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The question for me is, why bother. There is no answer, other than there's no fishing to be done yet... |
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The likelihood and motive has been clear as day for years. I did not come up with any of this but I follow people smarter than me that have been warning of the increasing danger of this since 2008. It merely depended on a sliding scale of reduced capability of the members of NATO, particularity the US and Germany, and the increased of capability of RUS/PRC. It also required the same inversion of will. |
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But again, Putin had some reason to not do this when Trump was president, and to feel like now is the time. Maybe he senses dementia and weakness like most people do, and that's what he's counting on. I can't think of a reason why Putin is doing this now, that's not a criticism of Biden. |
12\23 I honestly think Putin was going to invade even if Trump won the election. due to Trump losing the election and with that lost went his free pass . He never Feared Trumps reaction. But now a NATO under a unified front he had to change gears . Being out of Afghanistan has only improved the US and NATO position to re deploy Troops and equipment…. And we have not treaty obligations with Ukraine
12\31 Back to Ukraine for a minute why is every conservatives talking head or Congress member cheering for Putin to invade Ukraine? Instead of getting behind the POTUS and show a United front towards Russia, when they know Biden or Trump would have used force .. Rep. Budd to Newsmax: Russian Aggression Due to 'Weakness' From Biden that Russia would not be threatening to invade Ukraine if former President Donald Trump was still in office, attributing reports of their offensive to "weakness in the way that Biden has led." Posted from my iPhone/Mobile device 1/28 Gotta love the fact that Zelensky told Biden to STFU......that's awesome. 2-18 "Just because there's Russian buildup does not mean that we know or that there is a plan to actually invade," "I think this has just been an emotional push by the Americans Grenell said Thursday during an appearance on Newsmax's "Spicer & Co." |
Trump told host Laura Ingraham. "In fact, some people are saying, 'Why didn't this take place over the last four years during our administration?' And it didn't for a very good reason and I'll explain that to you someday
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Or is there a reason in his mind, which makes sense to him, as to why he did it now? |
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Just wanted to save this so I have some solid examples of what adding constructive dialog to the conversation looks like. :rolleyes: Yeah, all Trumps fault the country is so divided :rolleyes: Posted from my iPhone/Mobile device |
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Rudy Giuliani to Newsmax: 'Incompetent' Biden Looks Like 'Weakling, Dope'
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But the I see you avoided what Trump said I am still looking at what actions Trump or Republicans (besides the timing of Sanctions which themselves say wouldn't have stopped Him ) beyond Boots on the Ground would have stopped Him .. we have Trump's answer "Trump calls Russia-Ukraine crisis a 'European problem'" and in 2016 Trump He buys into Russian President Vladimir Putin's ridiculous theory that Ukraine is not a "real country. Ukraine as so universally corrupt that he Trumps paints Ukraine's new president, Volodymyr Zelensky, with this same brush of false allegations and wait for it Trump didn't want Ukraine in NATO I am convinced he Putin took these actions because Trump Lost the election . who would have given Putin what he wanted "No NATO in Ukraine " and other security guarantees These Conservatives Are Defending Russia In Ukraine Crisis—And Trump Leads The Way ://www.forbes.com/sites/nicholasreimann/2022/02/23/these-conservatives-are-defending-russia-in-ukraine-crisis-and-trump-leads-the-way/?sh=dd2cfec78cf9 |
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Harvard's endowment is $53 billion. It's annual tuition plus room and board is $74,528. They have 23,000 kids. They could not charge a penny for tuition for any of those kids, and the endowment wouldn't run out for decades, and that's if it earned zero interest. Yeah, that endowment is really keeping tuition down, Paul, you sure showed me.. |
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Trump is an idiot. Fair enough? |
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Feel free. But what do you add other than calling people dumb or trying to insult people with memes? So what exactly do you add here? |
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About a third of Harvard’s annual operating budget comes from the endowment; last year, it contributed around $1.7 billion to Harvard, or over a third of the University’s entire operating budget. That spending supports all the vital functions of the University, from professorships to the library collection to financial aid. Harvard’s 12 schools are funded by the endowment to different extents: The Faculty of Arts and Sciences, for example, receives about 50 percent of its funding from the endowment, while the School of Public Health—many of its expenses provided for by a $350 million gift from 2014—takes only about 15 percent of its budget from the endowment. Edit - and remember when you couldn't understand how E. Warren's Harvard pay wasn't paid for by student's tuition bc it was an endowed chair. It was like you had no understanding of what an endowed chair was. And let's not forget the idiotic statement about trying to compare church's charity (maybe 3-5% of donations?) to what say the American Red Cross provides - prob. 85% - 95% of donations. |
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All you really do is come here to pick a fight with Jim, that's been pretty much it. Posted from my iPhone/Mobile device |
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Whatever Paul, you do you :rolleyes:
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But when your church maintains its buildings, that means it's not really a worthwhile charity. So what you're really saying is, "it's OK when liberals do it, only bad when conservatives do it". |
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You frequently claim that cons. give more than liberals. I always tell you that lot of it has to do with their giving it to churches which is somewhat self serving. You claim churches provide charity and I showed you that the vast majority of $ donated to churches goes to the church and very little goes to actually benefit a non member vs the vast majority donated to Red Cross which goes to people in need. So I never claimed giving $ to churches was bad like the snarky troll claimed and which you agreed with or "that it's OK when liberals do it, only bad when conservatives do it" but to show you that a lot of the donations is somewhat self serving and your repeated claiming that conserv. give more than liberals is wrong and they prob. give the same $%. |
As usual, the poor dictim is crying about how liberals are hurting him.
In real terms, Harvard is a conservative place. Everyone who attends worked hard to get into there. Students like money and they like success. They place a great deal of focus on hard work and business connections. They understand the importance of preexisting institutions and don't attempt to alter that. Students at Harvard work within the current system; that is what conservatism means. Of course if the standard bearer of what you claim is conservative america is a con man.......... |
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