JayTreeman

Taiwan is the largest chip maker in the world. One of the reasons that China doesn't invade is because they're also dependent on Taiwan chips. Forcing china to double down on their local industry hinders Taiwan's security. The US knows this. They're escalating things in a very tense geopolitical area

This is a pretty stupid thing to do. They're guaranteeing chinese chip making.

She's friends with bush... Don't assume anything

My thought is that this is a way to hone the north Korean military. They don't know what's wrong until they try and use it.

Conspiracy time! Epstein was an Israeli plant to get information to blackmail politicians with. His career doesn't make any sense unless there's outside influence. Maxwell has some ties to mossad, but it's shaky at best, and Israel is really small. It's fairly easy to have relationships with people employed by any organization because of how small it is

BYD is also a battery company that makes cars. They can afford to lose a little on the car, when they make money overall.

You're right. China gave up it's permanent seat on the security council to ensure other nations don't recognize Taiwan as anything but China.

Who in the entire world has stopped and thought, 'I'd like an Ellen special. I loved her standup 30 years ago. It would be cool to hear some new stuff from her' Who?

Will using it blow up my hardware?

If I was running a country and preparing to cut cables like that, it would be because I'd infected the enemy with some type of virus that when activated would wreak havoc over their internet. I'd cut the cables immediately before activation. However, I might be smarter than the Russian leadership, and I don't run a country.

Political ideology is independent of where you live. Educate yourself

That's what I'm seeing as well. I thought this was largely a propaganda move to show Russia isn't as strong as thought to the Russian people. It's an attack on Putin more than anything else.