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SenecaTheYonger:
Cocaine is made in Columbia and Venezuela, and it comes through Mexico and sold to the United States.

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Thats not what I was laughing at. I was laughing because its like you dont know the many provocations of North Korea over the years.

Aside from that you really fell for this drugs story. Na wah for una oh. Your naivete has no part 2.

SenecaTheYonger:
North Korea is not really producing and selling drugs to USA citizens.

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Hahahahahahahahahahahhahahaha!
Joker!

bookson:
Dumb question...
You should have asked why North Korea is not doing to America what Venezuela did that made their President and wife to be kidnapped like mere criminals..
No matter how mad any President or country on the earth is, they can never provoke the US.

Know this and know peace

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Ignorant. How old are you?

LordReed:
To be clear I am not stating that quantum foam is what preceded the big bang, it is just a candidate explanation for how it went down.

This article should explain it a bit better than I: https://www.space.com/the-universe/how-quantum-foam-may-have-inflated-the-early-universe

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Thanks for this, which I have gone through. Did you see my last revert by the way?

Well, all said and done all I see there is a great amount of speculation without any concrete answers to questions. As the article acknowledges, the early universe remains a mystery. I will add that the present universe is still one.

"Bail is free" is the biggest joke in Nigeria.

givedemwotowoto:
Many African leaders are more useless than their Western counterparts, and since you’re worshipping these useless African leaders, it shows where on the scale of usefulness you are.

Someone who worships and defends the useless leadership of a known drug lord, a known heroin trafficker, is talking when sensible people talk

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Why don't you point out how Libya, Somalia and Iraq have improved since the USA did them the same favour?

HacheNoire:
Can’t you see the immense benefits Syrians, Libyans and Iraqis are getting.

In 2024, A African man saying the citizens of nation are okay with another nation taking their resources.

When I find the comments of people like you, it only makes me understand how Africa was conquered.

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Your first line should be enough to make him think.

LordIsaac:
No one is ignorant of the wiles of the imperialists. However, I'd argue that Nigeria was better pre-independence compared to our followership under wicked thieves. Just imagine how many houses recovered from Emiefewerey, Malami, and the other thieves since 1960!

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Freedom has a price and it takes time and work to prosper. Yes we are burdened with corruption but what is extracted by corrupt locals would not be worse than what would have been extracted by corrupt imperialists. Infrastructure would likely have been better because of established expertise and established ways of doing things which didn't have to be learnt from scratch in terms of managing a society properly as we now have to learn from scratch, but believe you me, if we were still under the colonialists, in Lagos for example, the Island would be white territory almost strictly. . . And that would be only the smallest of the many indignities.

JuanDeDios:
I doubt he'll succeed though. There's no mechanism in place for him to run Venezuela – in 2026. He may want to run it, but that doesn't mean it'll work. Venezuelans may welcome the ouster of Maduro, but they'll resist US rule - and global sentiments, and even sentiments within America, will be on their side.

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All sane people certainly hope so.

SlavaUkraini:
Continue to Cry 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

Your Hot Tears is very Sweet....

The Venezuelan people will run their own country with the US supporting them...

Let me give you a little bit of History and Geopolitical lesson and make sure you never forget it because it will help you understand some of America's Interventionist actions globally.

Many years ago the American government sent high level diplomats to Saudi Arabia and they made a deal with the house of Saud....

The deal was simple ....

" The House of Saud can continue to Rule the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia with American Protection, while in return, Every Crude Oil must be Sold in Dollars"

The Billions of Dollars in crude sales belong to Saudi Arabia not America but the Crude must be sold in Dollars....

Saddam Hussein had problems with the US when he had plans to start selling Iraqi Crude in Euros....

Ghaddafi started having problems with the US and France when he was proposing a common African currency backed by Gold and Natural Resources...

What Trump and the US is looking for in Venezuela is not Crude Oil because America have enough Crude Oil...

