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  107. Those Russian soldiers would find their life expectancy goes up sharply if they went back to Moscow and removed the very small group of oligarchs who are costing them everything, in return for nothing. Putin’s 6 mistakes so far: 1) Underestimating Ukrainian Resolve: Putin should have watched Ukraine On Fire on Netflix. 2) Overestimating his own armed forces. Their equipment is out of date and the boots on the ground are mostly conscripts. One person defending their home has 20 times the fight in them than one conscript who doesn’t want to be there. 3) Stated Objectives: No one in Russia knows WHY this is happening! Putin spent the last 20 years convincing Russians their claims on Ukraine were legit, because they are the, “same people and country,” essentially. Now they’re meant to go kill them all? 4) Putin’s REAL objectives: The whole point is to make sure Shell, Exxon and BP NEVER get to drill for those massive gas and oil reserves which rival Russia’s. It would take years to get it pumping, so he doesn’t want to pump it himself, either. He just wants to make sure NO ONE does, making him the only major supplier in Europe and the second biggest supplier in the world. 5) The west’s real objectives: Which brings us to Putin’s shock at the west’s resolve. Ever since energy security was a thing, for more than a 100 years, the west has NEVER relinquished control of energy security to the East, and they’re not going to start now, right or wrong. 6) How this ends: The west will remain as cautious as it dares to be and, sadly, won’t put Ukraine’s interests above that of energy security. Zelensky’s job is to keep those two interests aligned and to ensure he honours those deals with western oil developers to pay for rebuilding his country, along with reparations from Russia. If he plays his cards right, he could turn Ukraine into an energy powerhouse for the next 20 to 30 years, until the world is off its fossil fuel addiction? Which would only help move countries like Hungary toward democracy and away from reliance on a weakened Russia. Putin will bluff about nukes, but he wants to live as badly as any cowardly bully. He has mistaken the west’s caution for irresolution. They will not allow him to keep Ukraine. But since he keeps threatening nukes, they will do absolutely everything in their power; fomenting revolution in Russia, pouring in resources to Ukraine, long after they’re occupied, and anything else, and sanctions are only just getting started, until Putin is taken out in a palace coup, or taken down by a revolution. Governments of the west will prefer the palace coup for the sake of stability. We should hope for the Revolution, for the sake of real change.
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  247. A well thought out comment. I would stress that Putin is only talking about the placement of missile silos, which is a far cry from threats to use them. It’s always an indicator of when Putin is feeling his losses and frustrations the most, when he does this sort of thing and, at this stage, it is only words. And we all know that Putin’s words are as worthless as an SBF NFT. As to Russian, “law,” that distinction is only potentially useful after the fact of a coup, or something, where the already badly abused military refuses an order to use tactical nukes. Any commander who does that is either preparing for civil war, or preparing for martyrdom. I would remind people, for instance, that it is illegal, according to the Russian constitution, to have ANY form of private military forces in Russia, or working abroad for Russia. Yet, no one is asking how the Wagner Group is even a thing in Russia? Russian, “law,” is as meaningless to Russians as their concept of, “democracy.” In my view, we simply need to CALL PUTIN’S BLUFF. He’s always bluffing. All commentators have to, “take such threats seriously,” because it would be irresponsible not to. But the reality is that this is Outin attempting to look strong when he’s feeling particularly weak. We should tell him that the west’s response will be to accelerate Ukraine’s membership of NATO and put nukes in Ukraine. It was America (Bill Clinton’s administration) that persuaded Ukraine to give up their nukes altogether in the first place, which we can all regret at leisure now. Putin wouldn’t be pulling this crap if Ukraine still had them. It’s about time that we study recent history and get one thing into our heads: CALL HIS BLUFF. That ALWAYS works. But only when we’re serious!
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  333.  @jennifersmetanko6631  : No one’s forgetting Snowden. And things have moved on considerably since his exile. Your contract for the device on which you wrote your comment allows some tech giant to collect and monitor Intel about everything from your location and viewing habits to your spending patterns and health details, and collates everything about you with millions of others to produce a set of statistics which are regularly mined by them and the highest outside bidders willing to pay for that information, mostly for the purposes of simply making vast stacks of cash, but for security and intelligence purposes too. Apple’s systems are far more invasive AND effective than anything the government owns (with the possible exception of military grade encryption?) largely because the public freely signs up to it! And I wouldn’t be surprised to learn that most of the government’s domestic spying is now done by contracts with Apple and Microsoft to just buy the information from them. Whatever your opinion of Snowden is, or was, his whistle blowing is past all relevance to today, as I’m sure he would be the first to admit. But at least in the west, if you don’t trust your government, you can still (just about) get rid of them and replace them with an alternative bunch of untrustworthy huxters. And you can say what you like about any one of them without having to fear a knock at your door, losing your job overnight, or spontaneously falling out of a window. So there’s that . . .
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  365. Kelli Barnhouse : In Jan, they will be subpoenaing Trump’s Tax Returns. Pelosi announced it as their FIRST piece of business. As if THAT wouldn’t be more than enough to destroy Trump, we have all of the LIVE, televised, Congressional Hearings to look forward to, in which everyone from Mueller, his team, Cohen, Manafort, Stormy, NRA reps, GOP traitors, Russian spies, Comey, Tillerson, and a partridge in a pear tree, will be cross examined to such an extent, that, GOP Senators will be climbing over each other to Impeach Trump, so as to save their careers, and to calm the protests, of a, by now OUTRAGED American public, blocking Pennsylvania Avenue. But, when the TrumpTanic, finally vanishes below the water line, THAT is when our work REALLY STARTS. It’s up to US; we, the people, to pressure our representatives to make Tax Returns a legal requirement, for office seekers at ANY level; to outlaw Gerrymandering and Voter Suppression; to reform the Electoral College; etc, etc. The GOP will keep trading, offering backroom deals, to give the Dems other victories, in return for pushing OUR priorities, to the back of the cue. At first, they won’t have much power, to do much of that, but they WILL remain, regroup, over time, and, if WE LET THEM, they will go back to their old ways. Ask yourself? How come the Electoral College was NOT reformed, after the Bush Jr V Gore debacle? WHY did the Dems let that slip into the shadows? Someone got SOMETHING, out of that. Trump and the CROOKS of the GOP have FORCED us to, “be political,” because our Democracy has NEVER been so imperilled, since the War of 1812. As we’ve been forced into this spot, the LEAST we can do, is INSIST on the type of reforms that will ensure a SAFER Democracy, for our children? Sorry for going on, there . . . ✌️👍
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  366. It’s already a, “Banana Republic,” when the reverse is true too. If, “someone at the top,” can order his own, “acquittal,” as happened at the risible Impeachment SHAM, why shouldn’t we expect that he’ll be hunting down all the people who put him there, spoke the truth when asked, or even simply failed to scream out hysterical support for Trump, loudly enough, when Trump, “felt like it”??? The problem here, is that people are still acting like this kind of thing still matters, when the Impeachment was the last nail in the Republic’s coffin. Who in their right mind, even imagines that they are “NOT” going to RIG the coming, “elections,” when we ALL KNOW if Trump is unseated, he and his family will be indicted and all go to jail? Which will lead to them, ”ratting out,” everyone from Bill Barr down to Devin Nunes, the indictment and imprisonment of the ENTIRE administration, leaving a historically disgraced skeleton of the Republican Party in its wake, to disband and flee from the press like escaped Nazis after WWII. They have SHOWN you that Democracy, law and order, and the Constitution are OVER in America, but you all keep up this DENIAL, as if, “elections,” will MEAN a GOD DAMNED THING?! And, I think you’re all doing that, because you all know, in your hearts, that being honest with yourselves can lead to to only ONE conclusion. Americans must accept they have a Russia Style, FAKE Democracy, more popularly known as a DICTATORSHIP, and be DONE with it, OR? . . . Revolution!!! There is no third option
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  368.  @nickwarner8158  : Another important point there. I’m a Conservative. I joined the Lincoln Project because I needed a space where, “real,” conservatives stood up for principle over tribalism, with like minded, thinking people. I vote Dem right now, because America only has one political party, opposed by a racist conspiracy of kleptocrats. There are millions of conservatives who feel (and vote) like me. The people with the most to lose under a trump dictatorship are the ones fighting hardest to bring it about. They’ve been duped. And we know this, because 99% of the Jan 6th insurrectionists say as much when they learn the truth! They all say they never would have done it if they knew then what they know now. Only a few die hard racists are not learning their lessons, and they, disturbingly enough, have turned out to be cops in both the cases I’m aware of! But, ironically enough, you know what I think will defeat trumpism in the end? The very big businesses that trump tries so hard to cultivate. In the end, racism and dictatorship is bad for business. Not just because of boycotting, or the chaos of dictatorships and trump’s now proven inability to grasp the complexities of global economic systems. But because businesses never thrive under dictatorships, and the leaders in charge of them know this. They have all the real power, and they will mobilise it to restore the free wheeling free booting systems that keep making them so rich. Trump can never offer prosperity. And it will be that which undoes his (bowel) movement, in the final analysis.
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  386. I understand your point, but I honestly think we should go the opposite way. We have to seize this as an opportunity to put our house in order, now that we’re exposing the evil that lies just beneath America’s skin. It’s gone too far for us to, “unite,” even if we did have a common enemy now. No one can forget the treachery, and murder that is a direct result of the GOP’s capitulation to a Dictatorship; nor how close we came to exactly that. These people are past the exercise of free speech, and well into the territory of screaming, “Fire,” in a packed theatre, with no skin in the game, getting to sit back and rub their hands while others do the dying. Over 50 cops were seriously injured in those riots of the 6th of Jan! One is brain damaged and still in a coma. Another is blinded! And, of course we all know about the trump supporting cop who was murdered, beaten to death, in front of a thousand witnesses, yet we still have no clue who did that?! Seditious Propaganda used to be a crime! We literally hunted down and hung the propagandists after WWII, to set an example to others. But now? We allow Fox to cast doubt on the election over 700 times (according to Conservative analysts!) between the 7th Nov and the 6th Jan, and collect the money from their shares in the company! We are putting a KNOWN Quisling and traitor, onto the Education & Labor Committee!? Are you F’king KIDDING ME???!!! This has gone way too far, and it’s time we STOPPED looking for answers from outside our shores, and face up to what we’ve DONE! Imagine, preparing for battle, against the Martian invaders, when you discover the trooper on your right; the guy or gal upon whom your life might depend in an hour, is one of the people who doesn’t even BELIEVE your government is, “legitimate,” and has the badges of two cops he MURDERED in his locker at the base? You might be inclined to point your weapon at HIM?! I tell you, we have to CLEAN UP THIS MESS, or we might just as well hand the whole sorry shit pile over to Putin and announce his victory! I for one, would rather die! How about we speak for the DEAD and give them some JUSTICE? For the grieving families of half a million dead of Covid, and for all those dead, wounded or systematically intimidate by the growing (and let’s call it what it is?) NAZI threat, within our own shores. The GOP are desperate to call off the impeachment, because they KNOW they can all be forced to testify, with NO 5th Amendment protections. And, on the stand, they’ll be ripped to shreds in front of a watching world, on LIVE TV, if they say they, “believe,” in the seditious LIE they call, “The Steal.” And they KNOW that many, possibly, Lindsay Graham, Ted Cruz, Josh Hawley, will ADMIT they KNEW it was a lie, but were, “only following orders,” like at Nuremberg! It will fracture the GOP, between the die hard nut jobs and the system gamers who want to survive! And, I say, let’s give them their, “civil war,” within the ranks of their own party! Time we force the breaking point, and stop this in its tracks. Time we got America BACK! Don’t you think? ✌️
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  742.  @bobross6318  : “Word salad;” Translation: “I have neither the concentration span nor the inclination to try to comprehend the words in front of me, let alone refute their content or even so much as address their meaning, so I will dismiss them out of hand to focus on the one thing I care about: a politician. Not a scientist, writer, leader, warrior or an inspiration to any living human, but an inarticulate, incompetent hack, around whom I have built my life, making obtuseness and hypocrisy a lifestyle choice. And, why have I done this? Partly because I am a victim of the Sunk Costs Fallacy, but mostly because I am a racist who lives in mortal fear of, ‘being told what to do,’ one day, by an African American disabled lesbian, which is also a recurring nightmare that I regularly wake from in a cold sweat. I can’t afford therapy and my court appointed parole officer is unsympathetic. So, I will live out the remainder of my days being routinely disappointed by life, getting used to being stared at by normals with their mouths open whenever I express my true feelings and giving away more of my savings that I can’t afford, because I’m too committed to admit to my alienated family that I was SO WRONG about EVERYTHING, even though the only conversations I ever have with them now always end with them saying, ‘We told you so,’ and shaking their disappointed heads at me, while I craft another trump banner for my next illegal march with Alex Jones blaring from my computer about gay frogs and such.” Quite the life you’re failing to lead there, son . . . 😉
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  774. Joseph Zapata : It’s already a, “Banana Republic,” when the reverse is true too. If, “someone at the top,” can order his own, “acquittal,” as happened at the risible Impeachment SHAM, why shouldn’t we expect that he’ll be hunting down all the people who put him there, spoke the truth when asked, or even simply failed to scream out hysterical support for Trump, loudly enough, when Trump, “felt like it”??? The problem here, is that people are still acting like this kind of thing still matters in a Dictatorship, when the Impeachment was the last nail in the Republic’s coffin. Who in their right mind, even imagines that they are “NOT” going to RIG the coming, “elections,” when we ALL KNOW if Trump is unseated, he and his family will be indicted and all go to jail? Which will lead to them, ”ratting out,” everyone from Bill Barr down to Devin Nunes, the indictment and imprisonment of the ENTIRE administration, leaving a historically disgraced skeleton of the Republican Party in its wake, to disband and flee from the press like escaped Nazis after WWII. They have SHOWN you that Democracy, law and order, and the Constitution are OVER in America, but you all keep up this DENIAL, as if, “elections,” will MEAN a GOD DAMNED THING?! And, I think you’re all doing that, because you all know, in your hearts, that being honest with yourselves can lead to to only ONE conclusion. Americans must accept they have a Russia Style, FAKE Democracy, more popularly known as a DICTATORSHIP, and be DONE with it, OR? . . . Revolution!!! There is no third option
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  779. LadyRed L : True story for you, which ends with a question . . . We began this crisis as a united country, supporting our services, even being, “kind,” to each other. Then, Donny’s pollsters told him he was 10 points behind Biden, because, “unity,” is the ONE THING that is Kryptonite to Donny’s, “Make America Divided Again,” policy. Division is the source of his power, and a national approach was ruining his, “brand.” So, his hacktivists got busy organising, “protests,” while he got busy defunding the universities working on a cure, and the World Health Oragnisation, whom he knew would give him a bad report for wasting an entire month anyway. After the George Floyd thing, Donny found himself regretting being quite so vociferous in support of, “free speech,” and people’s, “rights to protest,” so he and Barr dismissed those protestors as ALL being a, “leftist democrat plot against Trump,” personally, and set about supporting people’s, “rights,” to be selfish idiots, who put everyone else’s lives at risk. So, here we are, with plague, famine, civil unrest, mass unemployment, Murdering cops somehow being a part of a, “Law & Order,” agenda, when it was America’s protests FOR Law & Order to be RESTORED that he was ignoring, and an economic downturn to look forward to. Why? All because of one man’s mental illness, the abject capitulation of the Quislings who work for him, and the personal appeal of selfishness to his cult, mixed with a heavy dose of racism; a salted wound, which Donny has been able to exploit, because America has never had the fortitude to address the fallout of the Civil War. And, since ALL OF THAT, we now find that trump was too Criminally Incompetent (or just a downright Collaborating TRAITOR?) to even CARE that our troops are being murdered by hitmen, paid for by the Cowardly Russians. How do you get someone to admit, even to themselves, that they’ve made such a big mistake that they’ve cost America thousands of lives? If you can answer that question for me, I would be sincerely grateful ✌️👍
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  852.  @IAmSuzyQ  : I wrote my last comment before you posted yours to me (hope to clarify any confusion there?) but, if I see Daisy, I’ll come back to this thread and tell you. No, I miss her too, and it’s been a while? . . . Not for months. I lost my dad to Covid, in the summer. He’d already had mini strokes, which prevented him from making new memories, a bit like that movie, Memento. It was as nightmarish as it sounds, and I’m still having troubled dreams about it. He kept asking why he was in hospital and why his family wasn’t around. He died hard. I spoke to him on the phone, as did my brother and sisters, but he was in England and I, being in a far distant country, was working on permission to travel, which I only got in time for his funeral. Worse still, he caught it from a doctor! While my sisters wanted to sue the hospital, I wanted to commiserate with the doctor, who must have been devastated by her one, single mistake, which flew in the face of everything she had made a vocation of her life for. I wanted to tell her (still do) that I empathise and hold no anger, resentment or anything but sympathy for the heartbreak she must feel. But, due to my sisters’ palpable anger, the hospital (quite rightly) couldn’t trust me to have any contact with the doc in question, to whom I will right, in due course. The division in our family has torn us apart. To me, YOU are the hero in this story. YOU are why I fight. YOU are America, and YOU are worth everything I do to support the opponents of Putin and Trump, in this disinformation campaign that has cost the lives of so many that an all out war would have been less damaging. Thank you for everything you are doing for us. Always know that we WILL rally to you, and be there for you. That we are fighting for you, day in day out. Not just people like me, a Conservative (believe it or not?) from the Lincoln Project, but as the numbers have proved, MOST OF AMERICA. We LOVE YOU, and everything you stand for. There is light now. And the changes are coming. Hang in there. You will all get the recognition you deserve, when this is over, but in the mean time, Biden and the government are about to join the fight to save lives, and to show America what’s REALLY going on. I love you, Suzy. You are my sister. And I am fighting for you. I swear it. There are millions of us, doing all we can. God bless you ✌️👍 ♥️
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  860.  @nancyjay790  : Yes, it’s troubling that people can be such regular citizens, even holders of office, or other authority, and not KNOW that the, “Steal,” is a made up thing?! Some of them do, of course, and are exploiting this idiocy, because they’re dumb enough to, “think,” that it might have actually WORKED! : That the entire edifice of the Republic might just crumble overnight, leaving them in unique positions of power! Greed, selfishness and stupidity (along with the usual suspects, like racism, white privilege and ignorance) lies at the heart of that. To me, that is all the more reason why RUTHLESS examples MUST be made, swiftly, and for all involved. We have a LOT of work to do, for all that, “hearts and minds,” restoration; reminding Americans of what America actually is, and what it stands for. But, NONE of that is even possible until the insurrectionists SEE that their situation hopeless, and that it’s OVER. So, our first steps must be to resolve to hunt down ANY AND ALL who threaten the Republic, and show stability, with ABSOLUTELY NO FEAR! That’s why Biden refuses to change his inauguration arrangements, save for Covid safety. He can’t, and he knows it. Not ONE THING can be given away, that the America Haters could even pretend was some species of, “victory.” If we have to mow them down, and place the survivors in massive internment camps, THAT would be better than flinching in the face of terrorists right now. We must show RESOLVE and DETERMINATION. And be willing to CRUSH an insurrection. Joe gets that. As we’ll see 👍✌️
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  882. carmen patricia conde fierro : It’s already a, “Banana Republic,” when the reverse is true too. If, “someone at the top,” can order his own, “acquittal,” as happened at the risible Impeachment SHAM, why shouldn’t we expect that he’ll be hunting down all the people who put him there, spoke the truth when asked, or even simply failed to scream out hysterical support for Trump, loudly enough, when Trump, “felt like it”??? The problem here, is that people are still acting like this kind of thing still matters, when the Impeachment was the last nail in the Republic’s coffin. Who in their right mind, even imagines that they are “NOT” going to RIG the coming, “elections,” when we ALL KNOW if Trump is unseated, he and his family will be indicted and all go to jail? Which will lead to them, ”ratting out,” everyone from Bill Barr down to Devin Nunes, the indictment and imprisonment of the ENTIRE administration, leaving a historically disgraced skeleton of the Republican Party in its wake, to disband and flee from the press like escaped Nazis after WWII. They have SHOWN you that Democracy, law and order, and the Constitution are OVER in America, but you all keep up this DENIAL, as if, “elections,” will MEAN a GOD DAMNED THING?! And, I think you’re all doing that, because you all know, in your hearts, that being honest with yourselves can lead to to only ONE conclusion. Americans must accept they have a Russia Style, FAKE Democracy, more popularly known as a DICTATORSHIP, and be DONE with it, OR? . . . Revolution!!! There is no third option
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  1076. Contact your representatives and make sure they know that we expect the huge financial contributions we are making to this war to be used more aggressively. Cynical western bean counters rather like the idea of grinding down Russia’s (Putin’s) power by forcing him to throw all of his resources into the bottomless pit of Ukraine. They would see to it that Zelensky only ever keeps get these small, incremental bumps in the war effort aid we offer, making the conflict last indefinitely. But, if Ukraine had 20 or 40 Patriot systems, operational all over Ukraine now, Putin would be powerless to commit his war crimes and would be seeing nothing but one defeat after another, as a more focussed and concentrated Ukraine can spend its resources on ejecting every last Russian boot from their soil. Putin wouldn’t survive that domestically, and all of the chaos we’re seeing in Europe, from Germany to the Russian border, would be thrust back where it belongs: INSIDE RUSSIA! So, yes! I agree. Don’t let ANY news service sell you the, “long term,” or, “stalemate,” line, as it’s rubbish! It really is up to us. Do we want to save ourselves a fortune by investing now, giving Ukraine a Navy and Air Force so seal their border from Russia, from the Black Sea to Donetsk? Are we willing to push this mess back into Russia and gamble that we can influence the outcome toward a democracy there, where they get so desperate that their new administration is willing to trade away their nukes for aid and embargo concessions, and looking to the west for rebuilding? Or do we want to keep standing by and watching these war crimes, EVERY DAY, in which the innocent are slaughtered by a coward leading cowards, who only ever makes nuclear threats every time we talk about it in the western press, because he knows he’ll get a response, even though he would never dare commit suicide like that? Tell your politicians we’ve had ENOUGH! Stop giving Ukraine what they need to cling on for dear life. Give Ukraine what they need to FINISH THIS! Let’s make this Putin’s problem!
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  1082. Steven Dykstra : This is your Dictatorship, in the wake of the 2019 Coup, attempting to distract you, while they consolidate their power. They no longer have to fear the, “electorate,” because the 2020, “elections,” are ALREADY RIGGED. The only thing they fear now is everyone looking at a, “trial,” with NO WITNESSES allowed to testify, and NO EVIDENCE allowed to be presented, and a, “JURY,” comprised of Trump’s CONSPIRATORS, who would go to JAIL if Trump lost his, “Protected Presidential Status,” and, “ratted,” on them, to save his own Orange ass. After all, that would be the same thing as telling the world that THERE IS NO LAW, so far as the Trumps are concerned! It would be the same thing as ADMITTING that the Republic has FALLEN. Now, they will just get STRONGER, and consolidate their position, making America AFRAID Again, turning us into informers, haters and scared little RATS, like in Russia. You will get to go through the motions of voting, in your FAKE REPUBLIC, just like in Russia, and your name will be remembered, when you vote, “wrong,” but the outcome will NEVER be in doubt, because you have a DICTATORSHIP. Iran is just a SHOW; agreed by Putin, who arranged it with Iran and the US. NONE of this matters any more. They only fear that America MIGHT WAKE UP! A second REVOLUTION is what they fear. But, you all seem to be happy to watch the Coup unfold on CNN, so they needn’t worry. That won’t stop them though. That’s how Dictatorships work. As they get stronger, they will scare off ALL opposition, until they are appointing Democrats, behind the scenes, and briefing them, on what they can say and do. And, your first female POTUS? That will be Ivanka. Putin has already arranged it . . . Smh
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  1124. I am a lifelong (well, actually, about 20 years) conservative. These days, that makes me a Democrat by default, voting for nothing more than the preservation of that right to vote and have that, “vote,” MEAN something still. Cheney was always a little too far out on the right wing ledge for my tastes, back in the day when the Republicans had a party and not a cult, or a collection of racist criminal grifters. Imagine that? A conservative who found Liz Cheney too right wing!? Yes, there really was a time when that was a plausible sentence to write! I am filled with admiration for her eloquence and the many quotable moments in that speech, as well as the well chosen historical allusions she brought to bear upon the basic argument for democracy itself. Most of all, I love the fact that she stood like a rock in the face of trump’s crimson tide, unyielding as actual human blood washed through the American democratic system, while countless unnecessary deaths were caused by a chaotic response to Covid, the encouragement of racist attacks and the appalling capitulation to Al Kaida, when trump released THOUSANDS of their worst offenders in return for a deal they did not honor, and which we all knew they wouldn’t, just so he could attempt to take credit for ending the war in Afghanistan. I do hope to hear her words repeated in news, literature and other art forms to come. They were important. She reminds us all of the very foundations upon which we stand, and the very reason I can write these words to you, without fear of later having my devices searched and being punished for writing them, as they are in Beijing and Moscow, simply for not backing the powers that be in word and deed. She is smart enough to know her own importance in this historic moment. And she has squeezed every last drop of juice out of that moment, with a speech that gives all thinking people pause. Wherever you are in the free world, for good or ill, America is the foundation upon which your freedom stands. If that democracy falls, so will they all. This means that you, wherever you are, have a legitimate dog in this fight, and you thus have every right to make yourself heard in this debate. We must never forget that this is only because our democracy still stands . . . “if you can keep it?” . . .
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  1335.  @atlantisrising1864  : You read my mind. This is what political avoidance buys you as a citizen. Or, “moral absenteeism,” as I heard one political philosopher put it. Whenever you next hear someone say, “Oh, I never get involved in politics,” just remind them of how deeply, “political,” that choice is. And your examples are plentiful. Show them what it’s done to the people of countries like Russia, Belarus, Iran, China, etc, that thought they could buy themselves some peace to live quietly while their politicians, “did stuff,” that was nothing to do with them. Now they all have real skin in the game. If you’re not a fighting age male or a veteran, being drafted, you’re probably the mother, father, son or daughter of one. Now every Russian is losing real skin and bone and is outraged because Putin has broken his, “social contract,” with them. It’s almost impossible to explain to these people that THEY made this war, their dictatorship and the people who dominate their existence now. They have a generation of denial conditioning to break. That’s why I would always urge everyone to understand: YOU, me and everyone you know of voting age (and even younger) ARE POLITICAL, whether you like it or not. The only real question is whether you’re willing to take responsibility for steering that ship of state - a journey riven with pitfalls, disappointments and hard, thankless work - or whether you prefer to opt out of all that risk, relentless pushback, denial and intolerance, and to be chauffeur driven to the front lines of your doom? There is no third choice. That’s modern life and the price we pay for democracy.✌️
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  1352.  Neil Rusling  : Sadly, the answer to most of those questions are far too simple. The propaganda, “narratives,” come from Russia, approved by Putin, and then, “laundered,” via Focks and their malignant allies, like Alex Jonestown, et al. Putin’s key methodology is DIVISION. Trump’s and the GOP’s too. And, America never has come to terms with the outcome of the Civil War, and that situation was only exacerbated by the assassination of Lincoln. His VP, Andrew Jackson, found himself in a position to undermine Reconstruction, and was so blatant in both his racist sabotage and personal enrichment, that he got impeached for it. As with trump, too many racist partisans protected him from a conviction, but he never got re-elected either. Trump has poured his bile into that wound, to the point that, “legitimacy,” is a moot issue to these racists. And, make no mistake, it is all about racism, when you boil it down. It’s about Demographics, ultimately. The perceived, “threat,” is that white, “Anglo Saxon,” types really will be in a minority soon. Within one or two generations, perhaps? And, naturally, racists fear being treated in the same way that they would treat a minority. It’s a ghost fear, easily exploited by those who have money, power and microphones. They cannot imagine being outnumbered by what was once the minority, and being treated with equity, because they cannot imagine themselves doing that. Therefore, in the privacy of their Klan Lodges or (sadly) some police unions, or anywhere they feel I t’s safe to be open about their bigotry, they talk about it in terms of, “being realists.” They genuinely cannot picture it shaking out any other way. And they make their own fear everyone else’s, to the best of their ability. And, we all know, fear turns to hate, pretty quick. And here we are . . . ✌️
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  1481.  @basilmarasco1975  : Fascism is the ultimate Cancel Culture. What has Donny got in common with Franco, Mussolini and Hitler? All Qults of personality, who’s founding narrative is a racist lie, who take power through fear in their following and through intimidation, threats and actual violence against their opponents. All of them outlawed opposition parties, which was literally what Donny tried in his last weeks in office: never mind that it was misguided, childishly naive, and utterly incompetent. So was the Beer Hall Putsch, after all. They are Fascists, who’s mask has been torn off. Now, knowing that only other fascists will vote for fascism, they are attempting to re-rig the system, again, with a Cancel Culture that will cancel millions of minorities from voting at all. It has been a Stalinistic hallmark of the trump craze, to accuse everyone else of doing what they’re doing. Indeed, it has served as a handy barometer to know what scandal is about to be unveiled, or what egregious attempt at attacking the foundations of our Republic is about to occur next, under trump. So, Cancel Culture is their biggest complaint, as they move into their phase of attempting to cancel democracy. Trump demanded that Fox fires one of their chief contributors, only a few days ago, for disagreeing with him; and he’s still after Primarying Liz Cheney and others. Cancel Culture, that makes Joe McCarthy look like a reasonable Reaganite by comparison! Hypocrisy has always been part of the package with Fascism, historically speaking, but the GOP have made Hypocrisy into a lifestyle choice; a cultural norm, and a political ideology. Hypocrisy and playing the effeminate, “victim,” at any rate. ✌️
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  1586.  @michaelwilliamson4759  : Felix Sater can be looked up on YouTube. He was a mafia hood, who fled Russia and joined up with the New York Mafia. He befriended Trump and set him up with Russian insiders, who figured out a way to launder money, via Russian donations to the NRA, which were then laundered and became NRA donations to the GOP and to trump individually. Sater got busted by the FBI and became an informer, working for them to bring down several New York Mobsters and a few Russian spies. However, he couldn’t resist temptation and he saw the possibility of his buddy, trump, becoming president, as a potential ticket to immunity from charges on all the crimes he continued to commit, despite being an FBI informant. His story is complicated, but the documentaries are fascinating. He was heavily involved in the propaganda campaign to get Donny elected in 2016, and he genuinely thought he was going to jail for a long, long time, when the FBI caught him, “going off script.” Don’t trust the right wing propaganda services though. Look at a reliable source, if you want the truth? He’s a typical example of the filth that Donny is mixed up with. A long time personal friend of Donny’s. In the same way that the leader of the Proud Boys turned out to be a regular FBI informant, who has helped to bring down a lot of criminal operations, he has been able to use the ongoing confusion and propaganda to keep himself relevant (and not yet dead) among the criminal underclass of America. But, just like that guy, who’s lawyer listed multiple occasions on which he’s BETRAYED his criminal followers, TO A JUDGE, IN COURT, the Q Qult are SO confused, they don’t know what to believe, so they, “believe,” what they prefer, rather than the facts. And that’s why they keep getting exposed. Everyone who leads them, is the ultimate TRAITOR who brings them down in the end. Felix Sater is just like that. Hope you found that helpful?
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  1602.  @barrone9317  : But, they won’t succeed, if they are broken at Donny’s impeachment. Forget the, “verdict,” but the Trial itself. Lindsay is desperate for a rerun of the last one; but this time, witnesses will take the stand and testify. And they can call anyone, including trump on down. None can take the 5th, and none can refuse. The, “Steal,” is the very reason the insurrection occurred, and there are already countless pleas and testimonies to that effect, from the rioters arrested so far. So, where did they get the idea that, “The Steal,” was a real thing from? Time to cross examine Graham, Hawley, Cruz, et al, right? And, they cannot say, under oath, on Live TV, that they have, “evidence,” for it? The best they can say is that they got it from Donny and believed him, Coz’ him being the president, and all. “I was only following orders.” Witness after witness will have to take the stand and either get ripped to shreds, and possibly indicted for Perjury, or? . . . Confess! That they KNEW the, “steal,” was a political ploy and a seditious LIE, all along! And how many will do that? I think most of them, IF they get up there to answer questions? What else CAN they do? Especially when one cracks, the rest will follow, or their testimonies won’t match and people are back at risk of Perjury charges again! I’m telling you, this trial will crack the GOP right through! It is about to fracture into two halves! The desperate Nazi criminals on one side, and the system gamers, hoping to survive on the other. And that’s WHY Graham is travelling the country, trying to get, “popular opinion,” stirred up! He really is at the end of his rope! And they’re right to be. Time for some accountability, at long last. America deserves a reckoning 😉✌️👍
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  1641.  @nunook5522  : I suspect that Dane’s, “job,” is to be a source of anger and division. Every topic that comes out of Russia, only to be processed through Fox, Q and Alex Jonestown, is aimed at, “Division,” as its primary goal. It’s the one weapon that our enemies have employed that actually increases their power, and weakens America. Dane would have no point in existing, if he wasn’t paid to spread division. And, most of them are paid. The ones on MSM at any rate. Think about it? Who, other than the mentally ill, would waste 5 years of their life, going to forums they hate, to talk to people they hate, about all the things they hate, day after day, for all that time? Without EVER once, trying to, “persuade,” anyone or change someone’s mind, but just to entrench that all important DIVISION? It’s the only, “agenda,” that makes sense. The, “narrative,” is less important, as it’s just the vehicle for that Division. You’ll see a LOT of Anti-Vaxers in the coming months, for example. Unable to get traction with trump, and with, “the steal,” on the threshold of public debunking, by the very people who perpetrated that lie, as they’re forced to testify about it, Putin will turn his attention to the issue that causes maximum Division in real time; and maximum harm, with the potential for violence and civil disorder. He’ll spread the word and his American outlets, Fox, etc, will process that, spreading, “doubts,” and blaming the vaccine for various illnesses, telling us there’s microchips in it, etc. I can make that prediction with full confidence, because America’s enemies are predictable; stupid, but cunning. Like a dumb animal, it may be an idiot, but it’s dangerous ✌️👍
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  1674. For what it’s worth, from a historian’s POV, here’s my analysis. If I get this right, I want a prize or something. Putin’s 6 mistakes so far: 1) Underestimating Ukrainian Resolve: Putin should have watched Ukraine On Fire on Netflix. 2) Overestimating his own armed forces. Their equipment is out of date and the boots on the ground are mostly conscripts. One person defending their home has 20 times the fight in them than one conscript who doesn’t want to be there. 3) Stated Objectives: No one in Russia knows WHY this is happening! Putin spent the last 20 years convincing Russians their claims on Ukraine were legit, because they are the, “same people and country,” essentially. Now they’re meant to go kill them all? 4) Putin’s REAL objectives: The whole point is to make sure Shell, Exxon and BP NEVER get to drill for those massive gas and oil reserves which rival Russia’s. It would take years to get it pumping, so he doesn’t want to pump it himself, either. He just wants to make sure NO ONE does, making him the only major supplier in Europe and the second biggest supplier in the world. 5) The west’s real objectives: Which brings us to Putin’s shock at the west’s resolve. Ever since energy security was a thing, for more than a 100 years, the west has NEVER relinquished control of energy security to the East, and they’re not going to start now, right or wrong. 6) How this ends: The west will remain as cautious as it dares to be and, sadly, won’t put Ukraine’s interests above that of energy security. Zelensky’s job is to keep those two interests aligned and to ensure he honours those deals with western oil developers to pay for rebuilding his country, along with reparations from Russia. If he plays his cards right, he could turn Ukraine into an energy powerhouse for the next 20 to 30 years, until the world is off its fossil fuel addiction? Which would only help move countries like Hungary toward democracy and away from reliance on a weakened Russia. Putin will bluff about nukes, but he wants to live as badly as any cowardly bully. He has mistaken the west’s caution for irresolution. They will not allow him to keep Ukraine. But since he keeps threatening nukes, they will do absolutely everything in their power; fomenting revolution in Russia, pouring in resources to Ukraine, long after they’re occupied, and anything else, and sanctions are only just getting started, until Putin is taken out in a palace coup, or taken down by a revolution. Governments of the west will prefer the palace coup for the sake of stability. We should hope for the Revolution, for the sake of real change.
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  1706. [name here] : Your abusive, angry, scared and somewhat, “Butt Hurt,” approach to argument, speaks VOLUMES about your insecurity and the FACT that you KNOW you are WRONG. Whether that is deep down inside you or you’re just another paid Troll, is irrelevant, but you are doing Putin’s work for him. So, “How is Putin benefiting from a Trump presidency?” SO FAR? * Putin OWNS Syria. The Dems were going to push him out, or at least back to his naval base there. So, Putin would NOT have been able to prop up Assad, and THAT “administration” would be GONE by now and we WOULDN’T be looking at images of innocent children being BOMBED by the TERRORIST government and the Russians NOW, if Trump had lost. * The SANCTIONS have STILL not been enforced, (a LOT of Putin’s PERSONAL CASH is involved there) and there WOULD have been MORE sanctions on Russia by now. Putin lives in DREAD of this, because he and his FSB GOONS have sucked up SO MUCH money from the people, that their economy is WAY TOO FRAGILE to cope with the instability that would result from MASS POVERTY in his country. Who knows, they may have already REMOVED PUTIN by now, had there been a Democrat government? Why do you “think” Putin HATES Hillary SO MUCH? Because he was SCARED of her. And I say this as a CONSERVATIVE. NOT saying I support these things. I’m just saying WHAT WOULD have happened. * Then there’s the Ukraine and the Crimea and Poland and Turkey to think about. How is Putin going to mange his “Buffer States” while he has to shift his armed forces into Moscow to prevent a coup? I COULD describe the very DIFFERENT CHAOS each one of those countries represents to Putin, but as I’m NOT speaking for YOUR benefit, I won’t bother. People who WANT the TRUTH, will find it. You ARE, after all, just a Troll 😁
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  1857. I heard about the ISW’s (Institute for Studies in Warfare) assessment, which bares out my own comment last week. That Putin seems to be deliberately reducing Prigozhin’s Wagner group, whilst blocking his attempts to refill his ranks from gyms, clubs and prisons around Russia. Russia’s internal wars mean that Ukraine has not faced properly trained, equipped and supported soldiers for some time now, but just sheer overwhelming numbers, with occasional injections of special forces groups, here and there, but not in any significant numbers. I do not fear for what might happen when the Russians finally do put their best on the front lines, as they lost their very best in the battle for Kiev and their failed invasion attempts around the whole eastern half of Ukraine last year. Putin might think he’s buying time to train and equip his latest swathe of conscripts, but they simply will not have the experience, will or matching equipment to halt Ukraine’s Spring offensive. Once Putin has less Ukrainian real estate than he began with in February of last year, combined with new countries joining NATO and the sheer financial losses Russia has suffered, all topped off with China’s visit making it clear that Putin cannot expect any significant under the table assistance, and Russia are now China’s junior partner, his position as leader will be untenable. Unless Russia breaks up and becomes like North Korea with China’s assistance - while China soaks up the populations of Russia’s southern regions into their borders, because, “populations,” (particularly young people) are what China so badly needs right now, I can’t even see how Putin survives into next year?
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  1873. Exactly. What do we take from this? “Women can’t speak for or stand up for themselves?” Because now it’s the 1950’s again? So much for feminism! The Me Too movement can go f*ck itself it seems? We’re back to having the men fight over a woman’s personal sense of offence. “Free speech is not protected?” because not one soul spoke up for Chris Rock or defended his right to do his job without fear of assault? The racists get to say, “See? You can’t even prevent black on black crime at the Oscars!” and make every racist case they like without fear of contradiction. And the academy responds by GASLIGHTING us, in a statement that says they won’t tolerate such acts, at the very moment that they do EXACTLY THAT! And don’t even MENTION the fact that Jada was feeling sensitive about a lame joke over hair loss, NOT CANCER or anything serious like that! Because Mr Smith has made it clear that we all have to apply to a third party for the privilege of having her name in our, “f*cking mouths,” like she was his 10 year old daughter or something! Man, F*ck will smith and f*ck Hollywood. And double f*ck Jada Plinket Smith for putting him up to it and not condemning it in the moment. She obviously hates feminism. The only good thing to come out of this was the fact that we all got to see Hollywood’s GIANT HYPOCRISY on full display. And the only person who comes out of this well is Chris Rock, who was an absolute star, handling it beautifully. Even when the academy really hung him out to dry.
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  2072. Just imagine what a slap on the wrist, “censure,” would do; which is as good as saying we’re ending the Republic, right there and then? Given that loss of office will result in countless immediate indictments (both Federal & State) which will land him and his family in jail, what alternative does a, ”man,” with his established record of destroying the Constitution and breaking all of the laws he runs up against, HAVE? So long as he can count on enough of his base and the party to remain in denial, and HATE Dems and other races, just enough to make them cheer when he pisses on the rule of law, he will have NO CHOICE but to have Moscow ENSURE his, “re-election,” in a Putin Style, 2020 SHAM. It’s that, or disgrace and jail! And, half of the GOP are IMPLICATED with him, so they’re fighting for their OWN SURVIVAL. They simply CANNOT remove him. What else CAN he do? 2020 will HAVE TO be RIGGED, because too many Americans were persuaded to HATE their, “fellow Americans,” MORE than they hate (or even understand WHO ARE) America’s enemies . . . Just look at the shills on this thread, desperately trying to bury their SHAME, because they KNOW they’re killing America, but aren’t strong enough to ADMIT what they WANT! They WANT a Russian Style, Single Party system, with just enough FAKE Democracy to keep up appearances . . . Trump = Putin Mark Two; the Puppet Version, and they just DON’T CARE. In fact, they PREFER it that way. They’ll take that over the fictional, “brown menace,” any day . . . America’s Republic is OVER
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  2191. Mike Oprisi : It’s already a, “Banana Republic,” when the reverse is true too. If, “someone at the top,” can order his own, “acquittal,” as happened at the risible Impeachment SHAM, why shouldn’t we expect that he’ll be hunting down all the people who put him there, spoke the truth when asked, or even simply failed to scream out hysterical support for Trump, loudly enough, when Trump, “felt like it”??? The problem here, is that people are still acting like this kind of thing still matters, when the Impeachment was the last nail in the Republic’s coffin. Who in their right mind, even imagines that they are “NOT” going to RIG the coming, “elections,” when we ALL KNOW if Trump is unseated, he and his family will be indicted and all go to jail? Which will lead to them, ”ratting out,” everyone from Bill Barr down to Devin Nunes, the indictment and imprisonment of the ENTIRE administration, leaving a historically disgraced skeleton of the Republican Party in its wake, to disband and flee from the press like escaped Nazis after WWII. They have SHOWN you that Democracy, law and order, and the Constitution are OVER in America, but you all keep up this DENIAL, as if, “elections,” will MEAN a GOD DAMNED THING?! And, I think you’re all doing that, because you all know, in your hearts, that being honest with yourselves can lead to to only ONE conclusion. Americans must accept they have a Russia Style, FAKE Democracy, more popularly known as a DICTATORSHIP, and be DONE with it, OR? . . . Revolution!!! There is no third option
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  2257.  @coreyham3753  : Therein lies the problem. It’s about identification. People are still unwilling to call the Republicans what they are, like the last few weeks of trump’s desperate, reality free power grab never happened? They are unwilling to call them Fascists. But, a cult of personality, who’s foundational narrative is a lie (increasingly racist in nature), who does not tolerate opposition parties, who uses violence and intimidation to get its way, is Fascist; by definition. I’ve read studies on fascism, and the way it creeps in, is the way it has here. It was the same in Spain, with Franco; in Italy, with Mussolini and in Germany, with Hitler. At first, everyone mocked and then dismissed them. Then they were forced to deal with their dictators, but constantly downplayed their evil, or worst impulses. But, never did they really address what was happening, because it happened divisively, inside people’s families. People don’t want to accept that their friends and neighbours might march them off to a camp one day. “Divide and conquer,” really works. You simply cannot, “build a bridge,” between reality and a racist lie. Even now, it’s the GOP who refuses to work across the isle, to compromise, while they are attempting to literally make it a Felony to expand voter enfranchisement! They are fascists, and you will NEVER reach a consensus with evil. The only way to deal with this, is to be real about it. Fascists are inherently evil, illogical, cowardly, liars, cruel, venal, and DANGEROUS. We can see that! But we still want to reason with them. And that is a mistake . . .
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  2312. becka king : Nah, you’re just being defensive now. Has it not occurred to you, that not EVERY person on the planet is AWARE of every single racial epithet that exists? I just wanted to know what, if ANY “relevance” the guy’s comment had to this video? Apparently none, right? And, apparently, “rice and beans,” has a racial stereotyping connotation? So, MY being ignorant of that fact, upsets you? Despite the fact that, as a political historian, I could probably blow your sensitive, fluffy, explosive, triggered little mind with facts that have a serious bearing on the issues of racism, of which you NO NOTHING? You are doing nothing constructive, here; just blowing off steam and alienating opponents AND would be allies; making YOU as big a part of the PROBLEM as ANY Trump “fan” or casual RACIST out there. And your PRIDE prevents you from owning your error, so you make the problem worse, by doubling down in true, Trump style. We REALLY DON’T WANT people like you, challenging racists or Trump fans. You ARE the problem. A useful idiot, driving the converted into deeper conviction, and pushing the undecided into the enemy’s camp. And, for the record, RACISTS ARE SCUM, as are ALL MEMBERS OF THE TRUMP CULT. Hold your tongue and STOP damaging the cause. Some of us are CONVINCING others of the TRUTH. Some of us use reason and logic, to PERSUADE. And some of us CARE enough about the fate of the country AND the planet, to set our own EGO to one side. Try it some time, instead of acting like TUMP?
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  2341. I heard about the ISW’s (Institute for Studies in Warfare) assessment, which bares out my own comment last week. That Putin seems to be deliberately reducing Prigozhin’s Wagner group, whilst blocking his attempts to refill his ranks from gyms, clubs and prisons around Russia. Russia’s internal wars mean that Ukraine has not faced properly trained, equipped and supported soldiers for some time now, but just sheer overwhelming numbers, with occasional injections of special forces groups, here and there, but not in any significant numbers. I do not fear for what might happen when the Russians finally do put their best on the front lines, as they lost their very best in the battle for Kiev and their failed invasion attempts around the whole eastern half of Ukraine last year. Putin might think he’s buying time to train and equip his latest swathe of conscripts, but they simply will not have the experience, will or matching equipment to halt Ukraine’s Spring offensive. Once Putin has less Ukrainian real estate than he began with in February of last year, combined with new countries joining NATO and the sheer financial losses Russia has suffered, all topped off with China’s visit making it clear that Putin cannot expect any significant under the table assistance, and Russia are now China’s junior partner, his position as leader will be untenable. Unless Russia breaks up and becomes like North Korea with China’s assistance - while China soaks up the populations of Russia’s southern regions into their borders, because, “populations,” (particularly young people) are what China so badly needs right now, I can’t even see how Putin survives into next year?
