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    China

    It quotes the same source for the article, it says "disparaging narratives were based in fact despite being secretly released by intelligence operatives under false cover". The same source you took at face value. You’re constantly posting content which is pro-China and anti-US. You’ve appeared to make pro-authoritarian arguments and are for censorship of the media in China. You’re clearly pushing an agenda on this board.
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    China

    I read the article but I don’t see why Russia invading Ukraine is somehow justified, or a reason why the West (including America) shouldn’t help Ukraine.
  3. Sweet

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    What did they do? McCain and the CIA?
  4. Sweet

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    Same article also said it was based on facts whereas you said it was ‘misinformation’. You’re selecting choose when parts which want to quote and ignoring parts inconvenient.
  5. Sweet

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    Do you think China actively tries to block US interests? You said it is ‘misinformation’ the article you posted said it’s factually true information.
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    I’m referring to you Luca - that’s how I interpret your attitude to China. You’re posting a Reuters article about the CIA spreading what they consider factual information and claiming it is dirty and then saying is it any wonder China is censoring the news. You’re not posting the dirty tricks of China, and you are against the press openly publishing factual information (according to the CIA) about corrupt officials.
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    I don't understand why anyone would care either and yet it's forbidden information in China.
  8. You just have to lol at wachtwoord's comments. I'll say it again... arrogant. Recently Nvidia has outperformed bitcoin significantly, you have to go back to the first half of 2017 before you find meaningful outperformance of bitcoin. Warning - this requires 'stronger self-reflection' to acknowledge there was a better place for your money. Nearly all the gains in bitcoin was made from buying extremely early and just holding. Raise your hand if you bought in 2012 or before (date wachtwoord's article) and continue to hold those bitcoins? I know a two people that had bitcoin back then and not a single person held.
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    Coincidentally, just today the BBC is reporting that the UK government have identified that China has been responsible for a range of cyberattacks in the UK: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/uk-politics-68654299 But it is all just politically motivated propaganda sure.
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    China

    Do you think Chinese media would post a story about CCP covert influence operations? I doubt it. China undoubtedly engages in these exact activities - such as social media campaigns - only bad when the West does it apparently. A quote from the same article: "disparaging narratives were based in fact despite being secretly released by intelligence operatives under false cover". It would be pretty naïve to believe the top brass in China don't have massive amounts of wealth, which is ironic for aptly named communist party. A Bloomberg investigation into Xi (before he was president) caused such embarrassment that Bloomberg was banned in China: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2012/jun/29/china-bloomberg-xi-jinping Why shouldn't the Chinese people know about the wealth of their leaders Luca?
  11. What about one of these covered call ETFs such as XYLD? It yields nearly 10% and has been in operation from 2013. I’ve never personally owned one because I feel it’s a product I don’t fully understand and therefore I’m unable to assess the risk. Still, I am interested in these types of products.
  12. Don’t own any of these. Don’t think I’d ever buy Chinese stocks either.
  13. Yes they could go bankrupt but even then their tech could be scoped up. Pacbio are losing money now but they are gaining traction in the sequencing world. They’ve recently released new protocols which will bring the cost down for many of their applications significantly. I expect adoption to pick up. The biggest disappointment is Oxford Nanopore, they are pushing R&D hard and arguably it’s the best tech, but just not getting the traction.
  14. Illumina was pretty much a monopoly for a while, and in hindsight it was right to block Pacbio, but that monopoly is gone. Pacbio is a genuine a competitor and their product is better than Illumina’s - although much more expensive right now. Oxford Nanopore too but their execution is terrible.
  15. Oligopoly sure but they are competitors of each other and they are not sitting down and conspiring on prices to give the consumer a bad deal. In the case of Apple specifically it’s offering is not a commoditised consumer product, that was never their pitch. So looking at their margins and how they run their ecosystems and concluding it’s illegal seems like a stretch. Don’t like the phone get one of the many other phones out there.
  16. Another antitrust case against Apple this time. This adds to Amazon, Google and Facebook / Meta I believe. With Apple they do have a closed ecosystem and a dominant market position, elements of a monopoly, but I don’t feel they actually have a monopoly or that it’s particularly hard to leave Apple. The FTC has gotten more aggressive over time in pursuing companies it regards as being too big in anyone market. It also seems odd that the FTC are going after some of the most important US companies which ironically often compete with one another in products and software.
  17. I think this is where the ‘diversity is our strength’ mantra get exposed. Diversity of dumb ideas (left and right), fractious politics, and cultures clashing is not a strength. It’s clearly pulling the countries apart.
  18. That kinda sucks. I’ve become a lot less political over time. Having a family does that to you. Overly political people suck the air out of the room when they start talking politics.
  19. Whats the split now in that town, it was 60/40 conservative, has it swung one way or another?
  20. I think that’s certainly part of it, a big F off to career politicians, media and other powerful groups and people.
  21. If the media and left leaning politicians honestly reported on Trump I’m certain he would have much lower support. Instead it’s been lies and misinformation for eight straight years, from the Russia collusion narrative in 2016, the endless other shit in between, and now another blatant and transparent lie with the ‘bloodbath’ reporting. I think many on the right could agree with you about Trump’s character, but a sober analysis of his character is almost impossible when it’s just constant lies and misinformation about him spread by the powerful. It obscures any discussion about Trump itself because everyone can see these transparent machinations from various powerful groups (media, politicians, courts) to prevent him from running. Imagine if none of this occurred and we didn’t have these talking points about the media (and others) because he was fairly and honestly appraised. There would be nothing to rage against and a sober assessment of Trump would be possible. I’m certain many would dislike what they see.
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    China

    Because the outcomes in Democracies are obviously significantly worse than authoritarian? What a weird thing to say.
  23. How can they spin a successful launch as a failure? Whatever anyone wants to say about Elon one thing is clear - he gets things done.
  24. What is to stop Putin just having another go in a few years? Ukraine would need security guarantees, which may include NATO membership for this to be ensured to end in a stalemate.
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