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Perhaps an invisible 25m wide Wall on Wheels will do the job. And yes this is certainly Trumps Shutdown – He brought on his own election promise to build a Wall with Mexico paying for it – changed it to the taxpayers paying for it. Shutting down the Government over his own failed promise is simply highly irresponsible and head-shakingly idiotic – The Democrats has nothing at all to lose in this debate – Trump is cornering himself into oblivion with this situation that he himself has created – Just again shows what a self-centered incapable, illiterate moron he really is.
This dude knows nothing really – "The Wheel is older than the Wall" – hahahhaha – are you kidding.
The USA needs to get its head straight on this issue – Just think about how much surveillance and military capacity the USA has in its arsenal, ask DARPA if needed – E.g surveillance drones and fast border response teams would be much more efficient – but NO Trump wants a fucking wall as a symbol of his presidency even it might gonna cost the USA a quarter of its total GDP growth due to the shutdown. He could have chosen nearly any other issue to lead the debate with the Democrats – but No he chose the fucking Wall. What a blistering idiot.
Here is Wall – Here is Ladder, here is shovel, here is saw, here is acid, here is a rope,
– here is small hands and Very large "a brain" counting wheels on the fire truck driving straight into the abandoned coal mine shaft.
Without his dad's money up his arse, this dude would most likely have been in jail many times for scams, failed payments, con artistry and sexual assault.
This is the leader of the most powerful nation on Earth – Our combined industrial and information revolution lead to this, shutting down a world leading country over a fucking wall – SO SAD.
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As with all these wars, they are wars that can not be won - but that does not matter much. The disruption of a country is what matters. The wars in them self is a Win for the people who profit from the war. In the aftermath a country needs to be rebuild - those who have the capacity will benefit from it.
And one must not forget that the US military is very capable a destruction and disruption - in fact it excels at it. First it will take out the main infrastructure with missiles and stealth planes to gain control of the Air space. After air space control the drones will come and do mega surveillance and so on. Not to forget the US propaganda war machine which is often not discussed, but it plays a huge part in all US wars where there is natural resources at stake. Iran is though very big. But look at the strategic placement and then consider where the US forces have installed basses or still are having military activity: Afghanistan, Pakistan, Turkey (A Nato Member), Iraq, Syria, Saudi Arabia, Yemen + They have a quite big fleet that can be used in the Arabian Sea and the Gulfs.
It might be that the Iranian people call their country Mother, but if the violent Dad gets all mad, the Mother will bleed badly. Losses will occur on both sides but since Iran would be defending it´s territory - the destruction and disruption will set back Iran for decades of an otherwise prosperous future.
All major wars since and including the Vietnam War has not been about winning but about having wars for the sake of war it self. In the Vietnam war soldiers had to follow 5 rules of engagement, which made it difficult to win. In Afghanistan soldiers follow close to 90 rules of engagement - These wars was never intended to be finished fast - they are extended campaigns and they are test grounds for ever evolving military technology and tactics. Syria is predicted to last at least 10 years and its properly more like 20 or 30 years.
Before the Iraq war the country was on a brink of taking a huge step forward, so was Egypt, so was Libya. This is not about nationalities or religion - it´s about control and access to natural resources, its about having wars so that there is a continued need for weapons and ammunition, which means jobs and development programs. Nearly all countries in the west are producing or sub producing technology for War equipment - be it planes or otherwise - it is in other words a huge industry.
If the International Banksters see opportunities in attacking Iran, in case that the country will not play along their fiddle, then there will be war - they do not care about US soldiers dying nor any body else for that sake.
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@hotrodrope1 you have no clue about "socialism" - most Americans have absolutely no clue what social democracy means, thinking it is some kind of Cuban/Russian totalitarian system, while most of Europe is run under Social Democracies and nearly non-countries in Europe are what to be referred to as socialistic. You have been scare crowed with the socialistic keyword since before the the fucking WWII and hammered even more with it after the cold war – one of your whole enemy pictures is painted with the Socialistic - You just see red and blue, while most other countries have a whole palette of ideological/political choices from far right to far left, with conservatives, liberals, and Social Democrats, Christian conservatives, greens and many more to choose from – and it works pretty well. Social Democracies have millionaires, startups, engineering, grassroots, hunters agriculture big farms, alternatives, stock exchanges – a huge diversity of people choosing how to live under the laws made by the people and parties they choose and not everybody is in somebody's pocket so hard they need to support fucking narcissists egomaniacs unconditionally.
Wake the fuck up, the USA is behaving like third world country, while you are supposed to be the leader of the free world, you run around making protests with automatic weapons to make a political point - WTF!? face your own idiotic misery and move on with life and stop blaming everybody else for it. You are cornering yourself because you apparently can not adapt to new circumstances that demand us all to change in one way or another.
Your system is so infiltrated by paid off politicians and Trump was certainly not the solution, hell no – a fucking egocentric lying con artists and real estate bully, reality show you hare fired fucktard that have failed more times than can be counted living in his golden tower that most of all look like a Russian oligarchs Palads. – Give me a break bro,. I get it that Biden is not really a favourite candidate, but if you don't understand why Biden got elected, then let me explain – he did not get elected because he is Biden, he got elected because Trump did not deliver close to anything and he could not handle the Corona Crisis, he could not calm the American people down, unite them and steer trough it as a leader for all – instead he just kept dividing you all, most of all to get attention – a fucking moronic performance, and no swamp draining, just firing people that would have a different view as him.
And now you will be back to square one, the system that you hate (with good reasons) will continue because Trump fucked up his chance to actually do something for the people other than just divide them and use the usual "it's them against us rhetoric" that is being used everywhere when populistic agenda is being launched. OHHH SOCIALISM DANGER. You don't know shit about it and you will never have socialism in the USA, but you might have to register to buy an army grade rifle, which in my eyes seems pretty fair. And forget your fucking oil jobs, and steel jobs and all these traditional jobs – Robots are coming, and most of these jobs are gonna be gone in 20 years, so you and all of us better prepare for some changes – the future has just arrived.
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Well I did not like Hillary, I do not like Trump and Obama had a great character, but what happened behind the scenes was just as bad. In most places around the world people are being lead by nuttcases suffering from one or another disorder - as average people we must consider why that still is so.
I do not know exactly what will happen under Trump, but it looks like it is gonna be a kind of American Purge and that it will take some years - I guess we will soon be under Chinese economic leadership, whatever that means in reality. As such I do not like the Chinese much, pretty grouse and cynical in many aspects, but they have the momentum and when they do stuff they see it through.
What one have to realize about the China is the immense potential for economical growth. The Chinese can go and build a whole new city for 10 or 20 millions residents and they do. That is equal to a new New York or new London each time they do it - Just consider when was the last time such an immense plan was executed in the USA or in Europe ?. That is how immense the Chinese potential is.
I´m guessing, but I think the Chinese economic power will already be present sometime during 2018 - and the USA will have a lot of internal challenges to be solved at that time. Europe might be in an even more soaked situation between the power transition, while not being able to truly unite - as we sadly never could in Europe.
In any case all people should start to consider local growth plans, be it local services and craftsmanship, repairs and local production - especially locally grown food could become a real saver. And do fight to keep your water in the hands of the local community. We can not live without drinking water that is the very basic of it, whatever you might stand politically - if the shit hits the fan and there is no water you and everybody else will be doomed, we can not go hunt new drinking water neither prey for it to be clean.
Try to unite out there and especially int eh USA - remember you are named "United States"....
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Economy doing well can mean so many things – it does not necessarily mean well for the common people.
Also, economies can be boosted to do well for a certain period of time but it usually tells nothing about the later costs – overheating an economy can also become an issue...
But in regard to well-doing economy It is much more important to ask e.g – if the economy is doing so well, why don´t every American have access to decent healthcare without having to go bankrupt or work 3 jobs to pay a medical bill. It is not exactly a minor group in the USA that is uninsured or underinsured.
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If the economy is doing well, then it must mean a surplus somewhere and then it must be asked – what is this surplus being used for or where does it go?.
Any idiot can say that the economy is doing well, but if there is no addition to the statement it does not mean much. Even the statement of more people having jobs does not necessarily cover it – you can employ a lot of people if they are on the edge and literally have nothing and being hired and paid little to nothing. No paid maternity leave, no paid vacations, no work security etc. – that sounds more like China – which is still run by the Communist party regardless of their open market areas.
Economy doing well does is not necessarily the same a nearly every person in that economy doing well.
The economy in itself is not the goal, it is what you do with it that matters. Most economies can not keep doing well without some costs raining in somewhere or some declines, so the momentum of doing well must be used to do well – it is not throne that can be sat on forever because time continues as history is created. Usually, only those that already have more than they possibly ever use will not really feel these declines, whereas the people on the other end will literally die from it.
Trump at one point stated, "We have so much money we don't know what to do with it" – Well that's were a consciousness leader will try to do something for more people and not just continue to harvest from him er her self and the most elite or build a fucking useless wall. But Trump is Trump and he likes to talk about lightbulbs and Toilets flushings if he not tweeting about everybody else being corrupt, fake and disgracefull.
If the economy is doing so well on his watch, he should give free healthcare to all those that need it. That way they can work longer and support the economy longer time. But the GOP and Trump tried it already and failed miserably – even with the majority in both the House and the Senate. I guess Corrupt, fake and disgraceful pretty much summons it up, not to mention incapable.
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No, they do not look exactly the same – You might as well pick any two objects that serve the same purpose and say they look exactly the same. Car models are made to serve certain target group needs, therefore they are usually formed within the same dimensions and the production cost are managed in the way that the car can be offered within a certain price range. If you have little or no affiliations or emotions for the looks of example a car, you just pick the cheapest one, since it will properly get the job done anyways. On the other hand, if you are able to see the differences or have brand affiliation you most certainly will not pick just any of the offers.
Scroll back in the video to the 4 cars in mention and take a second look – not one of them has the same headlight design, not one of them has the same C-Pillar design, not of them has the same shoulder line, not one of them has the same grill design, not one of them have the same side intake design – but yes they do all have four wheels, the engine sits in the front and therefore they all have a grill, they all have four doors because that is rather practical etc. etc. – What you state is simply wrong; "exactly" is far from "similar" or "alike" –
They are all important cars for the manufacturers, they were all going through a design process by different design departments and individuals wanting to reach the same target group – Therefore none of them look completely different in the base dimensions and overall form – but it is also the reason they do not look exactly the same.
Nearly Everybody has an opinion on design, but most do not have any clue about it at all – Design is not wildfire decoration exercise but a complex combination of many inputs and elements that intentionally have to serve a particular goal, within specifications, demands and needs, while at the same time create a difference to the competition.
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Bernie used the "Social" word in his 2016 Campaign and despite that had polls showing that he would most likely knock trump cold down at that time. Essentially that 2016 was a mess within the Democratic party and that made more room for Trump. Add to it that the Campaign against Hillary and the immense Social Media voter construct of the Cambridge Analytica was tipping a large scale –Or in fact, it was not even that large at the end.
– As European, I was literally shocked to see the actual (popular) votes being in favour of Hillary, but that the Electoral System "changed" the outcome – At that point, I simply lost any belief in the US election system as being a viable democratic construct (I know it is a republic) – even the term Popular Vote is still Alien to me – A vote should just be a vote.
Gerrymandering is yet another completely absurd and obviously abused political election tool – it should not exist.
Furthermore, I am completely positive that no two parties can represent all the interest of +325 Million people – it is absurdly simplistic contrary all the other elections stuff being absurdly complicated and it makes the US democracy linger in the status quo as it does now. If more political parties was represented it would secure that the politicians would need to do actual politics including compromises and not just blocking the only other party. The people of the USA is essentially a very complex mix of many origins and so is the local cultural regions and is yet another reason for having a broader Political spectrum represented.