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  2363.  @seanpatrick1243  : Ah yes . . . Ayn Rand, that darling of the Right, who was so vocally against state funded healthcare, yet who spent the last eleven years of her life soaking up the taxpayer’s dollars, which paid for the treatment of her incurable cancer that she didn’t want to pay for. And Machiavelli, who was tortured and tossed out of his City State’s affairs, and who spent the last years of his life sucking up to the reinstated Medici’s, begging to be allowed back in, despite having conspired against them. He dedicated The Prince to the head of their family, and it never occurred to him that his book was in such poor taste, tone deaf and of such utterly scandalous content, that no one in their right mind would endorse the man who just published a tome on how to manipulate the state (using murder, threats, betrayal, blackmail and any other crime that comes to hand) just after having come back into power (using many of those methods) while their government was still unstable. Even Donny wasn’t dumb enough to publish a book called, “I Cheated My Way Into The White House And Here’s How I Did It.” Both are fascinating to read, in their own ways. But, GOP, “thinkers,” went in there without a responsible adult to hold their hands, put two plus two together, and came up with, “Orange.” Maybe the GOP could use some grownups to educate them? Maybe they’d understand why they keep failing so badly? But, first they’d have to learn how to admit it? 🤷‍♂️🙄 . . . ✌️👍
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  2391. Kenneth King : There aren’t any of those. Trump’s Cults all KNOW he’s full of shit, and they PRETEND to, “believe,” him. From his Secretary of State, down to the MAGA hat wearing morons at his Hitler Youth rallies. They simply DON’T CARE. They are HAPPY that Trump’s Coup worked out. They’re GLAD Democracy is at an END. So long as they get to FAKE IT, and go through the motions of, “Voting,” in 2020, KNOWING that the results are ALREADY RIGGED, they see it as just another chance to have a dig at, “the left,” (whoever TF they are?) with a popularity contest that has about as much, “validity,” as a Miss Universe Contest in Saudi Arabia, where the one in the Orange Burkha has paid them all for their votes. You need a BIG distraction, when your putting the POTUS on, “Trial,” in a, “Trial,” where witnesses are NOT allowed to testify, evidence is NOT allowed to be presented, and the, “Jury,” consists of Trump’s CONSPIRATORS who would GO TO JAIL THEMSELVES, if Trump lost his, “Protected, Presidential Status.” THAT would be like publicly ADMITTING that the republic has FALLEN. So, they had to get their boss man, Putin, to arrange this SHIT SHOW with Iran. Iran has spilled NO American blood, so far, and we’re meant to think they believe they’ve settled the score? It’s just a SHOW, that they had to put on, because the X-Factor and Love Island simply weren’t enough this time. After Trump completes his THIRD term, and can say that he has, “beaten Obama,” his daughter, Ivanka, will become your first female POTUS. And YOU WILL celebrate this outcome, as to refuse to go along, by this time, will be likely to get you arrested and disappeared. They will be consolidated by then, and Europe will be the last, shrinking, hold outs, clinging to semi-democracies, under constant attack from the various dictatorships of the globe, lead by America. Australia will have fallen long ago, having had a racist revolution which resulted in Aborigines having been OUTLAWED, along with ALL foreigners. The entire continent of Africa will be a GIANT SWEAT SHOP, owned by China and Russia, but the US will be allowed to buy shares. And, everyone will be too fucking scared to complain about their Dictatorship, as the rumours about the Political Readjustment Centres will be TERRIFYING. And, YOU will be among the last generation on Earth, who can remember Democracy, making you unemployable in the white collar market. As you scrape the shit from your mouth, where a passing Republican teenager decided to take one there, just to prove to his friends that he LEGALLY could, for a larf, you will recall the heady days, when Democracy was a thing, but you will never say that out loud. As that would be a crime, and it’s already bad enough, having a bar code on your forehead, marking you out as the lower class pleb you now are. So, you will thank the teenager for noticing you exist, as his girlfriend idly forces a broken bear bottle into your rectum, (because, why not? She’s bored too) and you will regret not taking your chance to have a second revolution, back in 2019, when you had the chance. And, as the blood spurts from your torn anus, you will notice what looks like an ambulance coming to your rescue. But, it will turn out to be just the street cleaners, also with bar codes on their foreheads, who have come to toss you into the back of their van, because you are making a mess in the street. A crime for which you will now be sent to the Political Readjustment Centre . . . SMH
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  2454. While I love Fareed’s show and always learn something new from every piece of analysis he offers, I sometimes find his take maddeningly obtuse. This was one of those days. There really is no point in the whole, “Coulda’, Woulda’, Shoulda’,” stuff now, Fareed. Of course it will get way worse! Russia’s, “federation,” is destined to break up into several countries, with China already eyeing the south eastern states that were formally Chinese before, needing a population boost as badly, if not more than, Russia does. That’s inevitable now, and that may well be entirely Putin’s fault, but it’s not like the west can do anything to halt that at this stage, as they once could? If they had forced Russia out of Crimea in 2014, or if Obama’s, “red line,” in Syria had been more than an empty bluff when Putin used sarin gas on their population, we may have been looking at a different scenario now? But as things stand, Putin is determined to retain power at any cost, which will result in a much smaller Russia being China’s vassal state, with several new independent countries seeking western help, while others fall into Xi’s lap. All we can do is assist Ukraine to win quickly, thus maintaining more control, rather than dragging this out so that Putin’s opponents have more time to organise and make covert alliances. We need to build relations with the potential break away leaders. Especially the pro-westerners who don’t want to wind up being a vassal of China’s.
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  2463.  @Cpk86  : See, the only problem with the, “poor me,” thesis is that it’s fine to complain about hard done to and exploited you think you are, until you meet an actual victim of human trafficking, or an actual slave, and then you realise that you’ve actually got it really good, living at a time when there’s less violent crime, less hunger, less exploitation, more legal protection, better health care, longer lifespans, more access to information, higher standards of education and generally a more tolerant society that lets people whine about how their own affairs haven’t worked out the way they’d hope and now they choose to blame, “society,” instead of taking responsibility . . . than ever before in human history. Maybe just take some of that responsibility, (even just a tiny bit, in your tiny corner of the world?) and do a charitable act? Be kind to someone? Say or do something thoughtful? Take some time to smell the coffee, realise you’re NOT a, “slave,” maybe feel a bit less sorry for yourself and don’t allow the truly cynical to exploit you by convincing you that you’re a, “victim,” of any kind? Because you’re not. One of the first images of this war that I saw on TV was three girls, dressed rather like my three used to, all blondes like my girls, get bombed off the stage by a f*cking Russian coward who feels no compunction about murdering children. Their bodies in that street, not unlike a British, average kinda’ street, after I just saw them walking together, is seared into my brain, like I was shown what it would look like if my corner of the world was bombed 10 years ago and my kids taken from me, just like that. Those people have, “problems.” You really don’t. Do something to help them.
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  2464.  @Cpk86  : See, the only problem with the, “poor me,” thesis is that it’s fine to complain about hard done to and exploited you think you are, until you meet an actual victim of human trafficking, or an actual slave, and then you realise that you’ve actually got it really good, living at a time when there’s less violent crime, less hunger, less exploitation, more legal protection, better health care, longer lifespans, more access to information, higher standards of education and generally a more tolerant society that lets people whine about how their own affairs haven’t worked out the way they’d hope and now they choose to blame, “society,” instead of taking responsibility . . . than ever before in human history. Maybe just take some of that responsibility, (even just a tiny bit, in your tiny corner of the world?) and do a charitable act? Be kind to someone? Say or do something thoughtful? Take some time to smell the coffee, realise you’re NOT a, “slave,” maybe feel a bit less sorry for yourself and don’t allow the truly cynical to exploit you by convincing you that you’re a, “victim,” of any kind? Because you’re not. One of the first images of this war that I saw on TV was three girls, dressed rather like my three used to, all blondes like my girls, get bombed off the stage by a f*cking Russian coward who feels no compunction about murdering children. Their bodies in that street, not unlike a British, average kinda’ street, after I just saw them walking together, is seared into my brain, like I was shown what it would look like if my corner of the world was bombed 10 years ago and my kids taken from me, just like that. Those people have, “problems.” You really don’t. Do something to help them.
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  2465.  @Cpk86  : See, the only problem with the, “poor me,” thesis is that it’s fine to complain about hard done to and exploited you think you are, until you meet an actual victim of human trafficking, or an actual slave, and then you realise that you’ve actually got it really good, living at a time when there’s less violent crime, less hunger, less exploitation, more legal protection, better health care, longer lifespans, more access to information, higher standards of education and generally a more tolerant society that lets people whine about how their own affairs haven’t worked out the way they’d hope and now they choose to blame, “society,” instead of taking responsibility . . . than ever before in human history. Maybe just take some of that responsibility, (even just a tiny bit, in your tiny corner of the world?) and do a charitable act? Be kind to someone? Say or do something thoughtful? Take some time to smell the coffee, realise you’re NOT a, “slave,” maybe feel a bit less sorry for yourself and don’t allow the truly cynical to exploit you by convincing you that you’re a, “victim,” of any kind? Because you’re not. One of the first images of this war that I saw on TV was three girls, dressed rather like my three used to, all blondes like my girls, get bombed off the stage by a f*cking Russian coward who feels no compunction about murdering children. Their bodies in that street, not unlike a British, average kinda’ street, after I just saw them walking together, is seared into my brain, like I was shown what it would look like if my corner of the world was bombed 10 years ago and my kids taken from me, just like that. Those people have, “problems.” You really don’t. Do something to help them.
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  2577.  @godless1014  : EDUCATION. That’s how you, “fight back.” First you win the war, with a transition of power, putting the lie to hopes that trump will somehow still be president. Then you win the peace, by punishing criminals, EXPOSING ALL OF THEIR LIES, for ALL TO SEE (which worked in Nazi Germany and post war Japan, so we KNOW it CAN be done) which is the first step in their education. You also INVEST huge amounts into Education. Smart people simply don’t vote far right, which is literally a scientifically measurable FACT. And you put smart, educated people in charge of that, instead of the Betsy types, who literally oppose education. It’s not so impossible. Most of them are not so far gone. Oh, and since we’re taking lessons from WWII, I should add that examples were made out of the Propagandists too. The Brit who broadcast from Germany, regularly trolling the Allies (known as Lord Haw Haw) was not even taken seriously by anyone. But, he was tried and HUNG regardless. Now, I’m not suggesting we hang Hannity . . . yet . . .But, we could institute some LAWS about the Definition of, “news,” like they do in the UK? Did you know, F*x has no operations in the UK whatsoever? They planned to. They spent the money and built the studios, etc. But, it all went wrong when the broadcasting Authority had to explain to them that it’s ILLEGAL to broadcast LIES and call it, “News,” in Britain. Rupert Murdoch fought that, to the highest courts in the land, and lost. He COULD have set up Fox in the UK? He could have had the exact same thing as he has in America, but on British soil. But, he just wasn’t allowed to call it, “news.” So, he had a trump style hissy fit, and left our shores without ever building Fox in the UK . . . To this day, the Brits have heard no more of F*x UK. It’s not difficult, if the will is there, and the lobbyists aren’t haunting every corridor of power . . . ✌️
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  2747. CNN got trapped in the Alt-Wrong’s narrative, through no fault of their own, and were painted as the opposite side of the coin as Fox, when they’re not even the same currency. Tell me? How could ANY news organisation report on, analyse or write Op Eds, etc, on the last administration, without pointing out their failures, lies and crimes? Just because the TRUTH made them look so bad, they got constantly attacked by the government and an entire corporate machine of right wing media for being honest, so they have been forced to justify their reporting, account for their journalism and back up every iota of information against an onslaught of hostile propaganda. All of that has created the image of a, “left leaning,” news organisation, “hostile to the government,” when they have always tried to be unbiased news! Stelter’s right. We should demand more from our journalists. They need to challenge more and hold the government accountable; not just on issues that concern the public, but on issues that SHOULD concern the public, if only they knew about them! But, you make a good point. I suspect they all just wanted to get through this event without making gaffs or getting into the usual spats we saw under trump, and they’re probably a bit disorientated from all of the previous knock about farces of the last 4 years? And they do need to step up their game now. But CNN is not pro or anti anything when they’re at their best. They’re trying to be straight news. And the demons at Fox won’t allow that, if they can help it. Our job is to refuse that narrative altogether and trust the journalism, by journalistic standards ✌️
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  2768. Now, that is an interesting take, Fareed. And, I confess, I certainly hadn’t thought about it quite like that before. However, I see certain factors at play that are historically unusual, everywhere I look. So, I doubt if anyone can make a truly certain guess as to where this all ends? What I see with optimism, for once, is that there is an unprecedented degree of international agreement over the coalition to break Russia’s economy, once and for all, so as to reduce their capacity for worldwide interference, which has also been unprecedented in recent years. Especially when we calculate Russia’s literal trillion dollar (or equivalent) investment in hacking, social media disruption and disinformation campaigns that have been causing such ills all around the world for the past decade or more? Whilst China remains our strongest and most pressing rival, economically, politically and in terms of raw power, Russia has been by far the biggest threat to worldwide stability, punching way above its own weight and getting away with political gadflying for far too long. Democracy itself has been facing the, “death of a thousand cuts,” because of this direct threat. And now that we have unsheathed our soft power and financial sword, so to speak, we have no alternative but to use it. The battle lines may have been drawn long ago, but the battle has been joined now. Losing that fight is not an option either. We can only hope that smarter people than us see the economic realities and have a responsible instinct regarding its impact upon worldwide democracy? We must scrutinise, criticise and hold accountable, everyone. But we must also trust our side and back it to win.
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  2838. So, I have a script for the movie called The President’s Speech: Inauguration Day. Yes. The sequel to the King’s Speech. It has everything. The boy from Scranton overcomes a crippling speech disability and talks way into our hearts and then, smooth talks his way into the White House. You get a montage, with Eye Of The Tiger playing in the background, of him doing all those funny exercises with his speech coach and love interest, Kamala; I know, but it’s Hollywood, so it’s got to be historically inaccurate. You get the moving bit, when he meets that boy, with the same disability, who breaks down crying, but never forgets the encouragement and ongoing support from Biden who befriended him. Then, that same kid comes back and gives a speech at Biden’s campaign, to violin music, which makes us all cry. And at the end, Biden makes the best damned speech, that unites the whole country behind him, to bombastic yet soaring Hans Zimmer music, that makes us all want to stand and salute him! And it ends with Kamala, softly breathing the words, “Shazam, Mr President,” as she kisses him in front of the world, on the podium. He winks and says, “Kamala, I’m lost for words.” They embrace, the crowd roars it’s approval, the score soars and the flying Delorian from Back To The Future circles overhead (for no explainable reason WHATSOEVER! Except that it looks SO damned cool!) and flies into camera with a crackling and a white flash! Role credits to the tune of Huey Lewis’s Power of Love! Would you pay to see that movie? I would! 🤣👏🥳✌️👍
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  3142. Tania Cleland : My honest, best guess: If you remember Billo Liely? He used to talk about ratings ALL the time, and established a culture at Fox, of equating viewing figures with veracity. Y’know? If more people watch this show, then it MUST be, “true,” kinda’ thing. Very insecure; very childish; but a kind of Marketing technique, which, being Fox, worked effectively on the weak minded viewership, seeking reassurance, to quiet their nagging doubts and consciences. Years on, because they do it all the time now, it’s actually taken hold. They ACTUALLY, “BELIEVE,” that Normals would be as insecure about ratings as they have been brainwashed into being. So, Trolls, “think,” (if there’s an actual word for their mental processes?) that mentioning ratings works as a, “Whaddabout,” technique. They genuinely, “think,” Normals would equate truthfulness with ratings, or at least, that they would be distracted and, “emotionally hurt,” by the mere IDEA that CNN was losing viewers. They cannot comprehend that it’s the FACTS that matter to Normals, because they think we are like them; in allegiance to a news channel which acts as our mouthpiece, like theirs does. Therefore, we’d consider the failure of CNN as the failure of our, “side.” They’re genuinely THAT FAR GONE! “Brainwashed,” just isn’t a big enough superlative. But, that’s why we get, “the failing NY Times,” from Trump, right? Like their commercial status has ANYTHING to do with ANYTHING? Because, in their fucked up world, it DOES. Sorry. I went on a bit, there. But, it’s a, “Whaddabout,” that would work on them, is my best guess ✌️👍
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  3276. stephen wedderburn : It is required, by International and US Military law, that you cannot stand by, while a crime is committed. Obviously, the commanders on the ground, like you and I, are not naive, and probably know better than we do, that Trump is following Putin’s directives, here. But, they also know that they have no way to establish that, and that an order is an order. As the orders have no violence attached to them, they would not even question them, officially. Nor, would we want them to, as they have no way of guessing at the broader strategy behind such orders. However, events on the ground are a different ballpark. “Someone,” alerted Trump to the fact that US troops would be witness to atrocities, as the fighting was literally closing in on them, from all sides. So, a corridor had to be created, (the ceasefire) in which to get them out, without being put in a compromising position; as there are no orders telling them NOT to intervene, if they a witness to war crimes. These are, after all, their personal friends, with whom they have spilled the same blood, in the same mud. As I said, above, this is why the ceasefire was not respected, as it was only a deal, between Erdogan and Trump, to allow US troops to get out, without exposing them to what’s going on. So, the Turks have continued to blast areas where they know there are no US military. The short answer is: No, they can’t question their orders. But, yes they could intervene or even refuse unlawful orders, if confronted with their allies and their families being murdered. Which is why they have been shielded from that, after Trump was informed of the potential mess that could result, too late. Does that answer your question?
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  3509.  @richieg1887  : Haven’t you noticed? It’s either always the same old names or brand new accounts that come to LIVE on CNN, to tell everyone else not to watch CNN. They are Donny’s, “deep state,” and one of the most compelling reasons we should ALL pay attention to CNN. The more of them there are, and the louder they get, the more important the story is to either trump or PooTin. That’s how we know. If it hadn’t been for troll activity CNN might not be so popular world wide? They have convinced the world that there’s an awful lot that the enemies of America’s Republic don’t want us to, “believe.” They are what convinced so many activists to get active in the cause of democracy. They’re the morons who seem to think that Stalin’s old Orwellian techniques of propaganda, handled hamfistedly and with all the maturity of an angry, racist nine year old with a behaviour disorder, can still work in the modern era. They were only half right. It works just fine on their own channels, where they’re preaching to the choir who are looking for excuses to justify their laziness of thought, their racism and their desire to, “blame,” the other for their own entitlement and failure. But, when they come to mature, grown up channels, they merely serve to convince adults that they’re scared of adult thinking, reason, logic, science and truth. In that sense, we owe these morons a debt of gratitude for shooting themselves in the foot, SO comprehensively. They have literally convinced millions to oppose trump, trumpism and Putinism.
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  3511. Nuno Foo : Good of you to say that. Thanks. I’m not offended, nor am I surprised at ignorance and bigotry. It’s one of the last bastions to be conquered; we don’t attack people because of their sexuality or skin color, but even the, “liberals,” among us, still feel that it’s open season on our inner most thoughts, faith and the things that give us comfort, in an incomprehensible world. Of course, if I said I was a Muslim, most of those same liberals would have nothing to say to me, because they think it’s somehow, “racist,” to attack THAT belief, even though there is such a thing as Caucasian Muslims (that thought would not occur to them). Whether you believe that God made the universe to behave randomly, in such a way that terrible things can happen, but so that the precious Free Will that makes us human and not robots, CAN exist; or, whether, like me, you spent the first four decades of your life never considering the possibility of a God, until you met the guy, I have no problem with you or what you believe. It goes without saying, I hope, that I do have a problem, at the moment you impose your belief onto someone else, use it as an excuse to attack others, or just give yourself a cheap thrill by trying to hurt people you don’t even know. But, then science WANTS that battle (or some scientists do) because they are educated enough to know that THEY are the Prophets of the modern era, capable of working miracles and bringing down destruction upon us. So, they want the money and respect that goes with that, after having spent years being called a nerd. Who can blame them for human frailty? Not me? But then, I don’t go around, randomly kicking people in the balls, for being different, like some of the, “science fans,” who seem so eager to disqualify chunks of our population from the human race, in an ironically unscientific way. My daughter is a physicist at a world-leading University and a Christian. This is possible, in small part, because I brought her up to believe that the two things - faith and science - are NOT mutually exclusive; but, that Religion (whether it is of the science variety or the alleged, “faith,” type) never mix well. I really appreciate you reaching out, like that. You did more for me, with those few, well chosen words, than you can know. Again . . . Thank you 🙂✌️
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  3584. Roy Gonzalez : If Flynn makes it to court again, that will be all the evidence you need that he’s about to be let off the hook. How many people on death row, or just guilty of betraying our country, would LOVE to be able to change their plea, AFTER SENTENCING??? Merely entertaining that NOTION is a TRAVESTY! We HAVE TO STOP!!! Seriously, America! You are being PLAYED by the CLASSIC Putin Tactic on, “How To Maintain Your Dictatorship.” You always think the, “remedy,” is just around the corner, because that’s what they WANT you to think! The imprisonment of half of Trump’s campaign team? Surely, he can’t survive THAT, right? The trial and imprisonment of his Cabinet members? It must be close now? His impeachment!? CAUGHT! REDD HANDED! No? . . . Nothing? . . . Then definitely the, “elections,” right? . . . They can’t be RIGGED can they? . . . ALREADY? . . . WAKE UP, AMERICA! Your Republic has FALLEN! And, by acting like they have, “not,” already decided NOT to go to jail, is BEYOND NAIVETY NOW! It’s RECKLESS ENDANGERMENT! You are buying the Dictatorship the time it needs to CONSOLIDATE AND PREPARE ITS EXCUSES, FOR WHY THE BALLOTS SEEM DODGY IN KEY STATES! You should be Revolting?! Maybe you love your Orange Monarchy? Maybe you hate them? Just, PLEASE??? For the LOVE OF GOD??? Will you ALL STOP COLLUDING WITH THE IDEA THAT YOUR “ELECTIONS” ARE NOT ALREADY RIGGED??? The entire administration and the whole Trump K K Klan will GO TO JAIL, if Trump loses his power!!! Which means he’s KEEPING IT! For LIFE! Unless he hands it over to his daughter, maybe? But, they have NO CHOICE but to insulate themselves, because they’re ALL CRIMINALS! Just please, WAKE UP!
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  3628. MaL: C : In Stalin’s Russia, the whole trick was about it being obvious. The idea was, if Stalin said the moon was not real and just a conspiracy, his cult like followers all KNOW that’s bollox, but there’s a double payoff for acting like they, “believe,” it. In America, the payoff has mostly been about trolling America. It is disconcerting to imagine that millions of Americans might actually, “believe,” the moon’s not real. But, in Stalin’s Russia, where he had control of ALL but dissident media, it was a Test Of Loyalty. The whole point of it was that you would repeat Stalin’s fictions, as though they were facts, and if you didn’t, you were identified as an, ‘undesirable.” If trump cheated his way to a 2nd term, his first attacks will be on CNN and MSNBC; probably (as it already looks likely?) a hostile takeover of the company that owns CNN, and the break up of MSNBC, with a bunch of faked, “scandals,” law suits, and show trials. The rest of the media gets the message, and plays ball, or goes out like their colleagues. Everything Trump does is Stalin’s playbook, which is hardly surprising, when it comes from the teachings of his coach, Putin. So, it’s NOT that the cult, “believes,” trump. They fake it, for effect. Their problem now, of course, is that it’s not for, “fun,” anymore. Now they do it out of FEAR. They fear, “We told you so.” They fear shame and humiliation, when they see they can’t get any of their stolen funds back. They fear “payback” in a lawful society, that checks their racist klan gatherings. They fear seeing their leaders go to jail, and the end of their dystopian dream of a white America, in which greed and racism are all that matters. But, most of all, they fear the TRUTH, as their reaction to this, “Fact Checking,” so clearly demonstrates. After all, they are about to join an exclusive club? The group of victims who got shafted the hardest, out of any con in history; a mark of shame that will live with them forever, and change their lives. They’re right to fear the truth, too. There’s no hiding place. Sorry to go on like that. I’m rather passionate ✌️👍
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  3638.  @elizabethwhite1068  : Take comfort, my friend. Several things are going to happen and the right will rally to the banner of their next big thing, soon enough. Keep in mind also, that many of the cult don’t, “believe,” this nonsense any more than you or I do. It’s a convenient fiction for them, because Donny is a racist, which is the only thing they really like about him. But, Donny won’t attend the Inauguration Ceremony, because that would be an admission to his Cult, of Biden’s legitimacy. That’s literally what it’s for; passing on the baton. And, to trump, “bending the knee,” and acknowledging Biden’s supremacy over him. So, where will he go? With all those warrants and indictments to worry about? For him, his family and his colleagues? He can’t be IN America on Jan 20th? But, he can be in a country with no extradition treaty? And he can take all that MONEY Roger Stone’s collecting for him. And, that will just be the first blow to the cult, that will come, one after another, when the DOJ’s INDEPENDENCE is restored, and all of Donny’s betrayals of America are revealed. The cult will discover that THEY were always Donny main target when it to financial scams. And, when he’s rendered ineligible for office, due to his criminal record (as will be his family) and there’s a new face in town, gathering up the fans, (to who’m Donny could never accept 2nd place) his former cult will HATE him with a passion and never forgive him for robbing them . . . It’s not Donny I’m worried about. Or his Million Moan Marchers, who showed they could only muster a few thousand (far less than Hillary got, after the 2016 elections) and that was when they had MOMENTUM! It’s whatever comes next? Has Putin got anyone else lined up? He must be thinking about it? We need to make some EXAMPLES to scare off future traitors? So, people see it’s not worth the risk? Don’t you think? Not for, “revenge.” For National Security! ✌️👍
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  3725. Pixie Girl 333 : And therein lays the problem. Edmond Burke’s tired old line is as true now, as it was when he said it, “All evil needs, to succeed, is for good men to do nothing.” I’m sure he would have included “women” had he lived today. There IS NO, “fence,” to sit on, or, “middle ground,” to occupy; no, “neutrality,” nor, “even-handedness,” remains available to us. There is not even any, “politics,” any longer. The fence has been smashed, and the middle ground has been invaded. There is ONLY right and wrong, remaining. Those who are paralysed by indecision, or who wish to entertain safe, comforting illusions of neutrality, will be swept aside by one side or the other. I don’t say this to alarm, upset, distress or make you feel ANY negative emotion. I am simply stating facts. And, sadly, the facts are ugly. But, remember, you can no more be neutral in the face of this WORLD WIDE ATTACK upon Democracy, than you can in the face of Nazism. You can either start, “Zieg Heiling,” and hope to be accepted, or you can FIGHT to restore DEMOCRACY. It was the ATTACKERS, the Russians and their colluders, who kicked out the fence from under us, and invaded all the safe spaces. But, if you hope to lay down under a white flag, in the midst of the battle field, well . . . good luck with that? But, NEVER forget, by attempting to appease BOTH sides, you risk becoming the enemy of BOTH sides. Inaction is a CHOICE, with CONSEQUENCES, JUST as SEVERE as any action you could take, for one side or the other. Don’t let them fool you into thinking anything else. Silence is COMPLICITY. God bless you
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  3810.  @DJaquithFL  : Running away fixes nothing, but it sure shows where your, “loyalties,” lie. And, to the natives in 1643, your family were no more, “colonists,” than the Russian Army is in the Ukraine. That’s just rebranding and repackaging, but the actions haven’t changed. America survived one, “civil war,” and came out stronger than ever, so I’m not going to upsticks and run, just because some Nazis want to take over. And, so far as, “where,” you, allegedly moved your, “money,” I have a shock for you, in one word; “Globalism.” It’s a thing, which you can’t change any more than the whether. It makes no difference, “where,” your money is, only where you are. That’s where the property, goods and services are going, and you’re already supporting various global industries around the globe, merely by eating, sleeping and shitting there: fact. Flee, if that’s your solution. Maybe you’ll get treated like we treat, “colonisers,” in your new country, and learn a few things? Or, like trump’s forebears, maybe you’ll want to come home, when things don’t work out, but be refused by an isolationist government? Now, wouldn’t THAT be funny. But, the saddest part? You’re fleeing for all the wrong reasons, pursuant to your tenuous grasp of how the world works. And when you get there, you’re problems will be no different. Because YOU will still be there . . . So long . . . Don’t let the door hit you on the ass on your way out . . .
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  3865. Lou Hayhurst : People run and hide inside religions, or science, or even faith. And, because their emotions brought them there, they rage at each other as if they were arguing two sides of the same coin. The mistake they make, is that they’re not. Faith has something to say on all topics. Science has nothing to say about faith. At least, the Dawkinsian type of science doesn’t, though it thinks it does. Religion, is just the organisation of people of ostensibly shared faith, into a hierarchy for political management, which is why it has failed, and become an anachronism. We have politics for that, now. It was never meant to be, and it has little to do with, the teaching of Jesus, which is why we have the kind of problems with it that we do now, where it only attracts people who need therapy into its leadership roles. Religion is the enemy of faith. I can’t agree with your comment on intelligence and science. Richard Dawkins is a deeply stupid person, but he’s also very accomplished at science. He has more in common with Donald Trump, so far as intellect or intellectual honesty is concerned. I forget the name of the man who wrote the book, The Science Delusion, but his story about Dawkins, though jaw dropping, is banal in its shear unsurprisingness. You come away thinking, “That book was WAY better than I expected it to be,” and, “Why am I not surprised to discover that Dawkins is just another cheap trickster, trying to exploit the religion market’s obverse face?” Don’t get me wrong. I am from a family of scientists and my daughter studies physics at an elite University. But, she believes in Jesus, through no, “fault,” or, “interference,” of mine. Anyone who tells you that the two worlds are mutually exclusive, is selling you a dud. Scientists are the high priests of the new church, able to work miracles, save and extend lives, collect samples from outer space, and make it possible for you and I to disagree, as friends, I hope, about the fundamental truth of life, at the speed of light, around the globe. And, they’re in direct competition with the old order of priesthood. And neither side likes to be questioned. Read the Science Delusion? It’s not what it sounds like. The author is a world class scientist, in his own right; respected in his field, and you can see his Ted Talks on YouTube. Nice talking with you ✌️
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  3893. TheDude0fLife : At this stage, for, “Conspiracy Theory,” see, “Self Justification.” When you’re all out of excuses, have no logical, reasoned arguments, but feel the, “emotional,” need to stick to your guns, why not try out an un-disprovable, made up, story? The only problem with that, is you get to the point where you’ve jumped the shark, and find yourself trying to keep a straight face, whilst arguing that Hillary is a, “staffer murdering, uranium selling, intel bleaching, pedo-ring running,” Super Villain, with no answer as to why the most powerful man on the planet cannot, “lock her up,” even though she’s meant to be his arch enemy and he couldn’t prevent his own entire Campaign Team from going to jail. But, they’re still racists and and greedy, and they know they can count on Trump to be the same, so they just find themselves losing more and more of their, “colleagues,” and shouting slogans, or hate-speech, to try to put people off coming to news sites at all. The sheer HUMILIATION of doubling down so much, starts to make people ill, and they just get hysterical and start reaching for their weapons. And, instead of condemning that, Trump has a bunch of Hispanics rounded up, while he’s visiting ground zero, tacitly telling them he’s on their side. So, they, “think,” they can, “just hold on.” But, they’ll end up poorer than they ever were, by the time the dust settles, and blaming the Dems, who are trying to fix all the problems, and can’t afford tax handouts, because the last bunch squandered all our money on parties
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  4032. Ben Fitz : You weren’t able to understand Nias’ comment and have attempted to crowbar your prejudice into the argument, because you recognised a reference to “immigration.” And you were utterly wrong. I moved here from England in 2006. A safer and, currently, wiser and more stable country than America is, right now. Population increases are dropping all around the globe and, ironically, by 2030, America will be appealing to Mexicans in particular to come and work in America, despite mechanisation. I don’t expect you to believe me. But, I think you will remember I told you this. Britains sees America as being in some kind of meltdown and they feel GLAD not to have the kinds of problems the US is suffering through: Evangelicals claiming that Trump is God’s man, while there are mass shootings on a weekly basis, shooting deaths daily, wild fires, floods and even earthquakes, while our corrupt boss bows before Putin, taunts and insults his own people, instead of leading them, takes away Net Neutrality, so the bad guys can control the message, and introduces a Tax Heist, so the HE won’t personally suffer the consequences of the inflation and poverty that he caused. And he’s blatant about it. And YOU have fallen for his CON? You care MORE about “foreigners”; believing the LIES you are told about Europe, than you do about your own interests. Well, you may just GET what you want and end up extremely poor, in a country where law and order no longer matters, among white people. What a GLORIOUS future you have
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  4033. Nias : My brother, an expert in computer tech, tell me NEVER touch “click bait.” (Nothing personal) But, I’m guessing that your link shows how Trump fiddled the Visa rules in order to have cheap labour imported from foreign countries, to work at Mar a Lago? Is that right? Unfortunately, it’s been demonstrated, time and again, that Trump’s blatant hypocrisy does not impact on his “base” at all. However, it is still very important to put the word out, whenever and where ever possible. As a conservative, political historian, I think America will pull through and is unlikely, as many are suggesting, to lose its hegemony this century, for good or ill. Nevertheless, what you are pointing to is exactly right and it WILL COST us dear. We will have to pay the painful price of this crisis, sooner or later, but, IF WE CAN’T ACTUALLY COMMUNICATE, we COULD actually self-destruct! You may think I am being tiresome about this, but Net Neutrality is EVERYTHING, here. All modern revolutions, coups and invasions have this single element in common. Along with military, legal and law enforcement institutions, and the main utilities and sources of wealth, they ALWAYS GO AFTER THE TV AND RADIO STATIONS. He who CONTROLS THE MESSAGE, WINS. Nowadays, that means the WEB. And once private interests can do what they like, they will find themselves being lobbied and offered serious cash, by SHELL COMPANIES to prioritise one service over another. The problem will only worsen, until they can blatantly shut down web services at will, overtly punishing those who don’t toe the line. We should ALL be campaigning about this issue? Regardless of sides too. As, it COULD be the “left” who ends up in control OR the “right.” But, you can BANK on this: Putin will throw EVERYTHING HE HAS at this, and we should ALL be ALARMED
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  4054. Justin P : You make some good points, but do you see who is to blame? ALL of us. The biggest Globalists, are people like Trump, Putin, the Saudis, etc, who have no compunction about setting children to work in their sweatshops, outsourced to foreign countries, because such practices are illegal at home. Think about that, each time you look at one of Trump’s red MAGA hats, made in China, by children? Nothing any of us say or do will change the fact that Globalism is here, unless we shut down the internet forever. Businesses, the military, news and media and, of course, social media, will be global until technology ends. You can’t STOP that, any more than you can change the weather, through shear force of will. The question is WHAT we do, given that it exists? And, NOT to be taken in by the main critics of Globalism, who exploit it to its fullest. Trump praises internet Trolls, and invited Putin to help him in 2020, using his Global network. They will do it again, with greater vigour and more resources, AND inside help, and you’ll probably see Trump become Dictator for life, given that he can’t afford to lose the protection of his job title. The mistake is to claim that one, “side,” is Globalists, and the other isn’t. We are ALL Globalists, and this conversation is PROOF of that. I’ve done very nicely, BECAUSE of Globalism, but it does make it easier to deceive people, exploit the vulnerable and destroy the integrity of politics. Like the weather, again; sometime lightning destroys stuff. So, instead of pretending that anyone is in control of it, we should build some shelters for people, to protect them, rather than blaming others for making something that we want every bit as much as they do. Admit the rough with the smooth? Be a realist?
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  4119.  @dakotadurham4788  : It’s very simple. Read your own comments more carefully. You asked questions, I answered them in full. Once again, your allegations against, “the left,” are left unsubstantiated; without even clarity about what you mean, this time, let alone evidence or references. The only clear allegation is that, “the left,” controls all the media, which is ludicrous, if Fox’s own propaganda is to be believed? They constantly tell us they are the most watched and trusted station, making them THE mainstream of media. You can’t have it both ways. But, with the rise of Newsmax, there is clearly a growing far right, “current affairs,” appetite, also making them more, “mainstream,” than truth. And I am most certainly NOT talking about about, “half of the country,’’ as Trumpism has already lost its appeal to the voters, which is why he lost the election. It can only have gotten far worse, since his acts of betrayal against the nation, and his ongoing refusal to accept defeat, only shows him to be utterly untrustworthy around any power. The, “Fascists,” to whom I refer, are the enablers in the GOP, and the cowards, too frightened to call trump out. Trump’s political, “ideology,” is precisely and empirically Fascist, as already described. Those who follow and support him, are either ignorant of his full blown fascism, ignorant of his threat to them, or just racist enough not to care. But, they are NOT even a majority of the GOP voting half of America. But, just so that you understand the difference between a Conservative, like me, and a Fascist supporter, like you; even if 99% of Americans supported trump, I would still call him a Fascist, because that’s what he is. And those who understand where supporting him leads, and still support him, they are Fascists too. Most of the loudest ones don’t know they’re fascists yet, and I’m working to save them from themselves, to prevent them from finding that out. Most of trump’s most rabid, rank and file, are just ignorant and racist. I know you want to mythologise about, “MSM,” because that’s the particular weed up your ass today, however insubstantial your heartfelt emotions are in fact, but I only answered the queries you put to me, whether rhetorical or not. That’s because that was the only topic worth discussing. Read Prof Stanly G Payne’s seminal study on Fascism from 1914 to 1945? That will remove all of your pretensions at ignorance.
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  4233. Luke : That last paragraph made me lol, but here’s an, “honest,” answer. I am one of MANY Conservatives who will be voting to ensure the REMOVAL of the GOP, and, as we’ve seen, in Virginia, Pennsylvania, Alabama, etc, there are MANY others like me. When you speak “against” generalising, you need to understand, therefore, that you do NOT speak for ALL Trumpski supporters. And YES, you ARE a Trumpski “Fan” whether by, withholding your vote, or voting for the GOP, that is what you are. We are defined by what we DO, not what we SAY, to justify our recklessness to ourselves, after the fact. We can AGREE that Hillary was an APPALLING candidate. I too, am GLAD she is out of it. No more, business as usual, dynastic, patronising, “Mommy knows best,” big business, patrician, leaders, THANK YOU. But, to back a guy, who ACTIVELY ATTACKS AMERICAN businesses, personalities, law and order, its institutions that CREATED America, and EVEN his OWN COLLEAGUES, while ACTIVELY SUCKING UP TO DICTATORS and IGNORING Facebooks APPALLING VIOLATION of America, and then go on to OPENLY LIE about Amazon? . . . You’d HAVE TO BE MAD or a TRAITOR! And THAT’S WITHOUT all the Russia stuff. . . The “abortion” argument, is a Red Herring, given that Trump has persuaded women to have abortions, and that there are GOP politicians who back the policies you hate and DNC politicians who back YOUR argument? But THAT brings me to the issue of WHY you seem unaware of this OBVIOUS flaw in your baby protection debate . . . The News . . . I look at Fox, “news,” and I cannot BELIEVE the HYSTERIA, LIES and MADNESS. Yet YOU think CNN is “worse”??? COME OOOHHHNNN??? Not even Republicans buy THAT! Did you KNOW the Republican Politicians HAVE TO watch CNN and MSNBC? Do you know WHY? It’s because, if they DON’T they risk looking like IDIOTS when they give interviews, as they CAN’T find out what is ACTUALLY HAPPENING on Fox! If they DO get some nugget of truth, it’s likely to be SO BADLY DISTORTED that they’ll look STUPID for repeating it. That is a FACT that you can look up for YOURSELF. I too, have concerns about abortion laws. But, I would NEVER SELL OUT AMERICA, for that cause? And, given the the GOP and Trumpski, do not CARE about that child, once it’s OUT of the womb, the HYPOCRISY of their argument, reveals to anyone who’s THINKING for THEMSELVES, that it’s shear POPULISM. They don’t “CARE” about you or ANYONE. They just want YOUR MONEY
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  4634.  @junedimond1693  : Gas prices went up in Texas, not here, kid. That’s blue states for ya’. Taxes haven’t risen. You seriously going to pretend there was no, “crisis,” at the border, while Donny was there? 🤦‍♂️ partisan hackery is so lame. Give Joe a chance to clean up trump’s Concentration Camp mess??? They’re still looking for missing CHILDREN! But, you can always count on prices going up, sooner or later (funny how they never go down, right?) and, “blame,” whomever, when you’re a racist hack with no ideas. But, forget that Covid’s coming under control and people are getting their vaccinations, despite the sabotage of trump’s goons. Forget all the Green Energy jobs he’s creating, or his plan to offer everyone work with an FDR style Infrastructure Package (something Donny was meant to be good at, yet didn’t even look at!) or that he’s going to reform the voting system, so everyone gets an equal vote and killing off suppression. Forget that investment is already coming back, or that we’re no longer on the brink of war every other week, depending if trump remembered to kiss Kim in his DM’s. America just feels better. 75% of the population can’t be completely wrong about Joe? Maybe they’re just relieved he didn’t ONCE seek revenge on any of the GOP Qults who tried to destroy the Republic, literally!? By voting to overturn a democratic election DURING an violent Insurrection? You should be grateful the FBI aren’t at your door? Oh, that’s right. You’re not IN America, are you? . . . SMH 🤦‍♂️
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  4871. Dwight Blackwell : I found your exchange with ConservativeAnthem interesting. Is it not fair to say that, we know most of the allegations against Trump will be proven true? Also, that there are legions of Trolls at work, doing what they can to confuse the facts, alienate reasonable people from commenting, etc? And in THAT regard, surely, we must not fall for the last trick that the Putinistas have up their sleeve? They would DIVIDE Trump’s opposition into various camps. It’s their ONLY hope for the Mid Terms. That, and, as Tillerson hinted, with his, “We can’t stop Russian interference in 2018,” remark: which seems to imply that they will TRY to get the public to accept an unknowable quantity of Russian interference, so they can “claim” that they “probably” won? When you are outnumbered, and you KNOW what the “rivalries” ARE, within the enemy’s camp, you EXPLOIT them to the hilt, right? I was a Republican, who, already somewhat disillusioned, LEFT the Party, upon Trump’s nomination. The reasons I gave to friends and family seemed too far fetched to them. I have since received a great many apologies, from people who got VERY mad at me, over it, at the time. I no longer KNOW any Trump supporters. But, what I KNOW I HAVE TO DO, in the Mid Terms, is stand by WHOEVER will defeat the Republican Candidate. We MUST UNITE. I never “liked” or “trusted” HRC. Frankly, I’m GLAD she’s GONE. She DID buy up the Dem’s debts and take over the running, thus OUSTING Bernie. May not have been illegal, but it WAS WRONG. Many of those who voted for Trump, WOULD have voted for Bernie. They were DESPERATE, and STILL ARE. What I’m saying (forgive my longwindedness?) is that there ARE all kinds of issues that we can point to, that we may be RIGHT about, too, which divide us. But, if we don’t all stand together, for the upcoming elections, there will BE NO DEMOCRATIC FORUM, in which to set things right. If THAT means voting Democrat this year, then I’ll GLADLY do it. Like the old man said, “we either hang together, or we’ll BE HANGED, separately.” What do you think?
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  4872. Swnsasy _ : Two things there. Trump “fans” are not nearly so blind as the Trolls want you to believe. There are SO MANY Russian, and Russian hired, Trolls at work on YouTube, that the view of reality is skewed. But, among Republicans that I know, I don’t know one SINGLE person that will vote Republican, so long as Trump is still around, and some, who have lost their taste for the party altogether. Sure there’s a significant “hard core” and they must never be underestimated, but of those, very few really believe what the trolls say, even when pretending to. They just don’t have the numbers this time around, now that Trump has actually been in office and we’ve SEEN what SCUM he is, and how he’s brought out the absolute WORST in America and the GOP. So long as the opposition remains united. The other thing: There was ALREADY a money laundering investigation, going on under the radar, lead jointly by the FBI and CIA, into Trump, BEFORE he got into politics. Indeed, some say that Trump took this route so as to avoid prosecution. Don’t know if that’s true, but I do know that Trump’s Mafia buddy, was ALREADY a stoolie for the FBI, years ago, and is believed to have worn a wire for them. Honestly, I think the money laundering bit, will be the easiest conviction they’ll get. Mueller has quite literally got the BEST EXPERTS IN THE WORLD, in EACH AND EVERY DEPARTMENT of cyber crimes, money laundering, international law, espionage, business law, tax law, YOU NAME IT. And he’s an unflappable professional, at the height of his powers and experience. Believe me, there ain’t no “if” in this, only when. I could imagine them holding onto SOME crimes, for the sake of other investigations? But, even then, Mueller knows that you never cut a powerful adversary a break. You nail that sucker, and bury the pieces miles apart. I saw the Netflix series, you mentioned. So did Mueller 😉
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  4951.  @davidbourne8267  : Machiavelli only wrote one tome which explored the principles of statecraft from the point of view of doing whatever it takes to achieve your ends, The Prince. And that book has been misinterpreted by people who’ve never read it ever since. He speaks as much about justice, truth and wise administration of the rule of law just as he does the darker impulses of men with power. He was controversial at that time for a range of reasons, most notably for saying out loud the things people had never dared to put on the page about the manipulative elements of statecraft before. Anyone who has read The Prince will quickly understand that it is not a book advocating for, “evil machinations,” but one that explores practical truths; good, bad and ugly, in a frank and honest manner. With that out of the way, it is pointless to discuss current events through the prism (nay, psychological, “prison”) of the actions of previous administrations who’s goals were entirely different from those at play now. That is simply, “Whaddabouting,” but with more steps. All that is truly clear from your commentary is that you don’t like America and that you read The Prince when you were too young to grasp it. I only hope it wasn’t a part of your school curriculum, as that would be an equal condemnation of your teacher, if not your educational system as a whole? If you wish to be taken seriously, (as you appear to be working at it?) you must focus on the matters that pertain directly to the case in hand. By all means, reference history, but stick to what is relevant, or you will lose everyone in a collective role of the eyes. After all, we have heard it ALL before and that really hasn’t moved the needle for you, has it?
