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@zombiesingularity Socialism and Communism are NOT the same animal. Socialism, as in Social Programs (Medicare, Medicaid, Unemployment Insurance, the Veteran's Administration, TANF, Welfare, Food Stamps etc ... ) has been in America for MANY decades, and even YOU may have used at least one such program ... if not you, then certainly someone you know. Canada has Socialized Medicine, and yet Canada is NOT a Communist State. Nor is England, most of Continental Europe and Scandinavia. I do not believe that YOU, or a VERY large percentage of Americans really know what Trump and the Right are saying when they use the Term - Socialism. If Communism is the ravenous Guard Dog pulling at it's chain, Socialism, - or least what the Right MEANS by Socialism, is the family pooch watching the kids in the yard, keeping the other dogs away from them. It's an imperfect metaphor, but so is the Right's line about the evils of Socialism when the MEAN Communism ... this stuff really isn't THAT hard to understand.
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Baldwin is more troubled by her guest's QUOTING of an ugly word used by a Presidential Appointee, than she is by that Presidential Appointee ACTUALLY USING THE WORD ! ... And of course, it IS an ugly and unacceptable word . But Kaiser was just telling her what Steve Bannon HAD in fact said, in order to illustrate that Bannon was a racist and should therefore be disqualified to hold the Appointment he was given. Trying to gloss over racism will NOT make it go away, as recent events have shown. And there is a big difference between the gratuitous use of a word for shock-value, and quoting it to make a point: if I use the word " Nazi " in a glib and casual fashion to denigrate the Police, I am using it to insult and demonize an entire profession, but if I quote an angry protester or a Civil Rights activist, I am simply relating what an opponent of the Police may have said in some given comment. - It DOESN'T mean that I am personally anti-police. Baldwin has a history of this silly little-girly reaction to comments from guests, - she tears up, she covers her face over comments from guests, when some of those comments should have been anticipated. I find her to be goofy and unprofessional - she should be on FOX, where shitty acting is the norm.
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As I watch this thing unfold, I am struck by one simple fact; the Republicans have nothing. They continuously bring up this detail and that about 2016 and the supposed "attacks" on Donald Trump, - first, 2016 may be relevant with regard to Trump's feelings and those of Republicans generally, but they are NOT related to Trump's actions in the events and specific details of this Inquiry.- And secondly, they demand very specific details concerning the precise wording used by this individual or that, and then whine about a witness's unnecessary use of terms like " he loves your ass " - when by the witness's account, these actual words were used in the conversations involved. Nunes distracts, Jordan barks, Ratcliffe dissembles, and ALL of the Republicans go over their time and interrupt on a regular basis. These proceedings ARE a joke, - but not because of anything the Democrats are doing !
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@textech4056 Untrue: " By March 2015, the US had committed more than $120 million in security assistance for Ukraine and had pledged an additional $75 million worth of equipment including UAVs, counter-mortar radars, night vision devices and medical supplies, according to the Pentagon's Defense Security Cooperation Agency.
That assistance also included some 230 armored Humvee vehicles.
Trump appears to be echoing a critique leveled at the Obama administration by the late Republican Sen. John McCain. "The Ukrainians are being slaughtered and we're sending blankets and meals," McCain said in 2015. "Blankets don't do well against Russian tanks."
While it never provided lethal aid, many of the items that the Obama administration did provide were seen as critical to Ukraine's military. Part of the $250 million assistance package that the Trump administration announced (then froze and later unfroze) included many of the same items that were provided under Obama, including medical equipment, night vision gear and counter-artillery radar. " ~ CNN (And I know you' wont believe it, because of the source, but that is YOUR problem
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... Desalination is a very pricey concept - it may be necessary, but it IS costly. But in the meantime, it occurs to me that while in some parts of the country there are massive floods on a regular basis, in OTHER parts, there are deadly droughts - threatening human and animal life, as well as agriculture - both in terms of livelihoods and the food we eat.
Now, IF we can build pipelines to transport oil and natural gas for hundreds of miles, why can we not build some practical kind of water transport system - controlled in a similar fashion as the power dams we already have ?
It would take time, yes. It would take money - of course - but it might go a long way toward solving future problems AND saving lives ! ...
It would CERTAINLY provide jobs, stimulate growth in numerous States and increase tax revenue at all levels - and such a mega-project would add to the coffers of local business all along the way.
- With regard to cannibalism, I am dubious ... 👀
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Donald Trump wanted to be President. Donald Trump WON the Election, and so, - now he IS President ... and yet he refuses to take Responsibility for the actions taken to deal with the Covid-19 Pandemic. Sorry Donald, it goes with the territory. If Clinton had won, this whole thing would have been in her lap, and YOU would have been blaming her for every single failure ... Well, you can't have it BOTH WAYS. You want to don the mantle of " Wartime President " but to earn so noble an epithet you have to do the deeds required, and being on Television every night is only a part of it. You have to actually DO something. There is more to Leadership than just throwing money into the wind - knowing that most of it will settle into the already full-pockets of the Corporations. These are the same people that used the Tax-Break to buy back their own shares, rather than invest those dollars into their workers - THAT would have stimulated the Economy, but it didn't happen. Federal Funds - especially in an Emergency - MUST be directed, and they must be directed in a way that benefits all, not just the wealthy; The Trickle-Down Theory never did work, and it was debunked - in real terms - before Ronald Reagan's term was even complete. Different times, - SAME ARROGANT ATTITUDES !
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According to Forbes, the Economy in General was on a slow arc UPWARD since 2010, and the last I heard, - 85% of the Stocks belong to 10% of the Population, - and regardless of what Retirement Fund is invested in it, the a significant percentage of the profits seem to drift into a fee-driven Black Hole ... Economies are complex enough, that a determined examination can find a trend in either direction - in SOME aspect of it. I just had a conversation regarding the matter of " Starvation " here in the World's most Powerful Nation, - with the Greatest Economy the World has EVER know, as we are frequently told. - The point of my fellow debater was that " Starvation has been reduced by 99% since 1978 " ... Two-HUNDRED years into a Modern Western Democracy, and it's not 100% ? - Seriously ? - I don't know where my friend got his information, so I am NOT going to stand by it's accuracy, but it SOUNDS about right for a mostly Market Driven Society. Yes, - OF COURSE Investments matter ... so do Human Beings !
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... " Why DON'T people believe in Jesus ? " laments the woman at the end of the video ... but what if you are a Jew (and are still waiting for the Savior) or a Muslim (who sees Jesus as a Prophet, rather than a Savior) or any number of other Faiths that don't consider the Christian Savior at all, as he is not a part of their Faith , assuming they even HAVE a Religion ... and this includes A LOT of American-Born citizens ...
Keep Religion OUT of the Schools - you already have the Church for Religious Education. A school is a place for learning about the Real world that we actually occupy here and now, If the Afterlife is a Real thing in YOUR life, go to Church - Period. The Church will not teach you Mathematics, the Languages, the Sciences of Chemistry, Biology, or Physics - all of which a student MUST understand in order to function in the world and earn a living - you know, all that stuff that actually pays the rent, buys groceries, heats the home and pays the bills and taxes ... and make donations to the Church possible !
America is NOT founded upon the Christian faith nearly as much as it is based upon the practices of Land Annexation from weaker groups like the Mexicans and the Indians, all the while Religion knowingly supported the US Government's use of Military Force to impose clearly racist and biased concepts of Manifest Destiny and American Exceptionalism ...
The time has come to share the land and stop trying to push YOUR religion on everyone else ... not ALL Americans are Christians. Get over it !
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@우리엄마-k5k ... It ISN'T that expensive everywhere in Canada, and it ISN'T that much cheaper to live WELL in the States, GB or anywhere else in the west.
I am Canadian, 70 years old, married to a 68 year old. We both worked full time, bought a house (just an ordinary two-floor in 1980 ... and yes, I know that things have changed) had two kids and retired on a Government Pension.
We were never rich and we were frugal, but we're doing okay.
The TRULY important point of my reply is this : Canadians (generally) are doing as well as people in ANY Western Nation - Including the US, and while I'll admit my Generation - if they worked hard and saved - did pretty well, but the problem has less to do with what country you live in, than what generation you were BORN in ... Your generation got the shitty end of the stick.
Some in MY generation are trying to help their kids, but it isn't easy. IF you must or intend to live in a City like Vancouver or Toronto, don't be TO surprised if you're paying through the nose for everything ... Sorry, but that's just a reality ! ...
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@TheAneewAony " Mr. Giuliani has claimed, without evidence, that Mr. Biden’s push to oust Mr. Shokin was an attempt to block scrutiny of his son’s actions. In fact, Mr. Biden was just one of many officials calling for Mr. Shokin to go. Ukrainian Good-government activists were protesting his actions in the streets, as were eurozone power players like Christine Lagarde, then the managing director of the International Monetary Fund, along with Ms. Nuland and Senate Republicans.
“ The position regarding getting rid of Shokin was NOT Vice President Biden’s position; IT WAS THE POSITION OF THE U.S. GOVERNMENT, AS WELL AS THE EUROPEAN UNION AND INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS,” said Amos J. Hochstein, former coordinator for international energy affairs at the State Department. " ... SOURCE ~ nytimes.com
Article: ' What Joe Biden Actually Did in Ukraine ' - By Glenn Thrush and Kenneth P. Vogel -Published Nov. 10, 2019
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... Not for the first time it occurs to me that many Americans can't be bothered to look outside of the US to see what is REALLY going on. The American economy - as big as it is does NOT exist in a self-contained vacuum. Like it or not, while the rest of us may be in orbit around the Worlds largest economic system, it too is push and pulled - quite significantly - by all the mass of those smaller economies, and as a result, the cost of gas, food, goods & services and the whole spectrum of the cost of living - feels that pull WITHIN the United States. As an outside observer of many decades, I know that, generally speaking, the people of America don't much give a shit about the rest of the World - think, in fact, that they are the ONLY important part of the World - but here's the rub ... You Ain't !
The Global Market, while dominated by the US Economy, still calls the shots on pricing overall ... not EVERYTHING is " President dependent " .
The rest of us KNOW this. Catch up, will ya ? ...
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... Britain lost it's Empire over time, but the REAL stake to the heart was the Second World War, with Britain going it alone from the fall of Europe in 1939 - following the invasion of the Poles - to the December 1941 entry of the US, after the bombing of Pearl Harbor.
This was essentially the birth of the American Empire - long a wealthy nation, but going through one of it's periodic isolationist phases ... The " American Century " as it has been called, both at home and abroad is just about over. - Not their wealth or military power - not yet, but that IS coming.
It won't be in MY lifetime, I'm too old, and it MAY not be in my children's lifetime, but it IS coming to an end. The US will slowly devolve into a new isolationist period, lose virtually ALL of their allies - something their working on now ... they will cease to be a democracy, inasmuch as they EVER were one. Oligarchy will win, the common people will lose their wealth over time, the " Rights " which are " guaranteed " under the US Constitution - a small document, really, and one conceived by wealthy white MEN who own slaves, but told you that all MEN were free ... they meant white MEN, of course - women being mere appendages of their Husbands, Fathers etc. etc. etc.
They ALSO believed that only MEN of THEIR CLASS should be permitted to vote, but all of this is basic America Civics - with an intentional de-emphasize on gender, class and race in our modern times ...
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... My gosh, a Right Wing Hippie ! ... Unfortunately, it ISN'T over, Rayy ... so long as there are deeply screwed up people, there WILL be crazy a**holes. As sick (and sickening) as Trump is, he isn't the disease, he's just a particularly unpleasant symptom.
The people of the present day " Right " are NOT Conservatives. Actual conservatives are pretty normal in their behavior, the " Conservatives " (so-called) of modern-day America are an uneasy mix of Death-wish Christians that wanna go see God NOW, State-to-Nation State Separatists and a general scud of Hillbilly mental defectives ... Now, I just KNOW that's gonna stir the MAGA pot ! ...👅👅👅👅👅👅👅👅👅👅👅👅👅👅👅👅👅👅👅👅... Lordy, I LOVE Free Speech !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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... What will you DO about this, Thom ? ... You can't do ANYTHING about it, actually.
The reason that I say that is this : American Government - despite all the noble words the public voices have extolled so rapturously over the decades, is a numbers game. You folks have gotten by, so far, by the dubious " honor " of a majority of Reps from BOTH Parties, as in the Watergate issue - wherein a sufficient number of Republicans saw the actuality of Nixon's guilt and sided with the Dems to take action.
So far as Trump is concerned, the GOP stuck with their feckless leader and the US Legal System (so-called) failed. The RNC should have been made to choose another candidate, one WITHOUT 34 Convictions already handed down, and many others pending, but the US Electoral rules don't have any such provision ... and as for the " Checks & Balances " we've heard so much about - THEY haven't worked on Trump since 2016 ... America got EXACTLY what they worked for. A Conman in the Oval Office and a brand new herd of gators for the Swamp ! ... Enjoy ! ...
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... I have listened to Professor Wolff for years. I have the greatest of respect for him and his vast storehouse of Economic wisdom AND - at the same time ... THIS time in particular, I do not believe that making even the remotest equivalency between Harris and Trump is going to serve anyone.
Harris and Biden - the Democrats generally ,are FAR from perfect, as the Republicans had always been imperfect ... both served a certain faction of the American populace - AND the Wealthy to varying degrees - always tempered by their given Leader at the time ... the Two Parties as the only choice scenario was ALWAYS a mediocre option at best and the outdated Electoral
College scheme has serve the Government itself, more than it has the people.
Having said all of that, Wolff PURELY economic take on this is a distraction from all of the OTHER - GREATER differences between the Parties & the Candidates THIS TIME AROUND.
You already have Voters wasting their only ballot on Liz Stein and Cornel West, when the nature of the Electoral College will guarantee that neither will make a dent. You have others casting votes for names that are NOT on the ballot - BOTH of these protest vote scenarios are just wasted that the system will ignore and any thinking adult must know that, so why bother ?
For all the complaints about Harris - she's just Biden 2.0, she's a left-wing commie and a radical (and she ISN'T), the country isn't ready for a woman President (WHY ?) ... She is, in fact, NOTHING like Trump in terms of National Security, she has REAL practical experience in Government and Law, she is in FAR better physical condition than Trump, much younger AND she is NOT an self-serving megalomaniac - who has ALREADY STATED THAT HE IS PLANNING TO BE A DICTATOR - And forget this " Day-One " shit ... When - in all of human history has a Dictator only been a dictator for ONE DAY ?
Vote for your choice - that IS your right, but please - use your brain when you make that final IRRETRIEVABLE choice !
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... Virus (as a naturally occurring form) have existed for most of Earth's history, and they MAY have predated bacteria, archea (Archea is a domain of living organisms containing unicellular prokaryotic organisms. Cell wall in arechea is made up of Pseudopeptidoglycan, whereas in bacteria, it is made up of either Lipopolysaccharide or Peptidoglycan), and most certainly eukeria (which includes everything from the simplest form of animal life all the way up to Human Beings) ...
As such - WHY would virus (The number rises to 100,939,140 viruses if we include the 1,740,330 known species of vertebrates, invertebrates, plants, lichens, mushrooms, and brown algae. This number does not include viruses of bacteria, archaea, and other single-celled organisms ~ https://virology.ws/2013/09/06/how-many-viruses-on-earth/ ) need a lab in Wuhan - or anywhere else - to mutate ?
