China halts purchases of US agricultural products

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  1. Thedimon

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    te potest loqui, scribere et legere latine?
     
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    I call BS.
    Take 300,000 and apply 4 generations + interaction with Russians in the east that created the opportunity for willful mixes.
    You ain’t got that much German there. Muslims will finish you off in no time.
     
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    Its more than you have slav. I can afford vacations with my girl that only few can. I have a great car and i dont depend to brag to make holiday in a rubbish dumpster like Miami or the Keys.

    Ever heared about Whiteheaven Beach? Or Ile des Pins? La Reunion? Mauritius? Seychelles?

    Torres del Paine in Patagonia? Ever saw an erupting Volcano? You ever had a Lemur on your shoulder in a rainforest in Madagascar? Did you hike in the worlds oldest forest Daintree Nationalpark? Nope?
     
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    Ego can quoque lego discs et latine.
     
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    We have no muslims in eastern germany.
     
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    Have you ever been 100% independent?
     
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    I´m independend. I pay my own bills. My insurances, car, gas ect.

    You have a problem with the fact that i was given a house?
     
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    I hate flying. Not because of height, but because it’s extremely boring. My limit is about 4 hours.
    I once spent a whole day in a car driving to see Niagara Falls. After I got there guess what I saw? I saw a large waterfall. Your spend your day getting there and once there, what’s next? That’s why spending a whole day to get somewhere just to see one geographical feature is not my thing. So, you seeing Patagonia means nothing. Good for you! I prefer to spend the time on the beach in Caribbean.

    And I never bragged about vacations in Florida, you idiot, I was just talking about certain places I liked. You were the one enthusiastic about your resorts on North Sea. I didn’t even know sane people swim in it.
     
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    Nobody would have a problem with it if you were not trying to project your situation on your entire country. You claim that you have such a purchasing power, but far from all germans would be able to afford things you can afford because mortgage, rent, utilities, repairs and maintenance are a large chunk of monthly expenses.

    If your were completely on your own your 2,500 euro per month would put you in paycheck to paycheck situation.

    So, setting aside your vacations, your income is considered mediocre by majority of standards. In the state of Illinois, where I live, $30k per year is going to be minimum wage very soon, the wage of the burger flippers. And you are not that far from them, and you are bragging about it.

    You are where you are not because of Germany, your race, ethnicity or your achievements. You are where you are because of your daddy. I can’t even consider you an adult because you never truly lived independently.
     
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    The Caribbean? Are you kidding me? Thats a destination for people with budget problems.

    Nothing in the Caribbean comes even close to Ile des Pins or La Digue.

    I did not just see Patagonia. We were hiking there 8 days. Saw amazing nature there.
     
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    Oh so my good grades are not my own achievement. That i get good results and ratings from my superiors is not my achievement? That i was able to end my apprenticeship 6 months before the normal time is not my achievement? That from 12 others in my year, i was only one allowed to stay and not send to other offices far away, was not my achievemnt?
     
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    You think I care about your opinion?

    Good for you. Do you think I’m jealous? I’m not, because wasting my vacation on hiking is not my thing. I can see the nature on my phone while I’m laying on a beach.
     
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    Laying on beach is no vacation for me. I need constant expedition and seeing new stuff.

    At Septemebr 1st my girl and i make 3 week New Caledonia tour.

    This is what Ile des Pins looks like

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    This post just proves your immaturity.
    But I’m sure your daddy was very proud of you!
     
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    I’m not even thinking going anywhere till winter - in Chicago it’s been close to 40C for the last two months in a row, can’t even sleep without AC.
    From perspective of attitude Chicago is on the same level with Istanbul. Nobody here wants to go further south during summers. Lake Michigan distorts local climate - drags summer far into autumn, drags autumn far into winter and so on. It will be nice here at least till November. My wife and I start planning winter vacations around Thanksgiving tine when first frost is kicking in. I wouldn’t go anywhere south in September.
     
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    New Caledonia is not warm its Mild. We go there because the absolute stunning nature. 80% of plants and animals are endemic there.
     
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    Trump's isolationist's policies will not work. Everyone in the world is better off when we have open and free markets, all of us importing and exporting as we desire. Sure some will try to manipulate the system but in the long haul everyone finds some equilibrium. Farmers, just as with most people/business, just want a reasonable playing field to compete. Government intervention based solely in politics only serves to create adversarial scenarios and increases consumer prices. Surely, for example, US companies who see sales greatly decrease due to tariffs, most of those international nations will just find the same products elsewhere, and much of this lost revenue might be lost forever. If China is not buying from the US they are buying from others. All of this is BS politics and i doubt BS politics is ever the best path to take...
     
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    My God, you people sound like animals.
     
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    Sobo must have gotten to you :) The last part (Bold) should like a description of Trump - who go where he did because of daddy. You must like those baby balloon depictions of Trump.
     
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    Hard to argue with this.
    Thanks.
     
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    As a child I wondered why we needed to deal with or trade with others if we had everything we needed. Later I learned about factors of production, opportunity cost, mutually beneficial trade, scarcity, and globalization.

    Yet I still feel the same way as I did then. Why not lock all competition out and build a truly great society with strategic partnerships? Of course there's no money in that, especially for the swindling financiers like Epstein etc.... International crooks with no honor, building their wealth on our sweat.
     
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    I seriously doubt Trump’s home was purchased by his dad.
     
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    Trump got where he was because of Daddy - Then after almost losing all the money that Daddy gave him - he was bailed out by Soros and the Rothschild consortium.
     
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    And with a flip-flop here, a flip-flop there, Trump once again back tracks on tariff threats on tech imports from China. So much for IP protection
     
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