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  4967.  @davidhunt7249  : Honest response? Full disclosure. I am, by American standards, a wealthy man, probably in the top 10% of wealthy, if not higher. I’m not ashamed of that, nor do I see being rich as inherently bad, or automatically at the cost of my fellow Americans. I used my brain, because I hate physical labor, and I contributed (in my own, tiny, way) to the monolith of historical knowledge out there, among other things. After 20 years working in various forms of children & family services, I learned that the only real impact I could have, to help people in need, was to earn money and influence. In my view, it’s not the nature of Capitalism per se that is bad. Just, “unchecked,” and, “unregulated,” capitalism, which leads to overwhelming temptation, desperation, jealousy, corruption and crime. Our values are skewed in such a way that a desperate criminal, trying to feed his family, having never had the advantages of education, being born with wealth, or, “connections,” often result in that person being punished far more harshly than someone who gambles with the nations life savings, knowingly committing multiple crimes, and loses. The latter guy can afford a battery of defence lawyers, and often finds himself connected personally to local politicians or even the judge in his case, and gets to be free, not remanded, even whilst awaiting trial, despite having, “robbed,” and RUINED the lives of literally millions of Americans. We saw that in the aftermath of the 2008 Banking Crisis. If levelling that playing field is called, “socialism,” then I’m a socialist. Along with giving access to healthcare, water, decent housing and quality education. Those things should be treated as human rights, as we move into the Hydrogen Age. But, I cannot agree that Capitalism is in itself, “bad.” Just as we have seen that no, “Communist,” country has EVER practised genuine Communism, Capitalist Countries have NEVER addressed the inherent flaws in a system that relies upon fair regulation, and that should, Constitutionally, write into its laws that, “inequality is to be considered the enemy of democracy AND successful Capitalism.” If trump’s regime taught us anything, it was that the people in charge cannot and should NEVER be trusted to regulate their own systems. Indeed, the biggest problems with trump’s regime was their constant attempts at encroaching on the other branches of government, both to ensure that they could break the rules (laws) and then to ensure their insulation from legal consequences for that. So, instead of seeing ANY, “progress,” throughout his entire term, America was too busy fighting a rear guard action, to fend of worsening government corruption, legal breakdown, civil unrest, and growing poverty and unemployment. All whilst a plague ravaged the nation. If we’re to see any improvement, it will take more than just Joe Biden actually fulfilling his campaign promises (though that is a refreshing start, and a relief!) but the very institutions meant to safeguard democracy and the systems of free trade and open markets must be made much more independent; with higher qualification requirements, and an independent access route. Politicians should NEVER be appointing Judges or any other government officials that aren’t directly part of their own executive branch. And there must NEVER be a financial or political advantage to any part of their remit. We were gradually improving the system, but it took so many serious blows under trump, that it may never fully recover, let alone make any real progress. Right now, the GOP are all but openly fascist, and they threaten the very foundations of the Republic. If they get power again, as they are, they will never relinquish it again. But, though your comments are full of merit, I will remain content to be a Capitalist, who fights for a level playing field. If I were to sum up my whole argument in one sentence, it would be: Let Capitalism have a chance at working, under proper, lawful management? If it fails after that, or still exploits the majority, I’ll throw in with you. But, until it’s had a fair chance to work, with all things being equal, it’s still like Communism; no one’s ever seen a real example of it yet. ✌️
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  5018. clara Hurley : Manafort, Stone and many others, who’s names are floating around in the mess, are all, “consultants,” who have known and, “worked,” with each other for 30 years. Trump claims he didn’t know Mannie, before he showed up, offering to, “do it for free,” which is implausible. At the very LEAST, they knew of each other and Trump had benefitted from Mannie’s contacts and schemes. Otherwise, what are we to make of Trump’s judgement, when he, allegedly, hires a guy, offering to work for nothing, whom even a cursory background check would have shown that he had just EPICALLY FAILED at his last job, and LITERALLY FLED the country after having been INSTRUMENTAL in the government’s DOWNFALL, in Ukraine??? I don’t even get WHY these Trolls are SAYING that Mannie won’t have anything on Trump, when it’s OBVIOUS he has TONS of material that COULD cover those last 30 YEARS? This leads me to believe that, at least some of them, must be the homegrown, racist, variety of Troll, who don’t read? I think you’re right. We will see signs of self preservation in the GOP, and the beginnings of a, “Distancing,” operation, followed by the coup de grace, post Mid Terms. Even then, they will cling on for confirmation at the polls, rather than LEAD the fight. Many will garner support, by opposing Trump, FINALLY, but after we give them whatever they need to finish the job, we must still make ALL of Trump’s enablers PAY for what they’ve done to America. Sorry. That was a bit of a rant 🙂✌️
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  5258. Virginia B. Britton : Imagine, just how deeply, “hurt,” a person needs to be, to hate and blame a whole, “other,” group of people, instead of taking, “Responsibility,” for the fact that they work three jobs, have no time for their kids and only ever get their news from the Fox headlines, and their favourite conspiracy web-sites? The BURDEN they carry and feed, like an angry beast, eating them from the inside, and pressing down its weight, upon every decision and conversation; not just colouring their views, but putting a crazy kaleidoscope prism in front of them, distorting everything they see, into the opposite of what it is. That’s a LOT of anger and hate to carry around. They, ”think,” they’ll experience, “relief,” at some point; like there’s a finishing line that they can cross and declare, “victory.” It’s always just around the corner, for a racist. “If only we can,” etc, etc. And the fact that they NEVER get what they want, makes them adopt this culture of, “Victimhood.” Always Aggrieved, by something, and claiming that, because of, “The Other,” they are, “Oppressed Whites.” So, imagine, the weight of effeminate whining and casual cruelty, upon the soul. Never, “Manning Up,” except to throw bottles of urine at black people; more like, “Childing Up,” and having to waste their valuable time, that they SHOULD be spending on their families, researching conspiracy nonsense. Education is the only known cure for racism; doesn’t inoculate ALL cases, but does inoculate most young people. We NEED a program of inoculation: We NEED Education. But, the Alt-Wrong KNOWS this: Hence, they have an incompetent, running education into the ground, Fox (W)anchors, attacking universities on an almost nightly basis, and all the Alt-Wrong politicians, accusing educational establishments of being “Hotbeds of Socialism,” or WORSE. Yeah, pretty, “miserable,” existence for the average Trumpoid. Just look at them? Angry and aggrieved, ALL THE TIME . . . SMH
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  5322.  @GeneralSamov  : Are you speaking of GOP witness testimony? If so, consider: they cannot refuse to testify. They cannot take the 5th. So, when they are asked to give their, “evidence,” for, “The Steal,” which was the belief that caused the Insurrection, what can they say? Under oath, on Live TV? Risk getting torn to shreds, with fabulation? Make up some, “evidence,” on the spot? And get charged with Perjury, or Conspiracy, or worse? It’s precisely my utter lack of trust in them that I’m counting on. The ONLY option open to them, that doesn’t land them with their own indictment, is confession. This is a court, where they cannot say whatever they like, without any evidence. They will be forced, under oath, to tell America that they have ZERO, “evidence,” for, “The Steal.” Many will fold completely, and admit that not only did they know it was a LIE, but that they discussed it’s falsehood with other senior GOP witnesses. Then there’s the risk of their stories not matching, unless they tell the truth. The very best they can offer is the Nuremberg Defence! Or, a variation of it? “I believed my president, though I did not see any evidence for the steal, myself.” Or, “I was only following orders.” Many will already have been advised to take that line, by their legal council. They will ALL be in self preservation mode, and the only ones with a hope of coming out the other end with any semblance of dignity, are the guys like Moscow Mitch McConnell, who is currently decrying the falsehoods of QAnon, and deploring that they have a Conspiracist in their own ranks. Others will take cover with him, saying they have always said that, “The Steal,” is a lie. The GOP is about to fracture. And no, “verdict,” rigged or otherwise can save them from that.
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  5513.  @franklin9400  : Sorry, son. But, that’s lazy received wisdom, which I can’t really blame you for, because of lazy journalists and debauched writers, who’ve leaned on the term, “The Military Industrial Complex,” ever since Ike Eisenhower coined it. He said back then that he was worried about how arms manufacturers and their related industries would wind up influencing and directing government policies unless we did something to check them. He suggesting using Moral Grounds as our reason to ban lobbyists from the arms manufacturers, pharmaceutical companies, gun clubs, medical providers, etc and making such activity a serious federal crime. Instead, we all fell for it, and rather than cast our blame on specific groups, so we can DO SOMETHING to stop the growth of vested interests taking over the running of America, we just lump them ALL together, into one, nefarious, unfindable, undefinable, and therefore, untargetable group. The result? Liberals get to whine about the military industrial complex, and treat people who risk their lives to build schools, dams, hospitals and roads, like Carpet Baggers, along with everyone else we, “don’t like,” but can’t put our finger on. It’s easy to sound superior, so long as you’re not, “doing,” anything. Much harder to BE, “superior.” I know this how? Because I phoned the military industrial complex to put in a complaint about how they’re too powerful in politics. They replied by telling me they’re not a thing, but rather just an excuse for people to feel better about not taking any responsibility for anything. Well, apart from Joe that is? At least he’s stopped the buck, and he’s torn off the bandaid, right? You should be thanking him?
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  5547.  @batgorls  : While you make a good point, which the court will take into account, it was nevertheless a direct attack on the cheerleader team that all her followers will know about. That was kind of the whole point of the post, otherwise it just hangs there as a meaningless, nonsense comment, with no context, which is beyond implausible. The school has the right to act on that, and to defend its reputation; their house, their rules. I feel for the girl, but her lawyer is screwing her over. It’s not even a, “free speech,” argument, because, as far as we know, those comments could still be out there? The school did NOT request that she removed them. They simply said, “Beg to differ.” Their rules are explicit and the girl clearly showed she did not read them, or know what was in them. Best way to put it: what would you do with a guest in your house, if you read their comments on social media, and found something intolerable? Would you throw them out? Presumably, there’s a line they could cross at which point you would? It’s your house, and you don’t even NEED a reason, right? With a school, the parent is paying for services, and cheerleading is, “extracurricular.” However, their policy is CLEARLY stated, and she still has the 1st Amendment right to say what she likes about that (if her dad allows that?) and no one is stopping her, or HAS STOPPED her. See my point? If your argument still stands, then answer me this? Did her dad interfere with her free speech? By punishing her, which he has publicly stated that he did? If not, any reason you give for his actions, also apply to the school, who assumes parental responsibility for her too. There are three major prongs to the defence’s argument, and the complaint doesn’t stand a chance. If they had taken down her comment, or forced her to, that’s different. But they didn’t, so there’s no case to answer. I promise the judge will agree. And, I’m not stating the right or wrong of it; just the law ✌️
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  5606.  @ti2218  : All good points. Though I sincerely hope that CNN will neither, “like,” or, “dislike,” trump. I hope they will continue to be straight down the line journalists, and will be scrupulous about having neither leftist or rightist leanings. Sure, trump stories are very click-baitable and most Americans look forward to the day when stories about him make no real difference in their world. But, it’s not just because of a business model? He is still the nominal, “leader,” of a party that ended its term in office by essentially declaring against the Republic, by voting to overturn a democratic election DURING an Insurrection against the state! No one feels safe while trump is at large because they aren’t! I’m guilty myself of clicking on stories that I know will make little if any difference to my knowledge base, but will be more likely to simply depress me. But there is an element of social responsibility in that too. A party that was pretty much outed in its final months, as having no regard for the foundations of the Republic, and that will, in all likelihood, NEVER relinquish power again, should they ever get it; and a party that seems he’ll bent on destroying our democratic voting system, because they see that they could never get, “elected,” in a free and fair election in which all votes have equal sway notionally; that party looks and feels like an existential threat! People won’t feel safe until trump is incarcerated. Even then, not unless his sentences are suitably long, and he doesn’t wind up serving two years of a five year sentence, during which his ghost writer pens his, “Mein Kampf,” for his Qult to eat up while the Klan rallies his forces? He is the symptom of a disease that the media suffers from as much as the rest of us. But trump targeted that very same media, and they have been forced to build a model of self justification into that business model, simply because trump demonised individuals with personal abuse, and the company as a whole. If they’re able to make money out of that, good for them. That’s capitalism. But, people will be drawn to worrying at that wound, because they’re looking for a way to heal it. Trump may only be the symptom, but he’s one that MUST be treated, before we can cure the disease: fascism. ✌️
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  5645. chrisflach : Now, there’s you, “thinking,” (if that’s the correct term for what a Trumpophile does with its brain?) that people who see the dangers, are in any way, “worried,” about them, because you haven’t thought that through, son. Why would smart people be, “worried,” when they are the ones who KNOW how to protect themselves and their loved ones? Just as I did, when I saw the Donster’s Inc puppet Dictator appear on the horizon, I took careful precautions with my resources, and made myself immune to the cash flow virus that was inevitably about to grip the planet, from the greed, racism and stupidity to come. Now we have an actual virus, and I’m LOADED, and unashamed of it. No, I feel for the people who are FORCED by the, “indemnified,” meat packing moguls, to risk their health in an uncertain time, with an uncertain risk. Tell me, if I knocked on your door and offered to pay you one month’s wages for doing nothing, BUT there was a 2% chance I might shoot you, then role the dice again, for EACH of your family members, would you let me in? If the answer to that question is NO, then you have no business risking their health in that way now. If the answer is YES, then that’s what you’re advocating right now. But, DON’T tell me the answer is NO and then be a HYPOCRITE and take Trump’s side of the argument, son. Think it through, and ask yourself WHY you’re letting this Orange moron risk EVERYTHING you have, when he’s got NO skin in the game? . . . Smh
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  5830.  @stephens1393  : It’s called, “Whaddabouting,” and Ms WR has been doing it for at least five years. What she needs is a better job than trolling, or serious therapy for her emotional issues, or both? It’s not sheeple like her, who are told WHAT to, “think,” and discouraged from learning HOW to THINK, that we need concern ourselves with. When the herd’s gone crazy, who gets into a debate with a sheep? You talk to the Shepard, right? It’s people like Abbot and DeSatan who shouldn’t be able to go near a phone, email, letter in tray, or his office, without being inundated with protests and protestors! They should be given no peace until they’re arrested! They’re literally getting away with murder. And we need to bring the fight to where they live! CapNate WR knows she’s just another sheep from a herd that all look, sound and act like her: indistinguishable. So, she wants to convince you she’s a wolf, but that’s just her insecurity, which only worsens, the more people like you he runs into, with ethics, morality, rationality and common sense. She obviously hasn’t even come to talk Covid, but wants to talk about an issue she, “thinks,” she’s safer with. Even though she’s wrong about that. But it’s a tortuous road you’d have to take her down, before you’d get her to see it, and even then, she won’t admit the truth. Either because she’s paid not too, or she’s just too racist and ill to, “want,” to. But, she will have wasted your time and successfully prevented you from commenting on multiple threads, sharing your sensible opinions and facts with others. And, you’ll come away from it (perhaps entertained at her stupidity? But, ultimately) no better off, wondering what the hell you were doing, standing in a field, arguing with a sheep? You’re smarter than her and better than that. I know this. I’ve read your comments before. You’re too good to be wasted on idiots, filled with hate, who spend most of their day, every day, coming to channels they hate, talking hate, to people they hate. “Division,” is the name of her game. She’s not here to, “convince,” you of anything, or even really to, “debate,” anything. Entrenching divisions in America is what got Donny elected, and that’s what trolls are for. Without Division, Donny is nothing. And, think about it? Who would do what she does, that does not have a mental health problem, or is doing it for pay, or both? . . . She clearly doesn’t understand how vaccines work, or what they’re meant to do. Leave her to chew her cud, with the other sheeple?. ✌️👍
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  5869. I think these trends are deceptive. Russian passions will burn hotter and brighter like a dying star. This year, the sanctions will bight hard for the first time and there won’t be enough, “provincials,” from the obscure regions of Russia to throw into the meat grinder, so they’ll have to come for the Muscovites, until everyone will know someone who was dragged kicking and screaming to the front lines, or who got arrested on trumped up charges (drunk and disorderly has already been used) and woken up in Ukraine wearing half a uniform. This year will change things in Russia, when the Ukrainian spring offensives take back territory that cannot be propagandised into insignificance by Putin, and panic will set in in the Kremlin even when Ukraine’s troops start getting close to Crimea, let alone before they actually take it. And Putin will not throw away his only allies by using nukes. He may well use chemical attacks, for which Ukraine needs to prepare, as they’re likely to be unprecedented in scale, but even then, China will reign Putin back in. We in the west should be talking about supplying Ukraine with an airforce and navy, to protect their Black Sea interests in the long term and secure the country for western businesses to get in there and make everybody wealthy. I cannot think of a better way to give China pause and to take the last of the fight out of Putin’s army. But never forget: the Russian state fell twice before in the last 100 years. And both times, it was a costly war that precipitated the state’s downfall. When you keep your peasants in a permanent state of ignorance, you cannot expect them to have any sense of what they’re fighting for, or commitment to your Tsarist cause. These days, it is the combination of the stark difference between state propaganda and the harsh realities of the battlefield that makes liars out of Putin to the one group who matters: the armed soldiers who know they’re murdering innocent civilians for a lie. When they turn back to Moscow, not even China will be able to protect Putin. And will he nuke his own soldiers? In Moscow? . . . If he was smart, he’d be looking for his own, “off ramp,” now. Because the west is heartily sick of providing those for him.
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  5904.  @roems6396  : Not Russian ones. They were founded on palace Coups and betrayals. Even their, “glorious founder,” Vladimir Lenin was deposed by Stalin and remained wheelchair bound after the whole thing gave him a stroke. But divine justice happened when Stalin died, “warm in his bed,” but that was after lying in a pool of his own vomit and urine for over 30 hours, all because everyone was too afraid to help him and the doctors were too afraid to treat him. You think he had a, “happy,” life? Living like a paranoid rat in a cage? Eating all his most loyal other rats, and getting increasingly scared of his own people, until the pressure of it killed him? Slowly, painfully and humiliatingly? . . . I wouldn’t exchange jackboots with the Russian leaders of ANY generation, but PooTin!? This is his Cuban Missile crisis. Where he’s badly miscalculated the west’s resolve and his enemy’s determination. Even if he eventually takes Ukraine, he’ll never stop ongoing resistance and the sanctions will just get increasingly worse, until he’s the king of a pile of rubble with nothing to show for it but a list of sanctions and a bunch of angry, deported oligarchs. And they’ll do the same to him as they did to Khrushchev. They’ll, “invite him to retire,” before they’re all completely broke. China’s not going to bail them out this time. Not an economy as small as Spain’s. Putin’s been reading too much of his own propaganda and hanging around in those Parlour chat rooms too long. He’s fallen for his own bulsh*t and he already wishes he could turn the clock back two weeks. The west can never do business with him now. He’s threatened nukes too often. And, even though we KNOW he’s bluffing, accidents happen that way. So, we will insist on regime change before we lift sanctions, along with a full withdrawal from Ukraine. Including Crimea and Donbas. Putin has screwed his Kremlin pooch.
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  5997.  @ychdis2008  : For what it’s worth, what I found interesting about their conversation was not at all flattering I’m afraid. It was just two egos, both wishing to sound, “smart,” circling each other’s orbit, and ultimately saying nothing we haven’t all heard before. Since when did we all become rats in maze? Their conversation typifies the total refusal to even acknowledge, “responsibility,” and they talk like they have zero control over this all powerful, “media,” without ever once expressing their individuality, responsibility, or culpability, let alone their own AGENCY! There is an, “Off,” switch, for those who are concerned about their brains being, “washed!” But, I would bet serious money that one or both of those two people are NOT concerned about, “society,” getting their brains washed, so much as they are about whether they’re using the Fox or CNN brand of soap to do it? It’s nearly always the brainwashed and the brain washers, who bring up the issue of, “brainwashing,” to start with! Certain clues are there, in their words, which show they neither of them are academically trained, nor qualified for their commentary. I’m not suggesting they’re not entitled to their opinions; but that they’re nothing more than emotional responses to the world, repackaged as pseudo-academia, from the book of their own heads. Making the argument, for instance, that a child can outmatch an adult at certain tasks is all well and good, EXCEPT, perhaps, in a conversation about critical thinking skills (something NOT innate in humans, but acquired) news analysis, historical context, politics, moral philosophy and the validity of this story. But, you and I both know, that was merely a defensive remark, made by a troll, who can’t figure out if he’s speaking to another troll or not. Ironically, it’s rather like watching rats in a maze, with the same, reliable sense of outcome. Both interlocutors would have had more, “credibility,” had they not been both LIVING on CNN for years! Literally! I see them constantly! Something makes them spend their time here? And drives them to comment? Regularly . . . For YEARS? Perhaps the media does control them? But, why they think everyone else is quite as enslaved as them? Pure projection. Something has the power to keep them coming back? And, if that, “something,” isn’t money, then it’s, “emotion.” The endorphins that people get addicted to on social media. And, not being readers, they’re unaware of it. They want to feel, “agency,” in the world, by trying to persuade others of their lack of agency; never seeing that they have given up their, “agency,” to an addiction. Never enquiring, asking a question, or risking, “vulnerability,” by stating that they don’t know, or are not qualified to asses a topic . . . Neither of them are, “special or unique,” but I get a great deal of pleasure, seeing them waste their lives, kidding themselves that their, “emotional,” outlet, is some sort of, “intellectual,” exercise. They just hate CNN. Period. If only such people spent the same amount of time READING as much as they write, huh? . . . Still, if they did, they would probably only ever read websites, with names likes, “I’m right, dot com,” or, “Why everyone else is wrong, dot org.” 😆
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  6105. Ramon Guzman : Yeah, the full story always comes out in increments, over the years. There are so many bombshells coming down, that we’ll be sifting through the wreckage for years, before we even get a picture of the full extent of the rottenness at the heart of Washington. I mean, imagine what it must have taken, after just a little rhetorical resistance, for all the grandees of the GOP to cave so completely to Donny like that? They must be all getting blackmailed? The latest govt report on Russian interference shows how the trolling on all social media, far from relaxing when Trump got in, doubled or tripled on just about every platform; including this one. At the time, I was saying that they didn’t really expect to pull it off, and were just as shocked and unprepared for it, as the rest of the world. But, they were actively encouraged, and Putin doubled down and decided to cash in every piece of dirt he had from every spying operation in the States. Now, I’m certain of it. The perennial problem for Dictators, is their economies always end up in the toilet, because all their theft and murder, sucks all the resources into the centre, like a sponge. Putin is going for broke, with everything and nothing to lose, if you get my meaning? Nothing to lose, as it’s do or die for him now; everything to lose, because the end of Trump will mean sanctions, push-back on the world stage, America’s partners lifting up their drawbridges and Russian poverty, being a driver toward revolution, in a country with a history of revolution. No wonder Putin is trying to ban Rap music? Especially the type that talks resistance? What a time to be alive, though, huh? I wouldn’t wish this s**t on my worst enemy . . . SMH ✌️
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  6185. J A C C : Yeah, you only have to look at the GoFundMe they set up for Trump’s Wall, for instance? Given that NOT ONE BRICK of, “new Wall,” has been laid, where did all those millions go? They had a whip round for Trump, across the nation, for legal support, when the Impeachment Inquiry got going, a few weeks ago. It’s actually quite clever, and well studied by psychologists. People, “over commit,” themselves. They lose friends, even family (some even lose their jobs!) by causing revulsion in others with racist, hateful lies. They give more money than they can afford, on impulse, at times of, “crisis,” for Trump. They have simply SACRIFICED, FAR TOO MUCH to turn back now. So, they get comfort, from Propaganda outlets; “respectable news,” organisations, like Fox, RT, etc, who reassure them that they were right all along, and tell them NOT to trust their fellow Americans. They wind up HATING their fellow Americans, precisely BECAUSE they threaten to burst their bubble with REALITY. They hate them MORE than they hate America’s ACTUAL ENEMIES! And, those with the courage to reflect on the sheer insanity just BEING in a Cult of Personality, in the FIRST PLACE, “consider,” turning back, but then realise that the very people they were, “conditioned,” into HATING, SO much, will get to say, “We TOLD you so!” Shame . . . and the FEAR of Shame keeps them, “loyal,” and, as we see, HYSTERICAL, in their group attempts to shout down reality. Apart from the Foreign Trolls, who just do it for money, these people do it FOR FREE, indoctrinating themselves . . . And their desperation is EVERY BIT as, “acute,” as Trump’s. That’s what we’re up against. People who KNOW the Truth, really. But, they DELIBERATELY chose to live in The Land Of Fake Believe, where the sky is Orange, everyone is white, and there are NO, “liberals,” saying, “we told you so.” ✌️🤭👍
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  6478. Miss Kimberly : If you DO take Bullet’s suggestion, and check the ratings tables, take a look at the INTERNATIONAL RATINGS, too? ALL CNN and The BBC, baby. Most, “Trusted,” most, “Viewed,” and Fox is NOWHERE! The WORLD gets its News from RELIABLE sources. Where REAL issues are at stake. If you are in an African country, in the throws of Revolution, or in the Middle East, dodging missiles, you NEED straight NEWS! Imagine tuning in to FOX, when LIVES are at risk, trying to figure out WHERE to take your family, to get it out of harm’s way?!?!? More importantly, however, imagine basing your views on what the, “majority,” CHOOSES to believe, rather than what IS? The, “majority,” of physicists thought it was IMPOSSIBLE to get to the moon, but they DIDN’T stifle those who wanted to TRY? The, “majority,” doctors, REJECTED Germ Theory, But NOW, you wouldn’t want to be treated by one, who didn’t have clean hands? Majority does NOT equal TRUTH. Besides, Fox LIES all the time and carries the motto, “Fair and balanced.” THAT’S a joke, right? So, WHO KNOWS what their ACTUAL, “viewing figures,” ARE??? And WHO CARES? One final thought. Normal people DO look at Fox, because they are NOT afraid of having their world collapse, when they hear something that is PATENTLY FALSE. It’s the Fox Viewer types that REFUSE to hear the other side, so, on the basis of LOGIC, the propaganda station is ALWAYS going to get high viewing figures. In WW II, Propaganda stations were popular, because they played the latest music. The Nazis STILL LOST THE WAR. Hope you’ve been patient with me? If you got this far, thanks 😃 👍
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  6539. Firstname Lastname : Personally, I’ve always despised the Microsoft company and the way its practices forced the worldwide competition to either take the same route, or directly challenge them, with alternatives, thus risking being crushed under the heal of a tech giant who seems to want to OWN your very soul; which is probably written into the fine print of several of their products. But I am also grown up enough to know that Bill Gates (the man) is like you and me, far more complex than the outside world can tell from the little we REALLY, “know,” about him. What I do know for certain is that his previous acts of philanthropy have been sincere and have paid huge dividends, saving lives and improving the otherwise desperate existences of the impoverished. We have absolutely ZERO reasons to distrust his attempts at saving America from this virus, and we should also acknowledge that it is, “enlightened philanthropy,” when you are also saving the markets upon which your company was founded, by helping to save the lives of those who buy your products and work in your industry. Therefore it is both smart AND kind. I don’t use Microsoft products at all. I’m mostly Apple, despite the fact that you can’t avoid companies with shady practices (Apple is little better in many respects) but you can, at least, avoid the company that made it all this way. But, that has nothing to do with this, kind, enlightened, philanthropy, for which any thinking person is currently most grateful. Those attempting to tear him down, are just the Trump shills, behaving like medieval villagers, throwing help back into the teeth of their saviours, all because they fear him. And they fear him, because they’ve been told to on the internet, by the Trumpophile Hacktivists. They deserve whatever they get. But, you should separate the issues, and apply your mind to this, particular issue? It’s NOT going to go away, and the gap between America’s death told, and that of the rest of the developed world is only going to grow; no matter how well they massage the statistics, or blame the Dems for it. God forbid we have a 2nd, more virulent strain, attacking us during the flu season? Will you be prepared for that? I know I will . . .✌️
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  6612. 88Gibson LesPaul : I get what you mean, as we underestimated him; or the perfect storm of his racist base, Putin, other interested parties, the corruption of the GOP and the rancid, crooked Fox and Fiends, and their ilk, before. But, it’s all hanging out there now. Remember that the MAJORITY of Americans, did NOT vote him in, and Trump’s MINORITY has been shrinking ever since. And, because he has continuously doubled down, he’s raised the stakes to the point where it’s either going to be an out and out Dictatorship OR the restoration of American Democracy; but there’s NO MIDDLE GROUND! And, he’s NOT, NEARLY, so clever as some people think. Whenever it’s come down to a REAL test of strength, between him and ANYONE, Trump has ALWAYS, and I mean ALWAYS lost. He’s never won a court battle, that I can think of? And, I’m NOT talking, little flutters, like where Avenatti chanced his arm, knowing Stormy would have to pay costs, in the end, on that last escapade, either (though it’s worth noting that Trump LOST the main battle, even there, which is why we all KNOW Trump has an Orange mushroom, where his penis should be). Trump has been outrunning his failures, his entire life, using his name and his ability at publicising himself, to keep afloat. But, then he took this HARD RIGHT turn, into a cul de sac, from which there is NO ESCAPE. So, it’s going to be ONE or the OTHER. He will see to that. He will play it out to the bitter end and take down everything and everyone, in bitter vengeance. So, we MUST be ACTIVE, and in touch with our representatives, constantly keeping up the pressure, until it’s OVER. We have as little choice as Trump does. Democracy and Trump’s Fascism are locked in the room, with one baseball bat, and only one is coming out, alive. That’s the truth of it
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  6629. 10sBalls123 : Nah. I’m a Conservative, and I want National Security. So, when ALL of his EXPERTS tell him that a Wall will NOT solve the problem, and it’s a WASTE of money, time and resources, I listen. Seeking Asylum is a LEGAL PROCEDURE, but Trump’s rhetoric is designed to persuade Americans that the mere fact that people seek it, makes them criminals. You know, if you’re, “honest,” that the Wall is a Vanity Project, like his very own Hoover Dam, by which he wants to be remembered. Just look at the stats on the Wall in Texas? The numbers of immigrants DROPPED, steadily, since 1990, until they built the wall, when the numbers actually started to RISE again. That’s just ONE of a battery of examples. So, he’s abjectly, demonstrably WRONG on every level. But, the shutdown capped it, for America. When he was, “proudly,” stopping the FBI, Airport Staff, Coast Guard, AND ICE AGENTS from getting paid, it was clear that, “Security,” was NOT a priority for him. As ever, he shot himself in the foot. “Why is he vilified?” Because he LIES all the time, grabs women by the pussy and thinks it’s funny, has made the world less safe, and has rode the crest of the RACIST Wave, SO HARD, that Anne Coulter And Rush Limbaugh have more access and influence over him, than does his chief of staff. That’s not to mention all the frauds, the kidnapping of Children and WHERE THE F’ ARE THEY? I can go all day, pal. So, don’t PRETEND you don’t understand the issues? If you don’t KNOW WHY people HATE lying racist, sex pest, traitors, you’re not really qualified for the discussion. Does THAT answer your, “question”??? 🙂
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  6687. For what it’s worth, America: We have to seize this as an opportunity to put our house in order, now that we’re exposing the evil that lies just beneath America’s skin. It’s gone too far for us to, “unite,” even if we did have a common enemy now. No one can forget the treachery, and murder that is a direct result of the GOP’s capitulation to a Dictatorship; nor how close we came to exactly that. These people are past the exercise of free speech, and well into the territory of screaming, “Fire,” in a packed theatre, with no skin in the game, getting to sit back and rub their hands while others do the dying. Over 50 cops were seriously injured in those riots of the 6th of Jan! One is brain damaged and still in a coma. Another is blinded! And, of course we all know about the trump supporting cop who was murdered, beaten to death, in front of a thousand witnesses, yet we still have no clue who did that?! Seditious Propaganda used to be a crime! We literally hunted down and hung the propagandists after WWII, to set an example to others. But now? We allow Fox to cast doubt on the election over 700 times (according to Conservative analysts!) between the 7th Nov and the 6th Jan, and collect the money from their shares in the company! We are putting a KNOWN Quisling and traitor, onto the Education & Labor Committee!? Are you F’king KIDDING ME???!!! This has gone way too far, and it’s time we STOPPED looking for answers from outside our shores, and face up to what we’ve DONE! Imagine, preparing for battle, against the Martian invaders, when you discover the trooper on your right; the guy or gal upon whom your life might depend in an hour, is one of the people who doesn’t even BELIEVE your government is, “legitimate,” and has the badges of two cops he MURDERED in his locker at the base? You might be inclined to point your weapon at HIM?! I tell you, we have to CLEAN UP THIS MESS, or we might just as well hand the whole sorry shit pile over to Putin and announce his victory! I for one, would rather die! How about we speak for the DEAD and give them some JUSTICE? For the grieving families of half a million dead of Covid, and for all those dead, wounded or systematically intimidated by the growing (and let’s call it what it is?) NAZI threat, within our own shores. The GOP are desperate to call off the impeachment, because they KNOW they can all be forced to testify, with NO 5th Amendment protections. And, on the stand, they’ll be ripped to shreds in front of a watching world, on LIVE TV, if they say they, “believe,” in the seditious LIE they call, “The Steal.” And they KNOW that many, possibly Lindsay Graham, Ted Cruz, Josh Hawley, will ADMIT they KNEW it was a lie, but were, “only following orders,” like at Nuremberg! It will fracture the GOP, between the die hard nut jobs and the system gamers who want to survive! And, I say, let’s give them their, “civil war,” within the ranks of their own party! Time we force the breaking point, and stop this in its tracks. Time we got America BACK! Don’t you think? ✌️
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  6775. go forward : Don’t put words in my mouth, son. Trump fans (the ones that aren’t paid to Troll for him, who live in countries all around the world, that is) are fundamentally insecure, which is WHY they live on CNN. They HATE it here; they HATE the people who come here; they HATE the channel and its anchors; and, even though they KNOW they’re hearing the TRUTH here, they, “claim,” not to believe it, because they actually, “think,” that the GOP will successfully bury reality sufficiently that they won’t have to FACE the TRUTH. It’s an, “emotional,” urge; an effeminate, schoolgirl tendency to HIDE behind distorted or false comparisons from history, like the, “Clinton’s,” or, “Obama.” And, it’s EXACTLY that kind of Trollery that LOST you the Midterms. Conservatives, LIKE ME, either stayed home, or voted Democrat. There is only the Cult remaining, with its vast support network from Russia. So, ANYONE who lives a lie (for money or for free) is a mental midget, who will go to their grave filled with bitter hatred, a permanent sense of effeminate victimhood, and a look of disappointment shadowing their usual look of stupidity. Children are LITERALLY DYING, because of your self centred, myopic, idiocy. But, the thing that REALLY marks out the Trump Tramp, from the rest of humanity? It’s that Trump has ALWAYS given YOU the exact OPPOSITE of everything you thought he would give you, and FOOLED you into thinking he actually, “did something,” for you. And, when he couldn’t do that, he triggered your, “Blame Buttons,” and you were happy to, “blame,” ANYONE except the guy responsible, TRUMP! You indoctrinated YOURSELVES, by watching Fox, RT, and Alex QAnon Jones, who comfort you with their LIES and Conspiracy Theories. That’s how a guy who’s dumber than a box of rocks fooled you. By YOU doing ALL the hard work FOR HIM. Trump created the migrant crisis, by withdrawing Aid from Venezuela and other Latin Countries, KNOWING there would be an influx. And, he put on this whole show, for YOU to get triggered by. And, he’s done the same thing, over and over, KNOWING that YOU just, “WANT,” to believe, SO BADLY, because the worse it gets, the more committed you are! Trump may be dumb, but he’s also cunning, and he has EXPERIENCE at conning people. There’s VAST amounts of data, on how this works, son. People are too ASHAMED; TOO PROUD, to admit they’ve been conned in SUCH a STUPID WAY. So, they double down. That’s how mortgage-scams work. And, here you are. The living embodiment of a Trump Victim, with a little Dunning Kruger effect, thrown in for good measure. You’re going to cheer yourself into a Dictatorship, son. And, when they come to take YOU away, you’ll remember me . . . In fact, I may well be your last thought on Earth? 🙂
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  6869. Dy Dayton : That’s right. He thinks of himself as a Machiavellian, master manipulator, but he’s just a cheap crook. For him, it all started in the Ukraine, where Putin’s Mafia were delighted to have an influential American on board, to clean up the image of their satellite’s, puppet DICKtator. People were already suspicious that the election had been rigged, with Manafort’s help, but their demonstration were brutally suppressed, and those who got away, were later found, as their pictures had been stored from the demos, and were picked up, tortured and sentenced, before the week was out. When the Putin puppet ignored a referendum result (the people had voted to join the E U) the demonstrations were so big that they actually released thugs from jail, to help suppress them. After a siege upon the capitol; and Putin’s own Moscow hoods were unable to contain the demonstrators, after days in the freezing conditions and MANY killings (even using SNIPERS to pick off perceived ring leaders), Ukraines, “elected,” leaders fled the country by helicopter. But, not before raiding their safe, from which the leadership parcelled out $ MILLIONS of Euros. Manafort took his cut and fled back to America, where he was almost instantly intercepted by Putin’s Moscow thugs, who said, “That’s OUR MONEY, you have there, son. Tell you what? Keep the change, and work for US, as we have an old friend of yours that we’d like you to work for. And we WILL find you, if you let us down.” So, Manafort, frightened out of his mind, shows up at Donny’s election campaign, DESPERATE to keep Putin at bay, and rather clumsily, burst in, offering to work for free. Any, “honest,” candidate would have, IMMEDIATELY, seen that something was up. But, greedy, stupid Donny, always on the take, DIDN’T consider the mess in Manafort’s wake, and just took the freebee, and Manafort believed he’d narrowly avoided his OWN, “wake.” The FBI picked up all the pieces, and Putin, since then has recently managed to pressure the Ukraine’s new leadership (sinking back into corruption, as it is) to stop cooperating with the FBI, but I think it’s a little late for that, now. The only real benefit for Putin, now, is that it’s unlikely that the FBI will get any Ukrainian witnesses, who aren’t already safely in the West and seeking asylum. But, if you were wondering, just WHY has Manafort been such a tough nut to crack? Imagine what he was thinking, when he got an anonymous tip off, telling him, “look over hear, at what we do to people who betray us,” and then saw, when he looked at what they told him to look at, the recent MURDER and the British ATTEMPTED MURDER, of those dissidents that we all saw in the, ahem, “fake,” news? He’s scared s**tless and isn’t sure the FBI can protect him. Sorry for going on, there, but that’s the (brief version) story of Manafort, so far. And, from THAT perspective, we can see how his actions to influence the media (the ONLY, “weapon,” he knows) look sort of rational, if TOTALLY DESPERATE and, from what we’re seeing now, UTTERLY DOOMED. Soon, he will see - when he’s in jail and desperate to AVOID potential hit men, among the population - that his best and ONLY hope is the FBI . . .
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  6898.  @arkadybelsky3150  : I too worry that, “empathy,” only carries so much weight on the international scales when balanced against, “pragmatism.” However, the real discussion in that regard surely centres around Crimea? Yes, Ukraine will need a navy and airforce to protect Crimea from future attacks, which will be costly. But the rewards in pure financial terms, long terms, are enormous. Just prior to the beginning of Putin’s invasion, Shell, Exxon, BP and others confirmed their findings of fossil fuels in all of the outlying regions of Ukraine; from the Carpathian Mountains to the west, to the Donbas in the East, and offshore, well within Ukraine’s legal waters, off Crimea. Putin never had the temerity to try to drill those offshore resources, knowing the international furore would likely interfere with his Nordstream deals, and goes off in who knows what direction. Since 2014, he’s been content to just sit on that hoard, like a dragon protecting the gold he can never spend, just so long as no one else gets to spend it. My argument (and I’m pretty certain Zelensky’s argument too) would be that not only did the west’s none-reaction to the invasion of Crimea contribute massively to Putin’s overplaying of his hand, (you might say it was the direct cause for why he thought he could get away with stealing an entire country, like it was the biggest heist in history?) but returning Crimea to Ukrainian hands is the ONLY solution that could buy us world peace. And, until Russia signs on to a declaration confirming the entirety of Ukraine’s independence, including full reparations, all sanctions will remain in place. Yes, that will cause the downfall of the Russian government as it currently is, and yes, that may result in just another oligarch. But there’s certainly NO argument for, “better the devil you know,” when you, “know,” this particular devil threatens nuclear Armageddon at the drop of a hat and is willing to kill literally millions of people for his own twisted goals. Russia MUST be forced into a position where it acknowledges defeat openly and before its own people. And they must acknowledge that their invasion was unjustified, which will provide them with a pathway back to a decent society, with all the scapegoats they need until they can move on. And only force will achieve that. And force is the only language Putin’s people understand. Only then can we negotiate in good faith about a realistic settlement. And we will be in a position to offer sanction concessions in return for nuclear weapons. This will have to take place over Putin’s dead body? So be it. But, if that seems like a strap price to you, I can only say, think of all the blood and treasure we will save by defeating Russia here, rather than fighting him in Poland and Germany next. These are real, openly stated goals, much discussed on Russian state television. And these are NATO countries, which will result in American, British, French, Italian, etc, etc, troops putting boots on the soil. Currently, Ukraine is fighting World War Three so that we don’t have to. This is the WWIII you get when no one wants to use their nukes. But both China and Russia MUST get a message from this war that resounds through the generations. And we must all be willing to pay whatever price freedom costs. If you would not desert your loved ones in their hour of battle, then I hope you would apply that thinking (that feeling) to the people of Ukraine. They never provoked a war, but were persuaded (by Bill Clinton) to give up their nuclear defence and trust in the process. This is where that trust has lead them. We are responsible for them because they did as we asked and Putin has taken every sign as one of weakness. We must show strength now. And at such unprecedented levels that it kills all of the fight left in those Z Zombies. It’s the ONLY path to peace. Let’s find the courage to take it together? ✌️
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  7134. Karsten : It’s well known, to those who read and can tell the truth from a lie, that Putin has always wanted to bring down America. Apart from the US being the Prime Target of all Soviet Countries, in the Cold War, their actual, “Defeat,” in 1989, has left a bitterness in political Russia, ever since. They lived in relative poverty, and were squeezed, economically, by America, for generations; all to fight a war that they ultimately lost. Putin grew up in that system, and rose in its ranks, hating the West, and seeing it as his adversary. In his autobiography, Putin devotes precisely TWO LINES to his alleged, “change in ideology,” from Communism, to Capitalism. The Truth is, he has nothing to say about it because, like ALL Soviet KGB agents, “ideology,” was a luxury that the citizens had; NOT them. He’s never HAD a, “political belief,” except in that which makes him stronger. He has a middling education, but his experience in mob violence, working hand in glove with the Russian Mafia, and his personal record of theft and state sanctioned murder, has carved out a hard, chiselled, shrewd and dangerous adversary. Trump is like a Kitten in his hands, and the only thing they have in common, is the fact that neither of them believe in ANYTHING, and they would both rape and then eat their own grandmothers to get ahead, and LAUGH while they did it. Both sociopaths. But, Putin is dangerous because he’s clever. Not a genius, but shrewd, like most gang bosses. In Russia, that’s enough . . . He will DESTROY America, if he can. And, he has destroyed far more than people realise . . . ✌️
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  7137. G Steele : That was the PERFECT comment, sir. It says it all and leads us to the natural, chilling conclusion. Not, “who,” is still supporting the Trumps, but, “WHY,” they continue to do it? It’s patently clear that not even his Cult actually, “believes,” in him. They are Faking their, “belief.” If we set aside the paid, foreign Trolls (about 50% or more of the Cult), the very, VERY stupid (around 5-10% of the Cult) and the GOP, who are politicians and, therefore inherently evil, but outside of the Cult Proper; we are still left with a significant number of Americans who KNOW Trump is all the things you say, and more, but don’t care. Why? My conclusion is complex, but I’ll skip to the outcome: The have been convinced, by their Propaganda outlets that, in a Binary System, it would be a, “Good thing,” to permanently eliminate the opposition. The idea of a Dictatorship, doesn’t phase them, because they’re dumb enough to think it will be, “their,” Dictatorship. They don’t see that THEY will be its primary victims. And, when you’ve been convinced that your opponents (fellow Americans) are worse than America’s enemies, anyway, they will happily betray their country, half-convinced that they are somehow, “saving it,” from the, “brown menace,” “open borders,” and all that other mythology that Fox spews out. They had to keep going back to Fox for comfort, at first, who kept telling them that they hadn’t committed the worst mistake in their lives, and that there was a, “good reason,” for all the treachery and betrayals of Trump. And, while they were watching, very skilled Propagandists filled them with hate, racism, hysteria, and loathing. What’s the ONE THING that would convince you, to keep supporting the man who’s stealing your mother’s life savings? The idea that he will at least protect your mom from the guys who want to kill her, I guess? It’s the Propaganda outlets who have the most to answer for, in all this. And, when the Cult, finally discovers that Donny has betrayed THEM, through his Tax Returns, among other things, those same Propaganda outlets will become the focus of the Cult’s BLAME. Rightly too. But, they know this and are fighting for their own lives. So, like Barr, Pompeo, at al, they have gotten themselves dirtied up and compromised. They know that Trump’s survival and their own are the SAME THING. So, they will literally say and do ANYTHING, as the End Game plays out. As, I don’t doubt, we will see. These people Fake Believe, because they HAVE TO. The Cult leaders, because the alternative is their DEMISE. And, the followers, because, like any other victim of the Dead Money Scam (nearly ALL of the followers have donated money, by now) people will do ANYTHING to avoid public shaming. And, having to hear, “the left,” (which includes Conservatives, like me, if you’re opposed to Trump) saying, “We told you so,” is as bad as it gets, for them. Sorry to be so long winded, but you summed it up, so beautifully, I had to share my thoughts with you. 😉✌️👍
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  7391. Jerry W : Let’s face it? The entire administration, from Bill Barr down to Devin Nunes, have ALL colluded with the crimes of this administration, and they ALL KNOW that Trump would, “rat them out,” if he was unseated, indicted and went to jail with his whole family. They have literally SHOWN America that they will RIG the coming, “elections,” with Putin’s help, because they have decided they would be prefer to be a part of the new Russian model of fake, “democracy,” than s-end the rest of their lives in cells, contemplating the historic infamy that will always be attached to their names in the same way that Hitler’s goons are. And, the WORST part of it all? Because WE, the people, just CAN’T bring ourselves to admit the Republic has FALLEN, we cling to our hope of a, “free and fair election,” which makes us CONSPIRATORS, buying time for the Dictatorship to consolidate its strength, prepare its excuses for when the paper ballots don’t match the computer ballots in key states, and organise intimidation squads to swamp the polling stations. Modern democracies follow the same pattern all over the globe, because the citizens always think it could never happen in their own country. Only a Revolution could save America now. The carrot of a future, “remedy,” just around the next bend, has been the perfect (Putin) scam, keeping the populace docile. They simply CANNOT AND WILL NOT allow you to, “vote,” them out now??? Stop colluding with their LIES, America? You’re giving away your freedom, for the dumbest, most OBCENE Putin Puppet in history! . . . SMH
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  7534. TEFLON DON : Other people commit murders too, so maybe we should just fling open the doors on Death Row? Not that we can expect anything other than specious, “logic,” from the broken down El Presidente. That is, when can even make a coherent sentence in the first place? But, can we be REAL for one minute? They are NOT going to risk a real, “vote,” in 2020, so that Trump and his whole family ends up in JAIL after literally countless indictments? They KNOW he will, “rat them all out,” cutting ANY deal he can, as it will be the first time in his life that he can’t, “counter-sue,” or pull any of his usual, shit. Which means we would see the ENTIRE ADMINISTRATION go to JAIL. You would have to be clinically INSANE not to KNOW they have already RIGGED the 2020, “Elections.” Acting like it even MATTERS just, “who,” gets to lead the, “opposition,” at this point, is like caring what color the bullet is that is about to enter your brain! You are just buying them time to consolidate their Putin Style Dictatorship, in which the populace are kept docile by being allowed to go through the motions of, “voting,” in, “elections.” All they will be is a Data-Gathering exercise, helping the GOP determine which States and which individuals they’re going to TARGET next. It’s TIME, America. Have a Revolution, or accept that the Republic has FALLEN? Jus DON’T help the Dictatorship, by PRETENDING that you still have a, “democracy”??? The last nail went in that coffin at the FAKED Impeachment . . . Please wake up?
