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- ekan commented Dec 23, 2019
So far it seems like only Germany is making a ruckus. Of course they would - that has been their pet project from the start. About half of the EU members are strongly opposed to it because if Putin uses this to bypass Ukraine, they will be left ...
Germany and EU condemn US sanctions on gas pipeline
- ekan commented Dec 21, 2019
Thanks, Ross. Best wishes and Happy Holidays to you and your family also.
Trump is impeached, becoming third US president to face Senate trial
- ekan commented Dec 21, 2019
Wrong. You totally misrepresent my idea. I am not blaming America for the defense, on the contrary. I am fully aware how much Western Europe owes to USA during and after WWII. On this forum I have defended USA many times. I am blaming Trump, and his ...
Trump is impeached, becoming third US president to face Senate trial
- ekan commented Dec 21, 2019
I agree. Even though I pointed the impermanence of nation-states through history, I do not advocate doing away with European nations, they have useful cultural characteristics, help maintain social cohesion and much needed identity anchoring. What I ...
Trump is impeached, becoming third US president to face Senate trial
- ekan commented Dec 20, 2019
You appear to have a pretty vague understanding of the Vishegrad 4. Neither are they homogeneous in their attitudes to EU, nor are they following a common geopolitical orientation. Whereas Hungary is one of Putin's and Xi's bootlickers, Poland, ...
Trump is impeached, becoming third US president to face Senate trial
- ekan commented Dec 20, 2019
You're confusing what you wish to happen for what is going to happen. Don't count your chickens before they hatch. Globalism is not getting reversed, even if USA drops out of it. Multi-national blocks keep getting formed and strengthened throughout ...
Trump is impeached, becoming third US president to face Senate trial
- ekan commented Dec 19, 2019
So you referring to our little spat having been hidden for breach of CoC? Yes, it should have been. Neither your posts nor mine had anything to do whatsoever with the purpose of this forum. In fact we need more censure around here, not less. I am ...
Trump is impeached, becoming third US president to face Senate trial
- ekan commented Dec 19, 2019
I have no idea what you are talking about.
Trump is impeached, becoming third US president to face Senate trial
- ekan commented Dec 19, 2019
Nice try. Airing a political talking point without any relation to trading whatsoever, in blatant violation of the user policy. Fully tolerated by our friendly admin team, of course. To those interested to dig further, here is an article debunking ...
Trump is impeached, becoming third US president to face Senate trial
- ekan commented Dec 19, 2019
Amazing process! A bit like prorogation of Parliament, no? Unfortunately 1930's Germany had no MATURE democratic institutions, even though it was a functioning democracy at the time. There were no Supreme court and Lady Black Spider to thwart him ...
EU Warns of Brexit Cliff as Johnson Rules Out Longer Transition
- ekan commented Dec 19, 2019
No worries. Either way, it was a good discussion. Cheers!
Will the UK really turn into 'Singapore-on-Thames' after Brexit?
- ekan commented Dec 19, 2019
Bones, so the average man on the street is the highest arbiter of accountability? Interesting thought. Tell us, bones, do you lock your door at night?
EU Warns of Brexit Cliff as Johnson Rules Out Longer Transition
- ekan commented Dec 18, 2019
I disagree. Corbyn has a proper ideology, just his ideology fell flat on the face with UK voters. They simply were not buying what Corbyn tried to peddle to them. His case is quite straightforward in that respect. Like every true ideologue, Corbyn ...
Will the UK really turn into 'Singapore-on-Thames' after Brexit?
- ekan commented Dec 18, 2019
Of course. I neither put down nor idolize the man. Both are equally hampering true understanding. What I wrote was to highlight that Singapore is really a unique socio-political establishment. It is not straightforward - and often is downright ...
Will the UK really turn into 'Singapore-on-Thames' after Brexit?
- ekan commented Dec 18, 2019
That happened during the financial panic of 2008. Temasek - along with pretty much every other large asset manager - suffered steep losses. Ho Ching - that's her name - stepped down to avoid her reputation and by extension that of the Lee family ...
Will the UK really turn into 'Singapore-on-Thames' after Brexit?
- ekan commented Dec 18, 2019
Yes, and drugs carry mandatory death penalty. There was a case a few years back where an ethnic Vietnamese Australian citizen was caught trying to transit (on the way to Australia - not even trying to bring the drugs in Singapore!) with a load of ...
Will the UK really turn into 'Singapore-on-Thames' after Brexit?
- ekan commented Dec 18, 2019
A few remarks here.... Not Boris is talking about CPF, The Central Providence Fund, a multi-faced compulsory government-managed savings vehicle. Every working citizen and permanent resident (PR) must contribute to it. It has 3 parts - 1) for large ...
Will the UK really turn into 'Singapore-on-Thames' after Brexit?
- ekan commented Dec 18, 2019
Just a short comment on the VAT or GST: the 5 to 7% level is common for east and south east asia, Singapore does not deviate from the pack in that respect. In Thailand, where I just was, it is also 7%. In Malaysia, where I am, I just saw it on my ...
Will the UK really turn into 'Singapore-on-Thames' after Brexit?