I also do not understand the American Worker – The conservative narrative is immense and when comparing US worker rights to European workers rights the differences are huge – Essentially the American Worker has not gotten a raise in about +30 years, add to it the lack of Materanti Leave and Paid Holidays combined with privatized healthcare makes the American dream smoulder into a nearly barren landscape of workaholism that more simulate hidden slavery than a modern society. If anybody is telling an American person that they live in the best country in the world they are simply dead wrong ·– The USA is more and extremely smart construct of hidden but essentially organized Tyranny played at the Everyone for himself, be proud, be strong and keep winning – which logically is impossible for everyone to do, so you end up with a few winners and a lot of "losers". But I guess that the Unions was bullied and corrupted into nearly non-existent organisations, wielding no real power at all. That again is a noticeable difference – the European Worker Unions are still represented in the political negotiations between the State, the private sector and the workers which makes a huge difference in why Workers right and benefits for the European workers are much better than for the American Worker. I must add the European worker still might be somewhat nationalistic and/or conservative in his or her political view, but since there many more parties to vote for, the choice is not reduced into the "Conservative" vs "Democratic or perhaps more correct Right vs Left.
I sincerely hope that the USA will get a new president at the next election – I am not suggesting who that should be or of that person should be a Republican or a Democrat, only that Trump is for certain a really absurd president that has achieved nearly nothing but tax breaks for those that need it the least and pulled the USA out of so many international agreements that suggesting the USA is being the leader of the free world is becoming a farce of epic proportions. Guns and hardcore religious beliefs are a thing of the past and not a good combination – just look at the middle east – everything the US officially is fighting it does in its own backyard. It is not what the world needs now, it is not the way forward.
USA! Get a better leader, that is at least not so obviously self-absorbed, literally ignorant and obviously incapable of doing his job.
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While I am for EVs this documentary is a bit one-sided, but the wake-up call is still a good one. Germany has nearly always been a slow mover, but usually when the decisions are finally made Germany is usually also extremely effective in executing those goals. This Video shows some facts about what is on sale, meanwhile, I can look out of my window in Berlin, or on the App Store and see quite some offers for urban electrical mobility including cars.
German EVs...
The E-Golf is on sale in Germany, the BMW i3 has been on sale for a long time and was till about 2017 the most sold electric car in Germany (Not to mention that it is also extremely lightweight and have more recyclable and recycled materials than anything else currently on offer). Mercedes is coming with a whole new range of EVs (EQ) – one for nearly every segment, Smart is coming as an EV, VW is also coming with a whole range. Audi has already put the E-Tron SUV on sale and many more are in the process. Porsche has just released its first EV and when considering Europe, both Jaguar, Renault and others already offer EV´s in different segments. So looking with a slightly different view, the German car industry is not excluding EVs at all – One could state that at least for local (EU) foresight, the German car industry perhaps want to make sure that a charging network will be available to the rising numbers of EVs – else if will for sure be regarded as a failure. Strategically it is not always those that move first that harvest the victory – in fact with technology the development cost are often huge and it is much cheaper to copy the best stuff and leave out all the mistakes – Just look at China.
Apart from that, the video is correct about the german engineering jobs that need to be redirected, but yes the Germans are working on that too as the video is showing. Another prospect of the EV is replacement parts – That is an area which is not often mentioned but is still a very large part of the industry's income and its service networks. E.g EV´s brake disks will run much longer along with a huge part of CE replacements that will no longer be needed for new EV cars. On the other hand parts like tires, rims, vipers, lamps, Electric cabling will still be replacement parts. Still this will be a blow to the industry's income, – but it will be same for all manufacturers, except those who have started as EV like e.g Tesla.
What properly bugs the minds of the German Auto Industry is how they are to maintain conceptual advantages on their EV offers ahead – On the top executive segments it will not be a problem, but on the entry and mid segments it might well become one and these segments are indeed important. But overall it is a problem that all car manufacturers will face – New generations are not really that interested in cars or they do not have any big wishes to own a car – the final nail in the coffin comes with Autonomous vehicles – You can not promote driver-related POS´s to customers not interested in the subject since the car will drive them (BMW), technological POS´s (like Audi) will have a minimal impact, since if you rent a Shuttle or participate in a community-driven shuttle base the services are to be expected part of it – just like with leasing. Luxury seems still to be on many buyers mind, so at least for that part the German industry still has a few offerings up its sleeve.
And frankly, while the change is happening fast and also needs too – Germany is far from completely asleep on the subject – it is just a very big ship the needs to take a sharp turn and currently there is still a very large demand for e.g SUV´s even that it does not make any sense in terms of our future planet prospects. I am sure that the "old" Auto Industry is fully aware of the timing and when to expect these trends to change more radically, at least in the more traditional markets in Europe and the USA. China is, on the other hand, booming ahead and they do not have the obstacles of "Democracy" and the Bureaucracy coming with it, which gives China some huge advantages. But China can not be blamed – everybody wanted in on China without considering the long term effects of giving away technology.
So they better get up on the horses and invest in what is going to be in demand, and that for one big thing includes a large number of nationwide charging options – Norway is showing that it is possible and as she said – Get work done on the subject – a term every German can understand or least should be able to understand.
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@mssouth1964 That is right, and also one reason he got elected at first. But IMO he did not show the real leadership needed and he was also a weak political player, like when he had the gov, shut down over funding for his wall – a bad scenario for him and a win-win for the Dems, and may I say an easy win, they should just say no. Secondary he failed to lead in a crisis, the still is around – there was not much great leader over that, nothing that would help people trusts and unite in such times.
And similar scenarios are where he starts cracking up, showing that his ego overrules the smarter choises – he hates not getting his will, he hates losing or rather not winning. Hitler also lost because he was a bad strategist on the war map, being obsessed with almost fictional realities, neglecting the advice of his far more capable field marshalls and Generals.
And now again he is dragging the stuff out, one can only speculate the reasons, including anything from the above mentioned, to economic gains, the pardoning of a lot of people to the execution death sentences – I mean what is it he wants to be remembered for?
As well as I hate the political establishment for all its games, Trump was and is just another game, with a plan that is hard to see or most at the time even understand.
Biden won because Trump did not seize the moment to unite America and propel ideas of the new Great America so that all could see it with him – Hi completely failed to voice a program for the next 4 years, and he failed miserably as a communicator in times of extreme crisis – sorry but you do not win swing states that way – regardless of who you are for that President position.
The best thing Trump has produced in his 4 years is getting so many people to vote, both for and against him.
He is a divider, not an uniter – and after all, it is called the United States of America, not the Divided States of America.
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@mssouth1964 So perhaps your President should have taken the security briefings, secondary not let Putin play him like a fool. But he did not take the briefings and he was played, and now apparently the USA has been hacked by Russian links and not a word from Trump.
Spies and agents are a part of the big game overall, they are there and have been all the time, but the real serious agents you will most likely never hear about anyway. All countries have spies and agents and most of the times they are not there to inflict an ideological system but to prevent conflicts arising, to gain the upper hand in those and of course also focus on military operations, and natural resources, industrial secrets etc. Get over your Socialist Phobia, you have no idea what it means as explained already. No countries in e.g Europe are to be regarded Socialistic or even further out Communistic, they are at best Social Democracies which is something completely different – so get a fucking grip about it.
And I say again that so very few people even on the very left would want to live under a Chinese or Russian leadership style – because it is authoritarian, meaning that your votes do not really count, and the parliamentary diversity is non-existing. Anybody who would like to live under such a system should think twice, the same as no one would live under a pure Monarchy since it is essentially the same shit.
And the USA should be mindful about its system because your political diversity is officially counted in 2, while in reality, you would properly have political ground for at least 5-6 different parties. You have Gerrymandering, you have an Electoral College, and you have immense influence by the most wealthy organisations – not something that is really reassuring for the future of "western democracy" and thereby what is thought to be the best in "Freedom".
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The problem for the UN speech by Trump was not the laugh but the actual content of the messages sent by Government of the USA. In fact, this speech was the most coherent speech I have ever heard by Trump – And it is a scary scenario that is being painted but at the same time nothing new at all. Expect a War on Iran as it has been planned for at least back to the Bush Jr. period. The resource game and the bankster Elite are still exactly where they have been all the time. In the moment where Trump should get in real trouble be assured that the US War card will again be played to divert the attention and to momentarily unite the nation of the USA. Expanding the military budget of the already immense US military budget is the strongest hint one can get that a new military conflict soon will be needed to keep the Military Complex Running. Not till this devious and problematic loop is rerouted and changed nothing really will change.
Again as it was with Bush the "Either you are with us or you are against us is being used" – That is yet another hint of an escalation in process and in reality a public treat. The USA has the largest army in the world by a very large margin, it is the largest seller of military equipment and so its market is naturally in conflict and war – even for defensive purposes you need to have an enemy to account for the immense spending in this sector. Donal Trump might be an idiot but it is not him who in reality is pulling the strings – He is very good a creating a circus and thereby a perfect diversion away of the real challenges that the human race face on the planet.
One could hope that Iran would be really smart and lay down and pay the good dog – Since that would create some real headaches in the nasty parts of Pentagon and by their many contractors and Trump would no longer have that all Ace US war card to play. But remember that Iran is closely connected to Russia an Putin – so all that we see might not be as it is seen.
Trump speech mentioned the integrity and patriotism of every nation – but that is such BS when the US is the nation in the worlds with the most military bases spread around the globe. And North Korea is not really a target of the USA, because it is too close to Chinas borders and there is not much to steal (gain) in North Korea anyway – it is more pre defensive concern than anything else. Only that lost battle a long time ago might still annoy some stern and too proud old military generals inside the USA. Irak, Libya, Egypt, and Syria is already outplayed – What they need is help not more war. So what countries are left worth invading – Count it by their oil and natural resource reserves to get the picture. It is not even about stealing the oil, but to have access to it that counts – and if it can help lower the oil prices it is just another bonus.
Trump's speech where for Trumps measures a rather well-executed speech – The world might laugh at Trump for the moment, but we will not laugh when yet another disaster scenario unfolds with troops and civil counts escalating in yet another 10-20 year war scenario in the middle east. John Bolton is now on board – he has been a key figure whenever a war was to established – This man in the WH spells war disaster coming, make no mistake. Unless the USA transfers a large part of their military jobs into civil jobs – Wars will be a continued necessity for the US economy and for the Elites control of the world's resources.
I am tired of laughing at Trump how entertaining it might be – the fact is he is the POTUS and that his administration consists of mostly absolute nut cases or people with extreme connections into the Banskter elites. I have a hard time believing that these people are the best people that the Republicans can muster to lead the USA for the benefit of its people.
In any case, expect a war scenario to unfold right around the moment where Trump will be under really nasty pressure – unless Pence is calculated into the plan.
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Sorry, but I´m not sure that anybody really knows Trumps exact plans. What leaders, politicians and media personalities say is not necessarily truth, neither is it necessarily lies and it can be both - But there is no way to be sure without evidence. When investigation leads to a dead ends, the next choice is nearly always to follow the money - Which in this case is the essence of it all.
This is not about politics really - This is about tax evasion on a very high level and it includes persons from all over the world and from all kind of political segments, Queen of england, Syrian President, people in Trumps administration, Some very rich so called Democrats, Bono U2, Russian Billionaires with ties to Putin, Apple, Nike and the list goes on an on. There is no political ideology here, its all about the money and its all about not participating in the societies under their respectful laws.
Other than that - Yes consumers do hold a lot of power if they buy products from "healthy" companies and producers - Companies that do not appear to act as alienated from society. The best way to know companies and producers is usually to buy local, not only national but local whenever possible.
I hear a hint in what you write - Getting the jobs back. But we might be too late for that, since the AI and robot revolution is coming to the doorsteps extremely fast now, and that sadly will generate even more people without a job, unless we are getting re educated/updated to move a long with that progression.
