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  • Now would be a good time to describe what specific issues you have with Greenwald's reporting on past issues and where he's been inconsistent with facts revealed after the fact.

    His stint at The Guardian where he broke the Snowden leaks?

    His work at The Intercept that revealed the corrupt dealings that led to Brazil's Lula losing the election and being imprisoned?

    Or is it his appearances on US media, where he's on record for questioning the efficacy of Russian interference in the 2016 election (which IIRC is backed by a study in Nature Communications) and criticizing Israeli influence in US politics?

    I'm not disagreeing with you, but you're not exactly providing much in the way of evidence outside of your own opinion.

  • ‘Julian Assange is free’: Wikileaks founder freed in deal with US
    www.aljazeera.com ‘Julian Assange is free’: Wikileaks founder freed in deal with US

    Assange to plead guilty to one charge of espionage and return home to Australia after decades fighting US extradition.

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  • This is a good point and we'll take it under consideration. Unfortunately, sometimes we do have to make a judgement call, but if there are any particular cases you'd like to discuss please mention them here.

  • South Korea will consider supplying arms to Ukraine after Russia and North Korea sign strategic pact
    apnews.com South Korea will consider supplying arms to Ukraine after Russia and North Korea sign strategic pact

    The deal was made as the Russian president visited North Korea for the first time in 24 years, a visit that showcased their personal and geopolitical ties with Kim hugging Putin twice.

    South Korea will consider supplying arms to Ukraine after Russia and North Korea sign strategic pact
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    China’s glut of idle property causes headache for the government
  • How does lowering down payment requirements from 50% (!!!) prop up a market? It tweaks the demand curve a tiny bit, but like I said it's towards engineering a soft landing. I told you that the central government is trying to engineer a soft landing. What evidence do you have that disproves this?

    Investors (who could afford to buy multiple homes) lose money. How terrible.

  • China’s glut of idle property causes headache for the government
  • Shenyang in north-east China is offering 100 yuan (£11) a sqmetre subsidies for some homebuyers. Kaifeng in central Henan province is offering an income tax refund to anyone who buys a new property within a year of selling their old one. Changhsa, the capital of Hunan province, is encouraging developers to offer no-questions-asked refunds of housing deposits if a buyer changes their mind within seven days.

    Local stimulus, which differs from Central government policy because contrary to popular belief the Chinese government is not a monolith. Different provinces want to get investment at the cost of other provinces, but this does not change the fact that in aggregate China's bubble is actively being deflated by the actions of the central government. The prevailing trajectory of the market, and the actions which the central government have taken in this regard, are very clear. In modern terms, this is "picking up pennies in front of a freight train."

    Last month, the state-owned People’s Bank of China (PBOC) unveiled a 300bn yuan relending fund to support local governments and state-owned enterprises to buy up unsold stock and turn it into affordable housing. The central bank also lowered the minimum downpayment required for prospective buyers.

    sigh do you know what the minimum down payment for a home in central Beijing is? 50%.

    Give me an action that indicates the central government is not trying to institute a controlled collapse ("soft landing") of the real estate market. The numbers don't lie, but apparently you do.

  • China’s glut of idle property causes headache for the government
  • The Guardian doesn't speak Chinese (or rather, they don't understand it). Their reporting on China is consistently incompetent for that single fact. They refuse to dig through Chinese reports and Chinese data because they can't understand it. The data is right there, plainly published for the world to see.

    If they did, they would know that real estate's contribution to GDP has fell off a cliff ever since Xi Jinping declared "housing is for living, not for speculation." If they did, they would know that investment into real estate has pretty much entirely collapsed and shifted into manufacturing (clean energy, EVs, nuclear, robotics, etc.) If they did, they would know that their stories about "ghost cities" a few years back... Ended up being, well, cities. If they did, they would know that the prevailing thought on Chinese social media is that the government is allowing real estate developers to fall... And they're definitely falling.

    That's what the data tells us. The bubble is actively deflating as we speak, and many estimate it to have been in excess of a 1% headwind on GDP growth in 2023... Citi just revised their projections of full-year GDP growth to 5%, and so have Goldman Sachs and BNP Paribas.

  • U.S. Considers Expanded Nuclear Arsenal, a Reversal of Decades of Cuts
    www.nytimes.com U.S. Considers Expanded Nuclear Arsenal, a Reversal of Decades of Cuts

    China’s expansion and Russia’s threats of using nuclear weapons in Ukraine and in space have changed a U.S. drive to reduce nuclear weapons.

    U.S. Considers Expanded Nuclear Arsenal, a Reversal of Decades of Cuts
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    U.S. Considers Expanded Nuclear Arsenal, a Reversal of Decades of Cuts
    www.nytimes.com U.S. Considers Expanded Nuclear Arsenal, a Reversal of Decades of Cuts

    China’s expansion and Russia’s threats of using nuclear weapons in Ukraine and in space have changed a U.S. drive to reduce nuclear weapons.

    U.S. Considers Expanded Nuclear Arsenal, a Reversal of Decades of Cuts
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    Chinese spacecraft successfully lands on moon's far side
    apnews.com China lands a spacecraft on the moon's far side to collect rocks for study

    The mission is the sixth in the Chang’e moon exploration program, and the second designed to bring back samples.

    China lands a spacecraft on the moon's far side to collect rocks for study
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    South Africa’s ruling ANC is on the brink of losing its majority in a landmark election result
    apnews.com South Africa's ruling ANC is on the brink of losing its majority in a landmark election result

    South Africa’s ruling African National Congress is on the brink of losing its majority for the first time after an election that has brought a drop in support for the party that led its country out of apartheid under Nelson Mandela.

    South Africa's ruling ANC is on the brink of losing its majority in a landmark election result
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    Norway, Ireland and Spain say they are recognizing a Palestinian state in historic move
    apnews.com Norway, Ireland and Spain say they will recognize a Palestinian state, deepening Israel's isolation

    Norway, Ireland and Spain say they will recognize a Palestinian state. That's a historic but largely symbolic move that further deepens Israel’s isolation more than seven months into its grinding war against Hamas in Gaza.

    Norway, Ireland and Spain say they will recognize a Palestinian state, deepening Israel's isolation
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    ‘Lavender’: The AI machine directing Israel’s bombing spree in Gaza
    www.972mag.com ‘Lavender’: The AI machine directing Israel’s bombing spree in Gaza

    The Israeli army has marked tens of thousands of Gazans as suspects for assassination, using an AI targeting system with little human oversight and a permissive policy for casualties, +972 and Local Call reveal.

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