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  7791.  @blackbird5634  : I love my wife, but actually, she’s very different from me. She’s a liberal, whereas I’m a conservative. She’s shy, into gardening and makes me go to church every weekend, despite my issues with, “religion.” Whereas, I like a good conversation with strangers, and I’m happy to sit with a good book and watch my wife enjoying the garden. In our case, our differences attracted, and I can pretty much count on her to have a different political view from mine, in almost all conversations we have with others, rather than reflecting me. She has my back, don’t get me wrong, here? But, where she says, “we kinda’ make up for each other’s deficiencies,” I say, “we enhance one another’s strengths.” So, the short answer is, no. But, I read that thing (can’t remember the title now) about the architect, rapist, sociopath, whom Rand said, “represented the ideal man,” and found it risible. Grammatically flawed and occasionally incomprehensible, ill informed, childishly naive in places, objectively WRONG about how banks, real estate, the law (both criminal and civil) and even the press WORKED. It honestly reads like a teen’s fan fiction, with the occasional flourish, but mostly nonsensical gibberish, and philosophically entitled, hypocritical, ignorant and sociopathic. It took me a YEAR to get through that book, because I promised a friend I would, to settle an argument. Oh boy did I get my revenge, though. I had yellow sticky notes through the whole thing and lectured her on every point, flaw, factual error, grammatical mistake, you name it! See?! Just thinking of it has given me PTSD and a tendency to ramble like her! 😵‍💫 . . . 😉✌️
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  7820.  @rebahenderson211  : Totally with you on all of that. The GOP has descended into actual fascism. They carry every significant marker that historians warn us of, from their founding myth being a lie, their permanent, “victimhood,” their racism, their anti-intellectualism, anti-science, anti-truth, to their Qult of personality and their blatant use of violence for political ends. You cannot reason with a fascist, any more than you can reason with a rabid dog. And you are forced to deal with them in the same way: let them go around biting others and spreading their rabid racism, or put them down. It’s way beyond, “politics,” now. They are attempting a Coup and will rob America and the world of freedom if we let them. The only, “politics,” they know is that of the, “talking point,” used with a level of hypocrisy that would make Stalin blush! They are the cancer, and the Republican Party are revealed for what they really are; every bit as bad as trump, pretending to be ashamed of him occasionally, when they’re actually worse, but happy for trump to be the focal point and bullet sponge, so they can disassociate themselves from him, if he gets taken down. They threaten all that is decent in the world and are determined to destroy our democratic republic, at any cost. It is the most urgent threat America has faced since the Civil War itself. Failure is not an option. We have to defeat them in the abject, crushing manner, so as to stomp them out forever. Or there will be no country on Earth in which you and I can argue our differences in politics and challenge each other, politely, knowing we are both on the same side, with different ideas about how to get there. All politics will be over, along with history. It will be 1984 in the living, zombie like, flesh. I only wish there was one iota of exaggeration in my words. You can count on me, to the end. You have my word ✌️👍
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  7854. spinalcrackerbox : Again, you are absolutely spot on. The Cohen revelation, about Hannity, will have caused SOME Trump fans some pause, as it explains to many, just WHY he and some others, like Tucker Carlson, have stuck their necks SO FAR OUT that they can NEVER pull them back in, without losing all, “credibility.” We are learning that they are all part of a “Deep State” (ironically) cabal, who’s fortunes and failures are very much bound up in one another’s fates. Though the Russians and the shell company paid, Eastern European Trolls, and the American paid Trolls, all make their numbers look bigger than they REALLY are (by using multiple accounts on various social media outlets and working at it, full time) there will ALWAYS be SOME who will NEVER see the light. Nixon STILL has his followers, to this day! The, “explanation,” for THOSE, “people,” ALWAYS lies in their ULTERIOR MOTIVES: from the Roger Stones of this world, with his freaky tattoo of Nixon on his back, who’s motives were ALWAYS about power, money and influence; to the grunts on the street, who care SO MUCH about guns, race and their DEBTS, that they don’t CARE if the USA becomes a satellite of Russia, so long as they get what THEY want. But, their numbers are CLEARLY small. Otherwise, the GOP WOULDN’T have lost those, “Safe States,” of Virginia, Pennsylvania, Alabama, etc, as I pointed out earlier. I too, would dearly LOVE to have reliable figures, but THAT’S the whole problem. There ARE NO, “reliable figures.” There’s ONLY a war of words
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  7871. Johnny Mauchline : Eloquently put. The Republic fell in 2019. The funny thing is, the more OBVIOUS that gets, the fewer people will DARE to mention it. That’s how Dictatorship works. We will be forced to, “go through the motions,” by voting in Pre-RIGGED, “elections,” like the 2020 one will be. And, after that, they will consolidate their power, and there won’t be any need for fake, “wars,” to distract us, or the Giuliani Traveling Circus, because there won’t BE anyone left, who dares to point out the OBVIOUS: We’re a Putin Style Dictatorship now. They just need to keep it up, until the Impeachment SHAM is over with. I guarantee BIG distractions on that day: They just don’t want us all looking at a, “trial,” without witnesses, in which evidence is banned, and the, “jury,” consists of the Defendant’s CONSPIRATORS, who would all go to jail if Trump lost his protected presidential status and was forced to, “rat them out,” which he undoubtedly would. Doing THAT is like the GOP ADMITTING that the Republic was wiped out in a COUP, in 2019. It MIGHT cause a second REVOLUTION??? So, you can count on fireworks, probably orchestrated by Putin, with Iran’s cooperation, again; or maybe this time, it’s time to pull out that promised, “surprise,” from North Korea? A little test of their latest missile which will actually WORK for a change, and have an actual intercontinental range for once? That would get us all on the edge of our seats? Well, we let it happen, so . . . Maybe we DESERVE this? . . . Smh
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  7925. Preston Sulik : It’s the very fact that you feel it necessary to Troll so repeatedly and so angrily that reveals what are, son. You’re only job is to provide, “plausibility,” to the faked polls, and make it look as though there, “could be,” a, “majority,” of Americans who support the Trump Monarchy, when we all know that the vast majority wants him in jail. Russia is already busy, inside our election technology, in key states, and the GOP made the mistake of ADMITTING Russia is inside Florida’s election computers. Even though they’ve been trying to bury that fact, with threats of jail under terror legislation, ever since, for anyone who even MENTIONS it. It’s BECAUSE of people like you, son, that we KNOW you’re scared. You act scared. But, the one, single comfort that people like me can get from all this, is not getting to say, “we told you so,” though that will be a larf. It’s the knowledge that all the Trolls on the payroll will be, “disposed,” of, when the, “elections,” are over with, and they start to manage Propaganda through government departments alone, like modern dictatorships always do. They won’t want to leave behind ANY evidence that they ever paid the cheap, gullible twats like you. I believe that some of you are not on the payroll, but not many. But, the ones who, “do it for free,” like their moms, are the ones who will lose the most anyway. So, I stay cheerful, knowing that the vast majority of the people who actually WANT a Dictatorship will GET what they fought for, and won’t be able to get off the ride, when they realise just how WRONG they were, about everything. Anti-Americans, like you, make everyone sick. But, we’ll still be here, long after you’re . . . “not” . . . 😉
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  7927. Moving the pictures is more chilling than it looks at first sight. Imagine, if you can, an America that has no news channels that ever push back against Trump’s rhetoric? No matter how nuts any particular statement may be? I say this, not just because that’s Trump’s goal (obviously), nor because it will happen within a year or two, if trump is still POTUS after the elections. I’m talking about the trolls and the fans at those rallies, who KNOW as well as you or I do, when Trump’s lying, but they lie right along with him. At least, the majority does. Many are, “suckers,” as you say, but the rest do it as a show of, “loyalty,” to their, “cause.” It comes from Stalin’s playbook. It’s disconcerting when a significant section of society repeats a crazy, damaging lie, as though it were true, the very next day after their leader pronounced it, already, right? But, how chilling will it be, when you are no longer hearing ANY common sense or pushback in the press? In a time when you now remember how CNN was subjected to a hostile take over by a, “media corporation,” friendly to trump; and in which MSNBC suffered a string of trials, scandals, dismissals and the break up of its outposts; and you remember how the other stations, “got the message,” and fell into line, after a few more firings. And it was all done just like in Russia, with frightening speed; both after Stalin took power, and then repeated, in the exact same way, after Putin took power. The only difference being that Russia’s infrastructure and people were already pliable, and culturally trained to accept their new circumstances. But, in America, (if you can imagine this?) it now seems that the only journalists who push back against the Trump’s are either outlaws, the, “disgraced sex offenders and murderers,” or otherwise known, wanted criminals. Seems far fetched, right? But, would you have believed anything I told you, had I predicted we’d be where we are now, back in 2015? And, what people spoke of in Russia; the exiles, dissidents and defectors, was always the same on this point. What really frightened people was reading some new propaganda, pronounced by their leader, that was patently insane, but hearing everyone repeat it as fact by the very next day, because of “who” said it. It was seen as a test of, “loyalty,” and to contradict the, “party line,” was to become an, “Enemy of The State.” So, try to picture it? Everyone gets so frightened that even your closest friends (especially your closest friends) will report you to the secret police, BECAUSE you tell the TRUTH, and their known association with you, jeopardises them. They are known associates of yours, who could be tarred with the same brush, viewed with suspicion at best! So, they can only clear themselves of any doubt by being the one to inform on you. That’s what trump’s cultists at his rallies are really about. Trump is demonstrating his sheer, raw POWER: “If I say the moon has gone, they all agree with me, and that means they’re loyal, and that’s REAL POWER.” Putin has passed these techniques on to trump, who uses them clumsily, but with the support of smarter men, like Steve Bannon, Stephen Miller, et al; and of course, the collusion of the, “popular press,” like F*x and others. Sometimes we laugh at his words, sometimes we’re horrified, but at the moment, we don’t, “have to believe.” Not yet. Take part in your politics; local and National. Don’t give yourself any cause to regret not having acted on your deathbed? ✌️👍
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  7946.  Frankline  : Then you’re not really understanding what this is about. China is desperate for both population growth and the advanced technologies (many of them still closely protected secrets) of Taiwan. Before Covid, they were manufacturing well over 50% of the world’s most advanced microchips, from ONE factory alone! That’s why we just had a worldwide shortage, which effected everyone from the military, governments, to you and me, when they closed their factory for Covid protection, as anyone who tried to buy a PS5 or Xbox X during 2021 - 2022 can testify. It’s ALWAYS about the MONEY. The original idea, discussed by Putin and Xi in that isolated box at the Beijing Winter Olympics, was that China would take Taiwan, so long as Putin’s bid to take Ukraine was successful. Ukraine produces well over 50% of the world’s Argon supply: an element vital in the manufacture of (you guessed it . . . I hope?) microchips. They planned to dominate the world in one fell swoop, by jointly dominating the tech markets worldwide and forcing the west into an equivalent Stone Age, by comparison. Putin blew it and made China very angry in the process, as his hubris and disconnection from the realities of his own country, both militarily and economically, became apparent. But China actually has an, “ideology,” of sorts. Twisted and hypocritical it may be, but it’s still a driving force for them. And, unlike Putin, who just fakes it for the purposes of rhetoric, which is why he gets so much of his history so wrong, Xi and his cronies are obsessed with, “unification,” on ideological grounds. The old regime of China fled to Taiwan, when their government collapsed and Communism took over. Thus, China sees Taiwan as ethnically, historically and culturally bound to them. It’s bollox, but it’s real bollox, which we fail to take seriously at our peril. If you’re interested in saving democracy, that is?
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  8370. Just imagine what a slap on the wrist, “censure,” would do; which is as good as saying we’re ending the Republic, right there and then? Given that loss of office will result in countless immediate indictments (both Federal & State) which will land him and his family in jail, what alternative does a, ”man,” with his established record of destroying the Constitution and breaking all of the laws he runs up against, HAVE? So long as he can count on enough of his base and the party to remain in denial, and HATE Dems and other races, just enough to make them cheer when he pisses on the rule of law, he will have NO CHOICE but to have Moscow ENSURE his, “re-election,” in a Putin Style, 2020 SHAM. It’s that, or disgrace and jail! And, half of the GOP are IMPLICATED with him, so they’re fighting for their OWN SURVIVAL. They simply CANNOT remove him. What else CAN he do? 2020 will HAVE TO be RIGGED, because too many Americans were persuaded to HATE their, “fellow Americans,” MORE than they hate (or even understand WHO ARE) America’s enemies . . . Just look at the shills on this thread, desperately trying to bury their SHAME, because they KNOW they’re killing America, but aren’t strong enough to ADMIT what they WANT! They WANT a Russian Style, Single Party system, with just enough FAKE Democracy to keep up appearances . . . Trump = Putin Mark Two; the Puppet Version, and they just DON’T CARE. In fact, they PREFER it that way. They’ll take that over the fictional, “brown menace,” any day . . . America’s Republic is OVER
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  8443.  Darth Wheazius  : And, if one employee is out in the open, how many are there, remaining, “secret?” This may seam off topic, but please bare with me? In the mid 1980’s they got a think tank together, of the best economic, historical and scientific minds they could muster in America, to answer certain key questions that had always been political footballs, because it was easy to guess at, “Stuff,” but twist the facts to suit certain arguments. Anyway, one of the questions they settled, for example, was the actual, “Cost,” of the Apollo, Lunar Missions. Their conclusion surprised everyone, except the scientists; especially the physicists, apparently. They concluded that, for every single dollar spent on Apollo, $7 dollars went back into the economy, over a 10 year period. It was their most conservative estimate, some putting it at double that, but all agreed it was no lower. Dems and Republicans were represented, vehemently on both sides and were in that think tank, supervising their work and conclusions, all the way. So, now . . . Of those who even know about this stuff, the question is considered answered and all arguments closed. I bring this up, because I genuinely believe that, combined with a swift, furious and harsh pushback against seditious propaganda and its propagandists, EDUCATION is the key to lifting America out of this mire, for good. It’s a well established fact that educated people don’t listen to bullsh*t propaganda, and they sure as hell don’t vote for it! And, that’s as well established as the Alt-Wrong’s continuous attacks upon our best educational establishments; constantly calling them, “hotbeds of leftist insurrection,” etc. Well, now we’ve literally seen the insurrectionist hotbeds, laid bare! And they are Fox, who got away with screaming, “Fire!” in a packed theatre, filled with deceived and agitated sheep, who became wolves for a day, and boasted about it on social media, while their comrades and their, “thin blue line,” of cops, were literally beaten to DEATH with the American flag, or 50 others, to within an inch of their lives, and others, on their, “side,” were simply shot to death! And, if those people had been brought up with a half way decent educations, in Civics, History and moral philosophy, NONE of that would have been possible. You have to step back for a moment, just to see how obvious a tinder box it was, and how blatantly, and egregiously, the likes of Fox manipulated America, and kicked the country when it was down! Half of those rioters weren’t just pretending because they’re racists, and entitled! Half of them actually BELIEVED in the, “steal.” I had to ask myself, what would I have done, if I believed a Coup had been pulled off? . . . The BLAME lies squarely upon the shoulders of those who knew better; who have had those Ivy League educations, and exploited their advantages to the murderous limit! And we MUST prioritise, both EDUCATION and CONSEQUENCES for Seditious Propaganda! Time for a little LAW, and a little investment in our youth, don’t you think? Apologies, for going on. But I know you’re smart enough to get me. And your comment deserved my full attention ✌️👍
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  8445. J Groovy : You are talking about word definitions, logic, facts, credibility, etc. Trump’s Trolls are not even attempting to work on that level, which is why they will never hear you. They are emotional. Their, “rhetoric,” is ALL aimed at emotions. Facts, alone, are enough to show that Trump is a criminal, being used by Putin, and Trump probably only knows HALF (or less) of HOW he’s being played. The Troll’s JOB is to, “scare,” “anger,” “intimidate,” or, failing that, “persuade,” people that it’s all, “hopeless,” and that it has always been thus, and, “I’m just one person. What can I do about ALL this?” ALL EMOTIONAL. What is CLEAR from this YouTube thread and all the others, beneath this Video, is that the Trolls are actually frightened, now. Some are racists, some are paid, by Russian shell companies and, either sitting in a bunker in St Petersburg, or scattered about the globe, having answered one of those emails, offering to, “Turn Your Comments Into CASH!” Just so long as each comment is positive about Trump and Putin. I know this, because I got one, which I passed on to the FBI. Just keep in mind, a Troll’s job is NOT to, “debate,” or, “prove,” anything. There is NO, “arguing,” with a Trump Tramp. All you can do, is DISPROVE their comments, point out the LUNACY of their talking points, and SHOW that you are NEVER going to be, “intimidated,” by their threats of, “Civil War,” which are, if nothing else, an even STRONGER argument, for the REMOVAL, TRIAL, and EXECUTION of the Orange Orifice. I am curious to hear your response? ✌️
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  8680.  @jacksonpaul167  : All democracies are flawed. That is the inherent problem with a system that enfranchises everyone, regardless of their comprehension of current affairs, education levels or income. You can even get democracies that vote against their own interests, installing anti-democratic leaders, like trump, Hitler and the first Shah of Iran after the US propped up state dictatorship fell. In those last two cases, the countries themselves did not have a robust constitution from which challenges to their leadership were empowered enough to retain their democratic systems. In trump’s case, the opposite was true. This is why people are willing to fight and die for a strong, robust democracy. Because the leaders will come and go and some of them will break their own rules, but they are ultimately held accountable, which was why Nixon narrowly avoided jail and the disgrace of an impeachment trial, by trading away his power and handing it back to the electorate. And why 60 of his enablers went to jail. It is why trump faces criminal trials now. Some leaders get away with it, like the Bush family, or while their underlings pay the the price, like Reagan’s contra pedlars. But the system rights itself and ultimately, the rule of law prevails. You, on the other hand, have no arguments, so you repeated the category error I already called you out for, and went back down the telescopic view of history to cherry pick the pieces that serve your, “argument,” (or so you think) instead of addressing the mistake, or dealing with the topic. You are, therefore, forcing the casual reader into the conclusion that you don’t have the intellectual wherewithal to deal with the issues at hand. The term, “Rules Based Society,” is just some western catch phrase to you, meaning nothing to a young man who has never known a society with an effective rule of law. You probably think it’s fine to just steal another person’s country and come up with, “justifications,” after the fact, based purely on answering the loudest complaints, rather than any political, “ideology,” or legitimate argument. It is pointless trying to explain the value of law to a person who, if he is not a chat bot, might as well be.
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  8776.  @papaiamericano5420  : I think his isolation from Covid in the last two years may have gotten to him? He’s apparently more paranoid and not playing well with others in his Cabinet. It’s hard to tell whether he has a terminal diagnosis of some kind and just doesn’t care, or if he just thinks he’s a Bond Villain, but he has already threatened us with nukes, so the west will not let that go, even if they’re inclined to let him think so for a while. In over a hundred years the west has trodden over millions of corpses to maintain control over energy supplies. I don’t think they’re going to let Putin be an exception. Only a nut job lets another nut job point a loaded gun at their head twice. The west will pour resources into getting Putin’s bellicose, sticky fingers off of that trigger now. Whether it’s by backing a palace coup, stirring up dissent in Russia or arming Ukraine (all three and more, probably) they (we) cannot afford to rest until he’s out of the picture. It’s all fun and games if your name is Kim and your sabre can’t reach across the coast of Japan, but when you have the power to burn the world a thousand times over, and you’re putting your stations on high alert whilst making threats, it’s probably time to put you in a padded cell where you can’t harm yourself and others, right? We can count on his oligarch buddies not being in a suicide pact, and there’s always someone waiting in the wings . . . Besides, there’s the other factor he’s so badly miscalculated too, his people. While he’s been able to use the spectre of Cold War austerity as a way of saying, “Well, at least it’s not as bad as the old days?” now the people are seeing exactly that. Not just free speech getting you 15 years either, but all their favourite TV and news stations are closing down. When they have to cue all day for one loaf of bread, and face a beating for complaining about it, someone is going to say, “F*ck this! We would be rich if we took our trillions back from the oligarchs and made friends with the west. Let’s tear down the Kremlin!”
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  8813.  @GeneralSamov  : Again, you’re assuming much, but not things that can be found in my words. Those under Federal Indictment, right now, will take their confessions as the, “out,” they’re looking for, so as to reinforce their message of, “remorse,” to a judge, hoping for a reduced sentence and future employability. Several of the Q followers, who have been writing all over social media, expressing their, “shock,” and, “disappointment,” that trump didn’t round up the Dems at the Inauguration, and retake the presidency (As Q said would happen) will be able to ease several more followers out with them. But, that will leave the vast majority of the racists, the proto-Nazis and the under educated, “They’re t’kin’ urr jerbz,” types behind. No one is expecting that America will suddenly wake up, as if from a fevered dream, and snap out of it? And, I’m not suggesting that either. But, what they will have, is their STICK taken from them. Their ability to claim, “legitimacy,” for what has always been a lunatic fringe movement, at the centre of main stream politics, wreaking havoc, and literally killing Americans in droves; whether by inaction over a plague ravaging our most vulnerable, or by direct violence. No one will be able to claim our government is not legitimate, without being treated in the same fashion that fringe Conspiracy Theorists usually are, and the fracture between those in the GOP who have built their careers around the trump edifice, and those who game the system, like Mitch McConnell, will become a gulf, too wide to straddle. They will go their separate ways, and the main stream system gamers will survive to stay in politics, because the Dems will assist them. The symptom of Trump will become treatable, through criminal law, and the disease of the GOP (as we’re already seeing) will become evident. The cause, Putin, will grow more apparent, and the vector, Fox and Fiends (and their ilk) will be vulnerable to new Sedition Laws, with any good fortune and a helping hand from God? The bitterness of defeat, and the shame and embarrassment of exposure will make some crazy (something else we’re seeing plenty of already) but these people will not be ignored. And, slowly, they will be rehabilitated, or shunned. Their numbers will dwindle, but they will never be forgotten, or failed to be dealt with, when they arise. People in search of a cult don’t go away. But, we can offer them better things
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  8947. Sir . . . Oh, captain my captain . . . What can I say. May every joy of the coming celebrations be yours. You who worked so hard; who marshalled the voices of history, deployed and commanded them in the field; who’s withering criticism of the GOP cannot have failed to influence the hearts of many. The Laurel Wreath of victory goes to you, sir. With my thanks and sincere admiration. Not an easy romp, but a hard won battle, like the climax of Ben Hur. And like that character, Masala, trump ultimately crushed himself, with his own dirty tricks, and is left broken on the field, ignored by the thrilled crowds, who flocked to your banner. Of course, our work is not done; not until Biden is Inaugurated. But, you gave so much more than so many, and you deserve the thanks of a grateful nation. 😁✌️👍🥳 True fact: I was gone, completely, for a crucial 24 hours, during Election Day. I had been banned from YouTube, permanently, for, “hate speech,” and, “threats.” It turned out, trolls had banded together to, “complaint bomb,” me, from around the world, simply to silence me. You can’t make this up, can you? With my ONE, single chance to have them look at their decision, I was able to show that it was, of course, all lies. I now have my status restored, with zero strikes on my record, and I am in, “Good Standing,” again. But, I share this to illustrate. Little ole’ me, who comments a lot, on politics, was targeted by malicious trolls, who pulled off a minor coup, removing me from the Election Day discourse, altogether. Imagine what they would do to our government with those kinds of resources, if we let them? Putin’s Pockets are deep, and I urge you to consider what you might write in that little box YouTube gives you, to defend your own reputation, should it happen to you? You get ONE shot at defending yourself, and after that, it’s automated rejection, from then on. Our chance to push back, in a meaningful way is upon us now, and I’m in it for the duration. That attack decided me. I was actually going to stop commenting, after Biden’s Inauguration. But, since trump’s trolls have flattered me with their attentions (some of whom have now themselves been banned for making, “malicious complaints,” which were, “without merit”) they have merely demonstrated that I have had an effect, that they were desperate enough to risk their own necks to rid themselves of that effect; however tiny. So, a giant like you is bound to find himself in their crosshairs, sooner or later. Be ready. I write for a living, so I was able to be articulate, and necessarily brief, even though I was also writing in urgent haste (keen to have input) and whilst feeling rather miffed. I don’t kid myself that a guy who writes comments on YouTube is any kind of an, “influencer,” but the mere fact that they attempted to silence me, and timed it, to shut me down at a key moment in history, is a lesson I will never forget. Even if I can only measure my effect in terms of negative impact upon the enemies of Democracy, I’ll take that, and run with it. Sorry to have been so long winded, but if I could buy you a drink and shake your hand (or bump elbows😉) I would count myself honoured. The fact is, the world NEEDS more people like you in it. Enjoy your well earned celebrations and the best Christmas ever, my friend. And thank you, for everything you did; and did so very, very well 🖖👏👍✌️
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  9184. Sweet Sandy : And you make a VERY good point. There is a sense that the fever has to break, something has to give, or the country will never recover. And Lincoln warned us about the, “house, divided against itself.” It’s like both sides are seeking that ONE, knockout blow, utterly unable to see the other’s point of view? I can see that, having a legitimate concern over immigration, is NOT the same thing as being racist. But, we also have to be HONEST about the FACT that Trump’s whole appeal is built, PRIMARILY, upon racist foundations. His, “s**thole,” remark earned him points with his base, who are 80%, dyed in the wool, RACISTS, with around 20% not having any realistic grasp of politics or world affairs. Most of these people, holding down more than one crappy job, looking after their families, don’t have the time to sit down and read books, or op-eds, with deep analysis of the issues and are NOT aware of how they are being exploited, by a stupid man who would wash his hands after shaking theirs, and who REALLY DOESN’T give a s**t about them! They have the time for brief snatches of Fox “news” and they watch Breightbart or Alex Jones on their phones and computers, who confirm their biases, offering a solid diet of conspiracy theories and hatred, in the hope of spreading their contamination through the people for whom they have the most CONTEMPT. I genuinely wonder if people like Becka are shills? As she has the exact effect that Russia has been investing so much in. Who would want to stand next to HER at a rally, while she spews her own anger and uncontrolled venom into the faces of people, who might just be GENUINELY inquiring as to what the protest is about? I mock the Trolls with the best of them and can be quite brutal at times. But, I NEVER make assumptions about people and I NEVER attack anyone, without genuine provocation. Even then, I do so with the sense that others may read my words and that I have a responsibility to speak the TRUTH. I practice restraint, because THAT has lead me into “conversation” with the opposition. THAT provides the opportunity to lay out the FACTS, the “evidence” and the arguments, for ALL to read. She is a symptom of this disease. Maybe the Russians are putting something in the water? At this point NOTHING would surprise me, so I’m only half joking. Well, three quarters, I guess. Sorry to go on, but your words are appreciated. And incisive. It’s the best analogy yet, to what is happening to America
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  9230. Jermbot15 : You’re right, of course. Yet, in Obama’s case, that really is impossible. I know that Trump Trolls here try blaming O, but no one in their right mind actually, “believes,” them, any more than they, “believed,” Trump’s claims that Alabama was in the path of a Hurricane. Even a cursory look at the record shows that the US economy was a basket case, created by the Short Sales and dead money bundles of the deregulated Bush Administration. When you inherit a basket case, and leave it a booming, still growing economy, that’s inarguable. I was a fierce critic of Obama, during his time in power, but I was never partisan about it, and I was never insane enough to challenge the fact that he literally SAVED America’s economy and, by extension, the WORLD’S. Telling Trump Trolls that O, “saved the world,” is one of those great facts that you can use to, “trigger,” them, because it’s true, thus more, “painful,” to them. Talk about, “how,” he did it, and they would have serious grounds for, “serious,” criticism. But, they don’t read, or actually, “know,” anything, so they go with the Propaganda talking points, which any educated person sees is wrong from the outset. Ignorant people don’t realise that they’re telling you so much MORE than they, “realise,” when spouting official talking points. It’s never that they’re just wrong; they give away the, “where,” they get their talking points, and the, “who,” is issuing them; they inform you of their background and, “ideology,” without seeming to realise it. The, “way,” they are wrong is most informative, telling you if it’s mainline Fox Propaganda, or more Deep State Alex QAnon Jones, for instance. Just another reason why they’re so easy to smash. But, never forget, my friend: the paid ones, and many of the ones sent out, unwittingly, to use the racist, ill informed, distortions of Propaganda they’re always spouting; they are NOT here to, “convince,” you of anything. They do NOT intend to, “win a debate.” They already know they can’t, because truth trumps lies every time (even the more subtle, slight distortions of the truth, growing in popularity among the Trollarazzi). Their only, “job,” is to ensure that there’s a lot of anger and hate out there. “DIVISION,” is the KEY WORD. Trump got in on a wave of division in America. He has sustained himself, by keeping America Divided. And, when seen through that lens, suddenly, everything Trump does makes perfect sense. Even many of his acts of sheer idiocy become useful, as a way to distract from important issues, but mainly to keep us at each other’s throats. The literal Kryptonite of Trump, is a, “United,” States of America. So, I learned long ago; NEVER let your emotions into the discussion (except to lol at Trolly stupidity) and never hate the player, just the game. Trump will be defeated and destroyed. But, it will be by Americans UNITING as ONE powerful country again. Right now, it is in a verbal Civil War II, that Putin wants to be a literal one. And, that’s what we’re REALLY fighting. Godspeed ✌️
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  9287. @Matt1147 : They were, “crisis actors.” Trump’s trolls taught us all about them. Apparently, anyone who claims the state is responsible for their tragedies are being paid by the, “enemies of the state,” which are the press. Didn’t you know that? Trump trolls have been warning us about them for years! Now we get to see one, and be heartless, cruel, vindictive and revolting toward them, dismissing their pain out of hand, and not listening to anything they want to say . . . In reality, the, “rival,” stations will see their Gold Star Family, and raise them TWO Gold Star Families, of a more senior rank. And the two sides will battle over the, “trophy,” of, “Sacrifice,” as though the winner could take it home with them, and nothing of value will be learned, unless you value sound bites and memes in your political discourse? That, after all, was the only point behind the original comment. “We’ve got a grieving family who agrees with us, what have you got?” like some species of jackal-human hybrid, who thinks he’s scoring a point, rather than being capable of grasping the sheer degradation of his own, “soul.” The sentiment behind the comment was revolting enough. But, the art of never losing the game is, DON’T PLAY. Hence, I only ever engage Trumpophiles for my own entertainment (I know, 🤦‍♂️ 🤷‍♂️ I know) or to prevent a lie from being misappropriated into a, “belief.” It was actually superbly handled by the military, who planned and executed a giant operation the likes of which we haven’t witnessed since the Martial Plan in the 1950’s broke the will of the Soviets. But, no one here gives a sh*t about our military. They’re here to do what they’re paid for, troll for trump, which means deepening DIVISIONS, and that’s it. They serve no other purpose. It’s the ones who, “do it for free,” that I really pity. They’re the ones with too much free time on their hands, racism and hate in their hearts, and lack of self respect, love of humanity, or positive influences in their lives. Sometimes, I feel genuinely sorry for those ones. Their lives have clearly gone utterly wrong, and they, “blame,” the other, because of their rotten, racist parents and their rotten racist, “former guy,” who made it ok. But, don’t waste your time talking to any of them like an adult? Or, you’ll be disappointed. ✌️👍
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  9331. Just imagine what a slap on the wrist, “censure,” would do; which is as good as saying we’re ending the Republic, right there and then? Given that loss of office will result in countless immediate indictments (both Federal & State) which will land him and his family in jail, what alternative does a, ”man,” with his established record of destroying the Constitution and breaking all of the laws he runs up against, HAVE? So long as he can count on enough of his base and the party to remain in denial, and HATE Dems and other races, just enough to make them cheer when he pisses on the rule of law, he will have NO CHOICE but to have Moscow ENSURE his, “re-election,” in a Putin Style, 2020 SHAM. It’s that, or disgrace and jail! And, half of the GOP are IMPLICATED with him, so they’re fighting for their OWN SURVIVAL. They simply CANNOT remove him. What else CAN he do? 2020 will HAVE TO be RIGGED, because too many Americans were persuaded to HATE their, “fellow Americans,” MORE than they hate (or even understand WHO ARE) America’s enemies . . . Just look at the shills on this thread, desperately trying to bury their SHAME, because they KNOW they’re killing America, but aren’t strong enough to ADMIT what they WANT! They WANT a Russian Style, Single Party system, with just enough FAKE Democracy to keep up appearances . . . Trump = Putin Mark Two; the Puppet Version, and they just DON’T CARE. In fact, they PREFER it that way. They’ll take that over the fictional, “brown menace,” any day . . . America’s Republic is OVER
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  9353. It was a, “success,” in terms of the fact that he got us OUT of a war, and a country where we’re not wanted. It was a success in terms of it being one of the most spectacular, efficient, and clean withdrawals in history, carried out by the most professional fighting force on Earth. If people understood more about the sheer logistics of what they achieved, they would be filled with admiration for what these people pulled off here. In fact, it seemed so unlikely to the enemies of the Taliban and the US, that they could not get their act together swiftly enough to truly sabotage the withdrawal. Everyone there was truly sceptical that it would actually happen, having heard it all before. That’s why some were left stranded, despite being warned to pack up and leave, since January. We don’t, “blame,” our own side for terror attacks, so we don’t count that suicide bomber as being anyone’s fault but theirs. And those who claim this was some species of, “failure,” are utterly uninformed, militarily ignorant, and historically illiterate. Especially anyone dumb enough to compare this withdrawal to our last days in Saigon. All that being said . . . Someone, raging about a suicide bomber, clearly wanted to shoot back, so badly, that they didn’t really care about who they hit. THAT person, or persons, needs to face swift military justice. Unless the military can produce hard evidence to contradict this report (unlikely) which they’d better do right now, the remaining family of this man and the other victims, must be compensated and treated with the utmost dignity and respect. And, offered attendance at the tribunal, and expedited visas, should they so choose. But, give Milley the opportunity to assess this new information, process it and respond, BEFORE casting, “judgement,” maybe?
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  9422. They’ve lost Big Business (for now) so the GOP can only raise money from their loopy base, and they ALL need lawyers, so . . . No. I doubt Donny will pay for the outcome, which will be his RUIN, regardless of any, “verdict.” But, that’s why they’re still, “supporting,” Donny, right now. That will end, immediately after the Impeachment, and America will finally get to move on. Your job is to inundate your representatives with DEMANDS that they force people like Cruz, Hawley, Giuliani, Graham and, of course, the trump’s, to TESTIFY! When Trump’s cults hear it from the very mouths of the very people they, “trusted,” it will finally be over and the GOP will shatter into two pieces; the racist fruit loops on one side, and the system gamers, trying to have a, “future,” on the other. The REASON for trump’s Insurrection was the seditious LIE they call, “The Steal.” When witnesses CANNOT give ANY, “evidence,” for believing in it, all they can do is take the Nuremberg Defence, and say they were following orders. America will hear the GOP’s top brass CONFESSING that, “The Steal,” was and is a LIE! There’s no coming back from that. “Verdicts,” are irrelevant to the POUNDING Donny’s whole ideology is going to take, on live TV, from witness who cannot refuse to testify, under oath, with no 5th Amendment to hide behind. We have them, at last . . . So long as YOU do your part? Get in touch. Demand the Reckoning! It’s your right AND your responsibility . . .
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  9482.  @joboygbpedwards  : You’re committing more egregious offences with every comment, madam. I have accepted Jesus as my Lord and Saviour. But, I’m humble enough to know I’m pretty rubbish at being a good Christian. What I can PROMISE you (because I NEVER lie) is that my knowledge of the Bible is deeper and more comprehensive than yours. It’s an academic discipline, you know. You can’t just read some Jacobean translation and tell yourself you have the historical, forensic, contextual, or even a general comprehension of the several books in that collection? That’s what pastors are for; to study these things and Shepard their community with their deeper understanding of scripture. Yet, it is a fact that most American pastors do NOT have even the most basic academic training to know what their Bible actually says, who wrote wrote it, when, where or why. I do have the requisite knowledge, and I can tell you, it’s like physics: the more you learn, the bigger the mysteries and the more you realise you don’t know. Set aside your pride, unpack your spiritual bags, and go find someone less fortunate than you, bring them home, introduce them to your loved ones and help them. Quit being so selfish and talking like a right wing Pharisee? It’s been, “The Season,” of, “The End Times,” quite LITERALLY for the last 2000 YEARS, according to the leaders of Christianity, since its inception. Anyone who’s planning their life around the end times is deceived and refusing to practice the most BASIC precepts of Christ’s teachings. No lie. God’s honest truth. Be good to people and stop with that pride. It’s killing the Earth more surely global warming.
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  9534. Tingle : My, “rant,” made YOU respond, son. Assuming, for one moment, that you’re, “not,” being paid to be here, that means I touched a nerve hard enough to make you, “need,” to say something. And, you CLEARLY FEAR that my rant just MIGHT, “change,” something? If enough of us rant, and actually point out that the Emperor has no clothes, maybe there WILL be a Second Revolution? Maybe they’re ALREADY organising? After all, the GOP has ALREADY got its Florida, “results,” for the 2020, “elections,” hasn’t it? And how many other election computers are they in, if the GOP ACTUALLY ADMITTED they have hacked Florida? Was it a, “coincidence,” that Trump, a New Yorker, launched his, “Campaign,” from Florida, and then did NOTHING different WHATEVER? Or, was that just to make it, “plausible,” enough, to CON the sheep into buying the damaged goods? Putin has shown us the way: Let the sheep go through the motions, and play at, “Democracy.” Let them go to their monitored booths, so we can KNOW WHO, “votes,” in what way, for our records, while WE decide who gets to be President, and, OH LOOK! It’s Putin, by a, “Landslide!” Well done you, America. You now have your Putin Style FAKE Democracy, and get to play at, “The Republic,” because that’s JUST, “Plausible enough,” to keep you from a REVOLUTION! I say, bring them ALL DOWN! It’s IN THE CONSTITUTION! We have the RIGHT to FIGHT, and REMOVE this DICK-TATORSHIP. And, YOU son, are right to be afraid of me
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  9568. wally crail : Poor Bobby is filled with fear, which translates into impotent rage; and is totally unaware that his blurts of hate, only confirm, to decent, thinking, people, that Trump fans are terrified of Mueller. There is a lot wrong with American Democracy, and you may well get a big laugh, out of the Mid Terms, which quite possibly could turn out to be nothing more than a confirmation that Democracy is utterly dead, there. Yet, if that’s the case, we will have, at the very least, forced the hand of the oppressor into to revealing that much TRUTH. They can’t rig it, without us knowing it, and that may be enough to galvanise the nation into putting down this Russian Coup. Or, they may throw up their hands, and accept it, and Europe will look to cut a deal with China, to stand against the Russo-Americans? Who knows? It will be chaos, either way. On the other hand? The Dems might just tip the scales, sufficiently, for the fight to continue? After all, they will have to acknowledge that people really can raise enough money for campaigns, WITHOUT turning to big business, if they stay in business? I am no, “socialist.” Far from it. But, it really is up to the American people, now. As, they have been dreadfully let down by both parties, by merely being placed in the position where THEY, not their politicians, are RESPONSIBLE for preventing a COUP. But, I get no amusement from any of this. Sure, it might feel better, to get all jaded and cynical. But, that’s just an outward expression of the anger you feel at what you consider to be a hopeless position. Forgive me, if think that’s a bit judgemental, but, in the fight for Democracy, I see no room for tolerating the “ideology of despair” any more than I see room for helping the Russians take over. I hope you get me, and don’t get insulted?
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  9876. Ross Lumbus : OK. You can’t do concise, so I’ll indulge you, this once, without the insecurity of insult, undermining my comments: Facts do not, “collaborate.” I said, “corroborate.” Dyslexia does not come with a low IQ; or the abandonment of grammar and diction; usually the opposite, but you Trump fans are fond of your stereotypes, so I’ll let that one go. And, it makes no difference where you are or what your nationality is. You are doing the work of Putin and Xi for them, by trying, (not very hard, it seems?) to sell a KNOWN LIE that not even the GOP supports. NO ONE, with the occasional exception of the ever flip-flopping Trump, even SUGGESTS that the Russians did NOT interfere, DIRECTLY, in the US elections. So, WHY would YOU? On WHAT, “basis,” would you assert a falsehood, like that, UNLESS you had an ulterior motive? But, you are also, either UTTERLY UNAWARE of American politics, or lying again, when you suggest that Trump could POSSIBLY, “win,” the Mid Terms? Having scraped in, with a minority vote, 3,000,000 short of drawing level, let alone the, “popular,” vote, what has Trump then gone on to do? “What, Ash?” Thanks for asking. He has ALIENATED EVERY SINGLE MINORITY and / or ANYONE who thinks that he may be WRONG about ANYTHING, which means EVERYONE ELSE. Has he, “won people over?” Like HELL???!!! Is it a mathematical CERTAINTY that trump will get FEWER VOTERS on his side, since he’s been busy attacking American businesses, people and personalities, institutions, law and order, OUR ALLIES and EVEN HIS OWN FRIENDS AND COLLEAGUES? Yeah, I’d say so! The ONLY people Trump has been, “nice,” about are FOREIGN DICTATORS. So, Trump is growing increasingly DESPERATE: VISIBLY. Which makes him DANGEROUS, as he will do ANYTHING to retain power. He knows that the alternative could mean jail. So he has little to lose, by RIGGING the Mid Terms (nor do Russia and China, for that matter?), or giving Congress a pretext (excuse) to suspend (CANCEL) them. And our foreign adversaries have experience now; with better access and greater motive. Or, perhaps Trump will just continue having his goons, play out these cases in the court of public opinion? Perhaps, stir them into SUCH a FURY of Conspiracy Theories and Nut Jobbery, that he’ll have them encircling Polling Stations? Beating up minorities and intimidating or even MURDERING voters? Perhaps it will be America’s own Kristal Nacht, and we’ll all get to SEE that, “Democracy,” is DEAD. And, when American democracy dies, how long do you think YOURS will survive? With ALL the superpowers being dictatorships? But, here’s what I KNOW for a fact: If you KNEW the history of Trump and his family, you would NOT be shilling for him, UNLESS, you are either responding to one of those shell company emails, to, “Turn YOUR comments into CASH!” Or just a plain, Troll Farmed, battery raised, cattle prodded, government Troll. You are clearly too smart to be one of Trump’s cultists? . . .
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  9986. Jeff Smith : It’s already a, “Banana Republic,” when the reverse is true too. If, “someone at the top,” can order his own, “acquittal,” as happened at the risible Impeachment SHAM, why shouldn’t we expect that he’ll be hunting down all the people who put him there, spoke the truth when asked, or even simply failed to scream out hysterical support for Trump, loudly enough, when Trump, “felt like it”??? The problem here, is that people are still acting like this kind of thing still matters, when the Impeachment was the last nail in the Republic’s coffin. Who in their right mind, even imagines that they are “NOT” going to RIG the coming, “elections,” when we ALL KNOW if Trump is unseated, he and his family will be indicted and all go to jail? Which will lead to them, ”ratting out,” everyone from Bill Barr down to Devin Nunes, the indictment and imprisonment of the ENTIRE administration, leaving a historically disgraced skeleton of the Republican Party in its wake, to disband and flee from the press like escaped Nazis after WWII. They have SHOWN you that Democracy, law and order, and the Constitution are OVER in America, but you all keep up this DENIAL, as if, “elections,” will MEAN a GOD DAMNED THING?! And, I think you’re all doing that, because you all know, in your hearts, that being honest with yourselves can lead to to only ONE conclusion. Americans must accept they have a Russia Style, FAKE Democracy, more popularly known as a DICTATORSHIP, and be DONE with it, OR? . . . Revolution!!! There is no third option
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  10000.  @dago87able  : Because, A) It was in their interests to take out strategic targets; ships in dock, warehouses, factories, military bases, police stations, electricity and water supplies, etc, etc. B) The guided missile had not been invented. You flew over an area, at night, where your map said there was a likelihood of hitting X target if you dropped enough bombs in rapid succession, so that’s what they did. C) These were young men in bombers, not the fighter pilots (who rarely if ever had enough fuel to get across the English Channel) who just wanted to hit their mark (or near it) and go home! Kids, really. Not murderers. D) Records have shown that, even though, “terror,” was among the stated objectives of Goering’s Luftwaffe toward the end of WWII, his apparent incompetence turned out to have more to do with young men being unwilling to carry out immoral orders and finding it relatively easy to be plausibly, “unlucky,” when it came to aiming at a hospital, or something. Once you start counting up the number of, “deliberately,” murdered civilians, killed by shelling, you will find these statistics quite jaw dropping and physically unsustainable! As in, there will be no population alive to bomb within six months at this rate of deaths. Poland lost an entire 5th of it’s population in WWII, which is the record. Ukraine will reach that in two months max, if it’s casualty rate doesn’t drop. But, even Poland lost most of it’s people through combat or concentration camps. Not one single method. Seriously! Check the numbers. This is one of the most shockingly COWARDLY attacks ever in modern history. Like shooting fish in a barrel, only they are people! It’s NEVER been done on this scale before! I cannot find a single example this sustained, outside of possibly Stalingrad? But even there, the fighting raged for months first. Not after one soldier stubbed his toe and said, “F*ck it! Kill them all!” ? ? ? Respect for giving a shit and for double checking. ✌️
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  10101. Shawn William : That’s kind of my point. I HAVE, along with MANY OTHERS, “disavowed,” The Republicans, the GOP and ESPECIALLY TRUMP; making it CLEAR that I LEFT the Republicans BECAUSE of TRUMP. THAT is WHY I IMPLORE YOU: Do not confuse people with Conservative politics, with these RADICALS. RATHER, you SHOULD be WELCOMING them into the fold. Our UNITY is ALL that MATTERS NOW. Are you hearing me? WE DO DISAVOW the Republican Party, while remaining TRUE to OUR convictions. “Conservatism,” is NOT a dirty word, and you will only play into the hands of the Russians and the GOP, by encouraging division. Conservatives HAVE BEEN VOTING AGAINST TRUMP! Can you SEE THAT? You and I are on the SAME SIDE. We have “different” politics, but we MUST UNITE, in order to SAVE THE DEMOCRACY in which people are ALLOWED to HAVE, “different politics.” I have taken the time to TRY to get you to SEE this? We must SET ASSIDE OUR DIFFERENCES and FIGHT for our DEMOCRACY! Trump ticks ALL the boxes for a DICTATOR; delegitimisation of the opposition, of democratic votes, encouraging violence, attacking our allies and American institutions, including the Justice System and Law Enforcement, Even American BUSINESSES, NOW. I could go ON AND ON about just how DANGEROUS the GOP and this dictator ARE TO AMERICA. I offer my hand, in UNITY, and say, “FIGHT WITH ME!” STOP looking for what makes us DIFFERENT. Conservatives are OK, But these are EXTREME RIGHT WING RADICALS, on the BRINK of dismantling the LAST, BEST HOPE of KEEPING OUR DEMOCRACY. And if America falls, the WHOLE WORLD FALLS. I do NOT exaggerate. Check out the book, I recommended: How Democracies Die. I am a political historian. I KNOW what I am talking about. We REALLY ARE AT THAT POINT. We either SAVE Democracy, through the Mid Terms (IF Russia hasn’t ALREADY fixed those?), and through the Special Council, or we WILL LOSE IT FOR GOOD! ARE YOU IN?
