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Most of these comments are all dumping on Trump. That virtually all of those on here doing so never dumped on Biden is telling. John Mearsheimer might get some things wrong, but he was right on the big picture years ago -- Ukraine was being led down the primrose path. And the western "intellectuals" and "strategists" who have been gung ho to use the Ukrainians as a battering ram to weaken Russia have egg all over their faces but will pay no price. But hundreds of thousands of people, Russian and Ukrainian, are dead and countless more have had their lives ruined. Hate to break it to you -- but Trump isn't responsible for that. Maybe take some of the anger you have for Trump and direct it at the western elites who deserve it.

This is 100% accurate, imo, especially the first two paragraphs. The refusal of people to acknowledge this -- in general across the collective west and on this board -- is remarkable.

Nothing. I think Trump and Vance see the US, China and Russia as the world's three great powers. And Trump wants differences/conflicts played out and settled via trade, tariffs, access to markets, etc. In other words, he doesn't want shooting wars.

Merry Christmas to all!

Even if the baby Putin had been aborted in his mother's womb, we'd still be where we are now, because this wasn't driven by Putin. Current CIA director Burns warned of this when he was ambassador to Russia during the George W. Bush administration. Many others did as well.

I'm not a member of any fan club. Though if forced to choose, I'd be a member of a Putin fan club before a member of a Zelensky one. Moreover, I don't think Putin is another Hitler or Stalin, and I don't buy the lie that Russia's entry into the Donbas was "unprovoked."

Here's wishing a very happy birthday to Russian President Vladimir Putin, born 72 years ago today. By far the best leader Russia has had in more than a century. May he have many, many more. ------------------------

I was listening to a podcast with Louis-Vincent Gave yesterday. He said that China now does more trade with Southeast Asia than it does with the US. I would imagine this trend will only grow over time.

It will be interesting to see if this becomes a trend and the likes of Schwab and Fidelity do the same in the US. I hope not.

Of course he's not right about everything. No one is. But it speaks volumes, and is a huge indictment of the media, that Sachs has been pretty much blackballed for daring to say he believes the US is behind blowing up Nord Stream 2.

I think what you say is true for the mainstream media across the collective west. I live in the US and it's bad here. But I have friends and relatives in the UK who tell me that it's even worse there.

For many years, Jeffrey Sachs would appear on mainstream corporate media networks and be quoted in the major publications. Then he appeared on Bloomberg TV and, in an interview with Tom Keene, said that the US was behind blowing up the Nord Stream 2 pipeline. Keene's reaction was priceless. It was a textbook case of someone going against the approved "narrative" and Keene didn't know what to do. I don't think Sachs has appeared on any of the mainstream corporate media outlets since. Total black eye for Bloomberg and the rest of the media.

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Mind sharing what your average cost is?