If we consider why all those companies and people move so much money to so called tax heavens - Then one must at least consider the possibility that some of these people expect a economic change or perhaps even some kind of collapse - and those with money outside, will then have an extreme advantage in the aftermath.
People in general does not care that some people are very rich - but its not right if these riches are acquired by extractions of taxpayer money, neither if they are gained by illegal activities. And no one should ignore 21 Trillion dollars - That is such an immense sum of money, that it will be hard to describe what can be achieved with such a sum if it where to be put into active use in the various countries and amongst the people and the legal businesses and companies.
The Paradise Papers are beyond Trump - Its a far more extended practice, a far more complex net of very powerful people and companies that all seams to utilize the exact same loopholes for the exact same reasons.
At least it must be fair to conclude that there is no morale to be preached by the Persons or the companies who participate or is linked to this tax evasion catastrophe. They are avoiding to pay their fair share to the societies in which they live and/or operate in and must therefor be regarded as profit leaches.
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Civilizations come and go and have been doing so for at least 10.000 years – With various unexplained Monoliths around the globe, the period might much longer than 10.000 years. And even if he should show up I am quite sure there is little he can do, if Bilderberg members bring on Aliens into the midst of the chaos, along with Trump going to Jail even turning water into wine is not going to clean the oceans from microplastic or stop Genie Oil and Gas looking for more places to find the black gold, while the international Troops are sent into underdeveloped countries to fight proxy Terrorist armed with weapons from the USA, Europe, Russia, and China.
I am also sure that the sentence God Bless America or any other religion and nation praising their God when they go into war committing rape, murder and spilling blood generally will eventually lose its popularity and so the planet and most of the idiotic humans we are will cease to exist for a period – Which properly all in all will be a good thing, at least for the planet and its other inhabitants. God, Jesus, Allah and other supreme entities can take a rest and do not need to continually pay attention to all those worshippers constantly praying for one thing after the other, fearing everything and denying any responsibility in the mess – because it is so that God intended it.
And I am quite sure that no one on the planet today lived 2000 years ago meeting Jesus to get the warning directly and unchanged from the source – So essentially it could simply be Fake News – at least it would not be the first time that the endgame has been worded while still not happening - At least that is a truth.
"Religion is for people fearing hell,
Spirituality is for people who have already been there".
David Bowie
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Well, that is at least half or more of the goal – Keeping people scared, keeping people in fear. When we live in a fear state we behave differently and for some, it means to be more open to radical opinions and there are many other behavioral impacts of "irrational" fear state. This fear state is and has been constantly nurtured over many decades and in particular post-WWII. The Cold war was a very prolonged fear state and later "The war on Terror" – Which essentially was a staged and to some degree pre-planned campaign, which is still in motion.
If you live in the USA – War coming from the outside into the US is highly unlikely. Strategically the US sits in a very solid spot with the two largest oceans on either side – and there is very far to e.g. the Middle East – A place like Iran is about as far away as you can get from the US borders. Thus not to forget – but the USA has the largest Army by a long shot in the entire world. If something extreme like a nuclear explosion is gonna happen – be assured that the USA is not the place of the event. Offcourse it would still be a catastrophe of immense proportions no matter where in the world it would take place. If you live in Israel you have far more real reasons for having a higher state of fear, but even that can be discussed to some degree.
Most of all there is a power game ongoing – and it has roots in the control of natural resources, Oil, Gas, and prospects of pipelines. Russia would be the biggest threat in that regard, but as long as Trump is on some level with Putin a full out War is not going to happen – at least not in foreseeable future.
Most of these war "jingles" serve many other purposes – one part is to keep the War industry running. Without wars or prospect of wars and conflicts zones, the stockpiles of weapons and munitions would be so immense and the market for buying war material and munitions would simply decline, which would have a huge impact on the US and also the European economies. Ringing the fear bells of war is simply a way to keep a continued support for having a strong military force which can be used to control the access to the resources in case other deals are not possible. It is economy first and was for a very very long time.
Many wars before even WWI was funded by the same world-leading families and they funded both sides of the conflicts. There is no money to made by the all-out destruction of the world – but prolonged wars on foreign soil is on the other hand, fortunate for those with the money in that industry. Just an example: But in the beginning of WWII Ford Industries delivered most of the engines to the German War Vehicles – So when you get this fear – remind your self that it is most of all about the money and it is a business more than anything else. Full out destruction and in particular with nuclear weapons leaves the soil and thereby the resources or other business prospects, like rebuilding contracts more or less inaccessible – That is not good for business.
it is tragic that we are still in this primitive state of mind, but do not take all the war "jingles" too seriously – at least not in a way that impacts your daily life a negative and non-productive state of fear. Perhaps the Trumpy "Fake News" has its real point in this regard.
Cheers ;)
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I like the i3, but the last coupe concept they made of it just before they changed it to four door was looking quite a lot better. A such the Swift might be slightly dated now, but when it first arrived to market it was certainly not criticized for it looks, because at that time it had more personality than nearly anything else in that segment, thus it was well driving and it sold a lot.
Actually both these cars deserves some respect; The i3 for being a completely different approach taken by BMW with a strong fan base of driver enthusiasts, yet BMW did it anyway, that is courageous. The interior if the i3 is a automotive chapter by it´s own means - No other modern car has only B surfaces and the use of sustainable materials and the development of production methods and research to get that to work is more than extensive.
The Swift deserves respect because, as already mentioned it was a cheap, broad segment car, yet with quite good production quality, well driving and exterior design that was very well received and stood out from the crowd.
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Not sure I follow you on the "no difference between "radical islam" and islam". With all the main religions we currently have and have had, the issue of the message(s) is very often a matter of interpretation, which then spurs various actions which might be radical such as killings, suicide bombings, other related violence or if we go back in history e.g. Witch Burnings. Is that not what defines radicalism, when persons or groups of persons make actions that is to be considered Radical by the general morale of the current society.
I guess one would not be labeled radical because of being e.g a Republican, but if one is a member of and active KKK fraction and a Republican, then the definition could be somewhere around the "Being a Radical Republican or Radical Rightwing. In the same way if you have a Muslim that lives a normal life and does not make radical actions against others, then he or she can not be called a "radical muslim" contrary to the Muslim that picks up a suicide belt or plants a roadside bomb etc.
Most persons that end up taking part in radical behaviour either have severe personality issues or they have a dramatic history that lead them into this - Revenge would be just one example factor, perhaps coming from desperation of loosing persons you love. A few might be born into a social group that lives by a radical order and therefore might never have learned or experienced anything else. Last there are always men who just like to see the world burn.
I can not see how "Radical Islam" and "Islam" can be considered the same, it would be like saying that all "Christians" are "Fanatic Christians Willing to kill in the name of Good".
There is also Football Fans and there radical Hooligans - They do not share the same view on how to celebrate the game.
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@mssouth1964 Trump is closets to leaving office, and perhaps even leaving the USA. Individual rights work well in the USA if you have enough money, the winners take it all, so stop the whining about lost elections and fraud from someone who has been a con personality for most of his grown life. Trump failed to create a "collective" mindset for individual freedom because injustice, exclusion polarized divide, hush money and continued lying over doing close to nothing, have nothing to do with individual freedom, neither does your shotgun. If you need a shotgun to feel safe, then you might need to consider why you actually need it.
And extreme collectivism has nothing to do with adjusting a supposed to be a balanced system in regard to the leadership chosen for a country for limited time periods. And here we go again – every time you hear anything that you can get to rime on Socialism, you unite and prepare for war, not understanding that e.g Europe have had Social Democracies for decades now – and a variety of governments in the different countries from right over centre to left, and that it is not Scocialism.
Sorry, but "you" might consider having been fucking brainwashed with the word "Socialism" over the last +50 years – perhaps replace it with "Teamwork" and add "Dignity" to vocabulary for the individual person. And please do me a favour and put some weight behind this fucking word "Freedom" [what does it actually mean, Freedom to do what?] that seems to get everybody a hard-on, while you are being screwed over by large cooperations and individuals like Trump. Yea! just give them all free reign and every American can reach the American dream.
Did you know that in 2015 the USA ranked 21 in the world, for countries with the best options to actual reach the so-called American Dream – just chew on that for a moment. If you have money in the USA everything is possible, if you don´t you a quite screwed and the military might be your only chance. So stop talking about that socialistic nonsense, even the far left in the USA don't want a new fucking China or Russia – nobody in their right mind would want that.
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@ Keven Dudgeon. Yes essentially you are right – For non-nuclear military Force, the US does not have to fear from nearly anybody else. But this fact does add to the hypocrisy at play – If the US does not fear e.g Russia on the battlefield, then they should have very little to fear from Iran or North Korea. But how many times has it not been portrayed like that? eg. At the beginning of the Irak invasion – Ohh the Republican Garde, later Al Queda and ISIS. Well, that is war propaganda at best.
A little bit below these PR scams something else is lurking. The fact that even with the immense US technology at hand, Russia does have pretty good countermeasures. An example is their mobile missile systems – They are not exactly new new, but in combination, those 3 main Russian mobile defense missile systems are pretty effective against various intrusion objectives that might come from the Western forces either as planes, drones or missile. The latest iterations of the Mig Multirole fighter is also still a very capable warplane vs Western warplanes.
Then there is the Morale aspect of the men on the ground. This is a cultural interesting aspect. The US forces are in general highly bolstered up – Let´s Go, Le´ts Do this! etc, the classical US over the top mentality, the unit hype moving forward approach – But when one studies the aftermath of many US veterans – deep human wounds are obvious, like a mirror that has cracked to reveal another far less heroic revelation. The Russians have without doubt many similar cases, but the "Slav" mentality is far more rural and pragmatic with the terrifying spice of also being extremely raw and brutal. In a prolonged ground engagement with casualties on both sides the Heroic image of young western soldiers will be likely to crack over that rather crude giving no shit vodka approach. Such scenario will eventually only leave the best-suited soldiers on the ground and that will even the unbalance severely.
The biggest and most important asset of the US War machine is without doubt Air Superiority – And it is like that because in nearly all post WWII scenarios no enemy had anything even remotely that could pose a challenge to Air combat and strategic insurgents like missile strikes. But put the Russians on the other side and there will certainly be casualties on both sides. The US will still be supreme on the battlefield, but not so much in the press and in the public. The West, in particular, is very sensitive to a large number of own casualties – And I am not saýing that Russians mothers won´t cry, just that it will not matter so much due to the way Russia is governed. A huge movement in public opinion for a war with many casualties can be the very loss of a Western offensive.
If the US did not have any fear or respect for the Russian military they would have hit the Russian Tundra for natural gas a long time ago, but instead, it has been a +50 year slow creep avoiding direct confrontation. There are for sure many other strategic, economic and political reasons for this, one being the oil flow that comes from Russia. Russia is still the 2nd largest oil producer int he world after the Saudis and Russia still do sell its oil on the open market – That is, of course, another major reason not to "intervene". The West and in particular the US wants access to that black gold as a Junkie wants his fix – When the fix is offered at reasonable prices and traded in US Dollar there is little intent to break that set up.
Overall Russia is the war opponent that the US has the least interest in meeting head-on no doubt. At least for now or till a set up will allow for nearly no human losses and the Western War Command is assured to keep the upper hand from the very beginning.
And yes, as you Say; Puting is not that Stupid – In fact Puting is far from stupid on the contrary he is highly adept and knows "the game" form the inside which is something that can not be ignored in the case of an escalation. A commander in chief must be able to make the right decision in a war scenario and I am sure as it is now Puting is superior in that part vs Trumps ego-emotional and unpredictable de-rails.
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In nearly every case with Trump he has started off on the wrong foot, then later to come back and appear to fix it, mostly brining it back to where it was – Essentially he achieves nothing but media coverage.
