that matters. I have seen a report about this with several enraged American comments but several encouraging or amused comments from different American Indians. Tell me if I am wrong.
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  1512. In Germany, you are no longer confined to the school at the age of 14 but you cannot drive before 18. This scene seems absurd.
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  1513. Do you think it is justifiable to deny independent countries the protection of NATO, even if they fulfill at the requirements?
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  1514.  @GREENFING3R : I guess this means your stuff was made up or exaggerated.
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  1515. Dear  @GREENFING3R , you had the power, not anymore.
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  1516. Dear  @GREENFING3R , thanks for calling me an idiot, and thanks for responding in a way that I was not notified. The 28 (soon 27) armed forces of the EU use different languages and have different command structures, this reduces defense capabilities when working together. Joined maneuvers may reduce this problem but they will not mitigate it. Furthermore, a common purchase will reduce costs and increase compatibility. And by the way, Australia armed forces control a continent, so what?
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  1517. The issue for the American government is the fact that Europe will not purchase the weapons in America.
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  1518.  @jx1668  It does not make sense to allow us to be blackmailed by a filling station with nukes. If the threat of WW3 works once Russia will use it again to demand more and more absurd concessions.
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  1519. @Anonymous Bosch Both countries currently do not fulfill the requirements for the EU, but both countries could reform and reach the requirements in 7-12 years. In this case Ukraine would surely be accepted, Turkey in contrast would probably need to wait another 2-3 years.
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  1520. @Anonymous Bosch It is not a lie. As I said, Turkey will probably not be admitted to the EU in the year they fulfill all the requirements, but if they would continue to fulfill all requirements for several years, it would become impossible to reject Turkey any longer. If Turkey chose to fulfill all the requirements for membership in the EU, the differences of the legal and governmental system would narrow down and it would no longer be too different. But sure that would also include the need to resolve disputes with it's neighbors and and to accept the reality about the fait of Armenians during WW1. All this could be resolved in a few years, if government and population would really want to become a member of the EU. I know it is a lot, but it could be done. It is very different from the current governmental policy of Turkey. And if Turkey really did this it would be soo impressive for the EU that most of the rejection would no longer be relevant. It is unrealistic that Turkey will go this way, the country has found an arrangement it can live with. The situation in Ukraine is very different. The country wants and needs to be a member of the EU and of NATO just in order to continue to exist. All politicians and even more the population are willing to make these changes.
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  1521. @Anonymous Bosch Both countries have it in their own hands to be accepted. It is not easy, the needed reforms will be hard. It has been hard for e.g. the Baltic republics to get ready for the EU and the common market. But it will pay off, not because of the EU money, but because of the common market, and because the reforms are valuable in themselves.
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  1522. @Anonymous Bosch Simply, Turkey and Serbia can't join because of the formal requirements. They finally need to begin with the required reforms. In 1990 Ukraine and Poland had the same GDP per capita. Now the value of Poland is 5 times larger compared to Ukraine. WTO is the absolute minimum the standard of trade. Trade deals improve trade. A common market leads the the absolute minimum of bureaucratic hurdles when trading.
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  1523. @Anonymous Bosch They are better at keeping peace with their neighbors. I do not see how Serbia can join the EU without making peace with Kosovo.
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  1524. @Anonymous Bosch Well, it is for you decide if you want to join the EU or not.
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  1525. @Anonymous Bosch So as far as I understand you the majority of Serbs do want to join the EU. Your government is definitely not pro-Werstern, at least not enough to make the changes needed to be able to join. What kind of pressure do you feel to join NATO? This does not seem to make sense.
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  1526. @Anonymous Bosch (1) Well, you should have been clearer to begin with. (2) So your government knows what is needed for Serbia to prosper, but unwilling to do it. (3) I cannot see how this anyhow related with a pressure for Serbia to join NATO. Quite the contrary, it is very likely you would be rejected.
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  1527. @Anonymous Bosch (1) Well you where not. (2) Germany has lost more territory than Serbia ever had. Well, Germany could insist on the borders of 1930, or 1914, or even 1400, but that wouldn't bring it back. It is better to be a good neighbor, a friend not an aggressor. Once you are a member of the EU, these borders will loose most of their importance anyway. Ps. I looked it up, the Serbian economy is worse then the Bulgarian economy. But sure thanks to freedom of movement, many Bulgarian people will have taken the chance to improve their lives. (3) Well, Serbia has been the aggressor in the war, you will be treated this way until you make credible steps to redeem yourself. But this would still not mean you would become a member of NATO.
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  1528.  21 accounts Removed  Well, the recent months have shown that it is absolutely necessary.
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  1529.  @itsMe_TheHerpes  How do you come to such an absurd idea?
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  1530.  @abdelcoubadja9078  Are you sure you are using the correct propaganda. It was Nazis, not communists, wasn't it?
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  1531.  @FreeDumbDaily  Countries do not pay anything for Nato membership, they just finance their own military. But sure, Serbia is like Austria or Switzerland is indirectly protected by NATO.
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  1532. @Donetsk People's Republic Well, operational readiness of the Russian nuclear arsenal is far more uncertain than the willingness of NATO to defend its members.
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  1533.  21 accounts Removed  I want Ukraine to live in peace, and Russia has proven to be not trustworthy. No serious investor will invest in Ukraine if Russia could invade the next day. So Ukraine will never see peace until it is a member of NATO.
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  1534. @Anonymous Bosch Well, Jugoslavia no longer existed when Serbia attacked the other countries. Serbia could have found an peaceful agreement, but your goal was a greater Serbia. Serbia was the aggressor, and Serbia will not be able to join the EU until is settles it's territorial disputes. Cm
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  1535.  @prometheusjackson8787  The EU is beneficial for all it's members, so it is unlikely for many countries to leave. In contrast, the UK would cease to exist, if Northern Ireland or Scotland would decide to leave.
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  1536. This would cause a hard border in Ireland and in the Irish sea.
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  1537.  @Burningsteel  Margarete Thatcher was quite active in transforming it into the EU. A simple trade union does not allow for the freedom of service (especially financial service) the only aspect of commerce the UK has a surplus.
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  1538.  @ludara8697  30k is quite a lot.
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  1539.  @Stephano.MBravo1  It is a battle with one side defending from fortified positions and the other side trying to take these defenses. This strongly benefits the defenders. It compensates the numerical discrepancy and leads to casualties mainly on the side of the attacker. But sure, the Ukrainian army is also suffering, not only by taking casualties but also by the emotional effect of a retreat.
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  1540.  @ludara8697  In the internet just like you. None of us can be sure about these numbers.
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  1541. Well, Russia lost in WW1.
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  1542.  @dmitrygreen4002  Russia was a part of the Soviet Union just like Ukraine. No Ukraine was not a part of Russia.
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  1543.  @dmitrygreen4002  Well, in any case Ukraine has not been a part of Russia for the last 100 years. Besides all European Nations (besides Russia) have released most of their colonies.
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  1544. ​ @dmitrygreen4002  "30 years ago it was literally one country" But it was not a part of Russia. Just like Hesse is not a part of Bavaria. "and it was for most of the recent 1000 years one way or another." Moscow was a very small settlement in the influence of Kyiv. But this has no relevance to present-day politics. "Ukraine was a core part of Metropoly, comparing it to colony is " Ukraine is to Russia what Austria is to Germany. They are similar with a similar language and similar traditions. It however requires fascist thinking for the larger country to take over the smaller country.
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  1545. Dont you distuinguish between a direct and indirect democracy in English? Switzerland has probably the strongest remains of direct Democracy.
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  1546.  @icu17siberia  The EU and it's members provide more help to Ukraine than the USA. But we all should do far more.
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  1547. Same is true for most European countries.
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  1548.  @tourmaline1810 : The orange man could do even more damage lets hope it ends peacefully. Do you really assume everybody that voted for Hitler was committed to his case? People were desperate their livelihoods were in danger. They voted for a change as any change seemed to be good. This is actually very similar to Brexit.
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  1549.  @Надежда_Александровна  So why did the Russian controlled "separatists" keep breaking the Minsk agreement, this way blocking the autonomy they claimed to want? Why did Russia veto UN blue helmet peace keepers to supervise the case fire?
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  1550. Fressgasse in Frakfurt.
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  1551. Lots of proves just no GPS logger data, the small boats do not need a logger.
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  1552. Putting the rocket fuel tanks around the habitat is surely better than a few millimeters of hydrogenated nanotubes.
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  1553. I think there might have been a Boer on a horse that had been taken out even more British soldiers. Similar there may have been an Afghan warrior out a similar number of Britons due to the longer reach the long Afghan rifle taking.
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  1554.  @ezee7288  Whenever Russia wins it tends to escalate, so Russia must not win.
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  1555. In order to run the USA fully down?
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  1556.  @yayorandel7106  Take back the land from whom? From the majority of the population, it seems. As far as I see they protest for the right to Endanger themselves and others. Why should a tiny percentage of assholes have the right to endanger all of us?
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  1557.  @yayorandel7106  Well, being led by blind or brain dead people may be true. I have the feeling you would agree with this brain dead leader and may have voted him into office.
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  1558.  @yayorandel7106  So you are upset he is only capable to destroy the country halfway, because of some of the people working for him stop his attempts to fully destroy it?
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  1559.  @yayorandel7106  Life is always a compromise, only idiots think absolutes are desirable.
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  1560.  @yayorandel7106  Humans are social beings, without other humans, you would not survive a month. Any interaction with other humans involves some interdependencies. So your motto is in fact: Death or death Pretty dark if you ask me.
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  1561.  @yayorandel7106  "Unite on freedom", a contradiction in itself. Please educate yourself.
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  1562. There vote share increased.
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  1563.  @OoJackoO  You Brits have a strange electoral system.
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  1564. Unlikely, most likely Russians wanted to hide how they tortured these brave men to death.
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  1565.  @douglastodd1947  " Totally agree, but it is Breaking up the Treaty of Union 1707 as punishment for the UK having the Audacity to quit the Club." You got it all backward, Bresit breaks the GFA. The NIP allowed the UK to leave the EU without breaking the GFA. The NIP is a huge concession of the EU to the UK. The EU entrusts a non-member to guard the border of the common market. "Scrap NIP let EU Ports in Ireland & Europe be the Border Control like it was before Brexit." So you want to undo Brexit? Sure, the UK can ask to become a member of the EU once again. It will probably take a decade, but fine. "& i'm led to believe still is , only with more stringent Paperwork & Load Checking prolonging the time it takes to go through Customs." What? No there was no customs check before Brexit. People were checked because the UK was not part of Schengen, but goods were not checked before Brexit.
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  1566.  @douglastodd1947  "Biggest % of people aren't interested in Joining the EU." Fine it would not be easy anyway. "WE were never Members , Lied to for over 45year, Still getting LIed to by a Treasonous Parliament," So you say the UK lied to the EU for 45 years? Well, that is a confession! "Like Ireland voted NO to Lisbon Treaty EU made them re-do it " 1. The EU does not organize referenda, only member countries do. 2. The EU will accept whatever a country has agreed on doing, it does not matter how this decision was made in this country, as long as it is officially announced by a democratic government. 3. The EU changed the Lisbon Treaty and Ireland decided to organize another referendum. "told this will continue until we get the YES vote" That was a decision of the government of Ireland nothing to do with the EU. "Gordon Brown denied UK a Referendum on it , Signed it in No10 March following year " That was a decision of the government of the UK nothing to do with the EU.
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  1567. The WA is fair, so, what concession does the UK want to make in exchange of a concession by the EU?
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  1568.  @Surv1ve_Thrive : Nobody denies you to leave the club. However, the WA was fair. If you want further concessions, you would need to give equivalent concessions in return in order to keep the WA fair.
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  1569.  @saigashotgun8219 : Was your remark concerning not pushing the UK out or the backdating of the WA. In any case you may be right. But I would be not so sure, the EU has a tradition to circumvent the rules if all agree. I guess we both will agree they will not change the WA, as this will not be beneficial for all members. Still, accepting the WA till the 15th of November could be a thing. I doubt other countries will dispute this as it could be seen as an internal affair of the EU and I doubt the EU27 countries will dispute it as it will be the fastest way to end the disruption of trade.
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  1570.  @turquoiseowl : Oh my good, what has Britain left, after loosing their sense for dark humor.
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  1571.  @turquoiseowl : What Barnier told a joke. It was so obvious that they did not remove it from the Documentation. They mirrored the paranoid mind of a Brexitere.
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  1572.  @turquoiseowl : Oh, you are referring to this, were Barnier describes the strategy of May. He is talking about keeping the situation of at the border in Ireland unresolved and to isolate Ireland, and that "she" is traveling to all European leaders. He is clearly not describing the strategy of the EU negotiation team.
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  1573.  @turquoiseowl : Surely, it comes out of his mouth. He is discussing the actions of the British negotiators. He says, the negotiation is stuck on the Backstop. Then he assumes that the British side does not want the Backstop as they want to use the Position of Ireland as a bargaining chip. They want to insulate Ireland .... The described actions clearly match the British position: The EU wants to solve the Situation in Ireland may wanted to keep it open. The UK wanted to insulate Ireland from the rest of the EU, the other way around it simply does not make sense.
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  1574.  @turquoiseowl : Sure, you perfectly quoted Barnier wen he was analyzing the British position: 'For me there is a strategic and tactical reason which is using Ireland for future negotiations .." This is exactly what the EU tries to avoid, they want to solve the situation in Ireland in order not to be pressured by the UK.
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  1575.  @turquoiseowl : As I said, it becomes even clearer he talks about the attempt to isolate Ireland, these are no attempts by the EU these are attempts by the UK.
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  1576.  @turquoiseowl : Barnier says: "For me there is the strategy....," so he assumes this is the strategy, otherwize he would have saied "Our strategy is..." There is a big difference.
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  1577.  @turquoiseowl  : That is the thing, the situation in Ireland is complex. If NI leaves the common market there needs to be a hard border. However, this would be horrible for NI (and Ireland). The three red lines of the government of the UK never added up you cannot: leave the common market, have the same arrangement for NI as for the rest of the UK and keep an open border in Ireland. The EU needs to protect itself against such insanity, therefore, the backstop. The whole problem could have been solved with a border in the Irish sea. This does not mean tearing the UK apart, there are countless examples of two different models within a single country, one would be Hong Kong where the UK forced China to accept a similar model.
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  1578. Dear  @turquoiseowl  one more thing, I want to thank you for your honesty. You guided me to the exact point making my refute possible in the first place. I want to assure you, that, while I think Brexit will be bad for the UK, do not wish you or your country any harm.
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  1579. Dear  @turquoiseowl , by abandoning the GFA the UK would have just slapped the EU's face just to turn around and ask for help. Sounds insane, doesn't it? Besides a Canada style trade deal would not be sufficient for the transition. Several international agreements like aviation, nuclear safety, and driving licenses are handled via the EU. All these can be transferred to the UK but this takes time. The official transition period would deliver all this, but this requires signing the WA and continue to pay the membership fee at least for a few years.
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  1580.  @turquoiseowl : I am aware that all countries of the EU will be impacted by a hard Brexit. However, Germany will loose tariff free state for 6% of its exports, wile the UK will loose the tariff free status of 80% of its exports (40% into the EU and 40% based on EU trade deals/correction it is 35% outside the EU as some trade deals were rolled over). Furthermore the UK will loose access to 750 non trade deals providing things as air traffic. Even more, the relevant industrial leaders always told that they value the integrity of the common market higher than access to the UK. This is no wonder as, any country of the EU27 has more trade with the other members of the EU 27 than with the UK. The transition period is a well balanced construction, designed to sute both sides. Anything more would damage the EU27 and can not be accepted (I could cite May).
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  1581. Dear  @turquoiseowl , furthermore there is the element of fairness. The UK cannot have the same deal like Norway without paying like Norway.
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  1582.  @turquoiseowl : Now we are starting to leave my secure ground but I can think of several aspects: Being part of the common market requires some regulatory alignment and acceptance of the European Cort of Justice. In order to provide legal certainty and things like food safety. This would obviously compromise the common market. This conflicts with the UK's ambition for regulatory divergence and independence. These aspects need to worked out and fixed in a contract. Any unilateral termination of the WA (abandoning the Backstop) would result in an insecure situation on the Irish border for the next years or even decades to come. Furthermore, are you aware that a Canada style FTA with the EU is totally different to a membership in the EU or the common market? I used to work in Switzerland. They are part of the Schengen area, but not of the common market. Mail ordering from the EU often takes 2 weeks and costs an extra of 50€. This is time and money spend on the customs procedure. The tariffs themselves are often negligible.
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  1583.  @turquoiseowl : As I said the FTA would not be a standstill but a serious downgrade of the UK and not resolving the issue in Ireland and not for any of the issues with international contracts. A standstill that really kept the situation as it is now would involve accepting the ECJ and paying for the membership. And of cause it would require solving the issues with the border in Ireland.
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  1584. The EU has not reneged on the WA, the only side acting in bad faith seems to be the UK.
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  1585.  @lq7777  In 100 years?
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  1586. Only terrorists attack UN peacekeepers.
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  1587. Well, in spring in the UK the numbers of excess death were higher than the number of registered covid deaths, as not all infected people were tested. So the official number is a significantly underestimated.
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  1588.  @Eman_Puedama  Well, countries with early lock downs had a deficit in deaths. This was due to less other sicknesses and less accidents. So it needs to be assumed that the real number of Covid deaths is even larger than the excess death number.
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  1589. Sounds like the life of Putin.
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  1590. An impressive speaker. Telling things as they are.
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  1591. So what do you want the Backstop or a hard border?
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  1592. Why does the UK still have the "brit rebate"? I thought it was granted on the base that the UK stays in the EU.
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  1593. Putin must not win this war, otherwise he will escalate and most likely attack a NATO member. In such a case the threat of a nuclear war would be far higher.
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  1594. The naval drones still cause a lot of damage, but sure Musk shutting down Starlink as been setting them back.
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  1595. There needs to be a path for face saving climb down of Putin. I think that is what we here from the negotiations. Something like this: 1. No NATO membership (but guarantees from NATO, preventing a further invasion so a de facto membership without a NATO base) 2. Accepting Crimea to be Russian (and a Russian payment for the water) 3. Seceding Donbass (but only the tiny area held by the rebels) 4. Dishonorable dismissal of AZOV (while keeping the military pensions) A way that both sides (especially Putin) can claim victory.
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  1596.  @jgt_  I would like to agree and I despise people that claim Ukraine should just submit to Russia. Sadly I doubt the situation will be resolved in any way but in a compromise. I would guess, in this case, independence and security of Ukraine would be key.
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  1597. ​ @K.k-7796 Was this his flat?
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  1598.  @LC-ju4ih  It is not about eating bats but about living in the same area as bats, even worse going into caves where bats are living. Most countries on earth have bats, could have happened anywhere. OK, the bad conditions in Chinese agriculture could have fostered the virus. Its good that Europe has higher food standards, isn´t it?
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  1599. Germany will buy US planes and US gas, I think it will still be a net benefit for the USA. Unlikely other wars.
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  1600. Talking about the UK?
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  1601.  @floro7687  Sure, the UK is not.
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  1602. So they interpreted pro German Western stories as anti-American Western stories? Nothing about Winnetou seems to fit the Soviet propaganda.
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  1603. FEE= Edelsteine Forschungsinstitut für mineralische und metallische Werkstoffe?
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  1604. It is.
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  1605. She had a strange way of doing this. We all (EU27) would be happy if the UK was already gone.
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  1606.  @marilata551 : Wake up Barnier and his Brexit steering groop have been incredible courteous with the UK. But they cannot offer something that is detrimental for all 27 countries of thr residual EU. It is simple Brexit is economically damaging for the UK. Nobody punishes you, you have done this to yourself.
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  1607.  @marilata551 : LMAO, not a penny of debt? They had to hide most of their debts to be accepted in the EU and the Euro in the first place. The Eurozone has rules to prevent overextension (mechanisms Italy was facing half a year ago), but the Greek state cheated. Finally, when it came to a collapsed all Eurozone members helped Greece to cope with it, but the greedy UK did not take part in it, even so, the City must have made fortune on the Greek debt. If any country is to blame it is the UK! But to come back to the point, it is irrelevant what you think of the future perspective of the EU: If you want to leave, you can leave but you cannot expect that the EU continues to pamper the UK.
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  1608.  @marilata551  : The Eurozone is a team, similar to a group of mountaineers. Together it is easier and safer to climb the mountain of success, but if one partner behaves unreasonable, he endangers the whole team. Keeping your partners from doing unreasonable things is no dictatorship, it is enforcing the rules all partners agreed to at the beginning. A policy of austerity is damaging as it hits the poor part of the society the hardest, and it prevents long term investment in future industries. So, some public debt is useful to allow to boost your economy and invest in infrastructure, but once our debts exceed the amount you are trusted to pay back, you are in trouble. As always, the compromise is the way to go, this is exactly what the EU promotes. Within the sound range, there is still a wide variety of possible solutions to enforce by the individual countries. By the way, any comparison with the USA is futile, the dollar is the worlds key currency, so the USA is the only country able to pay with printed paper.
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  1609.  @marilata551 : If you are no team player you will experience being in a team as restrictive. That is fine, if you want to leave, please leave, but stop smearing the EU.
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  1610.  @marilata551 : Just for my understanding: You are using the term "subtle genocide." I thought this was a term of the far right for Syrian and African migrants entering the EU. Sorry, it just puzzles me, wouldn't your existence in the UK also qualify to be named the same? Please correct me, if I misunderstood you.
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  1611.  @marilata551 : I fully agree with you in this respect the USA, the UK, France, and Russia are fueling the conflict pushing the Syrians to flee. Still, I can think of no justification to repeal these people if it this means sending them to their death. I am fully aware that the Dublin contract is kind of unfair for Italy, I would argue for a change but with the far right governments in Europe, such a change is impossible. To me, this is the reason why the new far-right entity in the EU parliament will never work. Different countries of the EU have different opinions, but they compromise in the EU. Far right parties also incorporate these national spirits, but without compromise. So in most arguments within the EU parliament, the far right of one country will end up the most inexpiably opposition of the far right of another country. They will mostly cancel themselves out.
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  1612.  @marilata551 : The Italien Commissioner is a proxy of the Italien government in the commission. He is instated by the Italian government and needs to be verified by the EU parliament. As the EU parliament and the Italian government are democratically elected the Italian Commissioner is well legitimated. The same is true for all other commissioners. Please do not confuse "has a different opinion" with "is corrupt."
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  1613.  @marilata551  : It is incredible how much hate you seem to feel. If you are part of the far right then you will perceive all compromises a buckle of your own side. Having this point of view you will always see the other side winning and oppressing you even if this side has conceded as much as you. You are talking about Soros, but you neglect all the far right billionaires pushing in the opposite direction.
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  1614.  @marilata551 : Yes, love and hate are the two extreme poles of your possible emotion. Both sides distort your recognition. Unlike you, I see myself as a European, but I surely have many points to that would need improvement. I am trying to have an objective viewpoint. It was not love, but logic and decency that made the Eurozone help Greece. It may not have been enough, but without this help, the crisis would have been much worse. The war in Yugoslavia was a civil war outside of the EU. The EU had and still has no army, it is no military alliance. So unlike NATO and individual EU countries, the EU had no influence on Yugoslavia. Furthermore, if you refer to the International Court of Justice in The Haag, I can assure you it has nothing to do with the EU. Once again if you want to remove the missiles pointing to Russia, you need to abandon NATO, not the EU. Please educate yourself before repeating pointless accusation, otherwise, you embarrass yourself.
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  1615.  @marilata551  : It does not matter if you call it help or not, without the money of the Troika the situation in Greece would be even worse.
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  1616.  @marilata551  :
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  1617.  @marilata551 : And by the way, the mere fact that the people apply for residence in the UK, does not mean they want to stay in the UK because of Brexit, it means they have their livelihoods in the UK and are forced to do this in order not to be thrown out.
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  1618.  @marilata551  : OMG, you have watched too much RT. I can distinguish actors that try to do the right thing but fail from time to time and forces that want to spread dissension in our society. Please reconsider your paranoid world view.
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  1619.  @marilata551 : By the way, the only thing they threatened Greece with was not to help. So the actions taken should have been predominantly positive, otherwise, the thread of stopping would not have been a threat.
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  1620. Gaza and the West Jordan Land are in effect part of Israel. Israel controlls the borders of Gaza, and a large part of the streets in the West Jordan Land. Still, the people living in this regions cannot vote for the Knesset.
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  1621. And a weakness of the Pound.
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  1622. So you want to start a trade war you cannot win?
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  1623.  Leroy Jenkins Alpha  The EU does not even loose trade wars with the USA.
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  1624.  Leroy Jenkins Alpha Actually no, every time the US starts a trade war with the EU it ends in a draw. But if the UK starts a trade war with the EU it also starts a trade war with the USA. But even more, the UK would start a trade war without having any ammunition. That is so funny. Currently the UK is not checking any deliveries from the EU in order to prevent shortage. You simply can not institute any punitive tariffs without checking the goods at all. You want to go to war against a stronger opponent with empty hands.
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  1625. You have not understood. Nobody says you should not buy at Amazon or Walmart. Alternative companies may be less successful but still treat their employees bad. It is not bad that these companies and its owners make money. It is however important to tax these companies accordingly and to make them pay living wages.
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  1626.  @PersonaN007Grata  That there is nothing "hypocrite" about buying from Amazon and still wanting Amazon to be taxed.
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  1627.  @PersonaN007Grata  Avoiding companies that increased efficiency does not improve the life of the population. Using this increased efficiency can improve the life of all of us. Of course rich people will always trie to avoid taxes, but it is the job of the government to make this difficult not to make it easy.
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  1628.  @PersonaN007Grata  Well, most companies are trying to do this. Actually lots of struggling companies are treating the employees at least as bad. It is virtually impossible to avoid this without paying multiple times the price for products. And most of us cannot afford this. So your proposal is rather pointless. Taxing these companies and having them pay living wages is the way to go.
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  1629.  @PersonaN007Grata  By proving you wrong??? It seems you want to think all poor people are bad because they cannot afford morally correct goods.
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  1630.  @PersonaN007Grata  Well, your seem to refer to yourself.
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  1631.  @jamesconroy5905  : All the Backstop does is to reinforce the GFA. As far as I know, the UK wants to honor the GFA. So the Backstop should not be an issue.
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  1632.  @jamesconroy5905  : It just says the same as the GFA, so if you do not like the Backstop, do you want to break the GFA?
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  1633.  @jamesconroy5905  Ah, nice of you to introduce yourself.
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  1634. Yes, after the first invasion of Ukraine, Putin has finances 8 years of armed insurgency in Ukraine. Many of the people in Donbass had to flee to Kyjiw.
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  1635. There will still be a long time to membership. Membership right now would not be good for Ukraine and not for the EU. But there are many steps, before membership, that develop the economy and make Ukraine ready for membership.
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  1636. Hi
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  1637. Self inflicted by the UK.
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  1638.  @spencersfarm  Well, the EU has reacted very matter of fact, nobody was holding the UK back. Now you have left and you got exactly what you asked for and what was to be expected. The only side not being able to cope with Brexit are the Brexiters.
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  1639.  @spencersfarm  Isn't it more likely that it is you who is detached from reality, just as you described? Nearly nobody on earth outside of the UK can see any benefit that Brexit has for the UK.
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  1640. ​ @spencersfarm  Thanks I have clarified my post. Well, at the moment the UK is repealing all its treaties with its closest members and not implementing its new agreements. Its actions seem to be similar to Germany in the 1930s. The EU in contrast does no need the UK to prosper. But once again, how do you know that it is not you who is detached from reality?
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  1641.  @spencersfarm  How dare you to compare me with something such absurd. No, I said now it is the UK who is cancelling and not keeping its treaties, just as Germany in the 1930s. Both countries have switched sides. Now it is the UK that has navigated itself in a similar situation as Germany 90 years ago. Notice I am talking about the 30s mot the 40s. Nobody knows how things will develop.
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  1642.  @spencersfarm  You are funny, what you are talking is absurd and in addition unrelated to the topic ad hand. Brexit is self inflicted harm for the UK, and the world is standing by and scratching their heads how a nation can act this stupid.
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  1643.  @spencersfarm  So why do you expect the Chinese to forget what you have done in the "century of shame".
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  1644. BoJo, JRM and of course Farage act really inappropriate. All Tusk is controlling himself very well all he engages in is mild mockery.
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  1645.  @michaelmegale1589  I have no benefit from my characterization of Tusk. I just say what anybody with an open mind can see.
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  1646.  @michaelmegale1589  How do you claim to be taken seriously? If you compare Farages continuous brazenness with Tusks mild mockery you need to be biased to the limit of blindness not to see a difference. Nobody has undermined Brexit, you just do not have the majority for a no deal neither in parliament nor in the population.
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  1647. Who and how?
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  1648.  @PabloTBrave  Unlikely, the debt to GDP of the whole EU is smaller than for the UK or the USA.
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  1649.  @PabloTBrave  Still, from my perspective it seems the USA and the UK are in a much worse situation. Germany may not pay for Italy but the EU will buy its debts.
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  1650.  @PabloTBrave  Sure, sorry I am tired.
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  1651.  @PabloTBrave  Where is the difference to the UK or the USA?
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  1652.  @PabloTBrave  Countries devaluate their currency by issuing more of it. What do you think the special corona spending plan of 2 tn by the EU will do?
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  1653.  @PabloTBrave  Any increase of currency suply will decrease will decrease irrespectively if it is normally done this way or not.
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  1654.  @PabloTBrave  Sure, but you cannot compare the situation before the COVID-19 crisis with the situation right now. Now spending is significantly increased while production all over Europe is reduced. The same is true for the USA and most likely for the UK.
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  1655.  @PabloTBrave  Some people like to negotiate hard. No reason to give them all they want. Otherwise, they start believing they deserve it as the Britons did.
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  1656. Are you talking about Germany defeating Russia?
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  1657.  @ktom5262  You mean because a Russian spy killed the heir to the Austrian thrown. I wonder what Britain had done if Russia had killed the Prince of Wales.
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  1658. Still better than the Wasa.
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  1659. No direction has a majority, neither remain nor leaving with a deal nor leaving without a deal. At the moment the parliament is mainly blocking the government without a deal. So remainers are cooperating with Brexiters that want a deal.
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  1660. The service is not really relevant for the French society but mainly for the UK.
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  1661.  @keegan773  The connection is relevant only for the UK.
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  1662. These excursions into Russia have a very practical reason. It forces Russis to defend its borders. The troops used to defend this villages cannot attack in Ukraine. This way a few hundred soldiers can bind thousands of Russians. The same
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  1663. You wanted to say, until now both sides could not agree on the terms of a ceasefire.
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  1664.  @alanedwards6491  What on earth does have to do with the the International Law of the Sea? It is a question of the rule of law within the UK.
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  1665. Something like this would have saved the Bismarck. It would have allowed to reach a safe harbor despite a broken rudder.
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  1666.  @fastfreddie54  "Dampf" does not contain any "e" and but I did use the common translation, dear KKK member.
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  1667.  @fastfreddie54  ??
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  1668. So let the ECJ decide.
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  1669.  @RuneRelic  Well, you can either ask the ECJ to evaluate this in advance, or you can implement it and run the risk to be forced to backtrack. And if you ignore the ECJ the EU is in its right to sanction the UK. Furthermore, all the countries around the world will know that deals with the UK are worthless. Good luck in striking any trade deals.
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  1670.  @RuneRelic  "sovereignty clauses"? Sovereignty does not mean you need not stand by your word. The UK has accepted the WA as a sovereign country (it actually was the present House of Commons). All the countries in the EU are sovereign. Not standing by your word, does not make you sovereign but a rogue country.
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  1671.  @RuneRelic  "When they exercise judicial over reach and go beyond the remit of the agreement by breaking the constitutional limitations of a sovereign nation" WTF are you talking about? The EU has hot made any overreach. Please point me to the aspects you see as overreach.
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  1672.  @RuneRelic  Well, what you said was pretty vague, it seems you have no idea in what way the EU is breaking anything. 1. If you are talking about the WA, it makes no promise of any trade deal. 2. If you are talking about the political declaration then I need to remind you that the level playing field is part of the signed PD.
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  1673.  @RuneRelic  All countries of the EU are sovereign and still honor their agreements, so the sovereignty of the UK is ensured in any case. The UK was sovereign to sign the WA, the PM signed it, a general election was won on it and it was ratified by the present parliament. You agreed to the WA 100% and you need to stand by your word. "The withdrawal agreement forms the basis of the trade agreement." No, it does not. It is an independent international treaty, solving the issues in Ireland. It is an independent legally binding treaty. Not signing a trade deal does not influence the application of the WA. The PD should have been part of the trade deal. And the political declaration contained the level playing field as a chapter. It is non-binding, but it is the basis of the trade deal.
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  1674.  @RuneRelic  Until now you seem to be more confused than me. But please, enlighten me! But please, could you first tell me if you agree, that you signed the WA, that it is legally binding, and that it names the ECJ as arbitration tribunal.
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  1675. Schott developed borosilikate "Jenaer Glas" in 1887, Corning catched up in 1915 with "Pyrex".
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  1676.  @mbawfongon8491  What pain has Switzerland or Poland brought to Africa?
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  1677.  @tecuci76  1500 troops in Transnistria is virtually nothing. Well, if they try to attack Ukraine from Transnistria will most likely end the Existence of Transnistria.
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  1678.  @thekaiser4333  Of course you can.
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  1679. Sure, but with enormous costs.
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  1680. Well, Israel was founded as a colonial project as Shaun has pointed out.
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  1681.  Brendan Gavaghan  This happens when the population punishes politicians for telling the truth. Than you get snake oil salesmen like Farage, Johnsen, Rees-Mogg, and May.
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  1682. I just imagine a Titanium armor to be polished and than heat treated to give this characteristic violet gloss of Titanium.
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  1683. In Germany the individual shopper can be fined 200€ for not wearing a mask. Small shops can be fined 5000€ for not enforcing the wearing of masks. For large shops the fine is presumably higher.
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  1684. Deswegen darf Russland nicht gewinnen. Wenn Russland gewinnt steigt die Gefahr für NATO Nationen und damit für einen Atomkrieg.
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  1685. Why? Because I say so is not an answer.
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  1686.  @lawrencekling8598  No Western country has delivered tanks, but this is a German news channel, so Poroshenko adresses the German viewers.
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  1687. Do you know the Swiss 3 phase (400V) house installation plugs.
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  1688. What is your issue? The level playing field does not contain any minimum wage, but other minimum standards.
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  1689.  @stevieframe  Isn't the Government of the UK far more elitist than any other in Europe, including the European parliament?
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  1690.  @stevieframe  Well, the EU parliament is democratically elected by the citizens of the EU.
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  1691.  @edwardoleyba3075  Well, the level playing field is a crucial component for full and direct access to the common market. It is basically the rule of law that allows each country and each individuum to trust the products (physical or financial) traded within this market. If you do not commit to these standards, we will need border checks to enforce the rule of law.
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  1692.  @edwardoleyba3075  I am well aware, that UK standards are the basis of some of these EU standards, pushed by the UK to become EU standards (as this gave advantages for the British industry). Germany and France have done the same. But all this is irrelevant, these are the rules to have full and direct access to the common market, anything else would spoil the market. And this would cost much more than the we could ever hope to benefit from a trade deal with the UK. It would be a net negative. No country in the EU will decide to suffer just to pamper the UK.
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  1693.  @edwardoleyba3075  The UK needs to make the EU an offer all member countries can agree to.
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  1694.  @edwardoleyba3075  I am not part of the negotiations, just like you, I am limited to press releases. Generally, it depends on the access to the common market you need. Nothing ever described by Brexiters was on the level of Canada. The Canada++++ often referred to contains freedom of services and, therefore, requires the level-playing-field, in order to provide for the rule of law.
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  1695.  @edwardoleyba3075  All members of the EU are sovereign! So your claim makes little sense. All countries on earth have signed treaties in which they committed to cerain actions or non actions, still, you would call most of them them sovereign. Well, if there is no deal, Barnier will have an even stronger hand in 2021.
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  1696.  @edwardoleyba3075  Well, we are sovereign, and the UK used to be sovereign, otherwise, there would be no Brexit. But sure, there is Covid 19, and the trade deals with MERCOSUR, Australia, and New Zealand.
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  1697.  @Innoruuk  Not really, some of the trade deals have been rolled over. Besides, Boris has the ability to give in to the EU and sell it as a success. So he might just sign whatever Barnier hands him and call it a win.
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  1698.  @richardsargent4595  "The only side that want a hard border is the EU." The side that wants no deal wants a hard border.
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  1699.  @fatfat1877  Well, so you would introduce a hard border in Ireland and would release the EU from any consent it has made?
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  1700.  @fatfat1877  So you want to tear down the borders to any other country on earth? You know "most favoured nation".
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  1701.  @fatfat1877  Ripping apart the WA means ripping appart the GFA. The WA is needed to keep the GFA despite Brexit.
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  1702.  @fatfat1877  Have you ever been reading the GFA? It requires the UK to be par to the EU. The WA is the only way to preserve the GFA.
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  1703.  @fatfat1877  I have been reading the GFA. It presumes the UK to be in the EU, many things make no sense without the UK being in the EU. "Even the EU know as they too were talking about how to have regulatory differences with as little hard border as possible." That is the reason the WA negotiated in this way.
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  1704.  @fatfat1877  Well, anyway the GFA is no trade deal I doubt it will have any influence on the WTO's most favored nation rules. Well, sure there the GFA says nothing about the border and border infrastructure, for the simple reason that the UK was in the EU. Without the WA, neither the cross border coordination on EU matters nor agreements in EU funding make much sense.
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  1705.  @fatfat1877  That is funny. The ERG may tag all the citizen of the UK, that is your internal issue, but you cannot do this in Ireland, Ireland will continue to recognize human rights. Well, and you are entitled to try and build such a system, once it runs, in about 20 years, you can call the EU. Anyway, I guess Ireland will decide to unify as soon as the reality of Brexit bites.
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  1706.  @fatfat1877  Well, the EU market will not be compromised. The UK has no means to force any of this on the EU. At the moment IN is split about 50/50. If Brexit is just remotely as bad as the numbers show this will push Irish unification. A more interesting aspect would be Scotland.
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  1707.  @fatfat1877  Well, I think you do not think you understand, in case of no-deal the EU, as well as the UK, need to establish a hard border. What would hinder EU countries to supply refugees with a 3-day visa for Ireland? Without any deal with the UK, this would be the simplest solution to this issue.
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  1708.  @fatfat1877  It is a purely theoretical example since any country has to control its borders. Only failed states do not control their borders. Sure, you could ignore these people coming to the UK but this does not seem to be the idea of Brexit. How do you want to deport anybody you do not know is in the UK. You would need to control the border in order to know this. Where do you want to deport them to, their visa has expired and the border is enforced. Well, it is a purely theoretical example, but Ireland would surely find a way to ensure they would not overstay their tourist visa of 3 days.
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  1709.  @fatfat1877  "why does a country HAVE to when all economists agree that free trade and free movement are good for economy?" Drugs?
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  1710.  @fatfat1877  "why does a country HAVE to when all economists agree that free trade and free movement are good for economy?" I am talking about all borders, most favoured nation rules, you remember?
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  1711.  @fatfat1877  It is about treating countries in a fair way. If you do not have any trade agreement you cannot treat countries differently.
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  1712.  @fatfat1877  OK, if you really want to smash your head to a wall in order to hear music I cannot help you.
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  1713. The soviet airbases in Germany looked differently. In the cold war Crimea was far from the front line.
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  1714. This is not only a deeply unjust situation. It is also extremely expensive for the taxpayer. Staying in prison is extremely expensive. So the government has to spend several times more on prosons than the loans were about at the beginning. So even if you are a psychopath and have no sense of mercy at all you should still be pissed of as you have to pay this from your tax mony.
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  1715. Sure, the EU is far from perfect. Most organizations need a general reform. But on the other hand, the EU is constantly reforming, and this is exactly what you are afraid of.
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  1716.  Jan Schlossar  : As I said the EU is constantly reforming. Nothing is perfect, but we find practical solutions. The freedom of movement (or better settlement) limited in order to cope with the very different standards of living. The UK could have done the same.
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  1717. @Amanda Hughes: The EEC became the EU isn't this a large reform?
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  1718. ​@Amanda Hughes: A unified and peaceful Europe was a vision stated in Germany and France. Even more Churchill himself proposed the United States of Europe. Anybody who wanted to know could have known. The EU is not responsible how political campaigns in the UK are organized. The EU is in constant reform, it is on the path the majority of the people prefer, it may not be the direction the UK wants to go, but this is a result of democratic decision.
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  1719.  @dani-px2qo  "i think no common market on earth has open borders, doesent work" Sure, just like an open border in the market of the UK does not work. The EU will use other options before resolving to this measure. I would guess the EU and the USA will react with general punitive measures. A trade war.But I guess it will not be necessary to actually enact this measures.
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  1720. Just like the US products of e.g. apple.
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  1721. @ASL 72 Not the polish people I know.
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  1722. @Seine O'More So you find joy in slagging about the EU and the truth spoils you fun?
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  1723.  @Yewbzee  And Boris was even weaker.
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  1724. ​ @bolbiitp7850 Anybody with the slightest knoledge of chemistry that heard about the limited supply of lithium was looking to sodium. Now one company wanting to start scale production triggers interest.
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  1725.  @mlj2379  Farage is totally useless in the European Parliament he has absolutely no effect in what ever direction. For him it is just a stage to be reported on in the UK. Videos like this are the only reason he attends the meetings at all.
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  1726.  @mlj2379  This is irrelevant in this discussion, you are cheering a guy that obviously is failing hard in his job to represent the UK in the EU.
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  1727.  @mlj2379  How is Farage failing? - He will never be able to push or change any policy of the EU. However, this is his job, he is in the European Parliament to influence EU policy to the benefit of the UK.
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  1728.  @mlj2379  Farages Brexit Party cannot really block anything, they do not have the numbers. They can make it a bit more difficult but there behavior unifies the moderate MEPs. Only the British commissioner (a Tory) can block EU regulations.
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  1729.  @mlj2379  The EU in general is useful and only a tiny minority on the continent want to abolish it. Still we see it's flaws. Things are getting better, but it is still a long way to go.
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  1730.  @mlj2379  Any trade deal involves aligning regulations. Otherwise they are virtually useless. If there is no tax on a product, but the product is illegal to use (or not compatible) this product still will not be traded. This is true for food products, electronics, and financial products.
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  1731.  @mlj2379  Sure, Cameron, and BoJo were messing with people's lives.
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  1732.  @mlj2379  The EU is dictating nothing, any country has a veto. So any country has agreed to all the rules it is held accountable to. And common rules are essential for the economy. This reduces the amount of regulations in the EU by the factor of 28.
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  1733.  @mlj2379  That is funny. The government of the UK can say no to anything. As far as I know your government is democratically elected, it represents the will of the population. If it doesn't it is an issue of the UK not the EU.
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  1734. Tier 4 would lead to two large partners in NATO and several smaller partners.
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  1735. That makes it funny when Brexiters claim the EU was "undemocratic". The British system is clearly less democratic than the EU.
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  1736. It is about the start of the negotiations.
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  1737. The problem was that the Gas storages were sold off to Russian companies an were filled to less than 50%. If the stockpile had been full none of this shit would have happened.
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  1738.  @leviathan-tk7rz  That is totally unrelated, both your and my claims could be true without contradicting each other. So why on earth did you start with a "No".
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  1739. As a German I want the Leopard tanks to be sent into Ukraine. But I absolutely have enough of the nonsense of the USA. The US stance is ridiculous. The Abraham tanks are not so different in maintenance and operation from Leopard that the US statement would make any sense. Much more complex systems have been sent to Ukraine. But tanks will get destroyed. Neither Germany nor the USA want pictures of their tanks burning.
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  1740.  @pepelesimp6038  How is this even related to my statement? Well, in fact, you support my statement. The USA has given far more than any other country. That makes it even more striking that the USA have not been sending MBTs. The official reasons not to send Abrahms are clearly not valid. So what is the real reason?
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  1741.  @robk5159  Maybe you are right but this was the common description at the beginning of the Iraq war.
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  1742.  @robk5159  I am not sure, if all perceptible aspects of reality point in one direction, the impression is probably true. But if you have a better explanation why Tories and Labor agreed to the Iraq war I am willing to listen.
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  1743.  @robk5159  No my dear, it was a phrase used all over continental Europe to describe the UK. The fact that the "unequivocal evidence" was not trustworthy was known all over the continent before the start of the invasion. Sadam Hussein had used Gas against the Kurd's before the first Invasion of Iraq under Bush senior. He was a bad guy, but this is no reason to invade a country. This invasion caused about 600000 deaths in Iraq and it led to the formation of ISIS. Any British politician could have seen the truth, everybody knew it. The Tories would have done exactly the same as Blair, the UK is a lapdog of the USA.
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  1744.  @cammey3  How so, because it did once what the UK did all the time?
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  1745.  @cammey3  Who are you talking about? Ah, you are talking about Brexiters who want to sink dinghies.
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  1746.  @benjaminbland3988  So the UK has been acting horrible in history and finally have been subdued, and that's the reason why you can still act selfish. In contrast, the EU has brought peace to Europe and that is the reason we cannot act selfish?
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  1747.  @benjaminbland3988  No, the UK has been even more selfish. Just ask the Chinese. Having two wars to destroy the greatest culture on earth with opium. Sure you have been, the Americans have thrown you out. And Gandhi has beaten you in a peaceful way. Sure the EU has brought peace to europe by interlinking the countries in a way that makes war nearly impossible. Generate peace with peaceful means. However, Charles de Gaul was right the UK should have never accepted to the EEC. You were only in for the economic benefits and not for the European idea. You cheated your way into the EU.
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  1748. Israel has been blockading Gaza for the last 16 years. Since then they are indeed responsible.
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  1749. Israel has blockaded Gaza for the last 16 years. They are of course responsible.
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  1750. @UCBVlcgTzUuR9DlSFusDZ_gA This sounds funny fron a guy that is contend with loosing the trade deals for 80% if their trade.
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  1751.  @paulgibbons2320 : It is irrelevant that your kiosks do not export to the EU. 45% of your exports go to the EU and another 40% are fostered by EU trade deals. Liam Fox realized a partial rollover of 5% of the trade volume. This leads to a loss of preferential terms for 80% of your trade.
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  1752.  @paulgibbons2320 : So what? Does this change any of my explanations?
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  1753. UN peacekeepers for Gaza!
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  1754. Wow you are the definition of a tanky. Why should we take the demands for security by Russia more serious then the demands of other countries when these other countries want to be our friends, while Moscow continues to provoke?
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  1755.  @benjamies4136  But then he continues to spill the Russian propaganda. Overeblowing some facts but ignoring 75% of the facts. You cannot talk about the radicalism of ASOV without mentioning the equally radical "separatists" in Donbas, who ethnically cleansed Donbas from the Ukrainian majority.
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  1756.  @benjamies4136  I agree, but this video leaves out most of the relevant facts.
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  1757.  @benjamies4136  It is of course important when Russia has many times the Number of Nazis as Ukraine and these Nazis have been attacking the free Ukraine since 2014. It is of course Relevant when pro-Russian Nazis control Donbas and remove have of the population of this area.
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  1758.  @benjamies4136  You think the fact that the Russian separatists in Donbas are worse than ASOV is irrelevant?
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  1759.  Albert Pike Was it not the Tory party that grouped itself with the far right of the EU parliament? It seems the Nazis have left the EU at the end of January.
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  1760. Well, the EU us much to beneficial the way it is. It can abolish far more red tape this way.
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  1761. The WA explicitly mentions the ECJ as arbitrator. Johnson signed it and your parliament of Brexiters has ratified it.
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  1762.    WTF?
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  1763.  @adiadindas  Well, John Mansell seems to have asked for solidarity, but you may not have. The EU offered you the deal as described in the PD, but you did not want it. The PD contained a full chapter regarding the level playing field and it was signed by Johnson. The counteroffer of the UK came late and was violating several red lines of the EU. Now both sides are negotiating, just as promised.
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  1764.  @blurryface_1589  I have no idea what you want to say, please collect your thoughts before you write. In addition, proof-reading your own text would not be detrimental.
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  1765. @I'm a little tired of this Well, I have been to the UK and there are certain areas that look much more like Africa, Arabia, or India than any place in Germany. This has nothing to do with the EU and everything with your national politics. The same is true fo governmental spending. The Torys are waisting huge sums of money without benefiting the population. The EU spending rules are at least mostly beneficial. And developing poorer countries benefits all of us. Edit: Well it seems @I'm a little tired of this deleted his post.
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  1766. Sure, Putin should not have started the war, sadly he seems to have ignored this movie.
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  1767.  @Kotka67  Of course, Putins minions killed and harassed the population of Donbass. More people have been killed by the shelling by the rebels than by a shelling by the Ukrainian army.
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  1768. ​ @Kotka67  " Huh? That doesn't make any sense, why would Putin harass the Russian speaking part of Ukraine?" Correct, neither the 8 years of armed insurgency nor the current invasion make any sense. Most of the Ukrainian soldiers fighting and dying are Russian speakers. Even president Selensky is a Russian speaker. "If Ukraine had abided by the Minsk agreement this escalation would not have happened." The escalation had already happened with the Russian invasion of 2014. Russia has blocked international supervision of the cease fire between the rebels and the Ukrainian army several times.
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  1769.  @earthman6700  Well, the European neighbors are doing the opposite.
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  1770. It is not only the government and big businesses causing this problem its the denial there is a problem at all. It cant be changed if it is not recognized. Being proud to be an American (or wherever you come from) is not a problem. Its the blind assumption everything in your country is best. I have only seen this state of mind in America and China.
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  1771. China has agreed to the one state two systems solution why can't the UK.
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  1772.  Leroy Jenkins  : It was the UK that pushed the "one-state-two-systems"-policy on China. You would not ask others to do things you are not willing to do yourself, or would you? Is this the well-known British entitlement?
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  1773. They do if they destroy refineries.
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  1774. The device will still need a USB C port to charge.
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  1775.  @farzana6676  DUP 8, Sinn Féin 7,SDLP 2. This is a minority for unionists.
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  1776. Switzerland shows that referenda are a viable way to go. It, however, requires certain parameters: 1. Advantages and downsides of the positive and the negative decision need to be discussed in detail. 2. The public needs to be willing to inform themselves. 3. The government should be able to stop the execution of this decision if it leads to unforeseeable consequences.
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  1777. Well, that is exactly what Putin fears. The by developing its ties with the EU the economy of Ukraine could develop like the polish Economy. This would clearly show how bad Putin and Lukaschenka are for their countries.
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  1778. @sarahbrown5073  That is as likely as Putin agreeing in a fight with the mayor of Kyjiw. Russia can reject it and everybody will know he has no interest in the lives of his people.
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  1779. @sarahbrown5073  Ukraine will make a slightly modified offer.
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  1780. @georgekymany2719  No, they did not vote to join Russia. These "elections" were so obviously faked. You can either call them meaningless or even contradicting any Russian claim.
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  1781. @georgekymany2719  All these "elections" were as fake as GDR elections.
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  1782. @ How are these fake elections of any relevance?
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  1783.  @BlueSpaceRanger  History has shown that more segregation may in the short term reduce tensions but in the long term will make it worse. the way to solve the problems is to tear down the walls, not immediately that would lead to a catastrophic result but slowly and in a process going hand in had with the emancipation of the Palestinian population. It has taken 70 years to cause the current situation it may take equally long to solve the issues. But more segregation, more walls and more deathstrips will make it even worse.
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  1784.  Is Math related to science?  Sure, do you want to prevent them from saving lives? Come on, the economic cost of the lockdown in China was enormous. The benefits of selling ventilators and masks will be tiny in comparison. You are about math, aren't you?
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  1785.  @Ami-vh7sr  No Country has the correct numbers. These are only the registered cases. So the fact that someone proved some numbers to be wrong is totally irrelevant. Still, China has a put significant effort into the eradication of the illness and they are testing rigorously. As a result, their numbers look similar to South Korea. This makes them trustworthy, at least in this aspect. In contrast, the UK and the USA have not been testing anything close to enough. So their numbers of infected are vast underestimations. By the way, I would not trust China uncensored, they are very biased.
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  1786.  @Ami-vh7sr  "I gave you links to China Not doing ANYTHING to stop the spread." - I have not seen any link to this. What are you talking about? China has locked down the entire country to stop the spread. Everyone had to stay at home and for any family, only one person was allowed to go shopping only once a week. At the entrance of any shopping mall, only people without fewer and still wearing a mask were admitted. Once people were tested positive, they were confined to their flat. Their door as sealed and their food was distributed by delivery services. And as a result, they were able to (nearly) eradicate the virus in China leading to the plateau. "Like Karen you do know that China Mysteriously Plateaued and didn't report ANY new infections, while continuing to rip people forcibly from their homes for being infected right? That's plausibly Realistic to you?" - Sure, this is realistic once you managed to eradicate the virus.
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  1787.  @Ami-vh7sr  "They Haven't eradicated the virus.....Intelligence figures, Media, and Videos coming out of China within the last week refute this...." Do you have any trustworthy source or are you just posturing?
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  1788.  @Ami-vh7sr  Put a link, and I could have a look. I would not even trust NATURE or Phys. Rev. without studying the source.
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  1789.  @Ami-vh7sr  I will give you a very simple logical reason to trust in the Chinese numbers: 1. Independent of how many cases there are in China, I guess we can agree the number went down. Not even the Government in china could hide an exponentially growing number of cases. 2. In order to decrease this number, you need to trace the infections and test people before they become infectious. 3. In order to realize this tracing, you have to make the cases public. 4. If every single case is published the total number is also public by default. Pich this apart, if you can.
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  1790.  Is Math related to science?  "Im talking on the assumption that they bioengineered the virus purposefully, not the mainstream narrative, it can’t just come up out of thin air, the virus is too strong and contagious to be natural" The measles (Rt=15) are 5 times more contagious than Covid19 (Rt=3). So a purposefully bioengineered virus would be similar to the measles.
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  1791.  @Ami-vh7sr  "Wait China's Borders are closed are they not? That's what Karsten Schuhmann has been saying....so how is anyone getting in to be imported?" OK, I need to be more precise, you can enter China, but they make sure you will not reintroduce the virus. "When international flights arrive, intensive health checks are carried out on board and after leaving the aircraft. This leads to considerable waiting times. Depending on the outcome of the health checks, various quarantine measures can be ordered." So the new cases in China are People in quarantine. This is the reason why they do not infect others.
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  1792. @Jo Blogs Why would the USA so similar things? If you count the number of wars a country entertained in the recent 20 years. The USA is the biggest thread for world peace. I personally do not think the USA was evil, but many of you show an enourmous double standart.
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  1793.  Is Math related to science?  "Karsten Schuhmann I don’t get your point." Simple, the virus is about as contagious as we expect for a natural virus. Many natural viruses like measles are much more aggressive. We just do not notice this because many people have immunity against measles. Ebola and the "swine flu" were rather harmless, but the Spanish flu was about as contagious as Covid19. And you do not propose they manufactured the virus in 1918. If you would design an artificial virus you would make it at least as aggressive as the measles.
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  1794.  @Ami-vh7sr  I will not search the 75 post in this thread, if you want to ask something, than do it, otherwise I have to assume you are just pretending.
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  1795.  @Ami-vh7sr  Just repeat it, if you think it is relevant. Otherwise, we both know it is not. I will repeat my points because I know you can not refute them and want to ignore them: 1. Independent of how many cases there are in China, I guess we can agree the number went down. Not even the Government in china could hide an exponentially growing number of cases. 2. In order to decrease this number, you need to trace the infections and test people before they become infectious. 3. In order to realize this tracing, you have to make the cases public. 4. If every single case is published the total number is also public by default.
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  1796.  @Ami-vh7sr  Sadly I do not speak Chinese.
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  1797.  @Ami-vh7sr  Just repeat your question, if you think it is relevant. I will repeat my points because I know you can not refuse them and want to ignore them: 1. Independent of how many cases there are in China, I guess we can agree the number went down. Not even the Government in china could hide an exponentially growing number of cases. 2. In order to decrease this number, you need to trace the infections and test people before they become infectious. 3. In order to realize this tracing, you have to make the cases public. 4. If every single case is published the total number is also public by default.
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  1798.  @muttineni03  "Spanish flu came from China btw" Or from the USA or Mexico, it is difficult to really trace it down after a century.
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  1799.  @link2442  If China would ignore new cases the virus would start spreading exponentially. They would have already reached a value where it could not be hidden. So your idea is logically impossible.
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  1800.  Is Math related to science?  Any virus has an infectious potential Rt. Some are more virulent and others are less. We were lucky in recent years, SARS, Ebola and the swine flue are rather harmless viruses. So no lockdown was needed. Covid19 is more aggressive, similar to the Spanish flu. And we had local lockdowns in 1920, still, about 50mio people died. Still, it is much too harmless for a weapon.
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  1801.  @muttineni03  I just like to set things right. When talking to my Chinese wife I am constantly bashing China. This sadly is not good for our relationship. Actually, she is nearly as crazy as you are. She thinks it was the secret service of the USA that planted the virus.
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  1802.  @李霁璇  Looking this up was not so simple. I guess I am a 杠精 too.
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  1803.  @李霁璇  It is one a clock in the morning in Germany. I will not wake her to translate this. But I found this online: Gangjing / gàng jīng / 杠精 noun. People who argue for the sake of arguing and young people who argue in order to feel a sense of intellectual superiority.
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  1804.  @李霁璇  I like to argue these things, but I usually try to set things straight and defend the truth.
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  1805.  @RahulJha-mc6nz  All towns and cities in China were closed down. It was a total lockdown of the country. My parents in law live in Shanghai could not go grocery shopping without being checked.
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  1806.  @RahulJha-mc6nz  China is a country with its advantages and detriments. I have issues with its government. And the Chinese people are very proud of their country it's past and present. Actually visiting China and the USA as a European I think these nations have many things in common.
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  1807.  @RahulJha-mc6nz  Ah, now I get what you want to say. You want to criticize China for not closing its borders. OK, fair point, I think they should have done this early, especially because of the less developed countries. But we all have seen what was going on in China. We all could have started with quarantining, testing and contact tracing much earlier and more rigorously.
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  1808.  Is Math related to science?  This is sick, hating countries and therefore people you do not even know is sick.
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  1809.  Is Math related to science?  As I said, most people in China are proud Chinese. They may be alienated by their government (especially since Xi Jinping took over), but when you approach them with hate, they will gather behind their government. I guess, you had some issues with the US government, and you still have. But if I tell you I would hate the USA you would defend your country regardless if you would like the President. Just to be clear, I do not hate the USA, I think it has some issues, but it is a very interesting and versatile country. Approaching a country with hate is detrimental in two aspects: It blinds you for reality and it will trigger a similar emotion on the other side.
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  1810.  Is Math related to science?  Agreed, I like the political system in the USA much more than the system in China. I, for example, find the limited freedom of movement within China really strange. But looking at the basic facts the country starting most wars in the recent 50 years is the USA, so you are the largest threat to world peace. Maybe followed by Russia and China.
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  1811.  Is Math related to science?  I assumed so, but this does not change reality.
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  1812.  Is Math related to science?  Sure, I tell you that China is number three of the biggest threads for world peace and you call me a Chines agent? Pure logic!
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  1813. @Nik's One Life Sure, the Chinese pained a rose-tinted picture, but we all could see the lockdown in China. Furthermore, the Chines supplied all relevan scientists with the RNA sequence of the virus.
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  1814. @Jo Blogs Sorry, I am not always proofreading my posts. We could switch to German if you would agree.
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  1815.  @spicesmuggler2452  Extra heat on Mars is probably an advantage. In a space station or in a habitat on its way to Mars it is, however, clearly a negative. On Mars, buildings dug deep in the soil will be more advantageous. These may profit from extra heat.
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  1816.  @spicesmuggler2452  Real windows are extremely heavy and dangerous. Focussing light on a short glass rod is much safer. In this case, you have a window of 2-inch diameter and a thickness of a foot. The Cassegrain telescope to focus the light on the rod does not need to be very precise and can be made from aluminized polycarbonate primary mirror and a glass secondary mirror. The HR coating in the secondary mirror can be used to exclude green light in order to optimize plant growth. A 10m² light collector is far lighter than a 10² window. The area around the fiber would be reflective in order to prevent the focused light to burn through the outer walls of the spaceship. This technology is widely used in high-power fiber-coupled diode lasers. If you want to get people to Mars, you will probably need to grow food in transfer.
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  1817.  @spicesmuggler2452  Why do you think there would be no way they were growing food on the way to Mars? A space ship is a very good thermos flask, insulating it is the default removing heat is difficult and costly. Green light will heat up the cabinet of the spaceship without contributing to photosynthesis. You will need to dump twice the heat. It will make growing food far more expensive. LEDs have an efficiency of 50% it will double the heat load another time. That is not an issue for a small plant in the ISS. And you do not want violet light in the living quarters, it is irritating for humans. It is different when you repurpose a fuel tank to become a large greenhouse.
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  1818.  @spicesmuggler2452  1. Red and blue are more efficient, but sure it also works with the whole spectrum. 2. Removing heat from a spaceship is expensive. The lower the cabin temperature and the larger the heat load the more expensive and the more contribution to the weight of the spacecraft. 3. Fiber-coupled light has an efficiency of nearly 100% diodes and an efficiency of 50%. 4. Red and blue give the impression of violet. You would try to grow at least part of your food on the way to and back from Mars, each direction is 7 months and a lot of food will be consumed on the way. Plants save weight for oxygen, for CO2 scrubbers, and for food. This greenhouse would be a part of the habitate going from an orbit around Earth to an orbit around Mars. It would not decent to the planet.
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  1819. Any country can replace its commissioner any time. The commissioner has full public oversight by his home country. What is your issue? By the way the real lawmakers are in the European council, it is were the heads of the 27 democratic elected governments meet.
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  1820.  @harrybrown1518  So you cannot remember the general election in your own country? That is strange.
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  1821. Who is lying?
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  1822. Putin bluffs all the time. He is literally doing nothing but bluffing.
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  1823.  @Almunshi  That would be the minimum necessary to join the EU. Large efforts to apologize for the actions of Moscow in the last 500 years would come on top.
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  1824.  @Almunshi  Russia sees itself as the successor of the Soviet Union and the Russian Empire. They have taken responsibility for all that was done.
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  1825.  @Almunshi  Well, to the level that you explain that you are sickened by the actions of your ancestors and under no way would do it again. How else do you expect goodwill from your former victims? The USA is not in the EU and has never tried to become a member. In a way weaker nations get a free pass because everyone knows they cannot repeat former cruelty on their former victims.
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  1826.  @Almunshi  So you say Russia should submit its permanent seat to the UN Security Council?
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  1827.  @Almunshi  1. Russia inheried its seat from the Soviet Union. 2. Russian politicians and went ballistic when countries tore down Soviet memorials. 3. They reintroduced the melody of the Soviet hymn. 4. The current war is constantly compared to WW2. 5. Many soldiers were waving the Soviet flag when invading Ukraine. .....
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  1828. Once Ukraine has a bit of coast on the sea of Asov the ferris and the bridge will be in range of naval drones.
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  1829.  @stewartmayberry  Well, that seems the best strategy for these companies.
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  1830. Are you talking about the <5% of pro Russian people the formally free Donbass?
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  1831. The EU removes red tape by harmonizing the standards of its 27 members, and by removing border issues. This allows many companies to trade and expand into several other countries in the EU in the first place.
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  1832.  @conor1077  What are you talking about, the UK was not even mentioned.
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  1833.  @conor1077  He has not mentioned the UK either.
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  1834.  @annoyingbstard9407  So please tell me, would you really suggest the same minimum wages in Lichtenstein and Romania to be introduced right now? I mean, this can be the long term goal, but surely it is not prracticable right now.
