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wildncrazyguy

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You have an interesting way of seeing the world - strict names claim geography ideology.

So by your definition, which Congo is the real Congo? Or should the US own all of the Americas? Or perhaps the reverse, China gives up Tibet and Inner Mongolia then? Or maybe we should extrapolate to the absurd, all lands named after saints are now owned by the Vatican?

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So now it will likely go to the State’s appellate court. I’d venture it won’t be resolved by Election Day.

And now we get to find out if the US citizenry have the audacity to elect a convicted felon as president. Oh, what a precedent to set.

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Oh you are challenging the wrong person on this one bub. Can you point out Grenada? How about Marshall Islands? Nauru? Kiribati (pronounced like Gilbert’s), Comoros? How about where Japan ends and Russia begins?

Sun Tzu says don’t underestimate your opponent. Pretty sound advice.

The people of Taiwan disagree with your sentiment. Some think that the ROC is the true government of China, others think that Taiwan and China are now two separate countries, but, go figure, officially saying so would instigate a hostile reaction from the PRC.

So it seems that they’re under a bit of duress to acquiesce to the PRC line, no?

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“They’re Chinese” sounds a great way to “liberate” the people’s of Taiwan, Bhutan and Singapore from their current democratic shackles.

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The way you phrase this makes it seem like the oligarchs had no responsibility in shaping how Russia is today.

Russia is at least as complicit in its own destiny.

I think you can understand why any nation wouldn’t just fully embrace a failed state with their arms wide open, particularly one that, up until a recent turn, had been its most vehement opposition.

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I’m glad you agree that the Politburo has resulted in untold human suffering.

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While I agree with your sentiment regarding people losing faith in their government, we have been on this road before a few times (antibellum era, William Jennings Bryan era, Joe McCarthy era). After a time of painful soul searching, we’ve always come back from these low periods. I have no reason to believe we won’t overcome it again.

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Your typo took me way back. There was a game called “Wall Street Kid” for the NES where you could “invest” in companies in the stock market, with the hopes to make it big. Many of the companies in it were a play on words of real-world companies. Boeing’s was “Boing Boing”. Thanks for the nostalgia today, though I wish it would have arrived on a more optimistic post.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wall_Street_Kid

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And 3) you can’t because I’m right!

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