- Honestly, some people may like conspiracy theories, but lets not go too far off the rails ! ... :face-orange-raised-eyebrow:
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@oleeoleeoo2610 Thank You ! - I AM Canadian, and I've had THREE - Count-'em THREE Mini-Strokes, due to an Atrial Septal Defect - a so-called Hole in the Heart. This is a common condition suffered by one-in-four people - most of these folks Never even know they have this condition, because it USUALLY doesn't manifest as a problem. The first event was so mild that I didn't even know it WAS a Stroke, - I just couldn't speak coherently for two or three hours - and there were no other symptoms. The last two put me in the Hospital for a week each time. My experience with Canadian Healthcare: (A.) No waiting, because your waiting-time (a common complaint of Americans, because they've been lied to by US Politicians) is based upon the severity of the patient's condition, - not how good your Personal Insurance Plan is. (B.) Top-drawer care - I have even received numerous MRA's - (and those things are expensive) - over the last few years. (C.) Very inexpensive Medications, up here, folks, - Sanders is being straight with you. ... Last but not least, far from dying out, - Capitalism is alive and well in Canada, and so is our Personal Freedom. Americans don't seem to be able to understand that you can have social services (which they ALREADY HAVE - Medicare, Medicaid and many others) and still be a Free Country.
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@frodobaggins169 .. Ooooh - I'm Gaslighting now, am I ? ... Or maybe, just MAYBE you are a banana 🍌 ... Actually, I'm not a MAGA guy at all, l'm just like you, Bro, only less paranoid, apparently.
The term " crazy " is just that - a term - like " psychopath " only more general-purpose, y'know ? ... Now, Trump - there is a psychopath. AND he's fugly on top of that !
Hey, - Let's keep in touch ... you're fun !
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@graceousley6010 Trump didn't sacrifice a single penny. First off, when a President enters into a Blind Trust, in order to serve in office, he does NOT give up his business at all, - he simply cannot see or affect his profits. After said President leaves office, he gets full control back again, - and Trump didn't even do that, as you well know. Trump did NOT try to " investigate corruption in Ukraine " that is just ridiculous ! - If Trump were try to look into corruption, prior to giving a US aid package, he would have used US Intelligence Services, NOT Rudy Giuliani. You are the one who needs to wake up !
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Bob Bobbington Why do you guys keep seeing a Commie behind every tree. -Are you really THAT frightened as a people? You've got all the guns in the world, and your President seems to like "strongmen", - he fell so deeply in love with Kim, - a real Communist, by the way, and the former commie, Putin (a crime-don if there ever was such a thing) is A-OKAY with America's very own walking tangerine. That commie under every rock stuff was big in the McCarthy era, but we're supposed to have moved on. Incidentally, if "Commies" are throwing milkshakes, at least their not hitting young women with cars at protest rallies, like one real American hero did in our very recent past. Have a happy MAGA Day & a Jolly KKK!
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@Peace-iz7gj It ISN'T just CNN, Dude ... if it were THAT simple - that it was just CNN or FOX or any other Media outlet that was causing the problems, the solution would be simple - turn off the TV ... Period. But that isn't the case. The PROBLEM is a dictatorial President and a corrupt, self-serving Political Party - the GOP - that cares little for the Country and protects itself first and foremost. The Democrats are a lot of things - ineffective, undirected and fractured - but they are NOT nearly as lost as the Republicans. And YOU, and people LIKE YOU, that blame the Media for everything are part of the problem: the Media is just another big business interest, no different than Ford or GM. When you need a car, do you let somebody else TELL you what to buy ? ... Of course not, you decide for yourself. Information is no different: you " BUY " what you are inclined to believe, whether it is a Right-Wing narrative or a Left-Wing narrative, - it was YOU that rolled with it. You have to use your own brain ... if something SEEMS wrong, it probably is, so take the time to check OTHER sources to confirm the story. And WHEN you Vote - IF you BOTHER to Vote - don't just do another slow, lazy roll and Vote for one Party or the other because it is " Your Party " and you've ALWAYS Voted for them - USE YOUR BRAIN ... it's TOO IMPORTANT !
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... Within the first minute Thom brings up the most obvious point in this argument : There are X number of Jobs available and that number, despite gains - when aligned with growth in the population, - is ultimately finite ... in simpler terms, there are only so many jobs available - AND only so many of them pay a decent wage. Why should young people have to wait for the better jobs, just so that employers don't have to spend money on training, - and at the same time, aging bodies must be forced to labor for greater periods, and withhold the good jobs from the young. The country needs a next generation to do the next generation's earning and taxpaying. The country ALSO needs the next generation to do the next generation's consuming, rent paying, goods & services buying, voting and national defense.
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I'm a big Bernie fan, but some of his Image issues ARE his own fault.
First off, American's don't GET words like " Socialism " - they equate
it with Communism and the Stalinist Regime - NOT with Health Care ...
Canada, among many other Western Nations HAS Universal Health Care and
Canada IS NOT a Communist Country, but to MANY Americans there is a
disconnect of Logic on this issue. Sanders also tends to use words like "
Revolution " ... a dumb idea, because too many Americans start having
visions of Fidel Castro and Che Guevara. Bernie denigrates Capitalism
regularly, and his views are not only correct, but completely verifiable
to anyone with a bit of energy and modest reading skills but, - while
this may describe the majority of Americans, it leaves out a substantial
number of Voters, just the same. Bernie should be the DNC pick to run
against Trump, but he WON'T be. Most of the blame for this is the
Democrat bias against any sort of REAL change ... and just a wee scrap
of it is Sanders' own fault. You can't be too frank in the Politics of
an easily frightened Nation. And despite all of America's Military and
Economic power, she IS a frightened Country.
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@kermm8056 Because the word " Christian " has been co-opted in America by the Right Wing and the American Evangelical Movement. Because, in present-day America, acting like a Christian and so many of the good things that USED to mean, is not enough; in this day and age, a Christian, - or a Conservative, - has to vote Republican, and give money (that many can't really afford) to already wealthy Churches, that pay NO TAXES and tell you what you, as a Christian, should think. Churches and other " Patriotic " organizations that tell you what Politicians are Godly Men (despite what you may actually know about them), and that God is on the side of America, - when a little reading will teach you that EVERY Empire in modern history,- from Spain, France, Germany, England and now The United States - has claimed. Being a Christian shouldn't be THAT hard, - just do what Jesus did. It's in your Bible.
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... SOME Americans think Allies are unnecessary, when the US has the biggest Military on Earth ... but sometimes - over time - things change. Where is the Empire of Rome, where are the Ottomans, the British Empire - once the mightiest in the World is barely a shadow of it's old self, the Hapsburg, Imperial Russia - all gone or dying ...
America is a Democratic Republic by strict definition, but it IS an Empire of the modern kind, and NO Empire in history - regardless of it's political flavor - has lasted forever.
The American Empire will not be an exception. Some day, she'll need friends - she'll need allies. The ridiculous concept of American Exceptionalism is no more real than the doctrine of Discovery, or Manifest Destiny ... If there IS a " God " HE/SHE/IT does not Favor America anymore than HE/SHE/IT favors Canada, Britain, Slovenia or Borneo ... HE/SHE/IT wouldn't even know the United States was gone if the Yellowstone Volcano blew it off the map !
This is not intended to be an anti-American screed - though long and boring it may be ...
Just a reminder from an outsider that you are NOT special in the greater scheme, NONE of us are special ... It's just that MOST of us are aware of that reality ...☮
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... Trump doesn't care whether his VP-pick is ready to assume the Presidency - in the event of him (Trump) being unable to serve, because his ego wont allow him to conceive of such an event in the first place ... in actual fact, Trump is unable to serve right now - nor was he suitable to the calling in 2016.
Trump was elected, narrowly, by three kinds of Americans : The perfectly rational people who were sick of BOTH sides basically ignoring THEIR interests & were fooled into thinking that Trump gave a shit about them - he didn't then and he doesn't now ; the OTHER rational - if cold-blooded Business types that wanted the standard GOP Top-down Tax cut, you know, the SOP Trickle-down formula that rarely trickles down very far : AND the other variety of single-issue folks, bent upon EITHER forming a Christian Nationalist / Pseudo Fascist state ans the duller-witted " Christians " that THINK only THEIR GOD can fix things & in the most common Christian fashion, the THINK they have the " Right " to force THEIR GOD on all of the rest of us - by Legislation, Indoctrination - AND Force, if necessary ...
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@flopoz2575 ... I am NOT anti NATO, I am a Canadian, and well aware of it's importance, but having said that, it is a matter of record that the Americans assured Gorbachev (Verbally) NATO would not be move to the East ... the Americans claim that it was not valid, because it was not in writing.
The truth is, you and I were not there, were we, and so we have a he said/she said situation, at best.
Whatever the case may be, the Ukrainians escaped Russian rule during the break up of the Soviet Union, and they are now a free nation - they wish to stay that way, and I for one support that ... 👅
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@kirkp-ko8hk I realize that Muhammad was the Prophet and not the Author, but you do not understand my basic problem with - not only Islam - but Judaism & Christianity as well: I am a nonbeliever - not only of the Abrahamic faiths, but of all Supernatural phenomenon.
I do not believe in souls (although I do agree that we all have individual traits of personality that make each of us unique - one can see this simply by using eye-contact - that reveals what we are ... of course, interpreting that is not always easy) and I don't believe in your Night flight to Heaven on a Winged horse, nor the resurrection of the Christ. Nor was I impressed by Moses' burning bush.
ALL of these things are apocryphal, and intended to make a specific point, much like George Washington's Cherry Tree story. I don't take any of them as literal. I believe in the Sciences (much of which started in the Middle East) ... Astronomy & Mathematics, for example - things that can be proven by repeated observation and experiment. I DON'T put faith in the Supernatural at all.
Once again, my friend, you seem to be a good person, so I have no argument with you - only your beliefs - and because I am a peaceful sort, I HONESTLY wish you only the very best. Let us part as friends, and agree to disagree ... ☪🕊☮
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" What other religious group prioritizes belief as the bedrock of faith? " - you say ?
Well, Islam and Judaism both do that, and all of the others at least ASSUME such a position, or else - who are they speaking to, if not there own faithful adherents ?
I don't NEED to continue this discussion, incidentally, - I made a comment and others responded to it, yourself included. This thread is already too long, and we will NEVER see eye-to-eye on the subject.
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@billwilson1559 Wrong on " Socialism " and " Democrates ", but that TOO would require common sense, - which, despite your " LIFE-LONG " Engineering Degree - no doubt learned at your Mother's knee from the day you were born, - you seem to lack: There ARE Environmental issues connected to Fracking (but, of course, you KNOW that as an Engineer) that will never be addressed, so long as it continues, - and there ARE alternatives. In the meantime, at least you admit that Coal and Oil ARE a problem - but you are probably willing to overlook THOSE, so long as the Investments keep rolling in and too HELL with the Future and those who have to live in it. So far as your " Hand " is concerned - we already got it - a whole lot MORE of it than YOU think. Trump makes his agenda obvious - and it ISN'T the Rosie picture YOU seem to think.
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@indymarrow8050 First off, the Identity of the " So Called " Whistleblower WAS NOT RELEVANT - a Report was made and BY LAW had to be investigated ... Period. Trump wanted the Identity of that individual for no more reason than Revenge, and you know it. The Law in the US PROTECTS Whistleblowers - end of Story. Vindman lied about nothing, because he probably didn't know who it was, and was NOT duty-bound to expose him, anyway. Hunter Biden may or may NOT have broken US Law - and that goes for his old Man too. IF there were Laws broken by EITHER of them, it would have STILL been a Separate issue and a Separate Investigation ... Yovanovich was ACCUSED of many things, and in the end, she was exonerated. The Impeachment was MONTHS ago - give it up ! ... If you have any further comments, feel free to make them - BUT, next time give PROOF of your assertions, which you DID NOT on your last try. And I mean REAL proof, not some stupid YouTube Video. Try Harder, God Damn it !
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... Yes, GOD can overturn Roe v. Wade, along with LGBTQ rights and even CIVIL Rights - if he WANTS to ... But of course, God doesnt give a shit about the USA - or Israel, Greece, Russia, England, Canada, Botswana - or any other Contry. IF " God " exists at all, we are a virus at best ... maybe less. Just because Human Beings see some special relationship, it's never been proven and it is UTTERLY untestable outside your little head and your tiny, tiny heart. Get over yourself !
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... Corruption ? ... Trump IS the Corruption ! ... In 2016 he promised to Drain the Swamp, and then set about restocking the Alligators - Himself, Steve Bannon, Steven Miller, Son in-law Jerrod Kushner, John " War-Hawk Mustachio " Bolton, and many, many more ...
And then there were the lesser marsh-dwelling functionaries, such as spokes-creatures Kellyanne Conwoman, the pitiful Sean " Hide-In-The-Bushes " Spicer, the equally disgusting Sarah Huckleberry Sanders.
Cheerleaders and Cronies included that old knob with Nixon tattooed on his ass, the butt kissing Hit-man-come reformed Choirboy Michael " The Rat " Cohen, Rudy " fer Chrissake " Guiliani, Miss Lindsey " Golfing Queen " Graham, Jungle Jim " Shower-Peeper " Jordan and Kevin " Smoochie " McCarthy ... to name but a few ... 🪰💩🐊🦈🦂
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... " The Pro-Life Party " huh ? ... Republicans are right up there when it comes to Waging war, keeping the minimum wage as minimal as humanly possible, subsidies for the Fossil fuel and Pharmaceutical companies, keeping the cost of those pharmaceutical products as HIGH as humanly possible, sky-high Education costs, Charter schools and reductions to the Public school system, Tax regimes that favor the wealthy, eliminating " entitlements " for the working class & poor (but NOT for the Rich), book-banning (except for the Bible), God in schools, while minimizing the sciences etc. etc. etc.
They just absolutely LOVE you ... until you are born, and THEN your on your own !
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... And THAT says it all ... " Rockets don't normally blow up " ... one shuttle did, one Saturn 5 caught fire. Why is the US using Elon Musk for ANYTHING, when they actually have a decent record of success with their previous contractors - Boeing, North American Aviation, Douglas Aircraft Company, and IBM.
Elon Musk is like Donald Trump : He does NOTHING on his own, he Promotes the work of others and makes it all HIS ... Car-Charging roadways, Flying Cars, Hyper-Loops, Transport Trucks that will replace Trains, Planes & Automobiles. And just like the movie of the same name - it's just hilarious !
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... The Baby Boomer generation DID do one hell of a lot of damage to the future, but we did not do it on our own ... as the title explains, the " boom " occurred precisely BECAUSE life was " good " - in the West - following the close of the Second World War.
Our parents gave us both the example to follow AND the false sense that it would go on forever ... all WE had to do was work hard and consume (and hopefully save something) and the majority of us did just that : I followed my father into industry, first Steel and then other manufacturing work, and my wife - who worked in one Bank for more than forty years did the same. We worked together with common goals, stayed in loved, stayed together and raised our children - living in ONE house (so far) since 1980 to the present ... consumed and saved all that we could, contributed our taxes and support to our society - voting, giving to charity what little we could - when we could ... we've lived a happy, ordinary life, and never caused (at least knowingly) harmed anyone, helped a few and DID NOT live off of any kind of assistance, other than Unemployment Insurance - if a layoff occurred, and then ONLY as long as necessary to find other work - and NOTHING was beneath me, so far as work was concerned.
My bottom line here is this: do NOT hang EVERYTHING on " boomers " - especially life long working-class people, as opposed to quick-buck investor types. Look at Governments and the many, many ways they - and BIG BUSINESS - bled the economic system with a level of cynicism that would embarrass Charles Ponzi !
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Donald Trump has a Health Care Plan ... news to me ! ... It's going on Nine years now, since Obamacare first came in, and the GOP has been railing against it from the beginning ... problem is they haven't come up with anything to replace it. - NINE YEARS of nothing more than TALK from the Republicans, - no surprise there ! ... In the meantime, a Democrat, - Bernie Sanders is trying to bring in Universal Healthcare - THE REAL THING, - just like Canada, England, Scandinavia to mention only a few, - and half of America is calling it SOCIALISM, - which the Right and many of the other Democrats running for POTUS, have convinced people - means Communism! But if you USE YOUR OWN CRITICAL THINKING ABILITIES , you will understand that this equivocation is a lie; Canada is NOT a Communist country, is it ? ... Nor is England, or the Scandinavian Countries ... Please guys, THINK BEFORE YOU VOTE !
