Comments by "Halfdan Ingolfsson" (@Halli50) on "Brian Tyler Cohen" channel.

  1. One wonders if the creep Abbot has any daughters... One also wonders if the creep Abbot can even be counted as human!
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  2. The fact that the 'Murican election system was damaged enough to allow someone like Trump to be elected in the first place is a blight that the US will have a hell of a time living down. The credibility of the US as a democracy, even as a flawed one, suffered a heavy blow that will take a lot of effort to overcome. In fact, there seems a real risk that 'Murica as we have known it is about to break down, disown it's own Constitution and become a Neo-fascist Confederation of states. A dire prospect, indeed!
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  3. This entire situation, the fact that a US president can apparently pardon ANYONE for ANY crime, even proactively (not to mention allies, friends and family) only exposes how grotesquely corrupt the entire US political system has become. In the beginning, the Founders obviously never imagined the depravity US politics would reach, otherwise they would have made damned sure to limit the presidential pardoning powers to a fraction of what it is today. The entire situation is beyond ridiculous! Just the idea that a president could, in theory, pardon himself for any and all crimes he might commit for the rest of his life is just so - 'Murican! Illogical and stupid beyond belief!
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  4. Expecting the DOJ under Wimp Garland to do ANYTHING to rattle MAGA Repugnicans is a pipe dream. Garlands fervent words to the effect that "no one is above the law" are not worth the paper it is not written on! 'Murica's "Lady of Justice" seems to be a toothless and demented old crone.
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  5. Is it any wonder the US is falling apart? This is a nation of masochists that WILL NOT tolerate any piece of legislation that actually benefits the general public (themselves), the economy (no more trickle-down nonsense) or the environment to pass.
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  6. I lasted less than a minute in. Gym Jordan is a shining example of the depravity of what is now the Repugnican party. Gym Jordan is like a Catholic priest; dressed nicely, but with a LONG history of depravity, much of it sexual depravity (right up Trump's alley!).
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  7. So speaks an arsehole...
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  8. Let's all keep our fingers and toes crossed, a LOT is riding on this for the entire western wold. The unfortunate and apathetic majority of US voters that have not bothered to go through the hassle the Repugnicans have made voting in 'Murica, simply MUST get up off their lazy arses and do what it takes to save your nation from tyranny and dictatorship.
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  9.  @imisstoronto3121 , I wonder how many nations are managing to sink to the low public health care level the US has been stuck at for decades.
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  10. 'I stand firmly behind my statement that bla-bla-bla'. Expert meaningless chatter from a Repugnant politician.
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  11. I'm fortunately not 'Murican but I follow their silly politics. I think AOC's articles of impeachment against glaringly corrupt SCOTUS justices are timely. They may be token right now, but the flag has to be waved, the siren has to be blared, we have a judicial conflagration that HAS to be tended to! I'm just an old fart, living in another country (still deeply affected by all he mistakes 'Murica makes), and I was really captivated when AOC emerged a few years ago, a beautiful, charming and intelligent young woman that blazed her trail into Congress. What she has done, EVERYTHING she has done since then I see as proof that she is what she seemed to be: A leader. Her apparent intelligence might be bolstered by good advisers, but that cannot be maintained for years. AOC is SMART, she is INTELLIGENT and ELOQUENT and no Repugnican male chauvinistic pig can take that away.
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  12. In 2002-2004 Trump was fairly eloquent, and the sentences he formed made some sense. Compare this to what he is like now: He seems to have the grasp of a 6-year old of global affairs, in his speeches he careens, in mid sentence, even mid word, into another totally irrelevant subject. His cognitive decline is there for all to see, but his enablers just love it, he can now be manipulate much of the time...
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  13. Notice that in recent interviews, Trump has never completed an entire sentence - he keeps jumping back and forth, frequently repeating himself again and again. I does not take a psychiatrist to recognize that there is something seriously wrong with Trump, but a layman might describe Trump as having a number of nuts and bolts loose in his head, not to mention all the lost marbles...
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  14. This GOP/Repugnican "pattern of threats and violence" has an eerie resemblance to what happened to Germany in the 1920s and 1930s. The Hitler and Brownshirt era repeating itself in 'Murica?
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  15. The Trumpzis REALLY think that the coming pandemic can be stopped with lies and misinformation instead of proper preventive detection, isolation and quarantines, followed by vaccinations when that eventually becomes available. This pandemic will be devastating to both countless lives and economies around the world, probably hitting the US harder than others because they were woefully unprepared and slow to respond. Denial has never solved any problems.