What America is after is the Continuation and Dominance of the Petro-Dollar system

The Global demand for the Dollar must continue. That is what makes America Great

If the New Leader of Venezuela will not Agree to sell Venezuelan Oil in US Dollars that leader will Join Maduro wherever he is ....... I can bet you on that one..

Trump is not even hiding it. The Man is so open about it.

He has said it that American Oil companies will soon go in and start revamping the Venezuelan Oil Sector...

American Oil companies will be drilling the Oil for the Venezuelan people and that Oil will be Sold in Dollars which favors the American Economy..

Every Global Super power today wants you to do business in their currency because they saw how that system has favoured the American Economy.

They are busy forming BRICS to move away from dollars and settle trade in their own currencies and America is smiling because America has other plans to make the dollar relevant..

As Long as the Dollar remains relevant, America will always be on top

America will always be 10 steps ahead of them because God Almighty made them number 1 for such a time as this...

And who God has blessed, no one can curse

God Bless America 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

God Bless Donald J Trump

God Bless Benjamin Netanyahu

I Stand with America and Israel Forever

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Good analysis so long as you dont deny its Machiavellian, inequitable and against all principles of International Law. What has happened in Venezuela is worse than just gun boat diplomacy.

Bad analysis if you try to claim there is anything right or legal about this or that its good for the international order.

nepapole:
There only 2 countries above the law - Israel and America.

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Russia dey there oh.

Disinfectant123:
Clearly someone does not have a history of the crusades in the slightest

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Yeah he was wrong on that but he made some other valid points and said some important things quite correct in history.

LordReed:
Nah, quantum foam is whole different thing than pure math or the quantum woo woo people usually refer to when they say the word quantum. I think it is the basis for why Krauss says nothing is unstable. I know Krauss' description is problematic but I think quantum foam is an interesting direction.

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Thank you for this.

I gather -
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Quantum foam (also called spacetime foam) is the idea that at the most microscopic level imaginable, the fabric of the universe is not smooth or empty, but is a roiling, turbulent "foam" of energy and fluctuating geometry.

1. The Scale: Beyond Microscopic: Quantum foam exists at the Planck scale, the smallest possible unit of distance in physics.7 To give you a sense of how small this is:Planck Length: 8$\approx 1.6 \times 10^{-35}$ meters.9Comparison: If you magnified an atom to the size of the entire observable universe, the "bubbles" of the quantum foam would only then be about the size of a human fingernail.

2. Why Does It Exist?
The concept arises from trying to combine two conflicting "rulebooks" of physics:

General Relativity: Einstein’s theory, which says spacetime is a smooth, flexible fabric curved by gravity.

Quantum Mechanics: Which says that on a small enough scale, nothing is ever truly still or "zero." Everything fluctuates due to the Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle.

When you apply quantum rules to the fabric of space, the "uncertainty" means that at the Planck scale, the geometry of space-time itself begins to wobble and fluctuate wildly.

3. Key Characteristics
Virtual Particles: The foam is filled with "virtual" particles and antiparticles that pop into existence and annihilate each other almost instantly.

Fluctuating Geometry: Space might not just be "bumpy"; it could technically form tiny wormholes or microscopic black holes that appear and disappear in fractions of a second.

The Vacuum is Not Empty: It suggests that "empty space" actually contains a massive amount of "zero-point energy."

4. Experimental Evidence
Because it is so small, we cannot "see" quantum foam with any current or foreseeable microscope. However, scientists look for its effects:

- The Casimir Effect: A proven phenomenon where two uncharged metal plates in a vacuum are pushed together. This is widely considered evidence that the "vacuum" is actually full of fluctuating energy (virtual particles).

- Light Speed Variations: Some theories suggest that very high-energy light from distant Gamma-Ray Bursts might be slightly slowed down by the "bumpiness" of quantum foam, similar to how a car slows down on a gravel road compared to smooth asphalt.