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... Thom, you mention the (slowly dying) art of Rebuttal in this video, and while I personally agree with you on the importance of airing opposing views, remember that it IS a two-way street. ALSO, while there are still plenty of rational people around, the very nature of critical thinking has evolved in a large portion of the western world's population ... perhaps I should say that it has DEVOLVED.
Rationality is (now) a multi-layered state of mind, and people tend to revert back to what they WANT to believe ... what costs them less and what confirms THEIR feelings ...
Social Media did a LOT of damage to critical thinking skills, but it was NOT the only vector of misinformation : biased newspaper articles, feel good movies and the Television & Radio news programs all played a role, and so did the Church.
Critical Thinking - like debate - is an art, and it has to be learned ... once it has, it requires a modicum of nurturing. Healthy environments like that becoming more and more rarefied in our modern times ! ... What's the answer ... who the hell knows ...
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MajorLeague Give a bit less to the big Corporations, and get them to pay their share of taxes, Give a bit less to the Military, -after all, it's already far bigger than ANY other country's Military, Let the richest people pay their fair share of taxes, -the percentage rate can be the same as the national average, - it will add up, believe me, and keep people working instead of supporting a never-ending movement toward robotics. If your taxes were used for ALL Americans, instead of the wealthy few, you would not only see tax-reductions for every American worker, not just the upper end, and you would have a good Government Medical system that worked for every citizen. - All 330+ Million.
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@wayneemerson7342 I don't know what you consider a " Feel Good " regulation, but I do know that some of the highest polluters in industry are feeling pretty good right now. Most regulations have been brought in for very good reasons and profit alone is not justification enough to eliminate them. Among the Regulations Trump weakened substantially, were the inspection and repair of equipment handling methane and other volatile gases by the fossil fuel industry and, by extension, other industries that use it, less protection for wetlands which are an important ecological habitat, as well as a buffer-zone between the ocean and coastal cities and villages during hurricanes, fuel economy in automobiles, which not only affects air quality due to emissions, but uses up more fuel in general, - not a good thing, since most oil-reserves have already peaked and are now in decline. He has also rolled back water quality regs, and reduced Federal protection for rivers, - perhaps you didn't know this, but the Cayahoga River in Ohio caught fire 13 times due to industrial pollution as recently as 1969, - hence the need for industrial effluent controls. These are just some of the changes he's made, and if you are really interested, there is MUCH to discover outside of biased forums like Trump rallies and Fox news.
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@zennbubba ... What would YOU call it ? ... Trump has repeatedly claimed fraud and failed to prove it (or even provide viable evidence 60+ times) in court. He roused his followers to go to the Capital and " Fight Like Hell " - His Words, his ally Rudy Giuliani said it was time for " Trial by Combat " - His Words, and when they got to the Capital, they STORMED the building, violently assaulted Capital Cops, ultimately bringing about the death of six people, including one of their own - Ashley Babbit. Numerous people have been variously charged and convicted and - so far - one of them has been convicted of Seditious Conspiracy, and there WILL be more. Trump lead them to - call it what you like - an Insurrection or at very least, a violent act of Sedition, resulting in multiple deaths. Spin this any way you want, but he has blood on his hands, and you know it !
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... When someone says " Socialism " most Americans hear " Communism " - why, because they don't know what it means - and it ISN'T Communism. The US already has socialism, as in Social Security, Unemployment Insurance, Welfare, a Publicly Funded Education System (Public Schools) etc, etc, etc,
England, Canada, France, Germany, all of the Scandinavian countries have a variety of SO CALLED " Social Services " and not one of them is a Commie country, are they ?
Americans really need to grow up and use their brains for more than just waving the flag and calculating their 401K contributions !
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... As a Canadian, I've voted for all three of our Federal Parties in my time. The Party names actually say it all : The Progressive Conservative Party are (mostly) equivalent to the American Democrats. They support Canadian style Government Healthcare in principle, but they'd like to make cuts to it. The Liberals are Left of Center by US standards, & (whether you like PM Trudeau or hate him) they TRY to accommodate both Business and the General Population, and while Canadian views on THIS POINT will vary dramatically, that's okay - we ARE a free country. Our NDP (New Democratic Party) are mostly for the ordinary working person. They tend to be an expensive choice in terms of Government spending and, because of that, they rarely get into power, but they're political history in Canada HAS been an honorable one in terms of beneficence - you can look it all up, if you like !
We do have smaller Parties like the Greens and a few (essentially) Separatist Parties, but they are mostly fringe and do little harm.
As a voter and a happy Canadian Citizen, I prefer a situation where either The Liberals OR the PC's are in power with a MINORITY Government and the NDP as the Official Opposition.
- That way the Governing Party MUST cooperate somewhat and the result is a Balance of Ideals and ACTUAL Real-World service to the Majority ... It works well in Canada, despite a bit of grumbling, and it's (in MY opinion) one of the reasons Canadians are NOT Americans !
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@bettygriffin6047 - But all of Trump's crude and hateful remarks TO and ABOUT others are okay ? ... John McCain, Barack Obama, Joe Biden, Every member of the US Military, AOC, Chuck Schumer, John Lewis, Elijah Cummings, James Comey, Hillary Clinton, Alexander Vindman, Adam Schiff ... after only four years the list is nearly endless. The man is an ignorant toad with a big mouth and a mean spirit. I DON'T wish him death, but MAYBE he'll learn some humility ... though I doubt it.
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... Well, of COURSE Biden hates MAGA, so do most sensible Human Beings including many Republicans, and why wouldn't they ? ... MAGA is an extremist movement that promotes a SINGLE Religion and disparages all others - including the Secular non-religious way of being (which is guaranteed in the US Constitution, they practice a virulent form of bullying that is, in fact, illegal in EVERY SINGLE STATE - which includes Uttering Threats, attempts to cause Physical Intimidation and ACTUAL violence.
MAGA is NOT Republicanism, nor is it Conservatism - both of which respect, support & adhere to the United States Constitution as it is, and as it is intended to be Amended by the process of Legislation - NOT by force, and NOT under the threat of rebellion (as in Jan 6/21) for example !
Like it, DON'T like it - THAT is the Rule of Law, and NOT the Rule of the Jungle ! ...
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Sanders represents REAL progress, an advancement in Human Evolution, - the rest are just Business as Usual. Sanders is NOT a Communist, and the ridiculous backlash against him, - the attempts to smear him as one, - should serve as a testament to the desperation of the GOP and Sanders' competitors in the Democratic Party. - You won't get another chance like this, America. Do ALL the research you want, go back as far as you need to, - just take the time, use your brain, - and then Vote in a sensible way.
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... Geez, Biden sure goofed with those Secret Documents ... NOW all he has to do is start a Business Career filled with bad judgement, Graft, Racism and excessive litigation ... Then move on to a long period of switching from Republican to Democrat to flirting with the Reform Party, then back to Republican. He will also have to marry three times - and cheat on each one of those wives, rape someone in a department store change room, be bailed out of bad business decisions by Daddy, run a noisy campaign for POTUS, win by a modest amount and display the very worst grace ever shown by a winner. Next, it's on to attempts at coercing foreign leaders, TWO IMPEACHMENTS (an American record), running for POTUS a second time, losing handily and preventing the peaceful transfer of power, coercing several Election Officials in various States, bring about 60+ pointless court hearings - WITHOUT any evidence of election interference whatsoever, intentionally instigate a destructive insurrection at the US Capitol - grabbing pussies throughout ALL of this hectic activity, AND make off with over 100 government documents to a private residence, frequented by visits from thousands of guest annually. THEN - he can claim that said documents are HIS very own property ... Do ya think Joe can pull all this off and go down in history - beside Donald Trump - as equally corrupt individuals ? ...
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Youve been lied to - Firstly, your numbers are reversed, Global Warming IS real. The ONE-OUT-OF-TEN here in the REAL world, - outside of your YouTube-fueled fantasy. - are either getting grants from Oil Companies or make their living from sitting for partisan interviews. - Take a GOOD LOOK at the Credentials - if any, - of the deniers; most are independents or employed either directly or indirectly by BP or the like. Some are associated with the Cato Institute, - one of a number of Right-Wing Think-Tanks founded by Charles Koch (you can investigate HIS track-record if you care to) ... Virtually all of them are connected, in some way, to large Corporate interests ... Don't take MY word for it, (I don't really care what YOU believe or don't believe, - it's nothing to me) - because there are REAMS of data proving my points, you can look it up, or don't. - If you would like to take a walk through reality for a while, check out these sites: agu.org, & realclimate.org plus climate.gov ... it's all up to you ... you and I will have no control over the final outcome, either way ...
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... Joe Manchin is not a Democrat - two borrow page a from the Republicans playbook - Joe is a DINO (Democrat in name only) as was Kyrsten Simema in her time as a " Dem " ... In the meanwhile, the present Electoral College scheme of American politics is likely not going to make winning the top office a very likely scenario, either - the closest it comes at the level of Federal politics is the " Independent who Caucuses with a major party à la Bernie Sanders.
The American " Third Party " movement SOUNDS good if you don't think about it too hard, but the reality of Third Parties is difficult to manage and usually only serves to split the vote under the Electoral College - which was designed and is maintained by and for the very Two Party system that America is so loath give up ...
It works in Canada pretty well, because the Canadian system has always followed the basic Parliamentary formula, and this is quite different from the US system of Government.
Forgetting for the moment what you may think of Trudeau (and this is aimed primarily at my fellow Canadians) the system we use accommodates a larger number of Political ideas and ideologies : Conservative (Right of Center in Canadian principles), Liberal (Intended to fill the Centrist position and satisfy moderate business AND social interests) and the NDP (a Left of Center party, based upon the interests and social needs of the majority) ...
Naturally in Canada - as in the US - there is a great deal of disagreement with the models that I have defined here, and that is democracy Canadian style in action.
Along with these three major parties, we have several smaller parties which - due largely to the strength of the NDP in Elections, who rarely win, but usually draw enough seats to maintain " Official Party Status ", - the other political entities from the Green Party through a host of groups (some of them Separatists) don't usually get very far.
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... By you comments at the beginning, David you EITHER support the NDP (which I myself have voted for on many occasions (knowing, full well that they will NEVER get the numbers required to form a FEDERAL Government) or Green Party guy - and they will REALLY never get the numbers ... I also (rarely, though I have in the past) vote Conservative ... I trust the current Leader - Polly McCraken about as far as I could throw him.
Trudeau or no Trudeau, I'll be voting Liberals again - as the least objectionable of a VERY unlikely lot. We need affordable housing, and yet we get more excuses - from all of them - than results. Taxation is an issue to ALL of us, but it's not Canada's biggest issue right now.
THAT would be the cost of food (which, to his credit, the NDP's Mr Singh DID address in a fairly public fashion - and then seemed to back off on ... And housing. Ontario Premier Ford did away with the Rent ceiling - screwing one hell of a lot of Ontarians in the process - and THEN got back into Office ... so, as a Canadian, and an Ontarian - I intend to bet again on the Liberals, if only because they suck a LITTLE less than the rest of the Parties - that can actually win an Election ...
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... Cobb's example of free speech is not a very good one - If Tony Soprano tells somebody to whack a witness, that is indeed a crime, as is any subsequent whacking that may occur as a result : an order to kill given, a killing carried out. But IF, on the other hand, Tony states his surprise that the witness has not been whacked yet - THAT is free speech, because it is just an expression of surprise that an event has not occurred, as opposed to ordering a killing to be done.
Free speech may be a Constitutional Right, but it's definition can be a slippery slope : any reasonably intelligent adult SHOULD realize that uttering threats OR suggesting actions that need to be taken (as Trump did on January 6/2021) from a political podium, as a person of authority (he WAS still the President at the time) would have been seen (as it was) by many as a call to TAKE the suggested actions ... he was ALSO free to use free speech in calling off the results, once the outcome was obvious - and he chose NOT to exercise that Right - and THAT, in a nutshell, is what went wrong.
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@jabbahursty ... I should have thought most people would have judged that particular comment as no more than rhetoric, but since YOU are here, I WILL suggest something : Vote for Biden like your Freedom and Liberty depend on it, because they probably do.
Joe Biden - for all of his obvious faults - is a standard, traditional, vanilla-flavored and no exotic spices. He makes promises and TRIES to deliver on them, and like every other Politico of his kind, he averages about 50/50 - in fact, in the last couple of years he's done better than that, and you can accept or decline that synopsis as you choose because I'm NOT going to itemize it for you.
Trump, by contrast, promises EVERYTHING, delivers only on the EASY stuff (standard Regan-Style Top down Tax cuts, Deregulation on environmental matters and vague platitudes about " USA FIRST " & " American Greatness " - always done on somebody else's back and by cheer force of Business power and Threats of withdrawing from EVERYTHING.
Mostly he blusters and brags, because his REAL accomplishment are few ...
The biggest difference is that while Biden is TRYING to do things in a sane and relatively decent way ( Israel/Palestine is not his finest hour, but Trump would be even MORE aggressively pro-Israel) - whereas Trump is already talking REVENGE on HIS enemies - and trying to make you THINK that they are YOUR enemies ...
You asked a question, I gave an answer and I'm deliciously unconcerned with whether or not you agree ... Cheers !
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But it's more than just those four Cops, - two of them were Rookies and followed their more experienced fellow's lead. That DOES NOT MEAN that they should have helped to kill an unarmed, and hand-cuffed man, don't get me wrong - they ARE guilty and must be treated as such under the Law. BUT, - what I MEAN to say is - that they and their actions (or failure to act properly, if you prefer to see it that way - are a PART of a greater SYSTEMIC failure. Blacks and all people of color ARE treated differently under the Law, than Whites. We are all subject to the same laws - On Paper ... but the Real-World application of those laws is NOT acted upon equally, and in most cases, Whites ARE treated with more care than other members of our society. Some will doubtless disagree with my view, but an HONEST person will examine the details of these many instances, and come to the same conclusion. I am ABSOLUTELY certain of this. In a better world, better men (Rookies, or not) would have challenged the actions of their Senior Officers, and demanded that Derek Chauvin desist in his restraint of George Floyd and CALLED IN A SUPERVISOR. But we don't live in a " Better " World - we live in this one. We MUST change the things we KNOW to be wrong. If we don't it's ALL going to BLOW UP !
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... If there are " Aliens " - a la the X-Files variety, instead of just bacteria, viruses and maybe eukaryotes, and IF faster-than-light, space-folding, Einsteinian General Relativity type space travel is even possible ... WHY would the come here ?
Earth is in a relatively minor spiral arm of the Milky Way galaxy, nowhere near the core of the galaxy - which may explain why life survived here at all, in a mildly radioactive region, where middle-aged stars last long enough to mature and are small enough to have modest mass and the possibility of terrestrial, rocky planets - far enough out from the star to host a moderate climate and lucky enough to have received water-bearing comet & asteroid hits and sufficient gravity to maintain enough CO2 to retain atmospheric-warming and oxygen.
Primitive chemical reactions occurred often enough to form complex molecules and give rise to early forms of amino acids, proteins, RNA & a very basic form of self-replicating life.
The position of our planet makes even looking for us unlikely, but IF some of our radio signals were received - which, because THEY are limited to the speed of light (or 99.999 % of the speed of light), it would take 4.25 (minimum) years of travel through space to reach us from Proxima Centauri - which may not host intelligent life - or ANY life, for that matter ...
So, EVEN if some radio wave has been detected AND interpreted by the unlikely example of intelligent life AND that life-form has achieve faster-than-light travel - or spent a LOT of resources on multi-generation travel - or just fully automated " robot " vehicles ... I must ask again - WHY would they come here ?
IF they've managed to do ALL of those things, and - being intelligent enough to have read our radio signals AND determined what human beings are REALLY all about - would they be FOOLISH enough to MAKE CONTACT WITH US ??????????? :face-fuchsia-tongue-out::face-orange-raised-eyebrow::face-turquoise-covering-eyes:
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... The West in general, and the US in particular have a deficit of Responsible People ... what I mean by this is that we ALL demand our " Rights ", but too many refuse to take a personal stake in the outcome - if it's bad.
