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You forgot to include a failed British politician as the arbiter-in-chief of those decisions.
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"Today this ideology is totally dominant all over the world, including North America.". That was in 2007. Perhaps someone still in the system would care to provide a brief update for 2022. "...all over the world"? Has t
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Their military logistics have not worked well to date much to the surprise of many.
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You don't agree even after reference to this? https://nsarchive.gwu.edu/briefing-book/russia-programs/2017... "Declassified documents show security assurances against NATO expansion to Soviet leaders fro
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That would be a tough fight according to this poll reported on the 23rd February. Probably a disturbing result for those who think the Russians are not broadly in line with the government. However at that time only 13% thought it likely for
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Craig Murray is an ex- UK ambassador to Uzbekistan who went rogue by exposing human rights violations including torture in that country. Following those reports he was dismissed from his post. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki&#
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Whatever the truth of that ('she believes it was a necessary measure ...'), as someone remarked "Putin has done more for European Defence in three days than anyone's done in 30 years". The reaction of the European c
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A little searching casts doubt on that conclusion. "NATO currently holds security dominance in Estonia, but according to Russian President Vladimir Putin’s former top economic adviser, Andrey Illarionov, “Putin has his eyes on eventual
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What about Lilypond? "LilyPond is a music engraving program, devoted to producing the highest-quality sheet music possible. It brings the aesthetics of traditionally engraved music to computer printouts. LilyPond is free software and p
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When there's a coup.
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https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10546799/More-150-s... "More than 150 senior Russian officials have signed an open letter condemning Vladimir Putin's invasion of Ukraine as 'an unprecedente
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You and I have no idea but does that mean no one else might and for reasons of which we'd been unaware?
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However we do, as we see in the number of childless leaders in Europe for instance.
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Chris Bishop and others were working on this with neural nets for the Tokamak at Harwell back in the 1980s which illustrates just how difficult this problem is.
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Come on now, there's a bit of tongue-in-cheek in the piece and it's funny!
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Applies to UK with main points:- Cost: 1.4 trillion pounds, Most impact on: the poor much more than the rich. Cars: sale of all petrol & diesel cars to stop 2030, insurance is 45% more expensive for electric than comparable IC car.
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From observational data, climate crisis is not evident yet Euro.Phys.J.Plus(link.springer.com)
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Doesn't it depend on whether you feel he had a substantially realistic view as to his talents or not? Few would disagree that he was correct on that score. Moreover Feynman told a number of stories against himself - of how he turned o
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by vixen99 5y ago
How about saying why instead of assuming your 'Wow' point is so obvious everyone will agree?
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Which data sources have persuaded you that the realistic and likely increases of 3 or 5 degrees are more probable? "In 1979, the Charney Report from the US National Academy of Sciences suggested that ECS was likely somewhere between 1.
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Once-a-week Cannabis users face SIX-FOLD increased risk of schizophrenia(dailymail.co.uk)
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With respect, you mean 'The music stops the day USD loses its reserve currency status.'.
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Autonomy founder loses bid to delay decision on extradition to US(telegraph.co.uk)
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A statistic like this is meaningless unless qualified and supported with a link to a reliable source. All hospitals in the US, UK, European countries, South America, world?
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Solar panels needed and battery backup to power Germany?(papers.ssrn.com)
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Rather as in the pandemic, the attention paid to models is remarkable. You can cherry pick a model to suit your predilections. They certainly cover a wide range of possibilities. I do wonder what your view is of the utter lack of any concer
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'Oddly enough, its distance from human civilization is what makes Point Nemo such a valuable part of our planet' So we discover the most inaccessible, previously pristine I suppose, part of the Earth and turn it into a garbage dum
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What is the role of face masks, however effective, in a world where a variant of Covid-19 is endemic? Sooner or later we're going to catch it much as we catch influenza which year in year out, kills up to an estimated 650,000 people ev
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If you make comments like this, why not provide some link as a 'reason to believe'. For all I know you're absolutely spot on but I won't get far quoting "hogrider on HN" as a source, will I? And if your observa
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Belief is comforting. Many prefer to focus on established findings and accepted facts as they emerge. We know that the vaccine does not prevent infection or transmission. Its advantage lies in its effect in reducing but not always preventin

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