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  16. To the best of my knowledge, the concept of "peers" has been well established in the English-speaking world for centuries. Someone that allegedly breaks the law in Georgia, USA, should naturally be judged by a jury in - GEORGIA! To bitch and moan about an "unfair jury pool" in the place where the alleged crime was committed is beyond ridiculous. The concept of "peers" in the US today is not the same as it was in e.g. aristocratic Britain two centuries ago, the shoe is on the other foot now. An aristocrat hauled in front of a jury of peers (other aristocrats) was virtually guaranteed to walk away scot-free, whereas Trump will be saddled with a jury of peers NOT of his class - as it should be!
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  17. How can any self-respecting 'Murican look any other western nation citizen in the eye and say "I'm ????"
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  18. The only thing that exceeds how disgusting Trump is, bight be the fact that the fact that a sizeable part of the 'Murican nation seems ready and willing to elect this creep again! If Trump is NOT elected, 'Murica will have a hard job convincing it's allies of almost a century to believe 'Murica is a believable and worthy ally. If Trump IS elected, 'Murica will loose ALL it's current allies (the entire NATO pack) and gain only 4 new allies;u Russia, Iran, China and North Korea. It would be a toss-up if Hungary will terminate Orban or join the rest of Europe. In any case, Trump's 'Murica would find life difficult indeed, with no wealthy country willing to do business, and hastily withdrawing any business out of 'Murica.
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  19. While you law-educated 'Muricans furiously page through your local law books, trying to make sense of how Toddler Trump has you under control - or at least on the defensive, we in the rest of the western world are quietly writing you off as THE world power (which was probably Putin's intent, anyway). What I see as the most critical issue for the rest of the world is the fact that as we can write 'Murica off as a reliable ally in military matters. Reagan conceded US military industrial production to the highest bidders, at the time anyone in Asia. The only thing that surprises me is why the F-22 and F-35 are not cheaply produced in China these days...
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  20. Ted Cruz is a thoroughly repugnant person - a fitting member for the Repugnican Party.
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  21. Brian is wasting air trying to convince Trump followers that Trump is lying. By all accounts, the 'Murican nation is a lost cause. They have been dumbed down to the extent that they will support the creeps (the Repugnicans) that have being raping them, literally and figuratively, for over 40 years.
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  22. Fortunately Chris and others are aware of how destructive the binary political system is to 'Murica. The current incarnation of the Republican party is like a soon-to-be terminal cancer, and the legalized political bribery that has thoroughly infected BOTH parties is causing the apathy that almost ensures that no treatment will be sought.
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  23. What the entire press should do in a situation like this is to get up and LEAVE. What is the point of asking these lying, pre-juvenile (toddler-stage) idiots about anything is absolutely useless, a total waste of time. To expect Trump to start being presidential after 3 years of absolute ridiculous nonsense is beyond comprehension.
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  24. Brian counted a lot of "near-fiftieth-place" rankings for Louisiana, i.e. Louisiana is placed solidly on the bottom of any desirable metric, EVEN for an 'Murican Red State - but there was one ambiguity: If Louisiana it "50th in crime", does that mean they have the LOWEST crime rate? Only by assuming that the higher the percentage, the worse the situation is for the state in question.
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  25. Trump is no longer "the most powerful man in the world" because the country he "leads" is rapidly losing it's status as a world leader. Sure, the US still controls the world's most influential currency and the US certainly has the most military power in the world, but can they afford to keep that up? The world has been better served with US leadership after WW2 than with e.g. China or (god forbid) the USSR or now Russia as leaders. The problem: The US has been coming off the rails during the last few decades and, under Trump, has become a slow-moving train wreck still in progress.
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  26. You 'Muricans keep arguing about the minutiae of the current situation - you no longer see the forest for the trees! The details of how you got here IS an issue, as well as how you might extricate yourself from having the lunatics take over the asylum, but the fact remains that 'Murica is SERIOUSLY BROKEN, and you are in denial! I wouldn't presume to suggest a solution, that is for you to figure out, but I strongly suspect you are in for a decade or two of abject misery and violence, the German Third Reich being one example, Afghanistan under the Talibans being another.
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  27. Frankly, this entire discussion is proof that the 'Murican justice system is toothless, unable to hold anyone above homeless people accountable, a farce that the rest of the developed world is watching in disbelief! Do we need any further proof that the 'Murican Judicial System is the "best money can buy"?