The US Constitution guarantees the Right to Bear Arms, but it DOESN'T guarantee specific KINDS of weapons ... at the time of the Second Amendments conception, " Arms " meant a Musket, a sword or a Pitch Fork - not an AR-15. The Gun Lobby, the NRA and the small arms manufacturers are the ones that convinced Americans that they can and SHOULD be armed to the teeth ...
Meanwhile, the vague intent of a two-hundred & fifty + year old set of guarantees couldn't have anticipated the advent of hand-held WMD's, despite the reputation for " Prescience " we seem intent upon bestowing on the Founders ...
And " Free Speech " has NEVER been completely free - nor CAN IT BE, when the uttering of Hate and threats of violence are - IN FACT - illegal ! ... Rights are EARNED by responsible and nondestructive citizenship. Failing that commitment, your Nation IS doomed to crash !
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... If ALL Speech is Free, and if ALL Speech is protected under the 1st Amendment, why did Don the Con LOSE his Defamation Case ? ... The answer is simple enough : Not everything that comes out of one's mouth is harmless, especially when affects the personal safety, the safety of the target's family and friends, or their personal or business reputation ...
Just because it comes into an American's brain does not mean it will be inconsequential to others ! ... January 6/2021 caused the death of several people :
" Within 36 hours, five people died: one was shot by Capitol Police, another died of a drug overdose, and three died of natural causes, including a police officer. Many people were injured, including 174 police officers. Four officers who responded to the attack died by suicide within seven months "
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/January_6_United_States_Capitol_attack
Brave and noble sounding rhetoric aside, words DO have consequences and Rights are NOT absolute !
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@beth3531 First of all (back at ya') Trump is the President of the United States, not Joe-Average ... his Taxes may (technically ) be a private matter between him and the IRS, but EVERY OTHER MODERN PRESIDENT has been willing to show them in the interest of transparency and as a gesture of respect to the American public. AND, in Trump's case there are most likely LOTS of illegal exemptions and they need to be investigated. ALSO, the hypocrite PROMISED to make them Public FOUR YEARS AGO ! ... The fact that YOU acknowledge the small taxation of the Rich - " You would die if you knew how little most of the Rich pay " -in your own words, means that you realize it's an issue, but you don't care. You ignorance on Health Care is astonishing, even more so, is the fact that you deride it as " Socialism " when your little brain is ACTUALLY thinking " Communism " ... Yes ? ... Socialized Medicine does NOT take away anyone's rights or the ability to get ahead, it just gives those who are NOT rich a bit of a break on the cost of staying alive - and the rich would be entitle to it too ! ... Your glaring stupidity is an embarrassment , and if you had ANY sense at all, you would not display it so readily !
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... I watched ALL of the Debate on NBC, and I'd like to know - where was THIS Joe Biden, last night ? ...
Trump lied his ass off, as usual, nothing new from him just the same old lies about the same garbage.
Joe, on the other hand, just provided more fuel to " he's too old " camp's talking points and made a Trump victory - and the loss of sanity, decency and accountability - that much more likely ...
The American public, always hungry for entertainment at the cost of real-world necessity, will rally around the surly clown for no logical reason - other than his healthier appearance in this one debate.
Biden is the only REAL choice for genuine leadership, but in facile America a lackluster performance like this can make the other guy SEEM viable - even though he is not !
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... First off, Charlie - What's wrong with Prosecutor going " Above and Beyond " and exactly HOW does this make you less free ? ... Trump, while playing at the Presidency certainly went above and beyond - all of the so-called Checks & Balances we were assured in 2016 would keep him in some kind of control, and he went above and beyond the constraints expected of every other recent President by refusing to place his Business ventures into a Blind Trust and relinquish control - claiming his Sons were running the Company when he was still the primary decision maker, and he completely disregarded the Emoluments Clause ... So how does a leader with no respect for the Rules of the office make you " Free " ?
And secondly, the " Violation of the Bible " is DON'T RECOGNIZE FACES ? ... Seems like Trump and Co. recognize faces when it comes to Pardons for the likes of Roger Stone, Paul Manafort, his own Son-In-Law's daddy Charles Kushner, Michael Flynn and unarmed captive murderer Eddie (the Knife) Gallagher https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/dec/27/eddie-gallagher-trump-navy-seal-iraq ... and he sure as hell recognized Stormy Daniels horsey face when he was in the mood for some professional clam baking ... Ah, but I forget, the Church of Donald Christ and the Misbegotten Saints of the Scarlett Baseball Cap consider him their Messiah, don't they ? ... :face-orange-raised-eyebrow:
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... Trump is not the disease, he is just ugly and debilitating illness that is manifested by the infection itself. The plague of Authoritarianism is not a new one - not even in America. FDR interred American-born Japanese citizens during WW II and many thought that was a good thing because - after all - Japan had attacked the US in 1941. But Pearl Harbor was first and foremost a Military installation and the Japanese were convinced that America would join in the War. This DOESN'T justify Japan's actions, of course, but it ALSO didn't justify the loss of freedom imposed upon American-born citizens either - notice that German Americans did not receive this treatment.
Trump is more than sufficiently authoritarian to serve as a prime example of someone who should NEVER be given the deadly power of US POTUS again - he has proven himself unworthy of that trust !
- Problem is, the next one might give less of his nature away so freely ... Trump's massive ego, coupled with an unprecedented lack of control and no filter whatsoever, makes anyone with a modicum of sense think twice about tossing him the keys again ...
But the next dictator-in-waiting may not be quite this stupid : most of us have De Santos figured out, Ramaswamy is just a Trump cheerleader, Haley SEEMS earnest enough, but she is way down the list - as is the feisty Christie.
The future - not SO distant - almost certainly holds a less boisterous, less clownish form of authoritarian ... and THIS one, whoever he or she may be, will be far more subtle, far less flamboyant - and an infinitely greater threat than the current buffoon at the top of the GOP's wish list !
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.... " Lipstick on a Pig " ~ Tony Schwartz ... Funny line AND appropriate enough, as we can see all these years later. Many years ago - long before Don the Con's " birther " darts thrown at Obama - I kinda like Trump, because I didn't know anything about him. He SEEMED like a nice guy for a rich guy, and while I've never been even remotely well off myself, I didn't tend to judge people who had more than me - which would have meant disliking MOST people, and that is just no way to live ...
In time, as I saw more about Trump - and heard more, I started to wonder. By 2009, I'd had enough exposure to him on TV (I didn't actually watch ' The Apprentice ', any more than I watched ' Survivor ' because so-called " Reality TV " is the most UNREAL crap I've ever had the pleasure of not bothering with) and his nature as a human being started to become more evident.
By 2015, and during the beginnings of his Presidential Campaign, the dark and rather ugly face was beginning to emerge from behind all that bogus tan, and while I've never had much of a liking for Hilary Clinton, she started to look a little less awful - if only by contrast to Don the Con (which, by then, I'd started to think of him) and I began - however grudgingly, to root for Clinton ...
I STILL don't like Hilary Clinton, and since those days, I've heard enough about Obama to trust HIM less too. Still, for all of that, Donald Trump - with his horrendous attitudes to any and all who do not " kiss the ring " (and other things), and his blatant disrespect for even the anemic and biased brand of Democracy practiced in the US - makes even Hilary Clinton, with all of HER baggage, seem like a truly viable choice ! ...
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... Piers Morgan makes no great leaps of logic here : not only does he immediately sink into the standard muck of trying to equate the " received wisdom " of religion with the hard won reward of earned knowledge that is science, but he then goes on to admit his total belief in not only the Christian God, but the very specific God of Catholicism ...
I believe in Bertrand Russell's teapot, personally. Some philosophical comments have argued that Russell's parody does not stand up to their particular analysis : " Philosopher Brian Garvey argues that the teapot analogy fails with regard to religion because, with the teapot, the believer and non-believer are simply disagreeing about one item in the universe and may hold in common all other beliefs about the universe, which is not true of an atheist and a theist " but so what ? ... Parody IS only parody, after all, and many of us find that the God (gods, goddesses, angels, ghosts and all those tales of Area 51) don't stand up to real scrutiny either !
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@Christine-j7n ... I feel that the expression " gaslight " is overused these days, and while I certainly agree with you that the present environment IS harsh, I do think kids are over protected.
I was born in 1954, and got married in 1976 - just before the Regan/Thatcher era.
I bought a house in 1980 for (what is NOW) the ridiculous sum of $52,000 CDN. We raised two kids, and while my wife managed to hold on to her job as a bank teller - I was in & out of major factory layoffs and closures, that only got worse after the original version of the US/Canada Free Trade deal.
My wife and I supported our kids fully (despite the job losses) and got them to adulthood.
All I can say is that I am thankful that we didn't have to do all of that during the Great Depression, as my Grandparents did ... Hard times are SUPPOSED to make Strong People, but today's kids (not all, but many) think they've got it rough - and they do ... but the Depression was worse, and if you were healthy enough, the Government shipped you off to Europe and the 2nd World War.
Good times come and go, but they NEVER last, do they ?
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These idiots think that you can run a Democratic Government like a business... you can't. A private business,- just so long as it adheres to Local, State and Federal laws, - can do whatever they like. A Democratic American Government and it's Leader MUST adhere to the parameters of the US Constitution. A President is a TEMPORARY servant of the Nation, NOT a King. The monies involved in this armaments allotment to Ukraine was provided by Congress, - as is their place under the Constitution, and while Executive Privilege allows for SOME wiggle room, it is NOT absolute. The famous Joe Biden Billion-Dollar withholding was based upon a Government condition, not just Biden's personal whim. And, like it or not, Trump went far beyond what US Law permits.
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@KicksPregnantWomen I don't think you can prove that, and I'm sure that the Republicans would have sited examples of such actions if they existed, - instead they decry the " unfairness " of the procedures being used, - procedures which were put into place in 2015 by then-speaker John Boehner, - a Republican, and approved of by Trey Gowdy ... oops, - another one of those pesky Republicans. And then they invited the President to take part himself or send a team of lawyers, - which he refused to do; he has recently complained that they should have waited until he got back from the Nato Summit, but his absence did NOT prevent his Legal Team from attending. The GOP can, and will continue to fight the Impeachment, and we BOTH know that it wont pass in the Senate. The problem is, that when a President takes certain actions that defy the US Constitution, - and we could doubtless argue THAT issue for days, - the Government has to take action. But, in the meantime, - my comment was not about the Impeachment. It was about Trump's shitty personality ...
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... Sound's like high-time that America started to take a REAL look at their 200+ year-old Constitution and see if perhaps this dramatically different American Experiment needs a good stirring and maybe a few new ingredients. No form wisdom is eternal, and no set of rules can serve in a constantly changing game. The Founders - however good may their collective intentions have been, lived in a different world: A new British invasion was always a possibility, and with no standing army - (as was their intent) - a well armed and largely uncontrolled populace made sense. Now, with the World's biggest and best-armed military, citizen soldiers are unnecessary ... EXCEPT that too many Americans are afraid of their own Government - and THAT'S not a good thing, is it ? ... There is ALSO the fact, that the Founders where all White MEN who owned other human beings, and treated them like trading cards, occasionally fathering children with them - but NEVER acknowledging those offspring. ONLY the class to which the Founders belonged could vote, and that DID NOT include the Women of that same class. Generally speaking, any intent reading of the American Constitution will reveal loop-holes that were not an issue in the late Seventeen Hundreds, (slavery and inequality based on gender, property-ownership and religion) but have become more obvious through the intervening years. So far as I am aware, in those two centuries that have passed, only seventeen amendments have been enacted. Perhaps it's time for another look !
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... I'M not " scared to death of the return of Trump ... I'm EXPECTING it ! : Too many voters are agonizing over Biden's age, and SO they're going to waste their votes on Independents like Cornel West, RFK-JR and Marianne Williamson - all viable choices (except for RFK-JR & Marianne the Life-Coach Williamson), but the truth is that none of them are going to get the required numbers - and THAT will doom THEM to failure, and YOUR vote to the trash bin.
Like it or not, it's GOING to be a showdown between the Good & the Bad and Ugly ! - And if you actually WANT Trump, you're already committed to your choice (and if you are one of those, you should BE committed, but that's another argument), - But if you DON'T want the Dumpster fire back again, you'd better hold your nose and vote for Poppa Biden ...
SPLITTING the vote will just muddy the Electoral waters and you'll end up with Trump - the killer Mud-Puppy ... think about it, you'll regret it otherwise ! ...
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... " The entire system is bending over backward " to accommodate Donald Trump because certain Constitutional Amendments have NEVER been properly defined under Federal Law, and the US Constitution IS based upon Federal Legislation and NOT the Legislation of any given State's Laws : " Free Speech " whether you like it or not CANNOT be Absolute, because it would lead to chaos ... if you can say ANYTHING about EVERYTHING it is acceptable to openly threaten you wife, your kids, your neighbors, the local Police Chief, - even the POTUS with death and suffer no consequences. It would mean endless race-baiting, misogyny and threats of death and destruction - and endless violence, because THAT is the inevitable result of NO restrictions on " Free Speech " !
There are already plenty of Laws at Local, State and Federal levels prohibiting the things we can say to one another, and for perfectly good reasons. The US Supreme Court - and I mean the FEDERAL LEVEL Supreme Court MUST address this and other loosely defined Constitutional Amendments in a serious and truly Democratic way ... the 234 years of rule under a Constitution is long enough for that document to be fully explored and defined, and yet that is NOT the reality ! ...
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@garykain4448 I'm never THAT sure of myself, but I've done sufficient reading on the subject over several years to have a good idea of what is real and what is not ... Human-caused Global Warming IS real. There are sufficient records of past climate conditions from Ice Cores and Geological Surveys - many of THOSE have in fact come from Oil-Industry Geologists, - to point to a significant increase in both CO-2 and Methane in the atmosphere AND the related heat increases one would expect. And yes, we CAN do something about it, by reducing Fossil-Fuel use, thereby keeping the Carbon in the ground. We could argue these points all night, but - as YOU have so kindly pointed out - my minds IS made up ... And So is YOURS ! Read, - or don't, I don't really care, because you and I don't control Policy, do we ? ... http://www.realclimate.org/ ... https://skepticalscience.com/Lee-commentary-on-Burgess-et-al-PNAS-Permian-Dating.html ... https://www.climate.gov/ ... https://earthsky.org/earth/great-dying-252-million-years-ago-concided-with-co2-build-up ... and there are numerous books on the subject, such as about a dozen or so by Peter D. Ward .... And I use Capitalization for emphasis, since YouTube cannot offer Italic or underscore style typeface. Enjoy your new Educational direction ... Or don't !
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... It is NOT just the US Federal Supreme Court that is bizarre, the entire Country is bizarre !
The United States - born of revolution - seems to be always on the edge of another one.
The whole Nation clings desperately to a fairly vague set of 27 Amendments that NOBODY really understands - clearly, since even the so-called " Constitutional Scholars " can never completely agree upon the precise meaning of any Amendment - especially when the most pressing questions arise ...
Is the President an " Officer " of the US Government ? - Nobody seems to know ... Can a former President be held accountable for ANYTHING under the Constitution ? - Maybe, can we get back to you ? ... Does America have a Single Tier Justice System, where everyone is equally subject to the same set of rules ? ... Depends upon whether it's convenient or not.
EVERYTHING seems to be based upon a Foundation of shifting sand : The most Revered and Honorable Founding Fathers - a group of Wealthy, White, slave-owning MEN decreed that All MEN were created equally (except for the Blacks & the Indians & Women of course) in the Eyes of THEIR God, but made a point of stating " Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof ... " but the Christian faith still dominates in legal matters and despite the admonishment regarding an Army - " As standing armies in time of peace are dangerous to liberty, and have often been the means of overturning the best constitutions of government, no standing army, or troops of any description whatsoever, shall be raised or kept up by the legislature, except so many as shall be necessary for guards to the arsenals of ... " - the United States maintains THE biggest Military Force in Human History ...