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  1835.  @annoyingbstard9407  No, these are not meaningless words. He says the universal minimum wage is the long term goal but not the right instrument right now. The convergence policy is designed to slowly align the standards in the member countries, this process needs to be slow, as the different countries are very different in the GDP per capita and the standart of living. Adapting the standarts too fast would lead to economic disruption in the poorer countries. In addition, there are very different living expenses in the EU (and even in France), so the same minimum wage is still not feaseble. At the moment we already have a convergence e.g. in the numer of vacation days and work place savety.
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  1836. The Lybia model. No wonder Kim does not want to see Trump. And David, be careful what you wish, a dictatorship is still better than a failed state.
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  1837. Didier both of it was really stupid of the Brits to vote for Brexit. But Brits are not our enemies. Your smugness is counterproductive, even if some Brits have a really rude way to express their entitlement. Try not to sink to their level.
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  1838.  @colinpenaluna9268  No, the numbers decreased in any country. Le Pen no longer proposes leaving the EU. Furthermore, all the Yellow Vest protest are about French politics not the EU.
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  1839. Sure, once the UK feels the reality of Brexit, a reasonable deal will no longer be an issue.
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  1840. Well, the UK needs the trade deal, the EU not so much. In 2021 once the reality of Brexit is beginning to bite Barnier will have an even stronger hand.
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  1841.  @gordonsmith8899  Well, 45% of British exports go into the EU and another 20 % is fostered by EU trade deals. In contrast, only 6 % of German exports go to the UK. Well, and talking about the trade deficit, how do you know it will not increase after Brexit?
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  1842.  @petertaylor8289  Why do you think Barnier has nothing left? We can wait. Boris has nothing left.
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  1843.  @petertaylor8289 Well, both sides will suffer. But the EU is prepared and it is much simpler to find contingencies for 6% of your exports than for 65%.
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  1844.  @gordonsmith8899  Well, at the moment the UK seems to have a much shorter life expectancy than the EU.
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  1845. Anything will collapse some time but at the moment it seems the UK will collapse first.
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  1846. he is an idiot
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  1847.  @rodeolo1  Well, the proposal of Johnson/Frost would damage the common market, it's detriments would by far exceed the benefit of a trade deal with the UK. For the EU no deal actually is better than a bad deal.
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  1848.  @rodeolo1  Well the plusses in access to the common market require plusses in alignment. Full and free access to the common market for goods and services requires alignment to EU rules and accepting the ECJ. Anything else would be madness.
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  1849.  @rodeolo1  I agree with your assessment that a fair deal would benefit both sides, but the UK thinks the proposal of Barnier would not be fair. But it has to be fair, cannot be much better than the deal of Turkey (another country at the border of the EU), otherwise, the EU would not be fair.
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  1850.  @rodeolo1  Sure, Turkey acceptes alignments the UK is not willing to accept. So British access will likely be worse.
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  1851. Actually not really, if it was not for Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor the Americans may have never joined the allied forces.
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  1852. Superconductors are commercially used for magnets. If you had an NMR you have been inside a superconducting Nb solenoid. Not high temperature superconductor but classical with helium cooling.
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  1853. You have the WA you just need to sign it.
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  1854. @Spinler Muckflitt: The EU is the 28 countries (soon to be 27). Any time you try to prove it would be undemocratic you actually prove its policy is driven by the governments of the 28 member countries.
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  1855. Dear  @perryspassage9474  the first incarnation of the EU the "Coal and steel community" was formed in 1952. The long term and short term political goals were already expressed the formation of this organization. Telling me the UK entered a trade block and it became political later is a straw man. Ireland turned down the Lisbon Treaty in a referendum, Brussels listened to the criticism and changed the treaty. This is how democracy should be executed. Nowadays 80% of the Irish approve the EU. Please compare the economic situation of Poland and the Ukraine here you can see the difference of being in the EU and outside. Most of the well known European politicians are not really left wing: Barnier, Juncker and Tusk are conservative politicians similar to the Tories. Verhofstadt is from the liberal party. You could describe some of his believes as left wing, while others are more libertarian.
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  1856.  @p.g.u.d : Sure the far right parties exits in many countries of the EU. But all within the EU27 took exiting the EU of the parties program. It is a shame to have a huge number of trolls in the parliament, but the ECR will not reach any relevance. The far right from different countries have contradicting goals.
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  1857. @Spinler Muckflitt: I am not aware that the communists have significant influence in the EU parliament. In the commission is composed by the representatives of the individual governments, the only thing close to communist could be the 5-star movement in Italy.
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  1858.  @jamesscurr571 : WTF
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  1859. Well, every single day the UK contemplated to invoke article 16 should be valued the same. Every day the UK contemplated strait out breaking the NIP should count ten times the amount.
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  1860. @ferkoadr So you want the UK to allign closer to the EU?
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  1861. @ferkoadr So you want to abolish the GFA?
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  1862. @ferkoadr The current NIP is the only way to protect the GFA from Brexit. Trade flows will rearrange via Ireland. No big issue.
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  1863.  @nuclearwinter391  Well, Nazi Germany attacked the Soviet Union, just like Russia attaked Ukraine. In the beginning Russia, just like Germany made enormous progress in the beginning. Then the progress showed down and finally the tide turned for Germany. Let us see when the tide turns for Russia, and Russia is driven out of Ukraine.
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  1864.  @nuclearwinter391  Well, the red army did not win any battle against the German army for the first year. In contrast the Ukrainian army has already won the battle for Kyiv after two months. So this way you could say Ukraine is far more successful in defending themselves as was the red army in WW2.
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  1865.  @nuclearwinter391  "Battle for Kiew was a fake in case you haven't read it. They faked an attack on Kiew to bind the Ukraine forces there so they won't be send to the east." Well it was not, you do not use half of your troops in a false flag, and you would not have gone several hundreds of km into Ukraine for a false flag. Calling it a fake is the biggest cope of this war. "Russians wouldn't attack destroy Kiew, it has to0 much historical and spiritual value for them." Bullshit, Russian troops are leveling cities and still sending missiles to Kyiv. "That battle was as real as the ghost of Kiew." Once again that is a giant cope.
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  1866.  @nuclearwinter391  Sadly you equate clear propaganda messages like the ghost of Kyiv and the one million soldiers with clear facts like the Russian attack on Kyiv. "Donetz is like your Ruhr region.. of course the advance slows down if you have so many cities to occupy." If the Russian army was as strong as it claimed it would encircle all the cities at once.
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  1867.  @nuclearwinter391  "They're just using 20% of their personal there mate." All Putin can get without calling it a war. "Rest are the guys from Donets and Luhansk." Showing that Putin never cared for these populations. "But still winning decisively, because of superior artillery." Slowly and costly not decisively. "The weapon deliveries from the west are as effective as the sanctions." That is the reason for Putins ranting and Russian trolls trying to undo this support. "It's a slow grind and a war of attrition as usual in the east, no Blitzkrieg." Because Russia is not strong enough. "Doesn't it sound familiar?" Yes, Russians are the new Fascists and they are failing the same way.
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  1868.  @nuclearwinter391  "lol, the reality hits you hard in Germany. Just check your gas bill and the economic shrinkage. Have fun taking cold showers." How is that relevant for the analysis of the war? "As it comes to the war, Germans tend to develop an enormous fantasy when the cause or war they are supporting is failing." Well, it seems now Russia has taken on this trait to. "Truth is that this conflict will end economically and militarily with a capitulation. Of the west." Unlikely, Russia has threatened Poland and the Baltic republics. We know Russia must not win this war, as this would lead to an increased thereat for NATO members and therefore a nuclear war.
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  1869.  @nuclearwinter391  "it's relevant to your perception of reality. You think the sanctions are working and Russia is losing the war despite all factual indicators telling you the opposite ?" I am not saying Russia is loosing, but they are gaining really slow. "How can Russia take every day territory and be losing ?" Very slowly. "Well, have fun in the Fuhrerbunker when you realize the truth." Führerbunker? In Moscow or on Kap Idokopas? "This war is already decided strategically." Surely not. "And no, NATO won't interfere further unless they are risking a nuclear war for a region" Russia must not win, otherwise we risk a nuclear war. "that was always a Russian sphere of influence or part of SU." There are no spheres of Influence, but Ukraine is a neighbor of the EU the same way it is a neighbor of Russia. "At least I hope they're not this crazy." That is the reason Putin must not win.
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  1870.  @nuclearwinter391  "Okay, we establish the Russians are winning 'slowly'. But surely." Slowly? Yes, Surely? No. The Russians lost the battle of Kyiv. "There's no way to stop them, unless Nato get's involved." They are nearly stopped. "Which would mean nuclear war." That is the only reason there are no NATO troops in Ukraine. "This all for Ukraine?" Putin has threatened Eastern European nations (EU and NATO members) with the same fate as Ukraine. Russia must be stopped now to avoid a nuclear war in future. "Have you checked a historical map of that region before 1990 ? If you do, you see this region was never independent unfortunately." Ukraine has been independent for the last 30 years and there was a time when Kyiv ruled over the area where Moscow was build later. Have you checked the map of Russia of 1600AD? Russia is the only European country that did not restitute its colonies. "That's sad for the people there, but a independent 32 year old Ukraine ain't worth a freaking nuklear war." Tell this Putin, he invaded this country.
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  1871.  @garethwilliams8735  "You do realise that what happened at Kiev was one of the most brilliant plays in modern military history." It was solid work from the side of Ukraine, but it was a horrible blunder from the side of Russia. "Russia sent a vastly outnumbered force to blockade Kiev for over a month, totaly cutting off the main artery of supplies to its troops in the east." 1. the troops arrived in Kyiv from the North and North East, but Donbass is in the south east of Kyiv. That does not make any sense. 2. You do not get a large fraction of your troops killed and injured in a false flag attack. 3. Russia believed that the Ukrainian army would be week, that Selensky would flee and that Russia would be able to install a new regime within days. "With no reinforcements and supplies the Ukrainian troops in the Donbass had to sit hopelessly and watch as Russia took hundreds of cities towns and villages including Mariupol (massive foothold)." Sure some mistakes have been made on Ukrainian side. Some ditches over the land connecting Crimea with Ukraine would have been beneficial. "The best part was the 40km column that the MSM never shut up about calling it incompetant and that they ran out of fuel." Well it was incompetent they where running out of fuel. "In reality the column was made up of mostly empty trucks that made the Ukrainians think an attack was coming, tying them down in Kiev." Your cope. "When they had seved their purpose they faded back into Belarus and were never seen again." Well, they are now in Donbass. "Look back at the sat photos and you will notice how close those trucks are together (no military does that)," Only incompetent ones. "nobody gets out to stretch their legs, eat or sleep." This convoy was such a big aim, leaving the vehicles may have been the most sensible thing to do.
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  1872. Ukraine is fighting for its existence as an independent country, the people are fighting for their freedom. When a real army meets a milita, the militia is expected to have more losses.
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  1873. British media predicted the end of the EU for decades. Nothing true about it. More likely that the UK will fall apart.
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  1874.  @laurejon : Putin is a difficult partner, as seen by his involvement in the election of Donald Trump and the Brexit referendum. Still even during the cold war the Sowiet uniun was delivering gas to western Germany and they proved to be reliable. On the contrary by its contribution to the Russian budget Germany has considerable influence in Russia.
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  1875.  @laurejon : I find it absurd how the USA blames other counties of things they have constantly done. For decades US companies have sold software with awful privacy in order to benefit the NSA. Now they accuse Huawei of doing the same without any reliable hint. And Germany has been buying gas from the Soviet Union, and later Russia for decades. This never has been an issue. But when the USA wants to sell their expensive fracking gas it suddenly is reported in the news.
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  1876.  @laurejon : LMAO, leadership is what the UK and the USA are incapable to give at this moment. Even more, you need to lead by example and by intelligence, just commanding will have a contrary result.
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  1877.  @laurejon : If you refer to a moral obligation of Germany to repay the allies due to WW1 and WW2, think about your own dues. China may want a compensation for 100 jears of opium trade. Bangladesh may want a compensation for the numerous famines under British rules..... and finally Ireland may also think about a compensation for the Potato famine. This is your legacy of the empire.
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  1878. It is supposed to be a board of 11 people. Requiring them to be fully staffed seems unreasonable, you may need decisions in case of sickness or holidays. You would expect an agreement of at least 6 members to decide anything (regardless of the number of members taking part in the meeting) . Tell me, is the one Democratic member really a Democrat?
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  1879.  @MrEscape314  Sure, but this should be mitigated by the fact that the board cannot decide anything with 5 members and it requires unanimity to reach any decision with 6 members.
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  1880.  @darrenstrathdee7425  Once again, a no deal Brexit is fine, but this doesn't change the WA.
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  1881.  @BenChod3  The police should protect the peaceful protesters and their first ammendment right and catch the looters at the same time.
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  1882.  @BenChod3  Not really it seems the pick people at random bring them somewhere and set them free. Anyway they cannot make any legal arrest because they do not follow the proper protocol. These federal troops are just provocateurs.
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  1883.  @BenChod3  Any force brought in from outside depends on the knowledge of the local police. But these units have not coordinated with the police so they have no idea what they are doing. This is shown by the people that have been arrested and released without any information given. Theese troops just make things worse.
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  1884. If a law has more than 3 reinterpretations by court decisions, it is time to rewrite this law in order to limit the chaos.
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  1885. Lysychansk was a good place to defend, but the supply lines where not. What is your point?
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  1886.  @ssglbc1875  The town itself for sure, but not the supply lines. But what expert are you referring to exactly?
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  1887. Cutting the fuel supply for Russian tanks is a good strategy.
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  1888. Germany could offer German passports for the people of Kaliningrad, associated with a German pension. I do not mean this as a serious proposal.
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  1889. Das ist ja bei AFD fans oft so.
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  1890.  Matias D.C  The Russian troops are no where near Odessa, and they have virtually no chance of getting there. So how do you think Ukraine was landlocked, even if they had to give away all the land currently occupied by Russia?
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  1891. Well, the UK agreed to every step of this change from ECC to the EU, in fact, Thatcher was one of the architects of the common market.
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  1892. In Germany the wive of Prof. Dr. Christian Drosten was attacked by anti lockdown activists. You have them anywhere, but they do not represent the majority and they are not emboldened by the government.
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  1893.  @raymondbullock4557  Well whatever decision the EU makes you will critisize it. This way you can be totally inconsistent without raising a red flag. But if you want to be taken seriously you need to propose alternatives and expose yourself to the same scruteny.
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  1894.  @stevieframe  What does this even mean? Do you think shouting nasty stuff from the sidelines would prevent corruption?
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  1895.  @stevieframe  Well, I would guess you should tackle British corruption first. In any case one of the reasons for Brexit was the fact that the EU wanted to fight tax avoidance.
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  1896.  @Isochest  Well the common fishery policy reduced fishing quotas and the results are much better than without. Not ideal, but this is always the case with political decisions.
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  1897.  @Isochest  Nobody discriminated against the UK, British fishermen sold their quotas. Do you really want to socialize legally purchased property from forreigeners?
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  1898.  @Isochest  This was nothing the EU did. The way the quotas were assigned was purely British, the selling of the quotas was done in the UK and according to British law. The EU was not involved in the way the UK distributed its fishing quotas.
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  1899.  Apache  Could you elaborate?
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  1900.  @stephenconway2468  I agree. All countries affected by SARS have done much better in this crisis. In Europe, however, the needed coordination was not conceived as being required. I do not really care for the political framework, but I think everyone can agree to the necessity right now.
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  1901.  @andrasadam8256  I used to have as little patience as you. But rushing things will lead to a larger opposition to the EU. People need to see the advantages of every single step on the way to an ever closer union. And this will give us the time to do it correctly.
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  1902.  @stephenconway2468  There is a gradual transition from an union to an Union. In any case common rules need to supersede the laws of the individual country. Otherwise they are useless. Regarding the USA: As far as I see it is the first pass the pole system that hampers democracy. It leeds to issues with gerrymandering and it limits the political spectrum to two relevant parties.
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  1903.  @stephenconway2468  Sorry, I should have expressed myself more clearly. I wanted to say, that there is no clear boundarie in between a federation of independent countries and a federation. I agree with you that any step to a further integration should only be made if it is universally beneficial and a majority of the electorate are in favor of this change.
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  1904.  @Willy_Tepes  Well, Sweden has more deaths per citizen than nearly any country on earth. As far as I know, life in Australia and New Zealand is practically unimpeded from COVID 19 it is just a bit more difficult to get there. Lockdowns occur only locally in case of an outbreak. In contrast, in Sweden people do practice social distancind, meaning they need to change their life.
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  1905.  @Willy_Tepes  Sweden is more like No 6: Deaths per million Belgium 872.78 Peru 838.84 UK 622.61 Spain 616.32 Italy 585.99 Sweden 569.76 Chile 564.79 Brazil 530.39 USA 528.2 Mexico 463.43 France 452.56 Panama 437.41 Bolivia 372.85 Ireland 365.72 Still as even if you increase the official numbers of infected people by 5 Sweden is about 10% to heard immunity. Stoklolm may be at 20%.
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  1906.  @Willy_Tepes  The UK did not have the most draconian lockdown. They locked down too late and not really consequential (see Cummings). In addition, no useful tracing program was instated. Finally, old infected people were not admitted to hospitals but send to the send to nursing homes to spread the sickness there. As a result, of this car crash of a COVID response, lots of people died and the lockdown needed to be instated much longer than necessary with a better response (see Australia or S Korea). The UK's response caused a high death rate and a large economic downturn. As you can see, countries that acted early and decisively experienced a minimal impact on the economy, the lifestyle, and the death rate. Sweden is an outlier, there social distancing was a lifestyle even before COVID 19, and as far as I know, they closed large sporting events earlier than the UK. "When you look at the total mortality of this year compared to previous years, there is no significant excess mortality" It is just much larger than any spike due to the flu in the last 50 years. Germany, in contrast, has a reduced mortality for the same period (masks protect from other sicknesses too).
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  1907.  @amm287  Exactly, Australia, New Zealand, South Korea, Taiwan, and China were hit by SARS 1. This way they had the means in place to handle Covid 19. I do not want to bash our governments, but we need to use this as a base to prepare for the next pandemic. It could take another century or it could come tomorrow.
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  1908.  @amm287  This China bashing is just absurd. China managed to limit the outbreak to one province. And even they Wuhan has better figures than most countries. You think they have fiddled the figures? This seems unlikely. Whenever you ignore Covid 19 it becomes stronger. This only happened in the very beginning of the pandemic and only in Wuhan. Germany has good figures for Europe, but we all acted much to late. I just looked it up, actually, the economic contraction of Australia seen to be 3 times smaller than of the average European country.
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  1909.  @amm287  I do not think our options differ very much. I agree with you about the lock down. We could have been wearing masks a bit earlier and we could have closed down large gatherings 2 weeks earlier. But the main change could have been to institute a two weeks quarantine in January(as the EU as a whole). This would have had minimal impact on economy and daily life, but it could have bought us 3 months to prepare, get the masks and the testing.
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  1910. If the US supercarrier would appear in viewing distance of the Yamato the impact would be close to zero.
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  1911. The UK is not a rat but a senile old man, he could drown.
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  1912. UN troops represent all nations of Earth. The IDF has attacked all nations of earth.
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  1913.  @dancotton13  I agree, we should not protect wager soldiers.
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  1914. I hope the Gepard tanks will go to Ukraine soon, they should be ideal to kill kamikaze drones.
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  1915. About 20% of the population of Donbass voted for pro Russian parties, in the rest of the country this value was much lower.
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  1916.  @jessicahilario6597  He expected to have Kyiv in less than two weeks. There are numerous landlocked countries in Europe that are doing very well. But it is unrealistic for Russia to take Odessa. They cannot surround the city and cut it off from western supplies. They cannot even get to the outskirts of Odessa.
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  1917.  @tonyortiz940  In the military it is the job of the officers to keep them healthy. So some never learned to take care of such things. In the early voriges sailors would be flogged for refusing to eat a raw onion a day.
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  1918. Is this a positive or a negative?
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  1919.  Grace K  We are in the process of tuning it down energy imports, but what about the UK. All EU countries are taking Ukrainian refugees without any hurdles. Many countries have been taking 100 000 people and more. But the UK has taken 16 or so. As far as I understand, you have not been sanctioning the oligarchs that are actually in the UK, but 16 oligarchs that are not in the UK and have no money in the UK.
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  1920. Yes, Putin has cornered Ukraine. And he has threatened NATO countries and EU members. If Russia wins in Ukraine the next attack is foreseeable. Russia must not win otherwise things become worse. So Russia can just leave Ukrainie, nobody sees any need to attack Russia. Nobody is cornering Russia.
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  1921. Well, years ago Ukraine had asked for an international peace keeping Blue Helmet mission to supervise the cease fire in Donbass. This could have enabled the implementation of the Minsk agreement, sadly Russia has vetoed this mission. Russia was never interested in peace in Donbass.
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  1922.  @gethcreator751 : Good luck
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  1923. They earn about the same as the MPs in London. - Now it is more since the Pound has dropped.
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  1924. You know that Ukraine asked for UN Peacekeapers to help with the cease fire. Russia vetoed this, Russia was never interested in an implementation of the Minsk agreement.
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  1925.  @Joeyknows924  Not to Germany, it was originally Polish, later the population was replaced by Germans, and then once again by Russians. Today it is neither German nor Polish. Kaliningrad could declare itself independent and apply for membership in the EU, as an independent country of Russian nationality.
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  1926.  @aksmex2576  Really? Have you ever been reading the German or French press at the time of the invasion if Iraq?
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  1927. Well, the part of Ireland that is part of the EU seems much more successful than the part that is part of the UK.
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  1928.  @konstantinbush295  Well, Putin is also currently killing his own population. In any case, the Holomorphic would not have happened if the Soviet Union had not conquered Ukraine after 1918.
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  1929. A no deal Brexit means a hard border in Ireland. Britain would become a third country for Europe and European countries would become third countries for Britain. Just not implementing a border would discriminate all other third countries according to the "most-favoured-nation" treatment. The US, Russia or Columbia could demand to abandon border checks for their goods.
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  1930. Well, the EU is not perfect, but it is more democratic than the UK.
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  1931. While I do not like Erduan, he is democratically elected. More important, these are to a large extend fair elections, unlike the elections in Russia. Erduan and his party could be voted out at any time, as could be seen in Istambul. If you call him a Dictator the same could be said for Trump. I thought layers would be more careful with words.
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  1932.  @waaqcir7057  : Have fun as servants of (America first) USA.
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  1933.  @anthonyfoster2605  Exactly.
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  1934. Well, better than a WAGNER soldier.
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  1935. You would still have to pay the divorce bill. The EU could sue GB at an international arbitration tribunal. That is WTO!
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  1936. It is some self inflicted damage for the UK. And once you stop moaning, it may be a relief for the EU.
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  1937. Homeless people from the whole of the USA are coming to California as it has warm winters and temperate summers and not so much rain. It is the best place to survive if you are homeless. A homeless person would simply not survive a winter in Montana. It is a problem of evictions in the whole USA not a problem caused by California.
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  1938. ​@Santirata It is not a war. It is 100% genocide nothing else.
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  1939. Every country in the EU is exporting more to the rest of the EU than to the UK. So a trade deal with the UK that compromises the common market is a net negative.
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  1940.  @safeeffective385  Well, Ukraine asked for a UN blue helmets mission to supervise the case fire. Russia blocked that mission in the Security Council. So it was Russia that was not interested in a lasting cease fire.
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  1941.  @safeeffective385  Well, Ukraine asked for a peace keeping mission and Russia vetoed it. These are facts. There is simply no way how the CIA could have faked the Russian veto.
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  1942.  @safeeffective385  Well, you should think. Who was most in favor of an invasion from the sides of Russia. Surely the republics of Donezk and Lugansk. At that time there where 200 000 Russian soldiers at the Ukrainian border. It would not have been smart for Ukraine to provoke Russia, but it would have been smart for the rebels to provoke the Ukrainian army. Well, we will never know for sure, because Russia blocked UN peace keeping troops. It is as if they needed a reason to invade Ukraine.
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  1943.  @reubensher8144  "Did you guys ever think that this is what the Russians wanted.." Sure, the Russians want their encirclement at Isjum endangered. "Kharkhiv is just 20 miles from a nuclear border." Nuclear border???? Ukraine having surrendered Mariupol.." Mariupol has fallen after 3 month. Now it is temporarily Russian. "access to the Black sea is all but lost." Access to the sea of Azov, Odessa is not even in a real danger right now. "You guys were pulled North while you were loosing the South..????" It is what was required to prevent the Russians encircle the defenders.
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  1944.  @safeeffective385  "Russia simply doesn't want to be a part of the UN" Well, they can decide to leave the UN Security Council any time. But I guess you have misspoken. "and if you look at the eastern expansion of the UN's territory to the east over the past 20 years," The UN has not expanded much. It was nearly the whole earth to begin with. Well, eastern European countries felt intimidated by Russia and therefore joined NATO, the current war shows that they did the right thing. If Ukraine was a member of NATO there would be no war. "they pushed very close to Russia's border... within a few hundred miles of Moscow at that." That is very far from Moscow. Just imagine Switzerland would require its borders to be at least 400 km from Bern. "Russia/Ukraine had a clearly defined peace treaty in place for about 8 years, but the Ukrainian militias moved heavy artillery weapons close to the DMV and began artillery barrages to the tune of thousands of rounds over just a few days, damn well knowing that Russia would respond to it." 1. Russia had guaranteed the territorial integrity of Ukraine in 1994. 2. Russia invaded Ukraine in 2014. 3. Since 2014 till 2022 Russia financed an armed insurgency into Ukraine. 4. There was the treaty of Minsk, but the separatists did not keep the cease fire, so the next steps of the treaty could not be implemented. 5. Ukraine wanted the Misnk agreement to work and asked for a UN peacekeeping mission, but this was vetoed by Moscow. "The main stream media is not mentioning this fact whatsoever and trying to paint it as if Russia went in completely unprovoked... which simply is not true in reality." Well, it is true. Russia manufactured this provocation. They are not the first to have done so.
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  1945.  @safeeffective385  Sure the UN expanded considerably when we settled on the Moon and on Mars. Man, more than all countries on the Globe is not possible.
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  1946. A good day for the EU.
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  1947.  @roberthird9089  : No, idea what you mean.
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  1948.  @rickbart1  It is the Stalingrad of this war. The point where it turned around.
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  1949.  @Iazzaboyce  "Same way the UK is able to export to France. Why isn't there a border?" There is a customs border between the UK and France, which is a result of Brexit. And similarly, there needs to be a customs border between the UK and the ROI, which is also a result of Brexit. "The GFA doesn't say there isn't a border between the UK and ROI " The GFA says there is no border between NI and the ROI, but Brexit says there must be a border between the UK and the ROI. So the NIP was a huge concession of the EU to the UK. It allowed for Brexit without breaking the GFA.
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  1950. Perhaps the freedom to travel to 27 countries without +many others a visa?
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  1951. Did the fishermen in Grimsby have any issues with the fishermen in Spain, Portugal, France, the Netherlands, and Germany loosing their livelihoods at the same time. When they had to lower the quotas fishermen all over Europe inclooding the UK lost their work.
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  1952.  @SonoftheAllfather  In which way is spoiling the unity of the 4 freedoms any good for the EU. It is a concession to the red lines of the UK.
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  1953.  @SonoftheAllfather  It is, but you do not want to understand.
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  1954.  @SonoftheAllfather  The interchangeability of the 4 freedoms is a critical part of the EU. Normally you have to accept them all or have to stay out. However, in order to preserve peace in Ireland the EU compromised on its core values. The Backstop requires similar concessions from the EU and the UK.
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  1955. You can cramp a good fraction of the downtown of Wuhan in a circle with a radius of 13 km. Do you think it is an unrealistic coincidence to have this institute and the outbreak in the same city?
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  1956. I do not think China wants a military confrontation. This will only cause backlash. I think China will finance the Russian government and make it economically dependent. In the next step Chinese settlers will become the majority population in Siberia. Well, and after that they will have any reason to increase their influence.
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  1957. And it will not work for fascist Russia.
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  1958. You got it the wrong way around, the fact that the member countries in the EU need to negotiate to reach unity means it is a democratic system. In a dictatorship, there would be no talk about the unity of the politicians, because it would be a given.
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  1959. Russia must not win, otherwise he will continue. He has threatened, the Baltic republics and the other Eastern European members of NATO and EU. Now we know this threats are not platitudes.
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  1960. ​ @schwarzWÄHLENgrünBEKOMMEN Der war antiislamisch und AFD fan.
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  1961. ​ @schwarzWÄHLENgrünBEKOMMEN AFD fans so wie der Attentäter.
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  1962.  @babblo1389  The real victims are the the people from Donbass who suffered under the rule of Putins minions. Halve of the population left Donbass most of them into the free Ukraine.
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  1963. Most propaganda is made for people who want to believe. That is also the reason Christian appologists are highly regarded by some Chrisians despite being so horrible bad and totally silly.
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  1964. Well the EU was to soft on these companies expecting other countries to be similarly cooperative. Well, it seems the UK is not.
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  1965.  @beau4170  You are aware that the Pfitzer/Biontech vaccine was developed in Germany, aren't you?
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  1966.  @StarSpangledBanner-c1u  What has a thunderrun to de with bombing cities? Blitzkrieg is the same as Thunderrun. Absolutely nobody in Germany called a bombing campaine Blitz or Blitzkrieg.
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  1967.  @StarSpangledBanner-c1u  So you agree that the bombing of British cities had nothing to do with Blitzkrieg. Nobody expected to have tanks in London 5 minutes after the end of the bombing.
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  1968.  @StarSpangledBanner-c1u  Bombing civilians was not really related to the Blitzkrieg. The "Blitz" in "Blitzkrieg" means extremely fast. It comes from "blitzschnell" what means "litening fast". It has no relation to the flash of exploding bombs or grenates. The tactics of Blitzkrieg are literally identical to Thunderrun. Bombing civillians was done but it never had anything to do with Blitzkrieg.
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  1969.  @StarSpangledBanner-c1u  Well, it is you who is enmbarrasing yourself if you continue to claim that the "Blitz" in "Blitzkrieg" has anything to do with explosion flashes. It means "ultra fast war" or "litening fast war". There is simply no different way it was used. Military missions that were not intended to overrun the enemy were not called "Blitzkrieg". I am not deflecting anything, I am just correcting you. Please do not make it more tidious then nessesary.
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  1970. The tariffs of the EU are relatively low, lower than for the USA. And much lower than for many other countries.
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  1971.  @baldrickscunningplan6154  WTF, are you talking about? Tariffs are usually much lower Ann different for different products.
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  1972.  @baldrickscunningplan6154  Your numbers don't add up. In order to get an average of 30% more then half of the imports need to be "special goods for development". That is unrealistic.
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  1973. The Electoral College was a good thing at a time the vast majority of the population had no chance to listen to a single speech of the candidate before the election.
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  1974.  @jeremyb3991  Heroes are usually a threat for villains. "a felon who is barred from gun ownership" So it was illegal for both tho have a gun.
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  1975.  @neenayannelli2334  I would do the same, but I an no hero trying to protect others from a mad man with a gun.
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  1976.  @noodleshop7468  He was pointing the weapon on different members of the crowd threatening people and generally acting unhinged. That is sufficient, that is sufficient for an extended self defense. A bad guy with a gun, that needs to be stopped. There is no reason to think that these people are the same that started the fires. In fact, as far as I understood, there was a fire on a car sales shop, that had been started by the owner himself.
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  1977. @Riding with Rittenhouse, Rosenbaum Ripper In times of desperation some people will rise to the situation, even if they have a dark history.
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  1978.  @bennykelechi9079  Well, what we see was that it was an error not to accept Ukraine into NATO. The war could have been avoided. None of the Easter European countries was forced into NATO, they all applied because of the threat that Russia posed to them. Russia was the best advertiser for NATO membership. And the preset war has increased this effect, leading to Finland and Sweden into NATO. Russia is concerned that it can no longer bully it's neighbors.
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  1979.  @FearRua  Russia could only have done this with nukes. But then China, India, Brazil, and even Iran would have joined in sanctioning Russia.
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  1980.  @bennykelechi9079  Russia has bullied Georgia and Ukrainie for the last 25 years. The Baltic republics where bullied until they became members of the EU and of NATO. When Putin demands from NATO to go back to the borders of 1990 than he is threatening all the new NATO members. Members that had a reason to become a member of NATO.
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  1981. Wanted to be upset as an European, but you are correct, apart from your hint towards the EU.
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  1982. You should begin with the enemies of the British population, with JRM for example.
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  1983. And he has no clue.
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  1984. How do you think the Nazis got to power? They were elected!
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  1985.  @waza987  The Nazis continued to stand in several elections until they had the majority in parliament to abolish parliament and democracy. Boris does not have a majority so he needs an election. I have no idea what Boris wants but we have already seen him illegally proroguing parliament. History is never repeating itself in exact the same way, but there are striking similarities.
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  1986.  @waza987  He assumes to know better than the democratic vote what people want. This is exactly what the Nazis said of themselves. And many people agreed. You are making precisely my point.
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  1987.  @waza987  The parliament is the most recent representation for the will of the people. And the only reason they blocked a new general election was to prevent a crashing out of the EU wile the parliament was dissolved. And once again you are making my point, he wants to implement the will of the people "as he understands it", not based on a majority in the house. This is more or less what Hitler did, he was sure that all he did was the will of the people as he understood it. Any government needs to be controlled by a parliament if it wants to call itself democratic.
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  1988. @themuhammadalifan8693  Netanjahu presenting his idea for the future of the West Bank is way worse than some stupid slogans.
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  1989. Well, with this actions Israel is strengthening Hamas.
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  1990.  @kjjosker  Well radical forces on both sides profit from the conflict Netanyahu as much as the Hamas.
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  1991.  @harrybrown1518  What should I dream of? You all seem to be very disconnected from reality, so I will dream of a sinking in reality.
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  1992.  @angrybrit7331  We will see whose expectation is more realistic, until now Brexiteres have been wrong in all relevant aspects.
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  1993.  @Martyntd5  These are the remaining Fishermen just as in the UK.
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  1994.  @blancavelasquez9859  Well, Trump finally started wearing masks. So the USA may be on its way back on track.
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  1995. Everyone knows that simplification is needed and used in any case you say or write anything. You could write a 2000 page report regarding virtually any subject and you would still simplify things. Going into full detail would prevent you from pursuing your daily life. Still, your abstraction needs to be reasonable.
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  1996. It always has.
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  1997.  @justicedone3929  Well, every member of the EU is sovereign. The EU is controlled by its members. So the UK has allway been sovereign. This can also be seen on the Brexit vote. You voted for it and it was accepted without any question.
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  1998.  @justicedone3929  Well, any international treaty is a legally binding commitment. Every contry on earth has multiple of these, that is normal. These treaties restrict the options a country has if it wants to avoid penalties, still, most of these countries are soverain. Even more, even if you do not strike any international agreement, you are still bound by reality. The goverment can decide whatever they want, but if the decision is ill advised or unrealistic, it will be detrimental for this country. Thats life, cope with it.
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  1999.  @justicedone3929  Well, good faith means both sides stand by their commitments not one side pampers the other. The EU has fulfilled all its commitments and is willing to continue this way. In contrast, the UK is thretening to violate its commitments. Using this tread the UK has violated the good faight clause.
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  2000.  @justicedone3929  Once again good faith is not about pampering the UK, it is about keeping your commitments. - The EU has committed to granting the transition period and it has done so. - The EU has committed to negotiating a trade deal on the basis of the political declartion, and it has done so. In fact, Barnier presented his proposal in February, we had to wait for the proposal of Frost until August. It looks like the UK was running down the clock.
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  2001.  @justicedone3929  Well, the BBC has a pro Brexit bias, they do not always show you the reality.
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  2002.  @justicedone3929  They had Farage far more on television than the LibDems. Even so he was the leader of a fringe party. And unlike Farage, SNP politicians are rediculed by the BBC. The BBC pushed Brexit with their actions.
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  2003.  @justicedone3929  Regarding the fishing rights. Fish is a red herring, it doesn't contribute much to the GDP of either side. Appart from this, the EU can demand what it wants, there is no reason to pamper the UK. Regarding the level playing field: Trade deals are about reducing red tape by defining each others standards as equivalent. The UK, however, wants to change its standards in an undefined way. But you cannot define something undefined as equivalent to the EU standards. Especially, if this declaration is legally binding. In addition, if not all standards are equivalent, like for Canada, still all deliveries need to be checked at the borders. It would not prevent the issues of Brexit. The level playing field is the only way to solve this problem, and therefore, Boris has agreed to it in the PD.
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  2004.  @justicedone3929  Well, very often these fishing rights are legally purchased property. Preventing these ships from fishing would be an act of nationalization, just the same as taking away other properties (like houses) from foreigners. It would be a policy contradicting the core values of the Tories. But whatever, the EU can demand whatever it likes in the negotiations, just like the UK can demand whatever it likes. Actually the demands of Frost are far worse since they would undermine the functioning of the EU as a whole. Now it is up to the negotiations to find a sensible compromise. And if the compromise is not found in 2020 negotiations will continue in 2021.
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  2005.  @justicedone3929  You can do whatever you like, but to have full and direct acces to the common market you need to follow some rules like anybody else. Why on earth dont Brexiteres ever want to play fair?
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  2006.  @justicedone3929  Well, the EU has treated the UK better than most other countries, it requires an unhealthy amount of entitlement to see that as being mistreatment.
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  2007.  @justicedone3929  Well, I think Brexit will be the big humbling of the English, the last great nation of Europe to experience this. In this process, you are following the Italians, the Spanish, the French, and the Germans. A process starting with stupid decisions based on a false sense of grandior, and it ends in self destruction. We will stand by and watch the UK. Once you are done with this phase we will be happy to welcome you to join us once more.
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  2008.  @justicedone3929  Me too, if you are repeating yourself, my answer will stay the same.
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  2009. The message that the UK does not know the way it wants to go? Quo vadis UK?
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  2010. Well, Germans in the USA stopped speaking German during WW1. And they left the German towns.
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  2011.  @ugbalaarya5213  I guess nobody suspected them to be in radio contact with a country thousands of miles away.
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  2012.  @mpelle129  The best would be to stick with her.
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  2013.  @Ian-pm8ll : Sure, Liam Fox has negotiated a partial rollover of 25% of the EU trade deals. These are the smaller countries providing for 12% of the UK trade that is fostered by EU trade deals. Or it is 5% of the UKs total trade. Larger countries like Canada and Japan have publicly rejected any rollover, waiting for the UK EU trade deal. A really nice rollover! Good luck.
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  2014.  @Ian-pm8ll : Sure the larger countries want better trade deals with the UK, deals better for them.
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  2015.  @Ian-pm8ll : Are you one of the no tariffs at all lunatics?
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  2016.  @Ian-pm8ll : Nice, so what about the products you produce but not enough to satisfy the demand?
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  2017. ​ @Ian-pm8ll : Nice, so you would put a tariff on crops like cucumbers and salad as art of this is produced in the UK. Are you aware that this while good for some British farmers it would increase the cost for these goods? I think we can discuss trade deals and Mercosur later, when finished with this topic.
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  2018.  @Ian-pm8ll  : Ever heard of supply and demand? The imports from elsewhere will stay expensive (due to distance and tariffs) the stuff from the EU will get more expensive (due to tariffs) and the farmers will raise their prices to their competition.
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  2019.  @Ian-pm8ll : Good luck eating 5 weeks old salad, for fast decaying stuff you need airfreight. How do you think Peruvian asparagus comes here. And this makes the stuff quite expensive. But maybe you want to live from onions and cabbage.
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  2020.  @Ian-pm8ll : Man stick to the topic, we can discuss Mercosur wen we are finished with crops. Vacuum packed meat has a shelf life of more than a month. Beef even improves for the first 21 days. This also true for apples, pineapples, melons, oranges, potatoes, onions.... But there is a variety of products were this is not true, like strawberries, salad, asparagus, tasty tomatoes... Do you really think you can source these from all over the world?
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  2021.  @Ian-pm8ll : It is a short flight and tariff free, but you want to change this.
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  2022.  @Ian-pm8ll : This does not contradict what I have said, you import 74% of the vegetables from the EU and about 50% of the fruits. Exactly according to the availability and the shelf life. Show me a cheap and short lived food from further than Morocco.
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  2023.  @Ian-pm8ll : Raab has a strongly selective perception like most Brexiteres.
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  2024.  @shibuya3185 : No problem with the UK leaving the EU and taking its own decisions. I think it is stupid, but this is not my issue. However it is astonishing that you are not recognizing the issues (calling them project fear) and not preparing yourself for the new situation. And in case hardship arises you want to blame it on others like the EU for not saving you fron an issue that you chose to ignore. Worse than this you (UK) want to punish other counties like Ireland for your hardship. If you would settle your issues with Ireland signed the WA in order to provided the contingencies needed, nobody would have an issue. You would need much higher custom capacity once the UK is no longer part of the EU. But you have not hires these staff and not build this infra structure. You may blame it on Mrs. May but no Brexitere demanded this changes. Now, Boris now wants hire 500 customs, but even if he did it was to little to late. These people will need years of training. You should know that the UK was unable to supply itself with food for centuries, as you have run down agriculture during the time of your empire. Forgive my unclear writing, the figure refers not to 74% of vegetables consumed to but to 74% of vegetables imported coming from the EU. Still the UK is currently unable to support its population with vegetables. This could be changed of course. You do not have a weather very different from the Netherlands and you could build lots of greenhouses. Sourcing salad from the USA surely would be too expensive even with a trade deal.
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  2025.  @shibuya3185 : And by the way, Germany will loose preferred access to 6% of its market. The UK would loose the preferred access to 80% of its market, 40% inside the EU and 40% based on the EU trade deals with ca. 100 countries.
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  2026.  @shibuya3185 : As long as you have no trade deal, the EU and the 100 other countries need to apply the same tariff as for any third country (Most favoured nation rules). All your trade deals from before you joined the EU have expired. By the way, even if you could go back, the argument "we can go back to a what we had 50 years ago," is never reasonable. You could also abolish all modern technology, as people have been living happy lives before it was introduced.
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  2027. Well, in 2021 Barnier will have an even stronger hand.
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  2028. The EU asks for the absolute minimum for the deal to be better than no deal. Otherwise it would not be ratified by the 28 parliaments. Well, no deal would not be a desaster for the EU but for the UK. Let us see what deal they will be negotiating on January.
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  2029.  @nigeljohnson9820  Well, the WA is a binding international treaty. The UK has accepted several solutions including the border in the Irish sea. All you stated was part of the political declaration, that is not binding and still dependent on a deal. Without any deal, this is not relevant but at the same time, the UK would need to trade on WTO rules with the EU and several other countries. For the EU, no deal is better than a bad deal. Every country in the EU trades more with the rest of the EU than with the UK. Therefore any trade deal that compromises the common market is a net negative. "The uk may also implement hidden tariffs to make imports from the eu far less attractive. " That is exactly the reason why we cannot trust the UK and the rules for a leveled playing fields need to be really strict in any deal. Well regarding the banks, Londons banks will lose the passporting right for the EU anyway. I expect them to open branches somewhere in the EU. If someone of the large investors loses money in this process, my compassion is limited. The financial stability and coherence of the EU are far more important for the daily life of the EU.
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  2030. Zornlub, or Zyclotrop
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  2031. I mean the idea behind the Nazis was to overcome German victimhood.
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  2032.  @artistsometimes2729  : At the moment it seems mainly the UK having a problem with far-right parties controlling the policy. I think the freedom of movement reforms you favor would rather weaken the EU not strengthen it.
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  2033.  Ty Cobb  Sure, Brexiters are funny.
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  2034. It is a pity the US have a the-winner-takes-it-all system. In a proportional representation, the green would flourish.
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  2035. Unlike Putin Alexander was a very tall and strong man.
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  2036. Who said that?
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  2037.  @nataliytitenok4998  The fraction of people that have not fled the area perhaps. But more then half of the population of Donbass is not in Donbass.
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  2038.  @nataliytitenok4998  Please do not avoid the question: How do the Russians poll the part of the population that has fled the Donbass or the other occupied regions.
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  2039. Prosperity needs security, Russia is not trustworthy. They need to become a member of NATO.
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  2040. @matthewphilip1977 Do you want to discuss physics or semantics?
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  2041. Well, most of the AZ vaccine is produced in India and the EU. But AZ is exporting so much vaccine that they can not fulfill their contract with the EU. So the simplest thing is to get another supplier.
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  2042.  @jakeford9073  No it gives the lowest living standards. A lawless society of a failed state is even worse than Communism. Common rules are required for a society.
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  2043.  @jakeford9073  That is like asking if the word had not developed without computers.
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  2044. And the same effect had the bombing of Germany.
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  2045. They have no mandate to engage either side. Their job is to monitore the situation is now more important than ever.
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  2046. In Germany the people in Saxony are most bothered by Immigrants even so they have the least of them. In the EU the people in Poland are most bothered by Muslims, even so (or because) most of them have never met one.
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  2047. Continental fishers have legally purchased British fishing quotas. As long as they fish in British waters they are in a way British fishers. I find it alarming, that the British society wants to dispossess foreign assets without any compensation.
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  2048. The important once They are, at least in a country with a useful healthcare system. However, development and production are not for free. Some organization will need to pay for each dose.
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  2049. Well, they were heroes trying to protect the others.
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  2050. So you say we should measure Hamas and IDF by the same standard. Does this mean you think IDF is a terror organization too?
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  2051. I think all this setting up and later ignoring of red lines by Moscow, means that Moscow cannot be trusted to tell the truth. We have to ignore what Moscow utters and trust our common sense and international law. Delivering weapons has never been an act of war and therefore no country delivering weapons is a participant in this war.
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  2052. How dare you, the only side that has been insulting all the time is the UK.
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  2053. These are the consultations about how the UK can implement the NIP.
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  2054. Sometimes elections lead to stupid results. The French voted for an investment banker and were astonished that he did not push a left wing policy. The Britons voted for the downgrading of the UK and are astonished that it is leading to chaos.
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  2055.  Oliver Matthews : Indeed, BoJo and Farage went far this way.
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  2056.  Oliver Matthews : Have you ever fact checked Boris Jonson, every second sentence is a lie. Other politicians do lie from time to time, especially if it is difficult to falsify them, but BoJo constantly spills the most absurd nonsense. Farage acted as a troll in the EU parliament for the 19 years, while being too lazy to do his job. By not attending the meetings of the fishery board he denied British fishers a voice. And finally he cashed in on the day of the referendum. Finally, JRM spills absurdities of the hard BREXIT (like GAT) while moving his investment funds to Dublin.
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  2057.  Oliver Matthews : Sure, global companies play different countries off against each other in order to avoid regulations and taxes. This provides enormous wealth for a small number of globalists. Our only defense against these globalists are supra national organizations like the EU. As a result, these globalists are more than willing to fund national movements.
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  2058. I do not think you could not kill all the planes at the same time. Furthermore, explosives are much smaller than loitering ammunition. The fact that nearly all planes were destroyed and all explosions where virtually at the same time is telling.
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  2059. One country two systems has worked in Hong Kong for 20 years so why shouldn't it work in the UK.
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  2060. The EU will extend in any case they do not want to be blamed for no deal Brexit.
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  2061. More likely that BMW closes the production of Minis in the UK.
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  2062. Well, the EU has been acting far more mature than the UK.
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  2063.  @protorhinocerator142  So you missed the last 4.5 years?
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  2064.  @robharris8844U  Well, that is Brexit bullshit. There were no new demands from the EU. The requirement of the EU have been clear from the start, it is not our fault when you suddenly notice they do not coincide with your unicorns. Barnier presented the proposal at the beginning of the talks at the beginning of March, Frost presented his proposals at mid of August at a time the negotiations should have been done with.
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  2065. The UK needs the trade deal, not the EU.
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  2066. ​@danthaman743 Well, many consider the West Bank a part of Israel, which would make all Palestineans there citizens of Israel by default. Show me how all these people are able to vote for the Israeli government and I would agree that Israel is democratic.
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  2067. @nicolasmartin-minaret6157  So you agree that all Jewich settlements are illegal. Because it is illegal to fund civilian settlements in occupied terretory. So you agree they should leave within the year 2025 as ruled in the ICC. I mean, they could possibly stay if they obay local law and pay rent.
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  2068.  @nicolasmartin-minaret6157  My response was deleted.
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  2069. @nicolasmartin-minaret6157  Lots of Zionists claim that the West Bank is a part of Israel. Whateboutism is irrelevant. Israel is doing the genocide with our help. That makes a big difference. We all in the West are responsible.
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  2070.  @luchi.el.zorrito  Well, I would guess you and they are genuine and sure you are correct. But, your approach is to different. You cannot accept that Hisbollah could do anything good and they cannot imagine they could do anything bad in Libanon.
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  2071. Well, this is an invasion not a civil war. In addition, Ukraine is our direct neighbor.
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  2072.  @joeylane2408  Sure, I am European.
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  2073.  @joeylane2408  Well, if Putin is not stopped things will get worse, for everyone.
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  2074. They will close the consultate in Shanghai when the USA closes the consulate in New York.
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  2075. The standards of each member country are higher than for the EU. That is the principle of a minimum threshold. The question is not what the standards are at the moment, but what they will become in the future.
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  2076.  @lewisbrand  It seems you cannot read. Any country has higher standards than the EU. Many countries have standards significantly higher than in the UK. But much worse, if you do not want to lower your standards you could agree to the level playing field, the fact that the UK does not want to sign this means you want to lower your standards. That is the only logical reason.
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  2077.  @shelleyphilcox4743  Well, the changing EU standards of course. You want similar access to the common market as Switzerland has, so you have to expect similar alignment to EU rules. Well, maybe your deal will be more similar to Turkey.
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  2078.  @shelleyphilcox4743  OK, OK, so you are more similar to Turkey. Fine with me!
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  2079.  @shelleyphilcox4743  Correct, but you want acces to the common market for services, this is a much greater acces than granted for Canada or Japan, it is a similar acces to Switzerland, but with more cherrypicking. But it would be madness to grant you access to the market for services without your banks being bound by the same rules as in the EU. By the way, it will take at least till August 2021 until your borders are ready for any type of Brexit.
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  2080.  @shelleyphilcox4743  It would be extremely stupid to allow financial services in the EU not bound by ECJ ruling. Without a level playing field, there is absolutely no chance for passporting rights for banks in the UK. US banks still need dependencies in the EU, something the City profited from until now. The Finance industry is extremely flexible. They can found or enlarge dependencies in the EU, or move headquarters. The all the financial industry needs to operate are office buildings. They do not have any heavy equipment.
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  2081. But maybe a man that knows that attacking neighboring countries will remove him from office.
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  2082. You could use a cable like on the original.
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  2083. We in Baden-Würtemberg have a Green-Party Ministerpräsident (Governor) that is rather conservative. But this is insane.
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  2084. Yes, Russia has waged war over Ukraine for 8 years.
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  2085.  @fofal  3. The "separatists" (Russias minions) have been shelling the free Ukraine. They could expect the fire to be returned.
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  2086.  @fofal  Actually, the shellings reduced in the first month of this year, but the number of soldiers increased as a reaction to the Russian troops.
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  2087.  @SaveTheKidsD2P  Crimea was Mongolian, Kosac, Turkish, Russian, and then Ukrainian.
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  2088.  @SaveTheKidsD2P  Russia has absolutely no claim for Crimea or the Donbass. But it will be nearly impossible for Ukraine to reclaim Crimea. I guess becoming a member of NATO is more important for Ukrainie.
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  2089. Farage failed to become an MP in the first place, even more embarrassing.
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  2090.  @rossnagornyi7827  Would not grind down the panels. Would not shade the panels. Corrosion can be controlled.
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  2091.  @mohdig9  You do not want to damage the surfaces. A sandstorm or a wiper may do this. But I agree, there will be solutions in most cases.
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  2092. The EU has acted with the greatest decency, while all politicians gave one provoking speech after the other.
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  2093.  @johndutfield7382 : Sure, and while Germany has strong limitation of delivering into regions of crisis, the UK is less prudish.
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  2094. This exports the USA's problems all over the world. However, I am not really afraid. Guns made from soft plastic are not really compareble to real guns. These guns may be able to shoot a few unprecise and really slow bullets. Still deadly over a short distance but as dangerous for the user as for the victim.
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  2095. The plastic used in 3d-printers is too soft to use them as the barrel of a gun. In these designs, the cartridge is used as the barrel. Similar to just using a hammer to ignite a bullet outside a gun. I guess these designs improve aiming but do not increase the speed of the bullet. These devices can still be deadly on a short range but are no comparison to a real gun. Living in Germany this is a small relive as I do not want a situation as in America.
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  2096.  @frankyfourfingers8913 : Why are Brexiteres so aggressive.
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  2097.  @frankyfourfingers8913 : So you want to makes us pay for only treating you a bit better than you are treating us. You would have preferred all of us accepting you as our boss.
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  2098.  @mariadamen7886  They have ways to convince you, but unlike anywhere else you cannot be ignored.
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  2099. Everybody agrees that Hamas is a terror organization. Do you claim IDF to be the same? Othervise there is no reason for such a comparison.
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  2100. Well, I do not think Falcon is a cheap as Falcon claims to be. But sure, one should produce Ariane rockets in gross and not dedicated for each start. That should cover the largest part of the gap in cost.
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  2101. Well, I am in favor of speed - traps for all the reasons you have given, but on top of this they are so much cheaper.
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  2102. Any authoritarian system is barbarism.
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  2103. Sure it is allowed to own guns in Germany. It is difficult, and need to train and register but you can buy guns legally. But people with mental problems or a criminal record are not allowed to own guns. If the state of this guy would have been known some time ago he would not have been able to buy his weapons. The system is not perfect, but normally it works.These mass shootings happen about once a decade in Germany, and we have a population of 80 mio.
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  2104. If you are in a group of 28, in order to be fair, you have to concede 27 times more often than being granted your wishes. The UK already have a preferential treatment in the EU. Further, concessions of the EU (the 27 other countries) could not have been sold to the electorate.
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  2105. I would like to see Eddie Hall or Butterbeen visit the simulator.
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  2106.  @justinatest9456  They ere getting not enough fuel. But every but only because most fuel convoys are attacked. Blowing up this storage probably gives more result for less Ukrainian losses.
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  2107.  G. V. Quinn :Ah, you are talking of JRM he is surely a globalist. The EU on the contrary is the best mean we have to keep the globalists in check.
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  2108. Two of the far right goons may have acted as provocateurs on a Antifa or BLM demonstration before.
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  2109.  @gug1970  You really don't get it, do you? You can continue to realize Brexit, nobody used to hold you back and nobody will in future. Ludicrous is the idea to have a border without a border, or the idea of getting pasporting rights without accepting EU rules, and the idea to have any trade deal without answering to a foreign court.
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  2110.  @gug1970  LOL, any trade deal supersedes the legislation of the participating countries. Otherwise it would be useless to strike it in the first place, as any partner could reduce his obligation at any point they would seem unpleasant. Nobody could rely in the any international contract.  So trade deals bind national law and disputes are settled in some form of international court. This is true for any trade deal and any other international contract.
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  2111. Well, if AZ waits with the delivery until everyone is vaccinated, than the vaccine will no longer be needed.
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  2112.  @hriday1341  The reason for people being upset with AZ is the fact that they did not underdeliver each contract to the same fraction. But this behavior is not the reason the contract is canceled. If AZ is delayed to an extend, that they deliver after most people are vaccinated the vaccine will be no longer needed.
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  2113. Oh my god, why don't you just use metric? The atmosphere is 1 bar or 10^5 pa or 10m of water. Why on earth do you use 15 strange-units to make everything overly complicated?
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  2114. Until now the EU has always been growing stronger in every crisis.
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  2115. OMG - Soon people will demand to drop the gun restrictions in planes. They will claim that 9.11 could have been prevented when the passengers and pilots would have been armed.
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  2116. North Korea interprets the "denuclearization of the Korean peninsula" as North Korea denuclearized and America leaves south Korea.
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  2117. That sounds pretty absurd.
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  2118.  @rohitkashyap7476  No Russia tried to turn Ukraine into a puppet regime. The Euromaidan revolution removed Yanocowick that had become a puppet of Putin after his election. Since then Russia is punishing Ukraine for the audacity to be an independent country.
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  2119. Get an eddy-current brake as installed in trucks or trains and you will not have to cope with this.😉😉
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  2120. 700 kills in the US is an awfull number, but it also means that the vast mayority of cops do not shoot.
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  2121. Kushner should be required to pay the hotel fees for the residents of his buildings during renovations. They would finish immediately.
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  2122.  @stephen10.  That is fine for casual communication, but l wouldn't trust it for important negotiations.
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  2123.  @danieleyre8913  Everyone can look up the statistics and can that I am correct. Remember, you are doubling down at least as much as I did. The willingness to work on themselves is far more important than the GDP per capita. A membership 10 years after the end of the war is possible, but it would require a huge effort from Ukraine.
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  2124.  @danieleyre8913  Thanks for proving my point. The GDP per capita has no bearing on its success in the EU. The politicians have to make the right decisions and the population needs to stand behind you. I never claimed that was easy, the reforms in order to join and the existence in the common market are enoumous challenges for any country joining the EU. And some countries, despite having economic growth are becoming less Abt for membership. Ukrainie has many problems, but changes can be fast if Ukrainians show the same determination to join the EU as they are showing now in the defense against Russia.
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  2125.  @14dimitri  I take Russias demand for national security serious, as serious as I take the Ukrainian demand for the same. Moscow is about 400km from the Ukrainian border. Kyiv is 200 km from the same border. Ukraine was not hostile towards Russia, but Russia was hostile towards Ukraine. Do you want to argue, that the border should be shifted towards Moscow?
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  2126. Do they had door locks at that time? In this case the right hand would hold no sword, but a key when you are attacked. This would make all the spikes more useful.
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  2127.  @jackkruese4258  I guess, just like anywhere else, it is the population usually not exposed to the level of immigration that is most gullible. People who live in these places usually do no have an issue, but people who visit London sporadically feel alienated.
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  2128.  @iGNiTETheKiD  There have been very few good guys with a bun stopping shooters. And here is one and he is immediately shot. So it seems that is the reason the good guy with a gun is a myth, as it involves a 25% chance to be shot by a cop.
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  2129. Why should it fail, he has given no reasons.
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  2130.  @Quickshot0  Any international treaty has supremacy over national law. Otherwise it would be useless. A county needs to stand by its commitments or face the consequences. Well, the EU rules are in fact international treaties.
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  2131. - Stop fiscal and social competition between countries I fully agree. The fiscal and social competition is slowly decreased in the process of harmonization of the rules within the EU. - Stop tax heavens within the EU Well, the anti-tax-avoidance-initiative is one of the reasons of Brexit. - Stop enforcing austerity and neoliberal measures on a EU level The EU does not enforce austerity but stability criteria. These are far from austerity and represent the boundary of sensible politics. They are necessary as the default of one country of the EU strongly impacts all the other countries. - Stop grand plans for an EU ecological transition that can't account for each country's specific energy mix As far as I see these differences are taken into account, that is the reason the progress is rather slow, just as on point one. - Possibly allow for the creation of local currencies All fine as long as no government uses it, otherwise, it is a way to circumvent the stability criteria.
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  2132. 3:31 Sow you will never let anyone into the UK, no tourist, no fruit picker, no cook, no banker. Dream on!
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  2133.  @craigbowler5248  Sure, but consumers the EU can buy fish from countries we have a trade deal with. This will be cheaper than yours, as imports from the UK will have some tariffs added.
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  2134. ​ @craigbowler5248  I have not really looked into this, but lets see, we for example have trade deals with Canada and Mercosur.
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  2135.  @craigbowler5248  The same is true for fresh vegetable in the UK, and I actually need vegetables far more than fish. But correct, the economic relevance of fish is low. And I want the Banks that operate in the EU to be regulated by the EU.
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  2136.  @craigbowler5248  The regulation are in place to protect me as a consumer, the UK rules will not necessary be interested in EU citizen. Deutsche Bank has been a mess for some time, but it should be more of an issue for Saudi Arabia as they own this bank.
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  2137.  @craigbowler5248  Sure, and the main reason for these losses was the DB investment banking in London and the British CEO. Furthermore, as the rules for Banks are strengthened in the EU Brexit got traction in the UK.
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  2138.  @craigbowler5248  The investment part of Deutsche Bank was in London, what is so mysterious about this. So DB actually started to have this issues under UK regulation.
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  2139.  @craigbowler5248  I have no issues with goods produced in the UK. In fact I am about to buy nonlinear crystals that are made in the UK. Services in contrast are a different issue.
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  2140.  @craigbowler5248  Passporting rights for banks is usually not part of any trade deal, it is not part of the trade deal with Canada. So any Canada style deal will not involve any Passporting rights for banks, and still the deal requires Canada to align with the EU in certain aspects. Any deal containing passporting rights would require a much closer alignment.
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  2141.  @craigbowler5248  So sad that you have specialized on something that usually is not part of trade deals. I would think the mayor of Frankfurt is quite happy.
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  2142.  @craigbowler5248  Liam Fox has secured a rollover of only a small fraction of the EU trade deals (with reduced value). Canada and Japan have already told you they would wait until the EU deal was finished. And the USA is more interested in a deal with the EU, same for Australia and New Zealand.
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  2143. The British parliament can decide whatever they want in the UK, but they cannot change international law and international treaties. Breaking international treaties will come with a ramification. By 2021 the UK will have nearly no trade deals. But who will sign a treaty with a country that is known to break these? Who will sign a trade deal with a rogue country?
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  2144.  @resiplayerz  "I'm also more than happy to leave under an acrimonious no deal with the EU, we have nothing to fear, China and the USA are two of our largest trading partners with no trade deal on WTO terms." Well, the EU has several bilateral agreements with the USA, these are surely lost in any type of Brexit. "Nice try, buy the reports specifically say legislate for ambiguous areas in the WA not negotiated by the joint committee in the event of a no-deal. Under such a scenario we won't be reneging on any commitments." Well, lets see if this will or will bot brake international law. Let the ECJ decide.
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  2145.  @resiplayerz  "1) We've signed trade continuation, mutual recognition deals with the USA already." Congratulations, so 35% of your exports in contrast to 20% are covered. It is still an incredible hit. "2)''Let the ECJ decide.'' If we let them you mean, if we are willing to ignore parts of the EU WA there's no reason we won't ignore the bit that gives the ECJ jurisdiction over the NI protocol. Face facts if UK plays hardball the only thing the EU can do is impose tariffs or sanctions and the UK will be free to retaliate." Well, this escalated quickly, so you went from looking for the soft spots to ripping the whole WA apart in no time. This means you will be seen as a rogue country on the world stage and no one will give you any trade deals. Furthermore, this also means ripping the GFA apart. This means, no trade deal with the USA.
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  2146.  @resiplayerz  1. Well, in between two countries needs without any trade deal needs to be a hard border, you can put the border wherever you want, but there needs to be one. The GFA, however, it is required that there is no hard border on Ireland. 2. In the GFA it is required that the institutions within the ROI and NI work together within the EU. The WA puts the border in the Irish sea and and therefore saves the GFA, despite Brexit.
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  2147.  @resiplayerz  Well it was too long since I read it, it is implicitly assumed but not explicitly stated. So you are correct that the GWA does not explicitly states an open border, but it states the collaboration within the EU. So the GFA does not male much sense if the UK is no longer in the EU.
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  2148.  @resiplayerz  But but institutions from both sides working together within the EU is explicit.
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  2149.  @resiplayerz  "Indeed and brexit or even hard brexit does not stop crossborder cooperation." It says cross-border cooperation within the EU!
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  2150.  @TNMJAD  Well, some climate scientists write in newspapers too. Or they give interviews. Look for leading members of the ICCP and you will have reasonable and trustworthy information. And once again, the basics were known since 1897.
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  2151.  @TNMJAD  So you have no argument against scientists, only against newspapers. How is this relevant when discussing the scientific consensus?
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  2152. @TNMJAD  Just like the earth feels flat when you fo not think too much.