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  28. 25M tests in the US might be a very high stand-alone number, but is is still only 7.5% of the US population (and frankly, I think that number is Trumpian, i.e. totally divorced from reality - a LIE!). There are are countries that are currently up the testing what amounts to 19% of their entire population and actually suppressed the virus over 1 month ago! (check https://www.covid.is/data) The sad part is the fact that there are enough ill-informed and ignorant 'Muricans to give the Orange Idiot a statistical chance of remaining in office.
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  29. Is there anyone as disingenuous, dishonest and devoid of morals as a right-winger? I dare anyone to name a genuine example. On the subject of US combat veterans: As a non-'Murican I am always disgusted by how your veterans are glorified in speech but totally ignored in deed. They come back from many of the "wars" the US is waging all over the world with serious PTSD and physical injuries and other issues and find that the safety net and care they are SUPPOSED to get is a disgrace, their treatment is actually worse than shameful - usually due to Republicans that want to cut all spending except tax benefits for themselves, and Democrats shamefully let that happen.
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  30. Why are you 'Muricans farting about how too 'unpack' SCOTUS? As seen from outside (by other countries) the entire US judicial system has become a farce, pure theater. The general idea was good enough in the beginning, but you have had over 2 centuries to pervert the basic premise of the initially sound idea of the US judicial system, and THAT you have done to perfection! The details are irrelevant, the fact that is staring us in the face is that the US judicial system is thoroughly corrupt: If you have plenty of money you are above the law. Period. If you have no money, your goose is cooked, you are about to become a permanent "customer" of a for-profit prison system that is mainly in the business of creating returning customers! How stupid can the US public get! Really!
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  31. The US legislative body is proving itself to be a kindergarten, mostly populated by immature fanatics that will bring the US (and the world) considerable grief before all is said and done.
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  32. Is asking that the police be held to AT LEAST the same standard as everyone else too much? They should be held to a considerably higher standard - for one, they are SUPPOSED to know what is allowed and NOT allowed within the law while the general public is known to be somewhat ignorant of the exact letter of the law. An ignorant pedestrian may be breaking the letter of the law without realizing it, but when a policeman that is supposed to KNOW what the law is kills him/her for jaywalking, the cop is supposed to know that murdering a citizen in broad daylight, on camera, is definitely SUPPOSED to land him in jail for life, anywhere in the world. In Norway they would spend up to 21 years trying to reform this psychopath, but in the Good-Old-US they are probably not even going to prosecute him. Amid all this, US Americans are wondering why the rest of the world is no longer liking the US , they are even wondering how to distance and isolate themselves from the impending madness and disaster of the US disintegrating. After all, the US has the most powerful, pervasive and intrusive military in the world, not to mention the economic stranglehold they have on the rest of the world. They have a finger in EVERY pie, from Greenland to Antarctica. There will come a period where the normal political leadership will have disintegrated to the point that the real power-brokers, the corporate entities within the US will have to come out of the closet as the real puppet masters. What will happen then is anyone's guess. Just be clear on one thing: However mighty the US military might be, they are mere dust if the rest of the globe turns against them (a certainty, given how Trump has been shedding allies). The US has outsourced to China EVERYTHING other than the production of their latest military aircraft and missiles. There WILL be a time of reckoning: The US is no longer able to produce it's own essential military electronics, simply because of the greed of electronic corporations. When that simple fact dawns on people, heads will start flying - not in the golden-parachute-severance way but rather in the head-brutally-severed-from-the body way. Nearly bringing the world to an end will have consequences for the useless non-productive billionaires of the world, DIRE consequences.
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  33. The US might still be the oldest contemporary democracy in the world, but not much longer. Already seriously flawed before 2016 (mostly due to Republican gerrymandering and voter suppression), it is now barely hanging on by a thread. Biden is NOT likely to do much more than maintaining a status quo during his term and the Repugnicans will most likely manage to re-gain power in 2024 to finish off the US experiment with democracy.
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  34. If Rand Paul is an "Eye Doctor" I take it he went through Medical School and became a Medical Doctor (an actual Physician) before specializing as an "Eye Doctor". Based on his inane arguments he appears to have forgot everything he learned in Medical School. What a waste!
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  35. Question: Can a Fox "News" commentator tell a lie? Answer: Yes. Question: Is a Fox "News" commentator LIKELY to tell a lie? Ansewer: Hell, YES!!!!
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  36. The moment the billionaire/corporate tax cut had been passed, the time came for Rand Poul to become "fiscally responsible".