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Having looked at it, I can't see how this helps anything in the discussion as to the origin of the universe. In fact rather than speak to the beginning or origin it would appear to be speaking to the base nature of its fabric. That doesnt seem to me to advance the discussion an iota.

In fact there does not seem to be anything new about this. It seems to have been proposed by the physicist John Wheeler in 1955 - same man who advanced the notion of black holes. or made the notion popular. 1955 is a very long time ago in this science.

Over and above all this is the fact that this notion does not change the fact that the universe is expanding, which is the fundamental fact that roots the Big Bang. And to that extent, it does not take away the core concept of the universe expanding from a point still.

So I struggle to see the value here.

JuanDeDios:
Well, the precedent exists already.

Anyway, regime change is a double-edged sword - as he might find out.

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It exists but reinforcing it is still not good at all.

He says the US will run Venezuela for now.
This is a bad precedent.

LegendHero:
Fake news to tarnish Wike name.

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As if he needs anyone to tarnish his already ignoble name.

JASONjnr:
Brother, Under Section 5(1)(a) of the 1999 Constitution, the executive powers of the Federation are vested in the President, including authority over the administration of federal assets and liabilities. NNPCL is a wholly government-owned entity, and its debts form part of internal governmental financial arrangements rather than private obligations. Section 162 applies only to revenue that has legally accrued to the Federation Account; disputed or reconciled sums cannot be treated as collectible revenue. By approving a set-off, the President did not divert public funds but exercised fiscal management necessary for budget implementation under Section 81. Furthermore, Section 166 recognises debt set-off as a legitimate governmental practice, reinforcing the constitutional acceptability of such adjustments. In the absence of any express constitutional prohibition, the President’s action remains a lawful exercise of executive discretion aimed at ensuring fiscal stability and efficient governance.

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You have to specifically quote a section that states that monies earned and constitutionally meant for the Consolidated Fund can be withheld by an earning agency or body or organisation and then written off by the President.

Because that is a recipe for major corruption.

The implication will be that even if NNPC doesn't remit a kobo to the Consolidated Fund the president can write it off.

Do you understand the enormity of what you are suggesting.

This is not a matter of dispute.

Section 166 which you cite says nothing like what you claim. It has to do with set off with regard to funds due to states as well as set off with regard to loans applicable to such sub nationals.

"​Section 166: Set-off
​(1) Any payment that is required by this Part of this Chapter to be made by the Federation to a State may be set-off by the Federation in or towards payment of any sum that is due from that State to the Federation in respect of any loan made by the Federation to that State.

​(2) The right of set-off conferred by subsection (1) of this section shall be without prejudice to any other right of the Federation to obtain payment of any sum due to the Federation in respect of any loan."

This has nothing to do with writing off sums due from NNPC which are earnings.

Furthermore a set off is simply different from a write off!!!

Do you understand what a set off is? How is it the same as a write off? ? ?

Vision101:
No reply. No time to waste. Aren't defending anybody but laying economic facts.

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You know no facts boy.

Vision101:
Who said that Jonathan left office in 2012?
Anyway you are not the one that I'm discussing with. If you want to join, I will relay the questions to you and ask you to counter with economic proofs. In economics, finance and accounting we talk with figures and not going round and round with words. Verifiable figures don't lie.

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Dont worry, I will leave you to my capable protégé.

Vision101:
You are confusing yourself and running away from the main issue. I said that Jonathan ran the economy aground by 2015. You said that the subsidy protest took place in 2012. I said ok if your problem is 2012 and not 2015. I still insist with economic proofs that relative to what he inherited and what the economy was whether in 2012 or 2015 he ran the economy aground. He can't be trusted with savings from subsidy removal.

Counter my claim with economic proofs. That's all.

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Oh and it's BAT that can be trusted with savings. When both BAT and PMB have astronomically increased our total debt.

Hahahahahahahahaha!

