There is an article from the Brookings institute that supports your position- "In 2006, President Victor Yushchenko attached high priority to securing a NATO membership action plan (MAP). By summer, Kyiv looked on…
I'm not well-versed in this area, but from what I've been reading, it doesn't look as if NATO simply acceded to Russia's demands- From the NYT in November of 2008: "At a NATO meeting in Bucharest, Romania, in April, the…
William Burns, the current Director of the CIA and former ambassador to Russia, would disagree with you. "In 2008, Burns, then the American ambassador to Moscow, wrote to Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice: “Ukrainian…
Could the system that disables a vehicle when impairment is detected also be triggered remotely in vehicles that are always "connected"? If so, under what circumstances could this take place?
>> Also, why do the Nazis have "Socialist" in their moniker if they were fascist? Why did East Germany call itself the "German Democratic Republic"?
The WEF puts a lot of work into creating outcomes that track with its philosophies; it is playing the long game and strategic decisions -are- being made at get-togethers like Davos. Potential Young Global Leaders are…
A moose once bit my sister... No realli!
>> I think that’s far fetched. I like to think of it as wishful thinking. I fantasize about winning the lottery, too. >> The question is simply whether the level of corruption reaches the level... Yeah, agreed. I…
>> It still does. Out of curiosity (honestly), how does it?
Right wing, left wing, meh. To me (i.e. Opinion), it's difficult at times to distinguish between the two when looking at the highest echelon on each side. I think my slide into cynicism regarding humans who achieve…
Could be wrong, and not about to get into a back and forth about the politics involved, but I thought that Deputy Assistant Director Strzok was removed from the Mueller investigation and eventually canned from the FBI,…
I didn't lie on my tax returns, either. In 2011 the IRS kicked off an audit, saying that I owed a little more than $50k in unpaid taxes because of inappropriate deductions. (The auditor was a contractor, who's company I…
Yet it is axiomatic that there exist powerful groups of entrenched scientists that do oppose challenges to dogma without any semblance of due diligence. While many examples exist, two immediately come to mind- a…
>> Which ones exactly? All of them. >> It's simply true... "Everyone knows..." >> If you're debating the... I am honestly not debating any issue with you. I was pointing out that the statements you have made in posts…
Sudosysgen, while a number of your assertions would be interesting to debate, they have been very broad and without supporting evidence, which makes any meaningful discussion beyond trading opinions impossible. Edit-…
>> The immune system doesn't lead to variants, randomness + time does. I disagree. It has been shown over many years of research that viral mutations may be driven by both antigenic drift as well as selective…
I disagree. You're conflating two posts- each is taking a different position. The OP mentions "...the league of superwealthy philanthropists like Bill Gates and George Soros who leave their lengthy, extraordinarily and…
Anti-semitism exists and is reprehensible. That having been said, using it hand-wave away what could be legitimate examination and discussion of a person whose behavior may be controversial is dangerous- and could…
> That's why when consensus exists about something, you should respect it. There is quite a large consensus about this one. Respecting a consensus is reasonable. That having been said, I would be interested to hear what…
There is a rather detailed description of circumstantial evidence that leans towards the gain of function statement: https://yurideigin.medium.com/lab-made-cov2-genealogy-throug...
Honestly cannot- doesn't mean there isn't one, but this leads to a possible heuristic worth exploring.
There is an article from the Brookings institute that supports your position- "In 2006, President Victor Yushchenko attached high priority to securing a NATO membership action plan (MAP). By summer, Kyiv looked on…
I'm not well-versed in this area, but from what I've been reading, it doesn't look as if NATO simply acceded to Russia's demands- From the NYT in November of 2008: "At a NATO meeting in Bucharest, Romania, in April, the…
William Burns, the current Director of the CIA and former ambassador to Russia, would disagree with you. "In 2008, Burns, then the American ambassador to Moscow, wrote to Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice: “Ukrainian…
Could the system that disables a vehicle when impairment is detected also be triggered remotely in vehicles that are always "connected"? If so, under what circumstances could this take place?
>> Also, why do the Nazis have "Socialist" in their moniker if they were fascist? Why did East Germany call itself the "German Democratic Republic"?
The WEF puts a lot of work into creating outcomes that track with its philosophies; it is playing the long game and strategic decisions -are- being made at get-togethers like Davos. Potential Young Global Leaders are…
A moose once bit my sister... No realli!
>> I think that’s far fetched. I like to think of it as wishful thinking. I fantasize about winning the lottery, too. >> The question is simply whether the level of corruption reaches the level... Yeah, agreed. I…
>> It still does. Out of curiosity (honestly), how does it?
Right wing, left wing, meh. To me (i.e. Opinion), it's difficult at times to distinguish between the two when looking at the highest echelon on each side. I think my slide into cynicism regarding humans who achieve…
Could be wrong, and not about to get into a back and forth about the politics involved, but I thought that Deputy Assistant Director Strzok was removed from the Mueller investigation and eventually canned from the FBI,…
I didn't lie on my tax returns, either. In 2011 the IRS kicked off an audit, saying that I owed a little more than $50k in unpaid taxes because of inappropriate deductions. (The auditor was a contractor, who's company I…
Yet it is axiomatic that there exist powerful groups of entrenched scientists that do oppose challenges to dogma without any semblance of due diligence. While many examples exist, two immediately come to mind- a…
>> Which ones exactly? All of them. >> It's simply true... "Everyone knows..." >> If you're debating the... I am honestly not debating any issue with you. I was pointing out that the statements you have made in posts…
Sudosysgen, while a number of your assertions would be interesting to debate, they have been very broad and without supporting evidence, which makes any meaningful discussion beyond trading opinions impossible. Edit-…
>> The immune system doesn't lead to variants, randomness + time does. I disagree. It has been shown over many years of research that viral mutations may be driven by both antigenic drift as well as selective…
I disagree. You're conflating two posts- each is taking a different position. The OP mentions "...the league of superwealthy philanthropists like Bill Gates and George Soros who leave their lengthy, extraordinarily and…
Anti-semitism exists and is reprehensible. That having been said, using it hand-wave away what could be legitimate examination and discussion of a person whose behavior may be controversial is dangerous- and could…
> That's why when consensus exists about something, you should respect it. There is quite a large consensus about this one. Respecting a consensus is reasonable. That having been said, I would be interested to hear what…
There is a rather detailed description of circumstantial evidence that leans towards the gain of function statement: https://yurideigin.medium.com/lab-made-cov2-genealogy-throug...
Honestly cannot- doesn't mean there isn't one, but this leads to a possible heuristic worth exploring.