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  37. The SCOTUS is fast becoming irrelevant. Any entity that flies directly in the face of public opinion will eventually be abolished. It might take a few years, but just wait. The stench raised by the anti-abortion issue will be the downfall of SCOTUS. Nothing, absolutely NOTHING will enable their survival. Sexual molester Kavanaugh will be exposed as a sexual molester when all is said and done. He will soon rue the day he dared to accept the SCOTUS appointment.
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  38. Venezuela, Hannity's "socialistic Hell" would probably be doing fine if not for US meddling. US corporations wanted the oil resources and the "socialist leader" said NO - so Venezuela was crushed with US sanctions and covert US interference. They (the US) are experts at regime changes...
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  39. Bon Lemon, you US voters actually voted the Orange Idiot to be your Dear Beloved Leader. Now, enjoy! You might want to deliberate and actually THINK the next time around. Trump appears to be able to take the US from being a world leader to being a laughing stock. The pandemic is harshly driving home the fact that greed is not a sustainable policy. Greed has been the guiding light of the US administration response, and the general US population is now suffering the consequences. While Italy and Spain have been caught flat-footed, their problems pale in comparison to the calamity the US is walking into, entirely due to Trump's actions and inactions. Trump is truly a master when it comes to screwing things up, ROYALLY!
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  40. Have you noticed how Trump frequently refers to himself in the plural like the old monarchs used to? WE this, WE that!
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  41. I find it striking that the voices supporting and defending Trump's misdeeds, by any means possible, ALL have a pronounced southern drawl! The Confederates may have lost the civil war over 150 years ago, but they are still resisting...
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  42. Seeing that Biden is the current president and has now been issued total immunity for actions he takes as president. Example: Biden sees a clear and present danger to the United States government, it's democracy and the rule of law in general, posed by certain domestic individuals, and makes the executive decision to have them assassinated a.s.a.p. The list of individuals slated for termination would certainly contain Trump and the worst of the MAGA crowd, but also the most dangerous group of them all: Up to 6 conservative SCOTUS justices, those that are systematically tearing down decades, even centuries, of precedents and hard-earned civilian rights! The problem: While Trump would instantly exploit this ruling if he were to get back into the Oval Office, Biden is a decent human being and is very unlikely to resort to such desperate measures. But - we can always hope, right?
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  43. "A fishing expedition about [Ivanka's] emails" while the country is racking up mountains of debts? Debts incurred under a government under the total control of Republicans (prior to the 2018 elections via e.g. tax cuts for corporations and the rich)? One wonders what Hilary's/Ivanka's email abuses have anything to do with the Republican spending spree. The man is almost in tears, he is so agitated. How does he sleep at night? Very well, I presume, after all he is morally blind - just the type Trump wants at his side.
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  44. As an outsider (non-'Murican), I keep wondering what it is about this most recent mass shooting that seems to have everyone in an uproar. This seemed an everyday, run-of-the-mill mass shooting with a modest body count, at least by 'Murican standards. Might this one be the straw that finally breaks the Repugnican Camel's back?
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  45. A showcase of how useless and corrupt the 'Murican judicial system has become. In 'Murica, money will buy you ANYTHING - especially the outcome of "Constitutional jury trials". The rest of the world is aghast...
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  46. This chick is resurrecting the long-dead stereotype of the quintessential "dumb blonde". We all realized long ago that blondes are just as smart as anyone else, BUT NOT THIS ONE! She is not only blond, she is also dumb, as in dumber.
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  47. This was pretty much like watching a rabid evangelist Jesus-nut preacher going into a frenzy - with a lot of incitement to violence thrown in.
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  48. These days, the concept of a Republican with a conscience is an oxymoron, at least in the US Senate. Romney might just be the exception to prove the rule...
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  49. Can anyone trust any "Lifelong Repugnican", seeing how much they have always lied about anything and everything? Some of them seem credible (Liz Cheney and Kinzinger), as seen by what they have DONE as well as what they have said, but what of the rest of them? Has Tim Miller actually DONE anything that matches what he is saying? I ask because I do not know and, in my mind, most Repugnicans will need a lot of actually DOING right to earn any semblance of credibility.
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  50. Mehdi is brilliant! He is the most logical, rational and eloquent TV host we have seen in a couple of decades. The only problem I see is the fact that his logic, undeniably rock-solid at every turn, is so much "rapid-fire" that significant parts of it simply flies over the heads of his dumbed-down, slow-thinking 'Murican audience! I'm not 'Murican (Nordic, in fact) and I totally agree with him on every issue, but I frequently have a hard time following him - his brain and speech frequently go to fast for us mere mortals to follow. He would do us a world of good by slowing down on occasions to allow his arguments and logic to sink in!
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