Seems like maybe that most Sacred of America Documents is rather liquid in it's sacred stature ...
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@7777walk That's because after the first two, he was dealing with an obstructive GOP Congress and Senate. Besides, unless you can afford a good private insurance plan (and many working Americans can't, and their employers don't cover them), -you shouldn't be against 'Obamacare'
anyway. Don't forget, the GOP had Eight years to come up with an alternative and didn't! - Well, Trump's been in since January of 2017, and despite a lot of promises about "A Big Beautiful American Healthcare System" - there's been zero, zilch, nada ... as in Nada Thing. Obama also tried to address Environmental issues and was largely hampered by the GOP, he tried to deal with Guns (not to take them away, just to make sure they didn't get into the hands of every crazy asshole with a grudge - don't forget how many Mass Shootings we've had since 2017 ... ) and there were MANY other initiatives Obama tried to get started, only to see them fall at the hands of the Republicans. Be as loyal to your party as you like, but if you ever want to see an America that cares about ALL of it's citizens again, use your brains.
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And THIS is the future of America ... and judging by recent events, not TOO far in the future. And how long before ALL Americans are treated to Trump's Colin Kaepernick epithet ... " Get that Son of a Bitch off the field " ? ... Only the " Field " will be ANYWHERE the authorities demand that you behave in a way THEY find appropriate - on the street, in the park, MAYBE in your own home ... Whether you like it or not, a Flag is just a piece of cloth unless it symbolizes something and the only way to REALLY honor it is to demand - the People as a whole, not just the Government and the Military - that it represent ALL OF THEM, whether Rich or Poor, Black, white, or brown. Kaepernick kneeled - NOT to disrespect the Flag, but to draw attention to the TERMINAL disrespect shown to Americans of Color EVERY DAY ! ... Trump groused about it to make HIMSELF look good to the (clearly) shallow-minded members of his base, not necessarily Conservatives, you understand, but his yahoos. After all, Left-leaning or not - I am a Conservative, and I think Trump is a dangerous fool.
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I certainly don't care what Ann Coulter thinks, but I will explain in some detail, nonetheless: Coulter is one of those highly provocative and exceedingly vocal pundits who are happy to form alliances with what they see as powerful individualists who, like they themselves, become symbols of direction and action. - It may be the WRONG direction, and the action may cause untold damage over the long term, but THEY don't care. They won't be paying the price, you will. The price of a WALL that won't make any lasting difference, the ever-spiraling cost of a huge military that exists largely to service an equally huge weapons industry. An ever-changing parade of Politicians on both sides selling out to Lobbyist for Big Oil, Big Pharma, Big NRA and helping to weaken Clean Air & Water Legislation that should matter to any young person, or anyone with children or Grandchildren. In 1969 the Cuyahoga River in Ohio caught fire because of an oil-slick, and there have been countless other examples of pollution caused by deregulation or no regulation on industry. Boeing has been allowed to Self-Regulate for some time now, -which is why the 737 Max is still grounded, after the deaths of 346 human beings ... And it goes on, and on and on ... You are welcome.
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I'm a big Bernie fan, but some of his Image issues ARE his own fault. First off, American's don't GET words like " Socialism " - they equate it with Communism and the Stalinist Regime - NOT with Health Care ... Canada, among many other Western Nations HAS Universal Health Care and Canada IS NOT a Communist Country, but to MANY Americans there is a disconnect of Logic on this issue. Sanders also tends to use words like " Revolution " ... a dumb idea, because too many Americans start having visions of Fidel Castro and Che Guevara. Bernie denigrates Capitalism regularly, and his views are not only correct, but completely verifiable to anyone with a bit of energy and modest reading skills but, - while this may describe the majority of Americans, it leaves out a substantial number of Voters, just the same. Bernie should be the DNC pick to run against Trump, but he WON'T be. Most of the blame for this is the Democrat bias against any sort of REAL change ... and just a wee scrap of it is Sanders' own fault. You can't be too frank in the Politics of an easily frightened Nation. And despite all of America's Military and Economic power, she IS a frightened Country.
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Janusha Of course we can't " sit at home and decide what is real " as you put it, but our senses and our minds STILL take us ultimately to that point; the very fact that you are expressing thoughts on the subject proves that you have indeed come to a very specific position. A few points, before I go; the only Aliens I believe in are the Illegal kind, - I don't have any angst toward them, you understand, - I'm just using the proper terminology. And I don't believe in Bigfoot, although I've seen a lot of people with big feet ... and hands ... and ears ... I support Vaccination, I think Scientology is ridiculous (I also think Tom Cruze is ridiculous ... ditto John Travolta ) and I happen to think that Conspiracy Theories ARE a conspiracy. The Earth is a Globe, - I only need to look at a distant horizon to see THAT, - plus Creationism and the Birther stuff is Horse Shit ! Also, I'd like to know why you assume I'm an American ... or an Idiot. I'm a Canadian, and only my wife is allowed to assume that I am an Idiot ... she has witnessed first-hand proof .. CIAO, Baby !
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... The REAL problem with Trump and MAGA is that - from what I can see - they AREN'T the least bit concerned about " National Security " as such, because they follow an individual, not the traditional concept of " American Democracy " ... they wave the Stars & Stripes, but they'd be just as happy with the Stars and Bars ...
" The Confederate States of America used three national flags during the American Civil War from 1861 to 1865, known as the "Stars and Bars" (1861–1863), the "Stainless Banner" (1863–65), and the "Blood-Stained Banner" (1865) "
They talk " America First " but that is code for the Isolationist movement that has always been hiding in the shadows, and now, just as it was in the 1920's & 30's they see so-called "Strongmen" as their ideal leader - especially if they THINK the " Son of God " - who died long before America was even conceived over what was essentially a Tax issue - chose to anoint a womanizing snake-oil peddler as the new Messiah ...
It's a sickness, more than a movement, and the Disunited States seems particularly prone to catching it ...:face-orange-raised-eyebrow:😶🌫:face-orange-raised-eyebrow:🤮:face-orange-raised-eyebrow:😶🌫:face-orange-raised-eyebrow:🤮:face-orange-raised-eyebrow:😶🌫:face-orange-raised-eyebrow:
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ANOTHER Canadian here, one who DID vote for Trudeau. As World Leaders go, he is no worse than any other, and you DON'T have to apologize for him. Doubtless, you are one of those folks who supported the so-called Freedom Convoy, where the plan was NOT to do away with Covid Restrictions - which were necessary at the time, but just to embarrass the Canadian Government for taking action. And it's interesting that you are triggered by THIS video - dealing with the Chinese Government - the same one that has employed the most draconian of methods to achieve the impossible - ZERO COVID. You likely think that Canadian Policies were too restrictive, but when compared to those used by China, they were practically nil. I know that " Responsibility " is a dirty word these days, but Rights do NOT come for free ... you are entitle to Air, Food, Housing and Protection from Abuse by either individuals OR zealous Government - true, but you ALSO vote in Governments that are willing to take Necessary actions - NOT just popular actions. GROW UP, For Christ Sake !
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@NewNormalWorldOrder Wrong ... CNN, FOX, -pick your favorite or least favorite news outlet, it makes no difference. All of them will have their biases either for or against any number of People, Issues, and Agendas. Some will be more Left, some more Right. Some will be secular in nature, some will take a more faith-based position. - None of this really matters in the end, because you are free to pick and choose your own beliefs as you see fit. What DOES matter is that no POTUS from EITHER party should be trying to bar dissenting opinion, nor should your leader be trying to incite violence against protesters, or calling America's press (CNN, FOX or any other) "The Enemy of the People". That's the kind of tactics used by the Nazi regime in 1936 and the Communists in general. America is SUPPOSED to be better than this!
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... Either the US Constitution IS the Nation's guide or it is not, you can't have it both ways. If the 1st and 2nd Amendments MUST be followed to the letter - as the Framers would have had it - so must the 14th Amendment. Which reads :
" No person shall be a Senator or Representative in Congress, or elector of President and Vice-President, or hold any office, civil or military, under the United States, or under any State, who, having previously taken an oath, as a member of Congress, or as an officer of the United States, or as a member of any State legislature, or as an executive or judicial officer of any State, to support the Constitution of the United States, shall have engaged in insurrection or rebellion against the same, or given aid or comfort to the enemies thereof. But Congress may by a vote of two-thirds of each House, remove such disability. "
Please note that the final line mentions a vote by Congress, but makes NO MENTION of the general population, or THEIR vote ...
https://constitution.congress.gov/browse/amendment-14/section-3/
The US Constitution is SUPPOSED to have the final word in the American Political System !
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@dr.zoidberg8666 Your view on Centrists is wrong. Without get long-winded about it, as you seem to favor, not all Centrists are Democrats - some are Republicans, I know, I've talked to many. Having said that, Centrism is the only choice that ensures survival; either extreme will take the Country down for good. After all, the US is more of an Empire, than an actual functional Democracy - By the People, for SOME of the People, and - like all the Empires before it, it WILL settle under the weight of it's own bloat. It will continue to exist - Like England, and it will retain some power (also like England) but the only thing left to keep it from rolling off into oblivion will be the cooperation of the Centrists ... no more to discuss.
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@Biden_for_prison ... Who is " Bien " ? ... Oh, I see you MEANT to say Biden, but your brain wouldn't stretch that far, right ?
Anyway, BIDEN didn't steal document, he just failed to return them - Mike Pence did EXACTLY the same thing ... the BIGLY difference is, that once they BOTH realized that they still had them - both returned EVERYTHING to the FBI and admitted their common error.
Dump, on the other hand, returned a few - knowing full well that he had more, but denied it. He was asked a number of times if he still had files and denied it, until the FBI raided Mara Sluggo and TOOK them, and THEN Dump made it worse by trying to claim he owned them !
Are YOU seriously so dumb that you think these scenarios are even remotely the same ? ...
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If Americans are so worried about - Where The Money Is Going to Come From - with regard to Health Care and Free Education, - Why are they downplaying the SAME question when Yang is promising Money-For-Nothing ? ... People who have contributed to American Society for years with their Labor, their Taxes and their Votes at all levels, - regardless of Party, - have " earned truly affordable " Health Care " ... and they have " earned " a Free or, at least, an affordable (to all levels of US Society) system of Post Secondary Education. What has ANY citizen done to " earn " Free-Money ? ... Yes, it's nice to think about, and - yes, it MAY have some (completely unpredictable) affect upon the US Economy ... or, a whole lot of people may rat-hole it as a hedge against the volatile Economy that's been used against working people from it's inception. - You'd be a whole lot better off with Universal Health Care and Education.
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... The ACTUAL numbers are still far from predictable, BUT : A logical Breakdown would go something like this in terms of support - genuine Democrats will vote Democrat, Soft Dems will mince back and forth between Harris & Stein with a smaller number voting for West.
Fringe will ALWAYS vote Green Party, Communist or whatever and generally just fail to factor in at all ...
Republicans will be split between MAGA voting for Trump, Tax-Break hopefuls will ALSO join MAGA for the obvious reason. GENUINE Conservatives will EITHER hold their noses and vote for Harris à la Chaney (Liz and Dick), hold their noses (harder) and give in to the MAGA types BECAUSE they can't vote Democrat for reasons of Tradition & wishful thinking,
and a few will waste there votes on Stein - or someone who ISN'T on the ballot (Haley, Cain,
Christie, Mickey Mouse or Jesus, maybe) - OR they and a bunch of Stein & West fans just wont bother to leave the house ...
Who's gonna win ? ... God may know but HE isn't an American so HE could not give a rat's furry bottom !
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... " Their coming from Prisons, their coming from Mental Asylums " says Don the Con, and as usual, not one single piece of proof to back this assertion up. And yes, America DOES have every right to defend it's borders, like every OTHER Country in the world ... Problem is, that over the decades America didn't have the same respect for the Sovereignty of OTHERS.
If you doubt it, read your own history, America ... countless invasions and Annexations - starting with the old west under the banner of Manifest Destiny to overpower the Indians, African Slavery, the Mexican American War, the Spanish American war, the " Banana Wars ", untold interference in Elections in Central & South America, Vietnam, Cuba, Hawaii - you name it, America has FUCKED with it ...
In the meantime, Don the Con is the one who TALKS like someone out of an Asylum !
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... Maybe these " Lambs " aren't as innocent or as dumb as you think. Trump's arrogant and decidedly Right-Wing views (these days, that is) appeal to the mean-fisted, share-not kind of stuff one frequently finds in sedentary Small towns ... the kind of place where you may be accepted, but you will NEVER really be a part of ...
If you are not a White person, you may STILL be accepted, but you'll forever be a " token " of some kind ... your presence will be tolerated, you may EVEN be taken into the Community as a member, but - you weren't born there, so you are always going to be a kind Member in Reserve. Americans are a very " cliquey " people, and they FEEL that they are special in some vague way ... like Israel, America sees itself as " chosen by God " ...
The Israelis have - if only to themselves - a direct Biblical reason for this attitude ... the US has no such " blessing " - no mater how subjectively ill-founded - to base their silly concepts of " exceptionalism " upon, and while they might give credence to such fragile parochialism of the self, this kind of small-minded provincialism is more prevalent in the rural milieu ...
- And THESE areas are the backbone of Republicanism in general - and Populist Crackpot despotism in particular ... even a blatantly imperfect " Messiah " is better than none !
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" I'm gonna take my Cues from the President's Lawyers ... " say's Mitch McConnell ... so, we can count on a completely impartial trial, here, Folks ... and Trump will be left completely unscathed, as we all knew he would be; he was right about one thing, he could (quite literally) kill somebody, and -if it were left only to the enslaved minions of the (former) Republican Party, - he would be free and clear. Kiss America bye bye, people ... between the craven toadies of the GOP, and the beer-bellied warriors of the Alt-Right, the Democracy formerly known as the United States of America is well on it's way to becoming a Failed State.
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... My guess is that " Indians " - the North & South American kind, that goofy White people misnamed in the first place (because they didn't know where they'd landed) - can't get along is pretty much the same reason Whites can't stay peaceable with other whites (ditto for the Black, Brown & Yellow (no racism intended here, I'm just sticking to the common vernacular of humans in general) - it's called Tribalism, and it has it's counterparts in other standards we clever pseudo-chimps like to rally around : Religion, and it's various flavors, Ethnicity (the finer-grained sibling of race), Political ideology, wealth (or lack thereof), even the really silly shit like " Dog people " and " Cat people " ... there are other goofy barriers to peace like who is " straight ", " Gay ", " Bi ", " Butch " or like to identify as " Furry " (this last one IS a bit weird, but so long as nobody's coughing up fur-balls in mixed company - who gives a damn ?
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... APPARENTLY, American voters can only walk OR chew gum, not both. The Left and the more moderate Centrists are SO focused on Biden's ONE BAD DEBATE, that they have lost track of the real problem - both now and in the future.
Biden over did his appearances, didn't sleep properly for a few nights and made a fumble of his first direct contest against Trump in debate. For HIS part, Trump said NOTHING that actually mattered about policy and America's future - as regards to ALL of it's citizens - as opposed to the wealthy, Christians and the Right. What he DID do is lie : Ukraine vs Russia, Guns vs Mass Shootings, Taxes (top-down cuts for the rich, as usual), US Medical Coverage and what " Project 25 " REALLY means ( you know, the " Revolution that will be bloodless - IF the Left allows it to " ) ...
All Trump did was lie ... Biden flubbed some of the details, but Trump flat-out lied ...
https://apnews.com/article/fact-check-misinformation-election-debate-trump-biden-577507522762aa10f6ee5be3a0ced2bb
The point is this : IF Biden has to step down DURING his Presidency, he has a VP - just like EVERY other US President, and whether you like her or not, Harris IS capable. This late in the game, who else can replace Biden AND be unflawed as a human being ?
