Comments by "dixon pinfold" (@dixonpinfold2582) on "VisualPolitik EN" channel.

  1. "Corruption, insanity and incompetence" are nouns, not, as you claim, adjectives.
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  2.  @kerrynisbet1514  He's right. There's a reason police forces don't send two women together to dangerous calls. It's that they very often have to be rescued by men, where a mixed pair would be fine. It would apply at least equally to a battlefield situation. It's useless pretending to be unaware of that.
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  3. Mette Frederiksen is such a good leader. The way she put an end to the 2020-22 era ahead of other European nations was inspiring: "We say goodbye to the restrictions and welcome the life we knew before," she said with resolve, practical wisdom, courage and finality. It caught at my throat to hear it.
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  4. "Visual Politik community..." Oh please Josh, stop throwing around the word community like a mushy-headed sentimentalist liberal or wokester. Get a grip. We're not the "Visual Politik community," we're Visual Politik viewers.
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  5. Want to do something concrete to back Milei and his plans? Do as I've done: Stop buying your wine from anywhere but Argentina. Viva Malbec!🇦🇷 Viva Argentina!🇦🇷 Viva Milei!🇦🇷
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  6. Saudi Arabia reminds me of Turkey. Angling to be courted by all, never interested in close partnerships smacking of loyalty, always pressing for the killer deal or deals that will make it the top regional power for generations and guarantee its security and prosperity. Pretty standard for middle powers, I guess. Good job, VP. Tough one to write.
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  7. VisualPolitik doesn't merit that snide disrespect.
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  8. Fascinating. In 2024 some guy wrote a comment that was irrelevant empty rhetoric.
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  9. Ok, so because of China's aggression, South Korea and Japan think they should have nuclear weapons. But they are extremely hesitant, for fear that if they did have them, China would react aggressively. Well, it looks to me as though they'd better act. When you're that afraid of your bully, it's time to get stronger. Maybe all four Western-allied democracies should move simultaneously. Maybe South Korea, Japan, Taiwan and Australia should all arm themselves with nuclear weapons, and do it now. Perhaps they should also sign a nuclear defence pact, even one that includes the US. A cute and cuddly panda-bear China seemed a possibility 20 to 25 years ago. But it was never going to happen. That's been clear for over a decade now.
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  10. For NASA's Europa Clipper launch last Oct. 24, SpaceX saved US taxpayers $3bn. NASA was going to spend $3bn+. SpaceX's total bill: $178m, saving nearly 95%.
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  11. You're gonna like the next guy.
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  12. He faces certain electoral defeat within days.
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  13. In the phrase praetorian protectors the first syllables should be pronounced identically.
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  14. Breaking news: Canada is retaliating against VisualPolitik for saying "on-TARR-ee-oh." At 12:01 a.m., all Canadians will start saying WER-sist-er-shy-er and BUCK-ing-ham-shy-er. 😂
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  15. What were the other two?
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  16. 97-98% of Canada-US trade is duty-free both ways. <--- Chow down. Edit: To clarify, I mean under the terms of Trump's "tremendous, beautiful" 2019 treaty (which he basically wrote and has now trashed as though it was imposed on the US! — this, after Canada faithfully adhered to it for five years).
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  17. "Never"? I question that.
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  18.  @AdanSolas  It is already under control, Yuri, and shall remain so.
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  19. Breaking news: Canada is retaliating against VisualPolitik for saying "on-TARR-ee-oh." At 12:01 a.m., all Canadians will start saying WER-sest-er-shy-er and BUCK-ing-ham-shy-er. 😂
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  20.  @galm222  The second being Byzantium? Or the Mongol Empire?🤔
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  21. There's something quite obvious about this "51st state" business which would quieten down such ridiculous talk in a hurry, but no one seems to have noticed but me. There isn't any way that all Canada would be just one state. We must speak (if the subject persists in public discussion) of its provinces becoming states in their own right. Thus up to 20 senate seats and at least 14. Presto: [crickets]
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  22. False trichotomy.
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  23. Sure. That why China have so many top global AI firm. Because all anyone need is lot of student. System not an important, just need billions peoples.😂
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  24. The art of peace is the art of deterrence.
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  25.  @JCDFlex  "Just noticed" <--- Baseless inference
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  26.  @kerrynisbet1514  Ok, that's fair to point out. And I'm sure some of the women were taller than some of the men too.
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  27.  @mikehunt5637  People doing whatever job they're suited to and can perform well at is fine.
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  28. Most of that 18% is private-sector; defense is purely govt. Apples to oranges. This video concerns government spending. So, apples to apples, please.
