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New Kiwis wrote:

I know this conversation has more or less ended, but I'd like to point out that despite Russia and China saying they are allies, they're actually only allies in the sense of "The enemy of my enemy is my friend." Russia and China aren't exactly fond of each (I mean, would you be if China was stealing your tech instead of buying it?).

In regard to China having a large navy. China's navy may indeed be technically the largest navy in the world, but their "navy" consists of quite a lot of small and fairly cheap (that being both cheap to make and maintain), not that that necessarily says anything about how good they are. Although China does have a lot of ships that have been commissioned in the last two decades, it does remain to be seen as to what kind of quality they consist of.

Exactly, Russia and China sort of like has an uneasy, or even a cursed alliance to begin with. They only joined up because of the west and their plans are limited without an alliance able to stand up to the western powers. Russia and China are admittedly friends for now but in no way they're allies, both countries actually have territorial claims to each other and they're only sidelining those issues to solidify their "alliance" against the west. I bet if America or the other western powers lost their power, they're most likely to turn up against each other.

In other news, the Census really screwed up, according to its own audit of the count:

https://www.forbes.com/sites/nicholasreimann/2022/05/19/14-states-significantly-miscounted-in-2020-census-but-that-wont-change-redistricting-plans/?sh=22d5a23533db

Now obviously covid messed things up, and they also lay some blame on Trump, but they should have found a way to produce results that were accurate regardless. This is a total failure by modern demography standards. 6.8% off is unheard of!

As it notes, 2010's audit indicated no flaws. Unremarked is that the problems with the count in 2020 is that 1) it will misallocate funds based on people who do not exist while neglecting those that do, 2) it will mess up nuanced redistricting by inaccurately indicating who is where, 3) several states it mentions had unexpected results: RI was expected to lose a seat, MA and MN also were considered possible candidates for losing a seat, and FL and TX both were expected to gain more. I can't run the numbers precisely, but it looks like Florida and Texas would have gained one more seat each and RI and MN would have lost one each. Arizona might have gained one also, it's harder to figure out who was next in line to lose based on the error estimations.
The point is: congress might have looked a bit different than it will, same with the next couple presidential elections, had the count been done correctly.

The Rouge Christmas State wrote:

No kidding it was messed up. I received a census form in the mail and did it online. Then a lady showed up a couple months later saying we hadn't done it yet, so I had to do it again. So, either I have an evil doppelganger or the system is just flawed. XD

I did the mail form and then they came to my door and I did it again. Technically they do do repeats randomly to check the accuracy (they'll compare both to make sure they match to try to spot errors or fraud), but the numbers do show they had a lot of duplicates especially in Hawaii.

What's up everybody. I'm new here.

Steel Belt Empire wrote:

Welcome!

Thank you!

The Gallant Old Republic wrote:

I guess when it comes to BBC coverage of Australian politics it's best to just laugh rather than get annoyed at their complete inability to not attack the Liberal party and bring up climate change while pretending to be neutral.

Looking at the BBC news website I did get the impression they were cheer leading pretty hard for the Labor Party in their news coverage.

The Catholic State of Eire wrote:

Looking at the BBC news website I did get the impression they were cheer leading pretty hard for the Labor Party in their news coverage.

I almost feel bad for anyone who takes mainstream media seriously. Like people really let men and women in ivory towers tell them what's right and what isn't.

Communist Furby Island wrote:

I support the Abortion-Industrial Complex.

Then you’re not conservative like you claim

Communist Furby Island wrote:

I support the Abortion-Industrial Complex.

And here I thought that communist furbies were strongly pro-life.

Roborian wrote:

And here I thought that communist furbies were strongly pro-life.

We oppose everyone's rights, both the baby's and the mother's. Therefore abortions are mandatory.

Forcee De Frappe wrote:

It would not be necessary to stage amphibious and airborne, D-day style invasions. Special forces could simply be disguised as refugees and moved across the US/Mexico border. Then fuel pipelines, transmission lines, cell towers, internet hubs, rail and highway chokepoints, dams and water supplies, etc. could be targeted to disrupt and destroy the US economy. A conventional invasion is not necessary.

Good point

Alemanii wrote:

hi guys im new to this group

Welcome!