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Today, 22:42

Hooahguy replied to a thread POTUS/General Election Thread 2020 + Aftermath in Backroom (Political)

Today Rand Paul introduced a motion that would have dismissed the impeachment trial. It was voted down 55-45, with only Rebublicans Romney, Collins,...

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Today, 14:15

ReluctantSamurai replied to a thread Biden Thread in Backroom (Political)

https://www.politico.com/news/2021/01/25/joe-manchin-filibuster-462364 Seems to me that Manchin is as delusional as Biden about the...

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Today, 09:19

Furunculus replied to a thread Coronavirus / COVID-19 in Backroom (Political)

More precisely - I'd suggest this might be an accidental dis-benefit of brexit, insomuch as I have always suspected that neither the finance or the...

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Today, 08:44

rory_20_uk replied to a thread Biden Thread in Backroom (Political)

Turkey is ramping up production and there is to be a mine in the UK - both cases using geothermal waste water. If this works, quite a few other...

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Today, 05:26

ReluctantSamurai replied to a thread Biden Thread in Backroom (Political)

The countries that are going to be of increasing importance in the next decade: ...

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Today, 04:09

Hooahguy replied to a thread Biden Thread in Backroom (Political)

McConnell seems to have caved on his demand that Dems promise to preserve the filibuster. Maybe Sinema and Manchin will reverse down the line when...

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Today, 04:05

Pannonian replied to a thread Biden Thread in Backroom (Political)

Have you and ACIN considered that attitudes may be different in China towards what you consider to be care and social commitments? What westerners...

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Today, 03:36

Montmorency replied to a thread Biden Thread in Backroom (Political)

Depends on a number of assumptions, such as - in a raw statistical sense - how much investment per capita there would be in China vs. the US. A lot...

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Today, 02:19

a completely inoffensive name replied to a thread Biden Thread in Backroom (Political)

Doubtful China would even go for any degree of open immigration when their ethnostate project is moving forward with multiple genocides ongoing at...

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Today, 02:03

Montmorency replied to a thread Biden Thread in Backroom (Political)

OK, I've kind of conditioned myself into expecting less of Democrats, but here is what they "should" be structurally reforming to secure their (and...

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Today, 01:45

Pannonian replied to a thread Coronavirus / COVID-19 in Backroom (Political)

Are you suggesting that this is one of the benefits of Brexit?

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Today, 01:44

Pannonian replied to a thread Biden Thread in Backroom (Political)

There's a fair bit of Hindu nationalism on the rise there, which is, if anything, even more toxic than the Han nationalism going on in China. Every...

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Today, 01:03

Furunculus replied to a thread Coronavirus / COVID-19 in Backroom (Political)

Seems that the EU is getting knickers a'twist over the Astra-Zeneca vaccine deliveries: To-wit, they are are not fast enough. Pfizer-Biontech...

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Today, 00:53

a completely inoffensive name replied to a thread Biden Thread in Backroom (Political)

I don't read up on India nearly as much as China, I have no idea how well Modi is doing. Seemed to be stable enough through the 2010s, as India GDP...

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Yesterday, 22:54

Hooahguy replied to a thread Biden Thread in Backroom (Political)

Ok point taken :laugh4: The filibuster issue is a really really tough one and I definitely sympathize with the lawmakers dealing with this. If...

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Yesterday, 21:51

Montmorency replied to a thread Biden Thread in Backroom (Political)

ACIN, the question is how much the negative factors matter given the advantages. The West Pacific is a basket of baskets, in a way that US-Europe or...

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Yesterday, 20:48

Xantan replied to a thread Biden Thread in Backroom (Political)

US is in a precarious position - I understand hope, but let's face the music a bit here. It's in a difficult position right now and this...

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Yesterday, 18:01

SwordsMaster replied to a thread Getting fit with SwordsMaster in Frontroom (General)

Lions do not concern themselves with the opinions of zebras :) Surely there is nothing illegal about running on the street? If it is very...

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