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  29. Correction: the Authoritarian Axis needs America to mind its own business.
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  30. He's chest-puffing in anticipation of talks involving the US president-elect. It's quite see-through. Far less certain is Xi's intent, but I assume it's highly devious. I expect he's egging Putin on, cunningly and slyly nudging him towards war with NATO. It would dramatically weaken both sides, to Xi's own direct and colossal benefit.
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  31. My respect for Argentinians is through the roof for their bold choice in electing Javier Milei. I think they've shown themselves acute judges of character with an uncanny sense of historical timing. He's the most inspiring politician I've ever seen in my life. Hats off to this channel for its remarkable clarity, scope and balance. More, please.
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  32. Ah, the Renaissance and the Enlightenment are at last coming to Ukraine. European standards of (reasonably) fair play will accompany them. Better late than never. In Russia they have yet to appear outside of secondhand accounts and rumours, and it is an open question how many more lifetimes shall pass before they do.
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  33. The Oxford English Dictionary supports that usage.
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  34.  @jeremysmith4620  Read more carefully! The very insightful OP wasn't calling the US a failed state.🤨 He/she was referring to Mexico. Btw, anyone who in 2024 still trusts the BBC and NPR as one might have done 20 yrs ago has a long way to go to catch up. Stop reading govt news.
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  35. The more serious the topic the more people want to say something about it. Suggesting we should refrain from saying what we like is very illiberal.
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  36. Apparently China has a shortage of professional internet posters able to deal with plurals in English.
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  37.  @Hardrada904  "Innovating new things that don't exist in America" by buying chips from Nvidia, an American company? "LOL"
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  38. Yes. Nero fled after their betrayal, committing suicide in exile. He has quite a bit of company: Caligula: Assassinated in 41 AD by a conspiracy led by Praetorian officers. Pertinax: Murdered by the Praetorian Guard, 193 AD, after 87 days as emperor, due to his attempts to reform and discipline the corrupt guard. Commodus: Fell victim to a conspiracy aided by his Praetorian prefect,192 AD. Galba: Overthrown and killed by the Praetorian Guard in 69 AD, seven months into his reign, after failing to pay the promised donative. Didius Julianus: Executed less than three months after purchasing the empire from the Praetorian Guard in their infamous auction. Elagabalus: Assassinated by the Praetorian Guard, 222 AD.
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  39. * unbiased. Unbias is not a word.
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  40. Where are you people reading this?! We've both always tariffed each other, and at similar levels (quite low since the late '80s). Canada focuses on dairy, with sizeable zero- and low-tariff quotas before high tariffs kick in at higher trade volumes. Find some better information sources. Maybe try Perplexity.
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  41. Mostly. Solid missiles tho, and not bad drones, both in large numbers for a regional power. As a certain monster once said, "Quantity has a quality of its own."
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  42. Well, I've read a great many remarks here, and it's official: The overwhelming consensus among employees and partisans of the Russian Federation is that No, Ukraine must not undertake such a strategy, due to the chance that by doing so it will win the war.
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  43.  @timetraveller07070  Alejandro Mayorkas is the Secretary. But at this point, sorry, you should be using Google and Wikipedia like everybody else does.
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  44. Canada: "Please go on. I'm listening."
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  45. Please re-program your narration bot so it doesn't say "Ursula von der Leyen" as "ER-sə-lə VON-der-lay-ən." It's OOR-zə-lə FON-der-line. (Tip: replace name in script with phonetic spelling.)
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  46. Eye-opening.😮 I thought only Canada was being invaded en masse by brazen and highly-organized criminals thriving through sophisticated, effective strategies. Perhaps most angering of all, this is just when the native-born part of society had very much turned away from crime. By now we would've had Japan-like crime levels.
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  47. Follow suit with what? The headline is 100% unsupported by the video. Quite the opposite! Wilders has given up on heading the government. The election has gone for nought. Nothing is to be done. Josh said zero about "Dutch Doors Clos[ing] on Maghreb Migrants"
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  48. When were the "numerous occasions" when Trump "promised" to end aid to Ukraine? I do not believe he has. I think he has hinted broadly at doing so, deliberately and deceptively, for tactical and strategic reasons. The world has taken the bait (including even, somewhat to my surprise, VP-En) in spectacularly dull- and lazy-minded fashion.
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  49. You're right. Around $100bn a year is lunch money in comparison. Finally a sane comment in this Ru-bot cow pasture. Please repeat it elsewhere and often. On that note, I'm leaving to hose my boots off.
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  50. As if government over-regulation is a font of national wealth! It is not. Reduced regulation will free up capital for productive use, for which it will be necessary to hire people.
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