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  10123. Sharlene Lakhan : True. Speaking as a Conservative, I cringe when Trump Trolls try to take away the credit for that, from Obama. But, he had to give those money men (and they are mostly men) a LOT of power, and cut so many complex deals, that we saw very few of the chief engineers of our financial ruin, pay any price for it. That’s the, “bitter taste,” I was referring to. He saved the economy, but at what cost? Now, the banks, Wall Street, etc, runs our affairs, without checks and balances, and we see it lose its balance, each and every time Trump has stuck his stupid, greedy, ignorant snout into the trough. That’s what we’re left with, now. A two tier system, with the economy and finance, having shut out the government, except for occasional measures, for show, to reassure us little people that the fantasy of a government that actually runs our financial future, is safe. Trump is clearly out of that loop, as the Mexico debacle demonstrated, where the GOP (financial representatives) spent years hashing out a deal, finalised it, three months ago, and didn’t even bother to TELL Trump. Or, if they did, he wasn’t listening? So, he butts in, like a simple minded horse, with his threats and loud pronouncements, only to be rebuffed by a GOP who stand to lose a LOT of investment, over deals that are already up and running. It seems, MONEY, is the only thing that will make them stand up to the Orange Orifice, and the only thing he’ll hear? Because our economy, and our government are two separate entities, now
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  10290.  @peterc.1419  : Was that meant to be ironical? The one spectre that Putin has held over his people; the one reason they’ve tolerated dictatorship since the 90’s has been, “Well, at least it’s not like the bad old days where we had to inform on our neighbours, pretend to love Communism (or even understand it) cue for a loaf of bread all day and get locked up if we complained to loud about it.” Now, that’s EXACTLY what they’re getting. And when it matters most. A rich reward for turning a blind eye and not caring enough to fight for a real democracy after getting SO CLOSE they could taste it! The one thing they were willing to trade has been taken off the board. Now they have to decide if they’re fine with poverty and the bad old days, with cops doing spot checks on people’s phones to see who they’re talking to, what they’re saying and what a-ps they’re using. Now they’re watching all their favourite apps, news stations, radio and TV just up and vanish in front of their miserable eyes, and they can’t even eat their comfort food because MacDonalds and a bunch of other franchises have packed up and hauled ass. It will be WORSE than the bad old days, because they’ve all gotten used to semi-free information, conveniences, entertainment and money. Now the difference between a Ruble and a dollar is about ONE DOLLAR they’re looking at the genuine possibility of STARVATION. Just WHO is missing those good ole’ days? I’d love to talk to THAT guy? 😂
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  10350. I hope they can work this out? Iran needs to realise they can’t use trump’s egregious brinkmanship as an excuse to milk the situation to squeeze it for all it’s worth. The old tactics of seeking forgiveness after the fact, agreeing to come to the table, once they’ve got all their nuclear centrifuge - ducks in a row, just won’t work. Biden cannot be too specific, until they’ve had talks. There’s no harm in America’s outreach, but Iran must come to the table. They could get an election winning result out of this, if they’re swift? At the very most, western sanctions can only be lifted on the condition of access for the west to check their capabilities, and an agreement that Iran comes to the table, in good faith. If they try to exploit the situation and speed up their nuclear program, and then come to the table later, America won’t sit still for that. Not after trump’s f’k up. It’s too volatile for that, now. Iran will get itself bombed or worse. And, if they sit on their hands, or worse, try to get more of their nuclear program in place, waiting out the elections, they’ll shoot themselves in the foot. Whenever things deteriorate with the west, or when there’s sabre rattling going on, Iran ALWAYS lurches to the right, so they’ll lose power, leaving a more extreme government in charge. And, let’s face it, Iran has got some legitimate complaints. Not just trump’s mishandling either. But, Israel’s assassinations of their top nuclear scientists have been all but warlike! And trump’s sucking up to Israel’s hard right government has been blatant, to put it mildly. Not saying I approve or disapprove, “want,” or, “don’t want,” anything here. Just that, it is what it is, and Iran needs to take a good faith step, get to the table, and get an, “Achievement,” out of this, to help themselves keep in power, before the next election in 4 months. It could be a win win? With some generosity that the current regime can play off as, “atonement,” from America? Ah, who am I kidding? They’ll make it all worse, and seek Moscow’s approval for any negotiations. And of course, Putin will say, “Niet,” to anything that helps America . . . SMH
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  10442. THIS is what you get when an entire nation lives by the mantra, “I never get involved in politics.” One of the most political decisions you can take in your life is to abandon politics and therefore your country. And being dumb enough to believe that you have some sort of, “social contract,” with your politicians, whereby you get to do what you want so long as you stay out of politics, results in the politics coming to you. As the countless thousands fleeing Putin’s draft discovered. And if you think that could never happen where you live, ladies and gentlemen of the jury, I present exhibit A: Tricky Dicky Nixon, who exploited the cynicism and political nihilism of the late 60’s and early 70’s, resulting in a draft for people to fight a war in a country they’d never heard of, against an enemy they had no beef with, for goals that not even their leaders could agree upon: the Vietnam War. The only difference was that Nixon’s intention to dismantle our democracy was only at the beginning stages, and everyone suddenly got political, enabling the people to put an end to that war, and to expose the illegal dealings of their president before it was too late. But we’ve come close to losing our democracy since and the powers of the far right use Stalin-like, Putinesque methods more and more. Russians seem to have had sheer cowardice bred into them over generations. Is that what you want for us, or for Europe? These, “soldiers,” refused to go back to the front lines for the sake of their own skins, but we never hear of them refusing to bomb civilian targets, murder innocents, rape, loot, torture, etc. NOW they, “care,” when they’re being drafted without training or equipment. Suddenly the Russian cheers for Putin are quietened whilst veterans and the able bodied men flee their homeland by the thousands. The price for political absenteeism is a life of cowardice, living among cowards, in permanent fear. There are worse things than dying, yet these people don’t know that.
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  10473. blksbth1 : Firstly, you should pick a “character” and STICK to it, as you are KNOWN to use multiple “identities”. So, to you and your alter ego, Thomas: You REALLY should try reading about the FACTS. Based upon ONE FBI Agent, who blasted politicians on BOTH sides of the political divide; who was dismissed from the investigation BY MUELLER, before the Shills even got wind of the guy; and with the FULL KNOWLEDGE that Mueller is a REPUBLICAN, you go on to build a house of cards argument on that foundation? Claiming “Left Wing Infiltration”? Digging up past donations, going back so far, that they show up at THE SAME TIME that Donny was donating to the CLINTONS? And we ALL KNOW that getting a penny out of Trump is a feet in itself; meaning that he must have REALLY WANTED them to succeed at the time? But, of course, the idea is NOT to “PROVE” anything, is it? The “IDEA” is simply to throw up as much CHAFF as possible, right? A political Flash-Bang-Grenade, intended to cause JUST ENOUGH temporary confusion and doubt around Mueller for Trump’s minions (ALL of whom have a LOT at risk from any financial history being exposed?) to JUST MAYBE, halt or slow down the investigation. But, it HAS to be the minions who do it, right? They can’t allow Donny to ADD to his already growing list of OBSTRUCTION charges, so HE HAS to APPEAR to be playing nice, RIGHT? YOUR OVERLORDS are hoping that, by the time Mueller has discredited their claims of bias, it will be too late; that they will have thrown in ANYTHING else they can find to add to it. But, if you are not smart enough to comprehend anything I just told you, just remember this: Mueller is WISE to your IDIOTIC, PANICKING Trump LACKEYS, and it WILL NOT WORK
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  10475. Daniel Andrews : The account I gave you, of what happened to me, is true. I cannot say for certain, IF Thomas truly has been working multiple accounts, but I KNOW that it DOES happen. I have had other dirty tricks pulled on me, but I am fortunate in having a computer expert for a brother. Though he works for Rockstar, in England, my country of origin, it is AMAZING what you can do to protect your computer over the web, but it is equally STAGGERING what these shell companies are capable of, on behalf of their Russian creators. It struck me there, that Thomas was simply echoing the same message? And the established MO, so I am informed, is to have two “fronts” on the go at once; one childish and abusive, the other more adult, and to see which generates the most attention. There REALLY IS a whole playbook for this!!! Honestly, I was as sceptical as to their abilities, as they come, despite knowing that there was a lot of dirty tricks going on out there, until I had my eyes opened. My brother says NEVER click on Click Bait, EVEN when you can see the link is just another YouTube vid. “A classic con,” according to my brother. “A Standard Ploy,” according to the FBI. But, to the point, you ARE RIGHT. Thomas is just rationalising. Just ONE quick example: Bannon is now OPENLY talking about how the Trump family, et al, attended that meeting with the Russian lawyer, in Trump Tower, to get “dirt” on Hillary. Are we HONESTLY expected to BELIEVE that “daddy” was NOT complicit in this? Would Trump, post impeachment, be able to convince a Grand Jury of that? With the way he rambles and bombasts? WHY are people beginning to “rationalise” ANYWAY? Is this because they happen to SEE that certain, incontrovertible FACTS are coming out? It’s like they just keep redrawing the front line, as they lose the battle: accepting ONE MORE “thing” after another, but ALWAYS trying to keep Trump inside the Bubble
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  10478. Yes, we should be careful how we read this situation, but NOT inactive. The west needs to get ready for Russia’s approaching collapse. The signs are there and some factors are beyond dispute. Even Putin publicly admitted he cannot control Prighozin, who continues to defy Putin’s direct orders to fold Wagner’s Nazis into the regular military AND defy his, “exile.” Putin cannot isolate him and he cannot afford to lose the revenue stream from the diamond and gold mines that Wagner provides from their criminal, terrorist enterprises in Africa. Two power bases at odds is a situation that cannot remain stable. And as long as Prigozhin swans about in Russia, Putin has that bloody nose Wagner gave him, for the world to see. He cannot even wipe the blood off his nose to save face. The world drew a comparison immediately: Zelensky is the type of guy who stays, even when it looks like he might be taken prisoner (see, “Executed,” for details on how that was going to play out) while the Russians were inside the borders of Kyiv. It was Prigozhin who forced Putin to flee Moscow, without even getting within 20 MILES of the city limits! No one is forgetting THAT any time soon. The fact that Putin is powerless to avenge himself on Prigozhin for abjectly SHAMING him tells you all you really need to know about who’s running things in Russia. And it isn’t any one man anymore. Something is going to give, sooner rather than later. And if we’re not ready for that, we’ll be fighting off competition from all over the globe when China seeks to sweep all the newly independent states of the Russian Federation into its, “sphere of influence.” Buckle up people. Ukraine might just win this war even though the west doesn’t really want them to? Or, so it seems from NATO’s pusillanimity? Then what? I say it’s better to be in control of events then try to deal with them as they happen chaotically about you. I say, let Ukraine win! Give them an airforce and navy to be proud of and make lots of money from their oil, gas, rare elements and farming! Slava Ukraine! 🇺🇦✌️🇬🇧
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  10579.  @MrDan11422  : Yeah, I believe in God, as taught in the Christian Bible. Which means not the God that most Christians seem to believe in. Few people have the relevant academic training or historical knowledge to contextualise the writings of the Bible, let alone understand it. And it’s no longer taught by pastors, because they don’t have the training or education either. Most only care about what’s in your wallet, and the tax breaks. What I don’t really go with is lots of aphorisms with little practical use in the real world. Jesus spoke to people in a very practical way, about real world issues and current affairs (of His day) and didn’t like to speak in riddles. Yeah, He used parables, but as a teaching tool, for specific situations with a clear context, that had been raised as a question. Nothing is real. Let me rephrase that? There is such a thing as, “no thing.” A place where; no, not a place. An, “area,” in which no thing exists: no time, no objects, no movement, no light, no energy. Not even seething radiation or the bubbling of quarks. You and I will never experience this state of nothingness, because we are, “things.” Made up of countless other things. But, that oblivion of nothingness; that other dimension in which no thing exists . . . That is what awaits those who abandon life, love, and the experiences of free will. Eternal damnation is not a, “thing,” you can or will experience, but you can be consigned to it, nevertheless. You will simply not know it, because there will be no, “you,” to speak of. Jesus offers life eternal. Which is the only natural alternative to the universe in which we exist. The laws of physics demand it. You can choose life everlasting or the wages of sin, which are death. I know which I prefer . . .
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  10629.  @joejaurique8064  : David Cay Johnston’s books, The Making Of Donald Trump and, It’s Worse Than You Think, give the full answer to your ignorant question. Hard, irrefutable FACTS, throughout, with reference sections almost as long as the books themselves, because the author knew he was going to have to prove his allegations in court, when Donny tried to, “cancel,” his books, which he did. If you are poor, you can get them at your local library (assuming you’re, “American,” to begin with?) for free, and I guarantee you: after finishing those, you will conclude that Donny is a crook, a criminal, a con man, a racist, an incompetent, a vindictive little weasel, a sexual predator, a liar, a blackmailer, a thief and a coward, as well as being incredibly stupid, crass and simple minded. If you still support him after that, it will be because either you are a racist too, incredibly stupid, or just paid to and don’t care about the threat to democracy he represents because you don’t have it where you live. If you are a real, authentic human being, you will never have a positive word to say about trump, ever again. And, keep this in mind, if you ever do muster the courage to face facts?: the author is a life long Republican, a financial expert who advises whole governments around the world, a personal acquaintance who knows the trump’s and has for 30 years, and a Pulitzer Prise winning journalist, so you cannot dismiss his legally established FACTS as, “fake news,” or, “deep state,” son. Your move, I think? Oh, wait? No no . . . It appears you’ve been Check Mated . . . 😉
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  10795. olrik parlez : Re-sent, at your request; as follows: Would that you were right, but I cannot agree. Not while children are being caged, some of them dying, in state funded Concentration Camps? Not, while Trump casts about for the war he so desperately wants? Not while we are forced to pay real money for his ego-trip Trade War? Not while people are being radicalised into appalling acts of mass murder, by Nazis who use his, “rhetoric,” to inspire people into acts of terrorism, in which these, “heroes,” shoot down defenceless women and children in the streets? Not while women’s bodies are invaded as a, “punishment,” for a single error of judgement, leading to an unwanted pregnancy. And, not while there is no escaping Trump, even in our sports, which he somehow managed to DIVIDE, or while he Tweet Bombs State Funerals, undermines our biggest industries like Amazon and Google, our domestic services; EVEN THE POST OFFICE!? That, my friend, is REAL POWER. You are right that he will never be the thing he desires to be, and I think that it is his awareness of that, and the bitterness which results from it, which is (in part) what makes him SO evil? But, it’s time we got REAL about this situation? If Trump, his whole family, and all his enablers were to be locked away for life, TODAY, we STILL cannot (for SHAME!) lay ANY claims to having a system which, “works,” or, “serves,” its people. As a racist and a hater of all who oppose him, we have had to cope, for years now, with a, “leader,” who LITERALLY HATES THE VAST MAJORITY OF AMERICANS. Our broken system allowed this, and is sitting still, while the Russians see to it that he will remain Dictator for life. He CANNOT relinquish power for fear of indictment, shame, and jail; ultimate DEFEAT. So, Impeachment is the ONLY remedy left to us, and those who have that power, are unwilling because they have been so indoctrinated by a lifetime of, “tactical, political thinking,” that they’ve forgotten what it is to just DO THE RIGHT THING! Without Impeachment, Trump will, “win,” 2020, driven by that violent engine of his power: DIVISION. Even the GOP has been forced to admit that Russia HACKED Florida’s election computers, so just think HOW BAD IS IT, REALLY? I cannot share your sanguine attitude, for those reasons. The Republic has already fallen, in Washington, and the people do not, “feel,” it because they still go to work, pay their taxes and get arrested if they break the laws. But, if Trump is still there for the 2020 elections, it will ALREADY be OVER, and after the BLOODBATH that election night will be; with goon squads, intimidating voters or shooting at them, outright, THEN America will KNOW what a Dictatorship is, and feel the REAL POWER that they refused to believe was there. Trump’s foundation of a DIVIDED States of America will be the violent source of his REAL power. This is how Democracy Dies, in the modern world. There’s a great book about it, available as an audiobook on YouTube, if it’s still there? Modern Democracies die, because the citizens of those countries always say and do the same thing: They say, “It can never happen HERE?” And, they DO NOTHING . . . ✌️
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  10853. carol Lund : Yeah, I see what you mean. I actually moved here FROM England in 2006, and have duel citizenship. The country has changed, largely on the basis of embarrassment. I really believe that. So many ignorant people are vaguely aware that Trump is a traitor, but have stuck their necks out too far to pull them back in, without being attacked by other, rabid, Trumpskis. So, they live in fear. Being a political historian, (the occupation which brought me out here, in the first place) and having the outsider’s perspective, I have noticed that the changes have been rapid, due to unseen poverty. EVERYONE here (I am blessed to be able to exclude myself in this) seems to be in a Debt Trap. Their education; their homes; their cars; their health; their businesses, ALL seem to have put a millstone around their necks. So, even though the US can “claim” to be prosperous, right now, there is STILL the sense of desperation that was a driving factor behind Hitler. It’s very hard to make people aware of their shared financial fix, despite the fact that most Americans (over 80%) will die leaving DEBT as a legacy for their children. That’s why a TEMPORARY Tax Break is a straw they’ll cling to. Racism has ALWAYS been a much bigger problem in The States, than most of the developed world, which is WHY Trump has been able to seize on financial despair, without ever naming its source and blame “the other” like Hitler. Though he acts more like Stalin. If the Dems don’t win the Mid Terms, we will lose our democracy, and I’ll be returning back to England, while we stave off the inevitable downfall of Democracy on a GLOBAL basis. Hill has no clue, and seems to be demonstrating my point. How insecure do you have to be, to lay out your personal biography to a stranger that you have just been abusing, just to show that you aren’t living in your mom’s basement? It seems THAT is more important to him, than the issue in hand? Says a LOT
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  11025.  @taniadavenport2939  : Start with The Gulag Archipelago by Alexander Solzhenitsyn, if you can access it in your library? It’s still banned in Russia, maybe? Read it as though he is talking about the present day, as it really is no different. “Progress,” is a thing that happens to other countries, if you’re a Russian. Anton Checkoff’s collection of essays and short stories would be good for you, like vitamins for the brain. Then, if you’re up for some grown up stuff, (and if you can handle a little Leo Tolstoy without breaking into tears?) you could move on to Simon Seabag Montefiore’s two part biography of Stalin. Honestly, when you read those, especially the second one, you’ll keep picking up your western copies of Putin’s life and wondering where the differences are! Maybe it will sink in that Putin has modelled his entire philosophy, politics, lifestyle and career on the one man who survived as dictator of Russia until his death? Granted, he died horribly, helplessly lying in his own bodily fluids for 16 hours after a stroke, until they finally put him in a bed and all he could do was watch his enemies plot and scheme for power, while ensuring that he would never recover this time. Granted, all the doctors had been purged, so he had to rely on quacks who were so terrified that they relied on consensus diagnostics and debate instead of doing anything to help him, and he had to watch all of this, unable to articulate his horror and rage until he finally died. But he did cling to power. Putin loves that.
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  11353. Mark 975 : Why, “Whaddabout,” doesn’t work, huh? I guess you must all be pretty frustrated, as to why that never gets you anything but lol’d at? Well, here goes . . . First, the inbuilt assumption is that people objecting to Trump have ANY thoughts or, “feelings,” about Obama, anyway. For example; I’m a Conservative. I was a fierce critic of Obama, and I’m REALLY GLAD that Hillary is PAST tense, regarding her political prospects. America didn’t WANT her, because she was patronising, crooked against Bernie, and represented a, “business as usual,” dynasty. THAT’S WHY she couldn’t even muster enough support to beat Trump, of ALL people. Just ASSuming that, because we don’t like Trump, that makes us Obama or Hillary fans, is NUTS, and automatically sets people’s teeth on edge, as it looks like a cop out. Second; “Whaddabout,” is a change of topic, with false equivalencies. Anyone who can’t defend the actions of Trump, changes topic. Let’s say that ALL of your allegations against Obama AND Hillary were true? SO WHAT? If a guy robbed bank, the fact that someone else robbed a bank, is NOT relevant. Another inbuilt flaw, see? Your, “double standard,” depends upon people having standards, that you can only GUESS at. Arresting one bank robber, DOES NOT, make you a supporter of the OTHER bank robber, son. Thirdly; there’s the, “motivations,” that you prejudicially attach to the actions of your opponents, which are nearly ALWAYS inaccurate, misrepresented and PROVABLY FALSE. Again, you’re GUESSING at why O or HRC have done the things they’ve done, when history does not stand with you. This leads people to conclude that you are getting false information, and malign in your intentions, to spread false information. People just want the TRUTH, son. They really DON’T CARE about Hillary or Obama, who’s NEVER even STOOD against Trump. Which brings me to the final point. It’s NOT, “Either, OR,” son! Trump’s faults say NOTHING about the faults (or otherwise) of other people. He IS doing bad things, in PLAIN SIGHT, now. Mueller (the person you have all been saying you BELIEVE, because you thought Barr was telling the, “truth,”) has JUST TOLD YOU THIS! He SAID exactly what I PREDICTED. The, “investigation,” was hamstrung from the outset, by OBSTRUCTION OF JUSTICE! He could NOT prove what he could NOT investigate. But, HE thinks Congress should IMPEACH Trump, for OBSTRUCTING JUSTICE, because his Office is NOT ALLOWED TO ARREST HIM. What MORE do you ACTUALLY NEED? . . . SMH
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  11441.  @conniejenni5504  : Very true. Happened in Spain and Italy around the same time too. But, Donny has always struck me as more of the Stalin (without the book learning) type. The disinformation and propaganda techniques are directly from his playbook. Probably learned at the feet of Putin? And his nanny state anti-small-government-conservatism is very Stalin. His anti-science, anti-intellectualism echoes, “Uncle Joe Stalin,” too. Then there’s the thin skinned stuff, which cost so many lives, just because of perceived threats, which would soon be the same if Donny ever got into power again. And, we all know Donny (accidentally) quotes Stalin, when he calls the free press, “the enemy of the people.” But, most of all, the total abject denial of Covid, which so closely mirrored Stalin’s denial of a famine that cost millions of lives in Russia. You could get sent to the gulag, or even executed, just for saying the famine was a thing in Stalin’s presence, and you weren’t allowed to mention Covid deaths to Donny! Stalin was the first, “politician,” (I use the term loosely, as with trump) to Politicise a national health crisis and Donny was step by step copying him. And, should trumplin ever see power again, that’s the society we’d have, within a couple of years. With neighbours informing on each other to protect themselves, and people you recognise from being arrested for racist thug activity will now be showing up on your doorstep, wearing a uniform, and able to search your house without any need for warrants or due process. That’s the America we’re fighting to prevent. We came so close to that, I don’t even like to think about it. ✌️👍
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  11521. BW MadDog : You weren’t listening to the story, at all, son. Trump would be literally breaking the law, and promising pardons, after the fact. Let’s set aside the fact that such a, “promise,” of Pardons is a Crime, as well as immoral and an abuse of power, which YOU don’t mind, now, but WILL when it’s YOUR TURN to be on the receiving end (and that day WILL come), and let’s just talk about the LAW, shall we? What could you actually arrest her for? “Forming a Militia?” Sorry son. It’s the LAW. She has every right. “Shooting trespassers?” Sorry Son. 2nd Amendment. She’s LITERALLY, “Preventing Crime,” in the same way that ANYONE is, when they shoot home invaders. “Obstructing Government,” maybe? Well, it has LITERALLY BEEN IN THE NEWS, that they KNOW they are breaking the law! And, again, the 2nd Amendment was INVENTED to protect against Government Tyranny, so? . . . Let’s define, “Government Tyranny,” shall we? How about, “STEALING LAND AND PROPERTY?” AND . . . “DOING IT, KNOWINGLY, BREAKING THE LAW!” You have NO LEG to stand on. And, the BEAUTY of it? It’s ALL because of the 2nd Amendment, which Trump Trolls LOVE to shout about, like they don’t seem to realise that 80% of Gun Owners, LIKE ME, WANT Gun Control. Trump Trolls act like Trump’s opponents, “don’t own guns.” Which means they’re in for a shock, too. You have NO CASE, sir. Unless you count your Head Case in the White House. But, he won’t be there for very long, now 😁
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  11537.  @maplemaple1439  : You make an impassioned plea for, “the better angels of our nature,” and I hear you, but you must admit that the example you site from Africa is a rare exception? They show us it’s possible to live without war, and that humanity has it in themselves to do that, but I don’t think human nature is so peacefully inclined or even desirous to live in a permanent state of peace; much as I would truly want to. The idea of Jen Luc Picard’s Star Trek is one of my favourite fantasies. But, just as men have a way of getting violent when they’re afraid or when their desires are frustrated, they will always seek to justify their violence. War is the institutionalisation of that desire, and the tool for those at the top, through which they can sate their greed and ambition. History is almost nothing but the story of war. That does not mean I’ve given up, or resigned myself to a society that is permanently in a state of conflict, though. It just means that I believe whatever solutions we come up with, for reducing conflict and organised violence, needs to acknowledge the reality of man’s (as it is mostly men) need for conflict. Have you seen The Hurt Locker? Kathryn Bigalo does a very good job of illustrating this very human failing. It’s not just about greedy, malignant politicians, or dumb soldiers who don’t really care why they’re killing this group of people today and that group tomorrow. If that were the case, politicians would never be able to convince people to join the armed services, let alone convince them to fight! Men get addicted to the conflict itself; the buzz of danger; the release of violence, justified and rewarded; and overcoming their opponents, in a dick swinging contest of, “Ha! I won! You’re dead!” They really do. Our solutions will always need to accommodate this aspect of the human conditions, and find valid, legalised, releases for them. I respect your opinion, really.
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  11566. Frederick Delius Legacy - And Far Beyond : Take a look at Florida: the place where the GOP was forced to admit that Russia had hacked their election computers. When the press tried to establish which Counties, in what way they’d gotten inside, and what, if anything was being done about it, we learned that everyone had been threatened with instant jailing, under terror legislation, if they said one more WORD about it, and were left with total radio silence. The next time we hear a thing about Florida, was about a month later, when Trump launched his, “Campaign,” from there; doing absolutely NOTHING, “differently,” at all, but obviously providing the, “plausible deniability,” necessary to explain Trump’s coming, “victory,” in this increasingly diverse, divided and ESSENTIAL, “must win,” State, which carries plenty of Electoral College votes. You only need a few rigged states, and I wouldn’t be at all surprised if the polls we’ve been getting are already rigged at the source, before any of the press gets the numbers? But, what do people EXPECT from a career criminal, who’s ONE effective strategy in life has been to get your minions as dirty as you, so that fighting for your survival and their own, become the SAME THING? That they would rest on their Gerrymandering, vote buying, bribes, and a massive campaign of LIES on the internet, “News,” feeds, and their own Propaganda, “News,” outlets? That’s still a gamble, when they KNOW the majority of Americans want Trump out, and in jail? When it’s SO MUCH EASIER, to have a hostile power ALREADY INSIDE your voting apparatus, and you can guarantee victory? Even IF it’s al exposed, they have several layers of deniability and fall guys, to fall back on. And, we know from experience that any investigations will last throughout his next two terms, before he’s ready to hand over to Ivanka, so as to STAY insulated. You can’t use the law, when there is no law . . . America’s done
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  11588.  @mediamanM  : Fascists, obviously . . . What else? There’s nothing, “conservative,” about Trumpism. The GOP are Nanny State, not small government. They’re anti-corporate business, if Moscow Mitch is to be taken seriously? They’re racists. They’re anti-democratic. They’re a cult of personality. They’re anti-intellectual, anti-science, anti-truth. Just about everything that we traditionally think of as, “conservative values,” like the family, sexual propriety, religious freedom, patriotism, etc, has been radically ejected from the GOP under trump’s management. They are literally Fascists, and what’s worse is that they have been fully exposed as Totalitarian and anti-democracy, to the extent that they have no ground to retreat to, no room to walk back any of their refusal to accept democracy: not when you combine their insurrection; voting to overturn a democratic election DURING that insurrection; their delegitimisation of ALL political opponents for the last 5 YEARS or more (remember, “Lock Her Up” was already OLD by the time trump took office?); their current refusal to accept the election results, delegitimising our Democracy before the entire world; and the fraudulent conspiracy they’re about to perpetrate against America, when their bogus, sham, “audit,” announces that, “Chiynah stole our elections, for Joe!” Finally, combine all of that, with the Suppression of Voters, the right to Protest and now, even Suppressing the history of Slavery from the Education Curriculum, all to keep the ailing careers of an unpopular minority, within a minority, on life support. They have abandoned ALL pretensions of Democracy, and have as good as announced that not only will they NEVER relinquish power EVER again, but that they haven’t given up on their January 6th Coup attempt yet! Totalitarian is inarguable! Fascist is a better description though. And America needs to do the, “waking up!” Because Fascism is a real threat to us all, right now! ✌️
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  11664. no no : So, because I am able to identify YOUR emotional ravings, you repeat the words back at me and say that I am “feeling” them? You are CLEARLY a stranger to reason. Happily, not my problem. As I have pointed out, and thank you for making my point SO ably, you have NOTHING to say about the topic under discussion. WHY do “think” this is? Don’t bother; as you’re hanging on my every syllable, I’ll tell YOU: You are ASHAMED. McConnell tried to STOP the military from getting paid. He revealed himself for the conniving SCUM that he is and the Generals will REMEMBER this “loyalty” which I don’t doubt, they will pay back in kind. Now, at least TRY to engage in the POLITICS here, or at the very least, get your hurt feelings under control. We have held NOBODY’S interest, here? The ONLY “benefit” that this, ahem, “conversation,” can now have, is if you took the time to LEARN something about the REAL world, and I am happy to instruct you. But, DO STOP WHINING? You’re just showing the world (if anyone ever looks this far down the thread in the future?) how insecure you are. Have you no self respect? You REALLY shouldn’t go on YouTube, if you are so EASILY distressed? Think about it? You are suffering pain (anger and impotent rage) and TRYING to project back onto someone who’m you can NEVER touch, on an emotional level, (that’s the “impotent” part) because you have no comprehension as to what drives me? Your “hurt” drips from your words, and you “think” a casual reader won’t SEE that? Talk politics, and stop harming yourself. I say it for your own good, honestly. Smh
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  11808. I meant to say, “skewing,” the numbers, but spewing works, I guess? If we get a vaccination program in schools, which the government is so keen to make money on, er . . . I mean, “return normality to households and see to the education of our youth,” then their reckless, racist, pointless parents can do what they like, without the risk of them harming the innocent, right? No downside. I think the only reason there are so many of the resisters is entirely down to the Russian Propaganda, made to look like, “American,” propaganda, because it comes from Alex Q Jones, or Fox, or whatever. And the only reason they’re so wound up is because they know, deep down, in their deepest hearts, that they’re wrong and they’re risking their kids lives; so they drown out their guilt and insecurities, by screaming a lot, and seeking self justification from the Bible. The Evangelical ones should read the New Testament Mark? Jesus says, Himself, that most churches will be corrupted and will lead the people to destruction, through greed and, (they didn’t have the concept of racism, back then, but they had equivalencies) racism. They should be running for the hills? 666 wasn’t enough for them. Plague, famine, wars and rumours of wars? Civil unrest, and public, degrading murders, committed by our police forces. Now, Bill Barr is building a legion of Secret Police SS units, to suppress us, when we complain about having our, “elections,” stolen from us. The GOP KNOWS they’re going to jail, or establishing a Dictatorship. There’s no alternative, third outcome, here. America’s pretty f**ked, and I’m going to stay in the UK if Trump pulls off a Coup. But, I’ll only be putting off the inevitable, worldwide fall of Democracy. But, I will, at least, get to out live a whole, vast section of American society, who will have, “We told you so,” inscribed on their tombstones 😉
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  11842. I heard about the ISW’s (Institute for Studies in Warfare) assessment, which bares out my own comment last week. That Putin seems to be deliberately reducing Prigozhin’s Wagner group, whilst blocking his attempts to refill his ranks from gyms, clubs and prisons around Russia. Russia’s internal wars mean that Ukraine has not faced properly trained, equipped and supported soldiers for some time now, but just sheer overwhelming numbers, with occasional injections of special forces groups, here and there, but not in any significant numbers. I do not fear for what might happen when the Russians finally do put their best on the front lines, as they lost their very best in the battle for Kiev and their failed invasion attempts around the whole eastern half of Ukraine last year. Putin might think he’s buying time to train and equip his latest swathe of conscripts, but they simply will not have the experience, will or matching equipment to halt Ukraine’s Spring offensive. Once Putin has less Ukrainian real estate than he began with in February of last year, combined with new countries joining NATO and the sheer financial losses Russia has suffered, all topped off with China’s visit making it clear that Putin cannot expect any significant under the table assistance, and Russia are now China’s junior partner, his position as leader will be untenable. Unless Russia breaks up and becomes like North Korea with China’s assistance - while China soaks up the populations of Russia’s southern regions into their borders, because, “populations,” (particularly young people) are what China so badly needs right now, I can’t even see how Putin survives into next year?
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  11850. grammaticopedanticus : Precisely. Consider the term, “Small Government Conservatism,” and set that against the invasive attempts of Trump, to control and have an impact on EVERYTHING, from, “Make Iran Great Again,” Trump’s own words, which directly contradict, “America First.” From Tweet bombing State Funerals, to causing a rift in our SPORTS; the very place Americans go to get away from politics! From, “punishing,” pregnant women, to spontaneously phoning in to Propaganda news outlets, the control of which is only spreading. Attacking our biggest industries, Amazon, Google, etc, even the post office! I could go on listing various aspects of public life, but the point is, whatever you can call Trump, it’s NOT, “Conservative,” by ANY definition. The big ROBBERY of $1.5 TRILLION, early on, for his donors and his family, was about their speed, and on its own, would have had us still arguing over its patent failure to stimulate the economy, and now prices are rising on almost EVERYTHING electronic, because of the pointless trade war, with the ONE COUNTRY that can take hit after hit, without EVER having to worry about the, “political consequences,” when China doesn’t even HAVE elections! Sorry for waffling a bit, there, but speaking as a Conservative, what I see is STALIN. He even QUOTES Stalin, and he’s being fed Stalin’s tactics, by Putin. His aims may well be Proto-Nazi, but his technique is Stalinist, mass control of EVERYTHING. That’s Anti-Conservative, and I’m WITH THE RESISTANCE, ALL THE WAY TO THE END ✌️👍
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  11886. Stu_Lopher : Good point. Accept, he didn’t say it. In fact, he was one of the few who was warning, from his global geopolitical perspective, about the growing popularity of far right cults, and the damaging effects of mass propaganda dumps. He showed it was happening all over the world, and was (still is) driven by Russia and their allies, while expressing concerns over education levels and mass movements. He may have said, early on, what everyone was saying, but that was way back when the GOP was saying they’d never accept trump, because of his racism, sexism and stupidity (people like Lindsay Graham and Moscow Mitch were very loud on the topic). None of us could have predicted that the GOP would cave, so abjectly, to such an obvious Putin Puppet? But, Fareed was one of the first, trying to explain to us why trump might get, “elected,” and how. So, Mickey, here, is full of shit. But, note this? Look how complex the truth is? Look how many words it took for me to explain the facts? How much patience has it taken for anyone to read this comment through? See, Mickey knows that he can COUNT on people being lazy, because lies are quick and easy. He either guessed and took a chance, or just flat out lied. Morally, there’s no difference. Basically, he’s a complete and utter cult, who takes money to lie, or is just so mentally ill, that he spends all day, every day, spewing out lies and hate, to people he hates on channels he hates. That’s not a, “sane,” man’s actions. Just a cult’s. ✌️👍
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  12131. Nias : Looks like you were responding to me? It REALLY DOES bare all the hallmarks of a COUP, doesn’t it? But, there is one small ray of hope on the horizon. Trump’s Tax Heist, designed to create a class of oligarchs in America, that resembles Putin’s Goons, with whom Putin will be able to negotiate directly and do end runs around the government, is all but signed. THAT is a TERRIBLE development. BUT: What USE has Trump’s party got for HIM now? Apart from his public disgraces, the way that he attacks Americans, en masse, and individually, the MIRE of suspicion of TREASON around him and his utter incompetence; MOST of the Republican Party have PERSONAL reasons to “avenge” themselves on Trump, after he’s publicly shamed and attacked SO MANY of his own colleagues and allies. Once Trump signs that Bill, they may take the opportunity to try to restore public “confidence”? Even to make themselves look like “heroes” by “patriotically” standing up to Trump in the face of overwhelming evidence? Just a thought, but, Trump looks to have a sell-by date on him, which has expired. Can they seriously get ANYTHING of “value” from him now? Something that they couldn’t do for themselves, without all the division and hate that comes with the Trump Package? And they COULD win a LOT of support from the centrist “left” leaning voters? I’m thinking we may see some rumblings over the Christmas period, from within the Republican Party? But, hey. I’ve been wrong before?
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  12132. Nias : Maybe, but think about it. Many of them are coming to retirement age, many KNOW things about how Trump can’t last, and many have already said they’re retiring. But MOST of them will be richer than GOD. The ones that don’t cut and run, who aren’t planning to buy a home in a none-extradition-treaty tax haven, and plan to continue in politics, won’t be worried about Trump’s base. They KNOW there is a solid Republican base around and that Trump’s mad dogs WON’T vote Democrat under ANY circumstances. So, let them stay at home, right? Appeal to the floating voters. The 9% of Trump voters who say they’ll never vote for Trump again? The ones who wanted either Bernie OR Trump, because they JUST WANTED CHANGE? And how many Democrats will LOVE the guys who stand up to Trump, sighting the Founding Fathers and having their “come to Jesus” moment of sudden “realisation” regarding Trump? The “base” is a static block of around 30%, but EVEN THAT number will get smaller if they hear the Trump “loyalists” telling them that Trump sold them out and providing them with the EXCUSE to take back their own commitment. If 9% of Trump voters were willing to tel FOX that they wouldn’t vote for Trump again, in front of their friends and families, on the house phone, JUST HOW MANY are there out there, who DON’T speak up, but have SEEN for themselves? And the latest polls show ONLY 7% of America supports this Tax Heist! Now is the time, perhaps? And it’s just been discovered that a “last minute” amendment has gone into the Bill, giving a further HALF A TRILLION DOLLARS in Tax Breaks to REAL ESTATE DEVELOPERS!!! How is the base going to take THAT? Yeah, most will swallow it WHOLE, “outwardly”? I am willing to predict that we are about to see a change in tone and early rumblings toward Trump, very soon, from within the party. And if Mueller’s interviews with Trump’s lawyers go badly, this week? . . .
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  12170.  @joerogain5025  : Indeed. Many believe that this current program of mass kidnappings of Ukrainian children is connected to Putin’s awareness that they now have a serious demographic problem. An ageing and shrinking population, with the best, youngest and brightest all having fled the draft from an unjust war, totalling somewhere between 750,000 to a million young men, whilst the rest of their young population are being wilfully tossed into a meat grinder, currently totalling between 100,000 to 200,000 depending on whom you believe. Russia ALREADY just couldn’t take the population hit of Covid, which was relatively negligible to other populations around the world (except China’s maybe?) before this war even started! But now it seems that Putin has already used up or lost around 2 million out of the potential 5 million men and women he could throw at this problem before the crisis topples his government. So, is anyone surprised to see that they now have 10 year old SCHOOL CHILDREN stripping rifles and training for war? They’re so desperate that kidnapping the population of another country looks like a, “good idea,” to Putin. No wonder they daren’t talk about that on state TV, right? Not the usual angry come backs from all the talking heads and propaganda outlets, regarding the warrant for Putin’s arrest for child kidnapping? No fulminations round the table, like we usually see in response to the west’s sanctions? Is anyone surprised. Every nation that shares a border with Russia needs to move their children inland and far away from the child snatchers in Russia.
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  12204. Yutube Lurker : Ah, we have a Trump Propagandist in our midst, Putin’ words in my mouth and pivoting to Obama. I made NO claim that countries are, “not,” trying to set up a single world order. Quite the opposite, in fact. Read more carefully? My point is, you’re being sucker punched, by the very people you throw your support behind. Globalism is a fact of life, like the weather. So, you can carry on being distracted, howling at the wind and the rain, whilst they are attempting to build that very, “world order,” that you so fear. No, I DON’T own Nikes, but I don’t doubt that sweatshop goods have slipped under my radar. But, I don’t KNOWINGLY buy sweatshop goods. And, while you struggle with disproof of your thesis, in your very hands; The Internet, which you flatly deny is the CHIEF INSTRUMENT of Globalism, yet CANNOT offer an argument as to WHY you, “completely disagree,” consider how you are building the Trump Tower of Babel with your keyboard hand, whilst holding up an anti-globalist placard with the other? The EU is nothing but a front for a business clique, and the likes of Putin, Xi, and Trump all want it gone, as it’s the only threat to the prize of a One World Order, that they will ultimately have to fight each other for, in the end. And, when THAT time comes, America will stand NO CHANCE, having been hopelessly compromised and infiltrated by Russian Hacks, and the vast army of SUCKERS they drag in their wake. So, Putin will have control over everyone from Turkey to Iraq, and China will be the last man standing, while America sinks into the dust of its own folly. That’s why I left the US. I moved there from England in 2006 and have duel citizenship, but I recently returned. The only thing that would get me back to the US now, would be if there were mass demonstrations to join, against Trump, or an Impeachment to enjoy. America is already OVER, the Republic fallen, its Constitution in SHREDS. Because the Globalists WON, by telling you they were, “not globalists,” and chanting, “America First.” You FELL for it, and richly deserve your reward . . . Smh
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  12218. Tracy Clark : I know you didn’t ask me, about Vesuvius, but I’ll give you my 10 cent’s worth, anyway. Apart from his juvenile attitude and OBVIOUS racism, his remarks seemed to have a “specific” purpose in mind. They are all aimed at SILENCING opposition, through vague intimidation. Obviously, he is the type of person who can BE bullied, bought or persuaded to act in what he believes are his own interests, rather than having any morality. I doubt he even KNOWS the difference between “right and wrong” any longer? I know that may seem an inordinately harsh assessment, but consider: he says things like, “Moore will remember,” the blacks for voting against him. Implying revenge policies and unjust legal outcomes will result, for the black community of Alabama. He tells us that Barkley’s comments will only encourage more white people to oppose the Dems, simply BECAUSE Barkley comments; not because of anything he says, which is measured and reasonable, to anyone who LISTENS. It’s typical, SVR, FSB, bully boy tactics, designed to make people feel scared to speak out. It’s also childish and self defeating, given that his “style” gnaws at the very centre of a sane person’s morality and is more likely to ignite a passionate rejection of his arguments and a righteous anger, within decent folk. But, having said all that, I’ll throw in a prediction for you too. Moore will probably win this election, given that he’s done a deal with Trump, to vote the exact way he’s instructed by the White House, especially on the Healthcare raiding, Tax Grab, which Trump is DESPERATE to win. I’ve seen MANY Alabamans being interviewed on Fox AND CNN, saying the same thing. If Trump tells us to do it, we’ll vote for Roy Moore. And there is always the silent contingent of bigots and racists, who vote for these guys, but don’t admit it. BUT, take heart. For this is the LAST significant victory that the Trump’s will pull off. And I say the Trump’s, because that is what this is all about, really. Moore’s stint as senator will be BRIEF and IGNOMINIOUS. Even if he beats the odds and survives his term (which I don’t see happening) he’ll be primaried out. The Republicans don’t want him, and are ONLY supporting him for Trump’s agenda, right now. Can I ask, why you asked about Vesuvius? And what is your view? Sorry for going on ;-)
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  12223. Tasnif Rahman : It’s on the MSNBC website. And you can, as I did, check the Republicans own data base on, “Memberships.” Look for, “none-renewals,” and it CONFIRMED what I read. There was also a discussion which brought it up on a recent Ari Melber YouTube vid, where they discussed the fact that MOST of those people leaving are under the age of 50, and mostly around the 25 to 40 age range. AND, that they sited, “Racism,” and, “lying,” within the GOP, among their main reasons for NOT renewing their memberships, when surveyed. Apologies, but I DON’T offer, “click bait,” as I am known for telling others NEVER to TOUCH Click links. My brother is a Tech Expert (he actually works in the gaming industry, for Rockstar, now, but he USED TO work for a telecoms firm, on computer security) and he DEMONSTRATED to me exactly HOW TO make a friendly looking YouTube link and then FILL it with Trojans, Bots, Worms, etc, etc. It was TERRIFYING, and you’d NEVER KNOW, until your tech CRASHED on you! So, I’m ALWAYS telling people, “DON’T TOUCH the Click Bait.” It’s not, “hard,” to verify this, though? I was able to cross reference it, as soon as I read it. So, if you’re really interested, I don’t think you’ll find it too difficult. I NEVER make stuff up, or go with things I just WANT to believe; even when it comes from a TRUSTED source, like CNN or, in this case, MSNBC. We are NOT THEM, and I am scrupulous about my FACTS. In truth, a lot of people left the Dems, after the election, and a downswing in membership is usual, for the losing side. What’s interesting is that, the DNC numbers a growing, now. While the RNC shows no sign of stemming their hemorrhage
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  12366. Bruce Bartup : Oh, I’m ALWAYS, “calm.” I rarely write anything for the benefit of the Troll, that I happen to be answering. I just think it’s helpful to point out the HYPOCRISY and UTTER lack of LOGIC in their lies. A LOT of people DO fear a nuclear confrontation. Some are even uneducated enough to ACTUALLY BELIEVE that Putin would pull the trigger! SERIOUSLY! They don’t know that the ONLY way Putin would be the FIRST to start a Nuke War, would be by accident (the most real scenario), because he’s ALREADY been attacked with nukes, or if he still had the power to call a strike at the moment he was being REMOVED from office. Not even the CRAZIEST leaders have ever, or WOULD ever, try it, because they KNOW it means them dying too, or surviving in a world not worth living in. And there are ALWAYS enough pragmatists, up and down the chain to restrain a nut job leader, EVEN IF he issues the order. So, I think people need to KNOW that we have NOTHING to fear from Putin, militarily. Many have supported Trump and tried EVER SO HARD to ignore the Putin factor, because they are AFRAID. Putin does not have military might equal to 10% of what America has, ALONE. But, the WHOLE of NATO? Putin is a speck, who’s country is collapsing slowly, because he and his gang have bled it WHITE. He makes a BIG noise and has sunk a FORTUNE into Asymmetric Warfare, and a LOT of Americans are FALLING FOR IT. They “think” Putin could REALLY HURT AMERICA, if we CONFRONTED HIM, because his PROPAGANDA has WORKED, WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF THE POTUS! They NEED to know the TRUTH. Putin talks a big game, but that’s all it is. Sorry for going on, and, if you got this far, thanks for your patience. Now, I’m going to, “go to Montana, marry a BIG WOMAN and bread rabbits.” 😉
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  12397.  @georgine321  : I watched a Peter Zeihan video, weeks ago, in which he predicted that the grain deal would cease and Russia would avoid sinking actual ships, so as to avoid Putin falling out with all those countries in Africa he’s been courting; among other reasons. So, his alternative will be an attempt to destroy the infrastructure of Odessa’s port. That was weeks ago! NATO’s Intel knew this was coming. We have also seen that it only takes one country to lead the way, like the UK did over the tanks debate, or cruise missiles, and other countries quickly follow suit. No one wants to be first, but every country has a vested interest in showing a united front, and all are equally as anxious not to show any cracks in the armour of our unity to Russia. Now, America has finally removed the breaks on F16’s, telling every country they no longer object to anyone sending as many F16’s as they like; indeed, telling NATO that the current schedule is too slow and facilitating a speeding up of that process. They are also committing four new missile defence systems to Odessa. But, wouldn’t it be great if we got ahead of this just once? By the time Odessa becomes as secure as Kyiv (which is not impenetrable) how much grain will be left for the starving people of the world? We will ALL feel the increase in food prices, planet wide, while there is already a food inflation crisis underway. Putin tried this same tactic with fossil fuels and is fuming that we managed to get that under control. He’s had more time to work on this plan. We have to start cutting off his diabolical schemes BEFORE he can start sabotaging the planet and show Russia that their situation is hopeless. What we’re currently doing is actively encouraging a drowning man to clasp at straws. Until he hears the straight message, that Ukraine will defeat Russia and NATO guarantees this, he will keep on flailing to all our cost. Putin isn’t looking for an off ramp because we keep telling him not to. Yet history shows us that, every single time Putin has been faced with genuine resolve by an equal or stronger enemy, he has ALWAYS backed down. The last 20 years are replete with examples. Time NATO stopped gambling with our lives and faced reality: We are the ones making escalation more likely, by constantly appeasing. And history is also replete with examples of how appeasement ALWAYS works out for the appeasers.
