Comments by "chocomalk" (@chocomalk) on "The Real News Network" channel.

  1. Anyone that has ever worked a fast food/retail job will tell you that when you raise the min wage, the business raises prices to compensate. The problem is in the economic system that is based on usury.
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  2. Because the original event had their fingerprints interlaced with others, they are not shy about doing it again since government officials can be silenced with a little cash?
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  3. What leftist doesn't talk about the "failures of capitalism"?
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  4. The fact that you even entertain the concept pf toxic masculinity makes me cringe. Social science is the only "science" based on emotion and utterly devoid of facts, logic and is completely biased to the point of extremeism
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  5. :(
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  6. Pretty sad if you have to vote for a crook to get rid of worse crooks lol
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  7. Duh? This is the plan all along.
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  8. Lawrence Sher  Yeah that imaginary concrete unavailable in Gaza must be acting as a foundation for the entire region since it seems there are tunnels everywhere if we go by the distribution of strikes.
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  9. Neither case listed here used the stand you ground laws as part of their defense, it was the judge explaining the self defense laws to the jury. Not to mention both cases are quite different and really incomparable. The law itself isn't really that bad: "A person is justified in the use of deadly force and does not have a duty to retreat if: He or she reasonably believes that such force is necessary to prevent imminent death or great bodily harm to himself or herself" Sure it sounds subject to interpretation because it is and HAS TO BE. There are so many possibilities they can't be bundled into a law. Imagine if you had to retreat by law yet the pursuer is faster and has a knife at your back...what then? You have a right to self defense. It is the interpretation/application of a law in certain instances that make any law good/bad. The criminal justice system is biased, it has nothing to do with particular laws. So harping on either the law or the decision is pointless. The root is the problem, you can't cut branches off and expect a change. But part of the problem is also public perception as Dayvon points out and it really does no good ignoring the huge role media plays in it and who is actually forming it. What does the "media" say about African Americans? Gangsta thug ho bitch gat A-K bling money money money. And who is perpetuating this stereotype? African Americans. So we have the original demonization of African Americans being played out by African Americans. So yeah let's have this conversation and realize ALL parties are to blame in one way or another while most of the actual cause is rooted in the past and outside the scope of blame.
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  10. No, just no. Incredulous even.
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  11. Why would they succeed when they benefit so much more from having a very convenient enemy supplied to them?
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  12. thatsnotagoodidea  The "Russian propaganda" is that a portion of the parties represented in the current house is "far right" and this is correct. What videos "show otherwise" as if you can show a negative lol
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  13. *****  I would gather many of the inhabitants of the Smaller cities and towns served in the military just as they do in the USA. Considering the region it is more likely they saw actual combat.
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  14. Realnews you guys should cover the mountaintop removal coal mining in the Adirondacks
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  15. Calvin Miner  I don't think you have actually read the book as the first chapter dispels what you think his point is. The Scandinavian countries are based on the "Nordic model". It was written in 1944, long before said model and was concerning "present democracies" IE UK/USA. The USA has had a centrally planned economy for a long time via the Fed, they set policy, the market follows and those "Scandinavian countries" adhere to international free trade policies and are free market capitalists mixed with socialist policy. Norway in fact, in Hayek's day, was Keynesian so I am not sure what point the comparison is supposed to make. As far as those countries being "free/open/democratic" that is debatable. Norway still has a king who still retains ultimate power much as all commonwealth countries including "independent" Canada. Each has a major representative in parliament and a privy council that meets in secret. If you think that is coincidence, you don't understand the game very well. Canada is another supposed "social democracy" and I can tell you it is nothing of the sort at its heart. It is slowly becoming a corporate dictatorship much like the USA. He also takes into account business but separates the fact that once one is in the power structure and can influence policy, there is no ostensible difference. Funny how people blame corporations for lobbying but not the politicians that take the bribe when it is their JOB and DUTY to be "civil servants". His point is even a billionaire can't come close to the harm a central authority could cause unless he can directly influence them. Just because his critique/warning cannot be applied to every case does not make it invalid, particularly given these things take time. Economies are the same way. Sometimes they look great until they collapse unexpectedly. The USA/UK model he critiques proves him right. UK is Orwell 101 and USA is Orwell 2.0 both of which set economic policy of numerous nations via the use of their currency, loans and the markets. Sure you can "freely" invest but there is no "free market" as it is HIGHLY regulated. The thing is, people mistake this regulation as something that is put in place to help the populace but it is regulated to be the opposite. They have regulated the hell out of not only their own people but at least half of the worlds nations. Bretton woods/Marshall-Plan/Petro-dollar/IMF/BIS/etc = Centrally planned economic structure on a massive scale.
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  16. 3:16 is this supposed to be a show of horrible conditions? In jail is the last place I would want to be right now but what is the option for these people? While people are getting evicted, losing their businesses and jobs in the outside world? And 100% infections with how many deaths/complications? argh
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  17. lol climate justice....no one can even approach the needed aspect of stopping pollution and we are leaping into climate justice. Do you drive? You are guilty give me money.
