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True, but if you find yourself in a hole, first stop digging.

I think that song was also alright, but of the two that performer won with, it's the weaker one for sure. Can't say if it was a worthy winner because I haven't got a clue about what other songs competed that year.

Sweden also did poorly with a song I thought was alright. I think it deserved better.

Not really. We function pretty much the same.

I have a feeling that medieval peasants had a fairly good grasp of sex, seeing how they raised animals and all. They knew.

Ukraine had the Budapest Memorandum and a strong military. Didn't help much, especially when one of the guarantees refused to help and the other being the perpetrator.

What triggered the war IMHO was when Russias puppet Yanukovych was removed from power. It was then clear that Ukraine wanted to move west, and Russia wouldn't have any of that.

And NATO.

Russia using potential NATO membership as an excuse to invade Ukraine is just that, an excuse. Ukraine was turning west, and Russia couldn't accept that.

Everyone. The US is a huge and important market and will remain so for the foreseeable future. Let's not be delusional.

I expect companies will see trading with the US as more of a risk now, and take measures like requiring a premium, but trade with the US will continue, just by the sheer size of the US market.

NATO? Or the EU?

Would it though? I have doubts.

Probably yes, but I don't know enough about the Hansa to weigh in. But from what I can remember conquest wasn't a part of it. It was a trade and defense arrangement that you joined voluntarily.

The Hansa was something of a proto-EU.