Vision101:
Which dates are you talking about?
OBJ regime ended 2007
Yaradua/Jonathan ended 2011
Jonathan sole regime ended 2015.

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Why then did you claim Jonathan left things in 2012.

Secondly you said he had run the economy around when it is on record that we had our highest GDP then, which began to fall drastically after he left office and most drastically in the last two years. From biggest economy in Africa we have fallen to fourth.

Kukutente23:
You can't get common dates of events right yet you're asking for "concrete facts and figures"?
Jonathan left in 2015 not 2012

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E tire pesin oh. The chap doesnt know the most basic dates of events and he dey yap.

Vision101:
Relative to what he inherited from Yaradua by 2015 the economy was ran aground. Counter this statement with economic facts.

One fact: majority of state governments couldn't pay salaries. Buhari had to lend them money.

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Its amazing how you dont know the basic dates and you are talking.

JASONjnr:
My brother, the constitution gives the president certain powers to mandate this kind of right...

Mind you, he decides how to run his administration.

If he's offsetting these debts, he has a plan and probably he knows what he's doing.

This has nothing to nodding to every policies but because we voted him and trusted his blueprints.

Point is, are you seeing results already or not?

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Wrong bro.
The constitution actually forbids this.
Cite the sections which permit this.

DelilahMakinde:
And the right one is missing ?

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No, I want to hold one for any contingency.
On the off chance that you have read a single law in this country.

You know you have not.

DelilahMakinde:
Yes he's has the power.
When Oando and NNPC were making all kinds unregulated deals you all kept quiet.

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I can bet my left testicle you have not read either the constitution or a single law in this country before saying this.

JASONjnr:
The president has every right to offlift any outstanding to enable his administration focus on his agenda....

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There exists a constitution you know?
Stop nodding yes to everything he does simply because you support him.

helinues:
How many years have those debt been accumulated? How many head managers that have managed the NNPC?

If the tracing of the money would be complicated, better to write it off and start afresh with proper monitoring.

IMF once cleared off Nigeria debt

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The legality is the question.

blackslayer:
As queen Cersei in the game of thrones once said ...."Power is power"!

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I swear! Naked power!

LordReed:
From what I understand the singularity is a hold over from the mathematical equations that describe the earliest moments of the big bang. I think I heard quantum foam is the leading view.

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While mathematics may be used to understand things I doubt that it stands in any causative chain which leads to movement. For maths is always an idea, a mental construct and not an existent thing in itself. Secondly I would be wary of words or phrases such as "quantum foam" which may be nothing more than a new term for the same idea.

Especially because the word "quantum" has become the escapist word for science to describe all things mysterious and incomprehensible. This is just the way they talked about virtual particles in quantum vacuums even when there is no such thing anywhere to be seen as a vacuum.

In short, it seems to me that the word "quantum" has become the god of the gaps of the science world.

SlavaUkraini:
Times have changed...

The days when the US will cooperate with Columbia and Mexico to stop illicit Drugs Flow into the US is over...

This time around the President of Venezuela is fingered as being part of the drug cartel...

So Maduro must go..

And please note that I am not denying the fact that my USA have their own interests in all this invasion and war currently...

America has her interest in Venezuela and to me the Petro-Dollar agreement will be the top of the list.

But China also has her interest in wanting to invade Taiwan and that will happen very soon.

Russia has her interest in invading Ukraine and you can see that from the mineral rich lands that Russia is demanding from Ukraine for there to be peace...

These global super powers all have their agenda when it comes to wars and invasion.

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Have you seen the news? They have captured Maduro and wife and taken them to the US.

Happy now?

This is worse than any breach of international law.

And yet they are the ones stopping China from Taiwan.

jaephoenix:
We dont believe something came outta nothing. It's a theist thing

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Some atheists, notably Lawrence Krauss have insisted on that. But you are right that its not a claim made by atheists generally and in fact has nothing to do with atheism.