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  2153.  @TNMJAD  You just repeated one of the stupod the talking points of any climate change deniers. You equated some newspaper articles with the scientific consensus.
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  2154.  @TNMJAD  The post was talking about the weather not the climate. It is, therefore, irrelevant to the topic on hand. You provided one of the big falacies against climate science, without stressig the reason it is falatious. Two flat earth style points.
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  2155. Even the US seems to be in the process to ban Glyphosat in the mid future.
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  2156. Who do you think is not elected?
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  2157.  @williamshade5999  Well the Commission is less unelected as your Cabinet. The EU parliament needs to confirm every Commissioner. Your parliament does not need to confirm individual Ministers, does it? In addition, a Commissioner does not have the same executive powers as a Cabinet minister. Decisions are taken by the heads of the member countries in the European Council.
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  2158. Russia has more men and more material, and the war is inside of Ukraine. Ukrainian soldiers are probably better and more motivated, and this is the reason Ukraine has not fallen.
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  2159. I would just be afraid of such a girl.
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  2160. I have no love for the Chinese political system, and it is true China covered it up for 4 weeks. However, at a certain point, they got into action, and they got impressive results. The rest of the world had 2 months of warning time and was still less effective than China. If the rest of the world had been as active in suppressing the Virus as China was, Covid19 would be gone by now.
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  2161. The German gas storage facilities are not full, but they would last for another 3-4 months.
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  2162. China and Hong Kong are the same country and still the UK found it appropriate to negotiate a border in between both parts. China kept its promise for 20 years, the UK not at all.
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  2163. Well, Boris has signed the WA, the electorate agreed to the WA in the recent general election and your parliament has ratified it. It is now legally binding.
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  2164. Well, the population density in the region of the border is very low.
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  2165. More likely that the UK falls apart.
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  2166. There is no UK without NI and there is no Britain without Scotland. England may go the path of Switzerland. Being outside and inside at the same time.
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  2167.  @keyboarddancers7751  Well, I agree, Schengen is a red flag for England. I thought about lots of particular opt-outs and opt-ins.
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  2168. There needs to be a path for face saving climb down of Putin. I think that is what we here from the negotiations. Something like this: 1. No NATO membership (but guarantees from NATO, preventing a further invasion so a de facto membership without a NATO base) 2. Accepting Crimea to be Russian (and a Russian payment for the water) 3. Seceding Donbass (but only the tiny area held by the rebels) 4. Dishonorable dismissal of AZOV (while keeping the military pensions) A way that both sides (especially Putin) can claim victory.
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  2169. Dear  @lisajohnson2699 , in 2016 the German car industry told they would value the integrity of the common market higher than any deal with the UK. They have been holding this position unaltered till today. A similar position is expressed by the German government and the government of all the other countries. You have to understand, the export of any EU27 into the EU27 is much larger than the export to the UK. They would like a trade deal with the UK but not if this endangers the common market.
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  2170.  @lisajohnson2699  - Sorry I am German, so this is the place I have first hand information for, information for other countries can be found in statistics and when talking to people, but this takes me time. So if I can reply with my knowledge about Germany its simpler for me. - The economic development of the EU is faster than for Japan and about as fast as for the USA. The development of the EU27 is faster than for the UK. - There is not a single country in the EU27 were the ideal to leave the EU has any majority. The EU may not be perfect but it provides a net benefit for the economy and for the citizen. - Sure, I vote in the German general election and the German Government chooses the German commissioner. Furthermore, I vote for the European parliament and the MEPs check the commissioners before they can take their office.
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  2171.  @lisajohnson2699  Greece wanted to take the Euro, they fiddled their books to get in. Once they defaulted the EU has helped. The only thing Greece was "threatened" with was not to help. Not helping was exactly what the UK did. We all paid a lot of money, you have been to greedy. And now scrooge wants to tell us what we should have done? Get lost!
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  2172.  @lisajohnson2699  To me it is irrelevant how many people voted for Brexit, if the UK wants to go, it can go. If you want a trade deal, you know the conditions [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=agZ0xISi40E&t=133s]. I think Brexit is really bad for the UK, but it is your decision. Let us see how you will do outside the EU.
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  2173. The WHO had been pummeled by many governments (especially right-wing politicians) for calling wolf about the dangers of MERS, SARS, and EBOLA. Actually, I would not be astonished if the behavior of the WHO was mainly influenced by the US government. The careless attitude fits more whth the US aproach than with the Chinese side.
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  2174.  @lb585  But Farage was continuously praising the Norway deal.
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  2175. You know that Russia did most of the bombing in Syria, don't you?
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  2176.  @JeffRebornNow  Well, the political repercussions of China preventing foreign citizens to leave the country would have been enormous. The other countries should have been looking at China and should have introduced a two week quarantine for anybody entering the country.
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  2177. Werner von Braun
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  2178. But he was at least useful for the society of the USA.
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  2179. Shame only on Israel.
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  2180. Scotland?
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  2181. Ist mit Sicherheit vorgekommen, aber meistens werden Fotos von leergeschlossenen Panzerabwehrwaffen gezeigt.
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  2182.  @prolibertate6373  : Your suggestion would restrict freedom significantly more than the solution I lined out. A small number of people need to be sent into a mental asylum. Most people can be treated without disrupting their life. An even higher reaction of the population has mental issues that would not require an acute treatment but would make them dangerous when they could obtain a weapon. A sufficient gun lay would be a minor inconvenience for people who want to purchase a gun but would prevent the danger. Your solution would involve locking up significant parts of the population, destroying their life and freedom to counteract a minor annoyance for gun owners.
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  2183.  @prolibertate6373 : So you want women to stay with beating husbands to prevent criminality of the kids? Have you any indication that Ian Long was growing up with a single mother. Otherwise, your argument is invalid he would not have stopped by going back to traditional role models. Also, your approach shocks me, based on your name you value freedom very much, but you want to impose your way of life to everybody. That is no freedom!
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  2184. ​ @prolibertate6373  : Still, do you have any hint that Ian Long came from such a family?
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  2185.  @prolibertate6373  : US policy was changed entirely due to Islamic terrorism these events are even rarer. And it was broken in a way that reduces freedom far worse than the inconvenience to get a gun a few days later. As I said you need three things to become an amok shooter: a mental issue, access to a gun and a role model. So working on position one and two is significantly better than just acting on one aspect.
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  2186.  @prolibertate6373  : Sure you can do attacks with cars, as it was demonstrated. However, cars are useful (contrary to guns), it is much more difficult to ban them. In addition, they are less versatile as killing machines. A simple bollard can block an attack. Yes, there have been knife attacks. Still, you can secure yourself just by keeping a distance from the attacker. Any police force can easily handle such a person. An attack like this would be impossible. Firearms are made for killing. Any defense needs to be an attack, you cannot deflect a bullet with a gun (or at least it is really really difficult).
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  2187.  @prolibertate6373 : I do not doubt that some of the citizens carrying guns are really nice and law-abiding. However, there are no benefits apart from hunting trips and camping in the real wilderness. There can be a situation that a person actually stops a crime using a gun, but this person is very likely to hurt himself or a bystander instead of solving the issue or being shot by the police as he is a person with a drawn weapon on a crime scene. And all of this for a problem that would not have been one without guns in the first place. Your number of 300.000 has been used before it is just an estimate without any real data.
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  2188. If it was a jewelry you would be right, but this was a low-cost necessity store. Even more at this whether you would not leave the house if you would not be in need.
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  2189. You could not see the faces, so it is impossible to see if they are excited. I think but favoring this is a pointless assumption. In fact, there are lots of things that cannot be delayed like baby food or duct tape to perform a temporary repair. Someone broke the door and this is a crime, but most of them just got the basic necessities.
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  2190. Trump sounds like a guy who has never in his life been grocery shopping.
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  2191. @Luke Doddrell: All decisions at the EU Commision need to be unanimous, and one member of the commision is sent by the British government. There is frankly no way the EU could decide anything the UK did not approve. The UK was one of the maters, not a slave.
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  2192. @ Russian Bot: This would still make the UK one of the masters.
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  2193. Just a demilitarization.
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  2194. Well, at least if you are a right wing nutter like him.
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  2195. They are observers, it was not their job to enforce any resolution. They are not supposed to engage Hesbolla or Israel, as long as they are not attacked first. Now they are more needed than any time before. Otherwise we loose an independent observer of the situation.
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  2196. They should simply call the heroes.
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  2197.  @princedukenkanteen2636  Well, is India going to build the pipelines for the next 3 years and is it going to pay for the gas 3 years before significant amounts arrive?
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  2198.  @princedukenkanteen2636  "asian shall build pipeline in just 2 to 3 years done.no democracy but fast development simple." Do you think the war will last more than 3 years?
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  2199.  @donaldboughton8686  There is no guarantee that the UK will still exist in 5 years.
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  2200. I based my assumption on the current negotiation speed of British politicians. You are right this may change.
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  2201.  pammens miss : You seem to be really slow, he is speaking about the future.
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  2202. ​ joe caterman  : What kind of attitude you do not like? I guess we all should bow to the British supremacy.
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  2203.  @EscarliDLakutos : Nobody is bullying the UK, it is your own self contradicting red lines that makes you running toward disaster.
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  2204.  @EscarliDLakutos : Why should anyone support the class bully? The UK already had a rebate. This already involved more payment from the other members. Giving further benefits to the UK would haves screwed over the population of the rest of the EU.
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  2205.  @pavel9652  I agree, but with NATO membership all that death and destruction could have been avoided. And the army is no guarantee for the future. If Russia had reformed it's army and actually spend all the money on equipment Ukrainie would not have had a chance. Things that may still come in future.
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  2206. Most politicians are lawyers. That is an advantage as they know the laws and are most qualified to change them. But conscious or unconscious this is rigging the system to the advantage of lawyers.
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  2207. Nobody would have stopped you from making the same contracts while in the EU.
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  2208. No, it is your language.
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  2209.  @1chish  : Oh sorry I did not want to repete myself, but it seemed you haven't been reading or understanding this lines. The UK is Germanys 5th largest export market with 6% of German exports. Its the and third largest market if only counting EU countries. It is a fraction of what is exported to the rest of the EU. Mitigating this 6% is bad, but loosing the beneficial arrangements with al the EU would be far worse. And yes, you are even the second largest export market for Ireland. Sorry my numbers are correct, look them up yourself.
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  2210.  @1chish  Calm down, rambling will persuade nobody.
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  2211.  @1chish  So let me ask you one question, do you deny that all countries of the EU27 sell more to other EU27 counties than to the UK? Please give me a short answer, other things can be discussed later, but trying to sort out all at the same time will lead nowhere.
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  2212.  @1chish  So you deny that all countries of the EU27 sell more to other EU27 counties than to the UK. OK, prove it, show me just one country in the EU 27 that sells more to the UK than to the rest of the EU 27? We have to stick to the facts otherwise this is pointless.
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  2213. @F A The gorilla knew his strength, but human kids are much weaker and more fragile than a juvenile gorillas of the same high.
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  2214. @F A I would guess you are right.
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  2215. @Cliv Ings Red tape already increases when the UK does not commit a standard identical or equivalent to EU standard. That is true for any trade deal.
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  2216. They are observers, it was not their job to enforce any resolution. They are not supposed to engage Hesbolla or Israel, as long as they are not attacked first. Now they are more needed than any time before. Otherwise we loose an independent observer of the situation.
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  2217.  Robbie Craughwell : England has been destroyed austerity, privatization and lack of structure funding.
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  2218. Seems you cannot understand a joke.
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  2219. One large European army will not be more expensive than all the smaller armies of the individual countries. The combined military spending of the EU countries is on position 3 world wide.
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  2220.  @Ultron-o3i : In Germany Schröder was reelected because he rejected the Iraq war. We were all astonished why the UK joined it.
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  2221.  Sarah Min  I would address the whole region from Turkey to Iran as the middle east, but this is irrelevant for this discussion. Traders from all over the world used to travel to China to purchase goods and sell them in their home country. So there was a considerable chance to bring the sickness to any country on earth. These communities of foreign traders were especially large for poor countries since the traders could not get visas to the EU or the US. The US trade embargo against Iran most likely increased the attractiveness of China.
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  2222. There is no dependency, German strategic gas reserves last 12 months, that is longer than Russias ability to pay pensions.
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  2223. @Biagio Without breeding reactors and nuclear reprocessing plants the energy potential of nuclear fuels is jut too small to make a difference. We would burn through the available fuel far to fast.
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  2224.  @neodym5809  I agree, but based on Russian thinking, the idea of the encirclement by NATO and EU it makes a lot of sense. I hope the EU will agree to a strong response in the situation in Ukraine this time including a military response. But I doubt this will be reached. China has successfully run with a global isolation policy of Taiwan for 60 years. Every nation and every international organization has agreed to treat Taiwan as a nation, but to do it only unofficially. It was not very intelligent of the small Lithuania to choose a different approach. I know they feel they are in a similar situation with Russia. But Lithuania cannot help Taiwan and Taiwan cannot help Lithuania. I agree that the new EU rule preventing foreign influence is a good thing, but I would hope for a more diplomatic approach in future.
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  2225. Try the swiss plugs (1 phase and 3 phase).
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  2226.  @globalcitizen8321  Thank you for the answer. So Gepard is based on a main battle tank, while Terminator is based on a troop transporter. Are you sure the armor of the Gepard is weaker than the armor of a troop transporter? I mean, sure the armor of the Terminator is newer, but the Gepard is heavier to begin with. The Gepard has also dual ammunition feed it is also loaded with 35mm anti armor rounds for ground defense.
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  2227. @peterbalogh8138  Come on, we all know that Orbans corruption is holding Hungary back. All comparable formaly communist EU members have grown faster.
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  2228. Better not Britain would crumble.
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  2229. You contradict yourself, are these people elected or faceless burocrates?
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  2230.  @robertdlucas7418  I would say, both sides contributed similarly. Without the war in Russia, Germany and Italy had secured the Mediterranean sea. Without the war in the West Russia would have been doomed.
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  2231. So whom do you want to blame for your own carelessness?
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  2232.  @Nickle314  Well, I am not aware that it is even possible to sue a country for not acting perfectly in the case of a newly arisen virus. Did the USA or was it Mexico have to pay for the swine flu.
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  2233.  @Nickle314  It is very unlikely that Covid-19 is a systematic military virus. If I would design a virus I would make it either very contagious or I would avoid any H2H transmission. Furthermore, it would need to immobilize 90% of the young adult population. Covid-19 has neither of these properties and furthermore, the Chinese have no vaccine. If you really think it was created, why don't you think the same about Ebola, MERS, or the swine flu?
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  2234.  @Nickle314  If you are so far into conspiracy theories, you could assume the lab for Ebola was hidden or not in Africa at all. Ideas like this are not impossible but so unlikely that proceeding them requires stupidity. The same is true for Covid-19. As I stated, the virus has none of the properties of a weapon (actually Ebola would be much more promising). Chinese cities are quite cramped. So I would assume pure coincidence.
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  2235.  @Nickle314  As I stated, Ebola (and Antrax) are useful as bioweapons. They are very deadly in a very short time. But the danger of a H2H infection is low. So it can be applied to a certain area causing high damage to the enemy and having a low risk to backfire. The only issue with Ebola is the limited stability of the virus. Anthrax stays infectious for decades. Covid-19 has nothing of these properties. The evidence is in the properties of the virus itself.
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  2236.  @TheCaniblcat  They are observers, it was not their job to enforce any resolution. They are not supposed to engage Hesbolla or Israel, as long as they are not attacked first. Now they are more needed than any time before. Otherwise we loose an independent observer of the situation.
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  2237. You are describing a bunch of problems that are not related to the EU. - The austerity policy in the UK was imposed by Westminster, not Brussels. (The situation in Grece is something totally different.) - Most EU countries prevent EU immigrants from settling and taking part in the social system if they have no job. Westminster could have issued a similar solution any time. - An introduction of a minimum wage could easily have rendered the dumpling wages of eastern Europeans impossible. Once again this was a decision done in Westminster. - Actually, based on the Dublin contract the EU was protecting the UK from asylum seekers, as these have no longer to be processed after crossing another EU country. This will be gone with Brexit.
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  2238. In which way?
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  2239.  @NPC13377  The EU is not globalist, Farage called it a protectionist racket. Farage and the ERG are globalists.
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  2240. That is one horribly one sided report. The main reason the opposition does not want to call the election is that this would give Boris a chance proceed with a hard Brexit by having the general election close to or after October 31. Most would agree to a general election after Boris has secured this extension. And in case Boris does not secure the extension he actually would have committed a criminal act.
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  2241. For reason of fairness there need to be only three options for any country. Stay in the EU with all benefits and obligation, stay in the common market and pay nearly the full dues without sitting on the panel and fully disconnect from the EU.
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  2242. What is this they, you arr talking about different parties. Russia had done the bombing in Syria. Serbians have slaughtered in Yugoslavia.
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  2243.  @nickbrough8335  I expect the trade deficit of the UK to grow after Brexit. For continental companies it is much simpler to resupply than for a company in the UK. Even worse virtually no trade deal includes (financial) services.
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  2244.  @nickbrough8335  British imports will be reduced, but not to the same extend as British exports. The EU has more production facilities, and more trade deals. Continental production facilities and retailers will find it easier to resupply. In addition the surplus in financial services will dwindle.
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  2245.  @johnharling5246  As far as I see, the international law of the sea clarified the economic zones of different countries. But the treaty with the Belgian fishermen never claimed Belgian authority over British waters. So I cannot see how this treaty is changed by the international law of the sea.
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  2246. That really is "project fear".
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  2247.  @worzelbxoy3565 : What are you talking about. Trev S was distributing project fear.
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  2248.  @dutchuncle3310 : You see, we are prepared. And a 5% drop is easier to handle than a 40% drop.
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  2249.  21 accounts Removed  Not nessesaryly.
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  2250. The EU is constantly reforming.
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  2251.  @derektrotter4287  Sure, there are 28 countries in the EU, this means the UK should have accepted 27 times more concessions for other countries than it asked for. Anything else would be hypocritical. Sadly, the UK was allays very unwilling to give concessions to others.
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  2252.  @derektrotter4287  What are you talking about? Germany surely is not able to realize all the changes of the EU we would like. For example, the ECJ rejected the German toll on cars. This will cost billions. So what, being a member is still beneficial. Being in the EU (EC) the UK has been paying less(as a fraction of GDP) and complaining more than other countries.
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  2253.  @derektrotter4287  If you are exposed to the same situation like all the others but you are the only one complaining you are a troublemaker. If you have numerous benefits over the others and you are still constantly complaining you are an a*****e.
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  2254.  @derektrotter4287 : OK, calm down, you do not need to write a post all 5 minutes. No country complained as much as you did, even so you had more concession from the EU as anyone else. Furthermore, do you really want to compare yourself with the Hungary of Orban? No country is running the EU it requires building alliances and compromise in the European parliament, then it requires unanimous agreement of all member countries. The UK is paying about 0.42 % of the UKs GDP, this is hardly a suppressive burden. Ireland voted against the Maastricht treaty, the EU changed it, so the Irish agreed. You left out the point in the middle.
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  2255.  @derektrotter4287  If you want to change the EU, whining is irrelevant. As I said, you need to find allies (other countries with similar interest) and find compromises (ways to make it interesting for countries that are not your allies). The UK had been quite successful in this job in forming the EU: You pushed for the freedom of services. However, under David Cameron the Torys left the EVP. This way Cameron undermined any chance to influence the EU.
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  2256.  @derektrotter4287  LMAO, you are pathetic! I corrected you in any claim you made, you are clueless about the EU, but you hate is, you are pitiful.
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  2257.  @derektrotter4287  So I am an EU bot? Just like you are a bot of Farage? Come on. I would be really happy if they would introduce a common patent office. Until now it is extremely expensive to patent a technology within the EU because it means 28 individual patents. This is much better in the USA. I would exchange the German commissioner, Günter Öttinger used to be Prime minister but his English is extremely bad, it is embarrassing. I would like to switch to an electoral system, with proportional representation over the thole of the EU. This would reduce the number of parties in the EU parliament and would increase efficiency. What i really do not like is the financing of large companies by the ECB. This is the French (and maybe also Italian) model. In Germany we do not favor the these companies over mid sized companies (that produce the revenue at home and employ more people).
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  2258.  @derektrotter4287  I answered your question, now I am intrigued how you will react. Really I am curious.
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  2259.  @derektrotter4287  Dear Derek, thank you for the apology. We do not blindly love the EU, we feel as EU citizen and act accordingly. I feel a locality to my home town, my home region (Baden Würtemberg), my home country (Germany) and to the EU. How would you feel if someone would viciously insult the UK and all its loyal citizen? You would feel you were under attack and would retaliate wouldn't you? Now I am sure you would like to change a lot about the UK, but this would be irrelevant the moment an outsider would attack you.
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  2260.  @derektrotter4287  I am not sure if you are aware, that MEPs have a salary very similar to MPs. Even less when you take into account that many MPs are ministers. And they pay taxes, partly in Brussels partly in their home country. Now I do not say that this is not still a lot of money (especially for a person from Greece or Portugal) but it is not really extreme. However there is one point. MEPs are reviving this money regardless how much effort they put into this occupation. Normally you would assume that idler would not be reelected. Now the largest idler of them all was Farage. He attended one of 41 meetings of the fishery board. Preparation for this meetings is hard and there are no cameras in this meetings. So in fact it was Farage who let British fishers down.
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  2261.  @derektrotter4287  Dear Derek, are you still alive?
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  2262.  @derektrotter4287  Dear Derek, do you really think that I viciously insulted Farage and, therefore, British sovereignty?
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  2263.  @derektrotter4287  I did not imply that you have insulted the EU in the little discussion we had. However, Brexiteres insulting the EU is a frequent event. Calling the EU the EUSSR is an insult. Calling the EU an evil empire that needs to be destroyed is an insult and a sign of an enormous amount of aggression. Calling EU parliamentarians Nazis or Communists or even both is an insult. Calling elected MEPs like Barnier and Verhofstadt unelected bureaucrats is an insult. ....
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  2264.  @derektrotter4287  1. The President of the commission is chosen and then voted for by the EU parliament. Similar to the way the head of government in Italy, Austria, Germany, Ireland ... is selected. This is more democratic than in the UK where the PM normally is not voted for by the parliament. 2. Nobody is playing the victim, but you wanted to know where this "blind love" for the EU is coming from. Humans tend to close the lines when under attack. 3. The UK is not getting hammered. Britain has been treated with the upmost respect and friendliness. Still the EU has to protect itself. You have chosen to do something damaging for yourself and the EU. You cannot expect the EU to mitigate the effects for the UK in a way that is detrimental for the countries of the EU 27. It is not the job of the EU27 to pamper the UK. 4. You may disagree with Verhofstadts political view, but at least he is an honest person. Something you cannot say about Farage.
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  2265.  @derektrotter4287  They could have denied him the job, and they could have taken him down any time.
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  2266.  @derektrotter4287  Yes he says things the EU does not want to hear. Anything good to this point. Sadly he also misrepresents and outright lies about the EU. This spoils all of his exposing.
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  2267. How do they differ from the British civil services?
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  2268. Please do not tell me they want to use the reentry capsule of the Orion spacecraft as a habitat for the journey to Mars. The heat shield is totally useless mass and the design of the craft is optimized for reentry.
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  2269. Genauso ist es, es gibt Artikel 50. Man kann jederzeit austreten. Dummerweise sind die Länder zusammengewachsen und laufende Kosten von ca. 37 Miliarden entstanden. hier nur ein paar Punkte: 1. Die Grenze in Irland ist hochbrisant. 2. Britische EU Angestellte und Parlamentarier aus Grossbritannien werden auf Jahrzehnte Pensionen kassieren, dass sollen ja nicht die anderen Staaten zahlen. 3. Die Europäische Arzneimittel-Agentur (EMA) war in Grossbritannien. Da kann sie natürlich nicht bleiben. Ein neues Gebäude muss gebaut werden. Der Umzug vieler Angestellten muss finanziert werden, andere müssen entlassen und abgefunden werden. 4. Die Grenzposten sind längst abgebaut und die Grenzer gibt es einfach nicht mehr. Es wird Jahre dauern, bis es wieder wie an der Deutsch Schweizer grenze funktioniert. 5. Grossbritannien erzeigt nur ca 50% der Nahrungsmittel die es braucht. Wenn das gemüse aus Holland eine Woche an der Grenze steht braucht der Lastwagen gar nicht erst loszufahren.
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  2270.  @Susie-y4d : Vielleicht kann man das irgendwann einmal bauen, es gibt es aber nicht. Toll-Collect hat über 10 Jahre Entwicklung gebraucht. Ausserdem hat man dann Probleme den Hoheitlichen aufgaben. Die Polizisten und Grenzer können nur auf einer Seite der Grenze agieren. In der EU arbeitet man ja eng zusammen, da ist das nicht so problematisch, aber asserhalb ther EU?? Und was passiert wenn die Kameras abgeschossen werden?
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  2271. Listen to BoJo the politician with most lies per minute (He speaks faster than Trump).
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  2272. What is your issue with Germany. No country has a majority in the EU, you need to benefit a majority of the EU parliament in order to push an agenda, and furthermore, it must not be detrimental for any of the 28 countries in order to avoid a veto. Germany is in no way able to control the EU.
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  2273. Dear Jimmy Dore, please try to compare this to the US. Would you be so much in favor when someone would argue for the independence of California or Florida? Yes I know, a lot of things are strange about the European Union and in fact, Britain was the main Voice to keep it this way: When a Group is working together there are two ways to realize a decision: There is the majority vote, which means one member can be obliged to enforce a rule he is not in favor. And, there is unanimity, which renders the group incapable of action if it exceeds a certain size. Here the diplomacy behind closed doors is becoming crucial. However, the Brits and many others required unanimity and later complained about diplomacy behind closed doors. The only way the Brits would be satisfied would be the rule of Britain over the EU. And regarding the wages: Yes the east European countries are benefitting, just as Britain 30 Years ago. But this does not really reduce wages in Germany, Switzerland, Austria, Netherlands or Denmark. I know there are some disadvantaged Industries but it is advantageous in general. Would you close the border of New York to prohibit the truckers from Alabama from spoiling the wages of NY truckers? And finally regarding Greece; I have no idea what our Government is doing, just consider this: If we would just erase the depts of Grece the economy of Greece would flourish, but in 3 Jears Grece would be in the same situation as it is now. Please, tell me if you have a better strategy.
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  2274. So you want to give up the USA and go with your state?
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  2275.  @mikey673442  : You would be hardly able to define the endgame of any political institution. Different people have different views. And the goal of the UK the US or any country is strongly dependent on the party being in power. Same is true for the EU. Verhofstadt is in favor of a further integration, I tend to agree with him. But there are other positions. The direction things will develop will depend on votes (in the EU parliament and in the 27/28 member states) and political necessities as given by the crisis of 2008. Things develop, but one thing needs to be remembered any further integration could be vetoed by the UK as long as they stay in the EU.
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  2276.  @mikey673442  : Look at the map. Based on this the USA and Russia are also evil Superstates. And in fact people could argue that California would be better of outside the US.
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  2277.  @mikey673442 : I am not so sure if all regions of the UK would vote for staying in (NI could choose to leave). In the organizations you presented a region cannot leave when it wants. In the US they even had a long and bloody war to prevent a division. In the EU you are free to trigger article 50 and leave. However, you should not bully other members in the process of doing so. You have to settle your affairs in order to do so. Solve the Irish border and agree where you are heading (a realistic goal and not unicorns) and the settlement with the EU is not an issue.
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  2278. You should have added the ECJ since it is an international court and something like a supreme court for the EU. p.s. I never had the feeling that the German Verfassungsgericht or the ECJ were partisan. That does not mean I would agree with all their decisions.
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  2279.  TheMad Piper  No idea what happened, but he was a grown man, it would have been difficult for his family to hold him back.
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  2280. Well, the UK got presented with the deal promised but you did not sign it. The PD contains a level playing field. Sorry I had not realized that the auto filling went wrong. Therefore the edit.
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  2281.  @grahamtopping6035  The WA was negotiated by Johnson, voted for in the General Election (oven ready deal), and ratified by the present Brexiter parliament.
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  2282.  @grahamtopping6035  Well, a hard border is required under WTO rules. The EU is well established in the WTO, the UK is not. So the EU can afford to bend WTO rules much longer and it is the UK that will need to build the hard border first. I would guess a deal is possible when Johnson performs another U-turn.
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  2283.  @grahamtopping6035  So you want to leave the WTO.
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  2284.  @grahamtopping6035  Exactly and the WTO requires its members to enforce their borders. The UK is a new member of the WTO and its schedules are still under revision, so you will need to fulfill the WTO rules to the letter. The EU is a long term member and can bend the rules for a while.
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  2285.  @grahamtopping6035  The UK may have been a founding member of the WTO but it has not been a member for more than 40 years. Your schedules have expired decades ago. So for the WTO you are a new member, all other members of the WTO can dispute your schedules, and several have. "But just like your countrymen you think threats will win the day" The only side thinking of using threads threats is the UK. The EU has acted treated you very fair "It won’t" Sure, I fully agree. "We sell approx 5% of our output to the EU" About 45% of your exports are going to the EU, and another 20% are based on EU trade deals. "The rest we sell to our Commonwealth and the rest of the world" Based on EU trade deals. "EU market 0.5 billion people - Declining market... Our Commonwealth 2.8 billion people - Emerging market" Well, the EU is not growing as fast as the emerging markets of China and India, but the growth of the UK outside the EU is expected to be more like Argentina. "How are Germany gonna get on selling their cars to us when we apply WTO tarrifs... Ooops" Well, German car manufacturers sell cars all over the globe, with and without trade deals. The UK is only a limited market for these cars. All car producers in the EU agree that the integrity of the common market is more important than a deal with the UK. The same is true for the rest of the European industry and for the European population and for the European governments. "Looks like tougher times ahead for all EU countries if Germany carries on in recession 🤔🤪" Unlike you seem to think Germany did not experience a recession in 2019. Furthermore, the downturn due to COVID19 in Germany was less than 9% while it was more than 20% for the UK. "You’re carrying the whole thing now and Italy has to reschedule it’s debts at the end of the year... Good luck with that 👍🏻" At the end of this year? Do you have any sources? "Not our problem after December 😊" Sure, but your issues are no longer our problem too.
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  2286. Rising or toppling over?
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  2287. Have you ever read the Fantasio Comics and heard of Zyknotrop with his Z-army?
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  2288. @albamarchesi9182  I seriosly do not know what you are talking about.
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  2289.  @albamarchesi9182  In German politics she had two ministerial posts in Germany where she did not fit, the ministary social policy and the ministery of defense. It did not match her qualifications. She however has the perfectly matching qualifications for the job she is performing right now. Still, despite her not fitting the jobs there is no reasonable reason to suspect she has been involved in any criminal activities herself.
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  2290. Well Space is has just started a new version of the N1 with similar result.
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  2291.  @sirrathersplendid4825  Well, as far as I understand, different German dialects were so far from each other that commicacion could become impossible. By the way, the Chinese model is quite interesting. Here writing forces the same grammatic on clearly different languages.
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  2292.  @whoaminot-gy8hq  Well, it seems the UK is much closer to the collapse than the EU. Anyway, a trade deal needs to be beneficial to be signed. This means it needs to be beneficial (or at least not detrimental) for all member countries of the EU. Every country in the EU is exporting more to the rest of the EU than to the UK. So a trade deal with the UK that compromises the common market is a net negative.
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  2293.  @whoaminot-gy8hq  Well the EU has the common market and numerous trade deals and a disruption of these would be more expensive than what we would gain from a deal with the UK. For the EU no deal actually is better than a bad deal. What is your issue with this argument?
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  2294.  @whoaminot-gy8hq  Well, this is wrong and even more not related to what you claim to answer to.
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  2295.  @whoaminot-gy8hq  Well, membership of the common market grants EU countries free trade within the EU, furthermore it provides trade deals with several countries and does not prevent EU countries trading with the rest of the world. In any case, in 2021 the UK will have less access to the common market and less access to the rest of the world. We, however, were talking about the requirements for the UK to get free but limited access to the common market.
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  2296.  @whoaminot-gy8hq  Even for the car manufacturers the common market and the multitude of trade deals are more important than the trade deal with a single country.
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  2297. Switzerland has no common language.
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  2298.  @onlyagermanguy  Ireland has, but the others have not.
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  2299. Well, I preferred sour dough bread before I started with keto.
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  2300.  @gordonsmith8899  So what? So are the 27 member countries of the EU!
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  2301.  Keith Andreis  Sure, it will take weeks till a ship will have transported Australian salad. And this salad will no longer be fit for selling. You could fly the vegetables, but this would make them impossible to afford by low income families. There will be delays ans issues with fruits and vegetables from the continent, but this will never be so severe that transporting perishable goods from Australia will make sense.
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  2302.  @mbenj2023  You need to acnolage issues in order to prepare. For the last 3 years you have been calling all relevant evaluations "Project Fear" this leaves the UK widely unprepared.
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  2303. @gro2020  Well, the AFD are clearly traitors on Germany.
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  2304. @luzi29  So you throw things against the was and see what sticks? That is desperate! We are talking about an update to the copyright law within the EU, harmonizing copyright law within the EU, providing an improved condition for companies and content creators.
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  2305. The inspectors visiting Iraq before the war wrote a report stating that they had not found any clue for weapons of mass destruction. The inspection was not corrupted. US politicians simply claimed they had not searched enough.
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  2306. I guess the same can be said for the conservatives.
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  2307. Do you have a legal plan to do this?
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  2308. A no deal scenario will hurt the UK far worse than the EU. Furthermore the proposal of Frost is far worse than no deal.
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  2309.  @eljayr4669  The proposal of Frost is ludicrous there is absolutely no chance the EU could ever agree to such a deal. It would cause far worse damage to the economies of the member countries than no deal. No deal is better than a bad deal. In contrast, the deal proposed by Barnier may no be what you long for, but it would be far better than no deal. And it is not the job of Barnier to pamper the UK.
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  2310. Switzerland is number 2 as a lot of former soldiers still have their wapon at home.
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  2311. The UK gambled away their influence in the EU by bot searching for a compromise but antagonizing the majority. Politics is the art of compromise, but politicians from the UK chose to make strong statements and impressing the voters in the UK over real influence in EU policy.
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  2312. Swarms is Switchblade.
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  2313. Biharzia
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  2314.  NBA  Well when I was in South Africa as a kid we were forbidden to swim in the rivers, as our parents where afraid of Bilharzia.
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  2315. Do you have nothing about public drinking in the US?
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  2316. @mr.netflix9149  I do not think the system of Switzerland is so sensible.
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  2317. Or they are defending civilians from the Russian invaders. Your evaluation of the facts depends on your preconceived position.
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  2318. In different European countries, there are some crimes that are punished by a fixed percentage of the perpetrator's income. This has led to exorbitant fines for very rich people. A Manager in Zürich got a fine of 200 000 Franken for her excessive speeding.
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  2319. Unlikely.
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  2320.  @herewardthewake5502 : The fact that without US help the UK would not even have been able to feed its population is totally irrelevant. The UK has been the bully in EU since they entered. It seems Charles de Gaulle was right.
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  2321. 40% want no Brexit, 30% want a soft Brexit, and 30% want a hard Brexit. There is no positive mayority any direction.
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  2322.  @vivianvollmer5671  Sure, the club wants to keep a member that is constantly making trouble and renaging on its membership fee. 🤣🤣🤣
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  2323. @PacoTaco0404040 Maybe, but that does not really show. Most of the deaths and even the lockdown were avoidable. Look at South Korea.
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  2324.  @theshells6873  How do you want to secure nursing homes? Should the caring staff lock themselves in with their clients? Even if they did, only massive testing can secure such a situation. The earlier and the more decisive a goverment acts the lower the economic impact.
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  2325.  @h.cedric8157  There are many countries that were able to contain the virus be acting sensibly. South Korea even avoided a lockdown. By the way, nobody started it in the first place. It is a natural mutation.
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  2326.  @ЕкатеринаРакова-ч5х  Yes, Moscow and the "separatists" they financed never followed the Minsk agreement, it was supposed to be a stick to hit Ukraine.
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  2327.  @ЕкатеринаРакова-ч5х  Well, the "separatists" never observed the Minsk agreement removing the requirement for Ukraine to observe it either. In any case Ukraine asked for UN peace troops to supervise the case fire, but this was vetoed by Moscow. So Putin has clearly shown that he never intended to keep the Minsk agreement. All the people that died in this conflict are on Putin!
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  2328.  @ЕкатеринаРакова-ч5х  The "separatists" are mainly thugs payed by Russia, they are no party in this game, Russia is. Russia has vetoed the UN peace keepers in the UN security council. Selensky has not asked for UN peace keepers, because Russia would veto it again.
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  2329.  @raadaurizeichnerderkonverg973  : Das ist ein Scherz, oder?
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  2330. ​ @raadaurizeichnerderkonverg973 : Klar kann man piezo-aktive Materialien in die Straße einbauen und damit Energie gewinnen. Natürlich wird diese Energie dann dem Fahrzeug entzogen. Wenn der Boden hart ist wird wenig Energie entzogen und andere Verluste wie Luftwiderstand dominieren, dann wird aber auch nur wenig Energie gewonnen. Wenn man den Boden weich macht um viel Energie zu gewinnen, wird dieser Verlust dominant. Vergleichbar mit dem Fahren durch flache Pfützen. Außerdem hat so ein Aufbau einen begrenzten Wirkungsgrad. Für jede kWh die du der Straße entziehst verbrauchen die Autos vielleicht 4 kWh mehr. Die meisten Wind- und Wasserströmungen besitzen nicht so viel Energie dass sich diese Designs lohnen. Außerdem sind die vorhandenen wind und Wasserkraftwerke äußerst leistungsstark und effizient. Du klingst wie ich selber vor 30 Jahren, als ich mein Wissen aus pseudowissenschaftlichen Journalen hatte. Wenn dich so etwas interessiert solltest du dich tiefer mit der Materie auseinandersetzen und Physik oder Ingenieurswissenschaft studieren.
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  2331.  @raadaurizeichnerderkonverg973 : Ja, man kann so etwas bauen, ob so wie in Ihrem Design, oder wie die Beispiele, die ich gesehen habe (als Teil des Strassenaufbaus), ist egal, es bremst die Fahrzeuge. Man kann damit vielleicht den Inselbetrieb von Notsendern ermöglichen. Damit Energie für Haushalte produzieren zu wollen ist wie Homer Simpsons Idee Fett zu verkaufen, dass er aus Speck gewonnen hatte. Außerdem wäre es am Ende einfach Dieselstrom. Ja alle Methoden der Energiegewinnung greifen in die Umwelt ein. Manche tuen dies mehr manche weniger. Und manche gewinnen mehr Energie als andere. Mein Problem mit vielen dezentralen Lösungen ist, dass sie zwar absolut die Umwelt weniger schädigen, aber so wenig Energie gewinnen, dass die Umweltzerstörung pro Watt besonders groß ist. Einer Flächendeckende Einführung solcher Methoden wäre dann natürlich katastrophal für die Umwelt. Solarzellen scheinen aber eine tatsächlich sinnvolle dezentrale Energiequelle zu sein. Die Sonnenstrahlung ist mit ca. 1kW/m² (bei klarem Himmel und Ausrichtung auf die Sonne) einfach eine gewaltige Quelle. Aber natürlich ist auch die Produktion dieser Zellen nicht frei von Schadstoffen.
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  2332. Humans evolved in a way to favor your ingroup over the "others". This behavior was beneficial for our genes as the people in this ingroup where closely related to each other. Today this legacy is still active even so it is useless. The diversity within a race is nearly identical to the diversity of whole humankind. So the saying, "Everyone is a little racist." is a reminder to check the motivations of your action from time to time, in order to prevent unconscious racism.
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  2333. If membership of the EU was not beneficial, why do you see being treated like a non-member as punishment?
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  2334.  @dlarge6502  You are treated just like any other country in the proximity of the EU that needs a deal with the EU. Apart from the issue of NI, but this is your own fault as you did not come up with a sensible solution for the issue.
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  2335.  @covertpuppytwo3857  They are a monitoring mission. Like journalists, but with the right to defend themselves. Their reporting will show an aggressor at what he is and in many cases ptevent an agression. That works fine on the border between South Korea and North Korea.
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  2336. Unlike an airport, the bridge does not contain explosives. So the work cannot be done by causing secondary explosions. Well, as long as you do not aim on an ammo truck.
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  2337.  @paulwood6729  Well, as you said WTO rules and therefor a hard border are the legal default for a member of the WTO. But the EU is a long established member of the WTO, while the UK just rejoined the club. Therefore the UK needs to follow WTO rules to the letter, while the EU ca takes its time to build the hard border.
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  2338.  @paulwood6729  Well, nice of you to agree that the UK will have to build a hard border. It would be nice if you could also agree that your government agreed that this hard border will be instituted in the Irish Sea. Regarding the WTO: Your schedules are still under review. In case you do not want to violate WTO rules.
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  2339.  @paulwood6729  Isn't it astonishing that Brexiteres always claim they could get "special exemptions" in core principles of large organizations. How should schedules be instituted without controlling of borders? It is a bit like asking to be exempt from British criminal laws when entering London.
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  2340.  @paulwood6729  Well, you started the mess, it is you that want the change, why should the EU compromise. I would guess the custom border in the Irish sea is a useful compromise and in the general election, most people of the UK seemed to agree.
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  2341.  @paulwood6729  Well, the GE was as much about the WA and the PD as it is possible in an election. Legally, however, this does not even make a difference. The WA is signed and ratified international treaty and "Pacta sunt servanda." If you do not like the WA you need to negotiate with the EU and replace it with something that is better for the EU.
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  2342.  @paulwood6729  Not really: Article 42 Validity and continuance in force of treaties 1. The validity of a treaty or of the consent of a State to be bound by a treaty may be impeached only through the application of the present Convention. 2. The termination of a treaty, its denunciation or the withdrawal of a party, may take place only as a result of the application of the provisions of the treaty or of the present Convention. The same rule applies to suspension of the operation of a treaty. As far as I understand, the treaty can only be terminated or suspended if certain rules for the termination or suspension are part of the treaty itself. The WA, however, is a safeguard to protect the GFA any termination clause would render the WA useless.
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  2343.  @paulwood6729  Once again, Brexit violates the GFA, the WA protects it. That is the general view all around the Globe and especially in the EU and the USA. Actually there is a mechanism for the unilateral dismissal of the Irish protocol. The assembly of NI will vote on the treaty every 4 years. So it seems Artikel 42 applies.
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  2344.  @paulwood6729  I have red the GFA, and Brexit is breaking the it. The NIP is the only way to protect the GFA despite of Brexit. This is the way it is seen in the EU and the USA. As you have already said, Ireland and the GFA is of central importance to the USA. If the UK would not implement the NIP, it would not only start a conflict with Ireland and the EU but also with the USA.
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  2345. Even the British government agreed to this view, otherwise they would not have signed the WA.
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  2346.  @paulwood6729  Well, the WA names the ECJ explicitly as the final arbitrator of disputes about the WA, this was also signed and ratified by the British government. Let us see if and how this is settled.
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  2347.  @paulwood6729  The article does not seem to be very good. It claims, that in case of a breach "the EU could raise tariffs, maybe to WTO levels, but it could not hold the UK". That is simply wrong. Without a trade deal the EU is required to raise the tariffs to WTO level, that is no punishment but simply following the rules. In case the UK breaks the WA, we can expect much higher tariffs.
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  2348.  @paulwood6729  "You're right that applying tariffs is simply following the rules, but it is their schedule that would be applied under the MFN rule. I take the 'maybe' to mean a change in their schedules, although that would apply to all imports not covered by a FTA, not just from the UK so it would be a significant move." Therefore it ain't going to happen. "The EU could apply sanctions if the WA is broken but not increase tariffs solely on the UK." Punitive tariffs are a frequently used type of sanctions. "In that case, we would probably remove our armed forces from Estonia & Cyprus. Why would we defend countries that are applying sanctions on us?" I guess we would find a solution. Well, I know, German troops in these countries have a strange connotation. I doubt this would be the way to go. But your decision might accelerate the institution of an EU army. "There will be a deal, and that is the solution to the NI Protocol. Brinksmanship is the EU way, consider the Maastricht negotiations as a prime example, so the current state of affairs was inevitable." I would think brinksmanship is the way of the UK, trying to blackmail the EU. But you need to consider, you are no longer a member of the EU. You will find the EU much less flexible to external pressure, compare to internal pressure. "Barnier being in London on Thursday evening suggests they are prepared for a deal to be made in time for the Council session. The question is how do the EU dig themselves out of the hole they've made and not lose face?" It is the UK that needs a deal, not the EU. We can continue the negotiations in 2021, we can weather the moderate disruption until the UK comes to its senses.
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  2349.  @paulwood6729  I do not think we will see the movement this week. In any case, the EU will not sign and ratifie anything until the IMB is dropped or changed not to contradict the WA. I expect some movement in the UK in about a month. But this would not give enough time to ratify and implement any far reaching change. Therefore, I expect a barebone deal and some contingency measures on both sides. I expect the whole issue to continue in 2021 maybe even in 2022.
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  2350.  @paulwood6729  Well, I do not expect big changes to the border in Ireland in the trade deal. The deeper the alignment of the UK to the EU the softer the border in the Irish sea. It is the only way to protect the GFA. Everyone outside the UK sees it this way, especially the USA.
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  2351.  @paulwood6729  Well, as I have said, this opinion is only seen in the UK, nowhere else on the globe. The ruling of any international court has a very high likelihood to agree.
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  2352.  @paulwood6729  Well, my opinion does not matter as I am not an international lawyer. Informed and non partisan opinions of US politicians dos matter. I have neither the time nor the qualifications to evaluate all aspects properly.
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  2353.  @paulwood6729  Well, US politicians are surely less partial then British politicians. Your comment renders the opinion of Lord Trimble irrelevant.
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  2354.  @paulwood6729  I have red the GFA and I have seen some passages that would require NI and the ROI to be part of the EU. But I do not see these passages as of the highest priority. As I told you, I see the GFA in combination with the WTO rules as in conflict with Brexit. You do not expect me to write a PhD thesis about this topic, do you?
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  2355. It is not the job of the EU to care for the UK's integrity. We all in the EU27 care for our integrity as a trade union.
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  2356.  @lukemitchell1975  Well, it seems the UK is falling sooner. In contrast, the EU usually grows stronger in a crisis.
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  2357.  @downstomp2625  It is better to take money if you really need it and have an idea of how to pay it back. That should be the basis for any bailout anyway.
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  2358. At 0:30 Garry Gibbon asked people of other countries for empathy regarding the northern Irish problem. The difficulty in this is that the UK never showed this type of emphaty when trying to cerry-pick EU rules and therefore spoiling the EU. British people need to understand Teresa May is bound by the Brexit vote and her unfulfillable promises. But to all the other European Leaders this is not a command it is the British opinion, in contrast, they are bound by there constituents will. Similarly, if the majority of the Irish people would vote for a unified Ireland, this could not be binding Vote for British polititions.
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  2359.  @erselumjelum8794  Communist takeover? Have you been sleeping for the last 30 years?
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  2360. Then please make up your mind. The EU has been waiting more than long enough.
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  2361.  @omarbarrie9714  You can go any time. The EU is waiting for the UK to make up its mind. To repeat Tusks words: Quo vadis UK?
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  2362.  @wendyo7621  Brexiter caused the delay, they called all preparations "project fear".
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  2363. Or when you have demonstrated you actually need the EU.
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  2364.  @jedhughes6743  Well, at the moment it seems more likely that the UK will fall apart, than the EU.
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  2365.  @darwinjina  I would guess it depends on where in Africa you are. You have all kinds of weather in Africa. But here we compared the center of a desert with the Moroccan coastline.
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  2366. The EU seems to be much more competent than the British government.
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  2367. Dear @ivolgafly , think who paid for Greece when they were in need and who did not. Oh yes, the UK abandoned Grece.
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  2368. The UK can leave any time, nobody is holding them back, but the EU is not required to pamper non members.
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  2369.  @Josh-xz4ec  As far as I understand the leading "communist" is also a Brexiter.
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  2370.  @stevenjones9639  The EU is aware of the spit in the British society, still they mainly restrict their reactions to the official will of the UK as expressed by its government. If the UK wants to leave, it can, anytime. But it cannot retain its benefits, this would not be fair.
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  2371. The NIP is not renegotiated. These are just consultations about the implementations of the NIP.
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  2372. If the results of a hard Brexit are anything like pointed out in Yellowhammer he will be no hero but the ultimate villain and scapegoat for all Brexiters.
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  2373.  @placepages8071  Perfectly true, most likely he secretly wanted the house to stop him.
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  2374.  @KLM738XO  Which of the 20 points do you refute?
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  2375.  @ernestrogen4639 : If Boris finds a way to realize a hard Brexit and you will loose the trade deals for 80% of your exports he may ask to go to jail in order to be save from former Brexiters.
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  2376. Who has been dragging this out? Clearly the UK. Teresa May did not engage in a negotiation as she was holding a general election. You started negotiations with self refuting red lines. You send the idiot David Davis who turned up without any papers. A real waist of time. You send the second idiot Dominic Raab. You tried to bypass the negotiations by pointless meetings with European leaders. Finally when a WA was negotiated it took you 16 month too sign it.
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  2377.  @doghouseclassics6835  Stop talking bullshit, the EU is not undemocratic, but this is irrelevant for this discussion. Ursula von der Leyen has only reminded you of the obvious red lines the EU has. Loosing the trade deal with the UK is not as expensive for the EU as crossing these lines. Nobody is dragging you back,nobody denies your democratic decision, you can realize Brexit any time, but you would need to live with the consequences.
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  2378. As far as I see you live in Australia, do you have any idea what the European Union is?
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  2379. To me it seems Odessa is easy to defend as long as there is no naval invasion. The rivers east of Odessa should be formidable barriers against an army.
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  2380.  @mogznwaz  It is a political union that can do absolutely nothing without consent (unanimity). The UK has agreed to all the EU rules, more than this many of the rules have been pushed by the UK. Furthermore, the UK ha its rebate it pays less (as a fraction of the GDP) than the other countries. And it still has all the benefits. Nobody is punishing the UK for leaving, being inside is just beneficial and you will be loosing this benefits.
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  2381.  @michaelfireheart8300  Well to me Facebook was more or less a placeholder for any US tec company. Nearly none of them adhere to EU privacy rules and they are very likely to share this data with the NSA. So following the arguments the EU should be able to sell part of them of to European companies.
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  2382. Not nessesarily, if running with a pro Brexit agenda, they may have lost in other places. A clear anti Brexit may have also helped.
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  2383.  Salvatore Gravano  More than Brexiters?
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  2384. Nice idea to use graphid on the edges. But, you are just using half the possible strength of the air pressure Wankel engine. The first half of the Engine is doing nothing useful. There is the same pressure at the inlet and the shortcut. Instead of using the shortcut you could add a second pair of inlet and outlet and therefore doubling power while also improving of efficiency (as the friction stays the same). You could also invert the Ro-Compressor design. This was Wankels idea for a supercharger, a compressor with internal compression. You could invert is to become a compressed air engine.
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  2385. How does he want to send them back. With a hard Brexit any agreement with France taking them back would be null and void.
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  2386. Thailand had not a single death no one fourth of the population of the USA. They did not need a lot of money, just early and decisive action.
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  2387.  @laustinspeiss  Really? It seems my impression was a few months old.
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  2388.  @laustinspeiss  Taking it serious early. Closing the borders, wearing masks, keeping distance, and following other hygiene rules. If everyone takes part it is simple.
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  2389. Germany should insist that the US produces on equal ground. So we should advocate for single payer healthcare.
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  2390. We should not get rid of the ISS, we should replace it module by module.
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  2391. The only side that escalated was Russia. Putin only respects power and the West has reacted far too weak in the years before. Putin escalated the situation step by step and the West hesitantly somewhat followed.
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  2392.  @dosa2990  I have been protesting against the invasion of Iraq. Syria was never invaded. Ukrainie is on our backdoor too.
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  2393.  @parts1982  It has been 27 years since, so you want to tell the Ukrainian would not have figured out a way to use the nukes by now?
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  2394. ​ @ModernGentleman The solar irradiance is increasing very slowly. Over spans of hundreds of millions of years the CO2 level needed to decrease in order to keep earth habitable.
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  2395. That is more like the situation in the UK.
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  2396.  @davidwarnes5158  Well, I am not sure what you mean by a friendly thing. The UK leaving (even with a trade deal) will lead to economic loss on both sides. It, therefore, can be seen as an unprovoked attack on all other members of the EU, nevertheless, ihe EU has allways been friendly towards the UK, irrespectively of all the venom from the UK. Not even your post sounds very friendly.
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  2397. ​ @davidwarnes5158  "You can stay prisoners , think that if over 50% of who voted wanted to leave , better we go." Most citizens of the EU think Brexit is a really stupid idea and will damage the UK. Still, it is your own decision, we will not prevent you from leaving the EU. But there is no reason to pamper the UK, every country of the EU needs to look out for its own benefit. "The eu had a chance to do a small deal with David Cameron, then there would not have been a brevity vote. So are eu also to blame ?" Decisions in the EU are made by the Governments of the individual countries. Why should any country agree to a change beneficial for the UK but detrimental for the country itself. No Government that makes such decisions can be expected to be reelected. "I disagree the eu have spent all this time attacking," Well, pritish politicians and yournalists constantly attacked the EU, all I have heard from the EU was occosional mild mocking. "going behind the governments back, secret meetings to try and stop what we voted for," Well, some politicials met with British collegs to coordinate procedures and inform each other. There was nothing secret and nothong objectionable about this. Well, Teresa May and Broris Johnson did the same with the EU. They met with different heads of governments in the EU and tried to bypass Barnier and to undermine the EUs negotiating position. You cannot condem without condemming the other without being a hypocrit.
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  2398.  @Snartfoodler  You have done the same. Do you want to respond to me, or what?
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  2399.  @1chish : German bank has been declining for more than a decade. They were struck especially hard by the financial crisis. They made a lot of shady and illegal deals (for example with Trump) and they had to pay penalties. This is not the first layoff and it will not be the last. They are still Germany's largest bank but they are only one bank of many. They are not connected to the government and I have no emotional connection to them. So why do you insist on something that has zero relevance to me?
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  2400.  @G455-p7w  Does this mean Russia needs to appologize for the atrosities committed by the Soviet Union?
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  2401.  @28pbtkh23  You are funny, the UK is being pushed around by the USA, not Germany. Why else did you participate in an illegal invasion of Iraq?
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  2402.  @28pbtkh23  "the legality of the Iraq invasion is debatable." No, it is not! There was neither an attack from the side of Iraq nor a resolution of the security council, it was illegal. Furthermore, even the reasoning was known to be fallacious and categorized as unreliable from the beginning. "We joined the USA in this venture due to a cretinous politician." You do not believe the Tories would not have joined the war, do you? "Italy and Greece join the Eurozone even neither met the joining criteria?" Well, they faked their books. What does this have to do with the points we are discussing. "The results are that Greece is a basket case and Italy’s per capita GDP has contracted by 0.75% from 1999 to 2016. What a success story!" This could have been worse without the Euro, but once again this has nothing to do with the point of the discussion.
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  2403.  @28pbtkh23  Italy is in a mess because its political system prevents reforms. It has not changed considerably since they joined the EU or the Euro.
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  2404.  @28pbtkh23  Well, the rate of interest and inflation a country operates in is not inherent to a country but it depends on the way you organize a society. At the end we are all more or less the same people with the same demands. A high rate of interest limits the amount of loans you can have, and even more the high inflation melts the debts away. However, the Italians were unhappy with the rate of inflation in Italy. Joining the Euro was a possibility to reset their country. This changes would have required fundamental reforms in Italy, and there would have been time as all these changes occurred gradual and predictable. It is the Italian political system that holds them back. Other countries, started with a lower GDP per citizen and showed a strong economic growth. Sure, these adjustments have been painful (as seen in the Baltic republics), but they have paid off. Now, the next years we will see if the UK has adjusted itself to the new situation.
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  2405. I would guess the first applications will be vehicles, when external power is supplied and the weight is not much of an issue. Especially in applications where burning ammunition could cause a threat.
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  2406.  @whyamimrpink78  Guilt by association is only relevant if you meet to an illegal act or are actively helping the criminal. Using the first ammendment right is no illegal activity and it is impossible to know everyone on a protest. Guilt by association would make much more sense when taking about police brutality.
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  2407.  @whyamimrpink78  In a demonstration against police brutality there are always some idiots (or some right wing provocateurs ) and agressive policemen. It's a recipe for violence. Going when it becomes violent means not going at all. Does this mean the first ammendment does not apply when fighting police violence?
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  2408.  Major Thought Ahead  Exactly what I wanted to show.
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  2409. Sure, why should people listen to the UK.
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  2410. All my data is at the NSA anyway, let the Chinese secret service have their fair share of my boring data.
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  2411. It will not.
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  2412. Bullshit, find a path for a climb down for Putin, this is the only way to end the war soon.
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  2413. K9 units work they stopped me in SF airport. I had forgotten the apple my wife gave me in Stuttgart.
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  2414.  @mitchyoung93  Well, this is a wide spread misconception, and I expected someone making this misinformed remark. The Holy Roman Empire was the Germany of its time. It was Germany before it was renamed to Holy Roman Emprire, and it continued to be Germany while using this name.
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  2415.  @evangiles4403  Germany was the strongest power in Europe from 1000 AD to the 30-Year-War. Prussia was in comparison a relatively young entity.
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  2416. It is always difficult, you start a war for your strong (and stupid) believes and later you continue fighting for your home and family. We have seen that thing in Germany (two times). Still all this statues are ridiculous.
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  2417. And what is the goal? Overspending will lead to the bankruptcy of Italy. This will not be a pleasant situation. It is bad in the EU Grece and even worse outside Argentina.
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  2418. Well, everyone will tell you, you should not give in to blackmail. Why should 27 countries accept worse conditions in order to pamper the UK. Cameron's blackmail has backfired.
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  2419. It is important to adjust districts to represent the change of population density. In Germany, the individual districts elect their representatives for the parliament, but then the parliament is filled up to represent the popular vote. This renders Gerrymandering obsolete. It is funny the German system was at least partly established by American officials. It seems they tried to avoid the flaws of the American system.
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  2420. A border without checks. A nice place to send the refugees, the Italians will be delighted.
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  2421. The more I hear about this, the more I think Berlusconi is the man Donald Trump would have wanted to be.
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  2422. Why is Sky News Australia more biassed than Sky News?
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  2423.  @vincentmckenna281 : Sure, sky UK is biased for Brexit, but it is nothing in comparison with sky Australia.
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  2424.  @vincentmckenna281  No
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  2425.  @vincentmckenna281  BBC is balanced at best, in reality they have slight bias for Brexit. They have Farage on television without calling him out for nonsense. For channel 4, I can agree with you, they have a slight bias against Brexit. Sky UK seems to have a small anti EU bias, but I have to admit, I am not really following it this much.
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  2426. The extra payment will be about 50€ per person and year. This is not really relevant. The ecport to the UK is 20% and may reduce to 10% this can be handled. It is the integraty of the common market that is the main concern. Why should we be interested in the futur of the UK? If you want to inflict damage in vour country we are not obliged to save you.
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  2427.  @MichaelRoeterdink  It is her job to fight for what she and her voters think is right. No it is not a British name, so what.
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  2428. The Unimog seems twice as old. Besides, for the price of an Unimog you should be able to get a used Ural or Tatra truck.
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  2429. Humans all around the world and especially in California drain rainwater into the sea. This causes droughts on the former bottom of a lake. So Trump just like a toddler spun crazy talk around a cernal of truth.
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  2430. Recently Berlusconi has died. I always wondered what he thought of Donald Trump. He would probably have called him an amateur. Berlusconi would have made Stormy a Senator.
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  2431. How do you know this?
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  2432.  @peetky8645  Well, if this is the best way for Ukraine to make use of the Bradleys. I guess they do not expect to cross the Russian defense line. But sure in this case the Wiesel would be better. As it is smaller but has a similar armament.
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  2433. They have some oil haven't they?
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  2434. G11
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  2435.  @tranbachuyen6655  I think the G11 got way too complicated by building it all mechanically. It could have used a digital electric control. This would have greatly reduced the mechanical complexity and you could have selected between 2, 3, 4, and 5 round bursts.
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  2436. Driving a diesel this is something I do not need to care for. Still thanks for the video.
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  2437. 4:31 Article 50 says you can leave whenever you like. If there was a betrail the EU has nothing to do with it. You can't blame the other 27 countries to look for their own interest.
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  2438. ​ @derdoktor5202  Alexander II.
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  2439. It shows commissioners are accountable.
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  2440. What is that suposed to.mean?
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  2441.  @nytsamlegt  So nobody should buy weapons from the USA.
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  2442. No virus, no bacteria, Bilharzia is a parasite.
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  2443.  @zibbitybibbitybop  He makes very confident predictions when this level of confidence is not justified by the available data.
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  2444.  @cooldudecs  You cannot extrapolate trends to infinity. That is not the way reality works.
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  2445.  @blechtic  Extrapolating the current population development od Russia for the next (what was it?) 100 years is pretty absurd.
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  2446.  @my3bikaht88  Exactly, it is 40 not 250 years.
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  2447.  @RohitKumarM : I fully agree, proceeding with the WA causes least disruption for all sides.
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  2448.  @RohitKumarM : The UK has repeatedly affirmed its commitment to the GFA. The Backstop is nothing but a saveguard for the GFA. The moment any other method of preserving the GFA has proven functional the Backstop cease to exist. On this base any time limit or even a full disposal of the Backstop makes only sense if the UK wants to betray its commitment.
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  2449.  @RohitKumarM : Removing the Backstop does not provide the UK any option apart from terminating the GFA. It would put Ireland and NI in limbo and would not help the UK on any honest path.
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  2450.  @RohitKumarM : The EU has shown great flexibility in constructing the Backstop. In principle, the GFA requires both sides of the border (Ireland and NI) to be in the EU. They have found arrangements to make it work wen NI is in the EEA, that is one compromise of the EU. In addition, being in the EEA normally means accepting the 4 freedoms. Also here, the EU compromised. Don't you think it is about time the UK fulfills its part of the compromise?
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  2451.  @RohitKumarM : The UK has so many irresponsible politicians. You need to be really naive to think the UK would agree to a trade deal that keeps NI in the EEA once the backstop is removed from the WA. Still, until something else has proven operational keeping NI in the EEA is the only way to save the GFA.
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  2452. It seems to be similar to Germany of the 1930s. The average German assocoated democracy with hardship and chaos. Such people desigre a strongman.
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  2453. So the British population will vote on your next PM? Get real, it is a representative democracy and the Spitzenkandidat could not find a majority of votes in the parliament. So other people need to be found. Still they need to be voted for by the European parliament.
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  2454.  @MSDosPrompt : In the UK you think it is most important that all parliamentarians (and ministers) are personally chosen by the electrorate. Even so many voters vote mainly for parties and not for the individual candidate. In Germany in contrast we think a percental representation of the parties is more important. In our view the British electoral system is very undemocratic.
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  2455.  @MSDosPrompt : How can you hold a politician accountable who screwed over your region but benefited his own constituency. The commissioners are proxies of the government they represent. The British commissioner is appointed and replaced by the British PM. Similar as this is done for the cabinet ministers. Do you really think a direct Vote for the British commissioner would be useful?
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  2456.  @MSDosPrompt : This is not comparable, Germany is a federal country and the EU is a federation of independent countries. Replacing the Commission by a government elected by the European parliament and a classical cabinet would turn the EU into a federal country. I am sure you do not want to propose this change.
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  2457. Dear  @MSDosPrompt , the EU can be seen as a federation of independent countries connected by a very broad trade deal. In this view the commission is a permanent negotiation panel. And similar to any trade deal all member countries are bound by the rules of the contract. The European parliament is an add-on to the scheme. Making it more democratic by giving the population a voice in contrast to the governments.
