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Banyonite

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    Comment #38308294

    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…

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    Comment #38307690

    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 meeti…

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    Comment #38306078

    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…

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    Comment #38222870

    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 …

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    Comment #38222634

    >> Also, why do the Nazis have "Socialist" in their moniker if they were fascist? Why did East Germany call itself the "German Democratic Republic"?

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    Comment #37264709

    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…

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    Comment #37089767

    A moose once bit my sister... No realli!

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    Comment #33182082

    >> 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 reac…

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    Comment #33181744

    >> It still does. Out of curiosity (honestly), how does it?

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    Comment #33180329

    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 cy…

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    Comment #33179725

    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 investigati…

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    Comment #32415171

    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 au…

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    Comment #28175609

    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, …

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    Comment #28079253

    >> 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 t…

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    Comment #28078043

    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 beyon…

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    Comment #28077077

    >> 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 antigeni…

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    Comment #26827524

    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 le…

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    Comment #26825539

    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 cont…

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    Comment #26756705

    > 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 s…

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    Comment #26753932

    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...…

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    Comment #26439714

    Honestly cannot- doesn't mean there isn't one, but this leads to a possible heuristic worth exploring.