In retrospect his is nearly incapable and the best current deal for the Republican party is a status quo, because he is not the guy who can not make it happen. He did though achieve one major thing and that was the tax breaks for the top – it happened while everybody had their jaws hanging down wondering what the hell this guy was up to – but at least now it is pretty clear that he is up to no good and even if he was he could not make anyway.
Spoiled, incoherent, narcissistic, ignorant, illiterate, repeatedly lying, trying to make everything a large thing on his behalf, performing best on the golf course, In best company with dictators and the old enemy Russia, Exploiting his own assets for Tax payer money and he can´t even cover it up. Not only does he have all these bad traits but he is also way to old and I am sure the system behind it knows that he does not have a clue. Even from the very beginning he stated publicly that he did not read the security reports from the various national US security organisations – Crazy.
Trump does what he always has been doing in the Trump Organisation – making some deals he think are really smart and bullying it off if it turns out it was not so smart afterall. He is far from fit for the job – way way too many interests at stake both domestic and international – he can not fathom it all and he can not fake it all – His only chance is to just be Trump for as long as possible because that is the only thing he knows. He is also a split personality which sometimes makes him unpredictable even for the hawks add to it that he sometimes is a bit lucky – but that should not really be the positive traits for the president of the USA. This guy is a complete failure as a President unable to do or even inspire the slightest trust to all those that looks in the direction of a world leader.
All Presidents face various problems that they can not always solve – The big difference is that Trump is the problem.
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It is not easy to clarify completely or as any factual truth. The war for resources like oil and gas has never ceased, but since 9/11 and in combination with the internet the "reality" has changed drastically for the common person. Conquer and divide is not a new thing for the power elite and for politicians – but what can be staged now is immense. In that regard what used to be far more independent news media in the West is now more or less contained within 5 mega-conglomerates, that is not good for the general diversity of the mainstream media flow. And I mention that because another fact is that many countries in the West have large generations that now are getting pretty old, which sadly for a large part turns to very narrow viewpoints, conservatism and "it was better back then" type rhetoric. The problem of the large older generations is that many systems will soon be on a heavy financial challenge to service the generations that are no longer productive – But it is not all on them far from it.
Financially the West have overall not really made any significant steps to create more longterm based stable economies – instead, the speculation market has skyrocketed out of control with e.g algorithmic automated investment systems that create fast turnarounds which have nothing to do with the actual and real productivity in a country. Even further this financial systems have speculated to far worse extend with collapses and taxpayer money payback like in 2008. One economist described the long low rent influence on the market as a person who has been on cocaine for 10 years and then suddenly stops taking cocaine with major recovery problems to follow.
Also "Starving the Beast" must be mentioned – just look at how much the low-end salaries in e.g the USA has stagnated over the last 30 years. Countries with weak or corrupted unions have paid a severe price for this lack and at some point, a person can only take so much before frustration becomes an everyday sate. That is when the divide sets in and we humans have a really bad habit always blaming others to avoid seeing our own fails, or part in creating our own misery. When the "beast" has been starved enough it will eat nearly anything, bark and bite at anything. It does not take much news to get the public to rise against e.g Muslims or other minorities "Acts of Terror" etc. – looking at the real numbers for these events in comparison to the media coverages and their effects on public opinions makes it evident that it is a highly political and manipulative endeavor. That said we can not neglect that the West has lived on a somewhat fatal illusion about what really brings happiness and prosperity to the majority of people – Pure Materialism is certainly not the finite answer – Democracy is after a certain period of time doomed to fail due to corruption and nepotism and brutalist communism or national socialism has never worked either. As such one could say that in our materialistic life we reached a new high, but the downside was falling into a form of luxurious apathy leading to ignorance to more large picture warnings.
Overall we must simply acknowledge that our so-called industrial revolution and also the so-called "Very High" living standards of the West has come at immense costs on many levels – everything from oil wars, the abuse of slave-like labor in third world countries for cheap productions, our never-ending need to constantly growth leading to highly controversial productions methods like GMO, use of Penicillin on healthy animals, pesticides ending in the water reserves, and a Pharmaceutical industry that has very doubtful agenda – reading: "If you completely heal people you have lost a customer", and many other highly destructive events. In all this race to stay on top, to lead in the world we have completely forgotten that we all live on the same one planet and that our resources usage has grown to insane levels – Even last year the world had used its quote of available world resources in August.
Our way of modern living is simply not sustainable, our financial systems have become speculation wealth that does not reflect the real productivity of our societies, The internet has opened the gates to an immense amount of valuable information – But users are still suckers for "reality show news", fast drama and TV Candy – Essentially we have neglected the often quite nasty facts behind the "machine" that has brought us to this point in time and we are still neglecting it.
And lets also not forget that moving technology to Asia and in particular to China was essentially a fatal strategy if anybody wanted the West to maintain leadership status in the world – But the world at large is not driven by such thinking – the West is now driven by fast growth, fast earnings, short term populistic and highly nepotistic politics and no real broadly accepted or even debated visions for where we aim to go for the next 50 years. That is something that China has already laid out as a 5 pillar concept. If any leading politician in the West would read out the 5 pillar concept from China – we would drop out jaws in hearing such thinking spoken out loud.
Trump is properly the mark in time giving a very large hint that we need to get our shit together and that the politicians are not gonna solve anything really, that the market-driven forces will continue to think profit and that we "the people" are in it and essentially the only ones that can bring real change by changing the way we live and the way we reflect about the lives we live. To continue as nothing has changed and as nothing will change is for sure fatal on so many levels.
What we are witnessing and what you rightfully call a chaotic TV reality show is a very large hint to question what is our reality? – How did we end at this point?
Post Trump will surely leave some rather big questions for the general public – Is this really what we want? is this really the only way?. And for the world and for the USA in particular, the understanding of the word "Freedom" will need redefinition and re-clarification.
"It is not the strongest, nor the fastest of species that survive, but those most adaptive"
– The question is if the West wants to adapt in pure necessity with no other options or if the West wants to be clever about it, plan ahead and start implementing general changes to our perception, understanding and of our current way of living.
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Well, it used to be, so did the Landrover and the Range Rover - How many G-Wagons with the V8 twin turbo does actually hit the dirt these days and even from back to the late 90ies. The G-Wagon was a "Geländewagen" as a diesel with off roads specs and rugged simple technology derived from the German military. But not to include it in this SUV list would also be wrong - it is mainly obtained for the exact same reasons as all the other POSH Suv´s – "big presence enlarge my dick I am bigger than you" and perhaps some extra space/practicality. Most AMG G-Wagons drives mainly in urban environments. Those G-wagons that are actual work-related vehicles does not come with a V8 Biturbo and operates in environments where digital breakdowns can become a real problem.
Off-road vehicles and SUV´s are simply stupid in urban environments. They belong on the outdoors and as work vehicles – Photographers, Border patrols, Rescue, Land inspectors, Veterinarians, Farmers, Foresters, Surfers – anybody that has a real reason to go offroad and bring transport capacity, load capacity or towing capacity.
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It is not Islam really – it is the way it is interpreted – We have had the same shit not that long ago with Christianity, which burnings and whatever cruelties was put on the table for those in power to remain in power. In older fashioned societies the pride of the Family is highly important – that essentially means a weakness to be exploited. The West, Russia, and China know how to play this all too well and that is what we essentially are doing. These conflicts could never escalate to the level we have seen in the "Arabian Spring" without the West, Russia, and China providing modern arms and munitions, thus intervening when necessary to keep the control of the access to the oil and/or for Geostrategic long-term concerns.
Sadly what you call Islam has, in fact, little to do with the bloody mess we are witnessing. It is simply a culture that has not yet given up on pride as a main driving factor – an as said something we smartly (but sadly) utilize to maintain our own goals – Which most importantly is having a constant flow of oil coming our way. Without oil a large war cannot be effectuated – read oil reserves. Without weapons sale to e.g the Saudis no Jobs and no oil in return. Seeing Islam as the main problem is simply wrong – It comes in as many interpretations as Christianity does – You can have Christian Hippies and Hard Rock bands or people who bring their M16 into to Churches. It is not different than Islam in that aspect. Only about 2% of the entire Muslim world is to be considered extremist. That apart one must also recognize that a large part of the Muslim world is essentially very conservative – in fact currently a very large part of the entire world is rather conservative. When you got Conservativism at large it means not giving in to change, but let things remain as they are believed to be – that is yet another trait the can and is being exploited by the people wielding the real power. If I say Family and Country first to an American - I am sure that he or she will agree in a lot of cases – Tell that to a Muslim and be assured you will get the same acceptance in most of the cases.
As they say in Thailand Same Same but different.
Last but not least – If anybody sees Islam as the major problem of all this mess, then consider that we are selling for billions of modern arms to the about most conservative Muslim and Sharia Law based country in the World Saudi Arabia. Goodnight and thanks for all the Oil – here are some weapons now go kill each other making our aftermath job a lot easier and prosperous.
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geheimschriver Properly (in the cases stated with dictatorship) we (as in Europe) would like to do something about it, but I am quite sure we could not do much:
1. The USA has the largest standing army in the world equivalent to at least the 5 next largest armies combined.
2. The USA being placed in North America makes it very difficult to conquer – or in other words, to actually put boots on the ground to regain control.
3. The citizen of the USA is armed to the teeth and would make any case of the above even harder to do.
4. This may sound sarcastic and it is, but with the education level declined on so many areas, thus the indoctrination of US citizen post-WWII, it would perhaps be very difficult to establish any reasons that would resonate with an uprise by the US citizen. This part is a very unfactual statement, but if a majority or close to a majority are choosing the dictatorship, then why would they want anything else, at least until most would have suffered enough over a longer period.
5. in a US future dictatorship it would also be very difficult to use "propagandistic" methods to turn the tide against the dictatorship – since powers in the US are already at top of that ballgame, even the Military has special branches for these parts of the war machine, not to mention surveillance systems like the NSA.
6. Did you know that the 2nd largest language in the USA is German (Sieg LOL).
The whole problem of Biden in a worldview is that "we" have essentially come nowhere and only learned that Trump definitely was a step in the wrong direction.
After Trump, we will be back to status quo, and strangely that is to be considered a win because the alternative is unbearable.
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They are partly changing course because the USA as a nation clearly was compromised by Russian interests – That does not go well with Conservative ideals. "Communism" and Russia has been hammered into peoples minds since WWII as the enemy, the really bad stuff "Anti Freedom". Trump was acting weirdly powerless at several meetings with Putin – That was noticed by all sides of the political spectrum, but then fast forgotten in all the media chaos and havoc Trump can bring with a single tweet.
Everybody even FOX and friends must now also consider what Trump and his team, in reality, can do for America. The rich already got their tax deductions, Trump has no Healthcare plan to replace Obama Care, the Military already got a +60 Billion budget increase, The Wall was a major flop and Trump played it the worst way possible. Properly his best public act has been North Korea, but in essence, it has lead to nothing concrete for the future – last meeting was a flop too. Several of his leading team members are openly inept, singleminded and completely lack experience in their respective fields, such as e.g education.
And what is then left – People like Bolton who has been a warmonger and radical covert establishers since before Bush, Barr also a Fixer also from the Bush era. The perhaps only good thing is that Trump very possible do not like real violence and real war. But if he has no other cards to play when more dirt is coming from the ongoing investigations, chances are that the dark side of administrative USA will again as usual turn to War to heal the broken American dreams and unite the pride in the nation.
But even that might not go too well anymore since most of the Oil reserves are already secured and on the long term might not be that great of an investment due to new renewable energies in combination with stricter rules in many countries an regions. Trump is extremely old fashioned and has no real visions that can turn the tide for the USA – All he has done is to poke to the nationalism blaming all problems on immigration issues. This is being done everywhere and it solves nothing because it is far from the only problem.