The US Electoral College STILL exists, and the reality is that NONE of the Independents will get a sufficient number of Delegates - as required by the EC system - to qualify, or did you think that it was just a coincidence that it's ALWAYS the GOP or the Dems ?
Lastly, Trump is a danger to freedom in the US, as he would NEVER allow another vote to occur and he would NEVER step down ... he would eventually die and be replaced by some OTHER dictatorial A**HOLE !
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fart poops Well, Shit-Gas ... It's like this; China and India ARE the number one & number two of pollution, but they are also Developing Nations trying to play catch up, - America is Numero Tres, - and America is already a VERY WELL DEVELOPED nation and It knows better. The kid may indeed be a tool of someones' agenda, but Trump has a far bigger and potentially more sinister agenda, - plus he is a virtual Megaphone of Propaganda himself. Also, he is a jealous old man who actually had someone Photo Shop a FAKE Time Magazine Cover of him for his Resort. He is, in short, a sad and vicious despot posing as a World-Class Leader. - And YOU are a FOOL for not Seeing that, my Smelly Friend !
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fart poops It's hardly a new science, - the physical ability of CO2 to pass light, while trapping heat was first described in 1896 by the Swedish Nobel Prize winner Svante Arrhenius (1859~1927) - and in 1938, Guy Callendar, a Canadian-born Engineer, demonstrated that the Earth's Atmosphere was already warming. The US has a substantial Tech and Resource reserve and can develop alternative Energy sources, but largely refuses to put it's Scientific might behind such projects, - favoring instead the Status Quo of Oil and Coal reliance, - AND THIS IS WHY THEY ARE RIGHT BEHIND the Developing Nations of China and India, WITH REGARD TO CO2 EMISSIONS. - Far from " Committing Suicide " , the United States has an opportunity become a World Leader in Alternative Energy, but instead, America opts to keep the Lobbyists &
Owners of the dirty Oil and Coal Industries happy, - while denying Economic Development to those state like West Virgin and Pennsylvania that rely upon income from the failing Coal Industry. New Alternative Energy manufacturing could be centered in these places and such an action would provide a better and more sustainable future for these, - and other US States.
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fart poops Once again, you require schooling in the simplest matters: Science is, by it's very nature, self-correcting. That means that a Theory is only in force, until a better one is found ( unlike ignorance, - your area of expertise, which holds on doggedly to misconceptions and total fallacy forever ) . With regard to some glacier that was melting - well, they ALL are, and it was NOT a Fucking Volcano ( ... where do you get this shit ) that melted it, - it WAS Global Warming; Volcanoes are more likely to cause temporary cooling due to the light-blocking aerosols they throw into the atmosphere, - they also release CO2, but there's already LOTS of that, and CO2 has to accumulate to cause climate issues, - which it does, Globally, - not just in a specific area occupied by a specific glacier.
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... American arrogance is intolerable ! ... You got lot's of money, big economy, the reserve currency is your greenback, a giant Military & nuclear Weapons - BIG F**KING DEAL - The rest of us could give a shit less !
The United States (perhaps I should say DISunited States does NOT speak for the World. The Trump Administration is a Lawless wreck and, considered by most, to be a FAILING STATE and is quickly becoming a ROGUE STATE ... You do NOT speak for PALESTINE and you do NOT speak for EUROPE, nor UKRAINE.
You ignore the UNITED NATIONS as a matter of course, you Refuse to Recognize the World Court in The Hague - you even ignore your OWN LAWS (supplying arms to States (Israel) committing GENOCIDE & your Commitment to long-standing agreements like the Geneva Convention (Guantanamo) ... You are guilty of multiple counts of Annexation in times of War (California, Arizona, New Mexico, Colorado & Texas) and in times of peace (Hawaii).
You have used you Military to control the actions of Sovereign Nations (Guatemala, Nicaragua and US naval power was a factor in many disputes like the Coto War between Costa Rica and Panama. With the rise of the United Fruit Company, the US domestic market also influenced decisions in the region.) - the " Banana Wars " on behalf of United Fruit.
Despite the continuous whining over " Foreign Interference " in American Elections, you are guilty of THAT particular crime in both Central & South America ...
In short - Cocky, arrogant Yankee Dog Governments over the decades - get stuff !
🤬😡😠🤬😡😠🤬😡😠🤬😡😠🤬
~ With Love - The REST OF THE PLANET !
🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮
P.S. ... Are we still friends ?
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@SilverSergeant Yes, it is. The problem with the American system (as a TWO PARTY entity) is the " Push me-Pull-you " discord that make ANY real bi-partisan action virtually impossible ...When the GOP has Congress, the Dems struggle, and vice-versa - and it DOESN'T work for the Country as a whole.
You, I suspect, are a Republican and - I suspect strongly - MAGA, Right ? So YOU don't want Trump removed from the Ballot and I get that. BUT ... if the situation were reverse and the DEMS behaved like MAGA is behaving - and HAS been behaving - since it's inception, would YOU not be concerned ?
After all, it SHOULD be Country over Party, should it not ? And if you are honest (if only to yourself) would YOU not be concerned with a Democrat version of Trump that worked AGAINST YOUR WANTS AND VALUES ? .... That's not something I expect you to tell me, I only ask YOU to ask yourself that question, and then think about the actual affect on your Nation - now and in the future ...☮
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... Actually, right now it's 204,801 Dead, and 7,053,783 cases - all in the US alone ! .... 618 out of 1 Million dead, - worse than the UK, worse than Italy - the US is now # 10 out of 215 Countries according to Johns Hopkins University, an honored American Institution since 1876 ... https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/#countries ... this is NOT a " Good Job " Mr Trump, this is an overly politicized Horror Story, and YOU, Donald, are the one who politicized all of this death !
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... Based upon what I can see shaping up today, I will make a few predictions ... absolutely NOBODY on this comments forum, nor anyone else, on any other medium will or needs to take any of it seriously - which is something I state ONLY for my own satisfaction. I am no one of the least importance to ANYONE else - other than my immediate family ... period.
At Seventy-One, I don't expect to be proven right or wrong in my own lifetime, so having said all of that, here goes : I predict that within twenty years, the United States will be a full Dictatorship - at least inasmuch as the current Russia is one. I see a President for life, even though Don the Con will be in his grave long before this point, having succumbed to old age, Adderall toxicity and hypertension. There may - or may not - be a North Korea-style Dynasty of family members, but I doubt it ... none of the Trump clan is bright enough to hold on to power in a Country like America, with it's Cowboy spirit and erratic, on-again-off-again isolationist predilections, it's love AND hate relationship with Fascism and it's gregarious need to control EVERYTHING, while appearing to be the White Knight, adored by all, trusted by few.
Russia will follow China into a more open (outwardly) society, while trying to accomplish what the Americans did - a hegemony of money and business leadership, while remaining a quietly oppressive State, following a few decades of improvement for it's population, while withholding REAL freedom - a Constitution, like America's with plenty of " rights " like some variation on gun-ownership (always to support a giant business interest) with little actual concern for Public Safety - so long as the small percentage of Important People are under complete protection and - of course - ALWAYS in control of the money.
England will be forced to rejoin the European Union, for protection of numbers, The EU will eventually have to build a seriously powerful Military - fend off the Russians, the United States and (maybe) the Chinese ... Canada will have to join the EU (maybe Mexico will have to initiate and/or join some future Southern Alliance ... NATO and the United Nations will be extinct.
Barring some horrendous miscalculation, Nuclear Weapons will continue to exist, though the numbers that are extent will shrink - and it will become a closely guarded secret - held commonly by all of the Nations mad enough to still possess these useless and unusable things. Nukes will (again, barring an accident) NEVER be used for anything more than a big stick to hold over the heads of subordinates and unaligned poor Nations ...
Send me a reply, a rebuttal or an insulting screed if you like, but don't expect a reply ...
I just can't be bothered ... I wish you peace, and other impossible dreams.
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... Looking very much like a dapper Santa Clause, Ty Cobb opines what by now has become a cliche at best ... " A sad day for America ", when in fact, it is quite the opposite.
For the first time since 1973, America is doing more than useless hand wringing over an outlaw President. Despite going down in flames of disgrace, Richard Nixon got to simply walk away from his criminal behavior, and while others went to prison over the Watergate affair, Tricky Dickey was given a pass by the hapless Gerald Ford in the form of a Pardon.
Now, after seven decades of thumbing his nose at the Legal system, Trump has finally been forced to sit quietly (for all of 50 minutes) and listen to someone else give orders.
I doubt that he will ever be brought completely to heel, - at least until nature itself has the final word. But for now, America is at least TRYING to make the concept of " One set of Laws for Everyone " seem a reality ... and we'll see, in time, how THAT works out ...
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@Eugene Jets And what I see is a poser ! ... As you can see by MY YouTube Icon, I'm a Lily-White middle-age man. Your icon, by contrast, shows a big orange " E " , so we don't REALLY know if YOU are Black or not. - MY guess is you are a white Troll, spending time here to shit-disturb. The rise in White Supremacy is OBVIOUS to everyone else - all those good 'ol boys that tried to kidnap Witmer were all pretty pale, and your use of " Antifa " - as if it were a specific group, rather than a general movement is ALSO suspect. Personally, I think your as pale as me, AND a Right-Winger ! ... Incidentally, look up the term " Anarchist " ... I think you'll be surprised by what it REALLY means ...https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anarchism ... I myself am not an Anarchist, but only because I can't imagine such a society working for long.
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... Thanks to the Right, primarily, but NOT exclusively, NO ONE will be ready for " Disease X " or any other Pandemic, Epidemic or Localized infection ... We live in a world, now, that has more genuine technical knowledge available - but competing with the largest dose of pure bullshit and INTENTIONAL misinformation than we've EVER had ... Thanks to ignorance of science, emotional immaturity in adults and the general failure of the education system to instill ACTUAL thinking ability into the last couple of generations and the populist nature of Politics, coupled with a blind adherence to Social Media and the tyranny of " likes " on these platforms, people are dumber now than they EVER HAVE BEEN ...
Humanity (collectively) doesn't " deserve " to die out, but thanks to a less-prepared brain and the outright laziness of some, it very well could, thanks to a Virus or bacterial agent we as a group refuse to acknowledge ...
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David Renton That " telephone call " was just about the ONLY thing that they could get Witnesses for, and even then, the GOP Congresspeople went out of their way to sabotage the proceedings. There was a LOT more, but it would have take YEARS to get the Mueller Report WITHOUT redactions (a la Bill Barr) through the Supreme Court, so THAT was not an option. I remember the Watergate Impeachment quite well, and THOSE GOP Senators were trying to protect Nixon too, to SOME degree, but eventually even THEY couldn't continue to defend a corrupt President ... And Nixon's (what could be proven) actions were no more criminal than Trump's. The Phone call WAS Impeachable, as were Trump's constant moves to interfere with the Congressional Investigation ... the whole thing was a Circus, and it went FAR beyond anything Nixon tried to do ... Four more years of THIS SHIT, and your Country is finished. Take it seriously, because it IS very serious time.
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SEMITE : a name given in the 19th century to a member of any people who speak one of the Semitic languages, a family of languages spoken primarily in parts of western Asia and Africa. The term therefore came to include Arabs, Akkadians, Canaanites, Hebrews, some Ethiopians (including the Amhara and the Tigrayans), and Aramaean tribes. Although Mesopotamia, the western coast of the Mediterranean, the Arabian Peninsula, and the Horn of Africa have all been proposed as possible sites for the prehistoric origins of Semitic-speaking populations, there remains no archaeological or scientific evidence of a common Semitic people. Because Semitic-speaking peoples do not share any traits aside from language, use of the term “Semite” to refer to the broad range of Semitic-speaking peoples has fallen out of favour. For this reason, some critics even encourage the removal of the hyphen in the term anti-Semitism to help dispel any pseudoscientific notions of a "Semitic race." They advocate instead for the use of antisemitism to describe the hostility toward or discrimination against Jews as a religious or racial group.
In fact, by 2500 bce Semitic-speaking peoples had already become widely dispersed throughout western Asia. In Phoenicia they became seafarers. In Mesopotamia they blended with the civilization of Sumer. The Hebrews settled with other Semitic-speaking peoples in Palestine.
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... From Britannica
https://www.britannica.com/topic/Semite
SO, not JUST Israel, Israelis OR Jews wherever the live ...☮☪🔯☮
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... SOME of We the People aren't stupid, but some of you ARE. The dumb ones are voting for Christian, Straight, White, Isolationist Superiority and the " Right " to walk around armed to the hilt with ANYTHING and EVERYTHING and they want the " Right " to Threaten ANYONE with ANYTHING & EVERYTHING - all without ANY kind of Regulation or Taxation and the end of Civil Rights for Woman, People of Color, and Non-Christians.
The ones who aren't stupid just want Tax-Cuts - knowing that they as Well-off, mostly white, largely male, often older, pro-isolationis, anti-immigration (of NON white and Jewish, Islamic or ANY non-Christian faith ... and frightened, or so frightened of change ...
The truly decent and patriotic voters are not wrapping themselves in the flag, they're just voting against Trump - and hopefully for the Dems this time - because the Electoral College system is based upon Delegates, and NONE of the Independents are going to get enough Delegates to be considered viable for the final showdown - and you should know how you r Federal System works, so DON'T waste your ONE AND ONLY vote on a pointless protest that NO ONE will know about anyway !
It's YOUR Country, not mine, it's YOUR freedom - not mine - that is at stake ... I'm NOT an American (thankfully) but I DO give a damn what happens to some of my relatives & some friends in the States ... You HAVE brains, use them or lose one HELL of a lot ! ...☮☮☮
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... Who, by this point, DIDN'T know that Mike Johnson was the Congressional Speaker of the House ... I am Canadian, and I was aware of this from the day he replaced the Lame duck Kevin McCarthy ... keep up, Americans ! ... If YOU didn't know this (as THESE two claim not to have) then shame on you for your lack of curiosity.
As an Atheist, I find this Purity stuff a little sketchy, but having said that, I don't automatically jump to the conclusion that the fathers involved are necessarily suspicious, either ... Religion is a personal choice, and while I think Christianity is astonishingly naive, I can't fairly make so strong a judgement against ANY specific faith ! ...:face-turquoise-covering-eyes:... I AGREE 100% about the Specularity of Education AND Government, but let's not get TOO nuts !
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... Biden is old, so what ? ... A PROPERLY designed Presidential Administration (like Biden's) uses Professional Administrators : Science & Military Advisors, Diplomats, Foreign Affairs Advisors, Economists and Environmental and Business Advisors, AND a sensible President like Joe Biden actually LISTENS to their advice.
Trump, by contrast, uses family members as Advisors (because he doesn't trust anybody else) and he bases his hiring decisions more upon their personal fealty to HIM (not to the Country) far more than their expertise in their given portfolio - eg. Lawyer Scott Pruitt - an EPA Hating Coal lobbyist was made Head of the EPA under Trump, Trump's Son-In-Law as Middle Eastern " Peace " emissary, based sole on the fact that he is Jewish, and NOT a trained Diplomat and Ben Carson, the neurosurgeon Trump placed in charge of Housing ...
And then, of course, there's the little thing about how Trump wants (and plans) to be the President for Life, and Biden doesn't have any such interests ...
Use your vote, make your choice - and live with the consequences ...