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  2458.  @MSDosPrompt : No nation is fully independent if you take a puristic view. This is even more true for any nation with a trade deal, because any trade deal supersedes your legislation, otherwise a trade deal would be pointless. You may like it or not this is reality. However, unlike classical trade deals that mainly benefit large corporations the EU also protects the individual. I doubt a trade deal with the USA is better for the population of the UK.
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  2459.  @MSDosPrompt : No the EU does not mean transferring the sovereignty to Brussels. Any EU legislation has to be agreed to by the UK. But once you have agreed to a new rule it is binding. This is identical with the rules of a trade deal.
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  2460.  @MSDosPrompt : The EU parliament does not have supremacy over any country. They discuss the new laws and pass them. Afterwards this legislation needs to be agreed by every nation of the EU. Once this is done, the law, not the parliament, should supersede national legislation. Similar to any trade deal.
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  2461.  @MSDosPrompt : Tayloring a law in Brussels in contrast to London means that the same law will apply in all countries of the EU, this makes it much simpler for companies to sell over the whole of Europe, and it makes traveling much simpler for an individual persons.
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  2462.  @MSDosPrompt : Any trade deal does this. However, unlike ordinary trade deals the EU also benefits the average Joe in multiple ways: In a normal trade deal only large corporations can sue a country for breaking the rules of the agreement. The EU also enforces the It contains the charter of human rights so everybody can sue over inhumane treatments. It the EU limits unreasonable costs for small financial transactions and mobile phone contracts corseting European borders. This is normally not part of a trade deal but very beneficial for the every day life. ....
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  2463.  @MSDosPrompt : Any trade deals helps big business, but not in a way that directly contradict citizens needs. These are no tax cuts that inhibit social security and there are not necessary regulations lowered to suite big businesses engendering citizen. Besides when Farage describes the EU as a protectionist racket, he presents it as anti globalists.
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  2464.  @MSDosPrompt : This is indeed a problematic situation. Still this is no reason to abandon the system but to improve it. Still the British efforts to reform the EU did not go in this direction. The main effort was to weaken the EU and prevent the acceptance of the rules for tax avoidance.
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  2465.  @1911GreaterThanALL  Nobody who is not trained in this acts perfectly reasonable when several guns are pointed on him. If you fear for your life panic takes over. Besides, the cops were in panic themselves and giving contradicting commands: "Come towards me" and after two steps "Stop". This is no clear messaging. Any delayed reaction could have costed his life a few seconds earlier. Clear messaging would be: Please Nr. XY come 2 steps forward.
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  2466. This guy obviously has a strong British bias. He has no idea what the level playing field is for.
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  2467.  @mentalpot  No you do not respect any facts otherwize you would not lie.
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  2468.  @mentalpot  Well, you removed your second post.
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  2469.  @Kloutkulture  I thought that referring gun nuts to Jörg would show that you can own guns even with a much stricter regulation.
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  2470. @Jon James They haven't really taken away any negotiating power from Boris. For the EU and Ireland giving in to the demands of Boris would be worse than a no deal Brexit.
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  2471. LOL, the biggest contributor, that is funny.
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  2472. That is like "Arbeit macht frei".
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  2473. ​​ @sokrates6726  Die Rede Putins im Bundestag war aufschlussreich und eine Unverschämtheit, im Grunde genommen eine Kriegserklährung gegen die neuen NATO Mitglieder.
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  2474. Pure Whataboutism
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  2475.  @MsColl90  You mean Putins minions where fighting Ukraine for 8 years and using the population as human shields.
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  2476. Let's hope the USA destroys itself.
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  2477. Most of the deaths of citizens of the Soviet Union could have been avoided if they would have given in to Germany.
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  2478.  @BuriramBaz  Sure, lets see when the UK fractures.
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  2479.  @dosa2990  Well the way Russia is acting, turns their neighbors hostile. If Russia was peaceful, it would not need to fear anyone.
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  2480. No the UK made it a waste of time, sending numerous clueless negotiators and not having any idea were to go.
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  2481.  @FOXXOF-RPG  You cannot force a country to take people back that are no citizen of this specific country. There are only two ways to cope. You can either pay this country to take them or you need to find the country of origin.
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  2482.  @FOXXOF-RPG  Egypt for example has no reason to take an Eritrean back once he has left the country. If you want to deport this person you will have to bring him to Eritrea. But before you are able to do this you have to find out where he comes from.
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  2483.  @FOXXOF-RPG  Well, you seem not to have red my reply. Sure, you can deport a person, but you can only deport a person to his home country.
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  2484.  @FOXXOF-RPG  Where do you deport them to?
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  2485.  @FOXXOF-RPG  Well, I have been reading your post, but you ignored the question were these people are deported to. So you have ignored my point. Not answering this point renders your post irrelevant.
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  2486.  @blueplanethand  Well, well, of course, you can treat the refugees badly and extradite 90% of these. You, however, cannot extradite them to France but only to their home country, in case you find out what country it is. Whatever the UK has caused the largest part of the refugees with its illegal war in Iraq, and still, you are taking only a tiny fraction of these people. You are not responsible for your action that led to the arising of the Islamic State.
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  2487.  @FOXXOF-RPG  So you want to deport people from Syria to Syria and people from Eritrea to Eritrea. This is actually already done, but it is not really effective, difficult, and time-consuming.
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  2488. When they had to reduce the quotas fishermen all around the EU lost their job, the UK was no exception but the norm. This shows your revenge theme is quite absurd.
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  2489. They can see birds on the radar. They may have needed a software update, in order not to ignore drones.
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  2490.  @woolyimage  If the UK gained full and free access to the common market without agreeing to the level playing field, it would deminish the common market. The ramifications of such an event would by far exceed the benefit of the trade deal.
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  2491.  @woolyimage  Mini deals? Are you talking about something similar to the EU-USA relationship?
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  2492.  @woolyimage  Well, it could happen, but please explain, what would be the advantage for the EU to strike such mini deals? In contrast to weathering the consequences of no deal for a few months until the UK gets real.
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  2493.  @woolyimage  Europe is not threatening the UK, but it will not pamper or protect it either. If the UK does not agree to a deal beneficial for all members of the EU it is no deal. And the EU will need to treat the UK similar to any other third country. That is no mistreatment, but simply the real world. Boris is in between a rock and a hard place, the UK is not prepared for a no deal Brexit. Whatever he decides he will loose his job.
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  2494.  @woolyimage  Obviously not. Well, with time you will see the truth.
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  2495.  @woolyimage  Well it is not very long to see the truth, unless Boris accepts reality before you do.
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  2496.  @noodlyappendage6729  Difficult to say, who is a real Bavarian. So lets stick to the borders of Scotland. But we need to agree that the referendum of 2014 is no longer valid, as the political background has changed.
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  2497.  @noodlyappendage6729  Well the remain campaign in Scotland promoted staying in the UK as the only way to stay in the EU. "It was well known back in 2014 that a referendum on the UK’s membership of the EU was already on the cards because the then Prime Minister David Cameron had promised one. This was also widely known in Scotland." This was a point Nicola Sturgeon brought in TV debates, but she was dismissed as a loony. "Scotland voted to remain in the UK and the UK voted to leave the EU." Scotland voted to remain in the UK in order to stay in the EU and the UK voted to leave the EU, so the referendum is no longer valid. You cannot expect rent for your flat after you burned down the house.
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  2498. A mine flail system may be able to clear dragon teeth.
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  2499. I agree, we should have already prepared all the Marder and Leopard 1 vehicles.
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  2500. ​ @Xjulenax  Ja, die Hauptsufe von Falcon 9 kann landen. Sie ist aber im wesentlichen billiger weil mehr starts von Falkon stattfinden. Die wiederverwendbarkeit ist zweitrangig.
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  2501. @lionel9038  Sorry du machst keinen sinn. Man muss auch auf zweit und drittrangige Sachen optimieren, solange man dabei die vorrangigen Ziele nicht aus den Augen verliert.
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  2502. @lionel9038  Nein, vom Starship gibt es bisher gar nichts. Alles wird noch redesigned werden müssen bevor es wie erwartet funktioniert. Ind selbst dann wird es sich wirtschaftlich nicht rechnen. Ein zweistufiges systems mit wiederverwendbarkeit der Oberstufe wird die Kosten für Nutzlast grob verzehnfachen. Im Gegensatz dazu ist eine Wiederverwendbarkeit des Boosters tatsächlich sinnvoll.
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  2503.  @lionel9038  Elon hat seine lichten Momente, aber er hat auch extrem viel Bullshit verzapft. Und noch so schlaue Mitarbeiter müssen das machen was der Chef sagt. Das Problem am Starship ist das selbe wie beim Space Shuttle.
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  2504.  @lionel9038  Musk hat viel richtig gemacht, aber auch viel Unsinn von sich gegeben. Darauf kann man sich nicht verlassen. Starship kann nicht funktionieren wie beschrieben, aber vielleicht kann Musk aus dem Miserfolg immer noch Geld machen.
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  2505. This is the reason Resse Mogg has moved some of his investment funds to Dublin.
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  2506.  @forsdykemontague1017  The Financial times is not any newspaper, and Rees Moog would deny it even if it was true.
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  2507.  @mathieusimoneau3358  What would you expect from Egypt to solve the situation?
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  2508.  @darrenb3830  So you are conceeding this point and switching to the next.
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  2509.  @thisisone9529  1. Israel needs to stop this genocide immediately. 2. It is not the fucking business of Israel to decide what party Gazan people vote for. 3. If you want lasting peace do not punish the Fatach for being peaceful. 4. Israel has done far worse than Hamas. After 10.7 Israel had the moral high ground, but now the IDF seems to be the worse terrorist organization.
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  2510. They are observers, it was not their job to enforce any resolution. They are not supposed to engage Hesbolla or Israel, as long as they are not attacked first. Now they are more needed than any time before. Otherwise we loose an independent observer of the situation.
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  2511.  john smith  Because the EU has been constructiv and consistent from the beginning of the negotiations. In contrast, the UK has been jumping around, delaying, and making unrealistic and even self refuting demands.
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  2512. Who is paying for the roads in the USA? I am sure you can´t avoid to pay tax for the roads by going by train. It seems there is no fair competition.
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  2513. Does this mean a hand full of capable tanks in Iraqean hands could have collapsed the whole attack?
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  2514. The Canada style deal has taken 7 years to negotiate, the UK has given this deal less than a year to negotiate and implement. In addition, Canadian banks have no access to the common market. Therefore the EU and the UK agreed to negotiate a very different deal sketched in the PD.
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  2515.  @animalian01  Well, it is easy! You could have just signed the proposal from Barnier. But if you want to negotiate all the details it will take time.
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  2516.  @animalian01  Well, the UK never sought a Canada style deal, as clearly visible in the PD. Well, you could define a deal with more acces to the common market as a Canada+++ deal, but with more acces comes the requirement for a deeper alignment. So you could define the proposal of Barnier as Canada+++.
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  2517.  @animalian01  I am not joking, the UK asked for a Canada+++++, and that is the basis of Barniers proposal. If you want more, you need to accept a deeper alignment. Simple, isn't it?
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  2518.  @animalian01  Well, you want perpetual access for your Banks to the common market. Granting this without a level playing field would be madness, it would undermine the rule of law within the EU.
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  2519.  @animalian01  Well, the proposal of Frost/Johnson is an absurdity, accepting it would destroy the EU. The deal proposed by Barnier in contrast would be beneficial for both sides. It is better than the deal with other counties in the proximety of the EU like Turkey. Regarding the Banks: It is unreasonable to allow financial services within the EU that do not follow EU rules. It would undermine the rule of law. So banks will need to move or found subsidiarys within the EU to service the European market according to EU rules.
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  2520.  @animalian01  The EU is beneficial for all its members. It reduces red tape by removing custom borders and by replacing 27 different regulations with a single rule. This greatly simplifies industrial production ans services, but it requires all members to play by the rules. If the EU would accept full acces for the UK without these rules this would undermine the working principle of the EU. Indivitual countries would need to guard their borders against unlawful products and services. The EU would disapere and with it the benefit for all partners. For the Member countries of the EU it would be much worse than a no deal Brexit. Not a single member of the EU wants such an outcome and, therefore, nobody will accept the Johnson/Frost proposal.
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  2521.  @animalian01  Well, until now your products meet the standards of the EU. But you want to change these standards, this was explicitly said by your politicians. Nobody knows what these changes will be, but it can be assumed these changes shall facilitate a deal with the USA. If you do not want to lower your standards agreeing to the level playing field should be no problem.
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  2522.  @animalian01  By the way the EU standards are minimal standards. Any single member of the EU exceeds them, and many members have higher standards than the UK.
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  2523.  @animalian01  Well, you describe the situation for no deal. If you do not commit level playing field for product savety any transport of good needs to be checked at the border. If you do not commit level playing field financial services banks will need to find legal adresses within the EU. If you do not commit level playing field for environmental standarts tarrifs need to be imposed on your products. I this is true irrespectively if you really break these rules. Once again this is true fo all trade deals of the EU. Canadian goods still need to be checkt, since some of their rules contradict the rules of the EU.
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  2524.  @animalian01  "and many have standards that are lower than the UK's so again why is the EU so hung up on standards" Why are you so hung up on standards, if you wanted to keep your standards higher than the minimum standards of the EU, it would not bother you to sign up to these standards.
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  2525.  @animalian01  Well, this is something I can agree with. I was also exposed to absurd insults. Have a nice evening.
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  2526. Russia is holding less territory now.
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  2527. Any international treaty has supremacy over national law. Otherwise it would be useless. A county needs to stand by its commitments or face the consequences. An international tribunal arbitrates the application of the treaty and it is up to the other countries part of the treaty to enforce it. Well, the EU rules are in fact international treaties. The ECJ is an international tribunal, and it is up to the rest of the EU to enforce the commitments Poland has committed to.
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  2528. Russia can not send Germany into the stone age by blocking the gas supply. Germany has 12 month worth of strategic reserves of gas. This lasts longer than Russias ability to pay pensions, so the gas supply is mainly a way of Germany to pressure Russia. Well, it used to be before China entered the market.
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  2529. Wasn't Eddy hall lifting 100kg people with one arm.
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  2530.  @dianevitale1214  Sure, it was similar to the sinking of supply ships for Britain.
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  2531. Russian fighter jets are violating the borders all the time, claiming to have been lost. Putin could order tha same of small units of foot soldiers and always leave once they encounter resistence. They could determine the threshold that triggers a NATO reaction.
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  2532.  @Chris66Mas  If threatening with a nuclear war will give Putin what he wants, he will repeat this action, and next time it would be worse. Appeasement does not solve problems in the long term.
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  2533. Well, Germany pays about as much for its military as the UK. And it is not for the USA to decide if the European countries want to be members of NATO individually or as an European block.
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  2534.  @reggafoor7339  "you say it's not up to America to decide about Europe?" It is the decision of Europe how to organize its forces. "But there are a lot of them in Europe who are not paying" All NATO member country are paying for their own army and contributing to NATO in this way. Germany is paying as much as the UK, and has the second largest detachment in Afghanistan (second to the USA). "how you can say that after what America and Britain did in the war" I am not sad about WWII has ended, but still I doubt I need to thank the UK and the USA for killing 3 of the brothers of my grandfather. "it left Britain nearly bankrupt" The same was true for Germany. "then Europe has relied on America keeping them safe from Russia" Sure, every Western European country including the UK relied on the protection of the USA. But all Western European countries contributed to this protection. At the end of the cold war Germany had the second strongest army in NATO. "America is fed up paying most of the bill" The size of the US military exceeds any reasonable value, there is simply no thread justifying this armament. "Britain has wanted to leave Europe and that put together with all the men who sacrificed their lives to give you freedom in Europe" So you want to become a lapdog of Putin? "is just confirming how ungrateful they are in Europe." The UK was not fighting for France or the Netherlands, it was a fight against Germany on French soil.
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  2535.  @reggafoor7339  Well, the EU as a whole is making a deal with China, a deal similar tho the one the USA has already signed with them. The EU and its members has treated the UK far better than the other way around. You wanted to be treated as a third country, that is what we do. Brexit means Brexit.
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  2536. An exile for Putin?
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  2537. Americans are strange, in Germany you could have ordered and drank a beer at age of 16. It is quite hard to drink beer in amounts to dangerously intoxicate you.
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  2538. Verhofstadt is an elected MEP.
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  2539. One idea would be to prevent the ammunition from catching fire in a gun mounted to a vehicle. It could be powered by the engine. Besides you could store more rounds. Well, it is still a long way to go.
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  2540. You like strawmaning, don't you?
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  2541.  @nigeljohnson9820 : Ireland is part of the EU, if you do not keep NI under ECJ jurisdiction this means you induce a hard border in Ireland.
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  2542. The last 5 years must be a nightmare for the laser producers TRUMPF.
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  2543. You may be right.
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  2544.  @petersmith6974  Selensky is not a puppet like Lukashenka that is the reason Putin is invading.
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  2545.  @lorellaldos5263  We will only get meaningful numbers once the war is over.
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  2546. "He's correct about Zelensky being a puppet for the US." No definitely not, he is not in a way to be expected for a US puppet. "How many times have we seen the US lean into Ukraine to peddle their influence." Well, the same is true to a much larger extend for Russia. Wiktor Janukowytsch was a Russian puppet. If he had stayed in office, Ukraine would have developed like Belarus. "If you're going to be lending military support and making overtures for closer relations and possibly even a NATO partnership whilst you are fully aware of the national security concerns of an adversary nation in Russia then you can't really be all too surprised when they try and cut off that perceived security threat with military intervention." Well, you have it backwards, Ukraine was Invaded, it had a 8 year long military insurgency and another invasion despite being neutral. If Ukraine had been part of NATO like the baltic republics, Russia would have kept the peace. Now Finland and Sweden want to join NATO. Russia is not afraid of Ukraine, Putin is pissed because he wants to control Ukraine. "I don't know about things going so smoothly if Zelensky just surrenders and Putin not annexing more land that seems like a bit of a reach." Putin would install a puppet dictator and make Ukraine a poor de-facto part of Russia. Democracy would end. And any aspirations to join EU and improve themselves would be gone. "It seems that they were naive and maybe thought that Ukrainian forces were just gonna roll over and even join the Russians." This more or less append 8 years ago. But Ukraine had to fight for the last 8 years and build up its military. "Obviously that isn't the case and the extended timeframe has allowed Ukraine to actually put up a more strident defense." And winning for Russia means controlling Ukraine, winning for Ukraine means to make the invasion too expensive for Russia.
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  2547.  21 accounts Removed  I know but this will some years change after Ukraine has become a member of the EU. Poland used to have a lower standard of living compared to Russia, but this has reversed.
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  2548.  @davidharrison3399  Any progress per definition is a compromise.
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  2549.  @davidharrison3399  The only reason the EU will agree to the extension is not to take the blame for the dier results of a hard Brexit on the UK.
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  2550. So who do you think should be British PM?
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  2551.    Well, if there is a conflict between the UK and Ireland the USA will support Ireland.
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  2552.    Funny that you deleted your own post, it seems my answer has hit a nerve and now you want to lie about it.
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  2553.    Well, I obviously replied to one of your posts in this thread. Now, this post is no longer visible and my post is second in this thread. What would be your conclusion on these facts?
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  2554. No deal is better than a bad deal, but only for the EU. In 2021 once the reality of Brexit is beginning to bite Barnier will have an even stronger hand.
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  2555.  @alanedwards6491  Nobody forces the banks to stay in London, there will be some contingency measures but after this any bank will need to have moved of founded a subsidary within the EU. This is crucial to preserve the rule of law within the EU. Banks do not need a lot of infrastructures to operate. The capital will find a way to make a profit.
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  2556.  @alanedwards6491  Well, still better than being paid in worthless Pounds.
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  2557.  @alanedwards6491  And you want to tell me the UK is not? Who was paying for the furlong scheme, who for eat out to help out... The Pound has already lost about 30% of its value compared to the Euro and the UK has been downrated by Fitch.
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  2558.  @alanedwards6491  You seem not even able to understand yourself what you are saying. To my knowledge, I have no exaggerated anything, please show me otherwise.
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  2559.  @alanedwards6491  Well, what about the last 5 years?
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  2560.  @alanedwards6491  5 years ago it was 1.43.
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  2561.  @alanedwards6491  A Year agoo the GDP to dept of the UK was identical to the EU 27, now you are much worse.
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  2562.  @alanedwards6491  What are you talking about. I was talking about the average debt to GDP in the EU. So the dept given by you is included. So in fact already at that time, the average of the EU was in a better position than the UK. But now the economy of the UK was stronger influenced by covid 19 than any country in the EU, and considerable worse than average of the EU. And now you are going into Brexit and damaging your economy. It is more likely that the UK will go the path of Greece and no EU will bail you out.
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  2563.  @alanedwards6491  Well, financing is available from all over the world, and the Banks are mot owned by the government of the UK. The only country downgraded recently was the UK. The fact that these banks are lokated in the UK does not mean they will provide cheap financing to the government of the UK, or that the financing for EU countries will become more expensive.
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  2564.  @alanedwards6491  Well, as I said before, it is the UK that is losing trustworthyness, not a single coutry of the EU.
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  2565.  @alanedwards6491  Wow, you are changing the topic. The EU can change its own rules as often as it likes if all stakeholders agree it is called legislation, not cheating. But sure, this incident further reduced the trusworthiness of the UK.
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  2566.  @alanedwards6491  Well, good faith means to stand by your commitments, not to pamper the other side. Furthermore, the proposal of Barnier follows the PD. The was very consistent and frank. Well, the UK has not convinced any member country that a deal would be beneficial. You can lower your standards all you like but you cannot have direct access to the common market while doing so. We do not need a rogue nation in the EU.
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  2567.  @alanedwards6491  Sure, the PD was non binding, but following the signed agreement cannot be called bad faith, not by the furthest stretch. Introduction proposals contradicting the PD in contrast surely was delaying the negotiations.
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  2568.  @alanedwards6491  Once again, the UK needs the trade deal, the EU not so much. In 2021 once the reality of Brexit is beginning to bite Barnier will have an even stronger hand.
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  2569.  @alanedwards6491 Not pampering the UK has nothing to do with bad faith. The EU always stood by its commitments, the UK did not. You cannot blame the European countries for trying to get the best possible deal. Brexit will hurt these countries, any possible deal needs to minimize this impact for the countries of the EU. The proposal of Frost would damage the common market, it is far worse than No-Deal.
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  2570.  @alanedwards6491  Well, the trade deficit of the UK is likely to increase after Brexit.
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  2571.  @alanedwards6491  Well, not sure about that, but it would certainly not help you. Why are you delighted to damage others when this does not even benefit yourself? That does not reflect well on your personality.
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  2572.  @alanedwards6491  The proposal of the EU was fair unlike the proposal of Frost/Johnson. But anyway the UK never asked for a Canada style deal: The Canada deal had taken more than seven years to negotiate, and the UK is slower in negotiating than other countries. Limiting the transition period to 11 months excluded a Canada style deal from the beginning. The Canada deal still requires border checks, but the UK does not have the staff to perform these checks. The Canada deal contains no freedom of services. Opening a deal for services requires a much deeper alignment than the Canada deal.
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  2573. Poland could offer the citizens of Kaliningrad a pension in case they took Polish passports. I guess we could agree on EU financing of such a project. The same could be done to Belarus.
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  2574. Well, he has a beard, that is about it.
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  2575. This policy is cruel, and it is expensive.
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  2576. @paulhrabina161  I do not manage to watch all that racist trash. It is just to painful. But the people at "Israeli genocide tracker " do so.
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  2577.  @hugovelasco3186  The war would not end, like it did not begin with 7.10.
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  2578. Well, the Russian army is killing exactly these Russian speakers. Like Selensky, who is also a Russian speaker, they want the Russian army gone.
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  2579. Well, I guess, Russia will keep the regions hold by the separatists before the war and Crimea. The Baltic Republics are NATO members and also members of the EU. They have a right on the same protection as any other member of NATO.
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  2580.  @dennisrandall4356  Pleas stay realistic, these are now new costs commitments you have made. Same about the UK border in Ireland. Show me one border in between two countries not in a trade block where the border crossings are not guarded. Without NI staying in the single market there needs to be a hard border.
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  2581.  @dennisrandall4356  Show me were is says that all your commitments will be erased. The treaties cease to apply not the commitments. All these border used to be hard borders and they continue to be hard borders what is your point?
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  2582.  @JeSuisunHumain-222  That is wrong. They are observers, it was not their job to enforce any resolution. They are not supposed to engage Hesbolla or Israel, as long as they are not attacked first. Now they are more needed than any time before. Otherwise we loose an independent observer of the situation.
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  2583. Threats like this will not get these countries into the fold but strengthen their resolve against Russia. Russia should repent and improve its relationship with its neighbors; in a decade, it may be considered trustworthy again.
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  2584. Seems the Austrian and Swedish patents have run out. It is a pity that the original developers do not profit from the technology.
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  2585.  @Taskandpurpose  This weapon clearly is somewhere in between the Heckler und Koch G11 and the Steyr ACR.
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  2586. Well, already stopping it's operation has rendered half of it useless. The fighting has destroyed the other half.
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  2587. Not WW3? China has backed off from North Korea a bit, but in case the US would intervene, they would need to react. China will not accept US soldiers on their border.
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  2588. Are you talking about the new N1.
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  2589. @Darren Hughes: You have no arguments, but instead of admitting this you switch to insults.
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  2590. @Darren Hughes: It implies more, it means that a certain amount of team spirit is required from each partner. And this is the aspect you object to. So tell me why a fall of Italy would not affect the other partners of the EU.
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  2591. @Darren Hughes Iknow the German Commissioner Öttinger (Energy) as he comes from Baden -Würtemberg my part of Germany. But knowing them is of lesser importance as the 28 commissioners act as a proxy for the 28 EU Governments and all these Governments are a result of a democratic vote. It may not be the most direct democracy but it surely is democratically legitimated.
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  2592. @Brother Spartacus Bitter about the gullibility of the people, not democracy.
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  2593. Gish Galopp.
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  2594.  @kevint1719  It was the two idiots David Davis and Dominik Raab that did the negotiation.
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  2595. Why do you think so, I expect him to continue the negotiations in 2021. Either to work out the details to a preliminary deal or in the case of a no-deal to continue the negotiation of the trade deal. He has done an exceptional job, why on earth should he be replaced.
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  2596. Regarding the absolute wealth sure. Regarding the growth of the last 20 years the comparison Poland vs Ukraine is more relevant.
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  2597.  @LaughtingApe  Interesting, so you want Latvians and Germans suffer instead?
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  2598. You describe the present state of the EU. There is noting to wish for.
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  2599.  @GwynBleys  Or Lemberg.
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  2600. Is playing the music this loud over the whole speech really considered appropriate in the USA?
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  2601.  @JustMe-ec2ph  I fully agree, I was just wandering, it seems strange to me as a German.
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  2602.  @23sunderland  Every country in the proximity of Russia is entitled to be paranoid and to seak protection from Russia. More then this Russia is just proving any country right that became a member of NATO. Denying these countries to make their own decision to chose is a kind of aggression in itself.
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  2603. @Jack Sparrow Nothing is as expensive as being invaded by Russia, a membership in NATO would surely be cheaper.
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  2604. Well the EU is larger and stronger than the UK. It would not be beneficial for the UK to pick a fight. Anyway, you can be happy that Barnier, the EU, and its citizens are so good-natured the amount of insult spilling over from your island would have warranted several retaliations.
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  2605.  Dave Coyle  "the EU isn't a country" The EU is a group of independent countries. A single person picking a fight with a group is normally really fucked. "80 billion quid trade surplus with tbe uk ," Well, a trade deal compromising the common market would be a net negative for the EU. Furthermore, after a no-deal Brexit the deficit of the UK will likely increase. "Nitbonly that but 200 thiusabd car manufacturing jobs including suppliers depend on the uk market so the EU doesn't hold all the cards !" Is this English? "we dobt want a deal with the eu , I would rather starve than be in it !" Well, that is your decision. But these bold statements usually fall apart once reality sets in.
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  2606.  @mishalgurung2494  Are you talking about Putin?
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  2607. Putin clearly is a liar no questions about that. He and his administration where claiming to conduct a maneuver up to the day they invaded. Furthermore, Putin has claimed Russian supremacy over all Slavic countries. That is nothing you could realize without military force.
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  2608. I would guess the smaller nozzles on the side were not very effective. A different design could propel a larger payload over the same distance.
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  2609. Yea, and they may not have attacked in the first place.
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  2610. Because it would be far more expensive if Putin wins this war.
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  2611.  @valorz6064  Well, countries that did not trade with Russia in the first place, can not meaningful sanction it. If we had stopped buying Russian gas before, the pipeline to China wold be finished by now. But one thing is clear an attack on a NATO country would be far more expensive for all of us.
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  2612.  @quantumresonance8201  Germany was successful in Russia in WW1.
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  2613.  @moabd4234  Well, there was a peace treaty between Germany and Russia/Soviet Union. This treaty was later scrapped when Germany lost the war in the west.
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  2614.  @machinestats459  Any medication is an order of magnetude more expensive and an order of magnetude less efficiently than a vaccination. Furthermore, the medication does not prevent any further infection. So, I am vaccinated and continue to wear a mask. This way I protect myself and others.
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  2615.  @machinestats459  There is no lock down anywhere in Europe. So I have no idea what you are referring to.
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  2616. You are calling an investment banker a socialist??
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  2617. Vielleicht die Anerkennung der russischen Krim gegen die Anerkennung der NATO Mitgliedschaft der Ukraine.
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  2618.  @mnessenche  Stimmt.
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  2619. Not the way Drump is sponsored by Putin.
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  2620. He is not a German politician, he used to be one before becoming a right wing nutter. I did not remember his face and had to look him up.
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  2621. They have the right to defend themselves.
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  2622.  @54032Zepol  That was a UN mission performed by NATO.
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  2623.  @54032Zepol  These were different mandates. I would have appreciated a more robust UN mandate. But I guess Israel was against it.
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  2624.  @PlebPolitics : It proceeds with further political and judicial alignment as this fosters trade. By realizing aligned laws you reduce the amount of red tape by 28. This has no negative impact on companies selling only in one country while providing much easier trade for companies selling to several markets.
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  2625.  @PlebPolitics : Without the EU it could be even worse. Compare the Ukraine to Poland.
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  2626. Any international treaty has supremacy over national law. Otherwise it would be useless. A county needs to stand by its commitments or face the consequences. An international tribunal arbitrates the application of the treaty and it is up to the other countries part of the treaty to enforce it. Well, the EU rules are in fact international treaties. The ECJ is an international tribunal, and it is up to the rest of the EU to enforce the commitments Poland has committed to.
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  2627. When listening to your arguments I am usually strongly on your side. However, for these arguments you neglected several boundary conditions. For example when talking about suicide attacks. You neglected the position of power the Islamic world is in. A suicide attack always is the weapon of the man in the weak position. I know any army including the US army honors the action of a single person or a group who willingly sacrificed them self to safe a larger group. The Islamic world is (and has been for the last 200 Years) in a position of weakness. If the Palestinians had drowns unreachable for the Israel’s radar why should they sacrifice people. If they could run terrorist attacks without being caught why should they use suicide attacks. This kind of an attack is not part of this specific culture but a sign of weakness.
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  2628. I think any religion that becomes state doctrine becomes violent. Still, you have a valid point the Coran was written by a violent conqueror. In contrast, Christianity developed as a spiritual cult within the Roman empire. Still, in medieval times the religious reality was not very different. Actually, there was more freedom in the Islamic world. Now you need to keep in mind, that the number of non-Islamic amok shootings by far exceeds the number of Islamic terrorist attacks. And both have exactly the same motivation. There is a young man with a messed up life. This guy externalizes his wrong decisions and seeks revenge. The only difference is that there is an entity (the IS) that motivates amok candidates to commit the murder, and the same entity later vaunts responsible for this act. Stronger repression of Muslims will increase the number of these desperate young men. I would prefer a situation where an Imam would recocnising these people early send them to a psychological treatment.
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  2629. When you have all the right to criticise Islam others have the right to criticise you. So what?
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  2630. People who write "F*** Trump and all who voted for him." have the same problem.
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  2631. Seriously, criticizing Islam may not be Racism, but it is a general statement over an extremely heterogeneous group. And as a result, it will be a false accusation of a huge number of people. It is like criticizing Christianity generalizing Orthodox, Catholic, Lutheran and even Mormon. Most will assume you are an idiot, some will suffer from your words and a tiny fraction will get outraged. So if you want to chritisize something, please be specific.
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  2632. You are right, in any case, someone will be outraged. Still, it is important to avoid the same generalizations as the religious right. We want to criticize Islam or a specific variant. But we do not want to reject the people. We should all agree there are some very nice very religious people even so we do not agree with their
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  2633. Sisi is very bad for Egypt, the ideas to build New Cairo and to increase the army is catastrophic for the population of Egypt. If Egypt was still a democracy the genocide would probably have been avoided.
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  2634. In Germany we have no term limits but Merkel chose to retire at the age of 67.
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  2635.  @JoeSmith-cn7ur  Well, if the vaccine is produced but exported instead of fulfilling the contract I would not call it best effort.
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  2636. The UK will be back in days. And the new proposal will be better for the EU.
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  2637. Many countries had very few deaths. Vietnam had not a single Covid related death. Early and decisive action is key.
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  2638.  @axetune  No, every country got what it "deserved". It is quite simple to stop the pandemic by acting reasonably. To have a real lock-down unlike what we had in any European country. Furthermore, the population, everybody needs to be acting reasonable. There is no magic bullet just simple discipline.
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  2639.  @axetune  No not really, all different kind of political systems had very successful results. There is China, Vietnam, S Korea, Japan, Australia, New Zealand .... All that was needed is that the Government and the population take it serious. But sure, some social security system is beneficial to enable infected people to quarantine.
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  2640.  @axetune  Well, Great Britain is a small island too. It is much less the geography and much more the attitude that made a country a success. The only additional aspect was population density. Sweden has handles the Pandemic especially bad but has not suffered the same fraction of deaths as the UK. But in comparison with similar countries like Norway and Finland the results are awful. If you discuss the response to the pandemic, you can basically define every province of China as an independent country. Travel in between these provinces was nearly fully stopped. Most provinces had similar performance as Vietnam. Well, and Wuhan had 80000 infected people and has shown that you actually can suppress Covid 19 with a lock-down. There is nothing unexpected about this.
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  2641.  @axetune  China fakes data if it suits them, but I cannot find any reason to do it in this case. Downplaying the number of deaths would have caused carelessness in the population, this was the last thing the Chinese government would have aspired. I think the Chinese numbers are far more precise than the numbers of many other countries.
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  2642.  @axetune  No, I am not trusting China, I just see no reason for China to fiddle the figures in this case.
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  2643.  @axetune  No, I cannot see any reason for China to downplay the result of the pandemic in China. The province government downplayed the infection in the beginning and the result was an epidemic. But once it was clear that this was a new far more infectious virus the main issue of the government was to get the situation under control. The government wanted the population to be watchful and alert in order not to spread the virus. The Chinese population was the primary aim of the Chinese information policy. The fact that these informations where spread around the world are secondary.
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  2644.  @axetune  Well, extrodenary claims require extrodenary evidence. As long as you have no evidence otherwise I go with the obvious solution. And, well, our knowledge about the virus, the knowledge of the Chinese dayly life over the last 17 months and our understanding of the motivation of government officials forms a perfectly consistent picture. So there is simply no need for a conspiracy theory.
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  2645. Maybe in Munich?
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  2646.  Dave Coyle  Well, Rolls Royce is part of BMW. And they require multiple parts from the continent. You can still get them in the UK, but slower and more expensive, worse however, are rules of origin. So the simlest idea would be to build them directly in Germany.
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  2647.  Dave Coyle  Well, they may set up smaller factories for the assembly for the British market, but definitely none for the international business. Tariffs and rules of origin, you know? I would guess, that in case of no deal, the trade surplus of the would grow even larger. Most companies on the continent will avoid sourcing from the UK, but British companies cannot avoid sourcing from the continent to the same extend.
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  2648.  @antonking9652  You seem to watch too much RT. Well, you are not as big of a market for the car industry as you seem to believe. The German car industry, values the integrity of the common market over a deal with the UK.
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  2649.  @antonking9652  Well, due to Brexit, you are not the most profitable car market any more. So what? Well, actually the BBC has a pro British bias, not a very strong bias, but clearly pro British. You should watch things outside your bubble.
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  2650.  @antonking9652  Let us go forward together and put these grave matters to the proof` Well, but you do not want to go forward togeter but backward alone.
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  2651.  @brutallyhonest9140  Nobodys, if the production is moved to the continent.
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  2652.  @tomhud2022  Not every war starts over climate, but climate change can destabilize an already fragile situation. Farming in certain areas stops to be viable, large numbers of impoverished people come to the cities or fight for the land that is still fertile. Violence and the tensions in between different social groups or different ethnic groups increase.
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  2653.  @bilic8094  So what that is bad for Serbia and it's neighbors bot it is largely irrelevant for the EU.
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  2654.  @lanan6578  I do not need to be an expert to see the economic data, to see that Russian help is tiny compared to the help from the EU. I know that a country trades most with it's direct neighbors... And I can see how any Easter European country saw an economic boost when entering the EU. So it is simple to come to some basic conclusions, without the need to believe in any propaganda.
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  2655. In Germany, a lottery winner can stay anonymous. If I would win I would tell nobody but start a company and "wash" the money.
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  2656.  @user-kn8tr1vr1h  You protect land by digging in and building fortifications. The current war is not protecting the population of the Donbass, it is killing of it's male population, as everyone is drafted into the army and send to the battlefield without training, with a miserable equipment, and despite old age or disabilities.
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  2657.  @corygriffiths4394  It he uses nuclear weapons he will loose China, India, Brazil, and even Iran as allies.
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  2658.  @livingtribunal4110  I do not see Russia taking any more then what they are controlling right now. Maybe 5 km more.
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  2659.  @livingtribunal4110  Well, Russia thought they would win within weeks. That has not materialized.
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  2660. Do not be unreasonable, the contributions to the EU are minute compared to other governmental funds. More painful is the loss of trade, and this means the integrity of the common market is much more important than the UK.
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  2661. Russia cannot win, because this would lead to a nuclear war. Whenever Putin wins he escalates.
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  2662. @D R Well, in this case it is different in one aspect. Russia and Ukraine are close to NATO countries. Not stopping Putin here can lead to problems later. Just like there is only the problem in Ukraine because Putin was not stopped in Georgia.
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  2663. The UK trades 90% not under WTO rules. 40% within the EU and 50% using EU trade deals.
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  2664. I doubt you will live to this date.
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  2665. Europe has Kourou the best launch pad on earth, sadly without the glorious history.
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  2666. Inscribe at a European university.
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  2667. Money or jobs it is all the same in this game.
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  2668.  @PeterWoodstorrechianca : Boris may be intelligent but he is using this in a very destructive manner.
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  2669. What the UK to offer for a changed Brexit deal?
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  2670. Well, the UK needs the trade deal, the EU not so much.
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  2671. @Firm Buttocks Sure, neither the EU nor the Eurozone want a failing state at its border.
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  2672.  @Hardcore_Remixer  So you say that you are an idiot. Fine! It is pretty clear how EU rules are installed. Nobody is above the law and all EU member countries have their say.
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  2673.  Leroy Jenkins  Can you point to a certain case?
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  2674. Well, during the COVID-19 lockdown oil consumption was low, and oil prices where too. So oil production was ramped down. Global reopening caused a spike in demand, and prices, as it took some time to ramp up production. Without the war prices would be back to normal.
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  2675.  @faiezcader5681  Well, without the war there would be no reason for sanctions.
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  2676.  @faiezcader5681  Well, Ukraine is a direct neighbor of the EU, this hits very close from home, and Putin has threatened members of the EU and of NATO with a similar fate, if he is not stopped in Ukraine things will get far worse.
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  2677.  @faiezcader5681  Well, I agree, nuclear weapons should be removed from Kaliningrad. But more than this, I would be very fine if both sides would remove nuclear arms from Europe. The French could stage them in Guyana.
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  2678. It seems the main reason for humanitarian relief is to show that the sanctioning country does not want to hurt the population of the sanctioned country. It is more of a PR action.
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  2679. Pumped storage is the only practical was to make this work.
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  2680.  @davidleaman6801  Lead is insanely expensive, water is nearly for free. Apart from that Francis turbines ( that can also act as pumps) have an insane efficiency of up to 95%.
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  2681.  @davidleaman6801  Not compared to water. River water is free, once the environmental considerations are taken into account and the plant is certified.
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  2682.  @davidleaman6801  Well, one could enlarge the Niagara falls power station by a factor of up to 100. The lakes provide nearly unlimited storage for wind and solar power. No other technology offers any gratification compared to pumped storage.
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  2683. You mean Russia caused WW1 by hirering a Serbian assasine to kill the Austrian heir to the throne.
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  2684.  @themagicbeard9432  No it is not. We can go to a new normal. China has done, S Korea has done, Australia has done, New Zealand has done, and the EU is doing right now.
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  2685. Well, the UK is hit much harder than the EU on average.
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  2686. Well, that is Standart procedure for every country that is ordered to close down a consulate. The USA is shreddering all the stuff in public right now.
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  2687.  @tranleha1495  And what was burned by the US diplomats in Chengdu?
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  2688. On the quantum level pretty much all is random, interestingly the macroscopic reality still turns out to be astonishingly deterministic. Well, as long as no process amplifies these tiny random effects.
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  2689. The "Office for Metropolitan Architecture" ?
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  2690. Well it was Russia that pushed the "separatists" (Russian financed mercenaries) to not honor the Minsk agreement in order to have a justification for this war.
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  2691.  комиссар полиции обвиняет  The Budapest agreement was about Ukraine giving away it's nuclear weapons, it did not require Ukraine to stay neutral. And it, even less required Ukraine to be a Russian puppet (as this is what Putin wants, not an independent Ukraine).
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  2692.  @Aww-Geez  Why are you scolding me for agreeing with you?
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  2693.  @pandasrules7536  Well, every single day the UK contemplated to invoke article 16 should be valued the same. Every day the UK contemplated strait out breaking the NIP should count ten times the amount.
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  2694.  @fiddlecastro1453  The EU contemplated for a few hours to invoke article 16, they never did it and they apologized for it. If the government apologized as much for every single time they contemplated to invoke article 16 they could do nothing but apologizing.
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  2695. Well, the current speed of the Russian progress is more than 100 times slower than in the first days and in April Russia abandoned large areas around Kyiv. So the description you referred to seems correct.
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  2696. The war is as likely to go nuclear as from the very beginning, and this is a very low likelihood. But sure, lots of armed vehicles crossing the country without a clear front line are easier prey. On the other hand, soldiers in a trench are pray for this thing too.
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  2697. How were doctors in Berlin able to develop a test for Covid-19 in January without having the DNA of the virus? Of course these samples were distributed. Trump cannot live without lying.
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  2698.  @LKdoom  We all underestimated this, to me it is a conundrum. Not only the USA, but also we in Germany and the rest of the EU. I have no idea how we could see the situation in China thinking it was a problem far away like the famines in Afrika.
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  2699. Sure, Russia was punishing Ukraine since 2014 for making a revolution and removing a president that turned out to be a Russian puppet.
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  2700. "The Broken Jug" of Heinrich von Kleist
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  2701. Reneging on an international agreement is a bad thing. It allows the EU to retaliate without breaking international law, and it shows that deals with the UK are worthless. Good luck striking any trade deals.
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  2702. Isn't it especially the British that believe in the monarchy, that have a house of lords, and that generally think they are born better?
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  2703. Well, it has. The speed of Russian conquest now is more than 100 times slower than at the beginning of the war.
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  2704.  @itsme-gm9oi  How have HIMARS been destroyed? I do not think there is anything reliable about that.
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  2705.  @itsme-gm9oi  Well, three. I still do not see reliable data. We will see, most probably after the war is over.
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  2706.  @sepxviii731  And Putins minions have been shelling the free Ukrainie for 8 years. In order to implement the Minsk agreement Ukrainie asked for a UN peace keeping mission, this was vetoed by Russia. Russia was never interested in peace in Donbass. It was a scheme to prevent Ukrainie joining NATO. I would expect collaborateurs to be imprisoned. And sure torture from both sides is to be expected, but not justified. But we have mainly seen torture and unjustified killings from the Russian side. The situation in Bucha and the treatment of the foreign legion are clear indicators.
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  2707.  @sepxviii731  Lots of them are Russian mercenaries, literally, employees of a Russian military contractor. They have threatened and removed loyal Ukrainians. How could Ukrainie fulfill the Minsk accord when Russia killed it? The only way to get any progress would have been an internal Blue Helmet mission, but Russia vetoed this. Really? For what would Ukrainie need to develop it's military? Are you serious? It was clear from the beginning that Russia would attack once again. Russia would not accept an independent Ukraine, Russia wanted to punish Ukraine for removing Russias puppet twice.
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  2708.  @sepxviii731  We will see once the war is over.
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  2709.  @sepxviii731  Ukraine could not implement anything before there was a lasting cease fire. Putins minions and Putin himself undermined any step towards this autonomy. I agree, Ukraine did not really want to introduce this autonomy, but they would have done so if there would have been a stable cease fire. And international Blue Helmet troops could have enabled this. But Russia vetoed this mission, showing that Russia had no internet in solving this situation. Well, you would be in for a shock if you would accept anything else but propaganda.
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  2710. There are no Russian troops around Kyiv anymore.
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  2711.  @clioaspinade9275  True, events like this happen about once a decade.
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  2712. Sadly Ukraine was not accepted into NATO.
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  2713. We need to make clear, that the sanctions are dropped if Russia and Ukraine find a solution that actually guarantees the security of Ukraine. The sanctions are an incentive to do the right thing, not a way to punish the Russian population.
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  2714. It is 0.1% of British GDP, even with all the quotas back for UK fishermen it will be below 1%.
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  2715.  Anthony Burke  British people need to understand that treating the UK like any other country is not punishment but fairness.
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  2716. Schottland?
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  2717.  @thomascolbert2687  That would make them an interesting addition to the EU.
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  2718. Tell me, has Salvini been punished in the polls for spoiling the quarantine of Milano?
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  2719. Sie sagen also das die ganze AFD schuld ist. Ok. Wir wissen ja das er AFD Anhänger war.
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  2720. And Russian payed "separatist" shelling the free Ukraine for 8 years.
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  2721.  @Random_JapGuy  Without Russian soldiers the water supply would not be endangered. Not now and not in the last 8 years.
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  2722.  @Random_JapGuy  Some wanted autonomy some wanted to become a part of Russia, but in the last general elections in the free parts of Donbass only 20% of the people voted for pro Russian parties. I would say it is important to bring peace to this region and all the people these "separatist" have been driving out of the Donbass can finally return home.
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  2723.  @Random_JapGuy  No, exactly the reverse, Janocowich though only Donbass was relevant so 80% of all governmental infrastructure spending went there. So Donbass was pissed to loose this benefit together with the traitor Janocowich.
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  2724. Sure, it would mean the UK had lost.
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  2725.  @mrknowles1540  The UK needs the trade deal, the EU not so much. In 2021 the EU negotiators will have an even stronger hand.
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  2726.  @mrknowles1540  The German car industry has stated (over and over again since 2016) that the integrity of the Common Market is far more important than a deal with the UK. No deal is better than a bad deal. Well, and fish is a Red Herring. More than this, these are not "58 trade deals" these are 57 contingency plans that have that are only partly signed and one trade deal that is worse than what you had as a part of the EU.
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  2727.  @mrknowles1540  Well, the UK is tiny compared to the rest of the world. We will not damage the EU just to get a deal with you. All the member countries, the industry and the population agree on this.
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  2728.  @mrknowles1540  The "deal" with Mexico is only valid for a Year. It is the definition of a contingency plan.
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  2729.  @mrknowles1540  LOL, the impact of Brexit will be an order of magnitude higher in the UK.
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  2730.  @mrknowles1540  "t's more then what the EU have achieved in 15 years" Sure, you have made more shit in one year than the EU in decades.
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  2731. 1:58 The EU provides free trade not only within its borders. It has trade Deals and bilateral agreements with 70 countries. Furthermore, the tariffs of the EU are lower than the US tariffs, and goods of the worlds poorest countries are even freed from tariffs.
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  2732. - The concept of a system going in two stages to orbit is quite bad. - The full reusability of the upper stage is bullshit - They did not provide anything they promised. The funny thing is, that the booster seems to develop to a useful rocket. And the Raptor seems a fine engine.
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  2733. It is a compsny trying to sell stuff.
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  2734.  @jasonq7504  On foot?
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  2735. I am not from Georgia, Russia, or Amenia, so why would I be Caucasian? It is a really strange term for European, or white.
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  2736.  @trevorparker6803  Well, R0 is about 3. R0 accounts for the spreading without ay change of behavior. R, in contrast, is the real spreading rate accounting for a changed behavior. R has been below 1 in the UK in the recent months. However, looking at the graph it was surely not below 0.7. However, in recent weeks R was around 1, maybe even a bit above 1. A value below 0.7 is completely unrealistic. https://coronavirus.jhu.edu/map.html
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  2737.  @philipq6906  Well, R0 is around 3. But the real value of R depends on your behaviour. If you socially isolate it may be well below 3. In a pub it may be well above 3.
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  2738.  @oucanemailme  "When ambient humidity is 20% R goes to 1 or less. Humidity is likely the best mitigation." Well, air humidity is above 20% nearly anywhere humans live. Countries at the seaside and countries in the tropics show a rise in cases. Regarding the links: The first paper is a metastudy about Covid19 which is not peer revied. The second is a peer revied study about influenca. Once again not really conclusive. It seems the behavior of the people was way more important than the climate.
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  2739. @RogueSecret  That is the benefit of the EU. The members need to agree to this mission.
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  2740.  @RogueSecret  We should abolish unanymity to prevent one or two bad actors from blocking the EU.
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  2741.  @RogueSecret  We need to abolish the veto to prevent bad actors from blocking the EU.
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  2742.  @RogueSecret  We need to abolish the veto in the EU to prevent bad actors from blocking the will of the majority.
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  2743.  @pep-qew  National interests within the military would only be an issue for the first few years. There are established methods to form recruits from different regions and countries to a homogeneous armed force.
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  2744.  @sirati9770  One of these armies represented the second strongest force in Afghanistan. And the most successful one.
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  2745. @teyrncousland7152  The Eurozone countries asked if they should help or do nothing, like the UK did. Greece decided to get the help.
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  2746.  @amadeuz8161  I am not talking about border guards, but about the places the bulk of the european armies are stationed. abou the places where the heavy gear is stored.
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  2747.  @gregnorth6413  That is the point, an EU army would be stationed exactly were it is needed, at the critical borders of the EU.
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  2748. @gregnorth6413  So you say NATO will take over when it is to late. An EU army can station way more people at the border. And when NATO troops arrive in case of an Article 5 case they can be led by the EU/NATO generals that represent the local NATO command structure.
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  2749.  @gregnorth6413  Troops already stationed in the critical border region are allways faster to react than troops that need to be send. An EU army would have their soldiers stationed where they are needed. It is not about Ukraine it is about the Baltics. At least as long as Ukraine is not a member of the EU.
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  2750. @gregnorth6413  Whatever other NATO member is willing to help, normaly all of them. Of course leadership will be guven to the NATO generals most knowlegable of the locality.
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  2751.  @gregnorth6413  How is this relevant? Leadership needs to be with the most qualified general. Knoledge of the region is a large part of the qualification.
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  2752. They are full of British entitlement bullshit.
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  2753. The TCA between the UK and the EU was negotiated in 2020.
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  2754. Scotland
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  2755.  @ShoelessNomadThailand  So you think Scotland will stay in the UK up to the next expansion and renaming of the EU?
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  2756.  @ShoelessNomadThailand  Well, a significant part voted to stay in the UK in order to stay in the EU. If the result of the Brexit referendum was known that time, the Scottish referendum would likely have gone another way. So some people feel cheated.
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  2757.  @ShoelessNomadThailand  "but it didn't" What on earth are you referring to?
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  2758.  @ShoelessNomadThailand  "UK didn't say they would stay." Sure they did. Whenever Sturgeon mentioned this issue in debates she was bashed for this fearmongering. Furthermore, it was official part of the anti independence campaign that Scotland needed to stay in the UK to stay in the EU.
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  2759.  @gavinstacey8862  Interesting, are you thinking about a federal system similar to Germany, Austria, or Switzerland? With local parliaments with sovereign powers guaranteed in a constitution? Regarding an expansion of the EU, it was mainly the UK that was pushing for the expansion of the EU. Perhaps to counterbalance Germany, perhaps to reduce the pace of reforms in the EU, and perhaps to profit from the east European workforce. Most likely for all these reasons. At the moment I think it is more important to streamline the inner processes of the EU. But an acceptance of further Balkan countries or Scotland would not really be a big issue.
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  2760. What alternative would you propose?
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  2761. Yes, both sides have hostages.
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  2762.  @mell52-o1r  People put into jail without being procecuted are hostages. It seems someone else is the troll.
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  2763. Well you could try this with Spain? You could change Gibraltar for the Spanish fishing rights in British waters.
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  2764. Actually, the Torys are trying to run down the British industry (see David Minford), and the EU was trying to build it up.
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  2765.  @ceased2care  Listen, it is not so uncommon to have multiple customs regimes in one country. Any freeport is a zone with a different customs regime. A free port is a zone with zero import tariffs for any region on earth. If you want to import goods from the freeport to the main country you need to pay the full tariff. Similarly, you will have to pay the full tariff If you want to import goods from NI to the main country. Still, freeports are parts of the same country and the same will be true for NI.
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  2766.  @ceased2care  The name of the UK is absolutely irrelevant in this case. Pacta sunt servanda! And by the way, the UK is small compared to the EU.
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  2767.  @ceased2care  Your own bad faith is no reason that the WA would be non-binding.
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  2768.  @ceased2care  That is no argument, that is your personal opinion that has no relevance to me. I presented you with the fact you presented me with your feelings, and you still think I was misguided. I would suppose you to follow your own advice. Just to make it clear the simple facts are: 1. The WTO requires a hard border in between countries and trade blocks. 2. The GFA requires a soft border in between NI and the ROI. 3. Therefore without additional measures, Brexit would break the GFA. 4. The WA protects the GFA from Brexit, it is therefore the only way to get a trade deal with the EU and the USA.
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  2769.    Well, the number of Catholics in NI is increasing, so anyone assumes that it will be only a matter of time until Ireland unifies. However, Brexit especially a hard Brexit with a breach of the WA and the GFA could speed up matters. The economic downturn of the UK could leed undecided to vote for the unification.
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  2770.    Well, let us look at the facts. 1. WTO rules require each member to control its borders (hard border). 2. The GFA requires a soft border in between Ireland and NI. 3. Therefore, Brexit will breach the GFA, if no additional measures are taken. 4. The WA protects the GFA by placing the customs border in the Irish sea. 5. The UK (Johnson and the parliament of Brexiters) agreed to the WA because it is the best way to conserve peace in Ireland.
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  2771. @JZTechEngineering  1. It is undemocratic that everybody in safe constituencies does not contribute to the result. 2. It is undemocratic that 30-40% of the electorate brings you 60% of the seats. 3. It is undemocratic that the vote for the party is coupled with the vote for the parlamentarian. 4. It is undemocratic for the constituency of the speaker not to contribute to the result.
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  2772. @marek9784  Oh, you say that the EU is more democratic than the UK where they have the wipps.
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  2773. @georggeorgeus8718  Just because Farage has only represented professional trolls, does not mean the same is true for everyone else.
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  2774.  @167mm167  I am not sure, I think a lot of US politicans would prefer a weaker European leader.
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  2775. The requirement for tall soldiers has a reason in the times of the mussel loading weapons. The length of the rifle used is limited by the shortest soldier in the army being able to load it while standing. Longer rifles allow longer reach.
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  2776.  @Hardcore_Remixer  Because the Russian vaccine is shit, even compared with the AZ vaccine.
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  2777. Well, the EU is far more reliable than the UK.
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  2778. LMAO. Yes, you are a net contributor, but you are number three in contributions, nearly number four. And by the way, it is less than 1% of the UK's public spending.
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  2779. Or all Brexiteres?
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  2780.  @tylerdurden3722  Please Brexiters agree about your goals.
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  2781. No direction has a majority, neither the deal, nor no deal, nor remain. This is true for the parliament as well as the electorate. In principle the parliament is a good approximation of the will of the people. By the way, how do you expect any one to vote on a deal that has not been checked for its legal implications?
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  2782.  @meandmetoo8436  The deal was negotiated in secrecy. As far as I understand, the MPs did not receive an issue of this WA before the early morning of Saturday. This gives no option for a detailed legal analysis of a contract containing several hundred pages.
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  2783.  @dangermouse9348  "A company that wishes to sell goods inside the EU must make those goods to meet EU standards. I don't have any argument with that. Expecting every UK company to follow EU standards even when they are unecessary is however unacceptable. " So you want to introduce a lot of red tape at the border? This idea will end nearly all export to the EU because the customs process will make products to expensive. The customs could no longer simply assume the conformity of products produced in the UK. In this situation, a company would not only need to manufacture according to EU regulations but they would need to deliver paperwork and apply further inspections to prove this conformity. This is possible for China due to the lower wages but not for the UK.
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  2784.  @dangermouse9348  Well, there is such a thing as equivalence. So certain classes of products legal in Canada are also legal in the EU and do not require to be checked. The UK however is claiming they would want tho change all legislation getting rid of red tape. Furthermore, they want to make a trade deal with the USA. All this makes any equivalence impossible as equivalence requires from both sides not to change the regulation.
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  2785.  @dangermouse9348  Any country that is a member of the EU has higher standards than the EU. The standards of the EU are minimum standard! The issue is that the UK wants to change its standarts, and trade deals are about the future not the present.
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  2786.  @dangermouse9348  1. At the moment we have minimal red tape, any form of Brexit will make it worse. 2. Presently the UK is aligned with the EU. However, your government stated once and once again that they want to change the standards. Normally this would mean that we would wait with the negotiation until the new state is reached. 3. This, however, is not possible as the UK needs a deal by the end of the year.
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  2787. Well, then let's see what the ECJ will decide.
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  2788. @William Stewart No, any arbitration would come to the same result. Contracts need to be fulfilled. ECJ, however, is the official arbitrator for the WA. This is explicitly stated within the WA and it is signed and ratified by the UK.
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  2789. @William Stewart All countries within the EU are sovereign. The UK has been and will continue to be sovereign. Independent of this, contracts need to be fulfilled.
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  2790. @William Stewart Sure all countries of the EU are sovereign. Well, what you had said was so vague, that I had to guess were you wanted to go. I think I guessed correctly.
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  2791. @William Stewart Well, so no country on earth is sovereign? Any country is bound by its commitments. That is a useless definition.
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  2792. The minority that did not evacuate.
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  2793.  @frankfeng4728  If Stalin had surrendered to Hitler it would have saved far more lives.
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  2794.  @frankfeng4728  Without bombing og the German cities and without land lease the Soviet Union would have had no chance. Actually for the first year it seemed the Soviet Union had no chance despite the help. In contrast, Ukraine has already blunted the fast progressing war and Russia had to leave all the positions around Kiyv.
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  2795. The EU tends to get stronger in each crisis. Well, anyway the UK and the USA are likely to be hit harder.
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  2796.  @bazrobb6242  As I said, the UK has been hit harder, due to an incompetent government. So you should care about your own job.
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  2797.  @bazrobb6242  I can compare numbers. And the numbers tell me that Covid 19 hit the UK harder than any country of the EU. In addition you will have all the issues with Brexit.
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  2798.  @bazrobb6242  Well, I do not need Merkel to tell me about the number of people who were killed by Covid 19. Similarly, I can see that the UK is not prepared for Brexit unlike the EU.
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  2799.  @bazrobb6242  If a person dies with Covid 19 that would otherwise have lived for months an years or decades this person has died from Covid 19. You can look at the excess deaths, they per definition will not show any people that were already dying. You will see the number of deaths on the UK is even larger than the official figures.
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  2800.  @bazrobb6242  Not if you know what to look for.
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  2801.  @bazrobb6242  Well, what do you think this would imply?
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  2802. Russia must not win this war, any Russian win would embolden Putin and endanger NATO members.
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  2803.  @de4ds1ghtcsgo94  NATO is beneficial for it's members. It costs virtually nothing, it does not imply interventions in our governments, and it provides the same security as a nuclear power has. It is far more beneficial than anything we could negotiate with the USA today. NATO was not in Iraq, so by claiming this you show that you have no idea what NATO is. I am an anti-imperialist to me the security concerns of Poland, Estonia, Latvia, Lituenia, or Ukraine are as important as the security concerns of Russia or the USA. Well, but of course we will be on the side of our allies.
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  2804. Sie haben Polen verärgert. Ansonsten haben die Polen immer ein Veto eingelegt.
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  2805. We offered a FTA but you did not want to sign it.
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  2806.  @eddiel7635  Well, you never wanted a Canada deal, you wanted a Canada ++++++. And every + in access requires a + in alignment. Well, the proposals of Frost/Johnson are at least as unworkable for the EU. Neither side is obliged to sign something it does not want, sovereignty, you know. But both sides are bound by the treaties already signed, by the GFA and the WA. Well, we have fulfilled our obligations, the WA was the only reason the UK was granted the transition period.
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  2807.  @eddiel7635  Having different options does not mean bad faith, breaking agreement you have signed is bad faith.
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  2808.  @eddiel7635  Once again having different opinion does not mean acting in bad faith. Otherwise the UK would have acted in bad faith right from the beginning. The deal proposed by Frost/Johnson would destroy the EU. Giving full and free access to the common market for goods and services without a level playing field would be madness. The Irish protocol was accepted by both sides because nobody could come up with something better. And it was the reason the UK was granted the transition period.
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  2809. Russia has invaded Ukraine, not vice versa.
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  2810.  @LukeXMV  Russia constantly provokes the West and threatens Eastern European members of NATO and the EU. Do you think that is a justification to invade Russia? Furthermore, how has Ukraine provoked Russia? By not becoming a puppet regime of Russia! So you think when a country does not want to be violated by Russia, this would be a provocation? Only a bully thinks that way!
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  2811. No he looks very different. Hitler was a fragile man who was marked by his years of homeless.
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  2812.  @dr5102  So you think the war will never end? That is a sad prediction!
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  2813. Oh my god no, Britain is not punished (big time) for diverging (big time). It is just treated according to the new lower level of alignment, just like any other country with a similar level of alignment and status of trade deal. Your framing is really deeply tinted.
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  2814. It is not a loophole, it is the core of the international treaty. A contract signed by Johnson and ratified by the present parliament.
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  2815.  @ralphraffles1394  Well there may be warships send to buy food on the continent.
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  2816.  @ralphraffles1394  You all have agreed to the WA! Boris has signed it, you have approved of it in the general election, and the parliament has ratified the treaty.
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  2817. After Brexit there needs to be a hard border between the EU and the UK. In the WA the UK agreed to put it in the Irish Sea. The alternative would tear apart the GFA. The custom border in the Irish sea is a crucial part of the WA.
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  2818. So you are agreeing to the WA?
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  2819.  @davidl98717  Well, the fact that a research institute is in the same city of 5 million inhabitants is not really a strong hint. Well the Chinese account for the population of a city different than westerners, still if there as an outbreak in San Francisco and a research institute in the same city this would most probably be a coincidence. However, once this problem is uncovered it is very likely that an institute like this would be involved in saving the day. So I cannot really see any clues in your observations.
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  2820.  @davidl98717  OK, how can I see this video?
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  2821.  @zogoli5927  It seems to work better than the UK.
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  2822.  @schwarzer0se463  Of course it is, every new rule all 27 members agree on makes the EU a bit better. It is a slow and step wise process driven by necessity to improve things that did not work properly.
