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So, Japan is on knees and begs for pardon?

Agree. It is stupid to accuse Russia by British habit "highly likely" without any proof. Two months ago, Western propaganda media were already screaming at the top of their lungs about 19 "Russian drones." In the end, the only damage that occurred was caused by a NATO aircraft, and not a shred of evidence was found that these were Russian drones or a Ukrainian provocation. Now, when the Minditchgate scandal is raging in Ukraine, when Zelenskyy's friend and closest ally fled Ukraine for Israel to avoid arrest for stealing hundreds of millions of dollars in Western aid, when Ukrainian National Security Council Secretary Umerov, also the former Minister of Defense of Ukraine, has been "traveling on business trips" in the Middle East and Europe for two weeks now, avoiding returning to Ukraine where he faces charges of embezzling hundreds of millions of dollars through cashbacks while placing weapons orders, zelenskiy and Ursula personally desperately need some distracting news. And the bottom line is that we will once again be left with British "highly likely" and without a single piece of evidence.

I have about a dozen Chinese friends of various ages, from 20 to 50, and even more acquaintances. The words "cheap," "sale," and "discount" have a magical effect on each of them. Therefore, unless Xi imposes specific fees, taxes, bans, or restrictions, such as reducing the number of flights to Japan, the Chinese won't care about the government's recommendations, because they can travel to Japan cheaply now. The exception is CCP members, but most of them are already prohibited from leaving China without permission from their party branch.

It will not. Chinese never pay attention to state advises, they pay attention to prices. And prices are low as you mention.

Beijing Queer film festival was 18th in this year. https://www.bjqff.com/ Most popular gay clubs/bars in Beijing are Destination, Kai Club, Dada, and Heaven Beer Bar Shanghai pride still exists while in 2025 it was tiny event. Best evening places are Hunt, Asia Blue, and Moon Bar. Hong Kong Lesbian and Gay film festival just ended few weeks ago https://www.hklgff.hk/

Have you ever been to China? And trusting CNN is just fooling yourself. I've been visiting China regularly since 2007. During the day, I'm busy with sightseeing, and in the evening, I'm at gay clubs and parties. WeChat is full of themed groups. I've never had a problem finding something to do. Of course, in villages and small towns, homophobia exists on a casual level. I'd imagine it's about the same in Texas or Alabama. In big cities, no one cares who lives and sleeps with whom. 0b3390293e219d889ee67b621e4a0924.mp4 7e3e1febf59ac85509fb56886c535fad.mp4 e0788838b911c53c60e428abcfc6a02f.mp4

I'm OK with deaf drivers while using apps (have nothing to discuss with driver - everything is in app already). In some cases it is even big plus, when you don't want driver to hear your conversations, or you want to travel in calm and don't want any radio/music to hear.

It is not possible "cancel" thing which was never scheduled. They have agreement on place, but meeting wasn't and isn't scheduled. Yet. Right now Zelenskiy is so desperate, that he already agreed to let Russia to keep already taken territories, while just few months ago Zelenskiy spoke about "1991 year borders". Putin will boil him more - Russia has time, Zelenskiy has no time: Russian army takes 1-2-3 villages/towns daily... Russian conditions for peace are known for many months already: neutral status of Ukraine (membership in EU is OK, membership in NATO is not OK), the abolition of discriminatory language laws, the opening of Russian schools, newspapers, radio and TV, the lifting of the ban on the Orthodox Church and the return of confiscated churches to it, the lifting of the ban on left-wing and socialist parties. And main: first talk and sign agreement, then stop fire. Russia won't accept the "let's ceasefire and then negotiate" approach—European bureaucrats have already demonstrated that their words can't be trusted. And the foolish Kaya Callas let it slip when she combined "we need a ceasefire" and "we need Russia's strategic defeat" in the same paragraph of her speech. Therefore, Russia's approach to the ceasefire has remained unchanged for a long time: "First, we'll sign an agreement on the terms of the ceasefire and guarantees, and only then will Russia stop".

You're stubborn, my dear. Anyone can use Google, okay? You've screwed up by bringing lies and propaganda here. "About" 70% of "around" 60% is 40% +/- 2-3%. Did you study math? Doesn't look like the answer is "yes." https://aahoa.com/resources/oxford-study

Oh, and by the way: number 60% isn't true. Truth is: 60% of US hotels are owned by members of Asian American Hotel Owners Association (AAHOA). AAHOA, a trade association representing over 20,000 hotel owners, reports that its members collectively own approximately 60% of the hotels in the U.S. And within AAHOA "Indians or those of Indian ancestry" owning about 70% of hotels. So real number is about 40%.