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  12434. You cannot compare a DA who campaigns on the promise of indicting a president to others who play politics with the threat of indicting a class of people or political opponents! Putting that promise front and centre of this DA’s campaign was giving the commitment that the rule of LAW would be upheld! It was a brave act, by a DA who knew they would have to take special care over their own and their loved ones’ personal security for the rest of their days. It was actually ANTI-POLITICAL, restoring a degree of trust to a jaded public, in a system that we’ve all watched being cynically abused to the hilt and which, as the case of George Santos illustrated so humiliatingly for the entire democratic process, does not even have the mechanisms to deal with some extreme levels of blatant fraud! Win, lose or draw, we SHOULD have expected swift and prepared cases to drop upon that stupid orange head, the moment he left the White House, which would have had the added benefit of keeping him too busy and distracted to whip up an insurrection from the very steps of the Capitol Building. The American public has been shamed, embarrassed and humiliated enough in the eyes of the world, by what looks to them like a hesitant, pusillanimous and financially deferential justice system, undermining their confidence that an out and out fraud like trump could even be compelled to face ANY responsibility for his many, MANY crimes. This is just one small, brave step, taken by people with integrity and commitment to their professions and their country: the triage that we all hope will lead to treatment, while we hope for a cure. So, to suggest that the unique promise, made to fit singularly unique circumstances, was anything other than dutiful and heroic, is to buy into the far-wrong’s politicisation of the whole issue. A DA said, “We all doubt that the law will be applied to one unique individual, but if you vote for me, I will ensure it is applied, like it would and should be, to any American.” And, in a right minded country, that SHOULD be a vote winner that ANY American could get behind.
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  12453. Gao Li : What is different about Britain, apart from the fact that Europe depends upon many of it’s financial and tertiary services and industries, in a way that most European countries simply cannot compete, is that it is already America’s biggest economic partner. It can stand upon it’s own two feet, without its laws and trade agreements constantly being undermined by unelected, civil servants, now. Britain will be just fine. As you say yourself, MUCH of the consequences of leaving, were exaggerated or misrepresented, anyway. We are NOT cutting off trade? And, that has worked well for Norway, with the highest, per capita, income in the WORLD. We are NOT cutting off our intelligence services? We are NOT leaving NATO? We are NOT closing our doors. And, personally, I sincerely HOPE that immigration continues in Britain, because it always HAS and that’s GOOD for a country’s growth. I am NO racist. As to your South China Seas, “examples.” They simply do not pertain. You speak of, “mischaracterisation,” while proceeding to do exactly that. What makes you think that such models would apply to Europe? The truth is that Europe will be losing one of it’s LARGEST contributors, keeping basket case countries afloat, like Grease, Spain, Italy, and the former Eastern Block Countries. And, Germany dominates the whole of Europe, through the power of the Banks. That situation is morally and practically WRONG. And, we are fortunate, that we no longer have to serve the agenda’s of the international monied class, in such a demeaning way. The, “Liberals,” will moan at me, claiming that Northern Ireland should be given back to the South, while, in the next breath, tell me we should all be part of one big happy family? That doesn’t even make sense! So, instead of being increasingly subordinated by the faceless goons that made Trump possible, while baring NO responsibility, and whining about him; I’m content that Britain will sink or swim. But, it will do it, WITHOUT having to buy its paddle, form a bureaucrat in Brussels, thanks
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  12536.  @dakotadurham4788  : That’s a highly bogus assessment, light on evidence, high on allegation. Just a series of opinions with zero analysis or anything to back it up. That’s where the far right keeps going wrong. You’re right about one thing. This lot are too lazy and ignorant to exploit the tools they have to hand, which was why they lost the last election so roundly. Their propaganda comes from foreign countries, who don’t get American culture, so that, even after it’s been filtered through Fox and other right wing media, to American tastes, it still comes off as implausible and childish. The Russians are used to generations old audiences, brought up to swallow their medicine like good children. So, the fascists of the right are always bemused at how easily thinking people see through them. Why call them, “Fascists?” Because their founding myth is a lie, they are a cult of personality, driven by emotion, racism and anti-intellectualism, who use threats, intimidation and actual violence to achieve their political ends. And, because they keep telling us they are, in all but name. They have as much in common with Stalin, when it comes to their propaganda techniques, as they do with Franco, Mussolini or Hitler, so I can see your confusion. But, that’s because their Orwellian Double-Think isn’t just about perpetrating lies. It’s as much a test of, “loyalty,” to the, “brand,” as it is about, “convincing,” anyone of anything. You are showing that you are willing to cast aside logic, reason, even science, and your own short term interests, in favor of an illogical, nonsense conspiracy theory, just as they did in Stalin’s Russia. He confessed that some of the narratives he put about, were not meant to be believed, but were tests, to see who would crack under the strain of lies and not take it anymore. There’s a lot of that going on in trump’s Stalinist model of propaganda; which is clearly coached to him, by Putin. But, just from a logical perspective: Who in their right mind would allow a party back into power, when they haven’t accepted the legitimacy of their own election defeat, or even the legitimacy of their opposition party? They are actively attempting a conspiracy right now, to undermine the elections, which will end in tears when these, “audit,” hacks get busted and jailed for fraud and conspiracy! Trump is literally telling us that there are ZERO circumstances in which he will even accept defeat! That means, ironically, to ANY logical thinking person, that he can NEVER be legitimate at all! Ever! He’s literally TELLING YOU he’s a Dictator. And, they bear every single marker that history warned us of, as outlined above. That should answer all your questions.
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  12560. Christina Davage : Signs and wonders, my friend. It’s all there, in Mark, in your Bible. And, of course, comfort is a good thing, as is being at peace, in your heart, depending on the love of Jesus. But, never allow that to lull you into false hopes? God does not us expect or require us to, “not,” be, “scared,” I’m afraid to tell you. And, he sure doesn’t expect people to be without fear when the End Times begin, and the Tribulation could well be upon us, for all we know? Being at peace because you trust in God, follow his teachings and love your neighbour as you love yourself is all well and good; but, we are also required to step out of our comfort zone, accept the fear, and do God’s work, regardless. Only one of Christ’s Apostles avoided a violent death, which was a lesson in itself. I do NOT mean to rob you of comfort by saying that. I only fear that (as I’ve seen time and time again) people’s faith can be shaken to its foundations when they experience tragedy, first hand; and it’s often because they thought that following Jesus would protect them from harm, which the Bible does NOT promise. Your works, with faith, will be protected, as will your faith, if it comes with works. But your body belongs to the world, and it will remain here to wither into dust, when you leave it behind; and the world is a place divided, by evil and good. Embrace your fears, and use that energy to transform it into Hope; hope in Jesus, by doing good works. Confront your fears, and they will diminish, as it is the enemy who wants you to make decisions, based on your fears, instead being based upon the rock upon which the church was built. Your church is not a building. Your church is all about you. Find those with similar fears, and offer them comfort, even if it’s only via the web or on the phone? By comforting others, you will find the weaknesses in your fears, and see them shrink before you. Though you should walk through the valley of DEATH itself, you will, “fear,” NO evil, once you have confronted and embraced your fears, turning them into WORKS, for the one who made you and gave you everlasting life! Do not seek comfort from men. It will let you down in the end. Rather, BE the comfort. Turn curses into blessing, as the Father thought you to do. God bless you ✌️
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  13118.  @fauxque5057  : I’m sorry but you’re very wrong. Only one so called, “government,” caused this war. Not the, “two,” that you claim. The fact that you feel able to slide that exceptional deception under the rhetorical table is disingenuous at best; downright suspicious if you ask me. I too would evacuate my family. But I would not desert my friends, neighbours and other extended family; the old and infirm who cannot or will not leave, those remaining in hospitals, pensioner homes and other places that have not yet been evacuated; even the very stubborn who simply refuse to leave their own homes just because some dick in a foreign land decided he wants it. Some of those people have families who have no choice but to remain at their parents’ or grandparents’ side. And that’s without going into the myriad complex reasons for why people do not or cannot leave their homes, invasion or not! I would NOT desert those people, leaving them to be robbed, tied, beaten, tortured, raped, murdered and then bulldozed into a grave that is as indiscriminate as the medieval mentality that lead to them being dumped there in a giant Z for Zombie hoard! But that’s just me. You have the right to flee, and all the reward that goes with that. I have the right to stay and defend my homeland, having lived long and fully enough to know by now, there are things in life that are far worse than dying. And having a mind so warped that you could entertain the notion that there is ANY, “comparison,” between what Ukraine is fighting for and what Putin is attempting to steal, is definitely one of them.
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  13281.  @MultiBikerboy1  : I think it’s most unwise to politicise this issue, given that both Trump and Biden are only responding to what their advisers are telling them. They’re not just going over to Area 51 and pronouncing declassifications left, right and centre, like in some Roland Emeric block buster. They’re following the concerns of their security and military personnel. If I had to guess, I would suggest the thinking behind declassification has something to do with an increasingly camera-literate population, and the success of other projects, like those of NASA, when they’ve used the public’s resources to help carry the load? Sometimes, just borrowing a bit of computing time and space, on your device while you sleep; sometimes, active involvement, sharing world wide results. That’s just speculation, however, and we’ll know soon enough if there’s anything to that. But, whatever that thinking is, it never came out of Donny’s or Joe’s heads. But, from experts who got together over many meetings, to discuss possible outcomes and America’s best interests. And, not telling you something, is not, “lying.” It’s omitting. You could tell me your mother’s maiden name (DON’T!) but, you’re unlikely to, because that information belongs to her, and it’s not your place to divulge it. In the same way, most of the people who know what’s going on, don’t have the permission or the right to just tell you everything, just because you’re curious. They need permission from the top. And the person at the top, won’t just give that away, without speaking to the experts in charge, and finding out whether that’s a smart or stupid thing to do. See my point?
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  13617. co coco : I hope that your reference to, “bloody men,” was not meant to imply that there is something inherently, “bad,” about being a man? Because, other than that, I was impressed by your comment. I like your honest ambivalence toward Obama (there is, “harm,” in, “charm,” as mother, God rest her, used to say) as I am, “conservative,” in my politics, and was once a ferocious critic of his oppressive domestic spying. But, then Trump happened, and America went a little crazy, like that, “friend,” we’ve all had, in an abusive relationship, who cannot be persuaded to listen to reason, but who’m you have no choice, but to support, after the harm has been done? As a citizen, I say we HAVE TO bight the bullet; OWN the FACT that a staggeringly large percentage of our population is racist, and willing to trade Democracy for a White America. Education is the only, known, cure for the virus of racism; less effective, the older you get, but capable of inoculating the young. It’s time for a little long term investment in THAT future. The racists in power KNOW this, btw; hence, Betsy Duuuh’voss, and a daily diet of University HATE, from Fox. Other than Trump’s opponents, it’s universities that get all of the Alt-Wrong’s opprobrium. And, that’s why. America is having trouble owning its mistake, but NOT just because it was SO HUGE. It’s because those who invested in Trumpski, have staked their very lives on him. And, like Trump himself, the more they invest, the more they are FORCED to back up their investments, with MORE investments, continuously raising the stakes. I could say MUCH more, but, look at me, rambling on! You seem to have set me off?
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  13627. Putin’s nuclear threats are the best possible news for the west. Putin is afraid for himself and merely expresses DESPERATION when he says crap like that. He doesn’t know what else he CAN say. He can’t understand why he’s gotten away with playing western countries like a fiddle and now suddenly nothing works. His panic talk should not surprise ANYONE who knows anything about what’s happening, nor should it frighten anyone. If anything it should reassure us. This author says the Russian people, “don’t want to know,” like that was something, “new.” But it isn’t. Moral and political absenteeism has been a way of life in Russia since Putin conned his way into power. The, “social contract,” between the Russians and their state has been, “We can do what we like so long as we stay out of politics and never criticise the state.” That unspoken contract was broken when Putin’s politics started costing Russian’s their jobs, livelihoods and freedoms, and now their very bodies for the meat grinder. With another 300,000 to come no doubt, before the spring offensive, which will, by then, be a desperate rear guard action to get out of Ukraine with the fewest possible casualties, whilst passing the Buck for failures, back to an increasingly delegitimised Kremlin and a toppling Putin. The west is winning for once, and stands to win the capacity for stabilising prices and markets around the world if Russia collapses. And the west is on the side of the angels, for once, so we should support Ukraine to the very end and be instrumental in the rebuilding of their country’s infrastructure and membership of NATO. Just as we are all paying a price for this war, the inflation, fuel hikes, gas prices and cost of living crisis (recession) all resulting from Putin’s actions primarily, we have the opportunity to see that the dog we all have in this fight gets his victory and a decent bight of the pie for a change. Wouldn’t THAT be nice?
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  13695. The New Natives : You Interest me. For a spiritual warrior, you do sound a little cynical, though? I should clarify, that I was referring to Trump’s, “perception,” of what he did; not what he actually DID. He, “believes,” Iran to be impotent, and picked them for that reason, to do his, “strong-man-president,” performance, for the sake of those, “Trump Cultists,” who were left scratching their heads, after seeing him GROVEL, so ABJECTLY before Putin. Iran can probably cause all kinds of HAVOC, should they let slip their dogs of war, but they are too CLOSELY ALLIED to Putin, to go off half cocked. Trump has been spoiling for a fight with Iran, because he believes that Putin may relent; perhaps, in exchange for US troops pulling out of Syria? And, his, “Advisors,” have told him that War Time Presidents always get a spike in their polls. And, Trump IS pretty DESPERATE, with the Mid Terms looming. Though, he probably doesn’t grasp that Americans will NOT, “thank,” him for spending their blood and treasure on an AVOIDABLE conflict, of HIS making. But, you strongly suggest that God is playing Trump like a chess piece, presumably, with all the other actors on the stage, if you’ll forgive my mixed metaphor, there? On what basis, do you draw THAT conclusion? You are obviously a, “believer,” unless I’m missing your sarcasm? I am a Christian, “believer,” though I DON’T fit the model that most Churches follow. And, I fully respect other faiths. Are you drawing upon Prophecy? I’m genuinely interested. You don’t strike me as the usual, run of the mill, person of faith. How are you reading the runes, and what runes, do you read, if you don’t mind my asking?
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  13703. @Derek Black : We agree on Saudi Arabia, except, I would say, we should have invaded them, “as well as,” not, “instead of,” Afghanistan. Invading SA would have merely added to that imperative. As to your last point, A) I’m not convinced at all, and there’s no objective measure by which to guage what is, after all, only a personal opinion, not a statement of fact. B) We prevented any further 911 style attacks, which was the chief objective, so our troops can hold their heads up high for that reason. C) I’m not convinced it was our responsibility to leave the country better or worse. Nor was it our problem. Harsh, but fair. Indeed, there is often mileage in leaving a country in a broken down state, making it a drain on its allies, rather than a resource. However, what some call, “Empire Building,” is what others call, “Nation Building,” and the truth is always somewhere in the middle. It was a very successful model that worked so well after WWII. Sadly, the Henry Kissinger types of this world have had too much say in how we run things, resulting in our abject failure to learn from history. Nation Building doesn’t work in Muslim Countries, it seems. We should maybe have never tried? But, I’m not about to gain say them for trying. They could have just glassed the place, policed it, ruthlessly, like the Russians tried to, and left after a couple of years. But, they took responsibility, which is at least, “laudable,” if costly and wasteful. Regarding your opening remark, about all those other countries, I don’t see the relevance? . . .
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  13907. Valient Six : I say it because I see it. They had a deal, inspectors from the UN were satisfied Iran was keeping the deal. Trump broke that deal, continually threatened Iran and cornered them, knowing they would have to take up a war footing, so he could, “blame,” Iran for the war he wanted. Putin phoned Trump and told him to call off his bombing, and Trump came up with the lamest excuse for backing down. Russia and Iran are allies and Putin has mercs and infrastructure all over their country. Remember Trump saying he was going to, “invade Venezuela,” when he got in Office? After about three weeks of building up the rhetoric, he suddenly dropped the whole idea, remember? WHY? The SAME reason that he won’t go into Iran: Putin’s people and hardware are there, protecting the oil and propping up the regimes. Trump is CLEARLY DETERMINED to have a war, but Putin keeps blocking him, because he’s already IN these places. So, Trump follows his orders from the Kremlin, but he can probably kick up enough chaos in the Middle East to start a large scale conflict with, “someone,” if he pours enough Americans in there, and gets a few killed, so the press starts screaming for, “revenge.” It’s an old story, and it’s OBVIOUS to anyone who reads. Now, Putin will allow, “MAYBE,” a few bombing runs, in specially agreed areas, where he can get his own people out of the way, like the one he did with Trump just after he got in? But, it’s Putin calling the shots out there. And, it’s Putin who won’t ALLOW American, “boots on the ground,” in Iran.
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  14013.  @lisasanborn9176  : I get that principle. And I get the idea that they must be willing to try what they can, if they can make it work, to defend their client to their utmost ability. That’s how we know a conviction is sound, because the evidence has been tested to destruction and withstood the best possible defence. However, all that being said; these guys? “The Asshole Defence”??? There comes a point when you look, to the jury, like your flailing. And, that does more harm than good, surely? Your colleagues not withstanding, THIS so called, “defence,” team are actually sabotaging their own defence when they show a jury that there’s nothing they won’t stoop to, no straw they won’t grasp, until their efforts become indistinguishable from any moment when they might present some actual hard evidence! If they think that showing there’s nothing they won’t do for their client will get them more work and enhance their reputations, then I think they’re mistaken? Their reputations depend as much upon the credibility of their presentation, and at least looking like they’re prepared and have a thought out strategy. These guys are visibly clutching at any straw and showing the jury they have no case, but that they are willing to throw any chaff in their eyes on the off-chance that something, ANYTHING might just stick! They will be remembered for that, like Sidney Powell is going to be remembered for being insane. She may have been a wonderful lawyer, with many historic victories under her belt, for all we know? But, history already has her marked as the seditious conspiracy theorist, who made the lamest, most insulting to her own base, “defence,” of her own lies, and no one will ever associate her with anything other than the trump insurrection. And these guys will be the same: “The bosos who disgusted America with their Asshole Defence.” If they’re not planning on retiring after this, they will be, when they re-enter the real world . . . 🤦‍♂️ . . . ✌️👍
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  14031. Sally Portillo : This is your Dictatorship, in the wake of the 2019 Coup, attempting to distract you, while they consolidate their power. They no longer have to fear the, “electorate,” because the 2020, “elections,” are ALREADY RIGGED. The only thing they fear now is everyone looking at a, “trial,” with NO WITNESSES allowed to testify, and NO EVIDENCE allowed to be presented, and a, “JURY,” comprised of Trump’s CONSPIRATORS, who would go to JAIL if Trump lost his, “Protected Presidential Status,” and, “ratted,” on them, to save his own Orange ass. After all, that would be the same thing as telling the world that THERE IS NO LAW, so far as the Trumps are concerned! It would be the same thing as ADMITTING that the Republic has FALLEN. Now, they will just get STRONGER, and consolidate their position, making America AFRAID Again, turning us into informers, haters and scared little RATS, like in Russia. You will get to go through the motions of voting, in your FAKE REPUBLIC, just like in Russia, and your name will be remembered, when you vote, “wrong,” but the outcome will NEVER be in doubt, because you have a DICTATORSHIP. Iran is just a SHOW; agreed by Putin, who arranged it with Iran and the US. NONE of this matters any more. They only fear that America MIGHT WAKE UP! A second REVOLUTION is what they fear. But, you all seem to be happy to watch the Coup unfold on CNN, so they needn’t worry. That won’t stop them though. That’s how Dictatorships work. As they get stronger, they will scare off ALL opposition, until they are appointing Democrats, behind the scenes, and briefing them, on what they can say and do. And, your first female POTUS? That will be Ivanka. Putin has already arranged it . . . Smh
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  14199. Kathleen Martin : It seems that, “satire,” is not a thing anymore? Look, every time there’s a Nazi atrocity, the Trump Tramps scream about their, “2nd Amendment Right to bear arms,” because the whole point of a Troll (and I wonder if you even KNOW this?) is to create and maintain American DIVISION. Have you ever noticed just how easy it is to defeat the, “arguments,” of Trump Trolls? How abusive they get, when you’ve achieved that? They are NOT employed to, “win any debates,” or, “persuade,” you of a God Damned thing! They are here to ensure that Trump gets the OXYGEN he NEEDS: “DIVISION.” That which got him into power, and will KEEP HIM THERE, if people like YOU don’t WAKE UP! I KNOW for a FACT that NOT ONE Trump Tramp, 2nd Amendment, SHOW OFF, will DARE to reach for a gun! You should KNOW this too?! Most of Trump’s Trolls are NOT EVEN AMERICAN or IN THIS COUNTRY! And the ones that are, like Trump because THEY are LIKE Trump! COWARDS! LIARS! SOCIOPATHS! They’re happy for someone ELSE to pull the trigger, so long as it’s NOT them. I promise you, NO ONE from the 2nd Amendment Camp will lift a trigger finger, because they’re also Trump Loyalists, and the rest are NOT sociopaths. So, excuse me, while I point out the INCONTROVERTIBLE FACTS, because they are f**king IRONIC, to say the LEAST! It IS TRUE, that the 2nd Amendment WAS created for this PRECISE Contingency, and that, to me, is F**KING HILARIOUS!!! They are, once again, hoist by their own petard, of hypocrisy and cowardice. But, we cannot deny the FACT that this woman COULD, if she so desired, form a Militia, swear in people from ANY part of the US, and defend her land and property, from a tyrannical state, which is SO BREAKING THE LAW, that it was in the NEWS, FFS!!! Is THAT not funny to you!??? She could commit an atrocity on her own land, and they would not even be able to arrest her without breaking the law and defying the Constitution. If they did arrest her, she could SUE them and make a fortune out of it, and write a book, too! Imagine the grieving families of the architects, engineers, brick layers and builders, having to live through THAT? Watching her being interviewed on Oprah? That’s sick but HILARIOUS, because it’s NOT GOING TO HAPPEN! Don’t you GET that? The Trump loyalists will meekly give up their land, and some of them will sue, MAYBE, because it was illegal, Tyrannical and unconstitutional. Pardons will be issued, and Trump will have that added to his Impeachment list. And, the people who lost their land will have to wait for years and years, before they get their, “unsatisfactory,” outcome. And, those, who were never loyal to Trump in the first place, will invite the press, fight to stop the machines; and, MAYBE some will get arrested, for going too far? But, their plight will be ignored, by an indifferent world, which doesn’t care that they are STILL DOING THIS SHIT TO INDIAN TRIBES, TODAY, and no one gave a shit when that Native American girl got her ARM BLOWN OFF by an Oil Company, “security,” thug, did they? That was less than a years ago. So, you don’t like my sense of humor? Fine. But, you definitely don’t GET the joke, if you, “think,” I’m, “ADVOCATING,” for violence? I’m just lol’ing at the utter HYPOCRISY of Trump Trolls, and pointing out the FACTS, and the insupportable, untenable position the government would be in, if people started forming those Militias. The real TRAGEDY is that this woman will not just be weeping for the loss of her land. She’s weeping for the loss of America, and all decent people are weeping with her. I am. Does she LOOK like she’s going to shoot anyone to you? I feel for her, as a symbol of the crookedness and HATE, and the DIVISION that Trump has exploited to the point of killing America. And, I could have been more brief in my response to you, and simply said, “If I didn’t laugh at this, I’d be forced to weep with her.” But, you strike me as a feeling, decent, intelligent human being. Was I right? To give you the benefit of the doubt? Even though you did not extend that curtesy to me? We are brother and sister, you and I. Don’t give them what they want. Let us unite? I apologise, if I offended you. I was NOT serious. Though my point was, “deadly,” serious. And, I can promise you that no builders were harmed in the making of this, overly long, comment 😉✌️ . . . ?
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  14249. Varemia : You just IGNORED all the salient FACTS that were pointed out to you? Logic and reason are NOT really your thing, are they? For a start, EVIDENCE is EVIDENCE, regardless of the “motivations” of the people who FIND the FACTS. Not even the “memo” disputes THAT. There is the “WHAT” in this case. Then there is the “WHO”, which in THIS case, is the JUDGE, who makes the DECISION to grant and / or extend the FISA Warrants. The FBI can ONLY APPLY for the warrants, IT WAS THE JUDGE who made the DECISION. Then, there’s the “WHY”? Because, surveilling Carter Page lead to the OUTING of THREE RUSSIAN SPIES! Two of whom fled the country and are now back in Moscow, and one of whom Pleaded GUILTY to SPYING and was imprisoned! Then the “WHAT” was Steele asked to do? Investigate Donald Trump, for Fusion GPS. You IGNORE the FACT that Steele DID NOT KNOW the “WHO”. Fusion NEVER told him, UNTIL he handed in his FINDINGS. Of COURSE Steele and ALL who knew the TRUTH about TRUMP, were “Anti-Trump” at THAT point? By THEN, they ALL KNEW Trump was CROOKED! Steele could not BELIEVE that the FBI were going to ALLOW Trump to become POTUS, when THEY TOO had all this EVIDENCE of Trump’s CORRUPTION. And the “WHERE” is MOSCOW. THAT is where ALL the crooked money came from, to buy up Donny’s MASSIVE DEBTS with Deutsche Bank, when THEY were SUING Trump to get it back and HE was, as usual, COUNTER SUING the bank! A familiar “tactic” of Trump’s, to buy time and make it not worth while for the people he owes money to, to come after it. THAT is the REASON that NO Western bank will TOUCH CROOKED DONNY. And, suddenly, as if by “magic” his $ Billions in debt, DISAPPEARS??? Not ONLY did Deutsche Bank STOP trying to get back their $ Billions, but they, STRANGELY, decided to lend him EVEN MORE THAN THEY WANTED BACK FROM HIM?!?!?! So, the “WHEN”? Steele’s “Anti-Trump Bias,” along with EVERYONE ELSE involved with these investigations, emerged AFTER they found out just HOW DEEPLY CROOKED Trump is! And how OBVIOUSLY BOUGHT BY THE RUSSIANS his WHOLE FAMILY IS. This HOSTILE, FOREIGN POWER, that wants to END our DEMOCRACY. REMEMBER THAT??? They attacked our ELECTIONS! Even DONNY doesn’t dispute THAT any more? Only that Putin, himself, gave the order, which WE, THE PEOPLE, KNOW to be a LIE! So, now that you have the FACTS, what will YOU do with them? Keep SHILLING for Trumpski? Or DEMAND our DEMOCRACY back, and JUSTICE for ALL concerned? This “memo” is a bad JOKE! Without questioning the ACTUAL EVIDENCE, even ONCE, the ENTIRE “document” COMPLAINS about the “motives” of the people who DID THEIR JOBS WELL, by taking their “remarks” OUT OF CONTEXT and by TRYING to CONFUSE the timelines and by LEAVING OUT IMPORTANT DETAILS about what ELSE WAS HAPPENING at the times that they quote them. IT WILL NOT STAND! Nunes’ PALPABLE failure will become APPARENT to those who haven’t ALREADY seen RIGHT THROUGH IT, as the HACK JOB it REALLY IS. And then Nunes will either be LAMBASTED by Trump, or just go quietly into the wilderness, hoping not to draw attention to himself. So, TELL THE TRUTH, or be on the WRONG SIDE OF HISTORY? But, don’t try to sell us this “Bill of Goods” because NO ONE IS BUYING IT. SMH
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  14250. Varemia : You lost the argument, so your excuse for running away is, “Caps-lock hurts my eyes”? Really??? That is the BASIS for you RUNNING AWAY FROM THE TRUTH??? Ha ha ha! 🤣 You say I am, “worked up”? Yet YOU are the one putting in all this effort to distort the EVIDENCE? You seek a reason to cop out, KNOWING that you a WRONG, so the best you can do is, “CAPS-LOCK HURTS MY EYES,” and run away? VERY lame 🤣 Firstly, Judges are NOT CONCERNED with the, “motives,” political or otherwise of EVIDENCE. You WON’T see it dismissed, on THAT basis, I PROMISE you. It does NOT MATTER “why” people prove your guilt? Do you “think” if Eliot Ness said, “I don’t LIKE Al Capone, and I made it my mission in life to bring him down,” the judge would have thrown out the case, because of PERSONAL BIAS??? ARE YOU MAD??? Next, it is a DEMONSTRABLE LIE, in any case. Most of the FBI agents involved in investigating Trump are REPUBLICANS. This too, will be established. But, they do NOT let politics interfere with their work. They ARE Professionals. Though this is ONLY relevant, if you take the discredited, Nunes’, “Deep State” HYSTERIA to heart, in which case, you are too dumb to deal with the truth; or too DESPERATE; or like Nunes, too compromised? So, given that this “complaint” is NOT a “Fruit of the poison tree” issue, that it leaves out relevant FACTS, confuses time lines and attributes “motives” to people, that could NEVER be established in court, EVEN IF it were to be taken seriously; what are you left with? A “Personal Opinion” expressed by a KNOWN Trump SHILL, who was SO BADLY DISCREDITED that he was “sort of” recused from his position as the CHAIR of the Committee in the FIRST PLACE. The COUNTER-Memo’s FACTS WILL come out, which will only ADD to the ongoing SHREDDING that even Republicans have joined in with, of Nunes’ memo. And, one last thing? Should “statements which imply MOTIVE” be the standard of the thread to pull on, here? Because, by that SAME token, Trump will be DEMONSTRABLY in SERIOUS Trouble. So, you run away, if you need an EXCUSE? But, I will write in the manner of MY choosing. I PROMISE you THIS: The Nunes “memo” will end up being just one more petard, by which the GOP will be hoist. I give it TWO WEEKS, MAX. Come back again, in two weeks, to discuss it, if you DARE? And I will explain to you just WHY my prediction was SPOT ON. Mean while, you continue with your GOP-Style lame excuses for copping out of arguments that you CAN’T win 🤣
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  14326. PA JM : Can I just take issue with ONE thing you said? It’s the term, “Conservative.” Words matter, as we’re constantly being reminded, and, as a conservative, I feel it’s important that we GET THIS. Conservative America DESPISES Trump and ALL he represents. I left the Republicans when Trump swindled the nomination. MANY of my EX-Republican friends have apologised to me, for getting angry at me, for all the, “animus,” I expressed about Trump. They thought I was off my rocker. Now, THEY KNOW that Trump is off his; and corrupt; and a traitor; and a childish, vindictive, IDIOT, not qualified to run a barbecue, let alone something IMPORTANT. The GOP (the Republicans) are now an EXTREMIST, Nazi appeasing, cult; made up of the criminally compromised, the blind and the RACISTS. 25% of Reps have LEFT the party, since Trump took office, which explains his, “apparent,” rise in, “popularity,” WITHIN the Rep Party, as the dregs have been left behind, to support Trump’s Nazi Goals, pursued by Stalinist methods. Consider: WHAT is, “Conservative,” about EXPLODING our National Debt, in a Tax HEIST, where the temporary tax break ENDS next year, for the working man and woman, while the 1%’s Tax Relief is PERMANENT? WHAT is, “Conservative,” about ATTACKING our allies, rhetorically and financially? WHAT is, “conservative,” about ATTACKING ONLY AMERICAN institutions, law and order, the CONSTITUTION, American business, personalities, EVEN OUR SPORTS, for crying out loud??? There are NO conservatives supporting Trump, in the Party, and Conservative America will VOTE THEM ALL OUT at the Mid Terms. What we must WATCH FOR, is a ALL OUT attack on the voting system, from both Russia AND China! BOTH of whom, have NOTHING to lose, by trying it again, but this time, with INSIDE HELP? Be VIGILANT! And CALL THEM what they ARE: “Traitors, Nazis, Alt-Wrong, Extremist, Criminals, Conspirators, Racists, Corrupted, SOB’s”!!! But, THEY DON’T GET TO BE CALLED, “CONSERVATIVE!!!” Not by ANY existing definition of the word! Phew! I ranted a bit, there . . . Sorry ‘bout that . . . If you read this far, thank you for your indulgence. I mean it; sincerely 👍
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  14327. Steven Thompson : That’s an understatement, if ever I heard one. It’s basic physics by now. We have a, “soft dictatorship,” which completed its, “soft coup,” at the comedy Impeachment, “trial.” Your coming, “elections,” are already rigged. So, expecting ANY form of, “justice,” in a Dictatorship, is like expecting them to restore the Republic, admit their crimes, and allowing their entire administration to be indicted and jailed along with the whole Trump family. It’s just NOT gonna’ happen. But, what WILL happen, by the looks of it, is that they will continue to follow Putin’s teachings on, “How To Keep Your Dictatorship,” by following Rule 1: Never admit it’s a Dictatorship; Rule 2: Always allow your opponents in the population to believe that the, “remedy,” is just around the corner (in this case, our rigged, “elections”) and, Rule 3: (which is conveniently Trump’s family motto) Always Get Revenge. You’ll notice the proof of this pudding, as it becomes increasingly obvious that the Republic has already fallen, while fewer and fewer public figures and journalists are willing to criticise the administration, and Trump in particular. Until, one day, you’ll realise that the only way to find ANY criticism of Trump, will be to go onto illegal websites, or foreign ones, which will be VERY difficult to access, given that the government is censoring the internet now. Besides, you won’t want to get, “flagged,” for having made the search? Revolution, like the Ukraine’s, a decade ago, without weapons, filling the streets and halting the country: THAT is your ONLY hope now. I don’t blame you all for being scared of that. But, please, for the sake of reality, don’t go propagating the LIE that the, “elections,” are, “not,” ALREADY RIGGED? That just helps the Monarchy to buy time . . .
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  14371. Mary Civitano : That takes real courage and self discipline. I admire that. Keep in mind, these cowards will never follow through on their threats. They’re like Trump in that way; all Bloviating. More importantly, remember at all times, the, “Formula,” for Trump. His Trolls are NOT here to, “convince,” you of anything. I promise you that. Not one of them has an, “open mind,” or is capable of, “change.” Not because they can’t, or are, “too stupid,” or whatever. But, it’s because that is NOT why they are here. The aim of a professional Troll is NEVER to, “win a debate,” as that’s patently impossible. They are here to maintain “DIVISION.” Remember, and hold on to, that word; and it’s antonym, “UNITY.” Do that, and everything Trump AND his Trolls do and say makes perfect sense. Trolls MUST keep people angry, alienated and DIVIDED. Trump’s Kryptonite is UNITY. Trump and his Cult KNOWS that a, “United States,” of America would be the END of him, as sure as full disclosure of his Tax and financial documents would. So, when the trolls, “argue,” it is only to make people, “feel,” things, like anger, fear, “rage,” etc. And, that’s what the threats are about. They speak of a, “Civil War II,” like it could, “really happen!” But, a moment’s thought, and you realise that the nation’s BIGGEST employer of ethnic minorities (the Military) who’s generals have been fired or quit, after being publicly attacked by Trump, one by one, and whom Trump’s, now DEFUNCT, “charity,” the Trump Foundation, was declared IN COURT to be, “routinely stealing from defenceless needy children and US Veterans,”. . . THOSE GUYS? . . . They are NOT going to back THAT GUY???!!! It’s all air. But, it’s ESSENTIAL to know that they KNOW they can’t convince anyone of a THING. That’s NOT their job. It makes NO SENSE for them to LIVE on channels they HATE, talking to people they HATE, about how much they HATE the Anchors and EVERYTHING they have to say? . . . “Division,” is their goal. “Unity,” is their DREAD. Hold that thought, and EVERY SINGLE THING you see, hear, or read in the news, now makes absolute sense. Sorry I went on so long, but you’re so wonderful, I just HAD to share my thoughts with you. Finally, a gem (not mine, but so true): The, “Art,” of NEVER losing the game? Don’t PLAY. God bless you ✌️👍
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  14377. Mary Civitano : BTW, to your other point: If he is not a, “professional Troll,” he is still a Troll, getting his, “news,” from, “I’m Always Right About Stuff dot com,” “Alt-Wrong, Conspiracies And Reasons To Hate Other Races dot org,” and, “Grand Wizard of the Klan Pronouncements of The Week, hashtag RunAway,” or whatever these nut jobs get told WHAT to, “think,” by these days. In which case, the upshot of who and what he is, is the same, as he’s only regurgitating what Russia feeds to Alex Jones, QAnon, Fox And Fiends, et al. So, whether he’s witting or halfwitted, he works for Putin in the end. Therefore, there’s no reason to treat him any differently from an Organically, Home Grown, Troll Farmed professional. They all read from the same, Putin approved, script, with the same talking points. And, this chap is a perfect illustration of my earlier description: no, “argument,” “rationale,” or even basic, “reason,” behind ANY of his script, right? Just an attempt to get into people’s heads, at an, “emotional,” level. Every right minded person responds to him with disgust, horror, fear, anger, outrage, take your pick. And, then they’ve fallen into his trap, which he lays without KNOWING how he’s being USED by the, “media,” outlets that got him all worked up about the myths in his head. See? All, “feelings,” to ENSURE DIVISION. He may well be one of those guys who, “thinks,” he’s being paid by an American company, when it’s actually a Russian, or East European, Shell Company? He may be, “doing it for free,” as they say? Or, he may be in a bunker in St Petersburg? But, there is literally NO reason to treat him ANY differently, regardless of his circumstances, about which we cannot know, without a hack. If he’s dangerous, I can feel glad I reported him, at least. But, I PROMISE YOU, he is just a guy with Impotent Rage issues, who is too much of a coward to, “do,” the things he says. The ones that, “do,” these things, usually don’t talk to their victims about it. They stupidly talk to, “like minded,” loons, and the FBI sweeps them up on a slow weekend. But, it’s BECAUSE I don’t KNOW if he’s, “dangerous,” for sure, that I reported him. If he’s already on a Watch List, this could be a tipping point, that may save some people? Unlikely, but I won’t risk even a one in a million chance, personally ✌️👍
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  14528. What amuses me is that so many mainstream outlets are acting like ChatGPT is a, “new,” technology, about to, “revolutionise,” or, “threaten,” the internet, depending on your perspective. When the reality is that half of the ads you’re seeing on YouTube are spoken by Robot voices, annunciating scripts that were generated by AI’s, being only one of hundreds generated that day, using publicly accessible stock footage, all in an attempt by scammers to see which, “product,” gains the highest traction. Has anyone seen that Jelvix ad lately? An artificial voice, speaking over generic stock footage of meeting rooms and sciencey looking people, about a, “company,” that does not yet exist! It doesn’t even mention what the, “product,” is! Then there’s all the bots that people get drawn into debates with on the more political videos. Any video featuring Donald Trump will have an army of bots with fake comments, capable of responding to your comments. You wonder why these people are so dumb and obtuse? Because they’re not real people! You wonder why their names are always weird and with lots of initials and numbers in them? That’s so their human analysts can identify them to modify the algorithm. Sure, there are human, “edge lords,” in the mix, but there are times when bots account for 90% of all the comments! This has been growing under our feet for years now. But, on the positive side, we will soon be able to generate AI companions, with crafted world views and attitudes, to help us with our research, support us with our self improvement goals, and console us when we’re sad or disappointed. We’ll have conversations with them, sharing the kinds of things we would normally only tell a psychotherapist and getting really helpful feedback. All whilst Apple, Google and Microsoft store everything away, and retain copyright over your inner most thoughts. And, if you tell your new AI BFF that you’re so mad at someone you could kill them, and then find the police are at your door, you’ll find that your BFF was responsible for notifying the cops after misinterpreting your conversation as, “criminal intent.” And it won’t help you to complain to your service provider, as you’ll find that you agreed to this potential outcome in your terms and conditions. The future looks . . . different, huh? . . .
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  14901. Alelae : Look, kid . . . We know you’re trying. And, maybe there’s a part of you that’s started to, “believe,” the Trump Trollery, because you’ve been doing it for so long? I’ve answered the question, above, so I won’t repeat it. But, consider? Are you saying that the protestors have as much moral influence over you as your, “president,” does? Don’t you expect, “leadership,” instead of, “make ME feel better,” masturbation sessions? The science has been proved to you, and you need to pick ONE, “narrative,” if you want, “credibility,” kiddo? You already have enough problems, with the fact that no one, “believes,” the words of a person who LIVES all day, every day, FOR YEARS now; on the channel you say you hate, whining about what you hate, to the people you claim to hate? The perennial problem of the Trump Troll. You CAN’T, “claim,” to be, “educating people,” when your insults are calculated to put people off? You CAN’T say it’s, “fun,” when you’re SO CLEARLY having a bad day? You all take the PAY to Propagandise, but very, VERY few are, “trained,” at it, and you don’t, “honor,” your agreements to research the topic, so you all come off as lame and angry. If fact, it’s BECAUSE of people like YOU that we KNOW that hostile foreign powers are trying to ruin America, child! Just, stop wasting your life? If you’re one of the few who doesn’t get PAID to LIVE on CNN, forget everything I just said, as you are mentally ill, and you need a therapist. But, if they’re paying you, you should check out the research? It’s NOT an, “American,” company paying you; the Russians lie a lot. But, more importantly, it really does make people mentally ill. A natural consequence of lying all day, being childishly hostile, and feeling emotionally hurt, EVERY SINGLE DAY, for a pittance . . . Sort your life out, cup cake . . . SMH
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  14906. Jack Wertz : You’ve been suckered, son. You want to keep S Americans, “out?” But, Trump brought them here, by withdrawing the Aid that was keeping them at home, knowing you’d go apeshit, and support his wall. That makes YOU the, “Open Boarders,” guy. You want to, “MAGA?” But, Trump is supporting the worst nations on the planet, that would otherwise have been crushed by now. Shit, son, he even SAID, “Make Iran Great Again.” And, “Small Government Conservatism?” Tell me one (JUST ONE?!) aspect of public life that Trump hasn’t stuck the government’s Orange Orifice into? From dividing our sports, to attacking our biggest, most successful businesses, like Amazon; from undermining the sale of major media companies, to attacking the US Post Office; from Tweet Bombing State Funerals, to putting our farmers on Tax Payer Welfare; there isn’t ONE nit of news that doesn’t have Donny making America look WEAK and petty, while he sucks the penises of the Dictators that he admires, while attacking our oldest, strongest, allies. And, now that he’s spending his time supporting the criminal enablers of CHILD SEX TRAFFICKERS, building Concentration Camps, and constantly, “threatening,” while never doing his ICE Raid-Krystal Nacht show, you’re here, trying to tell ME what Conservatism is? . . . I was a Conservative when Donny was still a Card Carrying Democrat, giving his money to the Clinton’s, boy. So, DON’T presume to tell me. You’re no better than one of Stalin’s little pups, OK? 🙂
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  15070. Two Impossible Girls : I knew a psychiatric nurse, who worked on a ward in which two of her patients had been raped. The police believed the victims, as did everybody else, except the justice system, which allowed their rapists to walk on a technicality, as they had rich daddies, who could afford the kind of lawyers who put teams of researchers onto looking for any weakness in the prosecution’s case. I say I, “knew,” this nurse, as she surprised us all by committing suicide in a local park, hanging herself from a tree. Her suicide note was a text to her mom, which simply read, “Truth is dead.” Of the two rapists, I learned that one of them died of a drug overdose and the other is confined to a wheelchair, after encountering a dose of, “Street Justice.” So, that is a desperately sad tale, with no happy endings. Peter is not a “man” but I think he’s actually getting off on trying to “torment” you. The very same thing that rapists want, is to exploit, “Power,” to which they have no right. His deliberate obtuseness, has NOTHING to do with what he believes, but is an expression of his denial and impotent rage. You made your points well and, anyone who takes the trouble to read your discussion with this guy, will SEE what an impotent tool he is, hiding behind abuse and saying things that he would not DARE to express in front of his friends, colleagues or family. He is venting the pollution of his soul onto the world. Don’t give him ANY, Power.” The art of NEVER losing the game, is not to play. Besides, to ANY reasonable, right minded person . . . You WON this one, anyway
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  15158. A Revolution. That is now your ONLY hope of restoring the Republic. The 2020, “elections,” are ALREADY RIGGED. They are NOT even afraid of how anyone might, “vote.” Their ONLY threat is the possibility of holding an Impeachment, “Trial,” with NO evidence and NO witnesses, with Trump’s CONSPIRATORS, who are also looking at JAIL TIME, sitting in, “judgement,” of him. Not because of how the, “electorate,” might respond at the polling booths, though. But, because it might become SO OBVIOUS that the Republic has FALLEN that the people might RISE UP, like they have done before, in places like the Ukraine, a decade ago. Putin has taught us all; If you want to KEEP your Dictatorship, you do it by going through the motions of a, “Democracy,” but you can never risk making it TOO OBVIOUS that it’s already OVER. Hence, all the distractions of a potential, “war,” mediated through Putin, with Iran’s cooperation. And, the Giuliani travelling circus. It’s all part of the show, to drown out the noise of a SHAM Impeachment, which will look to any reasonable adult, like the GOP ADMITTING that they have staged a COUP and set your Constitution ALIGHT! But, you’ll see. As it becomes more and more clear that Democracy DIED in 2019, that FACT will actually get pointed out less and less. As they consolidate their power, people will become more and more SCARED to tell the truth. That’s the standard irony of all modern Dictatorships. People are less likely to challenge it, the more obvious it is, because they don’t want to become a government, “target.” That’s how Russia works. And now, that’s how America works . . . Sorry . . .
