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luminary

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Americans must’ve gotten spooked by Cleverley’s remarks
Not just Cleverley.
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Rishi Sunak has backtracked on a pledge to shut down 30 Chinese Confucius Institutes across the UK.

The prime minister
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to close the cultural schools, which are accused of spreading propaganda and spying on students, during his bid to become Conservative leader last year.

But on Wednesday, the government announced it would be "disproportionate" to ban the institute.





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is making inroads in the US. We will soon see India's cow manure exports skyrocket!!!

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With bigger farms and more manure come more health and environmental risks. Manure from CAFOs contains over 150 pathogens that can contaminate water, nitrates can cause dead zones in aquatic habitats, and harmful fumes can cause asthma and lung disease in people living near CAFOs, according to the National Resources Defense Council (NRDC). While CAFOs are regulated by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA),
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, a 2019 NRDC report found.

A massive explosion at the South Fork Dairy Farm in Dimmitt, Texas brought national attention to the barn fire issue, with a staggering 18,000 cows perishing in the blaze. The county sheriff
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an overheated manure handling system may have ignited methane in the facility. The farm didn’t have a digester but was planning to install one.


In seriousness, China did use both small and large scale methane production, primarily from pig manure. Most of it went away as the electric power grid expanded.
 
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LMAO I know why Elon's mad.
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Jalopnik


Just your average Republican South:
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NPR.

A Third World Nation:
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New York Times


She is a real Karen just happen to become a British lawmaker - 100% emotions and zero pragmatism she is will bring disaster to any country if she becomes the leader- Prince Charles, her husband and the rest of British knew it!
 

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Lol. A drunk guy accidentally entered Jake Sullivan home last month. 3 secret service agents guarding outside didn’t notice a drunk guy bumbling his way into Sullivan house resulting in him confronting the guy instead.

Secret Service let down top Biden aide – media​

National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan said on Wednesday that he had full confidence in the US Secret Service, after multiple outlets reported that the agency head was furious three agents had allowed an intruder to enter his Washington, DC house last month.

The incident happened in late April, but only came to light on Tuesday in the Washington Post. Citing three anonymous government officials, the outlet said a man somehow walked into Sullivan’s West End home at around 3am, past a security detail posted outside.

Sullivan himself confronted the intruder, who “appeared to be intoxicated and confused,” then informed the Secret Service agents of the breach.

There were no signs of forced entry, or evidence that the man knew Sullivan or sought to harm him. The intruder was not detained. Police are currently combing through surveillance footage trying to identify him, CBS News reported on Wednesday morning.

Sullivan, who is en route to Japan for the G7 summit, was asked about the story. He told reporters aboard Air Force One that he had “total faith in the Secret Service,” and would say no more.

According to NBC News, however, agency director Kimberly Cheatle is “livid” over the security lapse and considers it a “human failure.” The three agents who were on duty that night have been suspended, pending an internal investigation.

“While the protectee was unharmed, we are taking this matter seriously and have opened a comprehensive mission assurance investigation to review all facets of what occurred,” Secret Service spokesman Anthony Guglielmi said in a statement on Tuesday evening. “Any deviation from our protective protocols is unacceptable and if discovered, personnel will be held accountable.”
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GodRektsNoobs

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Lol. A drunk guy accidentally entered Jake Sullivan home last month. 3 secret service agents guarding outside didn’t notice a drunk guy bumbling his way into Sullivan house resulting in him confronting the guy instead.


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Seems that US Secret Service is just as bad as the Japanese one. Surprising that there hasn't yet been a single MAGA 义士 that has taken advantage of that yet.
 

KYli

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This article is trying to say that the developing world shouldn't get ACs as it is bad for climate even though ACs save lives. Why talks about ACs in the developing world not the central air conditioners for those large the single family homes in the developed world. The premise of this article is already false, bias and even racist.
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Big 4 Consulting firms discovered to have used internal government info to help their clients dodge taxes.
Once again, China is light years ahead of holding “consulting firms” accountable.

When you consider that the US oligarchy frequently uses US intelligence for corporate espionage and recently used these consulting firms for targeted sanctions against Chinese companies, this is a move long in the coming
 