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  2823.  @zogoli5927  Well, the UK wanted to "reform" the EU for the worse. So it is not astonishing that only few other countries agreed.
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  2824.  @venetiangenoesewarmachine5152 : Surely you do not need permission, but it is you who will suffer the consequence. Maybe you should use this freedom to solve the problems.
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  2825. The security will be lower, the standard should be about the same. Maybe even a bit lower, since the prisoners will not stay in proson as long. In addition they will have more activities outside the cell.
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  2826.  @nataivankovic  Why? A EU with an army could be a member of Nato
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  2827.  @JanAndhisfiets : Their is a whole spectrum of moderate and sensible policy in between the extreme right wing and the extreme left wing. You seem to be damm close to the neo Nazis. Freedom is a good thing but humans are social animals this is our great strength, people who forget about it become antisocial.
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  2828. ​ @JanAndhisfiets : We live in a society of millions of people, and we need to restrict our freedom in order not to violate the freedom of other people. You cannot walk the street killing and raping, you have to restrict your actions in order not to violate others. Similarly, we try to avoid violate traffic regulations in order to avoid accidents. You can see we restrict our freedom for the benefit of living in a society. In this society we agree on certain rules to optimize the balance of freedom for everyone. Now you may think this balance is not ideal, and surely it will never be. But you really need to explain why your position would improve this balance. A single payer healthcare system for example may conflict with your sense of freedom, but it provides a better health care than in the USA for a fraction of the cost.
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  2829. Well, despite all your issues, Germany is still the second largest contributor to Ukraine. Only the USA have provided more help. France has provided 10 times less.
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  2830. Germany has lost far more wars than 3. But in WW1 Russia lost to Germany.
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  2831. The Raptor engine is probably a useful engine. So my first idea would be to use it in the Falcon to get the number of engines down and to increase delta V.
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  2832.  @zachb1706  Of course not you would need to redesign the stage to take methane and you would need to design an engine similar to Merlin to land the vehicle. Launch vehicles are most efficient in the 15 to 50 tons to LEO range. Larger vehicles only make sense if you have heavy bulky monolithic loads. But it would be far cheaper than Starship It would have a higher likelihood of succeeding. It would immediately be used for sattelites. It would provide lots of data on Raptor engines on their second and third flight.
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  2833.  @zachb1706  Now they spend billions without having started anything and without getting long-term operation data. The higher specific impulse could have made the Falcon more powerful without increasing launching costs. Sooner or later they will need to redesign the Falcon anyway. You need to make reasonable steps to make progress.
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  2834.  @Hobbes746  Correct you would need one smaller engine in a 3+1 or a 4+1 configuration.
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  2835. It is generally interesting, but you lost me when you discussed the number of starships to go to Mars. Sending a rocket like Starship from earth to Mars is just so absurd, it is like transporting cargo in a fleet of Ferraris instead of a single truck. And this on a journey that requires you to pass a riverbed so that a Ferrari will only make 1 or two roundtrips before breaking down. The rest is pretty good.
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  2836. I am not religious, but Jesus said: It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God. Meaning if you keep your money instead of helping the poor, you are not with Jesus.
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  2837. Any international treaty has supremacy over national law. Otherwise it would be useless. A county needs to stand by its commitments or face the consequences. An international tribunal arbitrates the application of the treaty and it is up to the other countries part of the treaty to enforce it. Well, the EU rules are in fact international treaties. The ECJ is an international tribunal, and it is up to the rest of the EU to enforce the commitments Poland has committed to.
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  2838. Running against a brick wall face first?
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  2839. @Alfa&Omega 00000 True, if the UK likes a self inflicted punishment.
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  2840. Russia wanted to take Ukraine in days, the fact that Ukraine still exist is a win.
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  2841.  @niblet112  Russia took the rebel regions in Donbass 8 years ago and have been punishing Ukraine since then.
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  2842.  @niblet112 Ukrainians with Russian as first language are not Russians. Most of them are against the Russian invasion. Only 20 of these Russian speakers voted for pro Russia parties. In fact Selensky is one of these Russian speakers. Russian speakers are fighting the Russian invasion and they are dying. The Russian army is killing exactly the same people they claim to protect. This violence in Donbass was caused by Putin. He employed these "separatists" gave them weapons and orders. The thugs attacked the Ukrainian police and army. They forced out all loyal Ukrainians.
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  2843. He needs them to fight Russian Nazis.
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  2844. We need to abolish the Security Council. It is cancer upon the UN.
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  2845. Well, this would be absolutely illegal under international maritime law.
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  2846.  @1-gz7xy  I hope you are right. Germany was lucky that the USSR was in no state to interfere, however today, Russia could indeed interfere like they did in Ukraine.
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  2847. ​ @OrbitalTrails-x5s Russia has demonstrated that there is no chance for peace without Ukraine becoming a member of NATO after the war.
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  2848. A third option would be to inform yourself and finally understand what will benefit you and what not.
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  2849. I gues, the Electoral colledge was also based on the size of the USA in a time before cars and TVs. It may be imposdible to know the candidates. So you elect a person you trust to select the president.
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  2850. You are lucky Trump started his "Machtergreifung" (power grasp) in his lame duck period. If he had done it in his second year, it may have gone worse. A more intelligent Trump would have been so much more dangerous.
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  2851. And you are still part of the Washington dictatorship?
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  2852. @Oni My comments may be weak, yours are surely pathetic. You accuse Europe to "putting journalists in jail for reporting facts"? The way you treat Snowden shows the reality.
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  2853.  @everready2903 : Potatoes and cabbage
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  2854.  @TitusFlavius11  That is the way it should be. Idiots shouldn't get votes in the first place.
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  2855. Ir would still be mainly loans.
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  2856. ​@andrewreynolds912 Is this supposed to be a joke? If not, please enlighten me. What material should this be?
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  2857. @andrewreynolds912  Shilding is a material property. Water is one of the best shielding materials. I used to work in an accelerator facility. Shielding of high-energy particles was a daily concern. What materials are you actually talking about?
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  2858. @andrewreynolds912  Water is one of the lightest shilding materials. Lighter materials would be e.g. Fuel (10% lighter) or liquid Hydrogen. All other materials are way heavier. Lead is 11 times heavier than water.
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  2859. @andrewreynolds912  Youtube suppresses links, just give names for the materials and search terms for the active shilding.
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  2860. @andrewreynolds912  Your recomodation has been deleted, I have never seen it. But I can tell you that polymers are not any better than water if it comes to shielding. They are much better when it comes to micro meteroids but that is a very different topic.
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  2861. @andrewreynolds912  Subject Zero is not the most comprehensive channel. I could not find the video you watched, but I remember the video on nuclear bombs. It was pretty low in information. Similarly, I just found a video on the international setup of a Starship going to Mars. That is just some speculations on the basis of datasheeds that are obviously unreliable. You should not trust this channel.
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  2862.  @andrewreynolds912  Have not found the video, but the channel is not as good as this one.
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  2863.  @andrewreynolds912  Do you have the name of the video?
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  2864.  @andrewreynolds912  I have seen it. I do not know if they are stupid or lying. But one thing is clear. That is bullshit. Nobody who has any idea about ionizing radiation would say something this stupid. Listen to the Expanse that is more realistic.
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  2865.  @andrewreynolds912  I have seen it. I do not know if they are stupid or lying. But one thing is clear. Nobody who has any idea about ionizing radiation would say something this stupid. Listen to the Expanse that is more realistic.
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  2866. @andrewreynolds912  I have seen it. One thing is clear. Nobody who has any idea about ionizing radiation would say something like that.
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  2867.  @andrewreynolds912  I have seen it, I can assure you they are wrong.
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  2868. @andrewreynolds912  Sorry I may have overreacted some other ideas in the video are better. But nobody who has any idea about ionizing radiation would think you can stop high energy radiation in a few 5 mm of polymer. NASA may have been talking about low energy radiation. There is, in fact, radiation that can be shilded by our skin. For high energy radiation, anything below 500mm of thickness will, in fact, increase exposition. It will produce secondary particles.
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  2869.  @andrewreynolds912  Nasa was probably talking about low energy radiation.
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  2870. @andrewreynolds912  Are you talking about strong magnetic fields. I have been thinking about this, but it would require a very different spacesship design.
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  2871. @andrewreynolds912  Anything below 1m is probably not enough, even if the high energy radiatio is only a part of the total exposition.
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  2872. @andrewreynolds912  sorry Youtube deletes most of my answers.
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  2873. @andrewreynolds912  Superconducting coils do not need any power apart from the power supplying the cryostate. And this power can be low. But what type of shild are you talking about?
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  2874.  @vornamenachname4333  " verwechseln Sie nicht gerade die "ehrenwerten" Azov Kreaturen die so Mariupol in Schutt und Asche gelegt haben?" Mariopol wurde durch Bomben und Artillerie zerstört. Wenn Azov davon genug gehabt hätte um Mariopol zu zerstören, dann hätte die Russische Armee nie Mariopol einnehmen können.
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  2875.  @vornamenachname4333  Sie meinen wie die "Seperatisten" die für 8 Jahre die Zivilisten als menschliche Schutzschilder verwendet haben? Nicht wirklich! Zu dieser Zeit war Mariopol von Russischen Truppen umzingelt. Da gab es nucht viele möglichkeiten in die freie Ukraine zu fliehen. Ich habe von keinem zivilisten gehört der gegen sinen Willen in dem Stahlwerk festgehalten wurde.
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  2876.  @vornamenachname4333  Nun, bis Februar 2022 waren wir recht verblendet.
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  2877.  The King  Well, sometimes you can estimate the truth in a claim by checking if it was in character. 1. Everybody coming from the USA needs to isolate for 2 weeks. 2. Diplomatic personal is not used to be restricted. Therefore, US embassy personnel not following rules is fully within character.
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  2878.  @joo721  Well, in a pandemic any border authorities are well in their right to enforce these measures. The virus does not care if you are a diplomat or not. It would have been the right and diplomatic way to accept this 2 weeks delay. This reaction seems similar stupid as the US pilot who went mad because the Brazilian customs were photographing US citizens. https://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/americas/01/14/finger.gesture.reut/index.html
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  2879.  @joo721  I agree, we are all still learnign to cope with this situation.
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  2880.  @tranleha1495  No, I do not trust the Chinese government. Even less, since Xi is general secretary. But they are competent. And competent people do not lie in about topics where they can easily be found out.
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  2881.  @tranleha1495  Well, this has nothing to do with what I saied. It is irrelevant for the discussion.
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  2882.  @tranleha1495  Well, I never claimed they would not lie. I claimed they would not lie about the official handling of US diplomatic personnel. I am well aware, that any embassy and any consulate will have legal and illegal ways to obtain information about the country they are positioned in. And to do this they surely need to lie. That is part of the game. Your statements are irrelevant to these aspects.
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  2883.  @michaelchappell6225  You seem not to understand. Sure you will no longer pay the 14bn, but the EU will not need to spend any money on the UK, so only the net figure is of relevance for the EU budget.
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  2884.  @heartmind6373  "Getting rid of neo Nazis" is code sprach for regime change. There are more Nazis in Russia then in Ukraine, and the policy of Russia is similar to Nazi Germany, this is not true for Ukrainie. But Russia has a different definition of Nazis, they call everyone they do not like a Nazi.
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  2885.  @ChasseurTueur  Yes, how is this relevant?
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  2886.  @darkmattersolo2137  Well, once again, getting rid of neo NAZIS is Russian code speech for regime change. That is the reason this motion was not supported by the USA, Canada, UK, and EU members. The other countries did not know what it really was about.
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  2887.  @darkmattersolo2137  So what? I am not from the USA, we have different reasons to support Ukraine. I would be happy to fight with you against imperialist behavior of the USA and of Russia. Right now in Ukraine Russia is the imperialist power.
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  2888.  @darkmattersolo2137  " Ukraine does have neo nazis tho, its not even an excuse" Every country has some neo Nazis, that is no reason for an invasion. Russia has far more neo Nazis. "there is videos before the War started from Vice showing huge gathering of neo Nazis from around the world gatherings in Ukraine" Well, a war radicalizes the population. Russia has poisoned Ukrainian politicians, invaded Ukraine, waged war over Ukraine for 8 years, and invaded Ukraine again. If Russia would finally stop punishing Ukraine these things would solve itself. "and Russia does have a right to attack Ukraine" NO, IT HAS NOT! "it feels threaten by nato legit threat if you ask me." None of the neighbors of Russia would have joined NATO if they had not felt threatened by Russia. Russia is the sole advertiser of NATO. The current invasion on Ukraine has convinced even more countries to join NATO.
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  2889. Well, the "Z" is a symbol of hate similar to the swastika or the Confederate flag. You can show it in Russia as much as you like, but not here. Similarly, it is not up to Russia to decide what symbols are shown in Ukraine. And sure you HAD fascists in government up to the last elections.
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  2890.  @darkmattersolo2137  What did I say? What on earth are you talking about?
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  2891.  @darkmattersolo2137  What on earth are you talking about? Have you forgotten to take your medicine?
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  2892.  @darkmattersolo2137  My edits ate limited to error correction. And I will mark a change of content.
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  2893. So there could be only 30 to be ratified by the UK parliament, but it is the same time for all the different national Parliaments in Europe and also some regional Parliaments like in the Netherlands. And if not ratified by one of these parliaments it could not enter into force.
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  2894.  @commonsenseskeptic  "Everything in space is trade offs," Correct. "the wings were necessary for landing shuttle." NASA had developed the paraglider but it was never used for the landing of a capsule. "Also, as we mentioned in the video, you simply can’t justify comparing a shuttle mission against a cargo only mission." Of course not. But you could compare the Shuttle to two Ariane flights. One for cargo and one with a capsule or the Hermes glider. These were developed but sadly they were never realized. The shuttle was a full space station on top of this, but space stations should stay in orbit. "Shuttles carried crews of up to seven people, plus supplies, plus deployable payload." It is a bit like an ocean steamer that can also run on rail tracks and climb a mountain. "Ariane 5 is a fine machine, but it’s no shuttle." Of course, but that is a good thing making it far cheaper.
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  2895.  @enigmamyth  Currently it is Russia that is acting imperialistic.
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  2896. Well, it is the UK that needs a deal, not the EU.
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  2897. @Firm Buttocks The EU continues negotiating and offering an extension in order not to be blamed for the downfall of the UK. Everyone with a functional brain knows the UK is not even prepared for a soft Brexit and even less for a hard or no-deal Brexit. Furthermore, in the COVID crisis, all issues will be worse. For a trade deal the present alignment os of lesser importance than the future situation, because the trade deal is all about the future situation. It is much relatively simple to strike a deal with a country that is far from alignment at the moment but that is willing to align with the EU in the future. In contrast, the UK is aligned at the moment but wants to differ from the EU in a way that could not be specified. This makes it impossible to strike a deal until the UK finally figured out its future regulations.
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  2898.  @richardcowley7346  I never did. Pick it apart if you can!
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  2899. ​ @HenkBoshoff  The Russian army has killed far far more Russian speaking Ukrainians each week then the Russian speaking Ukrainian that is president of Ukraine has ever done.
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  2900. So you are staying with Belarus.
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  2901.  @alanedwards6491  "Little england that has kept the eu from financial crash out for many years, not sure we will be there much longer......" not really "I never knew until today 150 billion passes through London every DAY....ensuring the eu and its companies can pay their bills........tick tock...." More likely that the Banks will just leave the City, capital will always find a way.
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  2902.  @alanedwards6491  Well, the banks will need to deliver their service via their dependencies in the EU otherwise they would not be bound by European law. It would be madness to allow for this.
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  2903.  Nick Nack  Many are sensible and see the benefit of the UK in the EU. But they are not really pro EU, they do not really value the cultural plurality and the European project.
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  2904.  Nick Nack  No, most of British media is Eurosceptic. Sure, they are more skeptical of Brexit but this does not make them Europhile it just makes the sensible.
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  2905.  @alanedwards6491  You are funny. We will see how this plays out.
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  2906.  Nick Nack  Sure, but as I said, this makes them sensible, not Europhile.
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  2907.  Nick Nack  Well, in any case, they are miles from being Europhile.
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  2908.  joe caterman  Sounds like the saying:"Am Deutschen Wesen soll die Welt genesen". Thank God we are past this state of mind, but the UK is obviously not.
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  2909. The time from infection to death is 20 days. So even for a full lockdown and not a single new infection, the death rate will rise on the same exponential path for nearly 20 days. This does not mean the measures do not help, on the contrary, they will prevent deaths later. The earlier the lockdown is realized the fewer people will die. And for all who make this a life vs. economy decision, the earlier you realize a lockdown the smaller the impact in your economy.
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  2910.  Keenan Hunt  These are the statistical averages. It takes about 10 days after the infection to notice considerable symptoms and another 10 days to die.
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  2911.  Keenan Hunt  Correct the incubation time helps to spread the virus. Still, I think this is what to expect of a natural breed virus. HIV, for example, has an incubation time of up to 10 years. Just imagine, a virus that kills 95% but with an incubation time of several months. We would have a global spread before we would notice that it would kill.
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  2912.  @JoeSmith-cn7ur  Well, when the vaccine is produced in the EU bit exported afterwards I would not call it best effort.
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  2913.  @vanbanguit  No, that was Putin.
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  2914. Der Typ war AFD Anhänger.
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  2915. These have been rather low ranking soldiers, they had no insides to the big picture of the war. They have been tortured for two months all they had to confess they have confessed, and under torture they will have confessed far more. Russia wants to avoid another Butscha. China, India, and Brazil may join the Western alliance. So blowing the whole prison up and blaming it on Ukraine seems like an easy way out. Well, and Russia has enough scrap parts of HIMARS missiles to place it there.
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  2916. So you think Hungary and Greece are terrible?
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  2917.  @miguelpadeiro762  Well, in any case we need to find stronger mechanisms to enforce the rules all members of the EU have agreed to. Irrespectively, if this is the deficit criterion or the application or something else. That is not only in the interest of the mayority in the EU, but also a benefit for countries in question.
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  2918.  @superkgy  So you are proud of not standing by your promises?
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  2919.  @superkgy  Well, all the EU rules that Hungary refuses to enforce have been agreed to by every single member country. Every single member country promised to enact them.
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  2920.  @superkgy  Well, we are talking about rules Hungary has agreed to in the past .
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  2921.  @superkgy  What are you referring to?
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  2922. What unelected bureaucrat in Brussels is she talking about?
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  2923. @sooje nite His story is fascinating, it is exactly what is needed to get views. It was a simple economic derision of the channels to get him on. It is just like Peter Hitchens. Hitchens is taken on, not because he is knowledgeable but because he is controversial.
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  2924. @Hankin Trou No new demands. Just a clarification.
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  2925. These are WTO rules. Every member of the WTO needs to control its borders (aka hard border).
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  2926.  @Anymonkey70 Who wants to use what law?
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  2927. It is far right.  @pep-qew 
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  2928. Nobody questions the existence of Russia.
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  2929. Well that is the principle of being in the EU. Now it is too late, the UK has left the EU.
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  2930. Well, Ireland will be hit by a hard Brexit, but far less than the UK.
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  2931. The US is following the path Germany/Switzerland has gone long ago. But China is following the USA.
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  2932. "India seems to have an independent foreign policy which enables them to remain any ally of America but also import oil from Russia so why can’t the States of the European Union." Ukraine is a mid sized European country invaded by Russia. The EU consists of mid sized European countries. Ukraine is one of us. Besides there are many EU members that have been threatened by Russia with a similar fait as Ukraine. "This would not negate the existence of the EU if the latter adopted ethical human rights and only held States to account if they violated the core minimum of the human rights of the Universal Declaration of Human rights i.e. such as in cases of extreme violence or extreme poverty." Russia has invaded a neighboring country, a country neighboring the EU, this would be a severe issue even if there where no human right violations. Russia violates the Helsinki accords. "Also, neoliberalism uses social class discrimination to crush the potential of the independent people creating a more intellectually backward tribal society. The latter is most explicitly seen with Maori tribalism which discriminates on the ground of birth (whakapapa) creating many social outcasts. In my view, New Zealanders fear being call racist so do not criticise Maori culture (whereas I do not care see my blog and book, which is free, in sections, on my blog, https://outsiderethicalhumanrights.home.blog)." So you think Russia should give all autonomous republics the independance in order to protect the societies of the national minorities. I would guess Karelia is looking forward to unify with Finland.
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  2933. Well, he invaded a neighbor of the EU and promised EU members a similar fate. But more than this, he is financing extremist paries on the left and the right in the whole EU.
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  2934. These are not from the separatist regions but from Mariupol. Many people had left the city, but when the Russian army surrounded Mariopol no Ukrainian organization could organize any evaluation. Ukrainian officials would have been killed by the Russian army.
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  2935.  @BellaPetrova  What where the Ruaain soldiers to do: 1. Allow for paths for the population to flee into the free parts of Ukraine. It seems these paths were shelled by the Russian army. 2. Help refugees to come to Ukraine. 3. Contact the Relatives of these kids and the Ukrainian administration to allow families to reunite.
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  2936.  @BellaPetrova  "The children were taken with their parents away from the fighting on the territory of Russia." Well, some of these people managed to leave Russia later, but not many. "This particular girl was taken away because she is an orphan." Well, she has an extended family in Ukraine. But more than this, not all children that got separated from their parents in the war are orphans. "Ukraine has an Ombudsman for children's rights. Why aren't they being taken away? They do not write petitions to Russia." That claim makes no sense, it is up to Russia to contact Ukraine and exchanges data about these children. At the current time, Ukraine cannot know which people in Mariupol died and which are in Russia. Russia knows exactly who was taken in.
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  2937.  @BellaPetrova  Once again, it is up to Russia to inform the parents of these children by sharing the data with Ukrainian officials. The whereabouts of this girl may be publicly assessable, but the situation of most of these children is unclear. And as you have heard, there are parents searching for their kids via social media, but they have no possibility to locate their children.
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  2938. The globalists have been funding the Brexit campain.
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  2939. Cultures building landmarks of fast decomposing materials rather than stone indeed have a very different viewpoint of an original building. A Chinese pagoda from the year 700 is still considered an original even though it was torn down and rebuild several times.
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  2940. They are not fighting, they send weapons.
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  2941. I, as a German, prefer Calcium-silicate bricks.
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  2942. NATO expansion was caused by Russian aggression. If Russia had been peaceful,no country had seen any benefit in NATO membership.
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  2943. In Germany everybody has his ID normally with him. Here it is mandatory to register when settling down. Then you are automatically registered for voting.
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  2944. It would require an agreement of both parties to abolish the WA. That is unlikely.
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  2945.  @PS-py8zf  Well, the UK is in a very weak position, and now it has justified additional retaliatory measures from the side of the EU. In addition you show the whole world that you word has no value. How do you want to strike trade deals in future ?
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  2946.  @PS-py8zf  Well, Japan has a trade deal with the EU too. Let us see if your deal is really better than what you had before. It is not about the question if these countries like the EU so much to deny the UK any deal, that would be absurd. It is about the question if the UK is trustworthy for any partner.
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  2947. What causes such? An invasion by a hostile power!
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  2948. Lots of soldiers have asked for resupply or some counterattack to relive their position.
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  2949. ​ @CountDuckEgg The amount of heavy weapons supplied to Ukraine could be increased by a factor of 5 without sweat. Ukraine could shut down the Belgorod airport, the Crimean bridge...
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  2950. Wow, Johnson is advertising Starmer.
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  2951. Ja, er war antiislamischer AFD fans.
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  2952. ​@Defort-jd8xeWarum sollte Sie das mit einem anhånger der AFD machen?
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  2953.  @kristinahostacna9628  Well, some of the results of such a conference would surely lack balance. They would ask to spend more and take less money. Or they would be racially unbalanced and therefore contradict human rights or some other core believe if the EU. Therefore, all these results will require a detailed elaboration and writing of the EU bureaucrats. Nobody should vote on a new rule without knowing all relevant up- and down-sides.
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  2954.  @Kafei01  Well, it is always very likely that the people who will loose under a change feel a stronger motivation to vote than the people that are to benefit.
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  2955. @jerryjerry7561 "did you notice that palestine has been designated a human rights violator, un? lol." Well, we just saw the level of Israeli human rights violations. So everything you claim for Palestine would be true for Israel 10 times over.
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  2956. @jerryjerry7561 I do not think many people ignore reality, but until now many governments are overly diplomatic when interacting with Israel.
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  2957. @jerryjerry7561 Look up levitical law. Both is usually not the basis of a society. So its abolutely irrelevant.
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  2958. Nobody in Europe is trying to carry Russia.
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  2959. A deal is about a give and take, how is May expecting them to give without giving anything in return?
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  2960. Well, thinking about it I think the lab leak is very unlikely. -The doctors blowing the whistle though it was SARS. - The local government seems to have thought the same and suppressed the news in order not to damage the economy. - If it had been a lab leak the government would have known early that a lock down was unavoidable. - Furthermore, they could have presented the responsible persons to the central government, this way saving themselves. - In this case the SARS rumors would have been the perfect cover up for the lab leak. In this case, suppressing the whistle-blowers would have been stupid.
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  2961.  @ENGLISHMURPHY  Well, we will see.
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  2962.  @ENGLISHMURPHY  Well, one of the main arguments of the "better together" campaign was that staying in the UK was the only way for Scottland to stay in the EU.
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  2963. About 30 will follow, they may be grouped with HIMARS to prevent Russian attacks.
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  2964. Who should ban this food and why should he?
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  2965. You mean the other way around, don't you? Pfizer is just the extended workbench for a German company.
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  2966.  @Tribuneoftheplebs  The situation on a civil war is always much more difficult and messed up. The situation in Ukraine is clear cut. One country is invading another without any reason.
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  2967. The British people need to understand that treating the UK like any other country is not building but fairness.
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  2968. Putin is seldomly telling the truth.
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  2969. It's interesting how many people take pride in being bad businessmen. When other can deliver the same service for less, and still pay the minimum wage they are just better in organizing the work. If this is not possible, all will raise fees, and it would be no issue for him.
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  2970. The US trade lay is a way to favor US companies over all other worldwide. Only in the USA, you can patent something one year after publication. So half of the intellectual property should not count anyway.
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  2971. This is horrible for the people in Syria. Lots of people will die and lots more will become refugees. Refugees for which Turkey will be no save harbor. In a few months it will be a new burden for the EU asylum system. And these people will be real asylum seekers by any stretch of mind. And all the EU (and European countries) can do is to send warnings to Turkey. Hell, maybe we really need a common foreign policy and an EU army.
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  2972.  @CarlSegers  : Strange, the interviewer literally is one of the best known British right-wing journalists. He was doing his job, asking Shapiro hard questions in order to determine if he would shine or crumble. The result was clear.
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  2973. Well, it is two years into a 7 day military operation.
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  2974. The EU has always negotiated in good faith, it was always prepared to stand by its commitments, and it never asked for anything unreasonable bust to make a point. Any red line of the EU can be motivated. In contrast the UK send idiots like Davit Davis to the negotiations, that neither showed knowledge nor good faith. Actually, there is a video of David Davis before he went to Brussels where he claimed the UK would not need to stand by its commitments. The UK showed bad faith from the beginning.
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  2975. Says the deluded.
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  2976.  @mavetek  No, but your debts are in € and once you would leave your currency would lose value just like for the UK but much worse. So your economy would shrink, but your debts would not.
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  2977.  @mavetek  LMAO, why should the EU stop to exist? You cannot pay your debts right now, how do you want to do it once you further crippled your economy?
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  2978.  @mavetek  It would certainly not benefit the EU, but it would not only reduce its contributions but also its costs. Even a EU26 is still much larger than Italy.
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  2979.  @mavetek  LOL, who would invest in a country with such a rate of inflation? The economy and the value of companies would plummet. Then the country and numerous companies would default. Afterwards, you may get a good economic growth, and in 25 years you may be back at the economy you have today.
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  2980.  @mavetek  Egypt used to be the no. 1 power of the world. So what?
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  2981.  @mavetek  As far as I can see, your issue is not the EU but your internal to reforms due to your two-chamber system. Other countries, some with a lower GDP/capita, have no issues to thrive in the EU.
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  2982.  @mavetek  That is the reason for the 3% deficit limit. If you follow it you are fine. Greece cheated and paid the price. Sure, you can compensate for an irresponsible economic policy with inflation. You can on the other side act responsible in the first place. The second path is better for your industry.
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  2983. So you are taking about a hard but not enforced border. I think you had such a thing before. I think it was called "Walled City".
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  2984. Allowed by whom? Remember he left office before becoming an (official) operative of Gazprom.
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  2985.  @julio5prado  I am asking how not why. First of all, I despise Schröder, he has betrayed us. But he took office at Gazprom after he left the office as chancellor and he had no office in Germany at that time. Germany could not prevent him from taking this office at Gazprom. "allowed by the ethical regulations about conflict of interests for example" What conflict of interest? He no longer had any office in Germany. ", allowed by limits on revolving door practices and other controls to ensure there is no corruption between public office and private interests." I agree, and it would have been this way, had he been working within Germany. But he was working in Russia. "These are normal in business at management level and also in most civilized countries" It is, but he left the country.
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  2986.  @julio5prado  Well, as far as I remember he went to Russia when he started to work for Gazprom. Since then I have mainly ignored him. The only thing I noticed was his new wife. I have no idea, why the SPD have not disowned hin. His government founded office is strange, but I understand why nobody bothered with it.
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  2987. You probably asked your supervisor what to do, not because you could not solve it, but rather to release yourself from the backlash in case you damaged something in the process of solving the problem. The maximum you can do as an employee it to tell your supervisor the problem and three possible solutions and then let him chose.
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  2988.  @kankrz  Any international treaty has supremacy over national law. Otherwise it would be useless. A county needs to stand by its commitments or face the consequences. An international tribunal arbitrates the application of the treaty and it is up to the other countries part of the treaty to enforce it. Well, the EU rules are in fact international treaties. The ECJ is an international tribunal, and it is up to the rest of the EU to enforce the commitments Poland has committed to.
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  2989.  @kankrz  The ECJ is the court to rule if a country has violated EU treaties. That is the purpose of the ECJ.
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  2990.  @donkey3187  The fact that a prominent Iranian group fighting for freedom endorsed this attack is not really relevant when looking for the average of the population. I am sure you would have found an American group praising 9.11 too. As far as I understand, this general was not engaged in suppressing the population at home, so he may be hated by the USA but to a much lesser extend by the Iranians.
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  2991. Dear  @donkey3187 , Qasem Soleimani rose to relevance in the Iran-Iraq-war. Later he was engaged in operations outside Iran. As far as I know, he is seen as a defender of the country and not as a oppressor. But even if they would attribute the ca. 1500 killed protesters to him (what they don't) it would be still better than an invasion by the USA. In Iraq about 600000 died due to the invasion and the following occupation.
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  2992.  @donkey3187  Are you sure none of your generals has killed an equal amount of Iranians and is therefore an equally "valid" target? Anyway, you have allready ben shown wrong in this sense: "lol...they've been chanting death to America for decades...thats nothing new"
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  2993.  @donkey3187  So you think only Iranian generals are worth mentioning and not Iranian soldiers? Strange! As far as I understand no American soldier was killed by Iran in the USA, they all used to be in Iraq. How many Iranian soldiers have you killed in Iraq? Man, the CIA 1953 removed the democratic government of Mohammad Mossadegh and reinstated the Shah. In 1980 the USA pushed Sadam Hussein to attack Iran. The USA boycotted Iran since 2001 contributing to the present poverty. If another country would have done similar things to the USA would you not scream for their death? Do not get me wrong, I would like Iran to become democratic and I do not want Iran to posses nuclear weapons. But this would have been much better served by honoring the treaty.
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  2994.  @donkey3187  Sure you have known the resume of any person you have bombed?
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  2995. Time for an European army with 10 000 Euro-tanks.
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  2996. As a European, I think it is very annoying of the USA not to submit itself to the rules based system of the UNHCR. I am more in line with the Helsinki accords, that denounce any spheres of influence. But in the case of Ukraine the interests of the EU and the USA align. I hope my government will increase its support for Ukraine.
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  2997.  @AM-dc7pv  Well, we should abolish the Security Council, the General Assembly should take over. And we should extend the Rules Based System to include predefined penalties for countries violating these rules. And the USA should welcome these changes, they will not much longer be the top dog. China will take over not far in the future.
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  2998. P.S. The number of refugees arriving in the UK is tiny. By far most people that arrive in the UK were hired in the UK or they have a British passport.
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  2999. ​@Mike-zx1kx The EU army can be like Schengen. It does not need to include all EU members, and it can include non EU countries.
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  3000. The EU and the UK will still trade after a hard Brexit, as third countries with tariffs and non tariff barriers anything else would violate WTO rules.
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  3001. @Ford Prefect: Oh, I thought you wanted to reduce all tariffs to zero.
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  3002. Actually, nothing was fine before the EU. Lots of borders, lots of border checks, overall lots of red tape.
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  3003.  @Matt-yg8ub  One thing is clear, Crimea is a part of Ukraine and occupied by Russia. Russia may gain Crimea in a peace treaty.
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  3004.  @SkyDiver-wd5oj  Ukraine wanted to become a member of the EU in 2014. NATO membership was only relevant as a reaction to the Russian actions towards Ukraine.
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  3005.  @Юлий-х2р  The destruction of Mariopol was not done with guns.
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  3006.  @Юлий-х2р  Fine so you say that it was impossible for the Ukrainian army to flatten Mariopol, but they will gain constantly in strength until they are able to remove the Russian army from Ukraine. I mean you say they needed to learn how to use these weapons, so you say they are constantly gaining in power.
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  3007.  @Юлий-х2р  No why do you need to attack a strawman? The development of the front was in a way that made it impossible for Ukraine to seriously damage Mariopol. The city was surrounded quickly and the Ukrainian army outside of the city was pushed back in a rather short time. If they had these heavy missiles they would have attacked the Russian army outside of the city they where actually fighting, shooting past the attacker on your own city makes no sense. In contrast, the defenders inside of the city where exposed to air raids and bombardment. Heavy artillery would have been useless in this situation. Apart from the fact that they had no supply, and therefore wouldn't have been able to use these weapons at all. So please, if you want to talk about critical thinking skills, use them!
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  3008.  @Юлий-х2р  "see , denial 😂" On your side "Ukraine was the one and only who refused to follow Minsk protocol even tho they agreed to that" No they stated that it was meaningless since Russia and the "seperatists" they payed did not act according to the Minsk protocol. "Or do you want to tell me that people from Donbas are not Ukrainian?" The inhabitants in Donbass on both sides of the front where Ukrainians, the Russian mercenaries where not. "Do you want to tell me that people who were burnt in Maydan were not Ukrainian ?" Peope got burned in Odessa not Kiyv. Get your story right. They where a radical pro Russian group fighting. Both sides used Molotov cocktails. Nobody knows if it was an attack or an accident.
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  3009.  @Юлий-х2р  So you admit not to know anything?
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  3010.  @Юлий-х2р  Well, you have avoided the issue that the Ukrainian troops where physically unable to level Mariopol, even if they had wanted to do so. So you should tell me how the Ukrainian army has done something that is physically impossible or how it was possible. Telling me how evil you think Ukrainians are, does not impact this point one bit.
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  3011.  @Юлий-х2р  So where did all the destruction of Mariopol come from if the Ukrainian army was not capable of doing it and you claim you did not do it?
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  3012.  @Юлий-х2р  Answer the question?
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  3013.  @Юлий-х2р  No, you accused the Ukraineian army of something they could not have done even if they wanted to.
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  3014.  @Юлий-х2р  If the Ukraineian army had that much of fire power, the Russian army would have been unable to take Mariopol in the first place. You need to come with a better excuse for the Russian army.
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  3015.  @andresxhs752  I already said that this was true to some extend in Severodonnetsk, but definitely not in Mariopol. Mariopol was quickly encircled by Russian forces. This was possible because the Russian forces had far more firepower. So Mariopol was the possibility to reach for a time interval of a week by Ukrainian forces with little firepower. In contrast, the front in Severodonnetsk is nearly static because the Ukrainian forces are stronger. In this static front both sides are using artillery. You see, both situations are very different, otherwise the Russian army would have gained less than 50 km since the beginning of the war.
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  3016.  @andresxhs752  Well, in Severodonnetsk as well as in Mariopol about 20% of the population voted for pro Russian parties at the last general election. I would guess that about this fraction (maybe only 10%) will cheer the Russian invasion. So I will expect some unrealistic reports from both sides, so all I can really trust is the map and the conclusion I can take from that. Cities like Odessa and Liviv are far from the front, and they are still attacked by Russian missiles. So your claim for false flag attacks on Mariopol are unlikely to be true. But more important, you have not answered my question how the Ukrainian army should have enough firepower to level large parts of Mariopol, but not enough to fight back the Russian army.
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  3017.  @andresxhs752  "first you're being naive in believing any data about elections coming from Ukraine." There have been international observers. So these are the most trustworthy figures we have. "Not to mention that there were no pro russian parties in the last general election, they were forbidden since 2014." No they where forbidden after the invasion in 2022. "Besides I doubt the so called pro russian parties were so before 2014." So these where not pro Russian enough for you? That is your problem it shows you are a radical. "You want to believe your dear nazi Ukrainians are innocent but I know my city better than you." I do not know, why you equate being against the Russian influence over Ukraine as being a Nazi. Well, don't you think that makes you more of a Nazi than the Ukrainians you describe? "Those are not only my claims but people from Mariupol who have seen the Ukrainians doing it." Well, they simply had not the level of firepower to cause the destruction we have seen in Mariopol. I will not deny that the Ukrainian army may have targeted some Russian forces inside of Mariopol, but this will be a tiny fraction of the total destruction. "Russian missile attacks on lviv's and Odessa's regions are not denied by the Russians because they make a daily report on the objects of militar infrastructure they have attacked." And quite often they miss and hit populated areas. "And I'll answer your question. If you stop thinking about Ukrainian army as some organised patriotic angels who defend their land from the bad bad russians" I never claimed the Ukrainian army to be angles, but they are indeed defending their land. Well, I do not think of the Russian soldiers as bad, I mainly think this way of Putin. "it will be all clear." Let us see. "They behave like an outsourced army leaving a burned land for the Russians." They behave like any army defending their home country. The French army in WW1 and the Soviet army in WW2 has acted similarly. "The West knows that Ukraine will lose but in order to make as much damage as possible, they just burn everything." We know that Ukraine must not loose, otherwise Russia will endanger EU and NATO countries. "Considering that there are a lot of your western mercenaries here right now, they don't care at all." The Russian army uses mercenaries, Ukraine does not. Mercenaries are fighting as part of a company like WAGNER, a foreign legion is not the same as mercenaries. "I see that you don't care about witnesses in those cities about the atrocities that Ukrainians have committed." In this situation it is difficult to trust anyone, but things hat contradict logic are especially difficult to trust. But I am surely also taking Selensky with more than a grain of salt. "It doesn't fit with your brainwashing programme." Are you describing yourself. "Now use your braincell and think, if anybody who lost his home, and especially relatives because of the Russians, would be lying and deceiving himself and blame Ukrainians just because he was prorussian? You just can't do it no matter how brainwashed you are from any side." If missiles are fired from behind the horizon, the average citizen will be unable to know where they came from and will attribute this to the side he thinks is evil. So all we know is, that these bombings took place and how the front has developed. "I've seen proukrinian people loosing their relatives because of those nationalists, the ones they were supporting. Now they don't know how to live. Everything they believed in died with their relatives." Well, the area around Verdun (WW1) was pommeled by both sides. That is the issue with static front lines. "Ukrainians who are yet far from the front just haven't seen them in action yet... Time will come." Well, at the current speed it will take years, I hope the war will end sooner.
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  3018. So what? If they had been ignored the protesters would just have passed along the street in front of the house without any incident.
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  3019.  @connannbarbarin3033  1. These people endangered themselves and others needlessly. If they would have stayed in the house it would have been a non-event similar to all the other houses the protesters passed. In the extremely unlikely someone would have actually broken in their house they still could have thretened him with a gun. Actually it would have been a much better strategy. 2. It is not their job to act as police or guards. They could not verify if these people entered the area legally. Someone could have invited them.
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  3020. Nice to hear that the Russian Nazis will be defeated.
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  3021.  HappyEnglishman Uk  What on earth do you think is a federalist? It is a person who thinks the political system should be federal and decisions should be made on a local level. The contrast would be a centralist. I think decisions should be made on the level where it makes most sense. Germany and Switzerland have a strong federal structure. Many decisions are taken on the state and local level.This has many advantages. But other things are better to coordinate on a central level, some for the whole country some for the whole EU.
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  3022.  @anneclarke3905  Well it was the British government that allowed British fishermen to sell their quotas, it has nothing to do with the EU. No other country allowed this.
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  3023.  @discomikeyboy2012  In other parts of the EU these quotas were never assets that could be sold. But once you allow the trade of the quotas, you cannot discriminate against foreigners. That seems to be quite normal. The British government made an error and tried to fix it by doing something illegal.
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  3024. "1. The axis selective (only goes to 16%) " It is a strange metric anyway. "2. It's trade both in and out." Both are important for the economy. "If we are talking labour rights I live in Cyprus part of the eu, with no minimum wage, and shite labour rights" The EU standards are minimum standards, many countries have better protections than the UK, but sure, the UK could lower its standards significantly without violating the level playing field. Makes you wonder how far the Torys want to reduce protections. "On the fisheries, the UK and Ireland previously agreed fish by consent. Ireland is now part of the EU, who now negotiates for them, thus those previous allowances are void. Of course they are a bargaining chip." The same is true for fishing rights of French fishers, Dutch fishers, German fishers, ..... All these rights predate the EU, just like for Irish fishermen. The Brexiteres made this a bargaining chip.
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  3025. When America attacks north Korea, China will intervene. They will not accept American Soldiers at their border. Do you think they are THAT crazy?
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  3026. The US can always pay its debts as they can (not exactly) print new dollars. However, paying your debts this way would render the dollar worthless. With the tax cuts, this situation may have come closer than ever. What if China stops lending money to the US as they have to fear to be paid back with worthless paper (or digital mony).
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  3027. ​ @Jouantiese So are all of them by now inprisoned. If not, it is rotten leadership.
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  3028. ​ @Crouchy232323 The IDF has shown to be not much better then Hamas, so sad.
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  3029. If Kalinigrad became independent they would have it easy to get into the EU. It would be a small country and therefore not a big economic issue and most EU members would agree for strategic reasons. would agree for
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  3030.  @grahamo22  No individual member country can negotiate better trade deals than the EU as a whole. The trade deals the UK has negotiated since it left have shown this clearly.
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  3031. Who has ever ignored the Brexit referendum. The UK has left the EU. The only side not accepting Brexit are the Breiters. Once you have left, you no longer have influence in the policy of the EU, and the EU has become much less willing to accept the British have-your-cake-and-eat-it-too mentality.
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  3032.  john hansberry  They might need to prevent them from seeking on a lorry, but why should they be required to stop the boats?
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  3033.  john hansberry  It is not illegal to leave France, and it is not the job of France to enforce British border control or British Covid 19 measures.
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  3034.  @Jezza_One  "Virtually all nations break international law some of them continuously." Not really, sure the USA does it a lot and the invasion in Iraq was one of these breaches. But breaking the WA is really bad. It would be done by the same PM and the same parliament. It would allow the EU to retaliate by sanctions and it would show the world that deals with the UK are worthless. So no future trade deal for the UK with any country.
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  3035.  @sps000111  Well, the Korean method costs less money and fewer lives. If you want your economy to tank have numerous deaths than do as the USA is doing. If you want to save lives and money than you need to wait for the vaccine to use your immune system. The second wave in Korea is neglectable and well under control.
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  3036.  @sps000111  Well, the same is true for the USA not even the 10% of immunity in hot spots would prevent a second wave. So you have mass graves and no sufficient immunity. Quarantining and testing all people entering the country seems much more beneficial.
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  3037. Cameron asked not the EU but the other member countries for concessions to the benefit of the UK and the detriment of all other countries. What would have Cameron said if Germany had asked for concessions to the detriment of the UK.
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  3038. Any international treaty has supremacy over national law. Otherwise it would be useless. A county needs to stand by its commitments or face the consequences. An international tribunal arbitrates the application of the treaty and it is up to the other countries part of the treaty to enforce it. Well, the EU rules are in fact international treaties. The ECJ is an international tribunal, and it is up to the rest of the EU to enforce the commitments Poland has committed to.
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  3039.  @alexisJonius  Well, these common rules in the EU constitutes are an enormous reduction of red tape for citizens and business. That is what has led to the recent economic growth of Poland.
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  3040.  @alexisJonius  "For example one that is very personal to me is the gun regularions. The (semi-) recent magazine caps are an outright ban. This is not just red tape, a hurdle to go across." Well, it removes a lot of control of people and vehicles at the border in between EU member countries to unify the regulations, to change 27 different rules in one general rule. So I guess your issues with this rules is nothing compared to the alternative. "You'll still in many places go to jail or atleast be fined for weed for example." So you say, there is no common EU regarding weed and you actually WANT A NEW EU RULE unifying the handling of weed. Really? "A gouvernment has no right to ban that plant." Sure they have, there is no EU rule preventing them from banning weed.
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  3041.  @RogueSecret  So you are a Russian asset trying to keep the EU sepetated and weak.
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  3042.  @shwetapatwa1327  We all know it is beneficial to be a member of the EU. Not even the far right in Germany, France, nor any other Member proposes leaving the EU.
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  3043.  @Theozenith  WTF. We have absolutely no interest in becomming a part of the USA. The EU is by far preferred.
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  3044.  @ShadowSkryba  The veto allows one country to blackmail the rest of the EU. It gives too much power to bad actors.
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  3045.  @ShadowSkryba  It makes bad actors more important than countries that actually want to contribute.
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  3046. @ShadowSkryba  It gives bad actors overwhelming importance.
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  3047. are you really shorten million with m? To me it means 0.001.
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  3048. 30 that was what was still usable.
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  3049. ​ @dark_master_Makei  Unlikely, if Russia uses nukes on Ukraine, it will loose it's last allies. China, India, Brasil, and maybe even Iran will join the sanctions. At the same time the Western sanctions would become far more severe. The Bosporus and the straight of Denmark will be closed.
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  3050. @peterbalogh8138  If you think so. I can not see many people being able to do a better job than her, and none of these is available.
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  3051. @Boti-vr5hv  To me she seems to have been pretty successful, especially in the field of forreign policy.
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  3052. Well, but start with the UK.
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  3053. With this position you are in the minority.
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  3054.  @blacklivesmatterofficialch4172  Well, you could see it this way, but it is still rather stupid.
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  3055.  @blacklivesmatterofficialch4172 Moderates can work together to the benefit of both sides. Nationalists, however, have the ideology to improve the situation of their own country to the to any possible cost of all other countries. Therefore, any far right alliance is intrinsically shallow.
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  3056.  @blacklivesmatterofficialch4172  Well, America first does not really harmonize with Mexico first, does it?
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  3057.  @blacklivesmatterofficialch4172  Well, the "Bund der Heimatvertrienbenen" still claims about a third of Poland for Germany since it was part of Germany before the war.
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  3058. #37:10 Johnathan seems to repeat some ideas of Vlad Vexler nearly 1:1.
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  3059.  @paultoseland9524  So you say the Palestineans in the West Bank are citisens of Israel.
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  3060.  @paultoseland9524  There are Jews changing religion and language. People that adapted to continue farming the land. The Arabic conquest did not eradicate the native populations. This can be seen clearly on the example of Sudan. There the "Arabs" are pretty black.
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  3061. Well, he was a real person, but sure he inspired many novelizations.
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  3062. The only reason nobody will refuse an extension is to avoid a British blame game when anything in the UK falls apart.
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  3063.  Donald Trump  Correct, Germany is average in gun control in Europe, but still much stricter than in the US.
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  3064.  Donald Trump  It is always simpler to implement this on an island.
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  3065.  Donald Trump  This is correct, sadly there are many countries without a real gun control. However, in this case he actually had legal guns, even so his radical views were known to the police. It seems in a case like this we need faster and more decisive action.
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  3066.  @octavianpopescu4776  Sure, and this pressure is what needs to be addressed by the government. The more incoherent the government acts the more expensive this crisis will become expensive in the sense of the economy and in sense of lives.
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  3067. Not reporting helps only people committing war crimes.
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  3068.  @julianpetkov8320  "I don't remember reporters filming from the other side on any of the wars NATO waged." So you are only talking about Afghanistan? That was the reason for me to watch Aljazeera. Iraq was no NATO was and the German television was reporting very much from the other side. "All the NATO War Criminals are celebrated." Where is your list?
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  3069. So why do you not sign the WA?
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  3070.  @jasondevon481  Before the referendum Farage continuously praised the situation of Norway. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-kgAPwqhoHo
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  3071.  @jasondevon481  Yes, before the Referendum he stated the UK should be like Norway, but after the referendum he changed his tone. Have you not noticed that he is lying?
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  3072.  @seanpatrick1243  If they do not reach a deal, things will be so awful in the UK that Boris will immediately resume the negotiations in 2021. But sure, the same situation would also foster the independence of Scotland.
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  3073.  @Dutschkekommraus  Thanks, that was really funny. The UK needs a deal, the country is utterly unprepared. They may wait a week, but afterward, Boris will do his next U-turn.
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  3074. Even with a no deal BREXIT you would still have to pay the divorce bill. The EU could sue GB at an international arbitration tribunal. That is WTO!
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  3075. By the way, why do you think Barnier will not continue the negotiations? If there is no trade deal, he will probably continue to negotiate in 2021. Most citizens of the EU like him.
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  3076.  @annoyingbstard9407  Barnier is doing a great job. He is calm, reasonable and focused. He and his team have been hanging the negotiations very well, while at the same time informing the individual governments and the public. He was also quite successful in managing the interests of the different countries. Frost is your best negotiator by now (much better than Smith and Raab) , but he is still not comparable to Barnier.
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  3077. Germany is the second largest contributor, it contributs ten times more than France.
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  3078. @atrumluminarium  There are different types of opt-out from the Euro. But not taking part in the common forreign policy would mean having no say in this.
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  3079.  @gordonsmith8899  The UK has already subscribed to stricter state aid rules in the Japan deal. Any trade deal requires commitments. The commitment not to lower your standards is one of the most basic one. You want a very close acces to the common market, that requires a much further commitment.
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  3080.  @gordonsmith8899  So you want to shrink much faster?
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  3081.  @Greghh1960  Nobody ever talked about a surrender of Russia, just about them pulling their troops out of Ukraine. That has already happened for the area around Kyiv.
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  3082.  @julianpetkov8320  Both economies are depending on each other but the economy of the EU is 17 times larger.
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  3083.  @LincolnLoud2015  I guess, Scottland is the most likely country to become independent. Maybe followed by Wales and later Yorkshire.
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  3084.  @barkmaker  It was intent.
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  3085.  @barkmaker  Well, it is pretty sure it was intended.
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  3086.  @michaelpetrovich5353  Belarus and Ukraine are neighbors of Russia and the EU. Belarus not being neutral but a puppet regime of Russia is dangerous for the EU. So, you think the EU should invade Belarus, don't you?
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  3087.  @hdesquare  Well, the "separatists" did not follow the Minsk agreement, and therefore blocked autonomy.
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  3088.  @michaelpetrovich5353  Well, Russia was nonstop engaged to convert the governments of Belarus and Ukraine, and many other neighboring countries. Russia was successful in Belarus and not successful in Ukraine, whenever Russia managed to convert the Ukrainian government into a puppet, Ukraine had a revolution. They despise Russian control. Well for the last 8 years Russia has tried to change the regime in Ukraine and not being successful now you are invading. It seems you think not being successful in regime change is a reason for an invasion. In any case the combined military of the EU is stronger than the military of Russia.
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  3089.  @ottomanstamper7609  It was Russia that invaded Ukraine, the crisis is to 100% the fault of Russia. The USA may use this external crisis to export more gas to Europe, but this will only be a short term solution, we will get gas from other sources and accelerate the transition to regenerative energy.
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  3090.  @ottomanstamper7609  We all could see how Russia punished Ukraine for the audacity of wanting to stay independent of Russia. Two times Russia managed to install a puppet regime in Ukraine and two revolutions removed these puppets. As a result, Russia was punishing Ukraine. There was one invasion, 8 years of an armed insurgency, and another invasion. Everybody could see that Russia did not want to accept Ukrainian independence, one could see the troops gathering at the Ukrainian border.
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  3091.  @hdesquare  Well, sometimes people are willing to suffer to obtain freedom. Ukraine has now better hope of becoming a member of the EU and of NATO than ever before. We have seen that appeasing Russia by denying Ukraine the membership of NATO has backfired. It did not keep the peace, no, it has led to this war. If Ukraine had been a NATO member, there would be no war. Now Russia cannot expect any of these concessions anymore.
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  3092.  @michaelpetrovich5353  We all know of the Russian and the US involvement around the Euromaidan revolution, but there have been 2 general elections since Euromaidan.
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  3093.  @johnrogers8836  Well, whenever Ukraine tried to sort out it's issues it was punished by Russia (which is even more corrupt). I hope, this war will lead to a state, where the population and the politicians agree on the nessesary reforms.
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  3094. It provides a service mainly important for the UK.
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  3095. The WA was a compromise where both sides had made concessions.
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  3096.  @brianm102  The EU made concessions when arranging the WA. The Backstop is a concession of the EU, it allows to keep the GFA intact while ending freedom of movement.
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  3097.  @brianm102  You signed the GFA if you want to abolish it you should have said so from the start of the negotiation.
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  3098. There are no streets from Mariopol to the north-west, the only direction help could come. These 200 000 troops wold be stuck like the Russians when attacking Kyiv. You would need to send a fleet with carriers. It is a shame!
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  3099.  @Rexavin1  Using small group of infantry with RPGs against the supply line is good tactics. An open attack of unsupported infantry on mechanized troops is suicide. It was the reason for all the killed Soviet soldiers in WW2. The only thing I could think of would be a counteroffensive on Donetsk, strong enough for Russia to pull some troops out of Mariopol.
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  3100.  @Rexavin1  Ukraine does not have this capacity, and other nations will not enter the war. We Germans should have already prepared the Leopard 1 and Marder tanks. But now, even if allowed, will be too late.
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  3101.  @timminh468  Some may not want to leave towards Russia some may not trust the Russian army.
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  3102.  @toskovicg  Germany has lost more territory then Serbia ever had. And we needed to accept these losses as a first step to redeeming ourselves. It was the only way to have a peaceful and positive relationship with our neighboring countries.
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  3103.  @korisnickoime571  It is sad that you do not accept the responsibility. In order to prosper Serbia needs the goodwill of your neighbors. This will become more and more relevant when all of them will have joined the EU. This means they already form the political approach of the EU towards Serbia and they will do so even more in future. Just like you may Germans in 1945 did not accept what happened (and there is still a minority doing so). We can consider ourselves lucky they did not represent the mayority.
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  3104.  @korisnickoime571  What are you talking about?
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  3105.  @MatijaMajstorovic  "Germany was on wrong side in both world wars," And as a result Germany changed from the second most powerful nation on earth to a divided country on 1945. And we needed to accept these changes. Only accepting these changes and being peaceful made German unification possible. "Serbia was on the winner side in both world wars," And Germany defeated Napoleon and Napoleon III, how is this relevant? "Why then you are comparing these two absolutely different situations?" Both countries waged war upon their neighbors and where stopped by an international alliance. So it is not really so different. "Kosovo was always part of Serbia," In the way many regions that used to be Germany "forever" are now no longer part of Germany. "Kosovo has not it’s own history," Just like all these formally German regions. "Kosovo has mixed population of Serbians and Albanians," Just like these formally German regions. "Kosovar Albanians are terrorizing Kosovar Serbs,…" Kosovo is dependent on help from abroad, so protesting about this treatment should help, but taking violent actions justifies this treatment. "If Catalonia is Spain, if Basques are part of Spain and France, if Transilvania is Romania, why then Kosovo should be different?" Because Serbia had been in the process of ethnic cleansing. "Why do you have double standards?" "If Russia annexes territories where Russians live and where Russians are being terrorized by Ukrainian army, that is terrible," You mean Russia annexes territories where from where Russian mercenaries have been terrorizing Ukraine. "but if NATO illegally bombards Serbia and illegally occupy part of sovereign nation, that is totally ok to you?" Nobody has been annexing any land from Serbia. Serbia has attacked its neighbors and the attacks of Serbia where stopped the moment when Serbias troops went home.
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  3106.  @korisnickoime571  "also your responce to matija is just completly wrong, dont compare us to hitler/ww2 germany and dont justify Natos illegal attack" It is fully irrelevant if Serbia was worse than H.... or not as bad. That is not the point. If Serbia wants to prosper, it needs a good relationship with its neighbors, and having disputed territorial claims does not make you a good neighbor. Now there are ways to compromise. Ireland changed its constitution in a way that they went from a claim for Northern Ireland to the wish for a peaceful reunification if both sides agree. There is nobody who would claim this situation was the fault of Ireland, but still compromises where taken to improve the lives of the population and it has ended the troubles and contributed to the prosperity of Ireland. Similarly, but with a very different backstory, Germany managed reunification by not insisting on it. Both countries had democratic majorities in favor of German unification. Now if you become a really good neighbor for Kosovo and both join the EU, there may be a chance in eg 2040 for a reunification, it both side find it beneficial. "and annexation of our land" NATO did not annex any territory. "and especially dont justify KLA's disgusting actions , we have the right to put down terrorists on our territory" It is no longer your territory. By not accepting this you are in the process of destroying Serbia.
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  3107.  @MatijaMajstorovic  Have you ever seen how large Germany was when it called itself the Holy Roman Empire?
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  3108.  @MatijaMajstorovic  Well, I told you, that Germany has lost more than Serbia ever had.
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  3109.  @MatijaMajstorovic Sure Germany is far larger and in this way not comparable to Serbia. But, I am comparing Serbia and Germany in a very different way. At the end of WW1 Germany had to sign a very unfair peace treaty. The people hated it and this hate led to WW2 and the destruction of Germany. The peace treaty was bad, but if the people hadn't been so butt hurt, we still could have made it work. So you need to think, do you want that your resentment destroys Serbia?
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  3110.  @MatijaMajstorovic  Most people and even more most nations seem the exaggerate the crimes committed on them and minimize the crimes they committed. You are, however, ignoring the point, that your current approach is damaging the future of Serbia.
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  3111.  @MatijaMajstorovic  Well, I ignore when you say something irrelevant. Sure you can remember your losses, but if you do not remember what you did to others, you will try to repeat it and in this process damage Serbia even further.
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  3112. @God's People Well, playing both sides is not more beneficial, Serbia and the whole region could be much more successful if they would not try to play both sides. Well, while the economy of the USA and of Europe is growing, the fraction of the world economy is shrinking. But this is not to the benefit of Russia, on the contrary the Russian economy has not been growing since 2010. It is about China, India, South America, and Africa. But every country trades most with it's direct neighbors.
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  3113.  @MatijaMajstorovic  Not denying it is the first step, actively seeking friendships with your neighbors including Kosovo is the next.
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  3114.  @MatijaMajstorovic  It is no longer a part of Serbia. But once you have accepted it's independence, and one generation of positive relationship with Kosovo both parts may agree to unify once again.
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  3115.  @MatijaMajstorovic  Not accepting reality is the path to self destruction. And sure, accepting the division of Germany has allowed for political changes that finally led to German reunification.
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  3116.  @MatijaMajstorovic  Sure, China India and many countries in South America and Africa have fast growing economies, they are catching up to the "West". But Russia and Venezuela seem to be on a different trajectory. They will not become successful without a fundamental change of the social structure.
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  3117. ​ @MatijaMajstorovic  Well, not to exclude minorities would be nice but not relevant for economic development. No, I am talking about corruption and mismanagement and the rule of law. Without significant changes in this respect, Russia will never be a successful country.
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  3118.  @MatijaMajstorovic  Every society has some corruption, it will cause damage and every society needs to fight this corruption. But in Russia the corruption is so strong that it strangles the economy, and Putin cannot fight it, because it is this corruption that keeps him in office.
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  3119.  @MatijaMajstorovic  Putin did not destroy corruption, Putin is using corruption to rule. Since everyone has to be corrupt, everyone is at the mercy of Putin. The Rubel is no longer a real currency it is play money it can have any value Putin wants.
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  3120.  @mtksbctk  : Still the Brits though they could save a lot of money not paying it.
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  3121.  @wikingagresor  Any international treaty has supremacy over national law. Otherwise it would be useless. A county needs to stand by its commitments or face the consequences. An international tribunal arbitrates the application of the treaty and it is up to the other countries part of the treaty to enforce it. Well, the EU rules are in fact international treaties. The ECJ is an international tribunal, and it is up to the rest of the EU to enforce the commitments Poland has committed to.
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  3122.  @wikingagresor  A power grab? Because you are supposed to keep your word?
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  3123.  @wikingagresor  Haven't you just heard that the highest court in Germany has some issues with the ECJ too?
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  3124.  @wikingagresor  You can dispute a certain ECJ ruling judges are only human and make mistakes. Disputing the supremacy of the ECJ is something completely different.
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  3125.  @wikingagresor  Well, the ECJ are is the highest court over EU rules, and there is no EU rule Poland has not agreed to. Disputing this undermines the rule of law.
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  3126.  @wikingagresor  Well, EU rules apply to countries not to persons, I know. Nothing new about this. This means, any EU rule needs to be transcribed into national law. So, of course, any country has its own legislation. But this legislation needs to uphold the EU rules any member country has agreed to.
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  3127.  @wikingagresor  Well, you are not bringing any argument and you are insulting me, if anyone you are unhinged.
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  3128.  @wikingagresor  You are telling falsehoods, stuff that simply makes no sense without giving any reasons. International treaties would simply be useless if they were dependent on a local law or constitution. The constitution is no get out of jail card. If a country signed an international treaty it has to stick by the treaty and change its legislation to agree with this treaty of face the consequences. You claimed the ECJ had overstepped by ruling on polish law, but the main purpose of the ECJ is to rule on the law of member countries. So once again you make no sense.
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  3129.  mike presnail  Sure they work. Filtering droplets with virus particles generated by the user and by others. Are they 100% secure, of course not. But we only need to reduce the onfection rate by a factor of 4.
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  3130.  mike presnail  Tell me, how would wearing a mask speed up infections?
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  3131. ​ @aloud9738 So you say we should stop supporting Israel.
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  3132. What is the difference in between the UKIP and the AFD? I can see none?
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  3133. Well, the ECJ is the agreed arbitrator for the WA. It keeps its role in any case especially in case of a WTO Brexit. Threatening the break International law is really stupid if you need a trade deal. And surely the UK needs a trade deal. In case of a WTO Brexit the future negotiations will be even more one sided to the benefit of the EU. However, in case of a WTO Brexit and the UK breaking international law, the EU can use retaliatory measures to further pressure the UK. This approach to negotiations is the epitome of stupidity.
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  3134.  @braaimanook  Thanks for correcting me. I agree both sides want a deal. But for the EU no deal actually is better than a bad deal. Any deal that compromises the common market is a net negative.
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  3135.  @braaimanook  Fine, but WA is still binding for both sides. It is needed to keep the peace in Ireland.
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  3136.  @braaimanook  Are you talking about the trade deal or about the WA. If you do not clarify, I will be unable to respond.
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  3137.  @braaimanook  Fishery is not part of the WA. Similarly state aid, and internal law is only relevant as far as it concerns NI.
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  3138.  @braaimanook  At first I need to sign thank you for this calm exchange even so we have very different options. The issue is that all the reactions of the EU have been foreseeable. The EU protecs the common market and the GFA. And the deal for the UK will be similar to the deal of countries with similar access to the common market. A Canada +++++ means deeper alignment with the EU than Canada. And no deal will be as good as membership. The situation in NI was allway unstable, but the GFA has brought a peace. Still for the type of Brexit you want you would have needed to abolish it. If you had been honest from the beginning you would not be in this dead end. All this was clear before the referendum.