Clowning, lying, harassing and media scapegoating through a Presidency as important at the USA's is no real leadership regardless of which side of the political spectrum you belong too. Perhaps this has begun to dawn on FOX news and they rather see another typer of Conservative leader, they can support without having to become utterly far out in their political defences.
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I do understand your point of view but it is simply not right, here are just a few examples of beautiful German cars: Mercedes Gullwing´s, 1965 Mercedes Benz 230 SL, Mercedes S class Coupe, AUDI Union, BMW M3 CSL, BMW M1, 1974 BMW 3.0CS, Porsche Carrera GT - Track back in history and there are many fine examples of German cars that came out rather well. Let´s also not forget the VW Bubble, "Käfer" perhaps not beautiful, but certainly not a dull car seen in the light that it dared everybody else at the time.
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That front design I really do not comprehend. The Renegade is bad too but that at least keeps some Jeep DRG DNA. They both look horrible in still images and a little better when in motion. The stance is quite okay, but not as good as the earlier generation Cherokee. From the rear and side they have managed to keep some Cherokee identity but it is overall an awkward direction - To my eyes it feels like they tried to hard making a new contemporary direction and then landed in the middle of the flight without reaching the end destination. But at least many of even the more expensive cars in the SUV market does not look well resolved either. Many of the German SUV´s actually looks very bad too but they have a stronger brand appeal so they can survive it.
Jeep should perhaps have taken much closer look at what Range Rover (since their heritage is of similar nature of the true off road credentials) has accomplished in terms of creating a new generation DNA exterior design without losing it´s key visual identity. Wether one like the Evoque or not it is a marvel of compact SUV design for the hyped city customer.
Though I´m really not a fan of the new Renegade I suspect that it will sell better than the Cherokee if it is priced correctly - That awkwardness will be much more acceptable in it´s segment also on export markets. On the other hand this Cherokee might not loose too much on it´s home market, but as overseas export product I certainly have my doubt´s. The interior is simply not up to par design wise. It´s not bad, but it lacks distinctiveness and quite some bit of refinement for this segment. E.g. That gear leaver! it looks like something from +10 years ago - That is simply such a lame design for a brand new car in 2014. While certain areas like the digital designs are pretty well rounded the lesson of making the interior B and C areas much less visible and reachable, have not been applied well. I do not honestly understand why Jeep in 2014 will make such mistakes, with so many new talented designers around eager to get onboard.
Jeep is a good brand with a trustworthy heritage and I´m really happy that their cars remain excellent off road, but in this segment they competition is freaking hard and as stupid as it is, those SUV´s are not gonna go much in the mud. While the exterior is a subjective one, the interior is where the most time is spent behind the wheel. If Jeep make statements to be on par with AUDI in the interior quality and feel, there can be no room for mistakes or lack of dedication in design refinement (Then it´s better to under promise and over deliver). And I do not mean in material only - the good solutions usually is not only about how much can be spent on expensive high quality materials, but how much can be extracted in the shapes to create emotion and conceptual consistency enhancing the things that can bear it and hide those that can not. This interior suffers from lack of an overall conceptual consistency IMO. That is somehow not in line with the price tag.
Take a lesson from the design approach of the new and also awkward looking BMW i3 - In that car there is no interior A areas, It´s nearly all B or C, but that cabin is contemporary if any. I´m not saying it´s the solution for many cars or to the like of all customers, far from it - but that is not the point - The conceptual approach towards making great interior without the all-out luxury direction is something that should be of interest to any company with a perhaps limited budget. Think it differently to make distinction and create more personality. Jeep certainly thought it differently on the outside so why go so average on the inside?.
Seriously Jeep has created an ok, but rather awkward new Cherokee - Somehow they did not go far enough and landed blandly somewhere.
If I was an advertising agency to launch this car outside the US I would ask;
What is the main POS of this car?
To that I can not find any answer...
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No I would not buy it (even if I had the Money). The reason is simply that it´s box layout is, despite all the aero carnage, very dull, heavy and stiff - The dynamic base shape/profile is simply not very pleasing nor exciting for a supercar. To be specific: the mid section has no dynamics, it looks like a well trained person with no curve dynamics - same width size over the breast as near the kidneys.
No matter what is designed - if the foundation, the base, the core is not right, then whatever effects added will not make it better. This feels like it trying to hard to be hard for the sake of being hard. One can wonder what the catch is, what is the idea behind it, where is the spirit that has driven its creation. So no I would not buy it - there is plenty of other options for that kind of money. Even if one want something very special or crazy, simply take a Supercar and go to a well established tuner team and create your mad dream or call Mr. Koenigsegg, Mr. Pagani or any of the top car creators and make them create a one of a kind for you.
I actually wonder how Italdesign of all, went a long with this. They have created some extreme beauties, but sorry this is not one of them.
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Segment Refining - Cars are for the most part not exactly cheap objects and when you have developed a modular platform it´s "easier" to make variations in the model range - that adds up to the customers choices so they can choose exactly what they like and stay within the Brand.
Secondary there is no resting in the automotive business, continued refinement and optimization is part of the game and most cars really first become great after a few revisions. Thats very outspoken in the sport segments where the ultra versions arrives very late in the model life - That has party to with the developer knowing everything about the car at that time, meaning they can release its full potential while maintaining control of it.
So when you make more models you also have to adjust and refine many things, that often leads to new but minor inventions, smarter solutions, saved something here and there etc. etc.
A modern car is a ridiculously complicated object, that have to live up to international and local safety standards, effectively appeal to the designated target groups, live up to the Brand Promises, and please the customers individual preferences. Whole factories are build to produce certain models, so it is extremely important that the model will sell. Optimizing the sale also happens by making variations within the model range, and you minimize the risk of the customers switching to another brand by having more models on offer.
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Pro´s and cons to nearly everything – If we can save materials, increase safety, optimize and in general at the same time do nature a favour and thereby our self, then that is a Pro.
But there are plenty of Cons as well – AI could and has already cone of the tracks, one powerful AI going rogue could infiltrate a very large part or the whole internet for that sake, with all sort of consequences in its trail – And it could do it without our knowledge in its own language. The more things that are connected the larger the risk.
All this does not help humanity very much at this moment in time since we are mentally not ready – too much struggle, too much competition, too much worry, too much fear and way too many emotional decisions not bearing fruitful outcome. How are we going to handle decisions and actions by AI´s that are smarter than us?.
– As long as there are goals to keep track of everything we do, then there is always a flipside and that is the side of abuse, manipulation, distraction, diversion. I doubt that those very few people in the world that are already in the centre of very impactful decisions making are willing to let this influence go to a smarter AI that can not fully be controlled – Put perhaps it is something they already can not control idk? – or perhaps they are already taking advice from an AI developed for their purpose.
Secondary I would certainly be surprised if the Military Command was not already having some AI that could calculate various scenarios and risk assessments and thereby influence decisions. In the Military history, post the industrial revolution, it has always been assumed that the Military had things/technology that was 20-30 years ahead of current time – If that is still the case is up for speculation, but I would assume that they at least are not behind the current development.
As AI´s will become better at assimilating input from human experience, we must also consider that an AI at some point could assimilate a Psychopath and then it is certainly not a very helpful nor prosperous endeavour.
Overall we are already playing with the fire in regard to AI and we do it at least officially at the exact merit of what Maurice Conti describes – A positive and problem-solving opportunity for things we could not develop. But at the same time, it becomes clear to everyone that the users are the products and the test "dummies" of the current world leading companies – If this does not get solved then there can be no doubt that the outcome of the AI will be a two-edged sword and how sharp the blade will be and how deep it might cut nobody can foresee.
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Let’s not forget that Ukraine is a natural resource jewel in Europe, thus it was always the tactical knot for Russia and its defense capability. That said Russia completely miss read the actual situation and kept doing all the wrong things. And unfortunately yes it may become a very dangerous situation - everyone has talked about it, but we are unfortunately too hasty minds and forget that we don’t want a war, but a solution. A common enemy is also a dangerous aspect, because it always works in uniting against the enemy, but it often also opens for social fanatism and thereby possible blindsight.
But as long as Russia wages war, not caring about people in general be it the Ukrainians or it’s own soldiers, then it’s hard not to choose side with Ukraine and to support Ukraine. Finland and Sweden are sovereign states and they can choose as they want, it’s not something that USA or Nato could really force, since then it would had happened long before. It happens because Russia is handling or actually is in lack of handling the situation they created themselves.
If you pick a fight and strike first, and then realize that the opponent is not gonna go down easily, then nobody will hear your cry outs, and if you then follow up by telling you will kill everyone - well you are not exactly working for your own honorable, decent or acceptable way out of the fight.
Let’s no overdo this, and remain calm and focused on the actual solution that needs to be formed, because Russia seems unable to in their own capacity.
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@rm5282 You might be right in your assessment, I can not judge that. In my opinion and as a European I find it hard to understand that two parties can represent the interests of +325 Million people. My guess would be a that a third party would not even be enough – I could easily see 5-6 parties in the USA. But one does not need more parties just to have more, it is more like when you have different representation you force the politicians to work with compromises and thereby often find more balanced solutions. Not saying its like cherry fix all. Another thing is the issue of the corruption of politicians and their parties – this will become will be more difficult with the power structure spread out. You have one king and only he need to be corrupted, you have many leaders and it becomes more difficult to corrupt them all at once. The Culture of the USA is different than overseas no doubt about it, but as with the two major parties the rest of the culture often seems very "dualistic" it is either or, and anything in between is regarded weak or it becomes too complicated to comprehend.
If we take a look at the Trump supporters, then that is not one group – as already mentioned many times many that voted for Trump does not even like him or the way he acts, the bible belt made deals with the current government because of money interests, while in ideology Trump is really not their perfect man. In the 2016 election, the support from Trump came from 5 major groups, including small business etc. Then you got conservatives and centre orientated democrats, various groups of liberals, and progressives, people who both want business and green tech, then you have the major money players which so far was heavily represented by the Oil industry and big pharma, the first one which after all can start seeing then end to their reign, and then there are extreme left and extreme right movements – and the American Voter essentially has only two choices.
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Also not to forget that Trump very often uses the good old "Tell the truth" but avoid mentioning who you actually are addressing. E.g: Trump; "I am all about corruption" – We assume that he means fighting corruption, but in fact, he just told a truth. On so many occasions he says something and appears authentic – But one must listen closer and flip it one time – Could he be talking about his own team, himself etc. would that still make sense to what he said and very often it does.
And then there are all the obvious Grand Narcissistic traits like "I am a stable Genious" – when someone has to say that, it really means "That is how I want to be perceived" as the "stable genius" but when you say it out loud it usually means the exact opposite: "I am an unstable idiot".
All the things he claims to know – flip that around and you know that he is in most cases talking about all the things he does not know.
But that is not only Trump – in the USA many people will say yes and or comment on things they have no clue about if asked. This is a shield act, a defence based on a fear of not fitting in, not appearing unknowing, not appearing up to date with whatever is on at the moment. it is a sad cultural habit that if continued only will make everybody feel even worse than they already do – If they felt just reasonable good about who they are and what they know, they would never have a reason to lie about something they do not necessarily have to know about. the answer would be like: Never heard about it/them – with the follow-up question that states that the person is curious of nature, "What is it?" or Who is that? etc. The reason people do not know stuff is because they are not curious to search for topics they do not know about. I do not know how many times American people have failed Gerografi questions – but it is a lot, a sad sad tendency that you have been domesticated into certain beliefs, that more than often is very far from the actual reality.
And now to back to Trump. Consider if you have ever heard Trump ask a real and relevant question in public?. I can not recall it.