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Read up on James Hansen, - a Real Climate Scientist that chaired a Climate talk for Colin Powell, at the Request of then Vice President Dick Cheney in 2001. He also testified before a US Senate Committee on Climate Change in 1988. He was arrested for Protesting the Keystone Pipeline Extension, - along with 1251 other protesters outside of the White House in 2011. Doctor Hansen has spent his whole adult life studying and teaching on this subject, and his career has been needlessly damaged by lesser researchers on this subject, through Political and Business Connections. He has been maligned here on YouTube by a number of commenters (simple YouTube viewers, in other words) who THINK they know better than he, because they watched some five-minute video, instead of actually bothering to READ anything on the subject. And if you are so inclined, check out some of the other people who agree Hansen, - That would include Peter D, Ward Phd. - a working Paleontologist specializing in Extinction and Lawrence Krauss, a Theoretical Physicist and Cosmologist. and a good many other working researchers. And so far as " the kid " is concerned, she's just a face that's been put on the issue, but it will be HER GENERATION, not ours that will deal first hand with an uncertain future.
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@mikecalif5553 Mike ... give sources. I have happily admitted THAT it occurred, but I'm not going to give it the day to find YOUR info. What I WILL say is that while the Panthers did the same thing that Right-leaning " Patriots " - so called - are guilty of now, it was (so far as I can see) only in Philly, AND there were only TWO of them. Also, the incident was not arranged by, nor glorified by the Democrats ... the Black Panthers may (or more likely) may not be Dems, but again - the Dems didn't arrange or condone it IF you have proof to the contrary, please show it ... I honestly think I'm being reasonable here, Buddy ! ... After all, the GOP has been making positive noises about the so-called Voting Monitors, and - although I cannot prove it, they probably DID orchestrate it.
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... How is it that in the Nation of " Law and Order " the very idea of REGULATION should come to be equated with meddling ? ... Law and Order - by it's very definition - is a form of Control, and that INCLUDES enforcing the Statutes of the US Constitution ! ... " Rights " in general, are no different than the specific examples we all cling to: freedom of (and freedom from) Religion, the right to Vote, the concept of All men (and it should have stated Woman) are created equal, the Right to bear Arms and the Right to Arm Bears ... but REGULATIONS are just an attempt to hold Power to Account, and as we ALL know - Money IS Power. This means that - left Unregulated - business can take over YOUR WATER, and destroy YOUR AIR and take YOUR JOBS overseas, and if given enough time, remove YOUR RIGHTS - to Vote or expect proper treatment under the law, or use Eminent Domain to take YOUR HOUSE - with only the degree of compensation that THEY decide. Some amount of control in the hands of Government IS necessary, whether you like it or not - the alternative is Anarchy and over a period of time, outright failure as a Country.
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... Absolute Immunity - for actions that benefit an individual OR a Political party - but NOT the Nation AS A WHOLE - is a joke ... to require the Supreme Court to make a decision on such a blatantly obvious scenario - and it IS a BLATANTLY OBVIOUS concept ... is ALSO a joke. An " Official act " is defined as " Official act or "official action" means a vote, decision, recommendation, approval, disapproval, or other action, including inaction, that involves the use of discretionary authority " ...
But to take an official act, involving discretionary authority - requires a definition of - and a justification for that discretionary authority, AND a legal provenance - an origin that justifies the authority in the first place. (you know, an origin ... what Trump would call an orange 🍊)
Trump is NOT a King, and he has NOT been given the " Divine Authority " of a King ... THAT would require a unanimous act of Congress - because America is still democratic by Law .... in FACT, such a drastic alteration of Governance MIGHT even require a National Referendum !
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... Morals do not come from ANY single source : Christians, Muslims and Jews point at their Holy Books and claim that decent behavior originates with them - always glossing over the extreme violence, rampant justifications for rape, ransack and slavery that are - CLEARLY - sanctioned by God ... and if you doubt it, read the Old Testament straight through !
Our morals can ALSO vary, depending upon one's culture : Equality as entrenched in Law versus Caste systems or Male / Female equality - or lack of - also entrenched in Law ...
Are " Honor " killings acceptable ? - not in the West they aren't, but they appear to be given more space in (some) Middle Eastern nations, even when they are not strictly " legal " per se.
In fact, our morals seem to change yearly in subtle ways, so - if our Morals come from one faith or another and IF they were (are) immutable - why can we alter them ?
Free Will, you say ? ... To which I reply - Where is the " Free Will " of the victims of murder, rape and abuse ? ... And where is the " Loving God " when these horrors are taking place ?
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... IF Americans could be bothered to look beyond their own borders, they would realize that Inflation is happening all over the World, and yes - the US does have the biggest Economy on Earth. However, despite the average American's disdain for " Global " affects they ARE quite real. Global Trade is a necessary part of the US Economy, whether you like it or not. War effects that, obviously, and since America has and benefits from the World's biggest Arms Industry, and makes money supplying arms to nations like Saudi Arabia and Israel, - nations who affect their various neighbors in good AND bad ways, - it has an affect on the US Economy. No man is an Island, and no Country can alter the fortunes and future of any other Country - without it coming home in some way. That's life and that's reality ... other countries exist, and their populations need and expect to participate in the game of life.
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... IF " GOD IS HERE " - Donald, and - " IF GOD IS WATCHING " - HE'S Watching you, and HE is aware - oh so VERY aware of YOUR behavior ... all THROUGH Your own life. HE is aware of all YOUR cheating - on wives AND of Clients, Contractors that were not paid for their work, and held up in Court because YOU had the money to outlast them ... HE is aware of your lying - to the Public you were SUPPOSED to be serving as President, and your service to the Wealthy and to Business interests in the form of you Tax Breaks that only worked from the Top Down ... HE is aware of your sickly, disingenuous Covid Response and your hawking of Fake treatments : Hydroxychloroquine - an anti-parasitical treatment - not intended for use againt a Virus ... Bleach ! - which cannot be used internally, as any same person knows ! ...
And HE knows - all too well - of what you are trying to do here - making cynical use of HIS name for cheap Political gain !
... I am NOT a Christian ... I don't believe in Gods, nor Angels, Demons & Devils ...
And because of this, I suspect that most Christians reading this comment will disregard it.
But Mr Trump, I am an HONEST man ... and that alone makes me FAR better than you !
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@ACoustaDC ... * The Civil Forfeiture Act became law in 2006. It targets the proceeds and instruments of UNLAWFUL activity. It was created to ensure that people cannot profit from UNLAWFUL activity OR USE PROPERTY IN A WAY THAT MIGHT HARM OTHER PERSONS ~ Sorry buddy, I'm just not an outlaw ! ...
* The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution authorized President Lyndon Johnson to “take all necessary measures to repel any armed attack against the forces of the United States and to prevent further aggression” by the communist government of North Vietnam ~ In another Country with which America was at War ...
* Watergate ~ was not something YOU could have become personally involved in, so where do the AR-15's come in ? ...
* Police violence can and must be dealt with, but in your Country, that seems to be a long-standing tradition, going all the way back to the good old/bad old days of Strike Breaking.
* However, I still believe (and can see for myself) that the US Government - for all it's many faults, is not purely evil, it's just fucked up ...
* Yes, I AM Canadian, and quite pleased by my good fortune at NOT being born in the US. we have many problems here too, but - basically - I still trust our form of Governance, even if I don't completely trust every politician. That's a subtle but important difference.
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... Just saying that " There's nothing illegal about it " is admitting to a very low bar. There's nothing new about Government being for sale ... it may not be illegal, but it IS immoral !
And that DOESN'T We the People (A.K.A. We the Consumer) off the hook - do you NEED a big SUV or Truck, or do you just WANT one ? ... I WANT a truck, and I can afford to own and feed a truck, but I'll never buy one, nor do I waste AC and electricity - if I don't need it, I don't use it ... I'm no hero, I just give a shit.
Also, while we're blaming Exxon Mobil etc, and slimy Government, who are WE voting for ?
It DOES make a difference, as do Consumer Groups and Government Auditors.
" The government you elect is the government you deserve. "
― Thomas Jefferson
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... Lex, Trump is NOT competent to lead the Country, but that is unimportant : He has some TRULY competent - if corrupt - people to help him. THOSE people don't want the top job, they only want the power to introduce a few key agenda items (Christian Nationalism, Tax Holidays that never end, Total deregulation, a final American Isolationism while controlling the World's Reserve Currency, Expansionism - for which there are MANY precedents (just ask the Mexicans and the Hawaiians, to say nothing of the Aboriginals under the concept of Manifest Destiny) or the White Supremacist & Segregationist (just ask any Black American old enough to remember Jim Crow - which was not ended until 1965) ...
Trump is the Poster Child for Ignorance, Avarice, misogyny and corruption, and while he is not very bright in a lot of ways, he is a master at manipulating the American Legal system and all of it's " 2nd Chances " for White Collar crime !
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... By the standard Wikipedia definition : " Fascism is a far-right, authoritarian, ultranationalist political ideology and movement, characterized by a dictatorial leader, centralized autocracy, militarism, forcible suppression of opposition, belief in a natural social hierarchy, subordination of individual interests for the perceived good of the nation and race, and strong regimentation of society and the economy. " - I would say yes.
... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fascism#Definitions ... :face-orange-raised-eyebrow:... and he is an idiot on top of that, which makes him all the more disgusting ...
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Dr. West WOULD make a good President - so long as he respects the First Amendment's admonishment against the establishment of religion :
" The First Amendment provides that Congress make no law respecting an establishment of religion or prohibiting its free exercise. It protects freedom of speech, the press, assembly, and the right to petition the Government for a redress of grievances "
I think he would ... He has the intelligence, he seems to have the temperament and he personable enough, and UNLIKE RFK JR. Doctor West has a strong command of common sense and logic ... However.
What he does NOT have is a real crack at the Presidency : there has never been a POTUS who was NOT a Democrat OR a Republican, since the Whig, William Henry Harrison ...
And no one from an Independent Party is going to get sufficient Delegate numbers under the current US Election format, that is just reality. The end result of that simple fact is that Cornel West, RFK Jr. and the on again off again Marianne Williamson - or ANY other hopeful for the top job will only serve as a spoiler to draw votes away from Biden OR Trump - thus confusing the issue and wasting American votes, - which is all a small number of protest votes add up to. Why do you think Bernie Sanders caucuses with the Democrats ?
If Dr. West were to BECOME a Democrat - Senator or Congressman - he might stand an actual chance, but until then ... not so much ...
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... You got Strongmen and strong men ... Hitler, Mussolini, Stalin, Mao, Putin, Orbán, Kim, Xi, Pol Pot, Hussein, Gaddafi and, yes - Netanyahu - are all good examples of the Strongman ...
Donald Trump is just a wannabe ... Sadly, too, he's not EVEN a strong man ... he's just a vile little dumpster diver with some money and a very big mouth ... that's it, that's all ...🤮
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... I"M not worried ... we've been doing this for MY whole life. Having been born in 1954, I've grown up listening to this sabre-rattling ... The Americans - who have been annexing land and interfering with OTHER Countries' Elections & internal Politics for DECADES have been pointing the finger at Iran ever since the Shah was ousted and they have NEVER been able to stay out of the Middle East - Big OIL Country - Politics ... They drift in & out of Isolationist mode every several decades, the flirt with fascists policy at least once every Century or so, and they STILL don the White hat just as often as they can ... Don't like the comment ?
- Try reading some of your own history, and don't forget that Jim Crow Laws were still in effect in the early 1960's and some aspects of American Race Policy were to extreme even for the Hitler Regime ! ...
https://press.princeton.edu/books/hardcover/9780691172422/hitlers-american-model
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https://reason.com/2023/10/31/rachel-maddows-prequel-is-a-deceptively-framed-history-of-the-radical-right/
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And lest you think I'm some anti-American commie a**hole, I'm NOT defending the Russians either ... Communism was - along with Fascism AND our current version of the "Capitalist" Ideal, are ALL huge lies and equally detrimental to human well-being ...
" Democracy is the worst form of government, except for all the others.” I see this alleged Churchill quotation often. I have tried to locate the source of that quote, but I have not been able to trace it. Is it genuine, and if so, where and when did he say it? —D.C., Bogotá, Colombia
https://richardlangworth.com/worst-form-of-government
... Who EVER said it, these ARE true words, and we may forever struggle to get it right, but it DOES matter ! ...
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It seems like a question of Legalities: it is the Police Department's ( and the Sheriff's Department's ) Legal Mandate to Enforce the Law, NOT to Interpret those Laws ... that is for Judges. You may not LIKE masks ( who the hell does ? ) BUT ... even though this Man is technically a City Employee - and an Elected Official, he MAY be in violation of STATE Law. You Can't Smoke in Public Buildings, after all, and even if the Sheriff disagrees with that Law, he STILL has to Enforce it. Some Laws ARE unjust ... Jim Crow was an obvious example, and their removal is certainly justified - that particular suite of Legislation was ALWAYS based upon an injustice. But a Health Emergency calls for specific ( temporary ) actions that you MAY see as a crime against your Constitution, and " Although the U.S. Constitution makes no specific provision for the imposition of martial law, nearly every State has a constitutional provision authorizing the government to impose martial law. " ~ https://www.ncjrs.gov/App/Publications/abstract.aspx?ID=120638 ... You don't HAVE to like it, but IF things get too much worse, any of the States in the Union CAN take this action. And Trump can't do ANYTHING about it. There is more to American Law, than in Trump's Philosophy ...
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@djsmith2487 Oh, you will, and through the nose. Wait until the Climate Change you folks don't believe in gets rolling in a century, or so ... yes, it will take that long, and I'm sure you don't care, 'cause you'll be gone by then, but your grandchildren will get to deal with it. - If you think you have a lot of disenfranchised people stacking up at your borders now, wait until half of the southern hemisphere is flooded (along with Florida and NYC - most of Louisiana and Mississippi having succumbed long ago, of course) and all those viruses - you THOUGHT were gonna stay in the south - begin to show up. Trump's wall isn't gonna hold 'em back, and then America the Beautiful will be accepting the huddled masses, whether they, -or Tucker Carlson like it or not. - Better give your Military another Trillion or so, 'cause you're gonna need it!
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... Trump is using a lot of provocative pseudo-threats - (a vague reference to some kind of Annexation or Invasion of Canada, the Panama Canal and Greenland and ridiculous tariff actions) - to camouflage something else he's got in the works ... something - or some things that he can ACTUALLY do without Military force and, most likely - to his own Country that will NOT be prevented by the substantial vagaries that exist in the US Constitution, with it's hazy wording and myriad loopholes ... don't forget how many actions that we THOUGHT might be applicable to Donald trump - the 25th Amendment, the 14th Amendment, and the Emoluments Clause ... none of it was brought to bear, for whatever reasons, and none of it ever will be.
It took the Criminal Law System to charge him with 34 Counts of Felony ...
" ... falsifying business records in the first degree related to payments made to Stormy Daniels before the 2016 presidential election ... "
- to even allow the Courts to Try, Convict and Sentence him - before the Election. And look how THAT turned out - no action at all can, or will - ever be taken against him - beyond just the public shaming ... a pointless gesture, anyway, given that Trump HAS NO SHAME !
The US system is a joke : This (supposedly) ONE TIER set of Laws, where everyone is consider equal under those very Laws is, in fact, a blatantly TWO TIER SYSTEM, which " We the People " accept as existent - despite so many of them blindly supporting it !
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@gsmith1213 The Medical Community World-Wide has been struggling with Cancer for nearly EIGHTY Years. I have a personal reason for supporting ongoing Cancer Research, as my Wife of Forty-Three Years has survived a Melanoma in the Eye - and yes, that's a thing - so I am not going to diminish the importance of that work. However, Cancer is only one of Many regular scourges of Human physiology - I've had THREE Strokes ( my thirty-two year old son has had TWO) - and that too is only One health issue out of many. Pandemics are something we can (and in this case, have) predicted long before they hit, - and we can be prepared. In this case, the Pandemic was actually predicted in April or so of LAST year, and yet the world did very little to prepare for it. The Spanish Flu, Polio, the Measles, the Bubonic Plague and many lesser, but still dangerous outbreaks have been models of disaster for decades - even Centuries. In the Wealthy, modern western world - there are NO excuses for Tens of Thousands of Deaths, and you MUST know that. In the meantime - if you have access to Netflix - there is a 26 minute show about Covid-19. it is called ' Coronavirus Explained ' and while i already knew a lot of this stuff - (my Daughter is a Nurse) - I found it very instructive ... Certainly more than some YouTube FOX or CNN video, anyway. If you can, check it out.