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  3139.  @braaimanook  The main issue from the view of the EU is the problem of equivalence of goods and services . It is needed to reduce red tape in a trade deal. Usually, standard of two countries are converging. So you look what is equivalent and strike a deal. The UK, however, wants to diverge, but does not tell in what way. So everything is equivalent at the moment but the future is unclear. This makes any trade deal impossible. The only solution is to align the UK to the EU.
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  3140. 4:28 The Eurozone countries saved Grece, the UK stabbed them in the back.
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  3141. Using military or police force in foreign waters is an act of war.
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  3142. The Dublin Convention was signed in 1990, that is 15 years before Merkel became chancellor. All she did was to ask the others to fulfill the liabilities they accepted by signing the contract. If you think the Dublin Contract was a mistake or should have been realized differently, I agree. But in this case, It is mainly the fault of the politicians that signed the contract 28years ago.
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  3143. Morocco is on the Atlantic coast.
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  3144. Sorry, your language is deceitful. A hard Brexit implies a hard border. Leo Vadadkar knows this, nobody needs to pressure him to fall in line. Merkel visits to coordinate Germany with Ireland for the case of a no deal. Your language facilitates snake oil salesmen like JRM.
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  3145.  @PinkyAndTheMaskingTapes  Not my decision.
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  3146. It is scoring one point, not getting the upper hand.
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  3147. ​ @martinscheffler3866  The Green Party in BW is pretty far from being Communist.
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  3148.  @Name-jw4sj  Any mask will reduce the chance of an infection. R0 of Covid 19 is about 3.5. If you reduce the infection rate by a factor of 4 the pandemic is over. Wearing RS95 masks may be better for your personal protection, but for society cotton will do.
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  3149. Based on the state of the British political system the contempt was well justified, don't you think so?
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  3150. ​ @BertMerlin57  It is a ceasefire not a peace deal. And no, Ukraine cann9t stay neutral. Russia invades neutral countries. Lasting peace is impossible without strong security guarantees.
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  3151. What do you want to export when you cannot afford the raw materials? The UK is not very rich on natural resources.
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  3152. @UCtvMhJW1IVirkvw8OwA3B3g: Yes, you have some industry, that produces modern and less modern technology. But this requires the purchase of raw materials and prefabricated components. And this purchase will become more expensive due to tariffs, non tariff barriers and the dropping pound.
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  3153. Wasn't Falks a Catholic =pro European?
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  3154. If you want to negotiate with anyone you need to be willing to make compromises. If the other party gets nothing you will get nothing. John Bolton seems to understand this even less than Trump.
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  3155. Well, the UK needs the trade deal, the EU not so much.
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  3156. Sure, if Bojo once again gives the EU all it wants, this can be short negotiations.
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  3157.  Mark Gable  It is fine for us, why should we complain when the UK deliberately weakens its position.
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  3158. ​ @kimuvat2461  Ah, you know that Russia lost to Germany in WW1, don't you?
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  3159.  @junkit-s3k  Wel invading Ukraine was never a good thing, not in 1941 and not in 2022.
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  3160. So how large should be the demilitarized zone in Russia to protect Ukrainie from another invasion?
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  3161. Every country in the EU27 trades more with the other EU27 members than with the UK. So compromising the common market (omitting the backstop and a hard border) would be more damaging for the EU than a hard Brexit. EU politicians, the 27 governments and the industry agree, giving in to Boris would be more expensive than a no deal.
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  3162.  @uingaeoc3905  OK, that allows to suspend parts of the protocol for 3 months and involves intensive talks. At the same time article 16 would allow the EU to enact compensation measures like suspending other parts of the WA or parts of the TCA for the same time span.
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  3163.  @uingaeoc3905  "Is this 'intensive talks' rule only applicable to the UK?" No, that is fully symmetric, each side can invoke article 16 unilaterally for 3 months. But its implementation needs to be accompanied with talks to find a way to go back to implement the NIP in full. "I recollect last February Uvd Leyen imposing it without even informing the RoI." In a press conference invoking article 16 was presented as one future option. It was never implemented it was not even ever invoked. British politicians have done the same for nearly every day of the last year. "I agree we should scrap the T&CA along with the NIP." You can revoke the WA, but if you do it now it will stay in force for another 12 months.
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  3164.  @uingaeoc3905  Article 16 is fully symmetrical, the WA, for obvious reasons, is not.It was the UK that wanted to change things it was up to the UK to make it work. Well, the EU immediately paddled back and apologized. Has frost apologized in the same way for every single time he talked about invoking article 16? The EU never invoked article 16 no official letter was send, that is all that is relevant. Actually for both sides. What do you mean by dumping or scrapping the TCA? These are unclear verbs. It can be suspended and it can be revoked.
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  3165.  @uingaeoc3905  "The EU invoked Art 16 and withdrew it" No, the legal procedure was never initiated. " - that is relevant." Exactly. " Nor has UvdL ever apologised for anything." She has. "What Frost has said is that the reasons for invoking Art 16 have been met - that is the preliminaries of the Notification process ,so there is nothing to apologise for." The EU really had a reason to invoke article 16. Still, they conceded that it was not worth provoking violence in NI. The UK has less to no reason to invoke article 16. "You are paid to write this trash aren't you!" I am not paid, are you?
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  3166.  @uingaeoc3905  "You admit you are paid to write this trash" Can't you read? How on earth could you miss a "NOT"? "no further exchanges with you then" Fine " how's life in the Disinformation Unit in the Barlaymont basement?!" This or something similar would be the question for you.
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  3167.  @uingaeoc3905  How did I admit this? Do you want to continue bullshitting even more than before. It more and more seems that you are the one who is paid to do this.
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  3168.  @thedin3467 : Indeed, the ideas of Boris and Farage are a joke.
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  3169.  @thedin3467  : None of these countries wants to leave the EU.
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  3170.  @thomwessels2281  Using excessive force in a self-defense situation is a crime. But anyway policemen should deescalate in such a situation they should listen to citizen.
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  3171.  @Writeous0ne  I was speaking of the last general elections in Ukraine. That is the reason we only have data for the free parts of Donbass, not for the parts that where under Russian control at that time.
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  3172.  @Ютубводоканал  Sure after you killed or removed all loyal Ukrainians.
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  3173.  Antemurale Christianitatis : In 1997 the UK made China introduce a one-state-two-systems solution for Hong Kong, and they did it for about 20 years. Why can't the UK do the same?
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  3174. That is the principle of minimum standards. The standards of any EU country are better than EU standard.
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  3175. The Schengen arrangement allows visitors with a tourist visa to visit the large parts of the EU. As an European citizen you can travel anywhere in the EU, but you cannot settle down unless you have a job or another way to support yourself. And you cannot claim benefits if you have no job or at least had a job for a considerable time. This at least is the rule in many countries, it is fully compatible with EU rules the Government of the UK however never bothered to introduce this rules. And by the way you or your family will also have more issues when visiting or even working in the EU27.
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  3176.  Naughty internet person : Shapiro, are you talking about the guy that uses falty analysis of real data to prove his point?
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  3177. For some people, the accent becomes a brand. Think of Arnold Schwarzenegger, who did all not to lose his Austrian accent.
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  3178.  Mark Gable  Well, May said she would never agree to a border in the Irish sea. Boris Johnson, however, negotiated and signed it, the British population approved of this "oven ready deal" in the GA, and the parliament of Bresiters ratified it and made it internationally binding. British national law is irrelevant on the international stage. By the way, you already had similar borders within the UK. It is only a customs border, not a national border. It is similar to a border to a Free-port. The EU has always negotiated in good faith, it was always prepared to stand by its commitments, and it never asked for anything unreasonable bust to make a point. Any red line of the EU can be motivated. In contrast the UK send idiots like Davit Davis to the negotiations, that neither showed knowledge nor good faith. Actually, there is a video of David Davis before he went to Brussels where he claimed the UK would not need to stand by its commitments. The UK showed bad faith from the beginning.
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  3179. I agree, I have the feeling we have not fully grasped the impact of these. Similar devices in the hand of Iran or Jemen could deny a seaway to US aircraft carriers.
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  3180. Still the idiot tryied to blackmail the 27 other member countries.
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  3181.  @m.v.k4681  So the UK wants to become friendly after all this time?
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  3182. @Yorba114  That is what the pro genocide crowds do.
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  3183. A little bit of arrogance is well justified based on the state of the British political system, don't you think so?
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  3184.  @sophielaurel1102  : Sure David Davis and Dominik Raab where never worth the trouble.
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  3185. Well, I would not say that Mayor, Blair, Brown, or May represents the opinion of the EU in any way. They know more about the EU then present politician of the UK, but they never really cared for the EU.
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  3186.  @DOBERMAN715  Well sure, they campaigned for remain. But this makes you reasonable, not europhile. None of these PMs has been seeking a position in the EU after their premiership.
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  3187.  @DOBERMAN715  This shows that he does not understand the EU. He could have started being an MEP in order establish the needed contacts within the EU.
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  3188.  @DOBERMAN715  Well I may have added "in a resaonable way"
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  3189.  @DOBERMAN715  None of these PMs has been seeking a position in the EU after their premiership in a reasonable way. But sure, I overlooked Blair.
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  3190. So dumm ist er nicht, und wenn doch, ist es besser ihn jetzt aufzuhalten. Appeasement macht die Situation langfristig schlimmer.
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  3191. The referendum caused 2.5 years of chaos, if this is being ignored than I want to be ignored all day.
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  3192. Because this video contains only nonsense.
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  3193.  @ralphraffles1394  Sure, this way both sides would suffer, but it would improve the situation of continental fishermen. It would be the opposite of a compromise, it is exactly what the UK wants.
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  3194. If the USA wants to invade Iran they should take the refugees they generate not the EU.
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  3195.  @bazrobb6242  Actually they do. But, do you really want to compare the USA to Nazi Germany?
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  3196.  @TheEnglishLongbow : These were scandals, bad, but criminal exceptions. Under US rules some of these things are legal.
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  3197.  @squizza28 : You mean you do not understand, why you cannot screw over your neighbors.
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  3198.  @ronpeel1878 : No it is the result of unrealistic expectations. The fact that David Davis turned up without documents may have added but most of the result would have been unavoidable even with a better negotiator. Any member of the EU27 trades more with the EU27 than with the EU so the integrity of the common market is more important than a deal with the UK.
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  3199. Täter ist ein Antiislamischer fan von Wilders und der AFD.
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  3200. In Germany all elections are on Sunday.
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  3201. It is the UK that needs a deal not the EU, in 2021 Barniers cards will be even stronger.
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  3202.  @kinngrimm  Military help is coordinated within NATO. Help for rebuilding not so much. But more then this, Ukraine is a candidate for membership in the EU. Any rebuilding activity should therefore be fulfill EU standards. It does not make sense to build something right now only to tear it down shortly after the war.
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  3203.  @csuporj  Coordination prevents sending help to the same town from two different EU countries while overlooking another town.
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  3204. @@kzgntosbaga6255 Help needs to get to the people in need. This is much more difficult without the needed coordination.
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  3205.  @csuporj  Currently Ukraine needs budget contributions as well as material help.
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  3206.  @sucram1018  Sure this is done, but you need coordination to prevent having two teams helping at one site while no one goes to the next town.
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  3207.  @Wiers75q  Helping Ukraine is avoiding the EU border to become a front line, and the faster the conflict is solved and Russian soldiers leave Ukraine, the faster we can solve the related economic impact.
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  3208. @@kzgntosbaga6255 Sure and the EU sends more help than the USA.
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  3209. @@kzgntosbaga6255 Well, Ukraine is a neighbor of the EU, so we are involved in this situation in any case.
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  3210. Have you been to the Black Forrest? There are so many very profitable companies in tiny villages. Lot of them world leaders in their field.
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  3211.  @samuelmendoza9356  Stoneware is nearly pure aluminum oxide and has a high density due to high-temperature sintering. Thick stoneware tiles are probably extremely similar to the armor. But it is not qualified and someone wants to make a lot of money.
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  3212. @ferry602  Do you want to say the USA held her back in helping Ukraine? For the USA, it is sufficient for Ukraine not to loose, the EU needs to be interested in Ukraine winning. We are talking about our own territories that are endangered when Russia does not lose in Ukraine.
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  3213.  @dougrumsey4288  A lot more assets are about to follow. Banks are just waiting for the results of the negotiations.
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  3214.  @dougrumsey4288  Well, Germany pays more for defense than the UK.
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  3215.  @dougrumsey4288  Correct, but Germany still spends more money in absolute terms on defense than the UK.
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  3216.  @dougrumsey4288  Russia is irrelevant if compared to the EU.
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  3217.  @dougrumsey4288  Well, I am not Russian, and I am not important enough to justify such an attack. But all this secret service stuff has nothing to do with the Russian defense.
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  3218.  @dougrumsey4288  A naturalized British citizen of Russia origin. But once again, this has nothing to do with the Russian defense.
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  3219.  @dougrumsey4288  Well, this is horrible, but not really a danger to soziety. Much worse in this respect is RT. They are pushing fringe ideologies in many countries, facilitating the self destruction of soziety. This results in Brexit, Trump, Johnson.... That is the attack we need to expect and overcome.
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  3220.  @dougrumsey4288  Well, now you agree that Brexit was (partly) caused by Russian propaganda, based on the motivation of harming the UK. Seems you have done a 180°.
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  3221.  @dougrumsey4288  Well, Brexit is a cook up of people that want to harm the UK. People that will profit from the deterioration of the UK. David Cameron was an idiot, if you want changes in the EU you need to search for allies and you need to be willing to pay for the bulk of the cost these changes would generate. Cameron asked to make changes to the benefit of the UK and the detriment of all other countries. The EU agreed to too much, if they had agreed to anything more all involved politicians would have deserved to lose their jobs.
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  3222.  @dougrumsey4288  Well, your answer tell a lot about you and the UK. The decision was never about the EU. It was about the UK and 27 other countries, all of these with their own interests. Why on earth should any of these countries agree to a rule that benefited the UK and was detrimental for itself?
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  3223.  @dougrumsey4288  The UK needs a deal, the EU does not. - The UK will loose the preferred access to the larger part of its exports, the countries of the EU only to a small percentage. - The EU is ready for no deal, they started preparing 4 years ago. The UK has not really prepared. -Covid 19 has hit the UK harder than any country in the EU.
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  3224.  @dougrumsey4288  Well, when Illusion hits reality, reality will always win.
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  3225.  @dougrumsey4288  Well, things will change, and you have no reason to blame the downfall of the UK on the EU.
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  3226.  @dougrumsey4288  Sure, and "project fear" has turned into fact in every step until now.
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  3227.  @dougrumsey4288  Well, at present the debt to GDP of the UK is worse than the same value for the EU. And you are still in the transition period.
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  3228.  @and6669  Wha has the behavior of Russia and Turkey to do with the European preparation for Brexit? We are talking about different countries and issues. But sure, we need to counteract Russian propaganda that tries to destroy western civilization. The UK (Brexit) and the USA (Trump) are examples of how this danger can severely damage a country. But regarding Brexit, obviously, no one would have invested in these preparations before the result of the referendum was announced.
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  3229.  @and6669  Well, if the Euro would have been used in the trade of commoditys market instead of the dollar, we would have been much better shilded fron the chaos in the USA. But sure, the USA see the Euro as a threat to their way of life. But we as the EU are responsible for our own market not for the USA.
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  3230.  @and6669  Well the guys at the top of the EU are efficient and reasonable, unlike the leadership in the UK.
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  3231.  @and6669  Well, in the last two posts you have shown how deluded you are. There is nothing more to say.
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  3232. You would still have to pay the divorce bill. The EU could sue GB at an international arbitration tribunal. That is WTO!
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  3233.  @ProclusX : You do not need to be in the EU to be sued. You can sue using WTO rules.
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  3234. Every country in the EU27 trades more with the other EU27 members than with the UK (even Ireland). So compromising the common market (omitting the backstop and a hard border) would be more damaging for the EU than a hard Brexit. EU politicians, the 27 governments and the industry agree, giving in to Boris would be more detrimental than a no deal.
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  3235. Well, as far as I understand, this crisis started with the eviction of Palestinian families in Jerusalem. And it seems to escalate further and further as the Hamas and Netanyahu profit from these tensions.
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  3236.  @giannisgiannis870  The current situation is playing into the hands of Netanyahu and Hamas. The conflict strengthens the radical forces on both sides. Netanyahu was just about to loose his power to a coalition of moderate Jews and Arab citizens of Israel. In this situation Netanjahu had some more Arab families evicted in Jerusalem. I guess, he new how Hamas would react.
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  3237. I would make 3 changes: 1. Electronic trigger, this would implement auto/burst/single in digital electronic. This should remove more then 50% of the mechanical parts. 2. Factory preloaded 30 round magazines. 3. A 6-magazine revolver with pump action magazine replacement.
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  3238.  @Memovox  None of the three different military campaigns Russia waged on Ukraine for the last 8 years.
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  3239. You never wanted a Canada style deal. It would not solve your problems.
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  3240.  @paulbirks6440  The Canada deal still requires custom checks for all goods passing the border. It does not include (financial) services, and it requires the guarantee not to lower your standards.
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  3241.  @Writeous0ne  Only imperialists think it is s proxy war.
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  3242.  @lesbien3588  So you tell me that you have no idea what Nazis are. Every country has Nazis, Ukraine has Nazis, but Russia has more Nazis. And in the USA Nazis usually use the Confederate flag.
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  3243.  @JR-wf5kg  Being Russian is even less of an argument against being a Nazi.
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  3244. These "trade experts" focus on large companies. The large majority of the daily life is dominated by small enterprises. They will not be able to fulfill the requirements for a trusted trader. This kills the GFA.
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  3245. You mean Putler.
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  3246. Similar relevant as Farage.
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  3247.  @1jimmy534  But he has been times and times again, he was even working there. Furthermore, he has been on BBC for more often than resonable.
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  3248.  @dafyddchapman8691  Well, he is a snake oil salesman.
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  3249.  bart simpson  The reason for this war was the fact that the annexation of Crimea was to easy. Giving in to Putins demands will trigger the next war.
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  3250.  @arip172  We have one, but it does not have the competence and resources to coordinate the mithigation effords in the EU.
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  3251. Lost an apple at San Francisco Airport.
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  3252. Any international treaty has supremacy over national law. Otherwise it would be useless. A county needs to stand by its commitments or face the consequences. An international tribunal arbitrates the application of the treaty and it is up to the other countries part of the treaty to enforce it. Well, the EU rules are in fact international treaties. The ECJ is an international tribunal, and it is up to the rest of the EU to enforce the commitments Poland has committed to.
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  3253.  @ripLunarBirdCLH  International treaties do not care about local law. If you sign a treaty you are bound by your commitments. You cannot get out of your side of the contract by out ruling it in your own law. Otherwise, international treaties would be useless.
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  3254. IDF acted criminally.
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  3255. Once size fits all? More the opposite, different rules for different people.
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  3256. Well, a no deal Brexit will sober the UK. Afterwards it may be possible to have a productive negotiation with you.
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  3257.  @ricardosmythe2548  Where on earth are you from? You are surely no Briton.
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  3258.  @ricardosmythe2548  Sure, and the EU has no reason to appease the UK.
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  3259.  @ricardosmythe2548  The fist appeasement for the UK was the rebate. And it has led to nothing useful.
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  3260. Every country in the EU27 trades more with the other EU27 members than with the UK [even Ireland). So compromising the common market (omitting the backstop and a hard border) would be more damaging for the EU than a hard Brexit. EU politicians, the 27 governments and the industry agree, giving in to Boris would be more expensive than a no deal.
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  3261.  @2x3354  Das ZDF nennt die Stadt nicht Munich. Die meisten Nachrichtensender rund um die Welt wie auch Touristen tun das aber.
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  3262. At that time it was still a British processor, American OS manufacturing in China.
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  3263. The traditional Swabian way of educating: "Nicht geschimpft ist genug gelobt." or "Their silence is praise enough." It it really interesting how the regression toward the mean can fool educators towards negative feedback, as it seems to work on the short run.
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  3264. The shooting Nespresso Maschine.
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  3265. Becomming a part of any of these countries would be problematic, but becomming part of the EU as an independend country is an option.
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  3266.  @KrisZ-i2q  So black is white and white is black.
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  3267. A bunch of trolls.
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  3268. They may be overpowered, but they are as reliable as driving in a heavily tuned car.
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  3269.  @MaoDopamineDong  Delivery would be cheaper in the big cities, but far more expensive on the countryside. They would just charge the real effort. Getting a letter on a farm would be 50 dollars.
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  3270.  @MaoDopamineDong  You do not get it, do you. The dues in highly populated areas are used to finance the cost to deliver letters in areas with a low population density. The areas were it is profitable finance the delivery on the countryside. Companies are only interested in the profitable part of the business. In contrast, the post office is obliged to deliver to all the parts of the country. The less of the profitable part of the business the post can perforem the higher the costs will become.
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  3271.  @MaoDopamineDong  Well, the same is true for other governmental services like building streets or operating railways.
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  3272.  @MaoDopamineDong  Well, we all have a net benefit from a functioning soziety. We may not like this transfer of money, but without the soziety we all would be worse of.
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  3273. If it goes on like this they may need air defense vehicles to distribute aid.
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  3274.  @vjs8078  I am not really sure what your point is. The directer the access to the common market the stricter the alignment. A company with a technological advantage will be able to compete in any situation, but surely membership in the EU is the best deal.
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  3275. Mein Gott, es ist doch eigentlich ganz einfach. Wir können den Lockdown nur beenden, wenn wir effektives Contact-Tracing haben. Aber, damit Contact-Tracing funktioniert müssen die Fallzahlen so klein sein, dass die Gesundheitsämter sie direkt bearbeiten können.
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  3276.  @patrickr9417  Klar, aber man sollte eben auch die hier Logik dahinter darstellen.
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  3277. Lesson to whom?
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  3278. You have no cildren, have you.
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  3279. "the EU will not survive the decade." Brexiteres have told this since the UK joined the club. Has not really happened, on the contrary, the EU (EEC) has grown in each crisis. In contrast, it seems unlikely the UK will survive the next 5 years.
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  3280. Sorry, no cherries.
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  3281.  SEAN INGRAM  Why not?
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  3282.  @unknownstuntman4166  Still cheaper than flying in medicine and protecting collapsing industries and farming.
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  3283.  @unknownstuntman4166  You are funny
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  3284.  @unknownstuntman4166  I tend to agree about Corbin, but the bloke now promising lots of free stuff is Boris. Either he is lying or he wants to ruin the UK.
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  3285. 150cm*2.5cm*30cm*7.5g/cm³=84kg
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  3286. The crossbow is the better weapon for a well off craftsman defending his hometown. He can affort the crossbow, but he cannot draw the longbow.
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  3287.  @LeThelittleOnesComeToMe  The EU is a member of the WTO. The EU does not want to to stop the UK in doing anything. But the UK wants full and free access to the common market (far more than Canada), and the EU tells what is needed to have this. Take it or leave it.
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  3288.  @joecat4892  Well, if something is too expensive you usually do not shout but look for something cheaper.
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  3289.  @drumrk9090902  Well, the IMB has not increased trust in the UK.
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  3290.  @thomascooper7376  Well, the deal with Canada does not eliminate custom procedures and it does only provide for a very limited freedom of services. It would not solve the issues in Kent nor in the Irish sea.
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  3291.  @thomascooper7376  Your deluded.
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  3292.  @drumrk9090902  Have you been reading my posts? The UK wants a much deeper trade deal than most other countries and this requires deeper alignment. That is the whole explanation. There is no ill will, and no revenge in the position of the EU. If you want and need a similar access to the common market as Switzerland or Turkey you will get a similar deal. That is it, you are simply treated like an independent third country. That is what you wanted, wasn't it?
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  3293.  @joecat4892  The budget of the German military is about the same as in the UK. But I fully agree, the EU is nothing compared to the USA in this respect. But this is not the aim. The military only needs to be strong enough that an attack on your country will be damaging for the aggressor.
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  3294.  @joecat4892  Weapons that cannot be used are rather useless. Well, and when you defend your interest against an "aggressor" on the other side of the world this usually means you are the "aggressor".
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  3295.  @joecat4892  lt is not realistic for Germany to build nuclear weapons.
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  3296.  @joecat4892  Well, most countries on earth are interested in open trade routes and will open and defend them in their cloud. Do you seriously think Nigeria or china want their trade routes closed. The only exceptions are totally insulated countries like N Korea and failed states like Somalia. Working together in the UN allows for simple missions with a small load for the individual country and a reduced chance for an expensive and devastating proxy war.
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  3297.  @joecat4892  What "serious" military power are you talking about. All relevant powers are economic powers at the same time and similarly dependent on open trade routes. And this development is proceeding to a further integration of the world economy. The ability to project significant power may still be necessary at the moment, but we all should hope for a strengthening of the UN and a joint international response. At the moment the trade routes are mainly endangered by small nations and pirates, these are small forces and do net require large forces.
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  3298.  @joecat4892  Sure, if the military power would disappear overnight, this would lead to chaos. But we have to see the reality. Days of the military hegemony if the west are numbered. Many countries are catching up with the west in economic terms (China, India, Brasil, Nigeria, ...) and with economic power comes the opportunity for military might. In a few years the Western hegemony will be gone in any case. We still have the time and influence to reform UN into an organization that takes care of weaker countries. But if we try to oppress these countries it will backfire.
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  3299.  @drumrk9090902  No you can trade on WTO terms, the same is true for the EU. These are the requirements for a deal that contains full access for (financial) services.
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  3300.  @drumrk9090902  No the deal is not fair, it is better than fair, it is preferential. You are treated better than the average third country. It is the absolute best that a country that has proven its unreliability can get. The rule of law is the foundation of the common market. It is absolutely unthinkable to have a a country having full and free access it without following its rules. It would undermine trust and lead to the introduction of border checks within the EU. All member countries would suffer. No country will choose to suffer just to pamper the UK.
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  3301.  @drumrk9090902  So you you want to be treated worse?
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  3302.  @drumrk9090902  You seem not to heave red my post.
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  3303.  @drumrk9090902  The EU is treating you better than other countries. Well, take at or leave it.
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  3304.  @NTraveller  Who claimed that?
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  3305.  @Ethanace  That is not the question. Would you stop vaccination in the UK right now in order to send the vaccine to Australia?
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  3306.  @TheHamiltonRacing  So you want to stop vaccination in the UK and send the vaccine to Australia?
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  3307.  @Ethanace  The EU does not have a contract with Australia to deliver the vaccine. They have a contract with AZ. The EU also has a contract with AZ and AZ. Is not delivering. The EU is not just hoarding the vaccine. There are some backlogs and teething problems, that is all.
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  3308.  @indy5624  Well, and the Pfizer vaccine was developed in Germany. So what?
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  3309.  @slyfoxx8540  Inform yourself.
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  3310.  @Ethanace These doses are produced within the EU and AZ had not fulfilled its contract. With the EU. So your remark seems pointless.
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  3311. Sure the sooner you get out the better. I am only sad for all the sensible people in the UK.
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  3312.  @kevt3318 : What I see is a UK not signing a deal they asked the EU to write down.
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  3313.  @kevt3318 : It is what you voted for when you subtract the unicorns.
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  3314. Both sides. In case of a no deal Brexit it will be required in order to trade under WTO rules.
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  3315. I hope the Gepard tanks will arrive soon they should be useful against drones.
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  3316. Weidel hat vor ihren eigenen Fans gewarnt?
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  3317. Previous to the opium war China was the worlds largest economy. Then it was crushed by Europeans and Amerika. They want to come back and they deserve it.
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  3318. Please do not send them to Germany, these people have made way to much damage here. And we are still struggeling to get rid of them.
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  3319. The requirement for tall soldiers has a reason in the times of the mussel loading weapons. The length of the rifle used is limited by the shortest soldier in an army being able to load it while standing. Longer rifles allow longer reach, taller soldiers in principle can shoot further.
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  3320.  @leapsplashafrog : Switzerland has more than 100 deals with the EU and a sufficient number of customs officers. The UK has neither.
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  3321. Well, I would not call it best effort, if the vaccine is actually produced in Belgium and then exported out of the EU while telling the administration there was no vaccine avaliable.
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  3322.  @oldskoolrools3087  Well, if the company signs a contract saying: "If we are able to produce it we will deliver in February, " and they are able to produce, but still do not deliver, it is a breach of contract. This has nothing to do with the other costumers.
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  3323.  @oldskoolrools3087  Well, the only reason it is working out fine in the UK are some unelected officials in the civil service and the NHS. You do not think the chaos cabinet could run this in any meaningful way, do you?
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  3324.  @paulgarry4035  Putin hat ja schon die Länder aufgezählt welche die NATO verlassen sollen. Da gehört Deutschland dazu. Das wird kein land freiwillig machen. Wenn Russland einen Baltischen staat angreift, dann werden wir verpflichtet sein auch soldaten zu senden. Lasst uns der Ukraine helfen und so weitere Russische Angriffe verhindern.
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  3325. Well, based on the number of appearances of Farage on BBC compared with the Liberals or the SNP, I would call it the Brexit Brodcasting Channel.
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  3326. So why are the Britons such bad allies?
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  3327.  @olafgunnerson3988  Well, if there is war you will cope with assholes, it peacetime that becomes cumbersome.
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  3328.  @Anymonkey70  "i understand there is a cost but the uk will need it's resources to grow. Now i have no problem sharing and offering the EU access to uk waters but not giving it away. Then state aid will will need to pump money into forgotten sectors of our economy and not be restricted. How can we find common ground on that?" The fish caught in British waters spends its childhood in waters ao Germany and the Netherlands. The small fishes could be caught there but it would provide only a small benefit for German and Dutch fishers and a huge loss for British fishers. Therefore, rules for the common use of British waters are about 150 years old.
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  3329.  @Anymonkey70  "I'm from the north and seen one factory after another close. Now i don't blame the eu for that i blame the tory government making deals from eu and other country suppliers. At the same time i could not justify 250m per week leaving the uk for the eu. My vote leave was for money coming inward and accountability from the government that doesn't seem to remember how to govern anymore. The more i hear how we can't do this anymore the more i think we should be able to." Brexit will not benefit the UK. The 250m a week are well invested and pay back manifold. The north of England needs a long therm steady investment. At the present day, most of this investment is coming from the EU. But payments of the EU are not sufficient, they are not meant to be. London needs to invest there too. Let me give you an example. In the 1960s the north of Germany and the area around Colone were the most productive areas in Germany. Bavaria and Baden-Würtemberg were mainly agrarian. But Germany invested in these areas for decades. And while the old industries at the cost and around Colone are mostly gone, now Bavaria and Baden-Würtemberg are the areas of the German high tech industry. If you pass the Black Forrest you will find lots of medium-sized companies delivering to the world market. But this took decades of investment.
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  3330. Full and free acces to the common market requires the level playing field regardless if you are a member of the EU or not. This was clear from the beginning. Take it or leave it.
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  3331. The EU has always negotiated in good faith, it was always prepared to stand by its commitments, and it never asked for anything unreasonable bust to make a point. Any red line of the EU can be motivated. In contrast the UK send idiots like Davit Davis to the negotiations, that neither showed knowledge nor good faith. Actually, there is a video of David Davis before he went to Brussels where he claimed the UK would not need to stand by its commitments. The UK showed bad faith from the beginning.
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  3332.  @albertmcmullen2669  Any political organization including countries are artificial constructs. They are made by men, not nature. At present your accusations against the EU seem to be far more appropriate for the UK, not the EU.
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  3333. Please, Robert Koch is pronounced different than Coca-Cola.
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  3334. Thanks, Thunderf00t. Well, if we have life anywhere in the Solar system, apart from Earth, my guess would be on the oceans below of the surface of Titan. Our nitrogen atmosphere is obviously the result of metabolisms.
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  3335.  @goodcorwin627  Correct, but we have no ammonia left in our biosphere. Most of the nitrogen came to the Earth as ammonia. Elementary nitrogen is to volatile. It cannot even be found in comets even so they formed in a much colder environment than Earth. At a certain point biological organisms on earth started to convert CO2 and water into biological matter. They therefore generated oxygen. But this oxygen did not accumulated in the atmosphere, it oxidized the ammonia into nitrogen and water, and it oxidized iron II oxide into iron III oxide. Million of years of biological activity could not generate any free oxygen on earth. Well and I assume the amount of ammonia om Titan is orders of magnitude larger than on earth.
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  3336.  @goodcorwin627  Well, and there is another thing. The ice-moons look more or less similar to each other. And we can explain the differences caused by different sizes and differently strong tidal effects (Io is an extreme example) . Titan, however, is very different for no clear reason. It has more or less the same chemical composition, and it is exposed to similar tidal effects. Still it has a dense nitrogen atmosphere.
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  3337. It is crazy most African Americans are to about 50% of European origin. In other words, they are 50% white. So it is not really about race but purely about prejudice.
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  3338. Is this an April Fool joke? It misrepresents all the so called woke points.
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  3339.  @iscrampad2194  Well, in this case the authot of this video is himself one of the intelligent but overly radicalised guys he describes.
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  3340. When you discuss an object and its potentials, it would seem beneficial to boil it down to particle physics. In this case, you have a clearly limited number of well-defined potential states they can develop into. This simplifies the thought process and does not limit the general applicability of the result. We are all made of these particles and what is true for a small number of them is true for a larger number. It will only be a more complex version of the same. Now, discussing this we can see that based on Quantum Mechanics nearly all transitions are happening spontaneously. The best example is here a radioactive element. It can be stable for a very long period of time but it will suddenly decay without any external influence. A large number of atoms will follow a well-defined curve, a curve that shows that there is no external influence on this decay. The same is true for most other processes in Quantum Mechanics. None of these processes need or even allow for an "actuallizer".
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  3341. Are you speaking about globalists line JRM, Farage, or BOJO?
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  3342. Well, for every deadline passed the situation of the UK becomes more difficult.
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  3343. Der Typ war AFD anhänger.
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  3344.  @pdxmarine1430  I ment concept in the sense of military requirements and use. I am aware that the technical realization in the G11 is very different.
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  3345.  @MrWasGehtSieDasAn01  I have not heard about many incidents and there is a lot of traffic in this area. Still, if a Chinese military fleet would enter the San Francisco bay, you would at least send your own fleet to escort them. Wouldn^t you?
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  3346.  @MrWasGehtSieDasAn01  Sure, it matters if it is necessary to pass this close. If it is not necessary, it could be seen as an attack. If there is reason to pass this close there is no reason to stop such a convoy, but it is fully legitimate to escort these ships until they leave the countrys territory.
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  3347. @Harry Grigg I was always wondering about the artificial joint design. Any of these designs are so fundamentally violating anything humans would design if it was not inside a human body. They are not really lubricated, and all these designs have waring issues. Now, in this case, I guess the wearing was smaller but the dust generated was more toxic.
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  3348. These are horrible deeds done by Germans. I think we should help with Namibias development to pay our dues. I wonder if China, India, Kenya... may want similar reparation from the UK.
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  3349.  @AT-gu8by : German officials left Namibia more than 100 years ago.
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  3350.  @AT-gu8by : I tend to agree with you. However, this leads to a questionable chain of logical conclusions. So the British should leave Australia and the USA and the Spanish should leave Mexico (and some other countries). Actually, I am happy I do not have the means to force any of these actions.
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  3351.  @AT-gu8by : Tell me are you actually from Namibia?
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  3352.  @AT-gu8by : In this case I want to apologize. I did not want to relativize our responsibility as Germans.
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  3353.  @AT-gu8by : Sometimes I am not sure if you are the most hated, German bashing is very popular in some communities. Do not misunderstand me, I do not deny our responsibility. However, it is bewildering when a white Briton uses the colonial past to reinforce his idea of the ugly German.
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  3354.  @AT-gu8by : No human should make another one suffer. No country should invade in another country. So for me the foundation of the UN was a great day for Humanity. Sadly the organization is still toothless to a large extent.
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  3355. The entitlement of the British population is astounding, being not the slave master but one of equals is experienced as slavery.
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  3356. For the EU no deal surely is better than BoJos deal.
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  3357.  @kt550  Sure, masks protect from most viruses. Most virus particles are exhaled as part of droplets. The mask can absorb these droplets and bind the virus. The size of the virus particle itself is not relevant. Things are different for measles, but for Covid 19 masks do work.
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  3358.  @kt550  Any mask improves the situation but sure a N-95 or K-95 mask would be better.
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  3359.  @kt550  No mask is 100% save, any mask increases protection.
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  3360.  @kt550  I am wearing K-95 masks. Sure surgical masks have a lower protection, for the user, but they are still far better than not wearing any mask at all. Of course K-95 and surgical masks are especially good in protecting the surrounding from your infection.
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  3361. Well, you do not need to bow to anyone. We just expect you to stand by your commitments.
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  3362.  @d15ude  Made my day.
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  3363. We have similar idiots in politics too, but only in fringe parties.
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  3364. It offers a service mainly for the UK.
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  3365.  @keegan773  Well, I guess there are better uses for the trains within the EU.
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  3366. I thought they went with the Russian vaccine. Well, in recent days the production has been ramped up considerably. The facility in Marburg has opened.
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  3367. One could use them with a 2000m cable a bit like the original Goliat. Sure, one could cut the cable, but this would mean running towards the explosive.
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  3368.  @mikehonk937  Article 50 was triggered and the negotiations have taken place. The Brexit vote was far from being ignored. But consent does not require people to shut up, and now, as we know the deal it would be interesting to see if there is still a majority for this Brexit.
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  3369.  @mikehonk937  OK, now do the math, wen halve of the Brexiters (like you) want no deal, but the other halve wants a deal. What does this make the about 50% Remainers? Correct it makes them a majority.
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  3370. Die isolation ist eigentlich stand der Technick. Schwierig wird es, weil man ja den Zug auf die Supraleiter stellen will.
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  3371. The sanctions are working, but sadly too slow.
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  3372.  @aaa7189  Solar panels do not really use precious metals. The semiconductor is silicon and the electric contacts are aluminum. Some of the most abundant materials of the crust of the earth.
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  3373.  @aaa7189  Are you deleting my answer?
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  3374.  @aaa7189  Whatever, rear earth is used in the magnets of generators but not in solar cells.
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  3375. Less corrupt than the UK.
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  3376.  @Jack-fs2im : You know full well that the investigations regarding the overspending and illegal sources of the leave campaigns are currently on halt due to political sensitivity. There are numerous hints but not a legal result. However, if you think this would a reason to delete my post please tell the same to keegan773 as the EU is surely no corrupt organization. The insular event of corruption of individual employees does not discredit the whole organization.
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  3377.  @Jack-fs2im : Show me you asked "keegan773" for the same scrutiny or shut up.
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  3378.  @Jack-fs2im  : I could try to explain, but Phil knows the stuff much better than me: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hs8Z4UnNuts
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  3379. I was growing up in Frankfurt, so I do not really know what you are talking about.
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  3380. I am boostered and wearing the mask anyway. So, if I understand you correctly, in the USA I would not need to change any of my daily routine when in contact to an infected person.
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  3381. This misrepresentation of the European position is really awful. Any country that wants full and direct access to the common market needs to follow its rules. The rule of law is fundamental for the function of the common market. Any deterioration would cost all member countries more than the trade deal with the UK could ever compensate for. No deal is better than a bad deal, but only for the EU.
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  3382.  @privatespam  You never asked fot the same deal as e.g. Canada. It would not help you in your situation. Canada has agreed not to lower its standarts, but still all deliveries need to be checked at the borders. Furthermore, Canadian banks have no passporting rights in the EU.
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  3383.  @privatespam  Well, in public he may be banging about a Canada style deal, but actually it is more often about Canada +++ and any additional access requires additional alignment. Fish is a red herring. The ECJ is just one of many international courts. As far as I know it is the cheapest, meaning it allows groups with a smaller budget sue. It is therefore accessible not only for multi billion dollar companies. But I guess we could agree to a different court.
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  3384. Any trade deal binds the partners. The there are products where Canada and the EU declared equivalency of their regulations. Now neither Canada nor the EU can lower its regulations. Trade deals have a significant impact on the internal legislation of a country.
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  3385. Refurbishment wäre das richtige Wort. Die Rakete muss vollständig zerlegt und von Grund neu aufgebaut werden. Das kostet einen ordentlichen Anteil vom Neupreis und braucht mindestens einen Monat.
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  3386.  @Blanka1100  I am aware, that Putin is not trustworthy, but that is irrelevant. If we can stop the war we will save many lives. Taking Ukraine into NATO, and preventing further wars is the next step.
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  3387.  @aeye9772  Putin pushed for dominance of Ukraine since he is in office. And he pushes for war since 2014. Russia has blocked the Ukrainian call for a UN peace keeping mission in Donbass, just to have a "justification" to invade.
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  3388.  @aeye9772  Ukraine never signed to be neutral, they signed their nuclear weapons away, and Russia signed to protect the Ukrainian territorial integrity. Furthermore, Russia never wanted a neutral Ukraine they tried to transform Ukraine into a puppet, as they have done with Belarus. Finland had become a part of the EU, while staying a neutral country. Well, what happens in Russia and Belarus after each election is a coup, in Ukraine they had a revolution. If Russia was justified to invade Ukraine, wouldn't that also mean that the EU was justified to invade Belarus? Putin was never interested in the working of the Minsk agreement, otherwise he had not vetoed a UN mission to supervise the cease fire. Instead he supplied artillery to the separatists and showed crocodile tears when the Ukrainian army had to shoot back. All the 8 years of war in Donbass is on Putin.
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  3389.  @cryptoloader7223  No it is the typical blustering of someone who is loosing control.
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  3390.  @dosa2990  Russians had the upper hand in the first week of the war. Now the war has been pretty much been grinding to a hold.
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  3391.  @dosa2990  Up to the Russian border.
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  3392.  Yu Rt  Do you want to contribute? I am not using my native language either.
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  3393. Are the fires in Zentralia counted as part of the US CO2 emission?
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  3394.  @dingbell2000  It is called enforcing a contract. The EU has a contract with AZ that promises a delivery of a certain amount of doses to a certain date. Producing in the EU but exporting instead of fulfilling the contract violates the best reasonable effort clause.
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  3395.  @abrahamlincoln5661  "I would not be surprised if AZ stopped making the vaccine in the EU altogether.." Well, that is the Brexiter spirit, cutting yourself off from one of the worlds most important market for medical products and from the chance to get EU funding for future projects. "and instead of vaccine give the EU a lawsuit for slander," There are valid issues to be checked with all new medical products. The Paul Ehrlich institute recommended the halt of the vaccination process and the German government went with the science. "the release of confidential contracts and illegal seizure of their property..that at this point is what the EU deserves." Well, contracts are enforced, that is not an seizure. This is the prevention of illegal exports.
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  3396.  @abrahamlincoln5661  "Are they..because i understand there was a confidentiality clause in the agreement between AZ and the EU..one that the EU has clearly broken;" Has Pascal Soriot broken this confidentiality clause first? "but i expect as usual they will not hold themselves to their own rules." Well, the EU and the member countries usually uphold their own rules, this was the reason for Brexit, was it not? "Any agreement with the EU is useless, the EU and it's member states cannot be trusted to abide by it anyway..as AZ just found out...the EU are even talking now of just stealing their patents..do not expect any other country to honour yours in return." That is a projection of the behavior of the UK and AZ.
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  3397.  @emp8653  Actually, the order the contracts were signed is irrelevant. The UK has a contract with AZ and the EU has a contract with AZ. Both contracts have delivery dates. AZ agreed to the later contract and certain delivery dates despite having other contracts. So they need to serve both contracts. For the relationship of the EU to AZ only the this contract is of relevance. Producing in the EU but exporting instead of fulfilling the contract is violating best reasonable effort.
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  3398.  @abrahamlincoln5661  Well, Pascal Soriot has cited the redacted parts of the contract in his interview. So he either violated this clause first or he made it fair game. Also no..the EU and it's member states don't, that is one of the reasons for brexit...does the EU emissions scandal ring a bell? Well, there are numerous disagreements about how to interpret EU rules and these disagreements are resolved in the ECJ. So no nobody violates EU rules in the long term. Well and the UK despises the ECJ because it could force you to stand by your commitments. "not the UK talking about taking patents..it is the EU;" To my knowledge only the USA, India, and China are doing this.
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  3399.  @SerBallister  "Obviously the UK cheated by researching, developing and manufacturing their own vaccine as opposed to waiting for the EU one to materialise, which they would have been giving lower priority access to anyway. The UK are guilty of making the EU look incompetent." Very funny, the first vaccine available in the UK was developed by Biontech in Germany. But Germans did not behave like assholes unlike someone else.
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  3400.  @emp8653  Well, the contract the UK has with AZ may have propriety for AZ (because you are paying more per dose then the EU), but this is irrelevant for the relationship of AZ towards the EU. The EU has a contract with a delivery date. AZ needs to fulfill its commitment otherwise they cannot export (at least not to industrialized countries). The legal action in the UK against AZ shows the true nature of the UK but it is once again irrelevant for the relationship of AZ with the EU. By the way, India seems to have cut down even more on the exports of the vaccine.
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  3401.  @abrahamlincoln5661  Nobody claims the ECJ was not fair, nobody but Brexiters. "it was the EU commission that allowed the VW emissions scandal to happen...they were co conspirators." Well, the cars fulfilled all the required specs. I have never heard any British MEPs calling for a stricter test regime before 2008. So the UK is also a co conspirator as much or as little as the other member countries. Well, hindsight is a beautiful thing. Well, finally, your third point links to a parliamentary question for the commission. It is just a question, nit a draft and surely no law. Should we take all the nonsense that is said in the houses of parliament similar serious? Let is discuss this in the very unlikely case this would become law. And even then, why on earth should it involve the AZ vaccine?
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  3402.  @abrahamlincoln5661  Well, the bad part of the rule of law is that you yourself need to uphold it. The UK was violating human rights. The government had not taken the effort to make a law that upholds human rights and still reaches its goal. You should be happy they were called back, this way the ECJ protected the freedom of the UK. As I said, the UK was complicit in writing the rules how to test a car. No British politician was loudly fighting for stricter rules. "Yeah..it was just a question being asked by the European Commission" No, you should learn to read. It was a question of some MEPs to be answered by the Commission.
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  3403.  @dingbell2000  Sure, Brexiters always talk like the fascists some of them are. Nobody is stealing anything, the EU is just enforcing the contract they have.
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  3404.  @emp8653  Well, the USA has an export ban and the UK has a de facto export ban. It is the India, China, Russia and the EU that supply the word with vaccine. The EU could enforce an export ban just as the USA did. But we do not want to do this, we care for the rest of the world. We only want to be treated fairly. If AZ cannot meet their contracts, they need to under supply each customer by the same fraction. If they are not willing to do this action needs to be taken. We have not started this mess it was the UK.
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  3405.  @dingbell2000  I would guess most of the Brexiters have been voting for the current far right government of the UK. The Tories can be called far right since David Cameron as they left the conservative grouping in the EU parliament and entered a far right grouping. They defined themselves as far right. Current actions of Priti Patel contribute tho this assessment. Well, the UK has a more selfish contract showing your true nature. Not the type of contract any responsible country would strike. The USA has a full export ban for vaccine, there is no reason the EU could not do the same. But we do not want to act like that. All we want is for AZ to fulfill the contract.
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  3406.  @emp8653  Well, neither a real ban nor a de facto ban are morality correct. But a ban is possible and would be a measure of last resort. At the moment we are just talking about an enforcement of an existing contract. And sure the two sites in the UK are contracted to the EU too.
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  3407.  @emp8653  "No, again they are not. They aren't contracted to the EU until after AstraZeneca provide the initial 300 million doses. Until that happens the UK sites aren't under any contractual obligation to supply the EU, at all." There is no such exclusion in the contract of the EU. The contract AZ has with the UK is if no relevance for the EU. AZ promised the same goods to two customers, it is their job to make it work. "The only reason it was agreed the sites would help supply the EU after the initial doses is most likely because they'd assumed the UK vaccine rollout would be complete by then, leaving the sites producing vaccines only for exportation." So you think it was assumed the rollout in the UK was finished in February. Wow, that is stupid. No it was added fraudulently. "This is still on track to happen, it looks like the UK rollout will be complete before the EU's initial 300 million doses are delivered, which then frees up the UK sites to support the EU." It seems to be the reality and it is a breach of the contract AZ has signed. "I also want to add why would it be needed as a last resort when they aren't even using the vaccines they already have? 41% of the EU's AstraZeneca vaccines are sat unused in fridges, why aren't they addressing the vaccines not being used instead of demanding even more? Why not first use what they have like every other country is doing, instead of making vaccination rollouts harder for everyone else?" Link or it aint so!
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  3408.  @emp8653  I was not talking about the date the doses were due but the date they were requested. If shipping from these sites had started in February AZ would have been able to fulfill their commitments for the first quarter. Regarding the storage. The interactive map in this article is not available. But I know that in my region of Germany the report were due on the day the vaccine arrived. They had just the time to store it away. So 100% was unused. Furthermore, if supply is so unreliable, no appointment for vaccinations can be made until the vaccine has arrived.
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  3409.  @emp8653  The EU does not need to care what contract the UK has with AZ. Only the contract between the EU and AZ is relevant. AZ has not excluded any delivery from these facilities in their contract with the EU (not permanent and not temporary). AZ could have added the clause to deliver to the EU once the UK had its 100m doses, in this case I would agree with you. They did not. So there is no reason for the EU not to insist in the fulfillment of the contract as AZ would be obviously capable to do so.
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  3410.  @emp8653  Nice so, we agree that no shipment from the UK were to expect. Still, this does not change a thing since the production within the EU was more than sufficient to fulfill the requirements. And for these sites no such clause was in the contracts.
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  3411.  @emp8653  The amount od doses produced by AZ in the EU is more than sufficient for AZ to honor the commitments they made. But they export the vaccine instead of honoring the contract. So the EU needs to enforce the contract.
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  3412.  @emp8653  Right now we are only talking about the contract of AZ with the EU. Other contracts are the issue of AZ not the EU. In any case the EU will still allow for exports once AZ has fulfilled its contract. But if you want to show your moral superiority, the UK can stand back and allow AZ to export the vaccine to fulfill its other contracts, just as the EU has done before.
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  3413.  @emp8653  No it would reduce and not deny the deliveries to other customers. Only the UK and the USA are acting so reprehensible to deny any export to other countries.
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  3414. The UK has blocked vaccine exports. Morally and effective it does not matter if this is done by a law or a contract. And it was not for you not to promise the vaccine. It was promised by AZ. The UK does not produce the vaccine, AZ does.
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  3415.  @emp8653  Sure I understand: "The UK sites were never part of the initial doses production sites, get that in your head. They are contracted to help AFTER the initial doses have been delivered." I understand exactly, this is a reprehensible export ban, in no way different to the USA. You do not seem to understand.
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  3416.  @emp8653  The USA and any other country will lift the export ban too once they are supplied. So the fact that the UK will export vaccine once it is supplied, is exactly the definition of an export ban. Unlike the UK and the USA the EU has and will not implement an export ban. In any case we are only talking about a limitation.
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  3417.  @emp8653  No unlike the UK and the USA the EU has not implemented a complete export ban. The EU continues to export to numerous countries, contributing to the global fight against Covid 19. Even AZ can continue to export. All the EU has done is to limit the export from AZ in order to enforce the contract with AZ. "You still haven't addressed my question: Why should the EU be prioritised when they haven't used 45% of the vaccines they already have?" The EU has a tiny bit of AZ vaccine and the supply is insecure. Remember, it is devided up to 450m citizens. Due to the insecure delivery any appointment for the vaccination can only be done once the vaccine arrived. Furthermore, half of the vaccine needs to be hold back to realize the second vaccination after one month (once again due to the insecure supply). Therefore, having used 55% in this state of the AZ delivery is a rather high value. More doses and a more reliable supply are are needed, but AZ to be unable to realize this. Well, this issue my become irrelevant very soon as the new Biontech facility in Marburg comes online these days.
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  3418.  @emp8653  "Again, something I have pointed out maybe 3-4 times at this point; the EU hasn't exported anything, private companies have." Your repetition makes it more stupid any time you repeat it. No private company has exported any Covid 19 vaccine from the UK or the USA. Therefore, you have an effective full export ban.
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  3419.  @emp8653  "And EVERY country right now is facing reduction in vaccine supply, not just the EU. So why should they be able to make a law overnight to prioritise themselves?" The EU, has a social aspect in these export limitations, it does not restrict the export to developing countries. Does this satisfy you?
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  3420.  @emp8653  Well, it is a humanitarian decision of course. But the companies can export as much to other countries as they want as long as they give the EU its fair share. "Yes the EU has had less vaccines delivered than they wanted, but that is no different to anywhere else. It certainly doesn't justify making a situation for another country worse either." The UK surely got a higher fraction of what they ordered. The need of vulnerable people in the UK and in Australia is much lower than in the EU. In the UK because they are already vaccinated and in Australia because the overall danger is low. In contrast, the export to south America is vital, so for sure exporting to developing countries is a it is a humanitarian decision. If you really agree to the goal to minimize global death you should welcome the decision of the EU.
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  3421.  @emp8653  "Because the companies in the EU are private owned, the EU doesn't own the vaccines. That means they aren't the ones exporting the vaccines, the private companies are. Therefore the EU hasn't exported vaccines" Sure but they have allowed the companies to export vaccine unlike the USA and the UK. That is getting really repetitive. You sound dumber and dumber on each repetition. Nice that the USA, unlike the UK is starting to act reasonably. Canada imported the vaccine from the EU because the USA had an export ban.
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  3422.  @emp8653  ""The companies can export as much to other countries as they want" except they can't, what do you think this whole issue is over? And what would be "fair share"? More than everyone else? " No, the same fraction as other countries including the UK. "Or just enough that the EU doesn't have the shortages everywhere else is going through?" No, the same fraction as other countries including the UK. "Of course the UK had a higher fraction delivered. Not only was the order three times smaller, but AstraZeneca had longer to deliver it? A comparison like that only works if deliveries started at the same time and for the same amount ordered." This is not a coffee shop but these are contracts with delivery dates. "How is the need in the UK less of that in the EU? Only 5 million people have had their second dose and true protection only occurs weeks after inoculation." Well, all venerable people in the UK had at least the first dose. So the amount of people to save with1000 doses is smaller in the UK. "The first valid point you've made all day was the one on Australia. " Fine. "Again, why should the life of someone in a developing country be deemed more valuable just because their country is developing? Covid-19 has hit countries hard regardless of how developed a country is. Covid-19 is not a disease of poverty, there are vulnerable individuals in every country. So why should a developing country be allowed the vaccines they bought over one that isn't developing?" The countries in South America have been hit very hard and the virus is raging. In addition it is harder for these countries to purchase the vaccine. Finally it helps avoiding further mutations of the virus. "The UK has the fourth highest death toll per 100,000 in Europe and you want to start bringing up global death, as if the UK hasn't battled with Covid as badly as the EU." You have been hit worse because your government was late in the first lock down. "You say humanitarian as if the vaccines are being sent by the EU out of goodwill." No I did not say this. "South and Central American countries have made an agreement with AstraZeneca just like the EU. The cost of Mexico and Argentina's vaccines for example are being covered by Mexican billionaire Carlos Slim." Very nice but not the point. "Again, the EU don't have the right to "allow" a private company to do business, that's not how the world works. As I have already pointed out it would be illegal under WTO rules to not allow it." Actually they have. In cases of an emergency seize required goods is legal. But that is not what is done. However, all the EU has done is to force the contract with AZ. "Lmao you say I'm being repetitive? The only reason I'm having to repeat myself is because you keep bringing up the same nonsense." Sure you are repeating the same nonsense over and over. "So acting reasonably is fulfilling their contractual obligations to another country, something the EU itself isn't allowing a private company to do. Therefore by your standards the EU is not acting reasonably." The EU has no contractual obligation AZ has. The company has contractural obligations towards the EU, anything else is irrelevant. "The UK hasn't made any contractual agreements, therefore there is nothing to fulfil, why is that not getting in your head?" Fine, once again neither has the EU. " If a coffee shop is closed for business you can't complain you haven't got your coffee?" Once again, that is not a coffey shop, these are contracts with delivery dates. "The UK isn't open for negotiation yet as they have already stated that when their rollout is finished their sites will only be used for exportation." Sure, you have an export ban until the end of the rollout. Well, it is good the EU does not need to negotiate with the UK about this. "How is the EU better? They haven't exported anything, that was private companies. All the EU has done is block exports and made threats." All the UK and the USA have done is to bock exports. "Also you never did answer my question properly, I asked why should the EU be prioritised when they haven't used 45% of the vaccines they have? Don't go ignoring half the question now." I HAVE ANSWERED THE QUESTION. ARE YOU TO STUPID TO READ??????
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  3423.  @emp8653  I HAVE ANSWERED THE QUESTION READ IT: The EU has a tiny bit of AZ vaccine and the supply is insecure. Remember, it is spread up to 450m citizens. Due to the insecure delivery any appointment for the vaccination can only be done once the vaccine arrived. Furthermore, half of the vaccine needs to be hold back to realize the second vaccination after one month (once again due to the insecure supply). Therefore, having used 55% in this state of the AZ delivery is a rather high value. More doses and a more reliable supply are are needed, but AZ seems to be unwilling to realize this.
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  3424.  @emp8653  Well as I said a new large facility in Germany has just come online. So we most likely will be fine, but we will remember the behavior of the UK and AZ.
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  3425.  @dataaccount5184  Both contracts contain a best effort clause. Well the EU has the position that producing in the EU but not fulfilling the contract but exporting the vaccine violates best effort. In any case is was extremely stupid of AZ to tamper with the second largest market for medical products on the planet.
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  3426.  @dataaccount5184  "Typical …. Ignore the fact that the vaccine is British." So what the first vaccine used in the UK was German. "Ignore the fact that the (UK) funded the project with £20million of (UK) tax payers money not knowing if it was going to be successful." Sure and other countries also funded their vaccine development not knowing if it was going to be successful. What is the relevance? "Ignore the fact that the (UK) funded £21million into Dutch vaccine factory to get it up and running." Sure and the EU also contributed to this build up, what is your point. "Ignore the fact that it is manufactured at cost price and makes no profit." The Jenner institute is providing it non profit, the same is not true for AZ. "Ignore the fact that the (UK) place their order with a legal contractual obligation to supply (UK) first … 3 months before the EU signed their contract, because they were haggling for a better price." The time the order was placed is irrelevant, the contract contains delivery dates. "Typical of the EU in crises …. Let’s ignore all that, let’s just stop anyone else having it, as we are the big bully boys." Well that is the attitude of the UK and seemingly you personally.
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  3427.  @dataaccount5184  "🤣 manufacturing and selling the vaccine at cost price to the world so that poorer countries can afford to vaccinate their people." Cool, but worthless if contracts are not honored. "Sending vaccines to Australia because the EU stopped their supply." So the British government and AZ are in fact one entity? That is interesting! "Sending vaccines to the Commonwealth countries. If this makes us bullies I will wear it as a badge of honour." Well, there was orders of magnitude more vaccine exported from the EU. So you agree that the EU acted more honorably than the UK?
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  3428.  @kevt3318  Well, the German taxpayer financed Biontech, the vaccine marketed by Pfizer was the first available vaccine in the UK. So, I guess we are eaven in regard of the investment in vaccine development. By the way, Oxford University in general and the especially the Jenner institute received a lot of EU funding. No one wants to steal any vaccine. The EU is simply enforcing contractual obligations.
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  3429.  @dataaccount5184  "China,Russia,America, UK, the only countries to have come up with a vaccine ....." Are you this clueless, or do you pretend to be? The first vaccine available in the UK was developed in Germany by Bionteck. Pfizer is just a licensee. This company was chosen to help the USA. Pfizer could not deliver the full quota, but they under delivered each customer to the same fraction. They acted fair.
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  3430.  @dataaccount5184  "chose to partner up with the little known company BioNteck as a joint venture." No they that is not a joined venture, they are licensing from Biontech. "Fizer is not just the licensee it is joint owner of the intellectual property of the vaccine." Well, they may have acquired the permanent license to produce the vaccine, but they cannot prevent Biontech to give out other licenses or to produce it themselves. And that is what they are doing, from now on Biontech produces about the same amount as Pfizer does. "Just as the EU’s history books will try to make the false claim that it was the EU who vaccinated the world …. with a vaccine they did not own. 🤣🤣🤣" Well, Britons usually conflate the EU and all their member countries. And in this case it would be true, it is partly in ownership of Germany.
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  3431.  @kevt3318  "the UK imposed more punishment clauses than the EU." and the UK demanded that all the production would go to the UK. In one word the UK acted repreensibel. "the UK imposed more punishment clauses than the EU." Orders of magnitude less than the actions of the UK.
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  3432.  @kevt3318  You were, quicker and supposedly better informed. However, unlike the UK, the EU never demanded any company producing in the EU to deliver only to the EU.
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  3433.  @kevt3318  No, the UK required AZ to deliver all 100m doses BEFORE exporting from the UK. An effective contractual export ban.
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  3434.  @kevt3318  Well, it prevents all UK manufacturers to export any vaccine. In its result and in its moral implications it is a ban.
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  3435.  @kevt3318  Well, the EU has no contract with the UK over vaccine, they have a contract with AZ. The EU does not need to care about the contract of AZ with the UK. The only thing relevant for the EU is its own contract with AZ. Well, and producing in the EU and not delivering but exporting is not best effort. In this case the EU can force the contract.
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  3436.  @kevt3318  No, that is not true. Actually for most vaccine the show is the other way around. All companies in the EU are allowed to export, including AZ. No company was pushed to grant an exclusive contract to the EU. The EU is not acting like the USA or the UK.
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  3437.  @kevt3318  So the UK has banned 100% of vaccine exports and the EU has stopped 0.25% of its vaccine exports? Wow, what a comparison.
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  3438.  @kevt3318  Well, 40mio doses were exported from the EU and only 100k were stopped.
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  3439.  @Food00  Russia does not allow countries to stay neutral. It made Belarus a puppet state, and if Janocowich had stayed in office Ukraine would be a puppet too.
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  3440.  @Food00  Nothing was fine in Ukraine of 2013, and nothing is fine in Belarus. The West is in a similar situation in regards of Belarus, as Russia is in regards of Ukraine. And still, this was no reason for the West to invade it's neighbor.
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  3441.  @Food00  Cuba has never seen a large scale invasion. There was a brief insurgency, as there has been 8 years of Russian insurgency in Ukraine. Currently, there is only a US embargo against Cuba, the trade with the rest of NATO is free. Nobody would have an issue if there was a Russian embargo against Ukraine. But we are talking about a European problem. Ukraine and Belarus are not only neighbors to Russia but also neighbors to the EU. These countries being neutral is fine for us, but these countries becoming puppets of Russia compromises the security architecture for the EU and for NATO members. The fact that Russia could invade Ukraine via Belarusian ground, means Belarus is a potential thread for the EU and for NATO.
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  3442.  @Food00  I responded to your comment, but since you deleted it, my answer did not seem relevant.
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  3443.  @Food00  Are you kidding me? Ukraine has never ever provoked Russia. And sure, Russia has constantly been poking and threatening EU and NATO. Demanding of NATO to retreat to the situation of 1990 is clearly a thread for all new NATO members. And Russia has been financing far right and far left parties in the EU and in the USA. Russia does not want to push an agenda, but just wants to cause chaos.
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  3444.  @Food00  "nato provoke Russia by using Ukraine ." No, Ukraine wanted to become a member of NATO because it was afraid of Russia. And the current situation proved them right. "Russia has been talking about its dislike to nato’s expansion since ." It is Russia that has caused this expansion of NATO. Russia has threatened its neighbors and they looked for the safety of NATO membership. Had Russia acted friendly and constructive without feeling the need to control its neighbors these countries would have seen no need to become members of NATO. And the current actions of Russia have cause a further expansion of NATO, as Sweden and Finland now want to join. "But us also financed neo nazis in Ukraine ." The USA and the members of the European Union have financed Ukraine and its military in order to resist the Russian onslaught. They have never directly financed any Nazis. In contrast, Russia has directly founded the WAGNER Nazis in Donbass. "They just want to cause chaos ." Exactly, Russia just want to cause chaos.