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  18. Facebook and Youtube etc are the classic example of a business that "caters to the public at large". Their model of business is one that gives people a platform. Like a restaurant or theater, they should not be able to restrict or discriminate against the public as long as the patrons are utilizing the facility for the intended use and not breaking the law. The civil rights act just needs a digital update.
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  19.  @Ray_More  Right so China is totally a pristine ecological heaven? The former USSR had no pollution?
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  20. Actually a genocide is an intentional act.
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  21. We actually live in a world where laws matter and so does complicity and innocence. Do those " few broken windows and burned buildings today" belong to an actually guilty party?
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  22. There are 17000 NG troops deployed over 23 States and somehow Trump is to blame? What world do you people live in?
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  23. Once you use the tactics of the side you are opposed too, you are no better than them. Also in the 30's the "Nazi's" were not killing anyone and were initially derived from a workers movement, a liberal one at that. It's when we think we are right and right alone that we become like Nazi's. Righteous indignation is a powerful form of self delusion.
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  24. You don;t need moral authority to declare someone a terrorist, they just have to be a terrorist. Hypocrisy doesn't change the truth.
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  25. This is a push against neoliberalsm and globalism as a whole, if you can't see that then you are probably an extremest
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  26. Good leaders die fast.
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  27. The only place the slippery slope fallacy isn't a fallacy is in legal precedence. The slippery slope was born in the political world.
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  28. shirehorse91  Research is easy, as easy as comprehension IE "accused". Anyway, you are welcome to point out just what you thought the bias was, although I think that is too much to ask.
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  29. :O
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  30. shirehorse91  Really? I doubt you could find a link outside a foreign development the Israelis are profiting from and are outside the hands of actual residents. What "new hospital" are you referring to? It must have a name.
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  31. shirehorse91  That is not an answer. Give me a name.
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  32. shirehorse91  It's not that hard is it?
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  33. shirehorse91   You "There's a hell of lot of supposedly unavailable concrete going into new homes, schools, hospitals, and other buildings." Me: "Really? I doubt you could find a link outside a foreign development the Israelis are profiting from and are outside the hands of actual residents. What "new hospital" are you referring to? It must have a name." You: "Dumbass, look up all the hospitals, schools and buildings. They are all made of concrete. So much for the for the lie that Gaza has no concrete. If Palestinians want open boarders the need to stop being such violent, blood thirsty, genocidal islamist assholes. The problem is Palestinians are assholes. Now, run along and go defend ISIS. You know anyone objecting to ISIS are just oppressing innocent ISIS members" Me: "That is not an answer. Give me a name." You: "wtf" Me: "It's not that hard is it?" TLDR: That hospital, what is its name.
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  34. This has been the case for about 100 years lol before digital it was a ledger sheet. Whiskey Tango Foxtrot.
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  35. Cuban missile crisis. President shows satellite imagery as proof of claims. If they say they don't have full HD coverage of the Russian border at the very least they are lying lol.
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  36. I thought criminal negligence was the specialty of the IMF so why isn't she getting an award? Maybe these proceedings are an award ceremony in disguise, that's all I got lol
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  37. thatsnotagoodidea  You or I have no idea who is in the Ukraine parliament, these people were not elected yet are passing laws. Is there a referendum of the people yet? There is one scheduled in Crimea. If I was in Crimea or E Ukraine I would be suspicious at the very least. Suffice it to say their choices of governors so far has been along the lines of: "meet the new boss, same as the old boss".
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  38. thatsnotagoodidea  Ask the people in Quebec that question.
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  39. Anyone can go out and acquire uniforms, local people that probably served together in the past might have an easier time looking in their closet. Russian arms in that area are plentiful, provisions is speculative since they are home based and well trained is really nowhere to be found. Seriously, what marvel of military feats are you referencing that any group of armed people couldn't do?
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  40. Because rich people buy slaves and have agendas?
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  41. I have to agree. She is smart, well spoken and quite beautiful.
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  42. I think this last time you can blame Brussels. Even though a member of the EU, they have bailed out countries a bunch of times now directly from their own economy. The EU policies are to blame here.
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  43. What proof? Is there a list of Russian special forces I can cross reference this somewhere?
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  44. So "don't report on us and we can be your sources"...lol That's sort of like saying: "Don't steal our money and we can give you money in return" lmao
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  45. Ridiculous. Stand your ground did not work for Dunn nor was it used in the Trayvon Martin case so what is this?
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  46. *****  Yeah I think you don't know what you are talking about lol
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  47. Why would you try and equate separatists with a workers movement as if one is more preferable or as if they are mutually exclusive of one another. Not to mention that most of these protestors are for federalization, not secession.
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  48. Ahhh police are protesting the policies that were put in place while they were cracking down on the people that were protesting G20 meetings...I think this is...irony? I bet they thought they would be protected in return...lol How fitting the police are now facing the same austerity as the rest of us even though they have been protecting the slimeballs that suck us and the world dry. You will be happy to know that those CEO's did buy those island paradises and can now afford to paint them any color they wish, like gold.
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  49. Because you can't clean an infection by rubbing dirt in it?
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  50. I bet Flint Michigan will love this news and soon the rest of the USA HAHA!
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