A person that claims to know everything has already failed, since the person would then know not to blatantly say it out loud since valuable answers do not need a sales speech or glorification to be recognized as valuable knowledge. Put it another way: If you ask a person on the street "which way to this place?" – then you do not need the person to tell you that they know all the streets better than anybody else – you just need the person to point and/or explain how you get to that place and the options you have.
Trump usually blemishes himself with the "I know it better than anyone, believe me" often followed by the "Right" – seeking the confirmation that you believe he knows it – but he never shares any details, insights, or even well-balanced hints about the subject he talks about. Again you have to flip it - then realize that whenever he proclaims to know a lot about something, he properly knows very little about it – like Snippets from the News etc.
Persons suffering from heavy Grandiose Narcissistic disorders are usually trapped in a rather cold world with underlying chaos that will not rest and their only medication is self-centred satisfaction – like being acknowledged, appraised, applauded, glorified, winning over others, bringing others down etc. – If that does not happen due to their Intelligence and/or wisdom then they will seek it like a junkie will seek his/her fix. Forcefully and with no remorse or any other moral considerations bring themselves into a position where this need can be fulfilled.
– And yes that is the current President of the USA.
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By reflection based consensus I mean that everybody must start to (at least try) to think a little different – meaning to reflect up on why a message is coming "your way" and what it actually means – ask why I was sent and what the purpose of it is or what it could be – it would mean to make a secondary reflection on the subject to avoid acting directly or "only" on our emotional responses. There is nothing wrong with emotions, but they belong in certain life situations better than in others.
When we are engaging on Social Media and as described in the utility of CA used to wire and strongly affect our perceptions – in this emotional reactions becomes a tool to be abused by those who intend to move us towards different perceptions fitting their agenda. By consensus I mean to collectively understand that our emotional reactions must be challenged by ourself regardless of who we are – Like some rules that are never written down, but something that is understood broadly by a community or group because it serves the group purposefully regardless of different opinions within it.
We are humans and we are strongly emotional beings so it is not an easy thing to ask to set aside these emotions and it is also not the real purpose, but if we do not have that extra layer of reflection running, we will remain open targets for emotionally driven content, which essentially often have a completely unemotional goals – Like; Power, Money, Diversion, Confusion and the most utilised political tool "Divide and Conquer" in other words Polarising intent.
it is a huge challenge but considering that social media in fact also makes us able to debate and discuss nearly globally, we must try to reach a consensus about how we react to all these constructed influences. The line between truth and reality is becoming constantly more blurred on the digital world we call the internet – because everything can be produced to fit the individual user (target) and it is nearly impossible for each user to check sources and validate content thoroughly.
And even here we must also consider why we discuss various subjects – Why do we do it?. There is not only one answer, but for sure we are trying to understand what is going on – Why does one person have this opinion over another, Why can´t or will this person not understand my view or why can I not understand his or her view. If we do not apply a reflection based mindset then we can not expect the outcome of the debate to become fruitful or useful – Meaning we just remain stagnant in our own perception of what is and we remain polarised and so we are fairly easy target regardless of political sides or otherwise.
Overall I have no answer how to achieve this consensus – but it is evident that most user profiles have real people in real lifes behind it, even the "Trolls" are real people and so is those that perhaps works for professional influencing companies. Everybody has a history, a social background and it is natural that these factors have had a strong influence on how each person see the world. I would simply advice to remember that when we communicate and to apply similar reflections when we debate or react to content.
– Remember that our emotional nature can subject to abuse, so think twice before you react.
– Remember that one message on a subject might not be the exact same as another user have seen.
– Remember that behind the text in a thread there is mostly real people, but in some cases there are people being paid to act as other persons...
– If you suspect that a professional influencer is at work – then regard it as You being on to something important to the subject debated.
– Remember there is a chance that a strongly emotional driven content is manufactured to catch You – Ask what is the purpose or intent of it.
– Acknowledge that everything on digital media is subject to information gathering – Nothing is for Free, never has been.
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Secondary and fully on my own account I find that Prejudgment and large scale Generalisation is a huge problem in the global debate.
I would suggest anybody regardless of political side and standpoint to avoid these two verbs when debating. If you have numbers or other fact based knowledge then it is not generalisation anymore. Prejudgment is a "super negative" that leaves out any openings for a constructive debate – But it is often what brings people to debate.
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Jumping to the second part and the issue of a European Army – As such I do not think that this was a real "hot" idea within the EU in general, even that it must have to come to the table as a consideration on various future scenario debates regarding EU geopolitical role in the world. What has put more fuel on that idea is the paradigm shift that has happened with the Trump policy direction and the USA pulling towards itself and the EU in general not liking that move.
And yes you are right ColdFusion – nothing really great has ever come out of to much centralized power in general. I am really not for War effort at all – but as a European, I must, in fact, consider this subject due to the US relationship becoming shakier.
Europe sits in the middle of a lot – anyone ever played "Risk" knows that holding Europe is very difficult. So if the US cannot any longer be generally trusted as a solid ally (and or the US could say the same about Europe) then Europe must act in one way or another. Creating much better trade with Russia and the nearby east regions should be a very high priority since that trade is a much better solution than any war (The conflicts in Ukrainer later years has properly given a strong hint to the challenges, with also USA interfering).
Never the less a coordinated EU army will stand stronger than single country individual armies. The problem is of course that a single EU coordinated or lead Army can be used offensively and thereby become yet another world bully or simply put abused for other purposes than the actual mission of having a strong defense.
Another problem that might arise from it could be a conflict of Military sales interest – currently, nearly all European countries are producing or sub producing military equipment – but that includes sub production for many US military productions – this includes Artillery, special parts for the F-35´s program and many more. With an EU Army under one command and a weakened relationship to the US, surely certain productions would not be prolonged after their contracts end and then we got the mess of Military technology agreements, "copyrights" sales competition (which is already but would properly become much more openly and fierce). That all points in not so good directions asking for Trouble.
But for me as a simple European citizen ( I do not live in my European country of birth but in a neighbor EU country), surely I would also not like to see neither Russia or any another military power even consider taking offensive action against Europe - So this leaves me in a real dilemma – Want a strong European Defense in case that US keep contracting as an Ally, at the cost of problems arising from centralized military and European military productions. With Brexit upcoming and the right-wing movement of divide seaming not to disappear anytime soon, much more of Europe could again become scattered – that leaves individual countries vulnerable to outside aggression and perhaps even very hostile military maneuvres in the weaker east EU member countries. If that happens who is going to do something about it if the might of the US military is not there to back it up?.
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Okay! so it is again back to minority punching politics (also known as eradicating the those that do not "fit in" – also known as Nazism) – Though Europe certainly is not without faults, I am happy that I do not live in states for what is coming next... And fucking hell, Trump said at the National Emergency speech that:
"We have so much money we do not know what to do with it"
– Well perhaps do not cut small budgets for well functioning minority groups, fix the payment system for the Veterans, fix the infrastructure, and stop making it even easier to pollute and poison the nature with no penalties at all. But Noo! let's start the next season with hammering on the Special Olympics, "those cripples do not deserve all this attention and for what, what is it good for?".
"We are soon gonna be known as the Healthcare Party" – Great! that is like companies saying we have "Great Prices" without explaining what that really means.
– We are known as the Party that completely privatized Healthcare once and for all with no way to get back for anybody. Follow up with people leaving their homes to live on the street, where they will get sick and it spreads around – Now everybody will be completely buttfucked and in the hands of yet another absolutely non-trustworthy business segment – The too large to fail insurance companies, that already robbed its taxpayers once back in the 2008 crash.
But at least if the Resume by Barr even states that it does not exonerate Trump, then it will very important know what that is...
And by the way, I think that Trump still has forgotten the fact the House has an opposition majority – He is only used to bribe and/or threaten any obstacles from his Business – if that does not work, then make a lawsuit, buy some time and influence some judges. And the sad parody of a broken system lead by power-hungry egocentric and sick humans continues.
So. yes "Drain the Swamp please and not the people – anyway a good deal of "Swampers" working on the Trump Watch got the law in the face – So far that is not Broken.
I do not think we have seen the end to the madness that might unfold around the white house in the coming months.
But if you give the current Trump friendly republicans a little finger, then they will try to eat all of you, that is simply how hungry they are...
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"Devos" is a concatenated form of the Dutch-language surname De Vos (meaning "the fox")
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The Art of Lying with Truth...
– take the answer Trump gave to the Finnish Journalist and then listen to it one more time while assuming he is talking about himself the whole time (Why he can sound convincing).
This technique was also used under the Bush, "Terror" campaign – it was actually the Bush administration that installed most of the Terror* so they could speak "the truth" 90% of the time only to call out their enemies as the only real lie in the talk. This is a deception technique and it is highly effective in sending out "body" signals suggesting the person is telling the truth – which might be a key to why Trump appeals to his most core fan base.
*(Their frequency of repeating the word Terror in all communication, was immensely high)
Trump is always bragging, can´t help it no matter the subject – That is yet another trait. When you willing or have a need to brag about something it suggests the first category of the Narcissist "Promoter" type. These seek affirmation, getting credit and applause. Leading to next step which is the Trickster/manipulator type (Somehow he is just not that smart (politically), but plays it out anyway, Happy Ignorance. And anyway He is just used to be able to pay his lawyers and fend the scam off that way). And there is the Victor/Tyran/Bully type – When Trump is angry or Horney that side comes out – he will also claim whatever to be his doing. His sad tune face is yet another part he often turns to – lowering the voice, tipping his head on the side – that is like asking for forgiveness, but his voice is suggesting "Pitty" with an underlying disgust – because naturally his is the President and you are just another Fake News Journalist – "What could you possibly know that I don´t" – And that is a lot he doesn´t know, and then comes the "Truthful Lies" again, delivered with Brag, "Nobody has done what I have done" – Yes that is quite obvious.
Play, Rewind, etc
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The American problem is significant – The cultural focus on winning is dangerous when the reason for winning is forgotten – Usually, the reason for wanting to win would be to apply a change and thereby exemplify and implement a better solution (excluding sports) – You can not do that if the application is all and only self-serving purposes – That is not a good enough reason. In fact, winning for the sake of winning is various degree aligned with narcissistic driven ambition, sociopathy, and psychopathy – you just want to win because it makes you feel better through the loss for the opponent and thereby exemplifies the lack to feel better for other reasons and actions than just winning. Trump's methods are most likely like water drops in the ocean when compared to the most powerful persons and families in the world – never the less Trumps behavior and often blatantly open disgusts are a huge hints to the essence of the problems the world is facing and have been facing for centuries – Power Corrupts and more Power Corrupts more.
The Republican party´s questioning to this hearing is contradictory and not at all investigative – it is furthermore extremely aggressive on a personal level. It is fair to ask Mr. Cohens about his miss-doings – but not a single question was raised towards his 10-year of work with to the current President. It is contradictory because Mr. Cohen was hired by Mr. Trump, taking orders and following decisions made by Mr. Trump. Similarly, the other side of the ile has chosen the exact same direction with the opposite goal. As with a lot of things, as mentioned above, the purpose of winning has far outplayed purposes of far more significant value. The battle between two parties is a farce – a display of a democracy bankrupted of any unity, common goals or will to create a better life for all people in the nation.
When the supposed leading nation of the world cannot display a reasonable process and its representatives chooses to shows its teeth constantly, even in a hearing – everyone should recognize that there is no example to follow – Winning for the sake of winning is as said not a good enough reason wanting to win – if it is anything then it is most comparable to a virus or a loop that can´t be stopped.