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  3445.  @Food00  "and are they now members ?" Sadly, Ukraine is not a member of NATO, otherwise there would be no war in Ukraine. That is the problem with NATO being too friendly towards Russia. It is seen not as a friendly gesture, but as a weakness. "Russia didn’t cause the expansion ,they have been complaining about its expansion ." Russia was complaining about something they caused themselves. "Everyone has a red line and nato crossed that line ,to provoke Russia ." Well, the EU has red line too, and invading a country directly at our border is one. "if nato exist and didn’t expand towards their border trying to surround them ." NATO never tried to surround Russia. Every country can apply to become a member of NATO. Well, the Russian aggression towards its direct neighbors, has caused this neighbors to apply for NATO. "Nato and Russia are not even friends" Well, that is for Russia to decide, NATO is a defense treaty. It prevents its members from being attacked. But sure, if you want to bully and attack your neighbors you are against them joining an organization that prevents this.
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  3446.  @Food00  " wtf , where was the eu when other countries were being invaded ? " Ukraine is a neighbor of the EU. "Nato is being friendly with Russia how ? " Well, NATO rejected the application of Ukraine twice. Sadly they listened to guys like Mearsheimer. "That’s not for Russia to decide ." Sure it is, if Russia would not threaten NATO members than NATO would have not interest in Russia. "They are not friends and that’s so obvious," NATO could be neutral towards Russia, and the EU could have a positive relationship with Russia, it it was not for the behavior of Russia. "they could have taken Russia’s concern seriously and provided solutions and not just ignore it ." Well, Russia is important as a neighbor and Ukraine is equally important. NATO will not prevent any country from applying for membership, that is a basic property of NATO. Russia should just behave in a way that does not push its neighbors into NATO. "How many country has Russia been aggressive to ?" Estonia in 1991 Chechnya 1999-2008 Georgia 2008 Ukraine invasion 2014 Ukraine insurgency 2014-2022 Ukraine invasion 2022 "They caused nato’s expansion after there was agreement that they won’t expand ?" There never was such an agreement. "I think we need another nato for us and I wonder how they would react to it" Well, you have it, but not for defense but for pushing an aggression. Russian troops have crossed Belarus to invade Ukraine. Belarus is endangering NATO members. According to Russian thinking this would be a perfect reasonable cause for NATO to invade Belarus.
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  3447.  @Food00  "Lol ,so it’s right to invade other countries as long as it’s not a neighbor of the eu okay ." No, it is not, but obviously we are more concerned if it is a direct neighbor. I guess Russia would be more concerned if the USA invaded a direct neighbor of Russia (like Belarus), than if they invaded any other country. "If that’s the case then Russia is right to invade if this is how you think ." That is not a sentence, I have no idea what you want to express.
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  3448.  @Food00  " so you are more concerned because it’s a direct neighbor lol ." Well, it is. "Russia is very justified to invade then" How? "Russia was concerned when the us got invoked with Afghanistan" OK, so Russia could have (and maybe has) prop up the Taliban against NATO. Ukraine is, however, not Afghanistan. So, what is your point?
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  3449.  @Food00  Why do you think Russian concerns are more important than the concerns of Ukraine, Poland, or any other country. Especially as Russia exposes the west to a subliminal aggression. "well nato rejected … That doesn’t mean it was friendly." It was a concession towards Russia an act of appeasement, it was wrong. "Nato could stay out of Russia’s borders and let peace reign instead of trying to provoke them ." NATO is nowhere within the Russian border, so what are you talking about????? NATO is clearly not provoking Russia. "If nato could be trusted ,Russia won’t have a reason to be insecure " Russia is insecure because it is irrelevant, a filling station with nukes. It is at best a local power. "Estonia -ussr (different from Russia )" Well, Russia claims the legacy of the SU, and all eastern European countries in the EU have bad memories to the time they were controlled by Moscow. "Chechnya -wants to secede but Russia said no ." Well the war was perused with an unbelievable brutality. It was a huge advertisement campaign for NATO. "Georgia -nato" The invasion in Georgia had been prepared by Russia since 2000. Sadly they were no NATO members, otherwise Russia had not invaded in 2008. "I don’t support the annexation of Crimea but I don’t see the people protesting so that’s okay by me" Well it was an invasion into an independent country. "Ukraine insurgency ,Russia didn’t invade" Well Russia just financed a war that killed 15000 Ukrainians. "Ukraine invasion -nato" Bullshit! "I have seen any aggression here ." This view is the reason the Russian neighbors cannot trust Russia and want to join NATO. "Oh so now nato feels endangered ." Not NATO, NATO members feel endangered. Russia states that NATO member countries in eastern Europe should leave NATO. Well, and countries like Poland and the Baltic republics reasonably see this as a threat towards them. "it’s won’t be a prefect reasonable cause because Russia’s concern were taken seriously" Sure, but the Russian view is not the only view. Poland's view is more important for NATO. Lituenias view is more important for NATO. Latviasview is more important for NATO. Estonias view is more important for NATO. The reason every one of these countries is more important than Russia is the fact that they are members. "so I don’t think anyone should take their fears seriously besides who wants to invade nato ?" Well Russia has just made an enormous mistake by invading Ukraine, so the Russian leadership is clearly deranged. Russia could not win against NATO but they could do a lot of damage, and nobody knows what a deranged government could do.
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  3450.  @Food00  " you don’t care about invasion of other countries" I do care about the invasion of other countries, I was demonstrating against the invasion of Iraq. "likewise nobody should care about Ukraine being invaded ." I do care about invasions of other countries and I care even more about neighboring countries. And I care even more if this is done by a country or its successor that invaded and damaged half of the members of the EU. "as for the rest of your point just gonna say okay ,tired of repeating the same thing over and over" Fine, bullshit becomes not true if you repeat it over and over. "Btw Russia didn’t make a mistake ," Sure it did. "it protected its national security" It caused the biggest damage for the Russian national security since Russia existed. "since y’all won’t take them seriously,they acted ." So, Russia has thrown a temper tantrum. If this is not a mistake than nothing is a mistake.
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  3451.  Anthony Burke  I am not sure if trade could be tariff free in between NI and the UK. They would be part of different customs regimes even if part of the same country. Similarly goods leaving free ports and entering the main country are exposed to tariffs. Otherwise you could avoid tariffs that arise when you enter the countries market by shipping the goods to a free port first.
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  3452.  Anthony Burke  I am also no specialist on international trade, but as far as I understand this would violate WTO terms.
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  3453.  @huongMai-qz5sd  But how to remove Putin?
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  3454. I am German, our relatives who lived in the GDR often joked the poor infrastructure of the GDR was because they build the motorways tilted by 90° (the Berlin wall).
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  3455. 2 weeks
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  3456.  @kbud3659  Well, "separatist" have clearly shelled the free Ukraine from villages. In order to blame people killed by counter fire on the Ukrainian army.
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  3457. Only 10.3% of Irish exports go to the UK. The USA is the single largest importer of Irish goods 30%, and about the same goes to the rest of the EU. Well, and the port of Dublin was expanded for the last 4 years in order to cope with the changes.
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  3458. In most countries, the judges on the constitutional court are retired like any other judge.
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  3459. ​@CedricCaffa they still could retire at 65 like everyone else.
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  3460. Nuclear reactors are thermal power generators.
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  3461.  @MONSTERKILL2013  The "exercise" the year earlier while not being of the same size was already the largest ever at the border. Russia could have decided to end the "exercise" of 2021-2022 any time, and come back with an even larger force the next year. I am sure, this was an option on the table in Moscow until the last minute.
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  3462.  Truth Seeker  Yes, it is, the administration of Israel that would never allow for the import of a missile defense system. Something like that would not fit into the smuggling tunnels. All they can get is improviced rocket and small arms.
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  3463.  @thynoblety5499  Should we not stick to the statement you made and I responded to.
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  3464.  @patricks2575  Didn't it start with the eviction of families in Jerusalem?
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  3465.  MrGunboat78  What is your point? Without the invasion of Iraq there would be no ISIS.
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  3466.  MrGunboat78  Most populations can be radicalized when their livelihood is threatened. It could have been 10 years of austerity in the UK leading to Brexit, or a British-American invasion in Iraq leading to ISIS or the inflation in the 30s in Germany. If you legitimate your own radical actions by the hardship you have to endure, you have to accept the same tor other people. We should try to treat each other with respect and avoid to push the other in a corner where he thinks he needs radical actions or even violence to sustain.
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  3467. Please agree with yourself, is the WHO downplaying or pushing panic? You disagree with yourself providing both statements at once this way you can claim you knew it all before independently of how it plays out. It is a deeply dishonest position.
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  3468. Still faster than Boris.
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  3469. Every country needs to think if not opposing imperialism is the right stance.
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  3470. Double the support let Ukraine win. That is the only way to end the senseless war that Russia started in 2014.
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  3471. The average time from infection to death is 20 days. It will take a week until the lockdown will have an effect on the daily death rate.
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  3472. Three different levels of idiocy. It is irrelevant how well they are spoken. Australia and New Zealand got it right.
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  3473. Are you aware, that the Pfizer vaccine was developed in Germany, aren't you?
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  3474.  @SilvanaDil  The EU invested billions in building up the production facilities. So I am not really clear what you are talking about.
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  3475.  @SilvanaDil  Well, what is your point? So you think, Pfitzer is like India?
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  3476.  @SilvanaDil  Well, the EU did not want to horde choosing Pfitzer was a sign of goodwill towards the USA and the rest of the world, as they have production capability in the USA and the EU. I would guess, choosing a Swiss company or the Merck Group would have worked well for the EU. In fact, the AstraZeneca vaccine was developed at the Jenner institute in cooperation with the Italian IRBM Group and the German Merck Group. And production is in partly in Belgium. Besides the Jenner institute was reviving ERC funding before and while developing the vaccine. So after all it is a pretty European vaccine.
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  3477.  @SilvanaDil  Exactly, the EU was playing it too nice.
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  3478. ​ @franksch.177 Nein, und genau deshalb müssen die Russichen Truppen die Ukraine möglichst bald verlassen.
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  3479. ​ @Severian_0 You wanted to say the Ukrainian revolution of 2014 that prevented an ongoing Russian coup in Ukraine.
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  3480. ​ @iwantyourcookiesnow  Any Soviet installation belonged to the country it was placed in.
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  3481.  @Curryking32000  So you say the UK is similar to the EU, just less democratic.
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  3482. @Curryking32000  Come on, we know the UK has enormous democratic deficits. In no country of the EU and not in the EU parliament can you get 60% of seats with 30-40% of the votes. It was the least democratic country in the EU, and it will need to reform to ever become a member again.
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  3483. @Curryking32000  Wow, your so funny and so wrong. No country where a rather small minority of the votes gets you a large mayority of the seats can be democratic.
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  3484.  @Curryking32000  You mean it is a country where most people that do vote do not count. That is the problem, that is the reason it is undemocratic.
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  3485. @Curryking32000  - And if an idiot represents your party in your constituency, you hold your nose and vote for him. - When you live in a safe constituency your vote has no influence what so ever. - The people are elected by a plurality, mot even a mayority like in France. The system maximises the numbers of voters that are ignored.
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  3486.  @donnicholson3170  Well, the alternative sources have been West Africa (e.g. Nigeria) and Iran. The first has an issue of security issues, the second the embargo by the US. But I agree, our Governments should have had the balls to continue to trade with Iran despite US sanctions. And the USA? Not really more reliable than Russia with a man like Trump that started a trade war with the EU.
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  3487.  @markspencer4385  I think he set up Trump to help him prepare the war. The trade war with China in order to improve the Sino Russian Relations. The Iran nuclear deal. The standoff in Venezuela. .... But sure he also played Europe. Germany has gas storages for 12 month. But they had been sold off to Gazprom and where less then half filled when the war started.
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  3488. Well, headquarters are in Germany, so all this US chitchat will not be seen as similar relevant as a US company would. Similarly, Nike would react a bit slower if a German athlete had done something similar in Germany and in German. I think this whole is a very US focused discussion.
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  3489.  @pep-qew  There are only very small communist parties in the EU.
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  3490.  @pep-qew  Lots of far-right parties though.
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  3491.  @pep-qew  AFD, Lega, Rassemblement National, Vox, Fidesz, PIS...
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  3492.  @colinstephenson5386  I would guess once Turkey has met all Maastricht criteria most of the issues of the current members would be resolved. I do not think Turkey would be denied in such a case. It may take a few months (maybe a year) to get unanimity for the acceptance of Turkey, but it would be reached.
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  3493.  @pep-qew PIS is far right. I never claimed it was fascist.
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  3494.  @pep-qew  Too populist to be conservative.
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  3495.  @Gaming101-r9o  That is a lie, it has everything to do with the Copenhagen criteria. There will be no vote for Serbia's membership before these minimum criteria are fulfilled. Investment and economic growth in the new EU member countries by far exceeds Serbia. The political decisions of Serbia are harming Serbia. Geography and history is irrelevant in this respect. Russia and China cannot veto a country becoming a member of the EU.
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  3496. @@Mikhail-ld4yr I do not see the party setup or the religion in Turkey as a huge issue, as long as it does not interfere with the reforms to fulfill the Copenhagen criteria. Most countries are more pro-EU before joining but get more right-wing ( = selfish) once they are safe inside.
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  3497. @@Mikhail-ld4yr Every country needs to fulfill the Copenhagen criteria. No country that fulfilled the criteria was ever rejected and since introduction, no country was accepted without fulfilling them. Sure there may have been issues in the thoroughness of the inspection. The countries that you refer to, did some backsliding after becoming a member of the EU.
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  3498.  @Gaming101-r9o  We are talking about the region within the current border of Serbia. I thought this was obvious. PPP is relevant for food and housing, but it is bullshit for anything else.
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  3499.  @Gaming101-r9o  PPP equates the useless shit produced in one country with world class products produced somewhere else. It has its relevance, but classical GDP is clearly more important. Comparing the GDP of Serbia with the GDP of all of Yugoslavia is totally useless. However, comparing the GDP within the current borders of Serbia is useful. I assume the growth is corrected by inflation.
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  3500. "In my perspective Putin want is Ukraine to be Neutral and demilitarize" - That was the status in 2014 when they attacked nevertheless. - The reason was the revolution against the Russian puppet Wiktor Janukowytsch. - Russia wants to keep Ukraine poor corrupt and dependent, just like Belarus. Ukraine militarized and wanted to join NATO as a reaction to Russian aggression. "Putin has many option to leverage Especially when the Russians start blowing and Capturing important infrastructure in Ukraine. It could use as leverage in politics to Zelensky to accept Russia's terms." That is no option, that is what they have done. But how will this push Zelensky to accept Russian terms? "The Russian still never use its truly fire power in Ukraine and even they having a logistic and stiff resistance." What do you think Russia should destroy? Apartment buildings? "The longer fighting the longer Ukraine economy would fall." And Russias economy will fall too. "So putin just like he said "Special operation" and everything is according to plan."" Not really.
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  3501.  @gen.aladeenhandsome3101  "Russia want Ukraine to become corrupt and dependable? 🤣" That is not what I said. I said Russia wants Ukraine to STAY corrupt and DEPENDENT. "Ukraine is a totally a corrupt country even donald trump said that base on international data about most corrupt country's." I said this myself. And Russia wants this to stay it this way. Corruption peaked under Russian puppet Wiktor Janukowytsch. "And Ukraine is on the list and Russia is nothing to do about that." Corruption peaked under Russian puppet Wiktor Janukowytsch. "Trump cancel its money assistance in Ukraine because he knows the Country is a absolutely corrupt." Bullshit, he canceled it because Wolodymyr Selenskyj was not corrupt enough. "Zelensky right now is in bad position because the Only Ukrainian army can do is guerilla and defensive strategy." That can be extremely painful for Russia.
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  3502.  @gen.aladeenhandsome3101  "https://youtu.be/GL-ZhzAqjyU watch this how Putin has a good Ace's of Cards." Well, German gas storage is not full, but it is not empty either. It will last for 3 months and afterwards we have time to autumn to resupply.
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  3503.  @gen.aladeenhandsome3101  "Russia want to stay Ukraine Corrupt?" What is this supposed to mean? "Dude even the time of proshenko Ukraine is still a corrupt country nothing change." I know it is corrupt, but it is not as bad as in the time of Wiktor Janukowytsch. "Ukraine itself is a corrupt inside of its government." May be, but by far less corrupt than Russia. So what is your point? "Ukraine beg many times to join in EU and NATO but still their appeal left in deft ears." And Russia wanted to change this, and they succeeded. The joining process in the EU has now begun. It may take another decade, but the process has started. I expect an even faster admission to NATO.
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  3504.  @gen.aladeenhandsome3101  "https://youtu.be/Mh9NaZ6hh4M 5 years i study Geopolitics, history and military." Ukraine is under Russian siege since 2014 how on earth do you expect its economy to bloom while Russia is trying to break it. As can be seen in your own link: https://youtu.be/sqyziIEYFpE Well, things will be different after the war. Especially Europe's engagement will be larger.
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  3505.  @gen.aladeenhandsome3101  Well, you send a video supporting my position. So what is your point?
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  3506. This idiotic chatter is repeated over and over again. I do not say she handled the migrant crisis successfully, but the so-called invitation of migrant never really happened. In the hight of the migrant inflow from Syria, several migrants got stuck in Hungary. In a mixture of incompetence and unwillingness, the situation of the migrants became dangerous. As they wanted to come here and our constitution forbids sending away real asylum seeker (unlike an economic migrant), Merkel suspended the Dublin rule for the people stuck in Ungary. At the same time, she negotiated with Turkey and Croatia to close the borders for migrants. So where is the treason?
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  3507.  @justaphasebizarre  : Really bizarre, these people did not just decide to come because of boredom, they were fleeing a civil war fueled by Russia on the one side and the USA on the other. Most of them did not want to stay but most of them will and this can be a problem. Still, this has nothing to do with Merkel. Now once moving and not regulated these people will go where they can hope for the best life. And here it showed that Greece and Italy did not do what was agreed in the Dublin Agreement. They did not register the refugees as they were obliged to, on the contrary, they turned a blind eye as this was cheapest for them and the refugees entered the EU unregistered. Still no issue with Merkel. Then these people came to Hungary where they were treated as criminals, and the responsible officials where unwilling to provide for them. And this was the very special situation where Merkel suspendet the Dublin regulations to prevent a humanitarian catastrophe in Hungary. AT THE SAME TIME MERKEL DID TAKE ALL MEASURES TO PREVEN REFUGES ARRIVING AT THE EU IN THE FIRST PLACE. So, where is your point?
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  3508.  @justaphasebizarre  What would you do if you had to flee from your country, go where you will suffer or go to a place with a good life? You cannot blame them for this, but you do not need to allow for it. As I said, Italy and Grece where not doing the job they committed themselves to by signing the Dublin agreement. Why don't you blame them?
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  3509.  @justaphasebizarre  Have you ever seen them in person, or have you only followed the crisis in the Sun? I have met a large number of persons. Yes, there are many men between 20 and 40, but there are also older people and a lot of kids. Actually, a taught a kid to swim as I thought it would be sad if he would have survived the journey and all the hardness just to drown in Germany. But one thing is clear, young men are strongest so it is no wonder they are most capable to withstand the hardness of the journey. The idea that only women and kids are fleeing from a war is delusional. Just imagine telling male Jews fleeing from Nazi Germany they were no refugees as they where men. And once again Merkel invited nobody, get your story right.
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  3510.  @justaphasebizarre  So the kids I saw just magically appeared? But whatever I have no more time for this.
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  3511.  @justaphasebizarre  Ok Ok, actually I am no activist, I was in the pool with my kids teaching the younger son one to swim. There I saw this boy acting extremely clumsy as this was his first time in the pool. And I just thought, I need to help and prevent a danger. I do not say none of the refugees is dangerous, but this boy was in danger. But what is your reason to be so hostile?
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  3512. Just strike an ammunition transport on the Kerch bridge.
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  3513. Do you think joining the CU is in any way realistic even if the UK applied for this?
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  3514.  @trident6547  Well, and as a result, Britons will moan that they are treated similarly to Turkey. I do not think that is in anyone's interest in the EU.
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  3515.  @peterg6344  "The UK Govt would not be breaking the rules," They are already breaking the rules, they have not transferred the relevant data to the EU for over a year. This impacts all trade schedules in all the trade deals the EU has. "as they are applying rules that are in the Protocol." They are not even now, end they would do even less so. "Also the Protocol forbids the EU from disproportionate retaliation," Well, it allows a measured compensation. Lets see, unchecked food imports to Ireland can reduce the trust in Irish beef significantly. That may be a loss of 50% on all Irish food export. That is a lot of money to compensate. "so they must go to Law before imposing any restrictions on the UK." No, they can impose restrictions and you can sue at the ECJ against it.
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  3516.  GARYPUSSY  Its funny, isn't it.
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  3517. Being bigger is always an advantage when it comes to sexual selection.
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  3518.  @oxidemeta7793  So you say Russia is doomed to perish?
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  3519.  @Thebuzxpress  I never said anything about asset seizure. If a bank or insurance wants to offer financial services within a country they require pasporting rights. Often a dependence within this country is needed. This ensures, that the institute follows the local rules. In the EU we could abandon these restrictions on the basis that we all use the same rule book. In fact transactions that contradict local rules could be seen as piracy, e.g. the USA has been very clear on this regarding the Swiss UBS. The German car industry is used to drawbacks. They have already accounted these losses 3 years ago. And they sinliar tho everybody say that it is more important to conserve the integrity of the common market. Nothing against an amicable deal if the red lines of the EU27 are respected.
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  3520. @sprouting wings Sure, you would react to an asset seizure with a nuclear war! Sure! You would setup yourself against all countries on earth including the USA.
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  3521. If the UK would ever reapply for the EU it would surely need to redeem itself and show some commitment to the European idea. Otherwise there will be at least one country blocking them.
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  3522.  Cucking Funt  Acting all around the globe is not about defense but bullying others, but the UK is too small to bully others. So your fleet is all but useless. The British exports to the EU are falling much faster than the other way around. Furthermore, we do not need the exports to the UK, but the UK needs the export to the EU.
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  3523.  Cucking Funt  You got me laughing so hard. Thank you. You are far from being the world's second power. Even with a sane government the EU, China, and Russia would be more important than the UK. With the insane government you have right now you are even lower in relevance. The for every single country in the EU the exports to the UK have been only a small fraction of the total exports. So even loosing all of it would not be a big issue, the exports into other EU countries are far more important. In contrast, British exports are suffering hugely. And coutries of the EU are exporting all around the world, something the British industry is not really good at.
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  3524. Are you talking about Britons or Hungarians?
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  3525. He sounds more like a stupid Brexiter.
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  3526.  @jfj794  Do you know who lived there? It has similarities to the attack in Moscow.
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  3527. Any international treaty has supremacy over national law. Otherwise it would be useless. A county needs to stand by its commitments or face the consequences. An international tribunal arbitrates the application of the treaty and it is up to the other countries part of the treaty to enforce it. Well, the EU rules are in fact international treaties. The ECJ is an international tribunal, and it is up to the rest of the EU to enforce the commitments Poland has committed to.
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  3528.  @KatopianResonance  Well, it is more institutionalized than a simple trade deal, but EU rules bind nations not persons. It is the job of the member countries to translate them into local law.
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  3529.  @KatopianResonance  In order to rule about the violation of an international treaty the parties refer to an international court. Often the setup of this court is part of the international treaty. If a violation is stated, the party suing party can legally enact countermeasures. The ECJ is the international court all internal issues of the EU are ruled by.
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  3530. In Basel a motorway crosses the river Rein more or less in the City center. However, at the waterfront the motorway is in a tunnel below a residential street. The Bridge over the Rein itself is extraordinary as it is a two-storied bridge, with the residential street on top. The lower deck containing the motorway is glazed protecting the scenery from noise pollution.
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  3531.  @keithhowes3539  Well, article16 allows to suspend a part of the protocol for 3 months. It includes constant negotiations on how to folly fulfill the NIP again and it allows for compensation measures from the other side.
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  3532.  @andrewdouglas1963  The border in between Switzerland and the EU is a hard customs border. Lorries can only pass in office hours and are thoroughly checked. Post deliveries are hold up in custom warehouses for 3 days to 3 weeks. All this despite Switzerland has a more comprehensive deal (in fact many) with the EU than the UK. A border like this in Ireland would abolish the GFA. You may not have noticed that the Swiss border is this hard because Switzerland is in the Schengen zone, therefore, the Swiss border is not hard for people.
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  3533.  @andrewdouglas1963  The Swiss model would require infrastructure and checks at the border in Ireland, it, therefore, would break the GFA. The only way to realize the Swiss model, would be to abolish the GFA.
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  3534.  @andrewdouglas1963  Well, in fact the GFA requires NI to be part of the EU. "Considering that the Multi-Party Agreement offers an opportunity for a new beginning in relationships within Northern Ireland, within the island of Ireland and between the peoples of these islands; Wishing to develop still further the unique relationship between their peoples and the close co-operation between their countries as friendly neighbors and as partners in the European Union" But this is only one not so relevant aspect. This way the damage done by Brexit could be mitigated with the NIP.
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  3535.  @andrewdouglas1963  It says NI and the ROI should work together IN the EU. That is only possible if both are in the EU.
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  3536.  @andrewdouglas1963  Well, now it is up to you to really show that what I have said is nonsense. Tell we how NI and the ROI should work together in the EU without NI being in the EU.
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  3537.  @andrewdouglas1963  Once again it says work together IN the EU. I have provided evidence. Now it is up to you to provide some evidence to counter this. If you try to dismiss it without evidence it shows you are tying to wiggle out of an argument that you have lost.
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  3538.  @ernestrogen4639 : In the case of no deal, Ireland would become a third country for the UK. If the UK would choose not to enforce this border the WTO s "Most-favoured-nation" rules would require the same for all other nations on earth. Goof luck with take back control. Open doors for all third wold migrants.
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  3539. You mean protesters are not allowed to cross streets at traffic lights? Even when the car has the red light?
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  3540. Well, I guess we can scoure the fish from somewhere else.
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  3541.  @sjme5666  Well, the Fishery agreements in part predate the EU by a century. One of the reasons German and Dutch fishermen were permitted in British waters was the behavior of the fish. The offspring grows in the North Sea. Fishing at this place would be a small benefit to the local fishermen but a huge cost for the UK.
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  3542.  @sjme5666  You do not get it. Fish does not respect borders. And in German waters it is German fish. These agreements are compromises to the benefit of all parties.
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  3543.  @sjme5666  Well, this has nothing to do with the discussion we had. It seem you are loosing the argument and want to shift the topic.
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  3544.  @sjme5666  Well, we could harvest all the fish before it comes into the waters of the UK, but it would be bad for business and the ecology. Compromises foster the common good. If you cannot see this you are destroying yourself.
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  3545. I do not think they still have that kitt that allows the Leopard to cross waters up to 6 m deep.
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  3546. @urielpolak9949  That is the reason they used a policy of ethnic cleansing since 1918. I mean, Herzel described the need for ethnic cleansing of the native population decades earlier. In any case, the supporters of Genocide are the uneducated useful idiots. Or they are racists.
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  3547. As a father I met two children that to me seemed to perfectly resembel the traits of pscchopathy. - One was about 5 years old and fundamentally different to the other children. It was impossible to motivate rules from empathy with other children, only acting over consequences brought results. - One was less noticeable but my son shared a school klass with him for 4 years. I had the feeling that young children of that age have not learned to hide their condition.
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  3548.  @xiaokodama  As far as I understood psychopathy is associated with a different brain function that is genetically determined. As far as I understand this means, that "children with conduct disorders go on to develop into reasonable adults" learn to hide their personality traits. I am sure they can perfectly adapt to human society and live a fulfilled and productive life without harming anyone, but I would assume they would need to fake feelings they do not really have.
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  3549.  @geogmz8277  It is a huge operation I would guess they had new guys every week. And you do not need huge amounts of explosives, all the damage was done by secondary explosions and fires.
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  3550. I think a CO, O2 engine could be used to start a small capsule from Mars. It has a small delta-v but it could actually run before people have arrived.
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  3551. To me it seems this is an issue of the US/UK legal system. In most countries of the EU you have more red tape, but if you follow the rules you are secure from a lawsuit.
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  3552.  @GilleanFreire : The EU restricts the way to bailout companies, as this could lead to market distortions. Still saving British Steel could be realized even according to EU rules, so blaming the EU is a red herring. Even more, if Farage is blaming the EU he is acting dishonestly. The Brexit uncertainty was the last nail in the coffin of an already tumbling giant.
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  3553.  @alterego157  : Farage, Johnson or Mogg?
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  3554.  @jaredkerr8530  Ukraine is an internationally internationally recognized country, Donbass is region terrorized by criminals payed by Russia.
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  3555.  @abara2012  China is doing now what Europeans and the USA did in the 1960. They lend money without a requirement of benefits for the population. This easy money makes China popular now. But looks at Sri Lanka, they defaulted on China. Let us see what happens next.
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  3556. Why on earth should have the chance of the EU to leave the EU be communicated more to the other EU leaders, to blackmail them even more?
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  3557.  @kieranmorris9827  No chance to get anyone to agree to leave NATO.
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  3558. Unlike in the anachronistic Houses of Parliament winning such a "fight" does hold no merit in the European parliament. Acting like a troll, will alianate members of other parties. However, the job of parliamentarian is just the opposite they need to form a network of friendships with members of other parties. They will need them to organize a following when pushing an agenda.
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  3559.  @Deanyomac  Sorry I misinterpreted your post.
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  3560.  @anabona4764  So you are talking about an unofficial illegal referendum in which only traitors took part? Sure that is clearly much more legitimate then the official general elections. Come on, you don't really believe that.
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  3561.  @anabona4764  "For you people taking civilian as a shield ," They are protecting these people from the Russian army. They do not want to be "evacuated" into Russia. "shelling their homes because they are Russians are heros," The side that has been shelling houses in Mariupol has been the Russian army. "for me villains." Yes, finally you understand the Russian army acts villainous. "When Ukranian government supplied food, water and medicine to civilians in Mariupol? Never." How should they have done this? Mariupol is encircled by the Russian army. "Local Ukranian army run away form the city in the first day, and left civilians in the hands of nazis." Some soldiers where pulled back some died and some made a last stand. In order to prevent the fast conquest of the next city. Quite Heroic, isn't it.
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  3562. ​ @Rwswal You mean a Revolution that stopped an ongoing coup financed by Russia.
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  3563.  @goldenaye3  Wrong, we have international recognized borders.
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  3564. On the European side, I only see decent hard working professionals, that still have kept their humanity. Ah, you are talking about Farage, JRM, Domenic Raab...
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  3565.  @snowyowel7961  Oh, that is funny.
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  3566.  @snowyowel7961  It may be fine as long as you do not leave the EU.
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  3567.  @Clem_Fandango11  Why do Brexiters engage in so many fake citings? It is like paying tax. If you earn more than you expected you have to pay more taxes, unpleasant but needed for the benefit of all. However, the rates are much lower than taxes. Furthermore, it is a fair system as the countries with the strongest economy profit most from the EU.
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  3568.  @Clem_Fandango11  Give me some trustworthy link, otherwise I have to assume your citing is fake. Until now the city in London is providing most financial products in the EU. You cannot tell me you would not profit from European debts.
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  3569.  @Clem_Fandango11  Actually, your Tusk citing has to be wrong. It does not make any sense. Even if you would assume the EU becoming a federation (a far future Tusk surely has not been talking about) this would not abandon individual budgets of the members. Even towns and villages within a country have their own budget.
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  3570. Well, the actions of AZ may proof legal. This will not make them morally correct. AZ has made a big mistake in pissing off the second largest market on the planet.
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  3571.  @dragonace119  Exactly. And the result shows the benefit of PV and wind over nuclear.
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  3572.  @johnslugger  The financial viability for the recycling of solar panels depends on the amount of panels to be recycled, the number of different designs of panels, and on the question if recycling was a design criterion for the panels. Oh yes and on the cost for a landfill. Once the technology is matured the ideal recycling can be developed. The rest is a question of economy of scale.
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  3573.  @lifessogood2995  Wasteland Moscow? That is a part of Europe.
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  3574. The first two sentences are wrong. Did not continue to listen.
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  3575. And Fascism is based on the idea to overcome your victimhood.
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  3576.  @Greenpoloboy3  I like it too, but how is this relevant on a person with this influence.
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  3577. I do not trust the UK.
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  3578. These Thunder Runs seem incredible dangerous. If the Vietcong had used a hand full of anti tank mines they could have arranged an ambush for the whole convoy. If there had been 100 Iraqis with manpads the whole mission would have ended very fast and very bloody. It seems it is a tactical method to be used on a week enemy. More or less like the attack of heavy knights could crush an insufficiency trained army.
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  3579.  @karlshorstzwei  I think you need an incompetent and badly equipped enemy to start a thunder-run. Otherwise, you end up in a mess. That was the situation of the Russian troops around Kharkiv.
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  3580.  @crusaderdeo9054  What are you talking about? Are you such a believer in Apple that you cannot imagine a world without them. I have seen brainwashed people but this is absurd.
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  3581.  @crusaderdeo9054  So why on earth are you attacking me? And please don't misspell my name, Ken Salami.
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  3582.  @crusaderdeo9054 Dear Ken Salami, how did you correct me?
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  3583.  @crusaderdeo9054  Questions you should answer yourself.
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  3584. The Obersalzberg is a beautiful scenery. But they have torn down the house of Hitler. I do not know, what on earth he was looking for.
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  3585. Strange how most proponents of eugenics think they should be part of the selected. The only honest eugenic proponents were slavers trying to breed more capeble slaves. Sorry for this horrible thought.
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  3586. ​ @Ryaan1010 The huma desire to help.
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  3587.  @Ryaan1010  They did everything they could to make this a safe trip and they were still actively targeted by the IDF. How bad must it be for Palestinian civilians? Do we still see a difference between Hamas and the IDF?
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  3588. Well, COVID 19 demonstrated that the EU did not have sufficient mechanisms for such a public health crisis. Health still is a national issue. The countries of the EU could not agree in setting up a powerful organization to manage such a health crisis, to institute lockdowns and quarantines. We could have avoided most of the first wave with sufficient management.
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  3589. "The UK government got a huge majority from the electorate specifically to get Breit done." Not the popular majority of voters. "We now have virtually 60 trade deals around the world within two years." Time limited rollovers, more or less contingency agreements. "We are the fifth largest economy in the world." No you are number 6 India is larger.
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  3590.  @stickyfingazcodm557  What tricks do you think I was using? I just replied to you, nothing more.
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  3591.  @stickyfingazcodm557  Well, your comment was deleted, I simply assumed it was done by you.
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  3592. Well, the reason for these rules are simple. The fish caught in British waters was growing up in continental costal waters. It could be caught there, but it would provide small profits for continental fishermen and a huge loss for British fishermen. The current arrangement are best for both sides.
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  3593.  @beast4517  Well, you have not got it, they could fish British waters free of fish without ever entering them. But this would be detrimental for both sides, hence the compromise.
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  3594.  @beast4517  Well, this was the type of fish continental fishers used to catch before these compromises were arranged. And a lot of regulations in the EU will need to change after the end of the transition period. I would not like such an outcome, but lets see.
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  3595.  @lennyrobinson7321  The EU wants a clear situation. You can be in the EU, in the EEA, you can have a trade deal, or you can have no ties at all. The Backstop messes with the 4 freedoms. It is a new have your cake and eat it.
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  3596.  @fioredeutchmark  Well, yes no protection of perfect, but in Europe we discuss stuff 10-30 years ago while in the USA we are talking about the 3 last months.
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  3597.  @fioredeutchmark  The 2015 Paris attack was more similar to the attack of 9.11. It was a planned military action realized by a team of 7. It was not the action of of a single deluded individual like the Las Vegas shooter of 2017 who shot 60 and wounded 400. The Manchester bombing is unrelated, it was not done with a firearm and having more firearms would not have prevented it.
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  3598.  @billybatts8283  Because it restricts the guns criminals can get?
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  3599.  @riskinhos  It is not always true, but it is absolutely true most of the time.
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  3600. Of course not there is no irrefutable evidence for absolutely anything. It is my educated guess about the situation.
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  3601.  @nicklibby3784  Well, nuclear power is more expensive than regenerative power. It was, however, an unlucky coincidence that the shutting down of the power plants coincided with the war in Ukraine. It was however not really the time to extend the operational time for the reactors. Lots of safety tests had been avoided in recent years because a shutdown was scheduled. Getting all the tests done and getting new nuclear fuel from Russia would have probably taken until the beginning of 2024.
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  3602.  @baraka629  " that is not actually true" Here we disagree "lol." Are you a kid? "regenerative energy is unreliable and easily disrupted," Depends on the type of energy. "the energy generation does not occur during peak times (evenings and winters)" True for solar. But it perfectly coincides with the demand for AC. "and the area of land needed per MWh is excessive." The required area is irrelevant if this can be used in other ways, like roofing or shades over plants or parked cars. The environmental impact is relevant. "Without massive subsidies and bailing out the secondary costs from downtime and having to store energy," Panels have become far cheaper and more efficient in recent years. The same will be true for batteries. "regeneratives would be nothing but a loss leader for moralistic grandstanding." Currently, a 10 000W installation is 10 000 € including a battery. This can make you money if you have a suitable house to install it. And I expect prices to come down.
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  3603. Rowan Walshe, I will try to explain. The reasons the Brits will not accept it: 1. The free trade agreement is basically the Norwegian or Swiss solution, this was already rejected by the British. 2. An open border in Ireland means not only free trade but also open borders. Any illegal immigrant, any asylum seeker and any terrorist could pass the border. As far as I know, Brexit was about sovereignty, about your own borders. The reasons the EU will not accept it: 1. The free trade agreement as proposed by the Brexiteers would be the summit of British cherry-picking. The out of fairness to the other members the EU just has to reject this. 2. An open border in Ireland means not only free trade but also open borders. All external borders have to be controlled. Things would be different if Britain would also stay in a common area with freedom of movement. I hope I could help.
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  3604. I was thinking about broce bushings. Similar to brass but a tiny bit nore brown.
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  3605. Why?
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  3606. Because he nearly got several rapist free by blowing an ongoing trial?
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  3607.  @davidcasner8873 : The "reports" in question have occurred during the trials. Normally people are arrested after they committed a crime, not before they have done so. You can be arrested for the attempt of murder even if you do not succeed.
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  3608. Well you could redo the electric a disel locomovie and add a battery car. This way you could get the benefit of regenerative breaking on not electrified routes. I do not think they will develop a new dieselelectric battery locomotives will be developed as diesel is likely to be phased out.
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  3609.  @pootispiker2866 "The railroad industry has proven in the 50s that they really don't like permanently coupled sets" That is the reason the TGV and many other high speed railcars are permanently coupled. Did I miss something? Besides a battery car would not need to be permanently coupled. "so they'll flop basically immediately." Why? "The only way to do it would be to basically overhaul with am onboard battery." In al locomotive there is no space for a battery the size you would need. At least not without a fundamental rearrangement. That is simply far too expensive. Especially if you think of the additional security conerns conneted to such a battery. "Additionally, the traction motors wouldn't need changed since they already are high voltage DC and wouldn't be hard to control with simple electronics." I agree, in this.
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  3610.  @pootispiker2866  If you want to have a significant speed for the train and a significant hight difference a battery would probably in the 10t to 50t class. We do not talk about a switcher locomotive with low speeds, moderate loads and no relevant slopes. We talk about full trains, otherland transprt and high speeds. It seems you think removing the roof of a locomotive and have a heaviy duty crane is less of an effort than to simply unplug a cable. Plugs can be designed to prevent contact with electricly charged surfaces. In any case a locomotive without the external battery will be able to continue functiooning the way it does today. Very large lithium batteries are still a certain security issue. A small unmanned railcar burning preferable to the locomotive burning.
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  3611.  @pootispiker2866  1. I am talking about recuparative breaking a hybrid operation of a train not an electic locomotive. 2. Opherating the battereis in a rail car would insulate them from detrimental effects of the diesel engine. Temperature and vibrations. 3. I know electric plugs in the US are bad, that does not mean nobody else can design useful plugs. 4. Why would you disconnect a slug set. It would render one of the locomotives inoperable. In contrast the Battery car is not meant to be a locomotive. It is more like a coal tender.
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  3612. If staying in the EU the future is decided by a democratic majority of a population of 500Mio people, if you realize Brexit the future is decided by a democratic majority of a population of 50Mio people. In both cases the opinion of Paul Wild will be rather insignificant. What will be the difference, apart from all the disruption it will cause.
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  3613.  @uweinhamburg  Sure, this is true. But my point of view is, that democracy is a scary thing. Will the rest of the population be sensible or will they be selfish and will ruin the society for all of us? 20 years ago these frees were quite vibrant in Germany too. But people need to learn to trust that others will have similar interests like themselves.
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  3614. Well, it is mainly the UK that does not want a Canada style deal. As such a deal would not provide any passporting rights for British banks and would take about 7 years to negotiate.
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  3615.  joe caterman  Well, it is simply the truth.
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  3616.  Apache  These quotas are not supposed to expire, these are assets. It is as if you would tell foreign land owners their deed of ownership would expire by the end of the year.
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  3617.  Apache  Sure they are, if you can trade them and use them, what else should they be? I would expect the British government to compensate the fishermen for the loss.
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  3618.  RAY MANNING  Sure, the Britons that purchased vineyards in France will be able to harvest French grapes. France will not cease the assets of Britons.
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  3619.  @franklin9400  The EU and all its members have supplied about the same amount of help as the USA. The fraction of monetary help is larger than for the USA.
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  3620.  @franklin9400  Well, the EU and its members spend roughly the same amount of money as the USA. I agree, the USA send more weapons and send them earlier, but this does not change that the economic help for Ukraine from the side of the EU is far higher. In addition, the EU accepted far more Ukrainian refugees and contributed more to the sanctions of Russia.
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  3621.  @franklin9400  "They aren't committed to the sanctions more. They were just more dependent. So it costs them more." Yes, we are neighbors the economic ties have been far closer, so European sanctions are far more painful for Europe and for Russia. The US sanctions are less painful for the USA and for Russia. "They haven't donated nearly as much as America." That is wrong. You may come to this impression if you write down each individual country of the EU and the commission separately, but not if you add it up. "I don't know what you are talking about. America takes in millions of refugees and illegals yearly." What? How is this related? "From all around the world. You seem confused." You mean it is you who is confused.
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  3622.  @franklin9400  Well, if we had not bought the gas before, they would already have the infrastructure to sell to China and India.
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  3623.  @franklin9400  Well, I tried to send you a link to a scientific study showing that in December the engagement of the EU was larger than the engagement of the EU. Sadly my post was suppressed, probably because of the link.
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  3624.  @ИванМартыненко-и3б  No we are not tired of the sanctions, we adjusted and we will probably not adjust back. We all agree to push for regenerative energy sources. But sure, it would be beneficial to end this war soon, so we should support Ukraine even more.
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  3625. ​ @franklin9400  "How do you plan to defeat Russia and not have this situation start back up in 5 years." Well, the current helps for Ukraine will make sure that Ukraine does not lose. But it would be far better if Ukraine can win earlier. Once Ukraine has won, it will become a member of NATO. Ukraine was rejected in the past in order not to provoke Russia. That has become irrelevant now. "While ukriane is still trying to rebuild from this conflict. The rebuilding phase will take a minimum of a decade to pre-war conditions." Ukraine s now a candidate for membership in the EU. This means they will have access to EU infrastructure funds almost immediately. And by the way, some of the frozen Russian money will probably send to Ukraine.
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  3626.  @franklin9400  Ukraine has won when they managed to push the Russian troops out. In this case, Russia will not be able to attack Ukraine for several years. In this time span, Ukraine can join NATO. I do not see how a formal settlement is absolutely necessary, Russia will not uphold the settlement anyway. The main question is if Ukraine will be able to recover the borders of 2014.
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  3627.  @franklin9400  "No one in the southern hemisphere. Is even siding with Ukraine." Really, has Australia moved? "They are actually experiencing food instability and unrest in their nation's. As they can't afford price hikes that western nation's can." Something that has to be blamed on Russia. Russia is blocking the Ukrainian ports. "You haven't really thought out the result it is having around the world." Well, this was done by Putin. We really need to end this war as soon as possible.
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  3628.  @franklin9400  "Even if you pushed Russia out. That wouldn't stop their ability to attack you from their own nation." You may be right, they would probably negotiate at least a cease-fire. That is also in the interest of Russia.
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  3629.  @franklin9400  So you are on the side of the imperial power trying to regain its colony? Does this mean you are pro-colonialism?
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  3630.  @franklin9400  Russia is a European country, the only European country that still has the majority of its colonies. Now the countries that feel threatened by Russia (Poland, Ukraine, Latvia, Estonia ..) never had any colonies. But they had a similar experience to colonies outside of Europe.
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  3631.  @franklin9400  Well, within Europe we have agreed on the Helsinki accord. In this, we denounce the concept of spheres of influence. The West is not a monolithic block. European countries (apart from Russia) are no colonial powers anymore. I know some European countries do not accept the destruction they have caused, and I resent this. I do not make excuses for the history of Europe. Your description of the West, however, is bullshit. There have been colonial powers outside of Europe and many countries in Europe have never been colonial powers. Ukraine has never been a colonial power, it has been a colony. We should agree to reject the colonialism of any country.
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  3632.  @ИванМартыненко-и3б  Russia will not win. The more we support Ukraine the sooner the war will be over.
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  3633. Well, lots of foreigners used to live in China, in order to import any goods into their home country. Europeans, US citizens, other Americans, Africans, Arabs... All these people left the country when the Covid-19 crisis started.
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  3634.  @manlikeme5084  Sorry I did not get you. I know, there are all kinds of strange rumors going around in China and the USA. What exactly are you talking about.
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  3635.  @manlikeme5084  Oh shit, I knew some Africans were treated bad, but I did not know how far this went. Well, the hotel owners surely did not start the virus, but racists are racists. I know, even I as a European am a second class human in China.
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  3636. Well, the EU has offered a FTA according to the political declaration, signed by Johnson. The UK, however, rejected it.
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  3637.  @benloki6788  What is your point. But please consider, the level playing field is a part of the trade deal promised in the political declaration.
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  3638.  @benloki6788  The financial industry of the UK wants access to the common market. So your deal should be similar to the deal of Switzerland. You, however, do not want freedom of movement. So you want a worse deal than Switzerland. It may be a bit similar to the deal of Turkey. But, once again, you are not a member of the EEA, so it needs to be worse than Turkey. A similar deal to Canada is impossible, as you do not have 7 years to negotiate, the border staff to allow for similar checks, and yor banks need access to the common market. Most of the fishing rights predate the EU by several decades. It optimized usage of the stocks by preventing continental fishermen from catching juvenile fish that later migrates to British waters.
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  3639.  @benloki6788  Will you finish your post?
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  3640.  @benloki6788  Banks cannot have access to the common market without adhering to EU rules anything else would be madness. There are two ways, this can be reached either the UK accept a level playing field or the banks move to the EU. These banks are not owned by the UK, they are in London to serve the European market. If this is no longer possible they will move or found subsidiaries on the Continent. This process is already going on. Housing prices in Frankfurt are in a steep rise. Banks have no heavy equipment they only need office space to operate.
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  3641.  @benloki6788  Thatcher has known this. This is the reason she pushed for the common market for services in the first place.
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  3642.  @benloki6788  Fine for us, but what will you do before your costumes are ready for no deal? This will be August 2021 according to Gove or 2025 according to experts.
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  3643.  @benloki6788  Well, good luck.
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  3644.  @louiswalker5080 : 1) Sorry, but after reading and hearing "Remoner" several times, I could not help. 2) The negotiation of a trade deal takes years, sometimes decades. Besides it would not helk the UK to mitigate the disruptions. Boris should sign the WA than the negotiations can start immediately without any disruptions. 3) Countries like Germany and France are important global players in trade. It is not the case that the EU prevents international trade, on the contrary, the EU has more international trade deals than most countries. However, it fosters trade within the EU even more. 4) WTO rules require a hard border in between two countries not in the same trade area. The UK wants not to be in the EEA and no hard border. This is an inherent violation of WTO rules, and any country could sue for a similar access to the market, this would take years but would disrupt the internal economy of the EU and the UK. Furthermore, the UK wants to end the Jurisdiction of the ECJ anymore. With an open border in Irealnd it would be defactio inside the EU but as a rogue country. This cannot allowed by the EU.
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  3645.  @louiswalker5080 y: 1) In case you want to continue to call me a "’Remoaner’’ I will continue to call you a "Brexitard" as would prove you to be an idiot. 2.) Some trade deal can be negotiated faster, especially if this is an update to a previously signed trade deal, but sadly you have no previous trade deals. 3.) You have forgotten Mercosur. And the trade deals with Australia and New-Zealand that are in the making. In contrast the larges country you have convinced of a rollover with reduced quality is Switzerland. 4.) Sure, and you do not need a dam to dam a river. Dream on.
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  3646.  @gillyorath6182 : Fine, unlike in the USA nobody will hold you back. Solve your issue with Ireland, pay the settlement and go. This is what the EU has told you from the beginning. Why are you still in?
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  3647.  @gillyorath6182 : Then, make a WTO Brexit, piss off the EU (your largest trading partner) and the USA (due to the Irish lobby, the USA is your second larges trading partner).
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  3648.  @louiswalker5080 :1.) I have not continued to call you like this. 2.) Ok, lets assume it would be 2 years for a trade deal and up to 5 negotiations in parallel. How long will it take the UK to get back to the status you have been before Brexit? 3.) What is the obsession of Brexiteres (see) wit collapsing trade blocks? 4.) The border in between two countries without collaboration (NO DEAL BREXIT) requires border security, similar to the division of two different levels of water.
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  3649. Well, Russia has done the bombing and killing in Syria.
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  3650.  @nocap2687  Who was treated this way?
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  3651. All the Backstop does is to reinforce the the GFA. If you do not want to brake the GFA, you should have no issues with the Backsop.
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  3652. So IDF gave a criminal request before taking criminal actions,
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  3653.  @tudvalstone  Only an idiot can say Ukraine winning the war will increase the Nuclear threat. On the contrary, Russia winning the war will increase the likelihood of a later attack on NATO territory, and therefore a nuclear war.
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  3654. They are observers, it was not their job to enforce any resolution. They are not supposed to engage Hesbolla or Israel, as long as they are not attacked first. Now they are more needed than any time before. Otherwise we loose an independent observer of the situation.
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  3655.  @p.g.u.d : Evil door? What are you talking about? As I said we always knew what the EU was all about so nobody was lying. Do not get me wrong, I am not really keen on politicians, but sadly we need them. There are decent politicians trying to do the right thing. They are sometimes clueless, sometimes aggressive, and overall human. On the other hand, there are snake oil salesmen like Boris Johnson, Rees-Mogg or Trump. These are lying constantly and on purpose.
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  3656.  @Ricksdiner  So you want to reduce the earnings in the UK to the level of Thailand?
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  3657.  @grahamwicks9970  What do you think is wrong and why?
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  3658.  @tlg5003  Once again, there is no reason to accept a detrimental deal just to avoid a little short term suffering. The impact of a No-Deal-Brexit will be so bad for the UK that you will be desperate for a deal. Barnier will have an even stronger hand.
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  3659.  @davidpinnock4227  Well the EU and the USA have no trade deal but several bilateral agreements, they do not trade under WTO rules.
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  3660.  @tlg5003  Well, there will be the Brexit shock leading to a recession. Furthermore, there will be a reduced access to the world market leading to a reduction of growth for the next 20 years, until a new system of trade deals has been established. I cannot see how NI and Scotland will stay in the union for this period.
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  3661.  @tlg5003  Well I expect a second lock down with a second spike of recession and a third spike due to the end of the transition period. I cannot be sure of this, but it seems likely. And then you will need a lot of trade deals to make up for what you have lost. With one deal taking 5 years and 3 negotiations in parallel you would need much more than 20 years. But I assumed a huge increase of effectiveness of British negotiators. We will see.
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  3662.  @tlg5003  Not for 30 trade deals.
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  3663.  @sammythepilot4871  What would be your counter prediction? A different negotiator, the decay of the UK or what?
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  3664.  @michaelfitzpatrick6264  Well trading on WTO terms obviously possible. It is less beneficial than trading with bilateral agreements and a full trade deal is even better. Trading within the EU is still better. So, the German car industry will still be able to sell cars in the UK even without any deal in the UK. But the trade between the USA and the EU is not taking place on WTO terms.
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  3665.  Albert C Combs  That is funny. The UK abolishes all it trade deal and expects to still have more of them than the EU even though we may only loose the UK. Furthermore, bullying Ireland an breaking international treaties is not a good way to reintroduce yourself at the WTO. You are scaring of possible trade partners.
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  3666.  @theskiesnotthelimit8005  So the EU should "ease" on its benefits? That is absurd. The common rules are agreed by every member country as benefitial and they reduce red tape.
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  3667.  @lffit  The UK has already payed the largest part of the sum.
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  3668.  @theskiesnotthelimit8005  What are you talking about? Any new rule needs to be agreed by any member country. Non member countries in the proximity of the EU need to follow some of these rules in order to get access to the common market.
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  3669.  @sammythepilot4871  Well the only reason for knowing what's going on is the fact that it allows you some educated guess about the future.
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  3670.  @theskiesnotthelimit8005  Talking about yourself? Please, give me any hint that your view has a glimpse of reality.
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  3671.  @theskiesnotthelimit8005  So you finally accept that you have no idea what you are talking about.
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  3672.  @theskiesnotthelimit8005  Sure, you are talking rubbish but I am a looney. Well, you are soo far off.
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  3673.  @sammythepilot4871  Any prognosis and any engineering is an educated guess. Well, it has brought the human society pretty far. Well and I assumed that your government will improve in this period. Otherwise, they will continue to damage the UK.
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  3674.  @jeannenewby6063  Nothing funny about this!
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  3675. Now Ukraine needs to enter NATO. Otherwise, it's economy will never recover. Only predatory investors will invest in a country that may be invaded tomorrow.
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  3676.  @pnduarte4696  Ukrainie will hopefully enter NATO shortly after the war is over. Otherwise Ukrainie will never recover, and the next Russian invasion could be tomorrow.
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  3677.  @whitezombie10  Most likely.
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  3678. A difference of 3% is far from being "fairly clear". Furthermore, reality is splitting the vote, some (of the population as well as from Parliament) want to leave without a deal and some want the WA. There is no majority neither in the population nor in parliament.
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  3679. And then what? You can only deport them to their home country. What do you want to do if you do not know this home country?
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  3680. Trade deals of this type n average take about 7 years, but your negotiating team seems to be much slower than average.
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  3681.  @pedrokantor3997  Maybe, but it seems it is still much too fast for the negotiators of the UK.
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  3682. Now convert fishing vessels into bigger drones and finally take out the Kerch bridge.
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  3683.  @alexsilent5603  Yeah, money from Russia was used to destabilize Georgia. Russia has used the same strategy on Georgia, Ukraine, and Moldova. And it tried in the Baltic republics. Other countries like Japan or China could do the same thing in Russia. You will find numerous ethnic minorities wanting to join a more wealthy country, and surely it would be possible to drive them into a civil war in Russia.
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  3684.  @dork7546  Why should we replace someone who is qualified and doing a good job. It is sufficient to have the possibility to do so any time. Fixed terms are detrimental, however. A German chancellor needs to win over the mayority of parliament every single day. A president in his second term has nothing to loose. There is no longer any democratic controll of his behavior. (BTW, why is a number added to my name?)
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  3685.  @ashcarrier6606  What are you talking about? I never claimed Putin was doing a good job and I never claimed Russia was democratic. The opposite is true. All I said, is that therm limits are not nessesary in a functioning democracy. Quite the reverse.
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  3686.  @dork7546  Well, the coalitions changed over time of Merkel. The main point is that you have given no reason why you think a term limitation was any good. Why shouldn't the people decide to continue with a successful politician. Checks and balances are far more important.More that this a simple mayority in parliament should always be able to replace the head of government. That is a very strong democratic control. Please give a reason just stating your opinion is no argument. I
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  3687.  @dork7546  Can the president be removed every single day by parliament and be replaced by a different person? Furthermore, the president in the USA can use executive orders to pass legislation. That is impossible for a chancellor. The president in the USA is the head of the US army. The German army is an army if the parliament.
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  3688.  @dork7546  I do not know why my answer was lost. In Germany, the parliament could assemble on Monday and replace the chancellor with another person. That does not require more than a simple majority and it can be done without any wrongdoing from the chancellor.
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  3689.  @dork7546  "And why is that supposed to be a good thing?" It limits the power of the German leader it is part of democratic accountability. "To replace a person without them doing anything wrong in the first place, I mean." It is not about doing something illegal, but about taking the wrong decisions for the future of Germany. People will be replaced when they are not successful, like in every other job. "I am all for limited terms" Why would we replace one who continues to be successful in the office? "but giving the parliament to replace anyone anytime they want just gives them too much power imo." Parliament is the representation of the electorate, they need to have that power. Anything else (apart from direct democracy) would be undemocratic.
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  3690.  @dork7546  Sure, the power of parliament should be limited by voters and the law (especially the constitution). But it needs to be far greater that the power of the head of the country. And of course, the state governments should have a say on all legislation impacting state finances.
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  3691.  @christopherduke2477  Ukraine has been fighting a Russian insurgency since 2014. These people attacked loyal Ukrainians and the Ukrainian police. Ukraine had to protect it's population from these criminals. The fact that a Russian speaker is president of Ukraine clearly shows that there is no discrimination against Russian speaking Ukrainians.
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  3692. @@tonymontana4413 No, the so-called "separatists" (Russian organized criminals) that shelled the free parts of Ukraine. Defacto a Russian insurgency.
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  3693.  @rehany3401  Well, most of the Nazis currently in Ukraine are Russian soldiers. In the Ukrainian parliament far-right parties play no role at all.
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  3694.  @drachenfels6782  Hoping for term limits to prevent an authoritarian take over seems flawed. It gives the person in power 8 to 10 years to make the needed changes. There are numerous countries where authoritarian leaders have removed this hurdle. There is Russia, Turkey,... Even in China it could not stabilize the oligarchic system. Checks and balances that do not work directly, will not work at all.
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  3695. The Chinese government has tinkered with the exchange rates, but the US has also never played fair. The reason for the US trade deficit is something different: Nowadays, the Chinese people have a similar education as in the US or Western Europe. Not only the workers but also the product developers and scientists. But they are working for less. Regarding the intellectual property China has improved significantly over the recent years. Now they have their own IP and want it protected. And also in this case the US was never this niminy-piminy: When they wanted something developed by the European allies they declared it a national security issue and rejected the patent.
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  3696. Probably the best way get CO2 from the atmosphere is to store bio matter. Dry algy blooms and store it under ground.
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  3697.  @mrfantastic5966  Correct, at least this is what he wants us to think, without actually naming it. This way he can go back on his threats without looking weak. But I do not think military resistance in Ukraine would trigger this. Only if troops would cross the border to Russia.
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  3698.  @slimdeivid  The handful of destroyed Leopards are shown from various directions. Not very convincing.
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  3699. Polyurethane is not flammable.
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  3700. @David S Blair The WA was the only reason the EU granted the UK the transition period. We are standing by our commitments and you should do so too.
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  3701. @David S Blair "rubbish they granted the transition period because they wanted twelve months with the U.K. paying in." Without the WA there would have been a hard Brexit and Barnier would have had a much stronger hand for the negotiations in 2020. Sure, there would have been disruptions, but this would have been the result of not agreeing to the WA. " It also says in article 50 that they would corporate on getting a FTA, with the U.K., Barnier, was insisting we sort the WA, out before talking about trade relations." It may have been a good strategy by Barnier, but it makes sense. The issues of the divorce needed to be solved irrespectively if the EU and the UK agreed on a deal and what this deal would be. "No, this is the EU, all over, with very little time left to put there mess right." Still better than the situation of the UK. "It would will be no good them saying we left by accident." It would not have been an accident, but the conscious decision of the UK. Nobody could blame the EU for the catastrophic results of a no-deal Brexit in the UK. You wanted this, you have to live with it.
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  3702. @David S Blair Sure, you have to start from the scratch, with nearly no trade deal. Even worse, you are weak to you get bad trade deals. You agree with Japan on much stricter state aid rules than the EU ever asked for. Well until now the EU has been constantly getting stronger, it has been growing on each crisis. At the moment it seems much more likely that the UK will fall apart.
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  3703. Why should they care for nonsense from Farage?
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  3704. Well, after Brexit Eurostar is no longer relevant for European countries. It offers a service mainly to the UK.
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  3705. Article 24 is an option that requires agreement of both sides it allows for a transition period. The EU has already presented the requirement for a transition period it's the withdrawal agreement. No WA no TP.
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  3706.  @RyanEhli-MusicAndGuitar  Nowadays, many of the rewrites of the legislation are made in Brussels in order to harmonize the law within the EU. But independently if made in Berlin or made in Brussels these rewrites are usually accompanied by heated public discussions. Usually it turns out better than described by the press. Well, there was the so called Cum Ex scandal. In this case multiple owners of securities could reclaim taxes on the same document. But, to my knowledge this was just a blooper and no one in Government profited from it. Apart from this, a parliament of layers will produce laws mainly beneficial for layers.
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  3707. 2.7kT fertilizer equals 1.3kT TNT.
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  3708. This was biased towards Brexit, wasn't it?
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  3709. Well the EU has been playing the game much too soft for much too long.
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  3710. So you are saying good luck for Ukraine?
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  3711. BYD has delivered 4-5 times more cars than Tesla in 2022. Even if the BYD cars are cheaper, you cannot be talking about the global market share which is the only relevant number.
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  3712.  @MarcoHummingway  Thanks I just looked it up. BYD may indeed sell mainly hybrids, but they still sold more EV than Tesla in 2022. So it is not 5 times more but just 10% more.
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  3713.  @MarcoHummingway  Well, my issue was that it was claimed that Tesla would be holding 60% of the market share. This seems simply absurd. It may be correct in the USA, but definitely not worldwide. German producers produce about as many electric vehicles as US companies and the Chinese produce even more. It would be astonishing if Tesla had more than 25% of the market share.
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  3714.  Internet Research Agency  No, it is not. Only areas in Crimea and the "separatist" regions may be pro Russian. Kherson is currently occupied by Russofashists. Any referendum is only relevant in any way if it includes all the people that have fled Kherson and if international supervisors state that the referendum was performed in a democratic way.
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  3715.  @sorrybroo8303  I am not talking about the war in general, but about Kherson.
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  3716. The same is true for the Russians.
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  3717. Trump really has so much in common with Berluskoni. He is just less intelligent.
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  3718.  @tjhobby6693  Sure, if one side gets enforcements this side will win. What I am however saying is that the Roman legion can build enforced camps, ovens for baking bread and even a water supply without any enforcement. It is part of the stuff they are trained to do.
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  3719.  @dariomartinez6358  Exactly, humans usually do not submit to be slaughtered.
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  3720.  @PinkFZeppelin  Thank you for, answering and thanks for agreeing with me. One Tesla battery would be sufficient to drive 5 km with the tank. That's more than enough to cross a river, switch back to the turbine/diesel engine, and recharge the battery while you are going. Ii could also make the tank more agile in emergencies. Well, battery fires are an issue, but you could the battery fix to the back of the tank to be dropped if damaged.
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  3721.  @PinkFZeppelin  We are talking about one Tesla battery (let's say 800kg) and two 750kW motors (lets say 100kg each). That adds one ton and give approximately a range of 5km on a street, 2 km in rough terrain, and 1 km below water. That is still fine.
