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horse

Major
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What I would like to do is rant briefly about the political situation, because it is all happening at once, the PRC is seeing everything put in motion.

1. PLAN and PLAAF have Taiwan surrounded, and China Coast Guard taking care of the hapless Philippines Navy, daring the US Navy to get involved.

2. Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin reaffirm and promise to further develop Russia-China ties. Which of course could potential help that war. Something that the Americans were complaining about.

3. After Uncle Vald visits his, he goes to see his most favourite Korean family.

4. This in turn, with those agreements made, means the Kim dynasty will be more like belligerent. Should be fun to watch.

5. The China-Russia-Iran partnership, along with the Saudi-Iran-China detant and significant upswing in relations there, all that is no good for Israel.

The United States have not been pressed like this, not in any time I can remember.

Russia proxy war with NATO with China having its back. Russia backs Kim who will take it out on the Koreans and Japanese. China has Taiwan surrounded and ramming boats in the SCS. Blah blah blah, you get the picture. All US allies are under stress. That means the US is under stress.

Then we add in the economic conditions, where China is growing at least 2x twice as fast as the United States, the tech war and trade war, then the latest panic attack over Chinese EV cars, even in these non-military realms the Chinese are pressing the Americans.

Let's not kid ourselves, this is all happening, this is all happening right now, all at once.

Why now?

The Americans are going into election mode. This is the time to do it.

A couple years from now, we can really see how American position will be weakened during this time that started now.

The Americans have boneheads in the government. They are not strategic geniuses.

Maybe this is gray zone warfare by China against America across the globe? Who knows, eh?

:cool:
 

azn_cyniq

Junior Member
Registered Member
That debate was an unmitigated disaster for Biden and the United States. In just 90 minutes, Biden did more damage to the reputation of the United States than billions of dollars' worth of propaganda could hope to do. It's hard for me to believe that the man who represented the Democratic Party on that stage tonight was the man who has been running the country for the past three years. He's clearly not the one in charge. There's just no way that he isn't a puppet. It's incomprehensible...
 

dingyibvs

Junior Member
What is so special about Ozempic/Wegovy drugs? Are the generic versions just as good? Do they have the IP for these so-called generic versions?
I'm sure the generic versions will work just fine, as any well made generic is. Generics are available when the IP for the brand name drug has expired, so IP is irrelevant here.

I don't really get the flak Ozempic catches. It's a good medicine, helps people lose weight and lower blood sugar. Humans evolved to eat more than we need and store the extra calories as fat because food until very recently in human history has been scarce for most. It was an evolutionary advantage, something that offered a survival benefit. Now that we live in a period where much of the world has far more food than is needed, our innate desire to eat more is a maladaptive behavior, a disservice to our health. GLP-1 analogues like Ozempic help counter this maladaptive behavior.

Why take an injection when you can just diet? Why write a book on a computer when you can just write it with a pen? Like any other human invention that's become popular, it's just easier.
 
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