After these processes, it will or at least should be very hard for the USA to enter in foreign military actions based on the promise and claim of Democracy and Freedom, since the corruption, entanglements and mafia alike methods are apparently the norms of the most influential and powerful people, dripping ever down through the ranks till it is accepted in large numbers and completely accepted as a way of life. The USA with Trump at the steering wheel exemplifies everything that is wrong with the USA and proposes so little that should be right. At least the hearings are televised so that everybody can see and judge for themselves. That is not the case in all countries – but two wrongs do not make one right. It raises the question how a "normal" person can be a nationalist, law-abiding and country loving citizen when those chosen to lead are so detached from the very basic principles on which the nation was founded.
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This could the beginning of the end for Trump – he is starting to cause major damage, like with the Kurds for his own business only and the question will become, who falls with him and who pulls their hands already feeling the heat. But before that one must remember "House of Cards" and the play for Pardoning.
Trump plays blatantly open now, saying things out loud that are illegal for him being the President – which can either mean he is immensely stupid,
or that he feels very safe about that he can not fall even under Impeachment. If it is the last one, we can expect even more chaotic choices from him, more havoc, scandal overloads and more bloodshed to come due to his actions, since if he cant not be taken out of office it means he can do what he wants and so will do – the narrative being the President is immune to the laws on which the republic is based on = Dictatorship, Tyranny = Not a democratic construct.
Mike Pence is a farce! - Just using slow talk to try to be smooth and hope those dumb enough can not remember what he was talking about to being with.
– "A real Christian without a sliver of sin in his aura", yea right!. He wants to be President for sure, but he is too deep in.
What actually happens if Both Trump and Pence are being removed from office?.
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From a Dane...
What worse is that the USA brings out the suggestion in public considering that Denmark has been a complete USA ally post 9/11 and in general also before. – Among the first 3 supporting countries to go into Irak, constantly supporting USA operation in the MiddleEast even that our (I´m a Dane) military is extremely small, the symbolic value is never the less essential.
Denmark is part of the F22/F35 program and delivers the special ceramic plates to the planes. Denmark is a Nato country and our former Minister of State Anders Fogh Rasmussen became Secretary of Nato, before he moved to the USA working for Goldman Sachs and a Weapons producer ( I hate this dude) but the allegiance to the USA has been unwavering despite Denmark being a Kingdom and true Social Democracy with amongst other things free healthcare and nearly free education.
"Freinds" and/or trusted allies should not go openly about such radical issues making unnecessary havoc in the media – its a fucking disgrace by the current US Administration to bring this issue up. At least all sides of the political spectrum in Denmark and Greenland was like "No".
THE USA NUCLEAR BOMB IN GREENLAND...
Btw, The USA missed a Nuclear Bomb post-WWII in Greenland – it has never been retrieved (or a least publicly been announced to having been retrieved) along with the chemical mess that was left behind as well. Nobody wants to talk about these issues but it does not mean they do not exist. My theory is that it was left there on purpose as a security device (booby trap) in case of a Russian war settlement in Greenland. I have nothing to support or back up this idea and I am not an official, political, military or parliamentary speaker of my Country.
I am just infuriated that Trump would bring up this "buying Greenland issue" so casually not considering who is friend or foe of the USA. He is reckless and his advisors like Pompeo and Bolton are amongst the worse warmongers and mischievous people inside the White House, Pentagon and the private natural resources industry. When the President of the USA brings up such an issue, then one can not help thinking that everything regarding honour, allies "either you re with us" etc. is just plain bullshit all the way.
DRASTIC CLIMATE CHANGE PROOF
And perhaps Trump and Republican party should start to face the fact of climate change and get back into the international conventions and goals on the dire subject – in fact, that is a secondary output of this proposition – the Arctic is melting and it opens up for a possibly huge amount of natural resources – that is the proof of drastic climate changes right there served on a silver platter, not even needing scientific facts to back it up.
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An EV of today should not have a "drivetunnel" taking footspace from the rear floor – that simply does not make much sense – There must be a way to solve that better or?.
I have absolutely nothing against EV´s even being a long time car fan, but I am slightly surprised that Matt like this car so much – Luggage space and system was not solved particular well, that high ridge from the seats. He did not at any point get even close to the range promised and a few other details – okay all cars have something good and bad, but with EV´s the main turning point, meaning people converting from combustion engine to electric have been range anxiety – So at least one should expect that to be reasonable close to estimated, making a very valid salespoint.
Personally I do not like the design much, mainly due to these very large front wheel overhangs – I do not like that in any car, it weakens the stance – and here again I really wonder, like with the "drivetunnel", why the layout has been designed that way when the platform is all electric. Surely it will not take many years before much more efficient designs on EV platforms will hit the main stream market. When it is selling that well one should somehow expect a larger step forward from Nissan and a next generation Leaf. In my opinion a Zoe is a much better looking car, its not the same segment, but the design language is far more charming and contained and the same goes for Tesla model 3.
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It has its own strong character for sure, but I would not call it pretty or elegant like an S-series, it does though have a modernistic next-gen soft human thematic. I get that they have worked hard on the aero and it may have influenced the final design a lot, but that A-pillar to hood height is massive, especially in 3/4 front view and I do not fancy that much, especially since there is no storage in the front. Difficult to judge but the sound in the Taycan (from Vids) sounds a lot more exciting vs very heavy in the EQS. The Interior is beautiful and I noticed that the Concept Car Image from the EQS has been removed for a start design surface - in any case, the usage of the passenger screens UX is apparently rather limited, but hey it can be upgraded later on. Overall I am sure that many Mercedes fans and also other customers from other brands will consider it, but before some solutions are found to lighter battery technology, the super luxury brands will continue to have immense weights which in some aspects is contradictory to the whole purpose of going electric. Remember that the BMW i3 on the release in 2016 had a weight of only 1,195 kg (2,635 lb) as well as a lot of recyclable materials – Just sad that the main BMW department was so reluctant to engage with the new electric department at the time, letting Tesla getting ahead by a lot. The best thing about the EQS is its range potential and comfort – but let's just say Germany got a very slow start into the E-mobility and might still be struggling for some years before their IT departments are fully up to speed – never the less the EQS feels like Mercedes mean it, and they'd better with all the concepts they have produced over the last 5-10 years.
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I’ll give it all a very BIIIG like 💪🤩👍
🙏🏁
This show is so compact and full of energy,while being on top off all main car points, and Matt, right balance between info, valid points and viewpoints for the various buyers, added humor, over the top in a great way, even the worst jokes do not get cheap really, it is simply “entertainfoment” on a high level, and it is to the point without being stripped of emotion, excellente Senior!
🖖👽✌️🏎______
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Ever heard of boats, submarines, planes, helicopters, drones, ladders, ropes, tunnels – A modern defense or protection system does not necessarily rely on a wall or fence. Think about what kind of sensory equipment is to be found inside the US military Arsenal. Secondary the war on drugs has never ever ended because it is a war that can not be won unless the demand for drugs ceases and/ or secondary because it is legalized and produced locally. If there is a demand the gains are so big that no wall will do nothing to stop drugs from entering any country. As for immigration, a wall might stop a few desperate actions and attempts but in the bigger scale of things, those doing professional trafficking use a variety of methods – also meaning driving straight through border security. I might very well be that there is a need for better border control but Trump calling it out as a national emergency is pure nonsense – If you got a traffic incident you do not start the aid by planning to build an Ambulance.
For Trump, the Wall is Symbolism and has been from the very start – Everyone can dream about a big clean beautiful wall without realizing that reality is way ahead of a wall.
It has nothing to do with Liberalism right vs left etc. – it has to do with the question if a wall will do what it is supposed to keep someone from getting in or someone from getting out.
Secondary if people keep hiring cheap labor as with the drugs there will be a demand – someone poor hears there are jobs in the e.g USA, that in itself proposes a better life option that what this person might be facing right now – which are often no chance or options at all.
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Electoral College and Gerrymandering Is in the time of now, not a viable democratic construct. A vote should be a vote and count as such.
– The first time I heard about the Popular Vote in the USA.. Whaat!?! What does that even mean – You Vote for the candidate or party that you think should be the next to lead the country and that is about it.
It is also far off to think that only two parties can represent the opinions of +325 Million citizen – A parliamentary structure would force politicians to actually do politics to get anything done – in such a construct they need to negotiate, win some lose some. Not everybody can be on the winning side all the time since that would essentially become a Fascistic setup and dismantle any ideologies presented.
If the fragments of each of the two parties in the USA would be split up into what they actually believe then there would be several Parties in the USA.
Republicans, Nationals, Conservatives, Christian Conservatives, Libertarians, Progressives, Green Party, Democrats and most likely a few more. it would mean no certainty to control either the Hosue or the Senate, and therefore spur real political debate on real political issues.
As it is now nothing is being done. With Trump leading nothing can be done because he is Crazy, unpredictable and can not keep his mouth shut even to hide a scam – he will blatantly brag about anything for attention. And so the whole thing just evolves around his possible misdeeds and nearly nothing else. Even when the GOP had both the House and the Senate they only managed to get the tax deductions for the most wealthy – Their attempt to get a new health care plan was an immense failure, which just shows that they are not aligned in politics and so they should not be represented that way. Hillary vs Bernie was another example of two political directions that does not entirely line up and so they should not be represented that way.
In the Land fo the Free, they should be freedom to choose who you think is the one to lead and elections not essentially coming down to only two choices.
Republican Voters currently migrating to Democrats is good because of Trump, but parliamentary wise is a short term action stopping the current bleed and not a cure for a continued or rather renewed political diversity in the USA. Trump stirs so much havoc that he can openly say stuff like "We secured the oil and are considering what to do with it" without any large media taking notes and questioning it – that is how screwed up the situation is. Getting back to Normal seems like a very far away option, which properly nobody really knows what means anymore.
Trevor Noah is always on point, sharp, witty and humane – he is able to see stuff from various sides and lining up the absurdity of so many things.
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Essentially they do not know what to do about it, even that their own scientific institutes say that our state is alarmingly critical. They do not know what to do about because they have not yet learned to flip their games in "positive actions" rather than always having a secondary agenda based on quite short-term profit gains.
The USA and its allies are still waging wars in the middle east – it has nothing or very little to do with Terrorist, but mainly about controlling (the access to) the oil resources in the region. Recently it has become clear that Genie Oil and Gas have been allowed to extract Oil and Gas from the Golan Heights (by Israel) – These hold more Oil and Gas resources than what Saudi Arabia has – So the Syrian nightmare was not even about those competing gas pipeline to Europe but about the Golan Heights reserves. Checking their strategic advisory board members it is clear to everybody that nothing in this regard has changed; Dick Cheney, Robert Murdock, Jacob Rothschild, OM, GBE and several others of the same caliber.
To get back to the topic and considering the lobby chains behind the current Government in the US administration, it is impossible for these people "in the middle of it" to change anything and the reason they have to tell bullshit and lie more or less all the time. We can not expect them to do anything really, the interest behind them are far to powerful. Without enough oil flowing into the USA (Even USA producing itself as well) the mighty US military will not be able to operate continuously in case of a larger conflict – essentially rendering it far weaker than it numbers and technology suggest. – This would be like losing your main asset, the thing that makes you lose have the upper hand in the Geostrategic game for natural resources.
I am happy to see more and more young people getting aware that their own future might be compromised far more than what is being portrayed most of the time. The planet can not sustain our way of living – the number of resources we use and adding to one of the important issues – all the meat we eat (cow meat that is). Cow meat has a higher influence on the planets C02 than all the cars together – but two wrongs do not make one right. The only difference being that car emissions are adding other toxins along with it. Excluding to talk about the GMO based industrial productions because that topic adds a whole lot of other long-term problems.
The in fact only way to change our current direction is to start consuming differently – Large corps are there to earn money – If consumers buy different products be assured they will find new methods to supply the demand. It is not a beautiful prospect and they will fight is as long as they can, be eventually they will need to change course as well to keep selling their products and services. The power of the people lies in their wallets and what they spend their money on. The poorer the people are the fewer options they have to change what they buy – So the insane and ever growing inequality between rich and poor currently is providing yet another more efficient change of global longer-term sustainability goals.
