Banyonite

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by Banyonite 3y ago
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 course to attain a MA
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by Banyonite 3y ago
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,
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by Banyonite 3y ago
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 entry into NATO
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by Banyonite 3y ago
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?
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by Banyonite 3y ago
>> 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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by Banyonite 3y ago
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 vetted and recruited, a
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by Banyonite 3y ago
A moose once bit my sister... No realli!
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by Banyonite 4y ago
>> 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 couldn't
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by Banyonite 4y ago
>> It still does. Out of curiosity (honestly), how does it?
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by Banyonite 4y ago
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 power, regardless
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by Banyonite 4y ago
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, and FBI attorney Lisa
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by Banyonite 4y ago
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 found ou
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by Banyonite 5y ago
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 researcher, Jim Allison, at
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by Banyonite 5y ago
>> 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 hav
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by Banyonite 5y ago
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- added "meaningful&
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by Banyonite 5y ago
>> 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 immunological press
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by Banyonite 5y ago
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 unforgivabl
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by Banyonite 5y ago
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 encourage true anti-semit
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by Banyonite 5y ago
> 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 the virolog
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by Banyonite 5y ago
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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by Banyonite 6y ago
Honestly cannot- doesn't mean there isn't one, but this leads to a possible heuristic worth exploring.