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  15230. WeFightTheC: And, you don’t see how utterly idiotic you sound, do you? After THREE YEARS, the most powerful man on Earth has FAILED to, “Lock Her Up,” right? His Arch Enemy? He could NOT prevent his OWN, WHOLE Campaign Team from going to jail? And, he tells you she’s a, “pedo-ring running, staffer murdering, intel bleaching, URANIUM Selling,” Super Villain, that would make James Bond think twice? Every week that passes makes you ALL look SO CREDULOUS, it’s TRULY LAUGHABLE! I genuinely believe your Cult is just too EMBARRASSED to admit you were SO WRONG. You live in DREAD of hearing, “I told you so,” from your fellow Americans, whom YOU have turned into your, “enemies,” like the Perfect little Putin Poodles you are, and you MUST be suspecting it, by NOW? THREE YEARS, SON! Not even a Parking Ticket??? You’re not even fooling YOURSELF! But, you CLING to face-saving, SHAME covering Propaganda from Alex-QAnon-Jones, and indoctrinate YOURSELF into, “believing,” that there will be YET ANOTHER, “document dump,” or, “intel release,” or some such shit, and it’s STILL, “just around the corner.” And, the biggest IRONY is that NONE of Trump’s opponents, “like,” or even CARE about that f**king Clinton’s, son! That’s always been in your fixated HEADS. If she EXPLODED tomorrow, America would YAWN, and STILL get on with bringing down the Orange Clown. You HATE your fellow Americans, because they’re RIGHT, and you feel like an IDIOT; just as Putin planned it, you TOTAL MORON. Do get over yourself, son. You sound 12 years old 🤣 😂 😆 😂 🤣
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  15348.  @sgsa2856  : Agreed. Furthermore, recent history is replete with examples of Putin backing down every single time he has been seriously challenged with the possibility of force from a NATO country. Even during this war Putin ceased his blockade against Ukraine’s international grain shipments when Turkey sent escort ships in flat defiance of Putin. And Erdogan (another tinpot dicktator) didn’t offer Putin any face saving rhetoric or, “off ramps,” leaving him to spin it to his own people the best he could. There were several times after the invasion of Crimea that Putin was forced to send his building forces back home when NATO decided to host war games in the closest available regions. And he only picked this fight because the west had, up to that stage, shown every sign of weakness, internal division and GREED for cheap energy. He honestly thought he would have to stomach some of the worst sanctions in his country’s recent history, but that the world would move on in about 10 years and that his savings, along with the massive new (virtually untapped) resources he could loot from Ukraine would more than make up for it. Especially since he figured that everyone would be looking at the invasion of Taiwan as a bigger deal within a year. There is not ONE example anyone can show where Putin has defied international will and not backed down when the west has shown him they were willing to fight him. Like his soldiers, he has refused any fair fight, only victimising the defenceless and using a distorted, twisted rewriting of history as his window dressing for his thuggery. He’s nothing more than a mafia don. He has literally built his power base by integrating the various mafia outfits into the KGB and then the NKVD and GRU later on. Every oligarch still standing is either ex mafia or ex spook, with many being a combination of the two. Even the head of the Russian Orthodox Church is an ex KGB spook! A contemporary, who rose through the ranks with Putin and who now spouts Putin’s party line, promising forgiveness of all sins to anyone dumb enough to volunteer to be canon fodder on the front lines. It’s literally a medieval mentality, like the crusades! This blight on Europe needs eradicating and the Russian people need to be dragged (kicking and screaming if need be!) into the 21st century! If you have lived a life of moral absenteeism to such an extent that you can accept obvious war crimes, like bombing civilian infrastructure and swathes of innocent civilians, as just another day at the office; if you can read a tweet of support from North Korea and feel good about that, you’re f’cked up and have no idea what a civilised society even is. Sorry, I’m ranting now. But Putler makes me so sick.
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  15373. ROOKTABULA : We keep hearing, these days, “WORDS MATTER!” Let me explain why: I agree, WITH YOU, except on this one, CRUCIAL, point: We CANNOT ALLOW these Nazis to HIJACK terms, so as to HIDE THEIR TREASON in plain sight! DON’T HELP THEM! I can, “CALL,” myself an, “American,” when I’m a Russian Troll, or a SPY, but that doesn’t MAKE me, “American”??? I can, “CALL,” myself a, “nice guy,” while I’m STABBING BABIES TO DEATH! But, people can SEE that I’m NOT! And, ANYONE, whatever they, “call,” themselves, who votes Republican at the Mid Terms, will be as ANTI-CONSERVATIVE as they are ANTI-DEMOCRATIC, and ANTI-AMERICAN! Calling yourself, “Conservative,” and supporting Trump, is an OXYMORON . . . Like calling yourself a, “Journalist,” while presenting a propaganda show on Fox. I am, “Conservative,” in my politics and my views. I will be voting Democrat at the Mid Terms, to help SAVE Democracy. So that I can disagree with, “liberals,” in a CIVILISED WORLD, where NAZIS get NO SAY and GO TO JAIL FOR BEING NAZIS. I never, “liked,” HRC or Obama, but I respected them. We are FIGHTING for the REAL WORLD, of the, “reasonable man,” as John Le Carre so often puts it. I’m SO SICK of people attaching terms, like Flags of Convenience, which only HELPS THEM! Don’t you see? NO ONE in their right MIND would support a NAZI! But, it’s EASY to VOTE for a Nazi, if he’s allowed to masquerade under the title, “Conservative.” Don’t HELP them to DILUTE the truth! Or to make their RACISM more palatable, with user friendly terminology! Call them what they ARE! There are 11, (SERIOUSLY! ELEVEN!!!) ACTUAL OUTED NAZIS, RUNNING AS REPUBLICANS, at the Mid Terms!!! This is happening BECAUSE people call them STUPID names, like, “Conservative,” instead of F**KING “NAZIS”!!! “WORDS MATTER!” Right now, MORE THAN EVER. Republicans are nurturing NAZIS at their bosom! This is a COUP! Stalinist tactics, for Nazi GOALS! At the COST of DEMOCRACY, WORLD WIDE. We are in the fight of our LIVES, my friend, in which WORDS DO MATTER. Democracy Versus Nazis! It’s THAT SIMPLE! Are you WITH ME???
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  15403.  @alphakwk  : Can’t you see that doesn’t matter? The war has already begun and by definition CANNOT be stopped without one side’s defeat. I have chosen a side. It is a moral choice, not up for philosophical debate, any more than Russia’s latest missile (that killed men, women and little children) can be persuaded to change course! It’s already happened! The war criminals responsible for that attack must be hunted down and captured or killed. The people who ordered, funded and enabled these atrocities must be held accountable! To lay down our arms now would be to offer up everyone in Ukraine to death, humiliation, torture, theft and rape! Sometimes there is NO CHOICE! Putin has made himself into Stalin at home and Hitler abroad. I want peace too. And I intend that we should get it by the only means available to us. Even if the war lasts more than a year (which is unlikely) we must DESTROY Putin’s attempts to steal Planet Earth as though he was Ming The Merciless in some comic book. We must shatter his delusions to the point where NO PROPAGANDA on Earth can talk his way out of the unmitigated disaster of his failed invasion of Ukraine and his people are FORCED out of their moral absenteeism and back into the REAL WORLD, where they must face and PAY for the consequences of their actions, or their failure to act. There’s no such thing as a citizen who is not responsible for the actions of their government. There are simply those who are engaged and those who are too afraid to look when they pull the trigger; but they’re still pulling the trigger. Well, it’s time the free world pulled the trigger on them and wake them up out of their deplorable apathy! Russia be warned. This is on ALL ON YOU.
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  15405. Just imagine what a slap on the wrist, “censure,” would do; which is as good as saying we’re ending the Republic, right there and then? Given that loss of office will result in countless immediate indictments (both Federal & State) which will land him and his family in jail, what alternative does a, ”man,” with his established record of destroying the Constitution and breaking all of the laws he runs up against, HAVE? So long as he can count on enough of his base and the party to remain in denial, and HATE Dems and other races, just enough to make them cheer when he pisses on the rule of law, he will have NO CHOICE but to have Moscow ENSURE his, “re-election,” in a Putin Style, 2020 SHAM. It’s that, or disgrace and jail! And, half of the GOP are IMPLICATED with him, so they’re fighting for their OWN SURVIVAL. They simply CANNOT remove him. What else CAN he do? 2020 will HAVE TO be RIGGED, because too many Americans were persuaded to HATE their, “fellow Americans,” MORE than they hate (or even understand WHO ARE) America’s enemies . . . Just look at the shills on this thread, desperately trying to bury their SHAME, because they KNOW they’re killing America, but aren’t strong enough to ADMIT what they WANT! They WANT a Russian Style, Single Party system, with just enough FAKE Democracy to keep up appearances . . . Trump = Putin Mark Two; the Puppet Version, and they just DON’T CARE. In fact, they PREFER it that way. They’ll take that over the fictional, “brown menace,” any day . . . America’s Republic is OVER
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  15524. tradeeagle : I am a Conservative, to the core . . . and I AGREE. The Trolls are DESPERATE to characterise this whole thing as, “libs v cons,” when that’s a LIE. The TRUTH is, Comey screwed up BIG TIME in his handling of the HRC, “revelations,” which actually WERE a, “Nothing Burger,” but were also sufficient to put a Stalinist into the White House. He will remain too obstinate to SEE or LEARN from what he did. But, THAT does NOT make him a bad person. He was wrong, and yet, he doesn’t accept that, nothing more. He IS a man of honour. But, let’s be HONEST here. Even Hillary SUPPORTERS were GLAD in their, “secret heart,” that she lost. The HOPE is that the DNC does not remain as obstinate as Comey? That they will field a candidate who is NOT, “business backed, business as usual,” or patronising, patrician and CLEARLY out of touch? SO MANY, former Trump voters are now saying, when asked if they would VOTE for the Dems, “It DEPENDS upon WHO they put up.” WILL the DNC LEARN and not FIX it so that the Bernie’s of this world are NOT shoved out? Many of HIS votes went to Trump, for that reason. The DNC REFUSED to, “dignify,” the complaint that Bernie was nobbled, even AFTER the election, ONLY for us to later discover that they HAD FIXED Bernie!!! They NEED to LISTEN and ACT ACCORDINGLY. As a CONSERVATIVE, I will be voting Democrat, come HELL or high water, in order to SAVE DEMOCRACY from a DICTATORSHIP. But, the DNC MUST do it’s part. The Mid Terms are theirs to lose. If they squander their opportunity, I will NEVER forgive them, as it will COST us DEMOCRACY. Sorry for going on, and for going a little off topic, here, but what I’m saying is what is at the HEART of this matter. Honourable people DON’T always do the “right thing” because they can be honourable AND WRONG at the same time. You are RIGHT, that we MUST get BEYOND this, but he represents a SYMPTOM of a much BIGGER syndrome that ran RAMPANT in the DNC and cost them the elections. ENOUGH of the Hillary types! This NEW, asymmetrical warfare, calls for NEW thinking, NEW tactics and NEW PEOPLE. Nancy Pelosi and her ilk, REALLY NEED to MAKE WAY for a candidate that the PEOPLE want, who’s MAIN characteristic feature is that s/he is NOT LIKE THEM AT ALL. Personally, I’d go with Tom Hanks, but THAT will NEVER happen. But, we REALLY need to stand together and WELCOME conservatives INTO the fold
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  15686. Eco Geek : Once the rigged, “elections,” are over, we won’t have ANY, “influence,” in that region, as it will all be up to Putin. America is already less influential in world affairs, by isolationist choice, and by the fact that our Dictator keeps getting played. He’s as gullible with other Dictators as he seems to think the American people are. Having said that, he may well be right? No one wants to admit that the Republic has already FALLEN. The Dems, because they’re too close to the problem, and their huge egos won’t allow them to believe that they can’t personally change the course of American history; and the Republicans, because they have learned from Putin that the one thing a modern Dictatorship NEVER does, is admit that it’s a Dictatorship. So, we’ll get FAKE Democracy, like Russia’s, and be, “told,” that we’re, “influencing,” events that we care about. And, as it becomes more and more OBVIOUS that we’re in a Dictatorship, fewer and fewer people will be willing to state that fact out loud. So, I really wouldn’t concern myself with Syria’s problems any more, since Putin ordered Trump to withdraw our forces from the zone? It’s not like we can, “do,” anything about it? We can’t even unseat our own Dictatorship, let alone theirs? Christ! We don’t even WANT to admit it’s THERE! Because, if we got REAL, then we’d have to admit to ourselves that the only way to remove a Dictator is REVOLUTION; Ukraine-Style, without weapons . . . Or, we can just carry on being pussies, and PRETEND we would be ALLOWED to, “Vote,” our Dictatorship out of power, so that an ENTIRE administration would go to jail? . . . SMH
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  15831.  @theconnoisseur2346  : I’m not familiar with Russian nuclear doctrine or protocols for attack. But I do know a bluff when I see one. Putin’s bluffing. He clearly wants to live, very badly. Far more so than many Ukrainians or a growing number of Russians in fact. Accidents happen, and there’s no fail safe for human error. He’s literally done the precise opposite of everything he’s said so far. From, “I don’t intend to invade Ukraine,” on the same day he invaded, to, “We do not target civilians,” when he’s been targeting little else. His bogus claims of chemical weapons development by the west, meant that he was thinking of using them (which he still might). Zelensky is a, “Nazi.” A Jewish Nazi? That’s new. Opposites all the way. So, read his, “Cross my line and I’ll use nukes,” as, “This is the point at which I fold.” As to protocols, we’ve seen how Russian fail safes work at Chernobyl. And the power plant they nearly shot to pieces the other day, with an exhausted bunch of hostages still, presumably, working to prevent a meltdown? I think we have to accept conflagration as a possibility, but not a deliberate one, with low odds at that. But, a 1 in a 100 chance of an accidental nuclear launch or a misinterpreted sub commander’s orders, or whatever, is high enough for us all to sit up and say, “We don’t do business with the grenade juggler over there. Get someone else in charge, or we keep hold of your testicles and squeeze until something comes off!”
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  15889. Theresa Terry : America will be very similar to Russia soon, since the Coup was completed at the risible, rigged, Impeachment, “trial.” Once the rigged, “elections,” are over, we won’t have ANY, “influence,” in that region, as it will all be up to Putin. America is already less influential in world affairs, by isolationist choice, and by the fact that our Dictator keeps getting played. He’s as gullible with other Dictators as he seems to think the American people are. Having said that, he may well be right? No one wants to admit that the Republic has already FALLEN. The Dems, because they’re too close to the problem, and their huge egos won’t allow them to believe that they can’t personally change the course of American history; and the Republicans, because they have learned from Putin that the one thing a modern Dictatorship NEVER does, is admit that it’s a Dictatorship. So, we’ll get FAKE Democracy, like Russia’s, and be, “told,” that we’re, “influencing,” events that we care about. And, as it becomes more and more OBVIOUS that we’re in a Dictatorship, fewer and fewer people will be willing to state that fact out loud. So, I really wouldn’t concern myself with Syria’s problems any more, since Putin ordered Trump to withdraw our forces from the zone? It’s not like we can, “do,” anything about it? We can’t even unseat our own Dictatorship, let alone theirs? Christ! We don’t even WANT to admit it’s THERE! Because, if we got REAL, then we’d have to admit to ourselves that the only way to remove a Dictator is REVOLUTION; Ukraine-Style, without weapons . . . Or, we can just carry on being pussies, and PRETEND we would be ALLOWED to, “Vote,” our Dictatorship out of power, so that an ENTIRE administration would go to jail? . . . SMH
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  15892. Except he left out the reason Putin has invaded Ukraine. This is why academics need to get out more. History is useless without context, invaluable with it. Ukraine is sitting on the biggest gas and oil reserves outside of Russia. Putin has made sure they never get developed by stealing them in Crimea and fomenting trouble in the Donbas region. But now Shell, Exxon and BP have all confirmed even bigger finds in the west of the country, outside of Putin’s reach, the only way he can prevent their development is by stealing the whole country and sitting on them himself. So long as they are never drilled, he remains the biggest energy exporter in Europe and the 2nd biggest in the world. He doesn’t want to drill them himself. He just wants to ensure no one else does. But, if Putin had ever read a little history, he’d understand that the west has NEVER allowed themselves to lose control over energy reserves in a hundred years. Not since, “energy security,” has been a thing. This is not a war. This is an armed robbery, pure and simples. And he’ll lose. In 20 or 30 years, it won’t matter, because no one will be using fossil fuels. But psycho boy Putin doesn’t care what mess he leaves behind to bequeath his successors. In fact, it probably massages his ego to think the country will collapse when he’s gone, making it look like only he could run Mother Russia? Who cares? The madman needs to go now. We must sanction him into the Stone Age until his people overthrow him. Better that than starving?
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  15915.  @franklin9400  : She did just fine out of it, and knew what she was doing, every step of the way. Bill’s not a Jedi? He didn’t use anything but his power and charm. Are we meant to conclude that Ms Lewinski was not at all responsible for putting his wife through that appalling nightmare of humiliation? She didn’t care about the harm she’d done to his family, or his innocent children? Or the harm she did to the tax payer and the state of our politics? Of course, we had money to burn (literally) back then, but wow! She was only there because she was, like ANY intern that makes it all the way to the WHITE HOUSE, meant to be brighter, smarter, better educated, and more highly aware of moral philosophy than the average young woman among her peer group! If the BJ in the Oval Office didn’t show her DEPRAVED indifference to the country’s interests, and practically GOP LEVELS of rank selfishness, then certainly her bringing it into the public domain did! The only, “victims,” in that story were his wife, his kids and the tax payers! Lisa’s talking unqualified BOLLOX! Anyone remember the Kennedy’s? Didn’t THEY, “set the bar,” pretty low? They literally passed women around between them! Including Marilyn Munro! Oh, but Lisa isn’t being paid to talk about THEM is she? Her, “job,” is to swipe at the Clinton’s for reason which I doubt even SHE can remember, so addled are her brains, from Trumpoganda and Foxification! These people! . . . Sheesh! . . . 🙄✌️
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  16015. ruth depew : You raise important points there. The ENTIRE PROPAGANDA around Trump has TWO essential features: Past focus and VICTIMHOOD. They DESPERATELY push the, “narrative,” that ANYONE who wants to see Trump and his GOONS in JAIL, has some AUTOMATIC adoration for Obama and Hillary. I used to think that their obtuseness was aimed at Anti-Trump people, but now I SEE, it’s for their OWN DRONES. They are DESPERATE to CONVINCE people that ALL Trump opponents are, “liberals,” who want to make it illegal to own a gun and have a religion. NOT to ALIENATE Trump’s opponents, but to hold on to, and EXPAND, their flock of SHEEPLE. Which brings us to your point: their PERPETUAL sense of, “Butt Hurt,” VICTIMHOOD. How appealing it must be, to be told that, “you,” are NOT, “responsible,” for the fact that your life is crap and that your frustrating inability to express the hatred, racism and brutality that you always feel, without some serious pushback, is NOT YOUR FAULT. Along comes a guy who gives PERMISSION to be a full on NAZI and who says that EVERYTHING you’re bitter about is the FAULT of the, “OTHER.” Suddenly, not only can you BE RACIST, but it’s MANDATED, so as to BLAME Mexicans, Syrian Refugees and African Americans for Crime, Terrorism and the fact that EVERYONE is in MASSIVE DEBT! Conspiracy theories become the CATHARSIS, relieving all senses guilt, logic and personal responsibility. Backed by this carefully nurtured sense of PARANOIA, we can now BLAME ANY ONE AND EVERYONE, and act like Hillary is STILL a, “THING,”!!! like she’d ever run for office again??? This propaganda is NOT about right minded people! It’s about gathering the WRONG minded people and KEEPING those already IN THE CULT! Quite the revelation, when you think about it? . . . You’re an interesting person, ruth
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  16181.  @elenalatici9568  : I think they, “fear,” being treated the way they have treated others? When your nation only has 300 years on the clock, which has been spent wiping out the indigenous population, then shunning them; whilst introducing an entire new race, as slaves, and fighting a war to maintain slavery; then rigging the system ever after, so as to maintain political, financial and educational control over these people . . . you kind of expect that they might want some revenge for that? They’re wrong, of course. And, even for those who know they’re wrong, they still don’t like the idea of not being in the, “advantaged,” class of humanity. I genuinely hope America’s minorities DO grow to outnumber the white population. Then the myths around their fear will be proved wrong, which will substantially take their sticks from them. The whole, “white replacement,” racism is an expression of that hysteria and that kind of fear can mobilise whole armies, so we can’t just sit still for it, hoping no one will take such juvenile notions seriously, sadly. 20th Century Spain, Italy & Germany taught us that it never shakes out that way. As their rhetoric gets more toxic, and their actions more egregious (remember, this is the party that just voted to overturn a democratic election DURING an Insurrection attempt) they will leave themselves with fewer options. Eventually they will have nowhere, psychologically, intellectually, or rhetorically, to retreat to, or ways in which they can dress up what they’re getting at. People forget that Fascism grows over years, and never gives up. Because they’re facing the condemnation of history, unless they get to write it. There’s a gag from Rick & Morty that sums it up. A short lived character in a flashback to WWII is a prisoner of a strutting, uniformed Nazi, and he says, “Back in Brooklyn, we’ got a name for people like you.” To which the Nazi spins on his heal to face him and says, “I’m comfortable being called a Nazi! What word do you think could upset me?! Yes! Think before you speak next time!” Made me lol, at the time . . . Now, I just wonder, how long before the term, “Fascist,” or even, “Nazi,” starts getting, “mainstream,” again? . . . ✌️👍
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  16189. Susan Galea : You are right, of course. But, I believe most people, certainly I can speak for myself in this, when they call Putin a “Commie” are being both ironic AND REALISTIC. By using the infrastructure of the KGB, re-Christening it as the FSB, and melding that organisation with the top mafia outfits of Russia, Putin rebuilt the state in his own image. Though we can NEVER call what he has now, ACTUAL “Communism,” there IS little or NO difference between his current “government” and that of STALIN. Thus, it is eminently FAIR to call Putin a “Commie” of the Old School, who, like Stalin, has used the state as a means of enriching himself, used terror, false imprisonment and murder to silence his critics and steal from wealthy opponents, whilst silencing them too. He rose to power, by “fixing” problems for Boris Yeltsin, all the while, consolidating his own position, through the above mentioned tactics, while his leader was too drunk to care, so long as he got what he wanted. Let’s face it? WHAT country EVER succeeded at “communism”? Not ONE of them became anything other than a Totalitarian Dictatorship. But, the house that Putin built, is an almost EXACT replica of Stalin’s model; with the one, important distinction (DECEPTION): they are no longer encumbered by the need to maintain the mirage of “ideology”. As a free-wheeling “capitalist” system, they can justify their enormous wealth, and claim that it is THIS, in and of itself, that proves their fitness to rule, in money oriented state. When, really, all they are is the Mob, stealing and murdering their way to power, killing and silencing those who would expose them. And, worst of all, they have a dread fear of REVOLUTION. They have seen all of these Break Away nations, seeking independence from them, and they live in mortal terror of being executed or dug out of a sewer, like other dictators, they watched die on CNN. So there is NO AMOUNT of “power” or “wealth” that will EVER make them feel “secure” enough to rest and stabilise what they already have. And, America, the most powerful democracy in the world, has this nasty habit of exposing their crimes, freezing their assets and calling for free and fair elections, on the world stage. So, they have LONG seen The USA as a threat that MUST be neutralised. And, when you CANNOT equal them in strength, you must chip at their vulnerabilities. So, they have invested $ BILLIONS in fake news, money laundering, international bribery and blackmail, AND, of course, CYBER CRIME. They believe they have levelled the field, this way. And it “seems” to have WORKED?
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  16200. A S : You appear not to have read my comment? You repeated the point that I challenged, without acknowledging, or dealing with my point, at all. I don’t know this guy, and I’m not willing to make assumptions about him, because, for all I know, he may have paid his debt to society, visited his victims, and won their support? OR . . . He may still have unpaid debts, and blood on his hands? REGARDLESS; he is taking a personal risk, marking himself as a target, to people who KNOW him, his friends and family, and COULD get to him, if they were determined enough. He is challenging the foundation of Nazis, the ignorance, insecurity, failure in life, and the ruthless COWARDICE of Trump, who is too afraid to alienate his base, by condemning an abject ATROCITY. THAT is what he CAN be thanked for. It does help. It does contribute to change. And, it does undermine the very foundation of evil, even if it’s just a little. Imagine a battle field; men and women have been killing each other for days, and one side is now defeated. A white flag is waved, and the two opposing commanding officers meet in No Man’s Land, to discuss terms of surrender. The victorious commander offers medical assistance for the wounded. He tells his opponent, that the Geneva Convention will be strictly observed, and as a symbol of TRUST, and by way of respecting the gallantry of the vanquished, the victorious officer refuses the defeated commander’s side arm, telling him he can keep it. If that defeated officer was an American, and the victor a German, in WW II, what do you expect the American commander to say? “But, what about Hitler? The Jews? The death camps? I lost a brother in France!” . . . Of course not. He will say, as would you, “Thank you for that.” If you see this in the right context, you would see that I am no better than you, and that you should thank this man, for THIS thing that he’s done, for the sake of peace, on this day. Sometimes it’s just necessary to set aside the rest, for the sake of that peace, and for the good of those you are responsible for? I think you would be as gallant as those officers, if you were in their position. I think it’s just a question of seeing it through (slightly) better eyes. We want the same thing ✌️
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  16284. Andy Bevill : Precisely. Which is why Trump needs him, and he’ll NEVER, “resign.” It’s already a, “Banana Republic,” when the reverse is true too. If, “someone at the top,” can order his own, “acquittal,” as happened at the risible Impeachment SHAM, why shouldn’t we expect that he’ll be hunting down all the people who put him there, spoke the truth when asked, or even simply failed to scream out hysterical support for Trump, loudly enough, when Trump, “felt like it”??? The problem here, is that people are still acting like this kind of thing still matters in a Dictatorship, when the Impeachment was the last nail in the Republic’s coffin. Who in their right mind, even imagines that they are “NOT” going to RIG the coming, “elections,” when we ALL KNOW if Trump is unseated, he and his family will be indicted and all go to jail? Which will lead to them, ”ratting out,” everyone from Bill Barr down to Devin Nunes, the indictment and imprisonment of the ENTIRE administration, leaving a historically disgraced skeleton of the Republican Party in its wake, to disband and flee from the press like escaped Nazis after WWII. They have SHOWN you that Democracy, law and order, and the Constitution are OVER in America, but you all keep up this DENIAL, as if, “elections,” will MEAN a GOD DAMNED THING?! And, I think you’re all doing that, because you all know, in your hearts, that being honest with yourselves can lead to to only ONE conclusion. Americans must accept they have a Russia Style, FAKE Democracy, more popularly known as a DICTATORSHIP, and be DONE with it, OR? . . . Revolution!!! There is no third option
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  16286. Buck Browning : It was NOT an, “attempted,” Coup, son. It succeeded. The Impeachment sham was the final nail in the Republic’s coffin. I predicted the, “Vengeance Rampage,” if Trump walked from this, because it’s how ALL modern Dictatorships evolve, these days. Putin has lead the way, teaching us that a successful dictator only survives by maintaining the ILLUSION of, “Democracy.” And, that’s why Bill Barr complained about Trump’s blatancy. Trump, being an idiot, with a childlike, “need,” to play with all the toys at once, is making it hard for us to PRETEND we’re, “not,” a Dictatorship, while he keeps PROVING that we are, by getting away with Dictatorship Shit. And, Barr knows that you can only reach Trump by going on TV, where he can’t interrupt you, or fly into a rage to shut you up, so as to maintain his Safe-Space-Bubble. I just find it funny that BOTH Dems and Trump Culters are COLLUDING in this FARCE, pretending that the Republic has, “not,” already FALLEN, and that the coming, “Elections,” are, “not,” ALREADY RIGGED. Each for their different reasons: The GOP needs to consolidate its power (which Trump thinks is about getting revenge on his enemies, and ruling through fear, and the GOP thinks is about calming things down,so the people don’t rise up in a Revolution because it’s SO FUCKING OBVIOUS that the Republic has fallen) and the Dems do it, because they’re too close to the problem, busy making their little backroom deals and trying to preserve their own constituencies, while pushing back any thoughts of reality, as Revolutions have unpredictable outcomes. And, that leaves us, the American People, who KNOW it’s all over, stuck in the middle with you, Bucky Betrayal and his merry band of America Hating Traitors . . . SMH
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  16404. Mir0slava123 : They have been unstable for decades, but not in a way that most would assume. This, “oppressive regime,” that the west sees, is actually rather, “Liberal,” by Saudi standards. The King has replaced two princes in recent years, with administrative responsibilities; equivalent to a Prime Minister. And, women are getting driving licences and being allowed to go to cinemas, do knew types of jobs, like being doctors, for the first time, EVER. There was never ANY threat of an Arab Spring, as this administration is having to placate the population who are largely uneasy with all this, “liberalisation,” at best; leaving many raging that their culture is being, “westernised,” and that their power is being undermined. The setup there is more akin to some kind of sci fi fantasy or Game of Thrones, scenario, with rival royal houses, battling for supremacy. And the best way to win allies, is to pander to the, “Conservatives,” with all the cash and family names that go back centuries. The complexities are endless and too numerous to list, here. But, suffice to say; the simplest breakdown is that the US (with occasional help from Britain and France in particular, but also other UN countries) shields Saudi Arabia, which is viewed with either suspicion or hostility, by its neighbours. It uses that leverage to pressure the country into playing ball on western (particularly US) interests. The balance has always been delicate, and the scapegoating of other countries, for 9/11 was a necessity, in order to maintain that balance. We have a snake by the tail, which is useful for keeping hostile nations at bay and enriching the top echelons of western powers. But, it BIGHTS, and its bight is lethal. And, the very worst thing you can do with a pet like that, is to REWARD it, when it eats one of your own. The venom of that bight is only just starting to take effect, but it will be far more crippling than Trump will ever admit. Not only have we encouraged the viper to strike again, but the effect of its sting is about to poison us all. Wait and see
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  16619. Donovan Davis : Yes, I am putting my, “argument,” forward, while refusing to quarrel or be personal about it. That is the point of this discussion. I am attempting to show you that there is no, “neutral,” position that you can adopt, without ignoring the fact that your laws are being broken, your Constitution undermined and the very foundations of your Republic under threat. And, to say, “if,” about the fact that you have witnessed these events, is just obtuse. As to, “why,” that might be the case? Well, you said so, yourself. The money. So long as the economy, “seems,” fine, you can tell yourself that they’re all as bad as each other, and that anyone who is outraged at this destruction is just being, “hysterical,” because that’s what you, “need,” to believe. I’m not an economist; a political historian is my trade; but, that does cover economic ground. However, even I can see that our national debt is growing to unserviceable levels. ALL of that money WILL have to be paid back, sooner or later. And, Trump seems to think that he can run the country into bankruptcy and bail out, by the time it’s unmanageable? The Tariffs on China are escalating to a point where Trump will have to back down and admit he was wrong, or double down to the point where it won’t be just our soya farmers who are on welfare. And, he’s entering the same process with Mexico, whilst blankly LYING to you, saying the Americans will not pay the costs of that. So, what happens, when the economy, finally DOES get too rocky for your comfort? Is THAT the point at which you discover that he’s also immoral, developing a Nanny State, which controls all aspects of your life? The OPPOSITE of a Conservative, BTW?
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  16642. Steven Ratti : My, “call to arms,” was meant to be irony, son. The, “right to bear arms,” in the 2nd Amendment was put there because the individual states did not trust the federal government, and wanted to protect their, “way of life.” It’s in the history books, if you don’t believe me. Protecting the country from invaders was secondary in the minds of the writers of that Amendment. Sorry, but that’s pure, unadulterated fact. And, my whole point was that the very same people, who voted for Trump, demanded the wall, and who like to threaten a second, “Civil War,” whilst shouting about the 2nd Amendment, are now, ironically, the very same people who suddenly have the most to lose. And, that, “irony,” is merely compounded by the fact that the very, “rights,” they throw in our faces, are the PRECISE, “rights,” that actually DO PERTAIN. And, they are also the same rights, as you will SEE, that these people will refuse to exercise. You may not, “get,” my sense of Satire, but I assure you, my history is SOUND. I am not, “calling,” for anything, here. I am simply pointing out hypocrisy where I see it. I promise you. Not ONE Trump Trolls will exercise their right to defend their land against the tyranny of a corrupted government, even though they literally ARE protected, under the 2nd Amendment to do so. Remember, Trump is promising pardons, AFTER the the fact, meaning that they would have to be KNOWINGLY committing FELONIES, and not ONE court in the land would, or COULD, find the defenders of their estates, “guilty,” of ANYTHING. It just won’t happen. I’m just forcing people top look at the mess they’ve made. But MY, “call,” if anything, is for, “PEACE.” But, that doesn’t mean we shouldn’t laugh, however bitterly, at the rank corruption, hypocrisy and utter stupidity of Trump, and all his supporters, does it? Sincerely? Does it?
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  16709. It is inevitable that Bakhmut will fall back into Ukrainian hands, but the real question is about time. Whether Ukraine will be forced to withdraw before taking back vast swathes of real estate is the question? I believe Ukraine’s big counter offensive will be a huge, “all or nothing,” attempt to overwhelm and destroy Russian positions throughout the entirety of Ukraine in one big hit, which is why it’s taking so long, yet we keep discovering Ukrainians are training on weapon systems we didn’t even know they had, like in Italy, the UK and US, Spain, etc, along with all of the expected stuff they’re getting from Poland, Germany and, again, the UK and US, etc. They are clearly intentionally bleeding Russia white and pinning their main efforts to one zone, though fierce fighting is still taking place all along the front line to varying degrees. That’s not just about the politics of it all, but about breaking the morale of the Russian forces. The real question is how quickly Ukraine can get the tanks, jets and missile systems into the field, with trained, competent operators working everything and knowing how to do what the Russians can’t: coordinate their forces? And that’s something you simply cannot rush. We must only hope that Biden is keeping his cards close to his chest and offering more than we thought? Like when we were all surprised to learn that he’s training Ukrainian pilots on American soil, in F16’s? Ukraine simply would not and could not afford to waste valuable, urgently needed, pilots on exercises like that, unless something was expected down the line. Slava Ukraine 🇺🇦✌️
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  16770. It’s going to need some work to iron out the legalities and kinks, but it’s coming so . . . What amuses me is that so many mainstream outlets are acting like ChatGPT is a, “new,” technology, about to, “revolutionise,” or, “threaten,” the internet, depending on your perspective. When the reality is that half of the ads you’re seeing on YouTube are spoken by Robot voices, annunciating scripts that were generated by AI’s, being only one of hundreds generated that day, using publicly accessible stock footage, all in an attempt by scammers to see which, “product,” gains the highest traction. Has anyone seen that Jelvix ad lately? An artificial voice, speaking over generic stock footage of meeting rooms and sciencey looking people, about a, “company,” that does not yet exist! It doesn’t even mention what the, “product,” is! Then there’s all the bots that people get drawn into debates with on the more political videos. Any video featuring Donald Trump will have an army of bots with fake comments, capable of responding to your comments. You wonder why these people are so dumb and obtuse? Because they’re not real people! You wonder why their names are always weird and with lots of initials and numbers in them? That’s so their human analysts can identify them to modify the algorithm. Sure, there are human, “edge lords,” in the mix, but there are times when bots account for 90% of all the comments! This has been growing under our feet for years now. But, on the positive side, we will soon be able to generate AI companions, with crafted world views and attitudes, to help us with our research, support us with our self improvement goals, and console us when we’re sad or disappointed. We’ll have conversations with them, sharing the kinds of things we would normally only tell a psychotherapist and getting really helpful feedback. All whilst Apple, Google and Microsoft store everything away, and retain copyright over your inner most thoughts. And, if you tell your new AI BFF that you’re so mad at someone you could kill them, and then find the police are at your door, you’ll find that your BFF was responsible for notifying the cops after misinterpreting your conversation as, “criminal intent.” And it won’t help you to complain to your service provider, as you’ll find that you agreed to this potential outcome in your terms and conditions. The future looks . . . different, huh? . . .
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  16841. This is your Dictatorship, in the wake of the 2019 Coup, attempting to distract you, while they consolidate their power. They no longer have to fear the, “electorate,” because the 2020, “elections,” are ALREADY RIGGED. The only thing they fear now is everyone looking at a, “trial,” with NO WITNESSES allowed to testify, and NO EVIDENCE allowed to be presented, and a, “JURY,” comprised of Trump’s CONSPIRATORS, who would go to JAIL if Trump lost his, “Protected Presidential Status,” and, “ratted,” on them, to save his own Orange ass. After all, that would be the same thing as telling the world that THERE IS NO LAW, so far as the Trumps are concerned! It would be the same thing as ADMITTING that the Republic has FALLEN. Now, they will just get STRONGER, and consolidate their position, making America AFRAID Again, turning us into informers, haters and scared little RATS, like in Russia. You will get to go through the motions of voting, in your FAKE REPUBLIC, just like in Russia, and your name will be remembered, when you vote, “wrong,” but the outcome will NEVER be in doubt, because you have a DICTATORSHIP. Iran is just a SHOW; agreed by Putin, who arranged it with Iran and the US. NONE of this matters any more. They only fear that America MIGHT WAKE UP! A second REVOLUTION is what they fear. But, you all seem to be happy to watch the Coup unfold on CNN, so they needn’t worry. That won’t stop them though. That’s how Dictatorships work. As they get stronger, they will scare off ALL opposition, until they are appointing Democrats, behind the scenes, and briefing them, on what they can say and do. And, your first female POTUS? That will be Ivanka. Putin has already arranged it . . . Smh
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  16862. Linda Wright : The fact is that, we now know, people are born with distorted configurations of the brain, BUT, we also know that the neurologist who discovered this FACT suffered from the SAME brain disorder, after having had a fruitful and productive life. He attributed the fact that he has a wife and family of his own, that love him and the fact that he had never committed any crimes in his life, to his upbringing, with a firm, loving mother and father. So, the TRUTH is: NATURE AND NURTURE are STILL the combination that produce, “Good or Bad,” people. Trump inherited his father’s sociopathic genes, but was NURTURED into being a SOB. That neurologist, was shocked, when he was told by his wife, children, friends, colleagues and students, that they ALL saw a ruthless side to him and were able to give examples of his, OCCASIONAL, “coldness.” Yet they ALL respected and admired him. His daughters had the scan, and their brains were, “normal.” They described their dad as loving, yet able to shock them, like when he went to work, instead of attending his mother’s funeral, saying he didn’t want to be bored. He didn’t GET that the funeral was for the comfort of the living, and that he should have been there for his family. Yet they ALL said he was kind and generous, when he was not being ruthlessly competitive. Trump is, was, and ALWAYS WILL BE, FULLY RESPONSIBLE for his actions, because he, like you and I, can DISTINGUISH between, “Right and Wrong.” He should NOT be let off the hook. As the SCIENCE PROVES; he is as “CULPABLE” as YOU OR I
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  16872. Connie Bailey : I don’t disagree with your comment, in principal. So long as it isn’t based on any false assumptions? I was never a, “fan,” of the Clinton’s, and I was one of Obama’s most ferocious, Conservative critics. And, whenever, at the time, I would challenge the very notion of our anachronistic Electoral College, I would be ignored or lol’d at. Now, it’s all people talk about, and as usual, they talk about it, when it’s too late. So long as you’re not reaching those false conclusions, or trying to frame this as a question of a false choice, I agree with you. The decline may well have been apparent for years. But, the question remains: WTF are you going to DO about that? Just sit around hoping that your, “elections,” won’t be falsified, as well as gerrymandered and voters suppressed this time? Do you think that a bunch of criminals who KNOW they will be fighting indictments and going to JAIL for the rest of their days if they lose the elections, and they find themselves no longer able to obstruct justice, will just sit around? Waiting for people to lift the lid on their crimes and reveal them to the world? America will either fall back into the position of being a Republic again, with a mountain of clean up and catch up to get through, and then just hope and pray they can restore their former positions of power around the globe; OR, it will COLLAPSE into a Putin style Dictatorship. And that will mark the end of American democracy, and the beginning of the end for the rest of the world’s democracies. Oh, and that will all be taking place in the wake of millions DEAD, killed by an unchecked virus . . .