manqiangrexue

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You mention 9 to 5 working in office that are low to mid tech Those Mexican not migrate to US and hardly any one educate in US schools. .Trump already said Mexico is not sending there best. Mexico is not attracted to US Soft Power in those kind of jobs.
You just stated a bunch of random facts that don't support your argument.
Mexico is wealthy country once you look at its manufacturing salaries.
You're the first person who has ever characterized Mexico as a wealthy nation. What numbers drew you to that conclusion?
It is due to Demographics of Sweden and Switzerland that they dont have much people to move to US.
The people there don't have a reason to come. Quality of life is high at home.
Japan has even larger and higher quality Auto Industry. why Musk does not go there and start EV revolution?. its even easier as he was using Panasonic batteries, LG/Samsung Semiconductors. Tesla premium vehicles Panasonic batteries have proven for long term less degradation. infact Japan ideal place as right had side would have much easier to export to countries like UK and some others in Asia who follow British driving. Japanese tire giants are more advanced in dealing with emissions.
Deals depend on what the county offered him. If Japan didn't welcome him in order to protect its domestic industry but Germany did, then that's how it happened. Whatever the reason, it's not because Japan lacks "soft power" because that would be as stupid a conclusion as saying Mexico is a wealthy nation.
It only say these things are better without giving any data.
There's data in there but the quality of life, quality of education, oppertunity to make money, are not easily quantifiable. That's not an excuse for you to say that they don't exist and it's "soft power." If you even lived in the real world instead of being hobbled up in your own obscure theoretics in front of a computer screen, you would know that those articles are spot on when it comes to why people come to the US. Every person I know who decided to stay in the US has done so within the reasons outlined in those 2 articles.
i am only pointing out Ethopian airline salary. these things are not cheap to maintain.
And that is completely irrelevent. Many countries, even poor countries, have airlines. They are not cheap. But these countries don't come close to the US in average quality of life.
really Oil and Money?. it just show you havent study this subject.
Yeah, Qatar has oil and money. Everything you have written shows that you don't even live in the real world. Nobody has ever said that the quality of life in Ethiopia/Camaroon is on par with America because there no advanced nation is wealthy. Nobody. It's like arguing that homeless people are the richest because they eat for free in homeless shelters so their wealth is unlimited. You're that stupid.
Aviation is hard power but Airline is soft power and either or both can be strategic. State of Qatar has spent enormous in creating its image and influence in various corners of the world and Russia want to associate with this Soft Power. It has nothing to do with investment of bringing tech or machinery. Its all about Soft Power.
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It's called business. Qatar Airways is a business; businesses all over the world don't have hard power. I'm talking about national power, in which case hard power is all. To businesses, they can only have soft power which is the only way businesses have to attract sales. And the result is that it is no power at all because anytime you cross interests with a country with greater hard power, they can ban you and every bit of your soft power is gone instantly. It's useless, but it's all that businesses have. Countries are not the same. Countries kill people for resources and dominance.
Germany raise its importance and forcing US arms on Europe that will give Germany enhance leverage in shaping US policies globally as German acts to unite Europe under US leadership..
Ok there is so much retardation in that sentence that it needs to be cut into pieces to answer. Germany didn't raise it's importance. It's less important now as an economic power because its economy and industry are in decline. Germany didn't force any US arms onto Europe; Ukraine asked for them when Russia invaded. Germany didn't have a say in it. US weapons don't give Germans any leverage in shaping US policies because those 2 have nothing to do with each other; rather, it's the US forcing Germany to give more and more despite its economy already in shambles. Lastly, Germans have no interest uniting Europe under US leadership; they want to be the leaders. America is taking that hope away from them. So, in summary, you wrote a run-on sentence and literally every single part of it was wrong. You're watching a battered and bruised Germany getting bled out by an American vampire and you're characterizing the interaction as the victim controlling his torturer, forcing him to keep beating him up and taking his blood/energy.
Germany has confidence it has Soft Power that Asians will send there products in one sided trade with Europe so Germany may not need those industries related to Oil/Gas.
LOLOLOL Germany gutted it's own industry because Asians will be giving it free shit due to its "soft power"??? Germany pays for everything it buys from Asia. Where does the money come from? You're characterizing one-sided trade as a benefit for Germany when actually one-sided trade running up deficits and debt is what every country aims to avoid.
you really think Germans are stupid.
After Merkel's departure, yes. They cannot do anything but sacrifice themselves for Americans these days.
You are including past data which basically include US as nation of immigrants absorb more people.
Of course, we don't have one day today data. This is America's traditional strength.
but now it has to increasingly compete with Canada , Europe and Mideast who lacks hard power of US but has Soft Power.
It has to increasingly compete with Chinese hard power and money siphoning talent away from the US. I don't see Canada, Europe or the Mideast taking talent away from the US; actually a lot of European talent moved to the US because the financial hardships made high tech industry difficult in Europe. Only hard power, money, qualify of life, can attract meaningful immigration. Soft power only brings in some weird anime freaks to Japan, etc... it is useless.
Soft power is people attitudes and creating better inclusive work environment.
Ohhhhhh, you finally updated your definition of soft power again! First it was nations that didn't typically resort to force. That's of course, wrong. Then, it became to do something voluntarily, which is closer, but cruder than a 5 year old's drawing of the Mona Lisa. Now let's look at it again to see if you've grown...
Soft power is people attitudes
No, soft power is the attempt to influence people's attitudes.
and creating better inclusive work environment.
That's just nonsense and unrelated. Did you just copy that out of some HR pamphlet? LOL Better work environments are created by company policy, which requires the hard power of business success in order to obtain resources and the hard power of competent management. Your last definition, though childish, was actually better.

So, regretably, no. You haven't made any progress since last time on your understanding of "soft power."
 
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