Looks like publication is the part of anti-Indian propaganda, reflecting current state of US-India relationship stage. And it sounds racist. If you want to follow that stream, then you should take a look on small part of leading corporations CEO list: Sundar Pichai (Google), Satya Nadella (Microsoft), Arvind Krishna (IBM), Shantanu Narayen (Adobe). But I think, what talks about Indian overrepresenting are quite overreacted, and may be inspired by "competing diaspora". ChatGPT as usual:

Well. It is political thing. Obama got Nobel prize at time when US had running 2 wars. So, it is exactly "happen before".

Well... you are stubborn... Have you heard of Georg Emanuel Opiz? He was a Bohemian German painter and graphic artist. In 1814, following the War, he went to Paris to create and sell etchings. His works are now in museums. Series "Russian Cossacks in Paris", 1814-1815.

not "soldiers" - Cossacks

Back to possibility of WW III. Financial Times: "Patriots" and other Ukrainian air defense systems were able to intercept only 6% of missiles launched by Russia in September. Russian missile upgrade outpaces Ukraine’s Patriot defences Listening to Boris Johnson and believing the West that Ukraine could win against Russia and therefore should withdraw from the Istanbul peace talks in the spring of 2022 was the Zelensky regime's biggest mistake.

Next question then: any idea why Russia should need to "march France"?

Wrong. Only cards from systems that banned Russia don't work here. Any UnionPay will work here and it is one of the reasons why Chinese didn't stop to visit Russia.

Tell me, what's your grade in geography? Russia doesn't need Estonia or its territories for free navigation in the Gulf of Finland and the Baltic Sea – there are plenty of neutral waters there. And this reply is worthy of a Darwin Award – Estonia doesn't share a border with the Kaliningrad Conclave. On one side is Poland, on the other is Lithuania.

Any ideas why Russia might need three depressed, half-dead countries whose economies are based on agriculture, quarter of their territory is swampland https://news.err.ee/1609784505/estonia-mulls-boosting-eastern-border-defenses-by-restoring-bogs-peatlands, and which must be subsidized annually to remain habitable? The drug overdose mortality rate in Estonia is almost 11 times higher than the EU average. https://www.euda.europa.eu/publications/european-drug-report/2025/drug-induced-deaths_en The suicide rate among men in Estonia is more than twice as high as in the EU. https://countryeconomy.com/demography/mortality/causes-death/suicide/estonia Economically, these three countries are useless to Russia, but if Putin does anything against them, the stench of Western propaganda will be so strong that half the world will suffocate. Estonia has been a NATO member since 2004 – over 20 years. And no one cares.

I am pleased to see that, as always, you have no arguments against my remark.

Why? GDP PPP of Estonia ($67.7B) has the size of GDP PPP of few quarters of Moscow ($1320B), rest two countries are not more far.

I use metformin by direct use - diabetes type II. Losing weight is just additional bonus: from 110 to 90kg. Most significant is that you don't have to change diet - the only habit to change is to eat 5 times per day instead of 3 while keeping the same amount of food (lets say up to 2500 Kс per day).

There's a medication called metformin. Like ozempic and its analogs, it was originally developed for people with type 2 diabetes. It's well-known and proven for decades. The difference from ozempic injections is that it's taken one tablet a day. It's also practically free: a month's course costs $5 in my country. It has fewer side effects and limitations. For example, it can be taken by people with poor pancreatic health, and it doesn't cause facial wrinkles when losing weight; it doesn't cause the so-called "ozempic face." Despite its affordability, it should also be started only after consultation with a doctor, and it also requires regular blood sugar monitoring. My doctor prescribed monitoring every three months. Metformin is rarely advertised because it costs next to nothing and isn't protected by patents, having been in production for a long time. Of all the brand names, the most well-known is Glucophage-Long from Merck. I lost 20 kg in 6 months after starting metformin.

Hitler is also "not a case for few generations already", should we forget his crimes?

is it "nominally"??? at past 50 years British Crown General-Governors 4 times intervened into business of [not so] sovereign states within Commonwealth: 11 November 1975 → Australia → Sir John Kerr → Action: Dismissal of Prime Minister Gough Whitlam 25–29 October 1983 → Grenada → Sir Paul Scoon → Action: Requested and sanctioned foreign intervention; temporarily assumed executive authority; appointed advisory/temporary council 14–25 May & 23 September – 15 October 1987 → Fiji → Ratu Sir Penaia Ganilau → Action: Declaration of emergency; temporary assumption of executive powers July 1984 → New Zealand → Sir David Beattie → Action: Considered dismissal of Prime Minister Robert Muldoon Can you imagine: foreign citizen, appointed by foreign country to your country dismiss elected by you premier minister. Circus du Buckingham Palace / Windsor Castle