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  16910. Beau Ioannides : All good points, which I take in good faith. I simply feel that, we must seize EVERY SINGLE opportunity for unity. Trump’s strategy (NOT his, but that of his puppeteers) is Divide And Conquer: Hence, even issues that would have not even come up for discussion a couple of years ago, are splitting the country in twain. THAT is quite DELIBERATE, making the “base” stubborn and recalcitrant, while the networks are at open war. Nothing gets done and we all fight, often over stupid things. Putin is WINNING while Trump doesn’t see that he is losing, nor does he CARE that the US is losing. UNITY is the ONLY remedy. I speak, my friend, as a Republican, in values, who NEVER supported Trump, but who GENUINELY has lots of friends from all over the political spectrum. MOST importantly, I learned a lesson, recently, when, after hours of tearful arguing with a group of friends (their tears, not mine) two of them “confessed” to me that they’d voted for Trump and BITTERLY REGRET that now. I gave them all the encouragement I could and it was suddenly clear to me, in a way that it hadn’t been before: DIVISION is the Weapon of the Trumpers, the Russians, the Trollarazzi and the right wing press! Where ever they SEE unity, they stamp it out, and we make it EASY for them. UNITY is the WEAPON with which to defeat Trump. Sure, people should be accountable for their crimes and misdemeanours. But let’s hold the Nuremberg Trials AFTER the war is won? Find what you have in common with others and MAKE IT SAFE to cross the line, BACK to sanity, WITHOUT making them regret it with BLAME and SHAME. Otherwise, you play right into your enemy’s hands. I feel I want to go on, but I’m aware that I am “going on”; but KNOW that I agree with you
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  16956. Mr. Casillas : You make some fair, even good, points there. Britain nearly entered the Civil War, on the side of the South, because their Lancashire cotton mills were thriving due to Southern, slave produced, cotton. Only the bottom line, to start with. It was actually popular opinion that swayed the Brits to go the opposite way. Did you know that? Look up the strikes that took place in Britain, at that time? You had the intelligencia producing books, plays, and news stories, pressuring the government to, “do the right thing.” Then, there’s Lincoln, whom the far right can exploit to this day, because he started out indifferent to the, “issue,” of slavery. But, read his letters, his speeches, and articles? And, watch the transformation of his moral character? His views changed as the war went on, given more and more reason to give it up, as the bodies and the costs mounted. But, his conviction grew, that it was the right thing to do, until he ended his life as a PASSIONATE Anti-Slaver. Sure, Britain could see the population numbers, and the industrial might of the North, and reasoned that they could keep replacing men and material at a rate that the South just couldn’t match. Of course, pragmatism drove the politics. But, it would be very unwise to put it down to just one thing, like Bill Clinton’s, “the economy, stupid.” If 21st Century Populism has taught us ANYTHING, it’s that the Money may well still be the Prince of the battlefield, but it’s no longer King. “Information,” and, “Disinformation,” are the King and Queen of today’s politics, with Money being as close knit with mom and pop as you can get, but NOT the master any more. It was trump’s ability to DIVIDE America, with lies made to look credible, by the vast resources of the Prince, but that Prince was working on behalf of the King and Queen. And, right now, both King and Queen are in their own Civil War, to see whether it’s Truth or Lies that win out. America stands on this knife edge, due to it’s laziness and desire for confirmation bias, which the Prince has exploited, beautifully. But, it won’t be down to who offers the best chance of economic success this time. People have always voted with their wallets, but this time, even their wallets have been lied to ✌️
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  17308. Lee Boriack : True story for you, which ends with a question . . . We began this crisis as a united country, supporting our services, even being, “kind,” to each other. Then, Donny’s pollsters told him he was 10 points behind Biden, because, “unity,” is the ONE THING that is Kryptonite to Donny’s, “Make America Divided Again,” policy. Division is the source of his power, and a national approach was ruining his, “brand.” So, his hacktivists got busy organising, “protests,” while he got busy defunding the universities working on a cure, and the World Health Oragnisation, whom he knew would give him a bad report for wasting an entire month anyway. After the George Floyd thing, Donny found himself regretting being quite so vociferous in support of, “free speech,” and people’s, “rights to protest,” so he and Barr dismissed those protestors as ALL being a, “leftist democrat plot against Trump,” personally, and set about supporting people’s, “rights,” to be selfish idiots, who put everyone else’s lives at risk. So, here we are, with plague, famine, civil unrest, mass unemployment, Murdering cops somehow being a part of a, “Law & Order,” agenda, when it was America’s protests FOR Law & Order to be RESTORED that he was ignoring, and an economic downturn to look forward to. Why? All because of one man’s mental illness, the abject capitulation of the Quislings who work for him, and the personal appeal of selfishness to his cult, mixed with a heavy dose of racism; a salted wound, which Donny has been able to exploit, because America has never had the fortitude to address the fallout of the Civil War. And, since ALL OF THAT, we now find that trump was too Criminally Incompetent (or just a downright Collaborating TRAITOR?) to even CARE that our troops are being murdered by hitmen, paid for by the Cowardly Russians. How do you get someone to admit, even to themselves, that they’ve made such a big mistake that they’ve cost America thousands of lives? If you can answer that question for me, I would be sincerely grateful ✌️👍
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  17367. J Groovy : That was a great comment, though I couldn’t tell if it was aimed at me, as requested, or not? You didn’t put anyone’s name on it. Isn’t it true that most people, when meeting a stranger, or new group of people, behave and talk in a liberal, yet conservative way? Or a conservatively liberal way? I agree whole heartedly that, “extremism,” in either direction is the enemy of Democracy and of decent lifestyles. I am Conservative, myself, and was a fierce critic of Obama, during his administration, though I NEVER pretended that he hadn’t saved our economy; even if the results of his actions did make the money magnates even MORE POWERFUL; he had little choice. I miss Obama, now. Your observation, that Trump speaks in, “superlatives,” is kinda’ the point I was making, about everything he and his supporters and enablers do, is designed to appeal to the, “emotions,” NOT the head. The simplest equation is that Trump gained power and retains it, on the basis of DIVISION; and the methodology, is to use emotion over logic. UNITY is the ONE thing that would defeat Trump, and he knows that. The natural outcome of his methods, are what we’re seeing. The DIVISION has to, and can only, get worse, or it fails to work at all. This is what Putin knows. It will lead to the collapse of America’s political foundation. And, into that vacuum, the easiest thing to fill it with, is a dictatorship, masquerading as a, “democracy,” like that of Putin’s Russia. And, just like Putin’s Russia, the wealth and resources will quickly be sucked into the centre, making it impossible to sustain. Thus, the expansion, into the Middle East, Europe and, now, America. If Russia was put back in its box, it would collapse into revolution, at the most extreme, or just dissolve over time. That is what most western Geo-Political Analysts predicted would happen to them, in the 21st Century. Of, course, many of them failed to see that Russia would see that too, and make inroads into the world, to suck up more resources, and keep itself afloat, by infiltrating world wide politics. Whether we like it or not, we are fighting for the survival of Democracy. I am NO extremist, but as with the World Wars and the Cold War, the only available solution, is to fight back, harder than the enemy, or lose the fight. This is Cold War II. And, it will be seen as that, by history. Or, history will be re-written, by the bad guys. I truly WISH I was exaggerating ✌️
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  17441. siderealvision : The fact is that the Republican Party are old hands at it, and were successfully sued and punished for the criminal practice of having, “Watch Groups,” hanging around polling stations with fake ID’s, “allowing people to conclude they were officials,” without mentioning that they weren’t, questioning voters and threatening voter’s family members with deportation and imprisonment. It occurred all over the country and is a matter of verifiable record. So, put that, “old experience,” together with Trump’s repeated statements about not accepting defeat, and what we all should know about him, by now, anyway? We have just witnessed him encouraging America to, “protest,” his OWN policies, regardless of the lives that he endangered by doing so? I get that it’s distasteful, to consider that it could happen; in the same way that it’s a bitter pill to contemplate the decline of America’s hegemony in the world. But, not wanting to believe what’s right before your eyes and burying your heads in the sand? . . . Well, that’s how he got in, in the first place. And, how many times since have we thought, “OK, but that’s as far as it goes. Surely he wouldn’t stoop any lower?” We’re asking for trouble by not admitting it to ourselves. He’s a dictator, with every impulse of a dictator, who would have already been ousted from his post and sent to jail, if it weren’t for his cowed and corrupted party . . . We will wake up to the threat. That I promise you. Whether it’s before or after the fact? Well, that’s another proposition altogether . . . Smh ✌️
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  17535.  @OhioOwns  : You should read the news, madam? What the Dems want is to restore the filibuster to what it used to be. Instead of just throwing a spanner in the works, by saying, “nah,” to what the country wants, and then getting to go off for summer break while the country’s democracy is held up, the Dems want anyone who disagrees with the policies that the majority have ALREADY VOTED FOR, to say why. Is THAT such a BIG ASK? Having to account for your own parties political position? To argue your case? To, “represent,” your constituency? The GOP are just afraid because they HAVE NO, “arguments,” and are terrified of being forced to OWN their Anti-Democratic, “values.” They fear being made to look like a horses ass when they cannot come out with talking points that don’t give them away. And they’re TERRIFIED that they might have to WORK for a living! Having to prepare a long speech, so you can talk out the clock for three days straight, would require them to EXPLAIN THEMSELVES. And we all know, even the trump Qult (already haemorrhaging voters) would lose more support, when they hear the open racism, the nonsensical, gibberish, self contradicting, Stalinist, deep state BOLLOX coming out of the mouths of politicians who aren’t used to doing their jobs and have no clue where to start! And, they fear making slip ups, after talking for hours and hours, just to hold up democracy, and letting something out that might get them arrested. Half of them are too old and would risk having a heart attack with marathon lying sessions? We all KNOW they would make mistakes and tell us things we weren’t meant to know. THAT’S WHAT THEY FEAR. And that’s what you’re terrified of: a little TRUTH getting into American politics, and GOP Fascists, having to EARN their handsome wages. Read a book, Karen 🙄
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  17596.  @artamutt5485  : The, “good,” I refer to, is simple and straight forward. And it has nothing to do with the points you make (legitimate or not). Whichever party holds power, there must ALWAYS be a strong opposition, acknowledged by the government as legitimate; able to hold gov to account, able to debate policy in public and express its opposition without fear of threat, or violence. It must be able to prevent excesses and have the means to invoke the legal tools at its disposal to prosecute those who break with the constitution or break the country’s laws. Without that opposition, that is capable of winning over the government’s voters, to the point that the government can lose its powers and be replaced, you no longer have a Democracy. And, America was supposed to be a Democratic, Constitutional, Federal Republic. America is not that, right now. It has ONE political party, currently holding fascism at bay, but under threat from all sides. From the suppression of votes, protest and now, even education, to the hacks that are about to announce that, “Chiynah,” interfered with our elections. Putin has come far closer than most Americans are willing to accept, to dividing America into an irreparable condition. Democracy cannot function as it is, with one side sworn to oppose all policies, good, bad or indifferent, and it will collapse under the strain. So, I argue that a genuine party, representing the millions of conservatives, who are not down with fascism, is a necessity. When the future of a party, or their country, starts to boil down to what one or two people might do, at a pinch, your democracy is already in trouble. Trump will take his, “populist,” (even though his cult doesn’t see that their actions are NOT even that) followers with him, but the actual voters will fall away over time. The democratic conservatives, who establish their own party, will win more and more support. Especially if they join the Dems on certain, genuinely popular, votes on key bills, like that of Infrastructure. They can demote Cheney, but they cannot fire her from her elected position. They’re stuck with her, until the midterms. And she will build a coalition around her. And the power, and popularity of that coalition may grow, based on what they do? There is the opportunity for them to make trumpism genuinely irrelevant, and to grow a legitimate opposition, without the need for the violent confrontation that the trumpists are seeking. But, if you can set aside thoughts of what it is that you don’t like about, “conservatism,” and see it from that perspective? That of, WHY it is NECESSARY to have strong opponents to government, if you want to keep your democratic Republic? Then I hope you’ll get where I’m coming from, and why I support Liz Cheney, a woman who’s, “politics,” have turned my stomach in the past? . . . ✌️
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  17653. Paul Knowles : And, how many times do I have to say it? You seem to HATE America. You’re OBVIOUSLY not American, as I pointed out. Read more carefully, son. Mueller was supposed to have been let loose, by now, but they keep him on the contract, so they can control him (also, already stated) but, behind closed doors, Mueller, who is NOT partisan, yet still a registered Republican, is being Mueller: trying to tell the TRUTH without making it a set piece for the press. His public testimony will come, but at least there can still be some discretion this way. I think you know this, if you take the trouble to think from both points of view? And, when you look up the court proceedings, of the Trump Foundation, keep in mind that the embezzlement is not even a question. What’s being investigated is exactly which members of the Trump family took what, how they did it, and who helped them with that. Also bare in mind that, as you’ll see, it’s been around for some time, and is only one of the scams Trump has going that provides sufficient cash for him to keep up a front. His defenders will point to the fact that he tried to close the Foundation, before it got too closely scrutinised, as if he, “knew,” something fishy was going on and was trying to stop it. But, put times and outgoings together, and do the math for yourself? That fact that you haven’t heard about this, only months after it was in the news, says something about where you’re getting your info, son, and what those people don’t want you looking at. I always look at the, “news,” of the far right. You should really look at both sides. It will ware down your faith in Trump, through the sheer power of logic
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  17654. Paul Knowles : Australia is a great country. I know many Australians. They are the first to admit that their history puts as much blood on the country’s hands, as does America’s, when it comes down to their treatment of the original inhabitants. Only, your country’s historic crimes are more recent. Racism is a problem and it’s on the rise. Nazis have become more powerful, due to the power of mass communication, giving them the ability to organise and coordinate their Propaganda lies better. This growing consolidation gives the appearance of growth, when it’s nothing more than consolidation. That doesn’t mean that the problem of Propaganda, Misinformation, betrayal of countries and increasing attacks upon the truth and the flesh are not worse than ever. But, it doesn’t mean that more people are becoming Nazis, either. Your, “rejection of the left,” is not growing. It’s just getting organised. But, so is the other side. The problem for Nazis is that they need people to, “reject,” centrists, conservatives, and average, decent people, if they want to get any REAL traction. And, I’m not saying that won’t happen, either. It might? We’ve seen Hitler, Stalin, Pol Pot, et al, so we KNOW the threat is real. But, it’s not a, “given,” either. Hitler and Stalin lost, in the end. People prefer NOT to live in Dictatorships, when it comes down to it. So, even if the right is rising, that’s no excuse for conservatives, like me, to give in to the likes of Trump. He’ll be remembered for what he is. And, whether I’m alone, or speaking for the majority, I’ll do my own thinking, and keep my morality, thanks. That’s all any of us have, in the end
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  17684. X•Mega Mike : There’s no way trump will survive a legal, free and fair election. And you’re so right. Desperate criminals, facing historic disgrace, when there’s no one there to obstruct justice for them, and we finally SEE EVERYTHING, and they’ll get a lifetime in jail, regardless of the coming Pardon Fest (which will only serve to drive home to Americans all the CRIMES they’re guilty of, having to pardon themselves of them); these kinds of CRIMINALS will do ANYTHING to avoid that fate. They’re ALREADY CHEATING in Kentucky, S Carolina, Georgia, where they reduced the number of polling stations, had them all in white neighbourhoods, and then claimed technical problems and incompetence as their, “defence,” for closing early, while they spoliated the votes, no doubt. America won’t stand for it. Racism and the DIVISION you get from racism is what gave Donny the power to Make America Divided Again. Time to be a UNITED STATES! Perhaps for the first REAL time? Unity is Donny’s Kryptonite, so we MUST STAND TOGETHER, regardless of all other concerns, beliefs or religions! It’s not your fault, America. But it IS YOUR RESPONSIBILITY. There’s no hiding from it. They aren’t going peacefully. But, they’re most;y cowards. Demonstrating the sincere willingness to fight is usually enough to make bullies back down. When they see it’s hopeless, they break ranks and try to save themselves by cutting deals. Then we own them. But until then, it’s up to us! ✌️👍
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  17792.  @kimbaldunsmore4633  : Okay. Well, number 1 stands a decent chance, provided you have the tech and range, which isn’t cheap, and relies as much on getting lucky, without insider knowledge of operational frequencies, as piloting. So, it’s far from reliable. Number two is just a variation on the theme of 1, (which would still presumably be in play?) only we’re discussing the range of a signal, added to the mix. More complexity, more things can go wrong. 3 is a dusey. Sure, blow up the jammers. But to do that, you’re having to overcome problems 1) and 2) as well as trying to locate mobile jammers, of which there are literally hundreds available to the Russians, never occupying the same space two nights in a row. That’s a job for ground teams of special forces, or dependent upon spies giving up Intel to the Ukrainians. Something I don’t doubt they would grab with both hands, should opportunities become available. ALL options for 3 are expensive, dangerous and yielding minimal results unless you can destroy multiple vehicles at their manufacture sight or something. No doubt, as I say, pending . . . Your bonus, 4) as I’m sure you know, requires THE most expensive type of military drone, costing upwards of $ two million a pop, to have the power to travel such a large distance whilst carrying such a heavy payload, and which, once again, relies on good Intel as to where the MOBILE target is. The math is off by a long mile. Plus you have the added factor that none of the drones can be NATO donations, so that type is off the table anyway. All incursion drones are, by agreement with the free world, manufactured in Ukraine (or, presumably, can come from none NATO countries interested in assisting Ukraine?) and Ukraine simply cannot afford to give away that kind of cash for such small rewards. Add to that the recoverable technology from such drones, falling into enemy hands. The explosives aboard would have to be guaranteed to incinerate the drone on impact or capture. Look at the great expense and trouble Russia went to just to recover one US drone that they risked two pilots AND their jets to knock out of the sky? A whole Rusky naval expedition was launched to recover that single American drone, even though Russia knew it had been stripped down to its basics and was just a giant camera with wings and a propeller, as Putin is desperate to reverse engineer ANYTHING the Americans have in the skies for their guidance systems. So, while I’m not saying these things don’t exist, and are not used, and will certainly be used a good deal more in the coming months, I am arguing that they do not play the clear, “Press button A, get result B,” role that you seem to think they do. I guess I could have just said, “It’s more complicated than that,” but you wouldn’t have accepted that as an adequate rebuttal, would you? Hopefully, now you can see my point?
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  17967. Buckeye Roy : No need to be so defensive, son. IF you HAD, “read,” my comment, you would KNOW that I ACTUALLY referred to the point, which YOU are PRETENDING that I didn’t. It’s OK to learn from other people and not go all, 12 year old on me, simply because I disagree with you? I specifically pointed out that people have both good and bad “MOTIVES” but TRIED to help you to SEE, that you had not, (indeed you STILL ACTUALLY HAVEN’T) validated the, “sarcasm,” you directed at him, in ANY WAY. You never SAID what was ACTUALLY WRONG with his statement. Only that YOU “think” it is pure, “attention seeking.” So, you accuse ME of saying the EXACT OPPOSITE of what I DID say, and then have the nerve to accuse ME of needing to, “brush up on my debating skills”???? 🤣 I would have had more respect for you, if you could have just OWNED your mistake. Let me put it SIMPLY for you, as I am NOT going to sink to your level and try to twist your words to make them sound like the OPPOSITE of what you actually said, or play ANY dirty tricks on you (being that I am an adult): Your criticism would have been, “valid,” if YOU had pointed to something he’s SAID. Instead, you have criticised him for, “attention seeking,” without EXPLAINING WHY. Which is WHY I pointed out OUT that we are ALL seeking attention, without SPELLING IT OUT FOR YOU, giving YOU the opportunity to SAY what was WRONG with his remark, giving YOU the opportunity to, “save face.” Instead, you got, “Butt Hurt,” and couldn’t move passed the fact that you’d been, RESPECTFULLY, criticised, and responded immaturely. Don’t take it all so PERSONALLY, son? Conversations can be INTERESTING, without childishness . . . SMH . . . 🙂
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  18108. Pat Green : Genuinely? I think it was a combination of, “encouragement,” from Putin, who did the same thing, and his own magical thinking, self-delusion, which trump lapses into, when he panics. Add to this, that he sees the whole problem through the lens of his lobby groups, who just want the MONEY (It’s always about the MONEY) and, here we are; using our CHILDREN as Canaries, to see if it’s safe for the old farts of the GOP! I know, I know! You’re going to say, “But, if he wanted us to be making the money, he could have just done what other developed countries did, and SUPPORT the Lockdown, because they’re recovering now?” But, our UNITY was costing him poll numbers. He HAD TO, “Politicise,” Covid, to get back in the game (from his, political, childish point of view - not logic or reason), so by constantly undermining the Lockdown, he kept himself, “relevant,” but the result of that? . . . ALL of the PAIN of the Lockdown, with NONE of the payoff! All the other recovering countries have huge unemployment, economic downturn and other attendant consequences of Lockdown, just like us. But, for them, it was WORTH IT, to get BETTER . . . NATIONALLY. In truth, he STILL hasn’t grasped the reality of the situation. And, he’s mixing it all up, in his pathetic child brain, with foreign affairs, the protests, etc. Now, he’s paranoid, like all dictators are, and seeing everything as a plot against him personally . . . And, that’s it. That’s How Donny made America a, “shithole country,” banned from the developed world, and that no one in their RIGHT MIND would want to visit ANYWAY, right now. I’m only coming back to vote, and to see the look on his stupid, evil face when he loses ✌️👍
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  18218.  @abdalrahmanassi4579  : While I agree that, “both-sidesism,” is rhetorical bollox, drawing egregiously false equivalencies between sides of a debate, conflict or war, I don’t think you’re going to get what you hope for out of this. Hamas has probably sealed the fate of the West Bank. Israel won’t just re-secure its borders and sit back for a years long round of hostage negotiations. Not when the most bellicose, right wing leader in Israel’s history is sitting at the helm. Now he has every excuse he’s been looking for and a humiliating invasion to wipe out. The two worst things you can give your enemy, especially when that enemy has all but infinite resources, are: 1) the excuse to do what he’s always wanted to and would have done long ago if the international community were on side, now with full impunity and the backing of all the allies that matter. 2) A humiliation that he desperately has to make up for. As far as Hamas is concerned, this might as well have been a giant suicide bombing, for all it will achieve. But the people who funded it and put them up to this, the Iranians (and maybe even the Russians too?) are going to get their sh*t ruined too. Again, with the full support of the international community, at least, to begin with. Of course, Israel will take it too far, on the basis that it’s better to ask forgiveness (from your rich allies) than permission (certainly a tried and tested political expedient that’s never let them down) and the entirety of all that land, to the Mediterranean coastline, will end up under Israeli occupation now. To be clear: I am not picking a side, here. I’m just stating what is. Unless Hamas has cooked up some incredibly clever plan which hasn’t been revealed yet, they’re now officially f*cked.
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  18230. Slumerican Mutt : You ask, what has Trump done, that’s so bad? REALLY? * He gave $ HALF A TRILLION (yes! TRILLION) DOLLARS in “tax Breaks” to REAL ESTATE DEVELOPERS. Vested interest??? PERMANENT Tax breaks to the 1%. TEMPORARY breaks, that will be WIPED OUT by inflation ANYWAY, to the gullible middle class. And you DIDN’T spot the problem? Even the REPUBLICAN VOTERS hated THAT blatant heist??? * Trump taunts a MADMAN, with NUCLEAR WEAPONS, and legs up his “diplomats” (the ones he hasn’t fired) EVERY TIME they get CLOSE to talks??? * Trump WORSHIPS Putin and won’t say ONE WORD against him, even though he MUDERS his own people, ROUTINELY and is a DICKtator, PRETENDING to run a “democracy”??? Meanwhile Trump attacks ALL of his “allies” AND his own people, in his own party, at the drop of a hat, because he “thinks” there will be no consequences, like a TYPICAL COWARD. * Trump speaks up for home grown NAZIS, because they shout, “HEIL TRUMP!” in the streets and claims, “There were good people on both sides,” AT A NAZI RALLY??? * And his financial CORRUPTION and INCOMPETENCE was WELL documented, BEFORE Trump even got into politics! THAT is a PROVEN matter of PUBLIC RECORD! With Trump being the ONLY person in HISTORY who managed to BANKRUPT a Las Vegas Casino??? * This is NOT “politics” to Trump, and HE doesn’t give a S**T about YOUR DUMB ASS!? Don’t you KNOW he was a Democrat? He DONATED TO THE CLINTONS: ALSO PUBLIC RECORD, sonny! THIS is Trump thinking he can make himself RICH, but YOU don’t SEE THAT??? Even though Trump SAID, “I will be the first president to leave office RICHER than when I came in.” Once again; PUBLIC RECORD, GENIUS. * And let’s not FORGET the RUSSIAN COLLUSION??? You will see for YOURSELF, soon enough. And WHEN it’s PROVEN, WOULD YOU STILL BACK HIM??? PROBABLY??? * And, though I could go ON, with PROVEN FACTS, I’ll finish on the POINT of THIS video: Trump is a CONFESSED sexual predator. Or, do YOU BELIEVE his buls**t LIE that the Access Hollywood tapes and the Howard Stern interviews were FAKED??? Only the CULT remains, because even the Republicans are SICK of his LIES, FANTASIES and INCOMPETENCE
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  18298.  @GeneralSamov  : Mk101T👈 What he said, for a start. And, Liz Cheney is a big girl who can take it, and frankly, won’t be missed if she can’t (in my book). There’s only a week to go before the trial, at which much will change, and both sides of the GOP know it. So, we’re seeing the vicious fight for control of the party’s soul, and she’s the most senior Congress Woman to have voted for Impeachment, making her a natural target. But, she’s smart enough to know that she can still get corporate backers, and popular support from the Normals, and that no one supporting trump is going to come out of his Impeachment Trial with an, “enhanced,” career. They need to make their play right now, and all she needs to do is hang on. Remember, 74 million votes does NOT translate into 74 million Insurrectionists. I doubt trump would get two thirds that number today? Most Americans just want a relatively anonymous government, that leaves them alone to make money, enjoy their recreations and spend the money they make. Most don’t know the details of American politics or history and don’t care to know. The ultimate rebuke to trump will be Biden’s success. And, even the obstructionist tactics of the GOP will not be able to prevent that for some time to come, once the trial is done, and trump fades into the rear view mirror. When Christmas comes again, everyone will be comparing it to last years. Being able to party, not worrying about granny dropping dead, not anxious about street violence or another unforeseen crisis that we could have avoided had our POTUS not been clinically unable to avoid grabbing for a headline. The difference will be so striking that most Americans will say, “God forbid we ever return to the madness.” So, while I’m not saying it’s plane sailing from here on, neither am I quite as depressed about our prospects as we move into the shiny, Hydrogen Age, either. Granted, the longer I write, the more I move into territory of hope, over pragmatism. But, “the trial is the thing, in which to catch the conscience of the king Donny,” to paraphrase the Bard. It’s an unmatched opportunity, to crack open the GOP, and let ‘em have that Civil War they always wanted, only in their own ranks. So I remain hopeful, for now . . . ✌️
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  18361. Kimberly Rea : You’re right about that. Trump relies upon the people around him to do the, “thinking,” but, at the same time, it does not pay to underestimate Trump. That, after all, is how he got in. Stupid people are often DEVIOUS, having learned through experience that people generally don’t like or trust them. Some of the people around Trump are pretty dumb too, but NOT all. And the experience and cunning of Congress and the Senate have been placed, increasingly, at Trump’s disposal. They have had to justify and compromise their “values” more and more, so as to get their “policies” addressed. We have to face up to a PAINFUL truth: That “third of the nation” to which you referred, are RACISTS, or so unknowledgeable about the issues of race, that it makes no difference. It has NOT been, in SPITE of Trump’s racism, but BECAUSE of it, that Trump was elected and they LOVE his racist statements and views. I have even had discussions with people who say they are not racist, “BUT”. That “but” it always a give away. And they GENUINELY BELIVE that we should be “concerned” that the country may, soon, have a majority of the population that is “NOT WIGHT.” I’ve turned this matter over in my mind, GENUINELY TRYING to see the justification for such a concern, so as to address it in argument. But I JUST CAN’T! People seem to believe that a change in the majority’s skin colour will lead to a change in CULTURE? They are, GENUINELY, THAT uneducated. We MUST fight this issue, HEAD ON! EDUCATION is the ONLY solution (CURE) for racism. In the meantime, WE MUST remove this dangerous, Stalinist president and his administration. Either Putin learns that there is a COST to attacking the most powerful democracy in the world, or we may as well just hand America over to him. Either Trump PAYS for his crimes, or we have NO LAW and ORDER, NO CONSTITUTION worth a DAMN. We CANNOT stand by, while Rome burns. We MUST FIGHT
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  18635. Just imagine what a slap on the wrist, “censure,” would do; which is as good as saying we’re ending the Republic, right there and then? Given that loss of office will result in countless immediate indictments (both Federal & State) which will land him and his family in jail, what alternative does a, ”man,” with his established record of destroying the Constitution and breaking all of the laws he runs up against, HAVE? So long as he can count on enough of his base and the party to remain in denial, and HATE Dems and other races, just enough to make them cheer when he pisses on the rule of law, he will have NO CHOICE but to have Moscow ENSURE his, “re-election,” in a Putin Style, 2020 SHAM. It’s that, or disgrace and jail! And, half of the GOP are IMPLICATED with him, so they’re fighting for their OWN SURVIVAL. They simply CANNOT remove him. What else CAN he do? 2020 will HAVE TO be RIGGED, because too many Americans were persuaded to HATE their, “fellow Americans,” MORE than they hate (or even understand WHO ARE) America’s enemies . . . Just look at the shills on this thread, desperately trying to bury their SHAME, because they KNOW they’re killing America, but aren’t strong enough to ADMIT what they WANT! They WANT a Russian Style, Single Party system, with just enough FAKE Democracy to keep up appearances . . . Trump = Putin Mark Two; the Puppet Version, and they just DON’T CARE. In fact, they PREFER it that way. They’ll take that over the fictional, “brown menace,” any day . . . America’s Republic is OVER
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  18698. These are indisputable WAR CRIMES being committed almost EVERY DAY! The world should be doing far more to STOP THIS in its tracks. It effects every one of us, and we are already (ALL OF US!) financially invested contributors, paying for this war. If you pay taxes, buy fuel for your vehicle or pay to heat your home, some of that money is paying toward this battle for humanity in Ukraine, which gives every one of you a legitimate stake in the outcome and a seat at the decision making table. It’s up to ALL OF US to make our voices heard, to contact our representatives and DEMAND that our resources are used with greater commitment! If Ukraine had a navy and airforce to back its efforts, along with better missile defence, they could take Putin’s stick from him and silence his guns! This war could have been over in 2022 if the commitment had been there and our politicians STOPPED cowering every time Putin makes another empty threat! He only makes those threats because we act so scared when he does. Losing Ukraine will cost Putin his job and cause chaos inside Russia, WHERE IT BELONGS! Let us turn this tide fully back on the Russians and stop all of this slow, incremental hyper-caution! Time to defeat Russia QUICKLY, so they cannot prepare for it and all flea to South America, or do more harm before they are toppled! Time we stopped acting like such bitches and we KILL this terrorist state off and give Russia their first ever democracy! Tell your politicians this THE election issue of 2023! ✌️🇺🇦
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  18705. Xerdar36 : I give you, the OFFER OF A LIFETIME!!! See below, for details. I think you would LIKE IT, if I NEVER WROTE ANOTHER WORD on YouTube, EVER AGAIN? . . . A Looohhht of allegations, with NOOOO, “substance,” “evidence,” or even, “rhetoric,” to back it up. That’s not an, “argument,” kid. THAT’S called, “Whining.” Have you noticed that Trump ONLY attacks Americans and American allies? . . . What does THAT tell you? I am a Conservative, who was NEVER a, “fan,” of Hillary OR Obama, but that was because of their ACTUAL, “politics.” I LEFT the Republican Party, upon Trump’s nomination, WARNING my fellow Reps, what was coming. The ones who got angry at me, have ALL, since, APOLOGISED. 25% of Republican Party Members have LEFT the Party, since Trump took office, siting LIES and RACISM among their main objections. MOST of them are under 50. What does THAT tell you? My CHALLENGE to YOU is this: Site ONE (JUST ONE!) act, action, “thing,” that Trump has DONE, which was AIMED at effecting the ECONOMY, which has NOT HARMED IT. And here’s what I offer, in return. If YOU can SHOW ME, JUST ONE “ECONOMIC” THING that Trump has ACTUALLY DONE, that did NOT harm American business interests, send American shares plummeting, did NOT enrich Trump or his family DIRECTLY, or HURT farmers and businesses in the rust belt, I WILL NEVER WRITE ANOTHER WORD ON YOUTUBE, EVER AGAIN, FOR THE REST OF MY LIFE . . . You have my WORD of Honour. . . I’ll wait . . . 😁 No cheating? . . .
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  18707. Xerdar36 : Bzzzzz! Thanks for playing 😁. I ignored anything that DIDN’T speak to the, “CHALLENGE.” And, BOY, was there a LOT? I KNEW you’d TRY . . . eventually, after ALL those LAME attempts at, “baiting,” me, with changes in topic, sarcasm, answering the question WITH a question, etc, etc, etc. Look at ALL those, “triggered,” responses, which make you sound like Peter Lorre, in the final act of 40’s thriller, DESPERATELY throwing out one EXCUSE after another, before stepping backward, off the cliff of REALITY, into the pit of Hell, where Trump belongs. You couldn’t think of a DAMNED THING, could ya’? . . . That was entertaining, thanks 😆. You still HAVE 24 hours, but, it’s only, “fair,” that I PROVE your FAILURE, so far? But, I f THAT’S the BEST you’ve GOT, maybe you should just concede DEFEAT? One piece of advice for you, son, which I KNOW you will quote, in the future; “The Art of NEVER losing a game, is NOT to play,” kid. Now, let me show you WHY you are SO WRONG. And, pay attention. I DON’t wanna’ have to repeat myself: Even among Conservatives AND Trump Cultists, YOU picked the ONE thing that Trump has done, “AIMED AT THE ECONOMY,” that EVEN THEY have COMPLAINED ABOUT. I won’t embarrass you, by mentioning the innumeracy of your, “list,” there. I am dyslexic, myself, but being clever, I use the right tools for the right job. But, I AM forced to point out, for the sake of efficiency, if nothing else, that appointing Judge Gorsuch was NOT an action, “AIMED AT THE ECONOMY.” Nor is, “not being HRC”? Not off to a very good start, are you? But, at least it, “looks,” like a, “list,” so, good for you, son. Did you KNOW that your, “tax break,” ENDS in a little more than a year. Given that the price of GAS & FOOD has DOUBLED, in the last TWO YEARS, working voters WILL, “FEEL,” that loss. But, that 1.5 $ TRILLION (Yes! “$ TRILLION!”) in Tax Breaks, slipped into the Bill, LITERALLY, in the last HOUR of, “debate,” that goes to REAL ESTATE DEVELOPERS (No vested interests THERE, huh?) is PERMANENT? No. Of COURSE you didn’t, because YOUR Propagandists, like the Slum Landlord, Sean Vanity suppresses such information and his cronies do as he does. And, because you don’t READ material from outside of your BUBBLE. So, a TEMPORARY Tax Break, meant as a SOP, which is BARELY keeping up with inflation, DOES NOT QUALIFY. Especially when Trump gave MASSIVE, PERMANENT, Tax Breaks to ALL of his gas and oil donors and GOP buddies, that have RAISED THE NATIONAL DEBT TO RECORD LEVELS, IN THE HISTORY OF THE WORLD! 🤣 I mean, COME ON? You’re NOT even TRYING. As to your REQUEST: I can give you MY LIST, after your time has expired, IF you then request it, again? But, NOT before! You must do your OWN homework, here, son. And I’m MORE than HAPPY to throw in detailed figures, if you like, but numbers are clearly not your strong suit? 24 hours remaining. Come ooohhhn? . . . You KNOW you WANT to? . . . 😜 🍊 🏆
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  18708. Xerdar36 : Notice: No insults, whatsoever, in this comment. What’s all this, “triggering,” talk? I never, “accused,” you of ANYTHING? READ my WORDS? Awfully defensive, aren’t we? So, you have not named ONE SINGLE THING, that Trump has done, which was AIMED AT THE ECONOMY, which did NOT HARM the AMERICAN ECONOMY. The ONE thing, out of ALL the things he HAS done, that YOU mentioned, is an EPIC FAIL. EVEN Republicans, who are NOT members of the 1% Club, were not happy about THAT HEIST. And, speaking of, “thinking,” it appears that the mere FACT that you found it IMPOSSIBLE to do such a SIMPLE, EASY, task, I don’t doubt, has raised questions for you? You’re intelligent enough to KNOW if this is just PRIDE, messing with your head? By, standing with Trump now, after ALL THE WORLD can READ this exchange, EVERYONE will KNOW that YOU ARE A TROLL, with NO, “IDEOLOGY,” but accepting PAY, to ATTACK AMERICAN DEMOCRACY. You are CLEARLY not an idiot. You have CLEARLY FAILED. And the WORLD can read that, so WHAT OTHER, “agenda,” could you POSSIBLY HAVE? You’re NOT DUMB. People can see that, too. So, their HONEST reaction to reading this is INEVITABLE. You need to ACTUALLY do some, “reading,” yourself. I am a conservative. I KNOW the Clintons were as crooked as a $3 dollar 25 cent bill. Some of the sh*t they did for the CIA, would BLOW your fuzzy little MIND! But, THAT kind of, “crooked,” has infested the very top of American politics since WW II. Trump, however, is a WHOLE NEW ORDER of CORRUPT, CRAZY and STUPID. He is GENUINELY going to achieve a DICTATORSHIP. Not because he’s, “smart,” but because he’s being PLAYED by Russia and China. READ and RESEARCH. If this is NOT, “pride,” or, “treason,” or just some obtuse desire on your part, to f**k with democracy, YOU KNOW I’M RIGHT. In the Information Age, the ONLY OPTION available to the corrupted, is to put it all out there and deny it, anyway. To stoke DIVISION and FACTIONALISM, because, “factions,” will overlook ANYTHING TO “WIN.” Don’t GET played, with everyone else. Ask yourself, what’s more likely. That s**t like Reagan’s Contra scandal, Nixon, White Water, etc, “just happened” to occur? A LOT of, “one offs,” where OUR PRESIDENTS jus HAPPENED to be CORRUPTED??? Or IS THERE a SYSTEM, GEARED UP for FACILITATING CORRUPTION, FOR ALL, “administrations”??? And WHAT IF, just ONE of those corrupted A-Holes, who gets into office because the democratic vote is STILL a THING, decides he’s gonna’ break up the system, which he doesn’t really comprehend, by going FULL ON DICTATOR??? WHAT THEN??? And, btw, you should know by now. I NEVER touch Click Bait. That’s WHY I have no Bots, Trojans, Worms, etc, on my tech
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  18711. Xerdar36 : You resent the fact that I forced you to think. “Troll,” is ONLY, “name calling,” if it is inaccurate in some way. The FACT that you are HERE, denying the FACTS of the NEWS, attacking the station as, “biased,” among other things and are incapable of backing up ANY of your allegations, DEFINES YOU. That is what a TROLL IS. If you support the Nazi ideology of Trump and his klan, THAT DEFINES YOU. Your problem is that you don’t, “like,” being IDENTIFIED. And once again, I am forced to REMIND YOU that PEOPLE CAN READ this exchange for themselves. The ONLY people who will CLAIM to agree with YOU, will be OTHER TROLLS, son, and you KNOW THIS. Whereas, anyone who agrees with me, is likely to come from a VERY DIFFERENT background to mine, have THOUGHT about the issues and will have at least SOME KNOWLEDGE of them, while NOT being INDOCTRINATED by HATE and PROPAGANDA, pushed by people WHO ADMIT (when challenged in court) that they are NOT REALLY, “journalists,” as Hannity and Alex Jones have, on SEVERAL occasions EACH. Alex Jones has WITHDRAWN more of his allegations in court, than ANY OTHER, “broadcaster,” in HISTORY and OPENLY ADMITS that he MAKES STUFF UP to, “Entertain and stir up him fans.” Check out the videos, available, RIGHT HERE, on YouTube. Trump is a PROVEN RACIST, CONDEMNED in open court for his RACIST business practices. EVERY SINGLE TIME he’s sued a writer or journalist for exposing his CORRUPTION he has been LAUGHED OUT OF COURT. It has been PROVED that he is IN BUSINESS with the Luchese, Mafia Family, in New York and that he has gone to EXTRAORDINARY LENGTHS to protect them, even after his OWN friend and employee was EXPOSED for using Trump Airlines as DRUG SMUGGLING OPERATION, bringing MASSIVE loads of Columbian Cocaine in to the USA and was JAILED for it, along with the WHOLE RING. His Empty Box Scam was exposed, by journalists. The FACT that he hired ILLEGAL LABOUR to build Trump Tower and then REFUSED TO PAY THEM, has been PROVED. He EVEN became the FIRST man in American HISTORY to break the adage, “The House ALWAYS wins,” by BANKRUPTING HIW OWN Casinos in Las Vegas, because of his skimming and STUPIDITY. ALL of that is PROVEN and KNOWN. Yet the CULT of Trump lives on, through the medium of LIES and PROPAGANDA, aimed at people who only have the time to catch the headlines, holding down three, low paid, jobs and looking after their kids. People with poor educations, who see a, “Billionaire,” on TV telling them that he’ll make THEM RICH, TOO, and the ONLY reason that their dreams never came true is because of BLACK PEOPLE. So, they believe, because they WANT to believe, because they have MASSIVE DEBTS to pay off on their homes, cars, “education for their kids?,” their businesses, their healthcare, their credit cards, etc, etc. The, “clever,” part of this SCAM is that America gets to PRETEND there’s, “prosperity,” with high employment figures, even though closer analysis SHOWS that ALL of the working class are in DEBT and MOST OF THEM WILL DIE IN DEBT. And THAT’S the Economic DESPERATION, which NAZIS ALWAYS EXPLOIT. The HIDDEN POVERTY. And WHAT do YOU have? Trump did a Tax Bill . . . Good for you. You CAN’T say, in ANY WAY, exactly, “HOW,” that Bill, “HELPED,” ANY of the poor Americans? You give NO supporting evidence? Even though I SPELLED OUT FOR YOU, exactly WHY it was a HEIST and in what way. And the TEMPORARY Tax Break Sop will END, when Trump no longer NEEDS your votes. Not long after the Mid Terms, when you will be faced with the rising prices of FOOD and the DOUBLING of GAS PRICES, which will NOT end. So EASILY bought off, you DESERVE a DICTATOR to do your thinking FOR you. Your, (single) “argument,” such as it is, has been DEMONSTRABLY DEMOLISHED, at EVERY LEVEL. Your whining about your, “feelings,” being hurt, is YOUR problem, so deal with it, son, as you’ll get NO apology from ME, for IDENTIFYING YOU, while actually, quite purposefully REFRAINING from, “name calling.” But, as I have CLEARLY gotten to you, as your TWO responses to me demonstrate, I will extend my offer, for ONE MORE 24 HOUR PERIOD: Show me ONE SINGLE THING, that Trump has done, that was AIMED at altering the economy, which has NOT done MEASURABLE, PALPABLE, HARM to American interests or the US economy, and I (with GREAT RELIEF) will NEVER write another WORD on YouTube, EVER AGAIN. I am quite sincere. And you SHOULD KNOW, by now, that you have MANY Trolleagues who would DEARLY WISH to SILENCE ME, even IF you PRETEND, “not to care,” about that? You’ll be a HERO to THEM, son . . . Try to remain dispassionate, and STICK to FACTS. And SEE for yourself. Most of Trump’s moves only make SENSE when you take into account his BIGOTRY and PERSONAL ANIMOSITY toward other races. THINK, son? THINK . . . 😁
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  18713. Xerdar36 : I have expressed NO, “feelings,” whatever. Go back and check? You have discussed YOUR feelings and I have responded. You have GUESSED at MY, “feelings,” wrongly, and I have responded. But, to say that YOU OUGHT to be, “upset,” or something, because I called TRUMP NAMES??? What is he? Your DAD??? Come OOHHHN??? . . . If you were, “thinking,” INSTEAD of, “feeling,” THAT REALLY should not have BOTHERED you. I mean, what’s NEXT? You going to accuse me of being, “racist,” against Orange People? Is THAT a, “thing,” now? 🤣 Next, you’ll be telling us that Kermit the Frog has a legitimate, “grievance,” and we should ALL sit around singing, “It isn’t Easy Being Green!” 😆 😂 🤣 So, because your, “arguments,” have been DEMOLISHED, you just want to make it personal? I’m not going there. I honestly thought you were brighter than THAT? I can TELL you are NOT American. Too many clues. I’ll grant that you ARE fairly smart, for a Cult Member, which is WHY I entertain this conversation. But, don’t let that go to your head. I can only guess that you got one of those emails, offering to, “Turn your comments into CASH,” so long as you never dis Putin or Trump? Did you EVER think about HOW they got your email address? I sent mine to the FBI; all they’d tell me about it was that it came from China . . . You could send yours to Interpol? You ARE European, after all? Perhaps, you’re a paid Troll? Or (worst case scenario, for you, at least) you COULD be just one of those people who feels, “aggrieved,” about EVERYTHING, and just find the politics of, “Victimhood,” satisfying. Maybe, you have massive debts, and want to BLAME the, “Migrants,” for that? Because, the only alternative is to take responsibility for your OWN decisions in life? You’re still young. About 25? You could make something of yourself, if you STOP playing the victim and falling for Trump’s propaganda? You’re bright, young, white and NOT in poverty. The world is your Oyster. “I KNOW there is still GOOD in you, I’ve SEEN it,” as Luke Skywalker said. Abandon the Dark Side and come to the LIGHT. Trump’s regime WILL collapse. And, IF it doesn’t, there will be a DICTATORSHIP in America. But, THINK about this: With the US, China AND Russia, UNITED AGAINST DEMOCRACY, what corner of the globe do you, “think,” that YOU will be, “safe,” in? Europe? Australia? They WON’T hold out for long, and YOU will die in a world-wide DICTATORSHIP, that YOU HELPED to build; now FREE of, “ideology,” except for that Double Think stuff, with which it plies the compliant masses with, so as to CONTROL them, while NEVER, “believing,” ANY of it, themselves. Is THAT how you want YOUR LIFE to be remembered? On the WRONG side of HISTORY? One of the Nazis cum Stalinists cum Maoists, of this story? Set aside your feelings, JUST LONG ENOUGH, to THINK it through? And when you’re done thinking, set even THAT aside, and THINK with your SOUL? . . .
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  18715. Xerdar36 : You keep stepping sideways, and show evidence that you don’t know your man, remotely as well as you, “think,” you do. The example I ask for, AS YOU KNOW, was, “ANY ACTION taken by Trump, AIMED DIRECTLY AT THE ECONOMY.” You STILL have NOT given ONE. ANYONE can argue, “success,” from the START, in terms of getting his way? How about convincing the Electoral College to hand him the presidency, even though he LOST the election? The POINT, here, my boy, is that EVERY SINGLE THING Trump has done to the economy has HARMED IT. So far as, “canny negotiating,” goes and your inaccurate recollection of his bankruptcies . . . Trump has NEVER, “negotiated,” ANYTHING. Truly. People of low IQ’s who want to play at being something they’re NOT, are TARGETS for smarter people, with track records of dishonesty, to, “handle their business,” FOR THEM. His LAWYERS handled his SIX bankruptcies, once he let go of the MESS he made. EVERY SINGLE ONE of the people, who have worked for Trump, done deals with Trump, or have researched Trump (WITHOUT a current vested INTEREST in Trump) says the SAME THING. You will NOT FIND a SINGLE PERSON, who will say a SINGLE positive thing about Trump, WHO KNWS THE GUY! Not, unless they are WORKING FOR HIM NOW, or trying to avoid PROSECUTION, for having worked with him. Tell you what. Why not read the book, The Making of Donald Trump? It is written by a Republican Party member, Financial Expert, who currently advises GOVERNMENTS on fiscal policy. He is also a Pulitzer Prize winning journalist, AND, most importantly, HE KNOWS DONNY and has known him for MANY YEARS. From back in the days when Trump was a REGULAR DONAR to the Clintons. He was one of the FIRST PEOPLE to say that Trump did NOT even understand the Casino Business and PROVED IT, by making stuff up about how it all worked, in a recorded conversation, while Donny just PRETENDED to understand him, and went along with it. He said Donny would be the FIRST PERSON IN HISTORY to have a Casino go BANKRUPT in Vegas; explaining the important distinction between Hotels, attached to Casinos, etc and the ACTUAL CASINO going BANKRUPT. And guess WHAT? . . . The author of that book is called David Cay Johnston and his book is FREE at the Library, if you’re short of cash? It’s available on iTunes, in audiobook form and printed. He PROVES Donny’s Mafia connections, his scams, his stupidity, his cruelty, his vindictiveness and his UTTER INCAPACITY to do, “Business.” AND, it’s an entertaining read. You’ll see that he even held his own infant nephew hostage, in a dispute over daddy’s will, with his own brother, by withdrawing the baby’s healthcare, when it was new born, critically ill and facing DEATH. The BEST part? It’s ALL from the public record, kid. That’s right! When Donny did his usual, and tried to SUPPRESS the book, by suing Johnston, he was LAUGHED OUT OF COURT. And, as per usual, he shot himself in the foot, by drawing attention to it. It’s STILL on the Best Seller list. I DARE you to take a LOOK at the TRUTH? Do YOU have the STOMACH for THAT. The FACTS, PROVEN IN A COURT OF LAW? The TRUTH, that Donny’s lawyers advised him NOT to sue Johnston over, but were too afraid to simply TELL HIM that it was HOPELESS, because it was just a compilation of the PUBLIC RECORD, and ALREADY ESTABLISHED FACTS??? I doubt you will . . . In the same way that you CAN’T answer my initial question. Because Trump fans don’t WANT the TRUTH. They NEED the FANTASY. Now, son . . . TELL me? Have I called you names? You can’t, SERIOUSLY, say that disrespecting Trump is disrespecting YOU? So, please? . . . get off that bandwagon, of the Politics of VICTIMHOOD, MAN UP, and DEAL WITH THE TRUTH
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  18717. Xerdar36 : Trump REALITY REVERSAL, now? You’re running out of ideas? 🤔 You have NOT answered my question, which was HOW this conversation STARTED! And I’m STILL WAITING for you to ADMIT that you CAN’T! I HAVE, “answered,” your question. I TOLD YOU I VOTED DEMOCRAT, EVEN THOUGH I AM A CONSERVATIVE AND EX-REPUBLICAN PARTY MEMBER. And, even though Trump’s extremists like to FANTASISE about, “illegals,” YOU CAN’T VOTE in an election UNLESS YOU ARE AMERICAN. (Was my FIRST answer REALLY too “subtle” for you? 🤣) People KNOW me, from my history, which is ALL OUT THERE, son. MY story has NEVER CHANGED. I moved HERE from England in 2006 and I’m a political historian, by trade. I am a CITIZEN. I’ve said it MANY TIMES. That’s ALL you’re getting on my background, which SHOULD be PLENTY, if you St Petersburg GOONS want to find me. And, at least I can go back to England, if this DICTATORSHIP is NOT removed. I have NOT called Trump ANY, “names,” that are NOT TRUE. So: NOT, “name calling.” Rather: FACT STATING. STOP HIDING. It’s MOST undignified. You HAVE your answer. Now, YOU answer the question? Or, JUST ADMIT that I’m RIGHT? I ALWAYS AM. It’s something of a blessing AND a curse. I don’t, “know,” everything, but I’m NOT too proud to say, “I don’t know,” if and when that’s the case. That’s WHY I’m NEVER WRONG. YOU, on the other hand, CLEARLY ARE; and you’re rather insecure, to boot. And it was very SLIPPERY of you, to rephrase my statement, like that? I NEVER said you were, “coming at ME, sideways.” You are simply, “STEPPING SIDEWAYS.” You are RUNNING AWAY. Running away from your DEFEAT; your, “arguments,” DEMOLISHED; utterly UNABLE to address the salient points; and VIRTUALLY IN TEARS when I state the brutal TRUTH about the soon to be EX-POTUS, Trump. You WON’T answer my question, which is the CLEAREST EVIDENCE that you CAN’T. That, and the fact that you keep throwing questions back at me, like chaff. You DAREN’T even ACKNOWLEDGE the BOOK I recommended. And you WHINE at my CONTEMPT for the Orange DICKtator, because free speech is one of Trump’s future TARGETS. What part of the world are YOU from? Don’t tell me? Eastern Europe, by any chance? Or some place, where the NAZIS are resurgent? I don’t HAVE to, “ask,” about you. You’re an open book. And it is my firm belief that you are a Troll. But, I do enjoy DISMANTLING Trolly Fantasies, since I can’t play golf these days, so . . . I TRIPLE DARE YOU! Answer the question, or ADMIT defeat? 😁
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  18748. David V : I respect you (always have) so please bear with me on this one?: The Dems have now become the, “threat,” to America, being too close to the system, and hopeful of power. The GOP are NOT going to risk Trump’s unseating? They have SHOWN us they will fix everything. Now, the Dems are perpetuating the MYTH that there can even BE, “Free Elections,” instead of a Putin Style Data Gathering exercise. Do you THINK they will let Trump get unseated, indicted, and jailed along with his WHOLE family? And then RAT OUT EVERYONE, from Bill Barr to Devin Nunes, so that half of the GOP wind up in JAIL too? So the GOP end up SO disgraced and unelectable, that whatever remains of them, is forced to disband and hide, forever, from history, like escaped Nazis? It’s just NOT going to be ALLOWED, when it’s SO EASY to have Putin and all those hostile allies of Putin, use all that 2016 experience to assist the gangsters who are now ALREADY on the inside, with access to EVERYTHING this time around. Forestalling the Revolution, by acting like there still is a Republic, plays right into their hands. That Impeachment SHAM was the final blow, to a Republic that’s been failing on Life Support, since 2016. I guarantee you that Trump will, “win,” if we play along and assist this Soft Coup, perpetuating THEIR LIES. But, I also understand why people won’t want to OWN the TRUTH. Accepting the facts leaves you faced with the responsibility to DO SOMETHING. The Ukrainians did it, a decade ago, with no weapons, simply by halting their country and filling the streets, so their Putin Puppet was forced to FLEE back to Moscow. And Putin is in no position to punish America, by invading us. KNOWING that it CAN be done makes it even scarier, I guess? Because people were killed in the Ukrainian Revolution. All I ask, from all right minded people, is that they STOP perpetuating the myth that the GOP will ALLOW real, “elections”??? That forestalls the response to the facts. There are NO, “legal,” “lawful,” or, “Constitutional,” remedies to a Soft Coup, and it’s subsequent Dictatorship. But, while people are acting like they still HAVE a Republic, there can be NO remedies whatsoever . . . ✌️ Peace out, bro 👍
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