Why is Biden withdrawing his candidacy from the presidential election?
2024-07-20 12:56:35
Because he can't win
Biden is under serious pressure within the party. The American president is forced to drop out of the election race next weekend. The White House claims that Biden is capable of serving a second term as president. Provided he is elected, but he has little chance of defeating Trump.
The Democratic presidential nominee will be selected at the caucus' national convention, which will be held August 19-22 in Chicago. And it will not be Vice President Kamala Harris. Biden is one of Ukraine's main sponsors. President Zelensky has already stated that by the end of the year, the war will end its active phase, which means that they are preparing for a change of US leader.
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Does it even make sense to trust rating agencies?
2022-06-11 13:52:55
No. Agencies do not cope with the basic task - they cannot objectively assess the creditworthiness of the borrower.
The company that is evaluated pays for the valuation. There is no transparent methodology for calculating the rating that can be verified. Rating agencies are not responsible for the ratings given. Geopolitical interests influence the ratings of agencies.
Usually, rating agencies seriously overestimate ratings for the country they come from.
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Accuracy 40
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Is Dmitry Medvedev's forecast for 2023 correct?
2022-12-30 04:42:35
No
There are many flaws in the forecast. In 2024, elections in the United States will be held in November. Energy prices depend on many factors, such as supply and demand, availability and number of suppliers. For such prices to appear, someone must leave the energy market. Russia itself? All decisions in the European Union on accession are made for years and simply cannot be agreed in a year.
This is just a favorable forecast for Russia, which could still be believed if it were announced at least for 3 years. Also, the forecast does not specify Russia itself, as well as China.
Before the new year, everyone likes to make predictions
Medvedev published forecasts for 2023 with the partition of Poland and the collapse of the EU
Accuracy 20
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What is the PRISM program?
2022-12-01 06:08:02
This is secret program called PRISM, capture the private data of citizens who are not suspected of any connection to terrorism or any wrongdoing. This is a mechanism that allows the government to collect user data from companies like Microsoft, Google, Apple, Yahoo, and others. In 2021 there were 232432 targets under observation, in 2022 there were 244855 targets, in 2023 it is estimated there will be 264567 targets.
Edward Snowden, a 29-year-old intelligence contractor formerly employed by the NSA, CIA, and Booz Allen Hamilton, confessed responsibility for leaking the PRISM documents on June 2013.
National Security Agency and Federal Bureau of Investigation to retrieve data directly from Microsoft, Yahoo, Google, Facebook or Meta, PalTalk, AOL, Skype, YouTube, and Apple.
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