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21-11-2020, 10:28 AM
#341
Risk for NZ is growing as possible spill over from AUS increases but im sure wellington is trying to keep its head down. The problem is that pressure will come on NZ from the US hawks but lets hope the US is so busy this all blows over in the storms ahead.
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21-11-2020, 12:02 PM
#342
Member
Originally Posted by greater fool
Meanwhile, appointing itself as US “deputy sheriff” has landed Australia in a recession.
I'm pretty sure you'll find the wuhan flu put them (and us) into a recession.
I started reading the article you posted, but its obviously written by a CCP shill so stopped reading it pretty quickly.
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21-11-2020, 03:26 PM
#343
I'm confused - On the one hand, NZ is being berated as a member of Five-Eyes by the
Chinese Foreign Ministry, very crudely, with a very mild rebuke from Foreign Minister Mahuta,
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politi...FXYIR27BUIYOE/
and on the other hand China is promoting itself as all sweetness and light with a vision for all mankind,
https://businessdesk.co.nz/article/e...nd-cooperation
(Paid subscribers only)
All at the same time!!??
Excerpt from Ambassador Wu Xi:
"In the years ahead, China will continue to hold high the banner of peace,
development, cooperation and mutual benefits, strive to create a favorable
external environment and promote the building of a new type of
international relations and a community with a shared future for mankind."
Perhaps the CCP is in turmoil and can't get its messaging right??
Last edited by Davexl; 22-11-2020 at 11:26 AM.
Reason: accuracy
All science is either Physics or stamp collecting - Ernest Rutherford
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21-11-2020, 05:44 PM
#344
if we look at whats happened in HK i dont think the CCP is anything but in full control..
my friends there have all sold or closed their business and left in the stock market industry and clothe brand design and returned to australia.
we got our warning on the virus In to everyone 24 hours before the HK health warning and everyone showed up with masks on the next day.
one only needs to see what has happened in the south china seas to see the true intent of the CCP..
japan is coming under daily pressure in the skies from china aircraft patrols... its not looking good..
Last edited by Waltzing; 21-11-2020 at 05:45 PM.
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21-11-2020, 05:44 PM
#345
Unprecedented and impossible to believe. but it happened!
Trump makes futile last stand to overturn results as Georgia certifies Biden win
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/...icans-election
All science is either Physics or stamp collecting - Ernest Rutherford
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22-11-2020, 11:12 AM
#346
Originally Posted by Davexl
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faithless_elector
Electors are typically chosen and nominated by a political party or the party's presidential nominee, and are usually party members
with a reputation for high loyalty to the party and its chosen candidate. Thus, a faithless elector runs the risk of party censure
and political retaliation from their party, as well as potential legal penalties in some states. Candidates for electors are nominated
by state political parties in the months prior to Election Day. In some states, such as Indiana, the electors are nominated in primaries,
the same way other candidates are nominated.[2] In other states, such as Oklahoma, Virginia, and North Carolina, electors are nominated
in party conventions. In Pennsylvania, the campaign committee of each candidate names their candidates for elector (an attempt to
discourage faithless electors). In some states, high-ranking and/or well-known state officials up to and including governors often
serve as electors whenever possible (the Constitution prohibits federal officials from acting as electors, but does not restrict
state officials from doing so). The parties have generally been successful in keeping their electors faithful, leaving out the rare
cases in which a candidate died before the elector was able to cast a vote.
There have been a total of 165[3] instances of faithlessness as of 2016, 63 of which occurred in 1872 when Horace Greeley died after Election
Day but before the Electoral College convened. Nearly all have voted for third party candidates or non-candidates, as opposed to switching
their support to a major opposing candidate. During the 1836 election, Virginia's entire 23-man electoral delegation faithlessly abstained[4]
from voting for victorious Democratic vice presidential nominee Richard M. Johnson.[3] The loss of Virginia's support caused Johnson to fall
one electoral vote short of a majority, causing the vice-presidential election to be thrown into the U.S. Senate for the only time in American history.
"There is something wrong with a regime that requires a pyramid of corpses every few years." George Orwell.
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23-11-2020, 03:51 PM
#347
Looks like the world might be back with a safe pair of hands (China included)
Biden Chooses Antony Blinken, Defender of Global Alliances, as Secretary of State
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/22/u...p_id=636303189
Excerpt:
"Working with other countries, Mr. Blinken said in the same July forum at the Hudson Institute, could have the added benefit of confronting another top diplomatic challenge: competing with China by choosing multilateral efforts to advance trade, technology investments and human rights — instead of forcing individual nations to choose between the two superpowers’ economies."
All science is either Physics or stamp collecting - Ernest Rutherford
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24-11-2020, 09:08 PM
#348
The Biden administration and the South China Sea
The Trump administration leaves behind a major nexus of confrontation with China for Biden to contend with
by Mark J. Valencia
https://asiatimes.com/2020/11/the-bi...uth-china-sea/
Last edited by Davexl; 24-11-2020 at 09:09 PM.
All science is either Physics or stamp collecting - Ernest Rutherford
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24-11-2020, 09:10 PM
#349
This could be a fast developing story...
These AAA-Rated Bonds Are Tumbling as China Default Fears Spread
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/artic...ult-fears-grow
Last edited by Davexl; 25-11-2020 at 10:16 AM.
All science is either Physics or stamp collecting - Ernest Rutherford
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24-11-2020, 09:12 PM
#350
https://www.interest.co.nz/opinion/1...ly-thing-do-so
Meanwhile, we have Mahuta in her first foray as Foreign Minister telling the Chinese exactly where NZ stands - with a declining empire against our biggest trading partner.
Watch this space!
Last edited by Balance; 24-11-2020 at 09:15 PM.
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