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  3722.  @PinkFZeppelin  I have found an axial flux motor with 750kW and a weight of 78kg. Sadly my post has been removed twice. I guess because I gave a link. How is the size of the APU relevant it is not supposed to have a high peak power? Why do you repeat issues with the drive train, that is already prices in in the range reduction from 1200km for a sports car to 5-1km for the tank.
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  3723.  @PinkFZeppelin  Well, you have just calculated the power the turbine delivers to the drivetrain to drive 1km. Well, I think you overestimated it the turbine has an efficiency below 30%. So you already priced in the drivetrain. So the next point is more relevant. Sure the peak power of the battery is not 1500kw. You may need indeed more than one of these batteries. The main point is of course that this is not ment for permanent usage like in an electric vehicle, but for: 1. short bursts of power for emergency situations, 2. and a slow and more silent movement.
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  3724.  @PinkFZeppelin  No, you cannot measure the power on the wheels, That is the power on the drive shaft. An electric motor does not need much of a gearbox it can deliver it's nominal power directly to the driveshaft.
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  3725.  @PinkFZeppelin  Exactly the electric motors would loose massive efficiency, just like the turbine do today. That is the reason tanks need so much power and have such a low range. If you would connections the engine of a tank to a 60t truck (a relatively efficient drive train) it would go at least 1000 with the fuel. If you would connect the same engine to a train car with 60t. It would go up to 5000km (limited by air friction or the lower efficiency of a nearly idalling engine) These inefficiencies are already priced in in your calculations.
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  3726.  @PinkFZeppelin  And by the way, electric motors are at 90-99% efficiency, not 70%. The reason I ignored this, where the resistive losses in the battery.
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  3727.  @PinkFZeppelin  "You're listening to respond not to understand." That is what you have been doing, please stop responding the same over and over again ans finally start to think. "70% efficiency of EV considers conversion losses, resistance, and mechanical losses." 70% is the efficiency of the batteries they have about 15% losses on loading and 15% losses on releasing the power. the electric motors themselves (inclooding the inverters) have an efficiency off usually above 90%. So the power on the drive shaft is more or less identical to the electrical power consumption. "Starting from 20kwh is from perfectly efficient." Once again, if it was perfectly efficient (like a railcar) you could move the tank by hand, the 20kWh/km are only needed because of the inefficiency off the tank. "Sorry man I can't help you anymore than this so here is my last response." So you will not even try to understand?
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  3728.  @sitting_nut  Without the Allies the Soviet Union would have lost, and in WW1 they actually lost. In WW1 German troops where in the outskirts of Moscow, and Moscow was the rail hub of the Soviet Union. If Germany had all the troops in the East, no bombing of it's cities and no issue to purchase fuel, Germany would have won. Similarly, the UK would have lost the Mediterranean sea and finally the war without Russia engaging Germany.
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  3729.  @sitting_nut  "don't dare to take credit for others' victories, as western cravens lacking in honor always try to do." How should I as a German? "face the facts instead of parroting absurd propaganda fed to you." What? I simply look at the facts! "80% of german military was destroyed in eastern front." Most of them in the second half of the war. A second half that would have never been realized without Germany loosing. "less than 10% in so called western front (which btw opened belatedly in mid 44 well after german were on the run from russians in east)." So what? How is this relevant? ""bombings" of cities did not stop germans from achieving their largest armament in 43 and russians defeated that alone." Without the bombing this value would have been much higher. But even more than this the bombing engaged large parts of the German air force. Without the bombing raids all this could have been redeployed to the eastern front. "there are no data support bombings were effective in hampering german war effort before 44. " What? Germany could not import urgently needed resources and factories where destroyed. And Germany had to build and operated Submarines instead of tanks. "so called lend lease from allies to ussr was less than 4% of war budget of ussr." But, as far as I see it was more than 10% of the vehicles. "germans were in outskrits of moscow in ww2 in winter 41" You are making my point, I never claimed anything else. "not in ww1" No, the Soviet Union simply lost WW1 without Germany being in Moscow. "and were beaten back without any help from west . all of allied help to ussr in 41 would fit in to one modern bulk carrier ship and less than half a dozen ships at time." If all the soldiers from the western front and all the the airplanes used in the west would have been deployed in Moscow they would not have been beaten back. "in ww1 russia was going through a civil war and west was supporting one side. and even with that, or before civil war, germans never came near heartland of russia." Yea, the Soviet Union lost WW1. So what?
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  3730. Well, but the UK needs to move too.
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  3731.  @chrisclarke3965  Every country of the EU is sovereign.
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  3732. A shieldwall was strong against the forces of that time, one can clearly see that this is exactly what knights with lances would defeat best. One can see why lance rides later became so successful.
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  3733. Sure, AZ has overpromised they have lured the EU. There Action have cost lives.
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  3734. A united effort is more effective, it gets more results for the same money.
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  3735.  @Nickle314 : The 43.5bn is just a payment for the mess you left it has nothing to do with a trade deal. Not paying the European harvest workers means having even less food. Stopping the trade deficit with Europe means having less and more expensive goods in the supermarket.
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  3736.  @m.w.5691  Free of what? Free of foreign influence perhaps?
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  3737. @Oni At the moment, all you are doing is freeing Europe of British influence. Thank you very much.
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  3738. @Oni By the way, as far as I see most countries in the EU have conservative governments. And these governments control EU policy via the EU Council. It is the powerhouse of the EU were the European leaders meet.
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  3739.  @m.w.5691  Angela Merkel will retire soon, so there is nothing to do. Germany on the other side will not leave the EU and why should it? Still to be free is to be democratic and free of foreign influence. The EU is democratic and should struggle to become less influenced by foreign influence.
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  3740.  @m.w.5691  Naturally, I am taking about countries that are not members of the EU. The EU is no country but a federation of independent countries, and it is controlled by the countries constituting the EU. The main powerhouse is the European Council where the heads of the 28 governments meet.
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  3741.  @m.w.5691  I am from Baden Würtemberg, and I do not want my policy being made from Bavaria, Hesse...., but it is not, the German Government has to answer to the German electorate. In 1806 the Holy Roman Empire was dissolved, an event that gave freedom to the Countries (or States it was constituted of), this may have been beneficial for the individual Kings of these countries, but it was severely detrimental for the population. Furthermore, most of these member countries found that they were pushed around on the World stage without the envelope of the Holy Roman Empire. You have been working in many countries within and outside of the EU, and this way you have experienced the benefit of freedom of movement within the EU, and the EU contracts outside the EU. But no, the EU is not a Federal country but a federation of individual countries. Any member country has the ability to veto each EU rule. So it is impossible that you are exposed to any rule you have not actively agreed to.
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  3742.  @Darkwintre  Come on guys, personal attacks will never solve a problem. Brexit has become a blame game. The EU does not want to kick out the UK as they would be blamed for the dier results. Similarly, the British PM wants the UK to be kicked out. This would allow to continue blaming the EU.
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  3743.  @Darkwintre  I guess negotiations with the EU will become more difficult once the option to walk away from the new deal (revoke) is no longer on the table.
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  3744. How did the NATO countries betray him? Russia could have joined NATO as an equal partner, it Russia had been interested in democratic reforms.
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  3745.  @georgecurly5965  Well, NATO never actively pushed any expansion, the new member countries actively applied to become members. And this was a smart thing to do, as this war has shown. If Ukraine was a member of NATO, Russia would not have invaded, not 8 years ago and not this year.
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  3746.  @Macedonia270  If Russia uses nuclear weapons it will speed up the Russian loss. Even if there is no direct military reaction from NATO. Russia would loose most of it's allies, China, India, and Brazil would join the sanctions. I am sure, Xi made this clear in Samarkand. All hesitations limiting weapon deliveries to Ukraine would be dropped. And there clearly would be additional sanctions from the west.
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  3747. Where was Theresa May's respect for the EU position? Reiterating a thing that already had been rejected in detail! No wonder the other European leaders where annoyed.
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  3748.  @Abravado  You know that Greece cheated to be allowed to enter the Euro, don't you?
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  3749. This is the point the way to win a trade war is to strongly cripple a countries economy while endure a small crippling of your own economy until the other country has to give in. This can only be done if your economy is significantly stronger than the others. However the EU as total has a similar economic strength as the US (not military) the same is true for china.
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  3750.  @michaelealey7370  As far as I know, it can be used as a pedestrian bridge, not for cars and even less for heavy military equipment.
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  3751. "Another thing people don't take into consideration is the cost of disposal of the expired panels, panels don't last forever and cant be just tossed into the landfill, they have toxic gases and materials that "should" be disposed of properly." Solar panels are pretty inert. But if used in this quantity people should think about better ways of recycling. "I know that was a big reason for the parabolic designs that avoided photovoltaic" Because photovoltaics was still expensive. That has changed. "I don't think it would be considered taking advantage if they are making money off of the energy sales, but I think with the way fresh water is going, desalination might be a better route than shipping energy so far away. Instead of oil pipelines we can start working on water pipelines." What?
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  3752.  @josephescott3263  "I think i was trying to say that they mentioned these massive solar farms are taking advantage of the local peoples lands and resources, but i figured if they are benefiting from it then its a win win, but if the whole idea is to make money then i would build the solar farms, and use it for desalination projects for fresh water" The original design used solar thermal energy production and would have used a lot of water, but now PV is far cheaper than that. I guess agri PV would be a good thing, where PV panels shade the fields. "and pipe the water to europe or other parts of the middle east and northern Africa." I think the water will need to be used to be used close to the production. The geography does not really support anything else. " Im just spit balling here, im open to enlightenment like your previous replies, i think it was productive responses to my rambling." Thanks, so you liked my rambling.
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  3753. The USA is pretty diverse and one of the oldest democracies on earth. The EU is democratic, it the parliament is elected by the European population and the Commissioners are selected by the democratically elected local governments. It is not ideal as any partner in the EU imposes different election rules for the parliament and the Commision is not elected by the parliament but it is all we have. In case you do not like it, try to improve it.
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  3754. BoJo will be gone once the reality of Brexit is beginning to bite.
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  3755. Oh, I think you take Johnson and the UK much to serious.
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  3756. This would make the border in the Irish sea even harder.
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  3757.  @GusMac6129  Ukrainians have every right to hate Russians since Russia has been punishing Ukraine for 8 years. But they do not hate Russians speaking Ukrainians, in fact they elected one into the office of president. Putins minions in Donbass have endangered the Ukrainian population for far too long. Russia has been paying thugs whit guns to destabilized Ukraine, Russia was never interested in peace in Donbass, otherwise Russia would not have vetoed a UN peacekeeping mission for Donbass. Russia is attacking another country, Ukraine is not. Russia is the new fascist empire.
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  3758.  @jackspring7709  How am I lying. I think most of what I said was cut and dry. And a UN mission could have secured the cease fire and so enabled the implementation of the Minsk agreement.
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  3759.  @jackspring7709  And no you are lying. These thugs with guns did not even represent the population of Donbass and even less of Eastern Ukraine. First they needed to drive out significant parts of the population. They are Putins minions, nothing more. They are the people that caused all the violence in Donbass
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  3760.  @jackspring7709  No, you got it the wrong way around, Russias neighboring countries felt bullied by Russia and asked for membership in NATO. The Russian actions where a constant advertisement for NATO membership. The current invasion has pushed Finland and Sweden into NATO.
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  3761.  @Kfader1210  The UN has its range of abilities. This is limited and all veto powers need to agree to this action. Arresting certain persons is surely not part of the scope of actions of the UN. But more then this, this is not a UN mission, it is a IAEA mission. And IAEA staff consists of scientists, mainly PhD physicists. And in the past, the IAEA has proven absolutely independent. Their job is to inspect the nuclear power plant and report their findings. They are not supposed to arrest anyone.
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  3762.  @GusMac6129  "I have been following is since 1991." Fine. "But yes, since the coup by the West in Ukraine in 2014" A revolution by the majority of the population of Ukraine in order to save Ukraine from the the fate of Belarus. "is when it really started ramping up, the recruitment the indoctrination, training & arming of Ukrainian nationalists, with your tax money." - Well, for years Azov has not shown much far right behavior, all the stories are several years old. - And even if they where far right they are irrelevant compared to the sice of the Ukrainian army - And even more Azov is tiny compared to Russian Nazi groups. "These nationalists hate Russians, they murdered, tortured, imprisoned anyone in Ukraine that still spoke Russian or still lived by Russian values." That is bullshit. I mean Ukraine even voted for a Russian speaker as president. "Mainly in eastern Ukraine, that came under fire, many innocents were murdered, upto 14'000." You mean they where murdered or endangered by Putins minions, the so called "separatists". "It is exactly what the Nazis did with the Jews." You mean what Russia did to Ukraine? "The funny things is, the Western MSM used to report on these nationalists condemning them," Yes there were some issues in 2014, but since then it was the pro Russian side that mainly broke the law. "they even reported on the Odessa massacre on Russian ethnics." Both sides where throwing Molotov cocktails at each other. The fire in Odessa may even have been an accident. "The reporting all suddenly disappeared, to then favour/support what Ukraine was doing. Why?" Because it was the pro Russian side committing the crimes. "Who can blame the Russians being concerned," They can be concerned, but this is no reason for an Invasion, not for the first, not for the second not for the third. "that their neighbour was being armed to the teeth, killing ethnic Russians & denying them democracy?" What is an "ethnic Russian" there are Russian speaking Ukrainians, and one of them is President, no one is denying him democracy. Many of the Russian speakers them defend their country against Russian troops. Russian troops are killing exactly the people they claim to protect. "Denying them any rights what-so-ever?" They have the same rights as any other citizen of Ukraine. "I personally thought the Russians would have moved sooner than 2022 (its not a coincidence its during Bidens regime), to protect those ethnics." You mean to kill them. "But here we are, it is almost job done & the Donbass can be free." Well it will take some time to free Donbass, but it seems Kherson will be first. "But i also suspect, the goes way deeper, than this conflict, we know Ukraine is just getting used by the West, to try to force regime change in Russia?" It was Russia that attacked Ukraine, not the other way around. "So the West can put their own people in charge? It's failed." In charge of what? "Sanctions have not worked." Oh they work. "What it truly the end game?" Well, Russia leaving Ukraine and Ukraine, Moldova and Georgia joining NATO and later the EU. "What is it really all about?" Russia not accepting realities, they are no longer a super power, they have the GDP of Spain. "I have my thoughts, but i could be typing for hours. Wake the f**k up people." Yes, please wake up.
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  3763.  @GusMac6129  OK, so you are telling me that you will not be honest and will not allow anything to change your mind. The Russia of today is today's Fashism. Fashion will be removed from Donbass once it will be freed from Russian occupation. This will give Ukraine the opportunity to finally heal the wounds inflicted by Russia.
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  3764. Well, being a member of the EU greatly reduces red tape, Brexit will greatly increase bureaucracy in the UK.
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  3765.  Will Miller  Well, that is the nature of complex negotiations, they take time. You can speed up trade deals by giving in on all relevant points. It is stupid, but you can do it. The EU is known for very good negotiators, in addition, the size gives bargaining power.
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  3766.  Will Miller  Well, the EU is already smaller, Brexit is done on first of February 2020. But the UK seems more sluggish than nimble, more clueless than competitive.
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  3767.  Will Miller  Well, the deals you have got are all rubber stamped rollover deals you had as a member of the EU. These are no new deals improving the British situation, but a mitigation of the loss. Most of the deals are worse for the UK, if compared to the deal of the EU and some are limited in time. Furthermore, it is far less than 50 deals that have been signed and even less are ratified.
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  3768.  Will Miller  Sure, they have been modified, they are worse for the UK. If you would be honest, you would agree that a deal that is good for Germany is also good for the UK. The countries differ far less than you seem to think. But please send me links for at least 10 ratifications of trade deals in 2020.
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  3769.  Will Miller  Well, the UK has started negotiations with a huge number of countries withou having the capacity to realise all these negotiations in parallel. Most countries have told you they will wait until the deal with the EU is finalized. Canada has only agreed to a temporary deal, and Japan has no schedule for you, but the leftover from the schedule of the EU.
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  3770.  Will Miller  Sure you signed a deal, with stricter state aide rule than the EU ever asked for and with leftover schedules (bred cums) of the EU. I agree that is nuts, or in other words, that s Boris Johnson. Sure, you added some recognition for cheese; cheese the Japanese do not consume anyway.
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  3771. Good to see things are improving.
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  3772.  @howardpierce8460  The ECJ is named as the arbitrator for the WA in the WA itself. The basis for any decision of the ECJ, in this case, will not be European law, but the text of the WA and international law.
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  3773.  @kirpalani-griffin3706  If your intelligence is so bad you cannot see these huge logos, you have no intelligence at all. In this case, it is simply murder.
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  3774. @Jake-xu1ts  How is it relevant that Israel is small? The property of different people was stolen in between 1919 today. If I steal your house and you call me our, "The house is small." Is no relevant answer.
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  3775. @GabbiSarShalom  Even the UN partition plan gives Palestinians less than 50%.
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  3776.  @GabbiSarShalom  Not even the UN devision gave Palestinians more than 50% of the land.
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  3777.  @mukkaar  We would need the supremacy of the common forreign policy. That is all that would need to change as a precurser of a common EU army. We need this anyway, without a real common forreign policy we are not taken seriously by the USA, by Russia, or by China.
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  3778.  @costakeith9048 : Strangely you seem to take huge pride in bulling a country that has done nothing but trying to be fair and prevent bulling.
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  3779. So the journalist just denied the Holocaust being a genocide. In his opinion the Germans did not kill all Jews, so it could not be a genocide.
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  3780.  @pinkmann8399  You mean "the Bear" has been poking NATO members for far too long.
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  3781. In principle an electric all terrain vehicle is agood thing. If you it use for working in the wilderness, you do not need to go fast or far. You need peak power to cross obstacles and you need power tools when you arrived. I am looking forward to an electric Unimog with the motors placed inside the tires.
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  3782. Sure all these homeless people in San Francisco are bad for his business. Just scaring them away is more expensive than actually helping. In a neo-liberal dream you end up in a situation like Luanda, were you need a personal security service to live a normal western lifestyle.
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  3783.  @james5637  Covid-19 is an acute illness, so unlike bone cancer there is not much time to die withe the virus.
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  3784.  @forza223bowe5  I am sure the number of people killed in traffic accident has gone down. Who wold have expected this result?
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  3785. One side of the bridge is not in Russia.
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  3786.  @denisgorjunov  An attack on the bridge would not be an attac by Germany and it would not hit Russian soil.
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  3787. The UN cannot do much, Russia is a veto power. We should abolish the security council. Let us give all the power to the general assembly.
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  3788. So the F35 is like a smartphone is using saphire windows for cameras.
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  3789. Yes, the UK will be hit harder.
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  3790.  @seeker5738 : Astonishing
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  3791.  @donmccarron5709 : Andrea Leadsom is deluded to think May would get a new and desierable trade deal because: 1. neither Merkel nor Macron where negotiating the WA, 2. the negotiations are over for months, 3. restarting the negotiations would require the unanimous approval of all members of the EU, 4. the Backstop is needed until the UK comes up with a better solution, 5. the negotiations regarding a trade deal will not start until the WA is signed or the UK has crashed out (It is useless to negotiate if one partner does not honor the results).
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  3792.  @peterpan9217 : Nobody wants to dictate anything to the UK, but on the other hands, there is no reason to submit to the demands of the UK if they are detrimental for us.
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  3793.  @peterpan9217 : I am obviously not. But you seem to have run out of arguments. So you try an ad hominem attack.
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  3794.  @peterpan9217 : The EU negotiators stated correctly that a number of issues need to be solved in any case and therefore needed to be addressed before the negotiation of a trade deal could start. These are the status of EU citizens in the UK and UK citizens in the EU, the Irish border, and the settlement. This should have been solved in 6 months and it would have left 42 months for the trade deal. Sadly David Davis showed up without any documents. Teresa May could call Angela Merkel in Berlin, but she is using the Trips to Europe to kick the can down the road.
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  3795.  @peterpan9217 : Yes, as I said the 39 billion are for the WA as the UK has to honor the commitment it made. Trade deals are mutual beneficial and normally involve no payment. Nobody wants to trap the UK in the EU, the backstop is an undesirable situation for the EU as it partly divides the 4 freedoms.
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  3796.  @David_Lloyd-Jones : As far as I see there are two meanings: 1. Appealing to feelings or prejudices rather than intellect 2. Marked by or being an attack on an opponent's character rather than by an answer to the contentions made https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ad%20hominem
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  3797.  @DugNick3  The changes you propose would change the EU from a confederation in a federal country. That would be a huge step. The ECJ does not rule over individual cases it rules over the legality of laws, like any international court does. In this way it is similar to a constitutional court.
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  3798.  @damnedmadman  The ECJ rules over the law that was involved in individual cases.
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  3799. No this is the role of Farage.
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  3800. @Firm Buttocks Do you really think so? Well, I have not read and compared it myself, but I was told so, and actually, your government has made a mess of nearly everything.
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  3801. @Firm Buttocks Well, monthly changes are irrelevant, the loss over the full year is the relevant parameter. https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn%3AANd9GcS1uXswqVXSp_uay0_xtfS65DDkwauOG6z58A&usqp=CAU
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  3802. @Firm Buttocks Brits always think Germany would only produce cars. "Have we had a full year yet?" No, we have not and it seems the UK is about to endure its second hit. All these studies are likely too optimistic.
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  3803.  @stefanb6539  35mm
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  3804. The integrity of the common market is more valuable that the investment in the UK. Besides, companies (from all over the world) might sue the UK for their loss of access to the EU market.
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  3805.  @ThePawcios  What are you talking about?
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  3806.  @kubluu  Bullshit
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  3807.  @Hardcore_Remixer  Fundamental rules need an unanimous decision in the Council. So every country needs to agree.
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  3808.  @Hardcore_Remixer  Yes one country with an overblown sense of entitlement has left the EU.
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  3809.  @Hardcore_Remixer  A scrooge has left the EU, someone who never paid his fair share.
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  3810.  @Silver_Prussian  The rules are not dumb. Every singe member country agreed to them.
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  3811. @Bessie Hillum What are you talking about?
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  3812. @Bessie Hillum Bullshit!
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  3813.  @jonlister1981  EU rules are made to be obeyed, and if there are questions about the application of rules (what indeed happens all the time) there is the ECJ to make a ruling. I do not think the EU is breaking its own rules in any way in regard of the sanctions.
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  3814.  @Born782  These are the Rules all countries in the EU have agreed to. If you join an an ice cream club, you should not be astonished to get ice cream.
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  3815.  @Drannn54  "satanist USSR"'??? Really??? I did not like the USSR but that is simply absurd. It is a bit like everyone I do not like is Hitler.
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  3816.  @Drannn54  My point is that brain-dead descriptions take away all your credibility. Nobody will take you serious. As I said was against the SU and I am against the current actions of Russia, but if we want to talk about this we need to be as precise as possible.
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  3817.  @Drannn54  What are you talking about?
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  3818.  @Drannn54  And unify the USA with Iran or what?
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  3819.  @Drannn54  What on earth are you talking about? Do you want to appear stupid?
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  3820. The Asian population in Germany has a very different structure compared to the UK. There are lots of former students at German universities from all over Asia. Then there are the adopted Vietnamese children in West Germany. And there are the Vietnamese migrant workers from eastern Germany. None of these groups are known for multi-generation households.
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  3821.  @deniseg-hill1730  This was German television, therefore, the experience of the interviewer may have been very different from the situation in the UK. Actually, in Germany, it is the reverse. If we are talking about Asians we refer to east Asians. We usually would not call a person from India or Pakistan an Asian.
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  3822.  keirfree senior  Well, the correct terminology would include anyone living on the Asian continent. Including Israel, the largest part of Turkey and Russia east of the Kaukasus. Anything else is habitual. In common use, we restrict the description as Asian to people with Asian facial features. I am not pushing my convention on anyone. All I want to say is that the difference in the description is very likely the cause for the issue when talking to a DW journalist.
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  3823.  keirfree senior  I only wanted to give a hint for the reason for the misunderstanding of Dr. John Campbell and the DW journalist. The human genetic and cultural setup is so diverse that any of these descriptions can only give a rough impression.
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  3824.  keirfree senior  What?
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  3825.  keirfree senior  Happened to me too.
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  3826.  @hermanwooster8944  Well, most of these people may simply want Ukraine to stay independent especially from Russia, infact that seems to be the position of the mayority of the population. Ukraine has suffered incredible under the control by Moscow. In the last general elections far right lost everything, at the same time pro Russian parties reached about 20% in Donbass and about 5% in all of Ukraine. In the Revolutions of 2004 and 2015 Ukraine has shown that the mayority does not want to be controlled by Moscow. Of these 20% that voted for pro Russian candidates 5-10% will actually appreciate the Russian invasion.
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  3827. The contracts were made before the EU agreed to a common purchase.
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  3828. ​ @tonycorn5433  Didn't Ghandi try to allie with Hitler?
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  3829. It will destroy Boris.
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  3830.  @paulbala9431  Well, when the reality of no-deal Brexit is beginning to bite Boris will get in an awful position.
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  3831.  @bumblebee5818  Sure, posting takes too much of my life. But apart from this, I don't think a hard Brexit is a threat for the EU.
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  3832.  @paulbala9431  We will see, I would guess it will not be what you expected.
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  3833. Not our problem. You can either get a trade deal wile still in the common market or once you are out and more vulnerable. Boris makes it easy for Barnier.
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  3834. Any trade deal with any country binds your options to make new laws. So you reject any trade deal with any county?
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  3835.  @reuvenpolonskiy2544  Well, Gaza and the West Jordan Land are effectively part of Israel. In Gaza the borders are controlled by Israel, an in the West Jordan Land many streets and settlement are controlled by Israel.
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  3836. Promises of Russia are worthless, they promised to protect the Ukrainian territorial integrity when Ukraine gave their nukes away. Only NATO membership will lead to stability in Ukraine.
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  3837. Why?
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  3838. Well, most of the AZ vaccine was produced in India and the EU. But AZ exported so much vaccine that they could not fulfill their contract with the EU. So the simplest thing is to get another supplier. Now Pfizer and Biontech are ramping up their production. If AZ delays much longer their vaccine will no longer be needed.
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  3839.  @userxyz64  Probably, but there are gradual differences of mandates.
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  3840.  @ngp1868  : The contributions of Germany are significantly higher, so what. It is still a small number compared to the benefits from being part of the common market.
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  3841. ​ @LoneWolf-ck7pj  : So you start your argument with an insult: "lunatics in Brussels." It seems Brexiteers constantly insult the rest of the EU but react extremely insulted on mild criticism. If you want to be a member of the club you need to pay the fee, it not just leave. Britain s economy was stagnating until you entered the EU. You already had a rebate, asking for more was trying to rip off the other countries.
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  3842.  @LoneWolf-ck7pj : If lunatics is an observation for Brussels the only description for Westminster would be muppets. The destruction of the trade unions (or whatever your politicians did) seems to have been detrimental for the development of the UK. The British productivity is the lowest in northern Europe. This is also the main reason for your negative trade balance.
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  3843.  @LoneWolf-ck7pj : You are not out jet. Let's see what will happen then.
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  3844.  @LoneWolf-ck7pj  : It is not, anybody would be happy if the Brexit discussion could be over. You just need to pay your dues and sign not to bully Ireland.
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  3845.  @LoneWolf-ck7pj : It is a weakness, I find it hard to ignore stupidity.
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  3846. 9 years. The Russian insurgency in Donbas has harded the Ukrainian troops for 8 years. That was the only reason the Ukrainian army held the Russians in early 2022.
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  3847. If you use the boats from 1666 too.
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  3848. "This war could have been avoided well before the invasion!" Sure, if Ukraine had joined NATO. "If UK stayed within EU and USA’s and NATO’s troops stayed in Afghanistan, this war could have been avoided. Recent evacuation of USA and NATO troops from Afghanistan exposed USA’s and NATO’s weakness, which gave Putin to make a date for the invasion." Not really. "Brexit is a major blow for EU’s stability and security." Brexit improved stability of the EU, and was a minor blow for EU security. "Brexit has delayed global peace by 200 years." Nah. "War between Russia and Ukraine have delayed global peace by another 300 years." You claim to be able to see 500 years into the future? That is ludicrous. It may be nothing, it may be bad, it may be exactly what was needed for world peace. "Several months ago, well before the invasion, USA and NATO know that Russia is going to invade Ukraine. NATO could have moved some of their troops with their hi-tech equipment to Ukraine when Russia was positioning their troops by the border of Ukraine. If Russia sees NATO troops in Ukraine, there was no way Russia would have invaded Ukraine. USA was waiting for this war for their economic and political gain." Could be right, but in this case the danger would have continued after the troops had been removed again. "This war could also have been easily avoided if President of Ukraine declared neutrality when President of Russia was requesting numerous times well before the invasion." When Putin says neutrality, he means a puppet dictatorship. "President of Ukraine could not declare neutrality because Ukraine was mislead by the USA and NATO with a “resisting strategy” for their own economic and political gain at global stage." Not Selensky could not declare that type of neutrality because it would have been the end of Ukraine. "USA is the only winner from this war." Could be. "When I USA, I mean USA government, politicians, billionaires, millionaires, and shareholders. USA government wants this war much more than Russia wants this war. Capitalism and market economy will not exist in USA without on going wars and on going regime changes elsewhere." Well, here it is Russia that wants a regime change. "Putin will not go home with empty handed when he already lost significant amount of soldiers and economic sanctions!" I guess, he will go with the regions held by the rebels before the beginning of the war. Let us see how he spins this as a victory? "There is no point isolating Putin further and further. Putin would not hesitate to push nuclear buttons as a final resort if Putin thinks its game over for him without a significant win." If Putin wins he will start the next war with the same threat of nuclear Armageddon. Appeasement makes things worse in the long term. "USA and NATO will need to come up with something that Putin can feel a victory." Putin will need something he can sell as a victory. But he mist not feel a victory, otherwise he will start the next war. "If USA and NATO cannot come up with something substantial for Putin's victory, the war will last several months or years!, which means more lives, buildings, schools, hospitals, factories, shopping centres, and other infrastructures will be under threat. And, more refugee crisis and mental health issues are inevitable. USA and NATO must play major part to find a solution in order to stop this war and rebuild the Ukraine." Stop the war in Ukraine, without laying the groundwork for the next war.
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  3849. Billionaires in other countries need to hide their gains from the in tax havens. This is illegal and cannot be done with 100%, without raising suspicion.
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  3850.  @Armed-Forever  History of the people of Ukraine needing two revolutions just to stay neutral.
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  3851.  empbac  Actually, there are quite some silly extreme left-wing ideas from the USA on the internet. Generally, access to communism in the USA seems to be extremely strang. The right-wing will call it evil, and some strange outsiders will embrace it. We had communism in Germany, the issue was less that people were bad, it just did not really work.   You see, I am a centrist, so somewhere in between Sanders and Obama.
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  3852.  empbac  I am talking about Eastern Germany or the GDR, not only East Berlin. I am with you, I think most US lefties are very reasonable. Sadly the real extreme left in the USA / the communists are clueless and therefore giving the left a bad name. I am in favor of shifting some money away from policing towards Social work, and other community services. But I think calling it "defund the Police" is madness. It is more or less like Berny Sanders calling himself a socialist. You are inviting strawman arguments.
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  3853. @King Kenny Don't you think the referendum was honored with an enormous effort? The whole policy of the UK was turned around. Furthermore, Brexit superseded daily politics within the EU. What more do you expect? Don't you think it is time to check it the majority of the citizen of the UK really want this deal?
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  3854. @King Kenny The result of the referendum was never ignored. Ignoring would imply that the policy in the UK would have continued as if the referendum had never happened.Quite on the contrary the referendum changed anything in UK politics.
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  3855. @King Kenny So what are you complaining about?
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  3856.  Dr Dimpy Rambo  Well, in order to get full and free access to the common market a country needs to follow the level playing field, that is independent of the country being a member or not. It is easy to leave the EU, but it is impossible to leave without loosing the benefits of membership.
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  3857. @Firm Buttocks Sure, in the way that WTO will level the UK.
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  3858.  @darrenbellenger1  With what?
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  3859.  @darrenbellenger1  But you did not present any arrangement the EU would be redundant with.
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  3860.  @darrenbellenger1  You know, Kalergi is a red herring. Russia is of lower importance for the EU since the EU has trade deals all over the globe. The UK will have none. When the UK wants a trade deal with an European nation not in the EU, the only relevant partners left seem to be Switzerland and Russia.
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  3861.  @darrenbellenger1  I reacted to your claim by asking how you would want to replace the services of the EU, and I still have no answer.
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  3862.  @darrenbellenger1  LMAO, transitioning to a "knowledge economy" is expensive and takes time, you cannot do this wile not being able to sell your traditional goods. LMAO, Germany is one of the leading countries in the field of robotics and automation and still you need to export real products. LMAO, most Brexiters want to close the borders but you want to open them wide.
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  3863.  @darrenbellenger1  I have pointed to verifiable facts, you have pointed to feelings and dreams. I am sorry, you seem to be the "christian with a sign post".
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  3864.  @darrenbellenger1  I know who Kallergi was, he is irrelevant for this discussion. Why is my statement about Germany a reason for leaving? Germany has a very successful robotics and automation industry while being in the EU, but the UK needs to leave the EU to become successful in robotics and automation. This does not make any sense.
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  3865.  @darrenbellenger1  Dear Darren, the difference is that my claim is not based on a feeling. 85% of British exports are fostered by the EU. This is a number that can be verified or falsified.
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  3866.  @darrenbellenger1  Poland in the EU is doing fine. Compare this to Ukraine outside the EU but with similar starting conditions. You will see the EU is beneficial even and especially for tier 2 economies.
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  3867.  @darrenbellenger1  You missed the part of British exports fostered by EU trade deals, it ts another 40% on top of the 46% within the EU.
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  3868.  @darrenbellenger1  Sorry dear Darren, it took a bit longer and I was not fully correct. But I found it again. In a report of the "Institute for Fiscal Studies" [1] (page 22) the it is estimated that 63% if British international exports are fostered by EU trade deals. When we assume the British exports within the EU to be 45% of total British exports. These 63% translates to 35% of the total British exports. This would mean 80% of British exports are fostered by the EU. So I have to correct me by 5%. [1] https://www.ifs.org.uk/uploads/publications/comms/R119%20-%20The%20EU%20Single%20market%20-%20Final.pdf
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  3869.  @darrenbellenger1  Sure in about 15 years you may have your own LESS favorable deals. But why should one do this?
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  3870.  @darrenbellenger1  Actually it does not really matter from the personal point of view, you can vote for only one MP in the Houses of parliament, and even if you do not vote the outcome for this MP is likely to be the same. Citizen can only make a difference when they vote in larger numbers for an outcome. This way you are not really in charge of your destiny, as you have to rely on all your fellow citizen. Absolutely the same is true for the EU. That is how democracy works.
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  3871.  @darrenbellenger1  Sure, why should you not be in control of your own destiny, but what has this have to do with Brexit. You will lose your freedom of movement and have less control of your destiny.
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  3872. You have been fighting asymetric wars. You did not want to use Taliban weapons and you did not allow the Taliban to use your material. But the war in Afghanistan was not a normal war. This one is. In WW1 and WW2 the other side used lots of captured material. My Grandfather used a captured Soviet truck.
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  3873. Well, they could start fishing the juvenile fish on the continental coast before it migrates to UK waters. This would be even worse for fishermen in the UK.
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  3874. Taurus would have caused far far more damage.
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  3875.  @Gotchaaayoutube  In any event before Ukraine has been targeting military bases and important infrastructure. The drone strikes last week were in areas around Moscow where around airbases. I would therefore assume that these bases were the real targets. Russian troops most likely used GPS scramblers to deflect these drones and caused the impact in civilian settlements. Taurus is far more sophisticated and would not fall for GPS scramblers.
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  3876. Well, Germany has already reduced the imports from Russia far more than other countries could and that is hurting Russia. You can not useful embargo a country you did not trade to begin with.
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  3877. All quiet on the Western front.
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  3878.  @scottishlisa3463  Well, just like you, but my view is grounded in reality.
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  3879. @JSK010  Some way to project some power is needed to protect waterways from pirates or to staff UN missions. But no army should do something like the illegal invasion of Iraq. Actions like this destabilize the whole region, cause streams of refugees, and increase global terrorism.
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  3880. @JSK010  Fighting piracy is a good thing. That is what Europe is doing now. Invading other countries means being a part of the problem.
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  3881. @JSK010 Not the EU, but France, Germany, and Italy. At the coast of Somalia and in the red sea.
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  3882. @JSK010  Well and you are wrong the German frigate Hessen is part of the military fleet in the Red Sea.
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  3883.  @chickenfishhybrid44  Sure, it would be a huge advantage if a mayority of all countries in the EU would need to agree to such adventures.
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  3884. @gregnorth6413  what are you referring to?
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  3885.  @whyamimrpink78  "gyms are not hotspots. In fact, they benefit society as it makes people healthier." In general, I would agree. However, in the current situation, a lot of precautions have to be taken. This could render such a business non-profitable. As a result, many gyms may not adhere to the rules in order to survive.
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  3886.  @petergrossett9236  Well, Norway, Switzerland and Turkey do accept the level playing field. This allows a much better access to the common market than Japan and Canada have.
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  3887.  @petergrossett9236  You seem not to want to understand. The UK wanted a Canada+++ and this requires a Canada +++ alignment. If the UK had asked for a real Canada style deal it would have required less alignment.
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  3888.  @petergrossett9236  The only relevant request is the request of the negotiators. It is impossible to discuss all the different ideas the population has. The UK wanted to prevent custom checks and wanted to extend the deal to (financial) services.
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  3889.  @petergrossett9236  Once again nobody wants to punish the UK. It is about treating the UK like a non member. It is exactly what you wanted. Sure, members are treated better, what did you expect. The UK and EU have agreed to protect the GFA by agreeing to the NIP in the WA. Nobody takes advantage of anything, it is the only possibility to protect Brexit, the GFA, and the WTO rules at the same time.
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  3890.  @petergrossett9236  Sure, a non member would not have been bailed out. Actually the UK treated Greece much worse than Germany did. But what do you want to accomplish with your whataboutism?
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  3891.  @Davo-007  That is no EU "law" (rule to be implemented in law in the member countries). It is a historic artefact in the EU organization, it should be reformed. But you surely do not want to claim these rules would be more efficient in the UK. The Queens is by far more expensive than the migration of the EU parliament. The upper house is an expensive anachronism and finally your parliament is controlled by a men frequently shouting.
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  3892.  @Davo-007  Well, this discussion was about the question if he could name stupid EU rules. Well you did not find any. You wanted to go, nobody ever wanted to stop you. It is easy to leave the EU. But it is impossible to leave it without keeping the benefits of membership.
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  3893.  @Davo-007  Why should I be crying. Studying the mental state of Brexiters is interesting.
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  3894.  @Davo-007  It seems you have no argument and therefore use vile speech.
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  3895.  @Davo-007  Really, are you going so low? Notify me, if you have something relevant to contribute.
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  3896.  @Davo-007  Well, not being able to review your own thoughts would explain your cognitive dissonance.
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  3897.  Me  More a UK vaccine scandal. One reason more not to trust the UK.
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  3898. He is speaking an excellent English for a non native speaker. I doubt your French is reaching this level.
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  3899. @Percy Harry Hotspur We can continue this discussion in German. Lets see if you can stand up to your own standards.
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  3900. @Percy Harry Hotspur Juncker is not a professor for English literature but a politician. In his case understanding a language and being able to speak to be understood is the standard. Junker by far exceeds this level. Could you even reach the standard in any foreign language?
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  3901.  @paull7725  I am working in a multicultural environment. We have no common language spoken and understood fluently by everybody. If your assumption was true we could not accomplish anything. However, it is not a big issue. We just spend a little more time on these discussions.
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  3902.  @paull7725  I have to disagree, any translation is like a press release, it may be polished and clear, but it misses the non verbal message. The key aspect of an interview is to see the unfiltered spontaneous reaction to questions. Watching these interviews on German television we miss a lot.
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  3903.  @paull7725  Just for my curiosity, how would you treat speakers with strong dialects. At least to me, e.g. Scots, Irish, and Geordies are sometimes more difficult to understand than Juncker.
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  3904.  @paull7725  True, Swiss German can vary from difficult to incomprehensible.
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  3905.  @shelleyphilcox4743  The USA and the Netherlands. So what?
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  3906. 1. A no-deal Brexit will hurt the UK much more than the EU. 2. Giving in to the UK will set a president for Poland and Hungary. This will hurt the EU much more than a no-deal Brexit. -> There is nothing the UK can threaten the EU with!
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  3907. I never said the no deal Brexit will not hurt the EU. But it will hurt the UK much more. Regarding the trade deficit, the British people will want to purchase these Products. So the only reason they will not by them is they cannot afford them. You will have to pay the 60G€ anyway, independent of a deal. International debts can be collected in any case. Regarding the largest export market, I could not find the numbers for the EU27 but for Germany, you are not the largest export market. It is 1. USA, 2. France, 3. China 4. Netherlands and 5. UK.
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  3908.  @timhill9189  And no country occupied the Russian equivalent of the Rhineland.
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  3909.  @matsfrommusic  Well, what else could be done. Right now we need to get specialists from the IAEA to inspect Saporicha.
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  3910. They are not illegal, emergency exceptions are well established. Even more, if they decided to change the EU laws, this would be legislation, not rule-breaking. In any case, the UK has committed to much stricter state-aid rules in the deal with Japan.
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  3911. Just go metric this would make everything much simpler.
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  3912.  @Bennett2142  Have you not read my post? Only the UK has been threatening a blockade.
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  3913. @ PincherMartyn: What has WW2 to do with present day economics?
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  3914. Trump seams to use German capitalization rules.
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  3915.  @MrBobesch1  Warum möchtest du dei Heimatland verraten? Ein Sieg Russlands ist das schlechteste was uns passieren kann.
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  3916. Well, the UK needs the trade deal, the EU not so much. If nessesary Barnier can continue negotiations in 2021.
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  3917.  @bumblebee5818  Well not only the EU but also any individual country needs to agree to a deal. As far as I can see Barnier has done an excellent job. He is a real diplomat calm and respectful. So as far as I understand you think we should send someone less diplomatic and more aggressive? What about Verhofstadt?
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  3918.  @bumblebee5818  Depends on what is acceptable by the UK. The proposal of Frost very far from anything acceptable by any member of the EU, let alone all of them.
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  3919.  @adamkolinski  Was your post intended to straw man the EU? Nobody wants to crash anything. However, as Ursula von der Leyen has said actions have consequences. Canada has some alignment with the EU but no passporting rights. If the City wants to keep its access to the EU significant stronger alignment is needed. It is not an act of aggression needed to conserve the integrity of the single market.
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  3920.  @adamkolinski  I was right, you like straw manning the EU.
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  3921.  @adamkolinski  How, could you be a little more specific?
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  3922.  @adamkolinski  Specify your claim otherwise we have to assume it is unreasonable.
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  3923. Or reduce the gauge west of Odessa.
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  3924.  @ddon1797  So you say, the German police moved the second both comparisons became comparable?
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  3925. Do you know the extent of reforms Russia needs to undergo before it has any option of being accepted into Nato? But sure, Russia can become democratic and build a positive relationship with all Nato members, and in 15 years we can talk about this.
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  3926.  @miirobrightvisions  In Afghanistan a democracy was ended shortly after the allied troops left, in Ukraine the Russian troops want to end Democracy. "remember them days when it was funny when they were bombing Afghanistan" Bombing people is never funny. The reason the troops stayed so long in Afghanistan was the hope to prevent the Taliban to come back into power. The way it was done was obviously fallacious. The allies would have needed to leave much earlier or much later, I do not know. "never laugh at your neighbors' misfortune, once a wise man told me." I am not, are you?
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  3927.  @miirobrightvisions  Why not? Most of the countries in the "West" are actually democratic. I know, some shit was done in the name of spreading democracy, but the fact that it was abused does not make it less good.
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  3928.  @PAllen74  "Never going to work. Europe is too culturally different. No way an Estonian for example would think that they can be represented better by Brussels then their current government. Smaller countries would have almost no say." Have you ever heard of Switzerland?Three (+1) different languages and at least three different cultures in a stable and democratic country of 8 mio.
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  3929. @Kitty Cat Well, a finlandization of Belarus would be a positive.
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  3930. They voted to stay un the EU in both referedi. What is your point?
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  3931.  @benloki6788  Printing money is a thing all economies are doing at the moment and it likely will lead to inflation. But the UK and the USA are doing it to a larger extend then the EU. So if you call it problematic for the EU it is to a larger extend an issue for the UK. But actually, this has nothing to do with the integrity of the common market. The integrity means that common rules are upheld and that all actors are suspect to ECJ ruling.
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  3932. Unelected? Not elected by voters in the UK? This is full British exceptionalism!
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  3933. Common rules and the rule of law is making the common market strong. Nobody is afraid of the UK, but any country with full and free access to the common market needs to follow its rules.
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  3934. ​ @Bluebelle51 In a military occupied area the occupier has to provide food and savety for the civillian occopation. The IDF fas killed aid workers, hostages and journalists. We need to assume every singe killing by the IDF was a civillian.
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  3935. They are observers, it was not their job to enforce any resolution. They are not supposed to engage Hesbolla or Israel, as long as they are not attacked first. Now they are more needed than any time before. Otherwise we loose an independent observer of the situation.
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  3936.  @angusmacmillan5365  Well, the proposal of Barnier is beneficial for both sides. The proposal of Frost would be a net negative for every single member country of the EU. The damage to the common market is far bigger than the trade deal with the UK could ever compensate for? For the EU no deal actually is better than a bad deal.
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  3937.  @angusmacmillan5365  Well, the deal needs to benefit all 27 member countries of the EU, otherwise it will not be signed. The UK needs the trade deal. You need to make a proposal that benefits the members of the EU, otherwise, you will crash out.
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  3938.  @angusmacmillan5365  Well, in 2021 once the reality of Brexit is beginning to bite, negotiations will restart and Barnier will have an even stronger hand.
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  3939. Ja, Putin hat wirklich einen sehr grossen Fehler gemacht.
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  3940. Also einen antiislamiscchen AFD und Wilders fan.
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  3941.  @giraffe640  : I am sure you are right, it is just painful not to falsify nonsense.
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  3942.  @ngp1868 : Well and the Netherlands voted for Verhofstadt and France voted for Barnier. You seem to disapprove the votes of other countries.
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  3943.  @ngp1868 : We will not give them away, just stop calling them unelected.
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  3944. Some aspects of the story have some resemblance with the Karl May western heroes.
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  3945. "Partisans in an area that is 84% pro-russian, nope" This still leaves 15% that are against Russia, and we do not know if these values are correct.
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  3946.  @donalexey  This hunger was only in the Soviet Union. Hunger in all provinces was worse than in Moscow or Petersburg. Ukrainians were just taken back in a war and still more rebellious. It is not unlikely that they were treated especially bad.
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  3947. It is funny how English speaking people always assume everybody would speak their language. Even the Aliens from outer space. The world is very different for Germans and ever more for people from smaller Countries like Greece.
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  3948. @Brian Smith I guess the EU negotators would like your idea, after a no deal they would have an even stronger hand.
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  3949.  @paulstewart4195  You mean the NAZIS of WAGNER have taken it.
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  3950.  @poppyaustin7315  Yes now there are the NAZIS in Mariopol, hopefully it will be liberated soon.
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  3951. The WA was negotiated and closed.
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  3952. ​ @cptrelentless80085 From Spanish?
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  3953.  @wolfswinkel8906  "oh my goodness, are you guys still trying to present another game changer" weapon system to Ukraine after all the recent embarrassment?" The Skyranger is the successor of the Gepard higher precision, same fire rate, and reduced weight. If the Gepard is successful, Skyranger can do the same. And it is still in production and therefore not limited in numbers. What recent embarrisment are you talkning about?
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  3954.  @wolfswinkel8906  Material will be lost in a war. That is to be expected. It only means we need to send more, much more. Enough for Ukraine to win. A Russian victory is simply not acceptable.
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  3955. Nun das mag das Endergebnis von Verhandlungen sein, aber diese Zugeständnisse an Russland müssen natürliche Zugeständnisse von Russland erkaufen. Am wichtigsten ist hier die Mitgliedschaft in der NATO, denn ohne eine vernünftige Sicherheitsarchitektur wird es keine Wirtschaftliche Erholung der Ukraine geben. Aber natürlich darf man solche Zugeständnisse nicht vor Beginn der Verhandlungen machen.
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  3956. Well, a no deal Brexit will sober up the UK. This may lead to constructive negotiations in 2021.
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  3957. No inspectors from the IAEA in Vienna, people well known for their independence. They inspected Iraq before the invasion wrote a report stating they had not found any clue for weapons of mass destruction.
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  3958. Sebastian may have startet with physics, but with this understanding he would not even proceeded in physics for biologists.
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  3959.  @fergi_sukaj  Of course it was. Gaza had been under seege for decades.
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  3960.  @dbdb9334  Sure, the UK will not agree to a deal that is not beneficial. Even so, no deal will be in any way as beneficial as membership in the EU
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  3961.  @lawrencekling8598  Germany has delivered weapons, but no tanks. In fact, no Western country has delivered tanks.
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  3962. NATO moving in is the only way for peace. Putin has demonstrated that he invades a neutral Ukraine.
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  3963.  @melrakan  Well, I guess we should all agree that colonial expedition is wrong. An army should mainly be able to defend itself. Germany retired most of its defensive capabilities after the end of cold war, now this seems to be a mistake. There were about 7000 tanks in the unified Germany now about 300 are left.
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  3964.  @jakesmall8875  This is only to a small part to defend Europe, it is to 1. defend the USA in Europe, 2. use Europe as base for inventions somewhere else, 3. to mentain influence. With a single European army in NATO you would clearly have less US influence in Europe.
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  3965.  @jakesmall8875  No, Europe was against the Invasion of Iraq. It was against international law, and it destabilized the whole middle east. Now, I am sure there would be even less interest in an invasion of Iran.
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  3966.  @jonny1872  Tell this Putin.
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  3967.  @jonny1872  Well, Russia has been messing with the governments of Belarus and Ukraine, trying to turn them into puppets of Russia. It worked for Belarus but not for Ukraine. This, however, was no reason for an invasion from the side of the EU. So please do not compare what is not comparable!
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  3968. If you want to stay in Portugal you should go to Coimbra. A smaller city with lots of university students.
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  3969. Sure, the EU needs to stick to its red lines to be determined but conciliant in detail. Just the way it has been all the time.
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  3970.  @bumblebee5818  No, the EU has actually been very consistent over the last 4 years, unlike the UK. In contrast, the red lines of the UK seem to be a function of daily politics, not taken seriously by the UK itself.
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  3971.  @bumblebee5818  Well, that is the sense of British entitlement, if you are not pampered you feel punished. Actually, the EU is treating you like any other country, and this is much better than you deserve since you have constantly slandered the EU and its citizen.
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  3972.  @bumblebee5818  Leaving the EU is hard, especially if you do not recognize the issues in advance. Membership is better than a trade deal and a trade deal is better than WTO. Nobody needs to punish you in order to make a point. Quite the contrary, the EU needs to treat you with the utmost fairness to make this point on the international stage. So we will treat the UK similar to the way we treat Turkey.
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  3973.  @bumblebee5818  I am totally serious. Why should we treat the UK any different. This would be unfair towards Turkey.
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  3974.  @paularnold7907  Well, as far as I know, the ECJ is the arbitrator for the trade deal with Turkey. Regarding the level playing field: Normally countries agree to an equivalence of their regulations and accept the quality of each other's products. The UK however wants to change its rules in an unknown way. It is impossible to sign a legally binding agreement declaring something unknown equivalent to EU rules. Here, the level playing field is the only solution to negotiate a trade deal at all. Regarding the fishery agreement: The reason for these rules is simple. The fish caught in British waters was growing up in continental coastal waters. It could be caught there, but it would provide small profits for continental fishermen and a huge loss for British fishermen. The current arrangement is best for both sides.
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  3975.  @paularnold7907  Finally, regarding the border in the Irish sea: The WTH is demanding a hard customs border at some place. A customs border (hard border) in Ireland would violate the GFA. Therefore, the EU and the UK agreed to place this customs border (not the national border) in the Irish sea.
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  3976. What has the Brexit vote to do with this? No EU country is a third world country, all European immigrants are first world immigrants. In fact the numbers of third world immigrants in the UK will rise with Brexit.
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  3977. The W engine probably delivers a similar density while allowing for a conventional sump.
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  3978. @@retiredbore378 I was talking about the tank. Old W engines were high, but the current VW / Bugatti engines are not. They are probably 1.3 times longer, but still compact. A motor for a fighter jet is a different issue. These motors need to allow negatives g´s. In this case, no traditional sump can be used anyways.
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  3979. @UC8BFpAJ2x0Sqzqc57ps52Rg Well, I could tell you haw the way you realized Brexit and disregarded the GFA has led to this, but this is not necessary. This was not forced upon you, you have signed and ratified the WA. Now it is international law and law of the UK. Do you want to tell me you have negotiated and signed this deal in bad faith? Don't you think you should stand by your commitments?
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  3980.  @lilbrit1019  Well, Brexit without the NIP breaks the GFA. The NIP is far from perfect, it is a bandied, a compromise, the best solution to protect the GFA from Brexit.
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  3981.  @lilbrit1019  Well, once again Brexit without the NIP breaks the GFA. Does this mean, you want to undo Brexit?
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  3982. @Andrew21795 Sorry you have been unspecified, so I mixed you up with BlaBlaBla.
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  3983. @Andrew21795 Are you done with your bluster, you are not the only person with a higher science degree? I agree a save opening of the economy would be preferable, but this requires: 1. Reasonable behavior of the population (sozal distancing, protective gear, and hygiene). 2. Physical installations in offices, shopping malls, and hospitality to protect customers and staff 3. A functioning test and trace. Well, this approch was not followed to the required extent in all three points. The advise of the WHO is good for many country on Earth, and it was good for Europe and the UK 2 month ago. But it is wrong for the present situation. After a three-week circuid-break (fire-break, or whatever) we would have the option to reasonably go back to the save opening approach.
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  3984. @Andrew21795 Well, I would not call Sweden a success story, especially as the numbers are rising there once again too. I would call the actions in Taiwan S Korea, Australia, New Zealand, Japan, and also China a success. These countries combine minimal impact on the economy and on health. But sure, Sweden shows one aspect, if the population behaves reasonably, you can get away without a lockdown. Your posts, however, here are doing the opposite. You are enboldening the average YouTube consumer to disregard the savety measures.
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  3985. @Andrew21795 It is clearly supported by evidence that going downtown to department stores increases the transmission compared to staying at home and compared to taking a walk in the forest. If a lockdown shall be short it needs to be as full as it gets. If you tell the population it was not supported by evidence, you embolden behavior that undermines the lockdown and, therefore, makes an extension of the lockdown nessesary. And as a result, you will wine about this extention you yourself have made nessasary.
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  3986. @Andrew21795 There are no real studies on either side, you cannot experiment with human beings. But there are several countries significantly more successful than the UK, Germany, or Sweden. And we can have a look at their policy.
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  3987. @Andrew21795 Sure, you are emboldening the people not to follow the measures.
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  3988. @Andrew21795 Sure, it is. It is not the act of purchasing clothing that causes the transmission, but the act of gathering in city centers. By closing non essential shops only the first step is done, even more important is the behavior of the population.
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  3989.  @gmun2248  Well, the main reason Taiwan, S Korea, Australia, New Zealand, Japan, and also China did well was the fact they had experienced the SARS outbreak before. So the population had the awareness and the government had the means in place. Maybe Musk is right in this aspect that COVID19 will increase awareness and help to mitigate the effects of future outbreaks (well I do not agree with him on many other aspects). I remember discussing the chance of such an outbreak with my mates in school in the 90s. In principe, all important aspects were known decades ago. Still I was watchuing thenews about an epeidemic far away, it was more or less just television until suddenly the virus was here. We all, government and population have been totally unprepared, everywere in Europe.
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  3990. Well, the Polish or the Germans could distribute their passports in Kaliningrad, together with Polish or German retirement money. Then one could invade and push out anyone but these passport holders. Then one would start a referendum about independence from Russia. Finland could do the same in Karelia. China could do the same in Novosibirsk. Japan could do the same with Kamshatka.
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  3991.  @longjohn526  Remote controls electric motors and cameras have become much better in the last 80 years. Some things are introduced before their time has come.
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  3992. Sorry an ostrich will beat us on the short and the large distance.
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  3993.  Nehemiah Scudder  So he wants to turn the UK in an unincorporated territory of the USA, just like Puerto Rico.
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  3994. The biggest problem of these units is probably that like any other tent they are empty. Rigit habitats are not necessarily heavier, but they can be fully equipped before the start. It only needs a larger payload fairing.
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  3995.  @gavinstacey8862  How is this a response to my post? Really, I do not understand your point.
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  3996.  @jackt6112  France has no right to bring these people to the UK. But these people are traveling to the UK on their own will. In fact France has no right to hold them back. Similarly the UK has no right to bring these people to France. The only place that is required to take them is their home country.
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  3997. It offers a service not really relevant for France but relevant for the UK.
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  3998.  @Martyntd5  It used to be a profitable business and the UK used to be more important for France.
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  3999. Sure, so you think it was mainly a Jedday mind trick on Trump?
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  4000.  @mojojojo1095  Every country on earth inclooding China has to cope with the virus. The reason it is so bad in the US has nothing to do with China and everything with your government. So as long as China did not use the mind trick on Drump it is all your own fault.
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  4001. One side invades a foreign country the other side defends their home.
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  4002. No Putin wants to starve them and end this in time for the military parade.
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  4003. Germany is the second largest contributor for Ukraine. Germanys contributions are more than 10 times larger the French contributions.
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  4004. It does not really matter. One very high power lines will be far cheaper then 500 individual lines having the same total power capacity.
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  4005. Why haven't you gone by now?
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  4006.  Freddy K  You were granted the transition period, nobody forced you to take it.
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  4007.  @proselytizingorthodoxpente8304  We are not forcing you to leave it is your decision. So what are you talking about?
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  4008.  @proselytizingorthodoxpente8304  Any country in the EU exports more to the rest of the EU than to the UK. The integrathy of the common market is, therefore, by far more important than the trade deal with the UK. Any trade deal that compromises the common market is a net negative. This renders the proposal of Frost irrelevant. No deal is better than a bad deal but only for the EU.
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  4009.  @proselytizingorthodoxpente8304  The UK is the third-largest export partner of Ireland. Smaller than the USA and Belgium. The Export to the whole of the EU by far outnumbers any single country. So even for Ireland, the common market is more important than the deal with the UK. For countries like Germany or even more Italy the difference is even larger. Well the physical trade from Ireland to the EU will become a bit more difficult, but as far as I know, Ireland has prepared itself for the last 4 years.
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  4010.  @proselytizingorthodoxpente8304  Well, with the deal proposed by Frost /Johnson the losses for Ireland will be larger.
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  4011.  @proselytizingorthodoxpente8304  By the way the continent imports beef from the UK. In case of a no deal Brexit many consumers will switch to Irish beef.
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  4012.  @proselytizingorthodoxpente8304  Well, not from a country without a trade deal.
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  4013.  @proselytizingorthodoxpente8304  As I said before, and as you ignored, even for Ireland no deal will be bad but still better than a bad deal. The Johnson /Frost deal would be a net negative.
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  4014. Anybody in the EU 27 thinks the British are troublesome. And if you are honest, you have to accept it is true.
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  4015. Do you want a general restitution of all changes of the last 500 year or the last 800 years? Should Moscow become a town under the control of the Golden Horde again? No, under international rules we accept the current international agreed borders.
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  4016.  @daytrader-iy5yb  But a restitution to what point in time? Does this mean Russians should become slaves of the Mongols? Does this mean the Holy Roman Empire should extend to its original borders? Most regions have changed government numerous times in history. There simply is no original state. All that happened in South Africa was the acceptance that in a democracy the mayority should rule, not a white minority.
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  4017. Yes it is more than long enough, why does the UK keeps the EU waiting? Please, make up your mind.
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  4018. Chinas numbers are consistent. The country took the situation seriously after some initial issues. They have gone to great lengths to suppress the virus. Lock down, insulation of cases and testing. Nobody can reasonably claim the virus was raging in China right now. So our best guess would be to trust the official numbers.
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  4019.  @JD-jl4yy  Russia has no option to pressurize Germany.
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  4020.  @physiocrat7143  What are you referring to?
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  4021. Shure all MEPs (including the British) have a vote. But still, he has no chance.
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  4022. It is Putin, Russia is no democracy.
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  4023. The definition of a perfectly fitting word is quite dangerous as the infamous N-word is a just a Latin translation of black and therfore "perfectly" fitting.
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  4024. Someone is buying turbo chargers for large engines without using such engines.
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  4025. Trump never stood up against China. They produce the Maga caps.
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  4026.  @ruzzsverion2728  Once again it is not about the current status, but about a credible path. And sure such a path is difficult for Germany too. So draw up a path to reduce the dependency on Russia to 70% to the end of the year, and to 60% in next summer....
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  4027. This has many pros and cons: People just making the threshold are lowering the performance of the group independent if they are male or female. If they think the threshold is too low they should increase it. On the other hand, male soldiers that just pass the threshold may have more room for improvement. Not every women will be able to obtain the athletic status of Olympic short put champion Valerie Adams. But is a squad would really need to free female hostages, a female officer could better interact with traumatized hostages.
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  4028.  @nomadicjack  It always depends of the situation, but increased gas prices will make solar heating and additional insulation more competitive. So the range of situation where it actually is cheaper will increase. Well and with more installed units, price of these units will hopefully drop.
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  4029.  @MikeSmith-mp2dt  Probably.
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  4030. Roman vs. the army of Ying Zheng.
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  4031. You lost me when you said: " It has never been proven it is still a theory."
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  4032. That is rich from a country where the PM is a pathological liar.
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  4033. @Chloe Turner The ongoing arbitration is about finding the best methods for a fast correct and smooth implementation of the NIP not about changing the NIP. Frost should have known this because it was written in the WA that he negotiated. Besides I do not think that the mayority of the electorate of NI wants to scrap the NIP. The supply situation in NI is better than in Great Britain and companies in NI have free access to the market of the UK and the EU. I would expect British companies to move their distribution centers to NI to profit from the NIP.
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  4034. @Chloe Turner Well, in 2024 a mayority in Stormont can repeal the NIP, or they could initiate a referendum to join the ROI. I guess none of this will happen.
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  4035.  @Sogeloquy  Cook at home or use a drive through and eat in your car.
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  4036. The problem is that nothing he tells is true.
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  4037. Well, they will not dominate. Half of these doses are not made by Pfizer but by Biontech themselves.
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  4038. Sure, it is exactly the type of bureaucrate who says anything is easy, but will stop a lorry with fresh fish for one week at the border because the declaration has an orthographik error. Furthermore, he tells custom agents should do the work without discussing the number of agents available.
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  4039.  @awalker2723  : So the British people are fed up with receiving VIP treatment. Ok, get on with it and good luck.
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  4040. ​Dear @awalker2723 , ​I have no idea what you are trying to express.
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  4041. Normally the UN members would send an air raid against an army attacking UN troops.
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  4042.  pinkie perky  Well, so what, I improved the comment before you responded. I have not changed the meaning, and I have not misled anyone. React to the contend or leave it.
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  4043.  @abdifatahali4403  But, once you have it, you can present it whereve you may need it.
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  4044. ​@Gared Alkon I do not really understand what you are referring to? Are you British? If so why do you expect to have issues with your documents in the UK?
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  4045. @Gared Alkon What on earth do you want to tell me? You do not make much sense without investing a few lines presenting your reasoning and your inside.
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  4046. Lots of British politicians could have done things better.
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  4047. Maybe none of us has a soul. But Guy Verhofstadt is a politician with more intelligence, honor and passion any in the British cabinet.
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  4048. Well, the Russian actions are despicable.
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