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... The simple reality is this - if Trump doesn't understand the mechanics of the Economy, and if he is so incapable of selecting genuinely knowledgeable advisors - people who know Economics and it's long-term effects on well-being of American interests - in the REAL world, as opposed to what Trump THINKS he knows, then he is unsuited to the Office, and for the sake of the majority of the US Population, he should be removed from office.
Until the next Election, he can be replaced by Vance, and should THAT fail, they can BOTH be replaced by the RNC's choice - based upon a Congressional Vote & a Senate approval.
Both would be in favor of the Republican Majority ... The alternative is failure, and - for all anybody really knows - a popular Revolution. No matter HOW you look at it, Trump is going to tank EVERYBODY'S Economy - including America's !
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... Mr Dean, we're ALL familiar with " where these roads go ", having seen Nixon walk away from Watergate in 1974, his reputation ruined, but escaping all criminal charges, - charges that sent others, including you, to lockup. Trump, on the other hand, can't have his reputation ruined - if THAT were possible, it would have happened years ago. His followers don't care and his detractors have never had the guts to push it to the necessary legal edge required. So far as being held to account - regardless of the evidence, the DOJ will NEVER take the risk of setting a Precedent ... not now, not ever ...
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... The US has been heading in this general direction for years. Trump is just the most obvious symptom of a sickness that invades ALL Empires, and yes America IS an Empire first and a " Democracy " second.
The EMPIRE first showed up with the doctrine of " Manifest Destiny " that used a pseudo-religious mindset to justify the decimation of the American aboriginal nations in order to overrun the most valuable land. It showed up AGAIN under the military leadership of Teddy Roosevelt in the Mexican American War, the Banana Wars in Central America, the coups d'état in Hawaii, Cuba, Puerto Rico, the Philippines, Nicaragua, Honduras, Iran, Guatemala, South Vietnam, Chile, Grenada, Panama, Afghanistan, and Iraq.
One of my favorite buzz-phrases is " American Interests " because it's actual meaning is SO vague that it seeks to justify anything and everything - by virtually ANY means available ... land, oil, military superiority - and at ALMOST any cost - to somebody else. And even in this day and age, most Americas don't really want to know too many details ...🙈🙉🙊
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... It must be the Tyranny that some Americans crave. America is an Empire first and a Democracy second. American's TALK about " Rights " but the most important of these to most of you seem to be the 1st & 2nd Amendments, because these are the most talked about Constitutional guarantees one hears most of the time ... the freedom to say whatever comes into your head - just so long as you don't get accused of racism or slander or the utterance of threats, because THOSE things could get you into legal trouble.
And you LOVE - perhaps above all else - your " Right to bear arms " whether you actually NEED a gun or not. THIS one is a favorite of mine too, not because I want to OWN a gun, but because it comes from the time when your Nation had NO STANDING ARMY - just as the founders wanted it. THEY only wanted Citizen Soldiers - armed with the weapons of the day, Muskets, knives, an occasional sword maybe and whatever these Minutemen could gather to defend the new Nation against the return of the British, & if you've read your own history, you KNOW this is true ...
Today, every city and town has a well-armed Police force - doubtless outfitted with heavy fire-power, every State has a National Guard unit, and the COUNTRY wields the biggest and most powerful Military the World has EVER seen - or so you continue to tell the REST of us.
What so many of you DON'T want is Medical care and affordable medication for ALL of your citizens, or affordable housing and food - or ANYTHING that smacks of " Socialism " even though you've had some Socialist-style programs for decades - welfare, food stamps and the like ... too many of you think Social Democracy & Communism are the same !
IF you vote for Trump - after seeing him in action for four years, and witnessing the next three years of his behavior and that of his more crazed followers - you WILL get what you've asked for ... and you WILL deserve every ugly moment of it ...
Don't like what I'm saying - to bad, It's FREE SPEECH ! ...
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... More to the point, WHY does America HAVE TO BE the World's ONLY " SUPER-POWER " ?
All of those other Modern Nations - that WERE Superpowers still exist, and as Free Nations.
England is a shadow of it's former self, but it's still free ... the same can be said of France, Germany, Holland, Spain, Belgium, - etc. etc. etc. - the same CAN'T be said for many of their former Colonies in Africa, Central & South America - places which can also be seen as the VICTIMS of the Empires ... let's live together, and prosper TOGETHER !
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@joecorcoran7148 No I won't, - first, your prediction is incorrect. Secondly, I didn't want to see Trump impeached, - I just wanted him to act with some dignity and honor, but of course, - that was beyond his abilities. Thirdly, - he brought all of this on himself by defying the US Constitution in a number of ways, - even before the issues of Impeachment were imposed, - namely the Emoluments Clause. - And then, there's also the fact that I am NOT from America, so why should I cry ?
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... Actually, most CLIMATOLOGISTS - (as opposed to whatever " Scientists " is supposed to mean) - haven't said much about winter and snow per se ... But they DID point out that the Weather, in general, would be getting more severe. James Hansen tried to bring this fact to the fore as far back as 1988, in a series of Senate Hearings, and saw his own career come under real attack by Conservative politicians - most notably, by Senator James Inhofe (R) of Oklahoma (1994 to 2023) ... Oklahoma, where the Wind comes rushin' down the Plain, as the song goes ...
If you still doubts about the very real phenomena of Climate Warming, how do you explain all of the SEVERE drought conditions worldwide - Fairies ? the Wrath of an Angry God, maybe ?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southwestern_North_American_megadrought ...
... And yes, it HAS happened before, because - yes - the Climate DOES change all of the time, but WE are contributing huge amounts of CO2 and Methane daily, and have been doing so continuously for the last 200+ years- whether you like it or you don't ... and the last time it got THIS warm, Human Beings didn't exist.
https://www.drought.gov/what-is-drought/historical-drought
The REAL bottom line is this : get GENUINE information from GENUINE source, such as :
https://www.noaa.gov/ ... or ... https://climate.nasa.gov/ ... or ... https://public.wmo.int/en/our-mandate/climate/wmo-statement-state-of-global-climate
DO NOT RELY upon guys like Bjorn Lomberg, whose PhD is in Political Science, NOT the study of Climatology or Atmospheric Chemistry ... he may tell you What you WANT to Hear, but NOT what is actually happening to our shared environment.
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@lmy2366 My reasoning is basic enough; your primary complaint was Waiting Time, and it has been MY experience that waiting time is directly related to one's medical problem. I have been hospitalized TWICE for Mini-Strokes, and MY waiting time was NONE. I was seen too immediately, and my care was First-Rate ! - So far as your idea that Oil Companies can be compared to a Social Media company, that is ridiculous, as Oil Companies receive Tax Breaks and Government Subsidies, as well as land grants for exploration. Also advertising expenses are a part of the cost of doing business, and the aforementioned Tax-Breaks and Subsidies go toward that cost. You may or may not be a conservative, but you seem to miss the obvious - most countries already have the mix you are taking about, and what the Public System fails to cover, Private (Employer-Paid) Insurance picks up. The problem is that MANY people don't have Employer-Paid Coverage, and (Like the US system) they have to pay upfront; that frequently leads to very substantial debt. Public Healthcare is an important " Subsidy " for a nation's HUMAN SECTOR, and it is NOT an attempt to impose " Control " over anything.
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@lmy2366 Point One: Wait time, as I've already said, is dependent upon one's medical issue (I've given an example of my own experience.)
Point Two: NOBODY got subsidies in the Nineteenth Century, and I am talking about OUR world, not the world of the Rockefellers, the Astors or any other 19th Century example you care to bring up, and the rest of THAT point is pretty standard business dreck. Point Three: Google - and their fellows in the Biz make ALL of their money from Advertising, and I think you know that. Point Four: "Quality" of care - I've already dealt with that in Point One. And yes, " We People " KNOW that the cost of Public Healthcare comes out of Taxes - and the vast majority of us agree that it is worth it; Americans are so averse to Taxation, that you forget that many - if not most - truly wealthy Citizens don't actually pay their fair share. And Socialized Medicine does NOT make " Society poorer on the Whole " and if it does, please give examples as to how. Also, the Production of Oil seems to be doing just Dandy with the current kick-backs- judging by the recently posted profits. - Anything else ?
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It's time to put America back into the hands of the people, - the way it should have ALWAYS been ... Time too, people, - to dig out that dusty old Dictionary and look up all those words that the main-stream, establishment Democrats and Republicans use to blind you ... common words that you THINK you know the meanings of: Socialism and Socialist, are a good place to start, - from there, you can move on to other words that will explain the reality that Trump is trying to drag you into, words like Oligarchy, Plutocracy and of course Totalitarianism. Trump is a clear and present danger, and Biden or Buttigeig are Business as usual ... the rest of the pack are not only vague in their plans, they are way back in all of the polls. Sanders and Warren ... for President and Vice President respectively 2020 !
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... Here's a Philosophical question - actually an old, silly and pitifully outdated wheeze that still tries to masquerade as a " Philosophical question " ... What came first, the Chicken or the Egg " ... and to anyone with a modest knowledge of Evolution (you don't have to believe it, if it offends your Creationist ideals, but just go with it for a moment) the answer is quite obvious : The egg came first. It was laid by the closest ancestral relative a chicken, and it differed from the chicken only by a variance in it's genetic makeup ... it would have looked EXACTLY like the chicken (whatever an ancestral chicken looked like), and all of it's descendants would have carried the new genetic variation and - after numerous generations - those descendants would have been modern chickens.
SO, if you've stayed with me THIS long, here's a far more important Philosophical question ... What came first, the " terrorist " or the Imperial Power - Rome, France, Britain or American - and that Empire's overwhelming determination to force it's " Superior Religion, Racial rank & station, Land expansion, Master/Slave relationship - etc. etc. etc. by military brutality on the peoples it chose to subjugate ? ...
This is an honest question ... AND a Direct Challenge in search of an answer ! ...
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Arnaud Amaury was a Roman Catholic abbot who played a prominent role in the Albigensian Crusade. Prior to the massacre of Béziers, it was reported that Amalric, when asked how to distinguish Cathars from Catholics, responded, "Kill them all! God will know his own." ... the Modern version, often associated with the Vietnam War is: " Kill 'em all and let God sort 'em out " ... an ugly concept, no matter how you word it. - It was the REJECTION of this dangerous mentality that ultimately shaped the Free and modern world that we now have (for the most part and with some exceptions) here in the West. We can't go back to the openly hateful times that we've SO VERY RECENTLY crawled out of ! ... Trump is a dangerous man, pushing dangerous ideas, - we MUST reject this stupid, short-sighted Tyrant as soon as possible. If you wont replace him, you must embrace him - and History will not be forgiving of your kind.
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@phillippac.7469 First off, I don't have any idea what the Blue Koolaid tastes like, because I am NOT a Democrat, just an honest human being. Secondly - what innuendo did Biden sling ? - I remember constant references to Hunter Biden from Trump - and before you jump on THAT, I could care less about another rich, spoiled trouser stain like Biden's kid. So far as I am concerned, he is in the same category as Trump's adult children, and if the younger Biden is investigated for fraud etc. and found guilty - so be it, who cares ?
I ALSO recall several references to Biden's mental sharpness ( a la Sleepy Joe ) etc.
So now, tell me - how will Lake improve the situation for anyone other than lying and evasive Public Officials who will not even address they're allegations - let alone PROVE them - and yes, Dear - it ALL comes down to that !
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... First, like every other normal Human Being, I am sorry for the loss of innocent civilians.
Having said that, and genuinely meaning it, I must add this : When ever innocent civilians are killed by the Russians, Brits, French or Americans in there " noble " wars on - whatever - we are told that it was unfortunate but it was Self Defense or Unavoidable or (my personal favorite, the rather cold-blooded American term) Collateral Damage ...
When it's somebody else, we call it Terrorism ... aside from the self-serving definitions the wealthier and more politically powerfully Nations get to use (and we mostly all accept) what is the difference between fire-boning, napalming or atomic bombing innocent people when the Ruskies, Yanks & Brits do it and killing EQUALLY innocent people when so-called Terrorists do it ?
It doesn't matter whether you kill in the name of your God or you Countries interests ... Killing civilians - non combatants - still wrong !
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... American money still has respect, the American Military still has respect, but the people of America (almost half of them) and their Political choices, are largely just a joke. That isn't a pleasant thing for the rest of you to hear, and for those sensible, thoughtful folks who tried to make a sane choice between a Business-as-Usual Democrat and a demented GOP offering, I am sorry ... However, the World is changing ... loud, bombastic clowns went out of fashion with Boris Yeltsin.
People need serious leadership, not just loud, jingoistic clowns with a talent for obvious self-promotion, schoolyard bullying and mindless crudity that tries to pass as plain talk !
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... Personally, I don't doubt that the Galaxy we inhabit - and the Universe beyond - is just JAMMED with life, mostly microbial but likely some higher forms. Maybe there are even whole Empires of intelligent creatures.
But even if there are ... even if space-faring civilizations are common, why would they keep coming here ? ... Carl Sagan referred to Earth as a Pale Blue Dot, and the reason he did, was because many years ago, Sagan requested NASA to photograph our planet just as one of the Voyager probes was passing the orbit of Jupiter.
So, from a distance of about one billion mile, Earth appears to be just that - a Pale blue dot and nothing more - and THAT is from well within our common Solar System !
From at least the 1950's on, we've had THOUSANDS upon Thousands of " sightings ", most of them by civilians and NONE of them providing GENUINE and verifiable evidence. There is also a disproportionate number of reports of " Anal Probing " ... maybe THAT explains the majority of them - the commonality seems suspicious, and MORE than a little Freudian, if you were to ask me ... Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar, No ? ...:face-fuchsia-tongue-out:
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@DangerRanger-vl6dz And your point is STILL irrelevant, because once the Ball arrived in America's court, it was up to THEM to handle it ... and Boy, did Trump ever fumble THAT ball ! The United States found out with the rest of the World about the Pandemic in January 11 or 12/2020 ... https://www.who.int/docs/default-source/coronaviruse/situation-reports/20200423-sitrep-94-covid-19.pdf#:~:text=The%20first%20human%20cases%20of,%2C%20in%20December%202019. ... AFTER the Chinese had found and genetically typed the specific Virus, - THAT was necessary prior to releasing the info, because it MIGHT have been a common strain, and NOT a Novel Strain. According to the AMERICAN University Johns Hopkins, on March 1/20 the US had 2 Deaths (while South Korea had 20 Deaths ... by May 12/20 the US had 82,150 Deaths (South Korea only had 258 Deaths in that same period) - ALL of this is COMPLETELY verifiable stuff ... America the Beautiful Fucked up BIGTIME ! - You may not know this, - many people don't, - but there is a pretty good chance that the So-Called " Spanish Flu " originated in Kansas USA ... maybe we should call THAT the Yankee-Doodle Flu - What'cha think, Buddy ?
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... "Colonizing Mars " is unnecessary. There are few practical reasons to do it, and even fewer reasons to pour money into it. In Musk's time-frame of Twenty Years - a guess, at best, we could get the fossil-fuel industry to diversify their investments and help to develop renewables that are practical (far more so than a Colony on Mars, which would require - as Musk himself admits - the support of " Millions of Tons " of supplies - all of which would require continuous replenishment, because actually Terraforming another planet would probably take centuries, not just years) ... food, water and breathable air for " about a million people " is enough to break even the US Economy, and that is just for an initial base to be sustained for - how long ? ... You STILL have to build the thing, don't you ?
And then, after these ridiculous sums of money are secured (to ensure one man's ego is stroked - who is going to volunteer to go ? ... ONE MILLION PEOPLE, huh ?
And they be genuine volunteers, or conscripts ? ... Would YOU go ? ... Would your family ?
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