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Gaddafi was a "classical" dictator in the middle east, non the less he was far from hated all over the Libyan population. When he came in power the literacy level was below 18% and when he was removed the literacy level was around 80%. He also made many other progressive laws that would support agriculture, marriage and several other practices.
The middle east spring planned by the former Bush government has been a complete disaster in terms of the promises to make democracy - which naturally was never the intention. The intention has been to stop Irak, Egypt, Libya and now also Syria to prosper into the next step of their nations development. These steps where right about to happen even under those 3 dictators and would have made all the 3 nations much stronger in terms of economy and development. Apart from that the access to the Oil and the main influence of Saudi Arabian reign in the area naturally also played major roles, not to mention the Production Wheels of War that has too keep spinning and making payments for the oil and jobs, income and remaining military budgets for the West.
But the havoc is real now - Libya is a complete mess run by extremist militia groups, controlling the libyan oil and selling it to amongst other the Italian Mafia - For the money earned these militias buy weapons and ammunition to continue what they do - which also includes Human trafficking etc etc. What is left in Libya that could be called leadership has several times asked the West and in particular europe to help since the removal of Gaddafi was spurred on by France, when Gaddafi called upon the African leaders to re apply the gold standard - Which in the current economy would tear apart the Oligarchian money systems as we know them - They are nearly all based on the Black Gold Standard and the OPEC set up.
While all this might be very good for the West seen through cynical and economic eyes - the fact is that a large part* of the refugees coming from theses zones has the West to thank for their current chaotic situation (Not only*) and it then becomes really double morale when the Anti Muslim agenda is agitated so harshly through populism in politics when we in fact are those that creates the possibilities for the Radical Extremist groups to flourish and reign freely. We go to war and intervene in the name of democracy but only leave death, suffering, disruption and complete chaos in our trails.
And I am not saying that the middle east does not have its own internal problems - it has huge amounts of them since when it all comes down to it - Many part of the middle east are still in old tribes relationships that unleashes confrontation if it is not kept strictly with little religion involved - like is was with Gaddafi, Murbarak and Saddam and the very reason why they where removed - The West does not like stability in other parts of the World since that spurs prosperity and growth locally which directly means growing competition- So much for the so called free market economy - its bullshit and a lie.
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"We" The Human Race is not ready at all – We can´t fix shit and even when we can fix something usually some idiots will try to avoid the fixes at all cost – we are continuously adding to the shit we leave behind in our delusional self-importance of being the smartest beings on the planet earth. We are existentially self-destructive and emotionally overcharged – having the technology, planning ability and all sorts of learnings to our disposal and still, we take photos of our lives while the boat is nearing the waterfall. We never have enough, not only materially but for stimulation and entertainment as well. The worst sickness yet is Greed, and next to that Power followed by unhinged ambitions often we no real purpose other than spending some untarnished energy or trying to become something or somebody before we die. The world we have created is not normal – its Fucking far out and completely out of synch with the planet we live on.
The Western World live in a synthesized bubble lacking any real connection to the planet and large part of the rest of the world is either caught in problems leaving little to hope for the better or they also just want the same thing that people in the west have. Either way, it's pretty fucked. And a leader like Trump is just showing how stupid our idea of a great society is – Many leaders and governments before him did a lot of horrendous stuff – Even what happened behind the scenes of the well-spoken Obama administration was to criticize but surely that does not make Trump any better at all – we have just taken one more step towards the abyss of mass stupidity showing that the average normal human does not have the capacity to reason and reflect on anything even mildly complex and will turn to emotional spurred garbage whenever it is possible to avoid challenging the so-called smart brains that we are supposed to have.
The planet will survive – but we will not – Give a take 3000-5000 Years maximum and most likely the human race will be extinct, both on planet earth and elsewhere we will venture.
And what is 5000 years in the 4.5 Billion years history of the planet but a sand grain on the beach – it´s nothing absolutely nothing. And here we are debating absolutely useless shit and pointing fingers at each other, blaming anybody but ourself for the lack of who knows what and why – I am sure most people would not be able to explain their reasons for certain opinions on all sorts of subjects without ending in absolute Ludacris explanations or ending at the super simple existential common grounds like "For My Family and Freinds, for my loved once, and the even worse for Honor or self-respect BS stuff. That is what it comes down to for most humans on the planet – we are not capable to take this much further without hurting our brains.
The Human race is far from ready – it is not even ready to survive itself – No matter how you look at it – the things we do are mostly absolutely senseless and disconnected – The deeper understanding of Earth life has vanished from most parts of the terraformed world – "We" don´t know what we are doing and we don´t know why we are doing what we do – If we did we would not continue doing it. (no disrespect) but Even a visionary person like Elon Musk doesn't know what he is doing – he just knows that he has to do something. We glue to reactions and counteractions as if it was the answer to everything we do, because that is about the best or making the most sense that we can up with to justify our existence – but in the big picture that is about as insignificant as it gets.
We are not ready and even if we considered ourself ready we properly would not even know what we were getting ready for.
Do you consider the human race "Ready" and if – what do you consider us ready for?
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If a metaverse is to exist on these laid out premises, it then means that all the big tech giant’s would need to adhere evenly to these fundamentals which at the current state does not seem plausible due to how such endeavors are driven - content and money. This may be good enough but essentially does not change anything.
First there will be “metaverses” rather than a metaverse - why would this change the way we think and act? - the internet has Not made us smarter socially, so far - one could argue that it’s literally frying our brains, enhances stupidity and feeds apathy.
For this to really work they need a real driving factor that is not founded in the usual business mythology of the last +70 years.
Another thing is the computing power needed - who will run that and how much energy will be needed - blockchain tech is extremely power hungry and then 3,5 dimensions to it and we might as well use all energy sources on the planet both fossil, nuclear and green to keep it up.
This video talks about the premises for an idea but delivers absolutely no real insights, no actual vision other than the wishes and need for the platform. One could just call it a VR+AR information and entertainment interface. Honestly I’m of the impression that eg Elon Musk is onto something much more likely, being the implant and merger with AI wich indeed will transform us without knowing to end.
If this is to be a real game changer then it will not come from the current media tech conglomerates as they are literally in a war on all fronts, they have never even been able to agree on cable connections for as long as we have had computers around.
And then there is the safety aspect of it - how just how can they ever provide a user safe space for such a complex interlinked multi experience - as presented it will just become a virtual world with “payments” to enter spaces.
Will it come, yes possibly - will it be safe, most likely not and if then only with the assistance of AI which frankly is not really the best place to start at the current moment in time.
Our main problem amongst many are differences in cultures, the ever need for capital gains, the fact that information is power and that we generally still are tribal in our nature which leads to all sorts of heavy problems.
Bring me a fix for that and by someone who does not lead an already established tech giant and the metaverse could become a different source for human coexistence if everyone buys in on it - if it’s just a part of humans then it’s not Metaverse is it now?.
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Could it be that Puting in his long rulership has gotten to the point where staff and people around him have told him more or less what he want to hear or what they think he wants to hear and thereby having been quite misinformed about both the Ukranian peoples acceptance of a possible Russian governance, the status of his military in general, etc. It seems quite weird that an otherwise pretty contained pragmatic leader, usually well aware of the global games behind the scenes etc. as Putin have been over the last decades would make such a huge mistake of wagin this war at a darn wrong time – even a sore simple thing as the terrain in this time of year is bad for ground vehicles in the region. Also I do not get it for anything else than the geo strategical concerns of Russia vs West in this whole region connecting Russia and Europe, thus the large natural gas and oil depots in Ukraine – which yes could turn a free ukraine into a direct competitor to Russias exports. If I am not mistaken Russia have created quite a lot of finansial growth over the last decade, lots of foreign investors into the Russian economy and a slight hope that wealth and health would improve in Russia leading to far less tensions between Russia and the West. Why Putin has chosen such a path as he has right now is beyond me, I simply dont get it because Urkaine can not be held if the majority of the population is against its ruler – Russia will simply not have enough manpower to control such a large region and so many people, thus at such a moment large parts of the infrastructure will be destroyed – so what is the gain?. Over a slightly longer-term (but now accelerated) Europe will become independent of natural gas and oil from Russia becasue of this war, so what would be left of natural gas and oil in Ukraine after a war might not have any significant value at that time.
Geo staretegicly I understand that Russia needs Krym and the two east regions, and that Putin wants to avoid having Nato breathing into his neck via Ukraine, but that should be about it in my eyes (and I apologize to the people that live in these areas for this view) but in the means of a larger stable Europe this is the only way I can see Russia getting out of this with Putin not escalating this war into total war, which would motst likely end Europe forever. (This dystopic thesis was prediceted by both Nostradamus and "the Blind Woman" amongts others of spiritual forseeing) – I just hope that they were all wrong and that this war can come to a quick and peacefull end as soon as possible.
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The USA suffers from a love for Guns, its in it heritage but it does not make sense anymore. Australia had it, Britain had it - they made it illegal and the mass shootings stopped. The 2nd Amendment has become nothing more that en excuse to keep the weapons closet filled and keep the gun producers earning money on their home market.
The more paranoid the USA becomes the bigger are the chances for more mass shootings and gun outbreaks - That is not going to save the USA now is it?. Some claim that the 2dn Amendment is there to throw of the government in case its harming its own people - Well guess what, it is already harming its own people in more than one way and has done for a very long time and nothing happened - so what kind of bad does the government need to do for all those with guns saying now is enough?... I think there is no clear answer to this - In the end such a scenario will be an act of desperation rather than an ideological call to change.
And what would the USA be changed to? - a rampant mash up of militants local groups driving around making patrols and shooting everything that seamed suspicious in their eyes - well welcome to the chaos of the middle east and welcome to a new self destructive and fascistic parole.
Of all the revolutions coming from a majority of people in modern times, none was based on the fact that we have weapons. Weapons is not the fire that drives a revolution - the need for change is. Weapons come into the revolution when the revolution becomes violent - that happens when military and police forces are being divided, when they can no longer accept putting up force up against their own people - because you know they have families and friends too. When a revolution needs armed fighters, weapons will be stolen and captured and used - you do not need em before hand. A revolution or change of government beyond the normal, does not need weapons - what is needs is a majority of citizen standing together in the first place.
Keeping access to guns in the USA at the current level is keeping the Paranoia open - Cops will be always be extra Alert because you know - that person might have a gun. You walk around and its better that you have a gun because someone else might have one too - That is self defense measures based on self caused problems. When paranoia and fear becomes part of your otherwise "normal" life - you have opened the gates to hell - you have started to mistrust your fellow citizen, you have started to withdraw and to suspect - because that gun sitting in the holster is always reminding your body of the possible dangers that might be the next thing happening. And if you forget your gun one day - fear might arise since you are now feeling defenseless and naked. All these and many other emotions and subconscious patterns will keep you on extra high alert because of the guns that has a constant place in your mind and for your feeling of security. While extra alert might sound great it comes at a the cost of overheating and exhausting the mind and the brain - which then might lead to high levels of stress related symptoms, illness or compensated with unhealthy habits (Extreme Sugar intake being the main and most common brain need).
I can understand that a person working in the military has guns, or a police officer or a professional hunter. Even a hobby hunter or someone living remotely on the countryside where there might be wild animals or where no Police ever would arrive in time of crime happening. But overall no country needs all their citizen to have access weapons - and in particular not the USA - Fuck you guys has the most powerful army in the world by a large margin, and you just raised the budget again. There no complex borders - you have south and you have north and I do not suspect that Canada is going to be a dangerous neighbor - in fact for avoiding invasion the USA could not be placed much better than it already is considering its size.
So fuck all these guns in civil life, you do not really need them, they just cause a lot of harm on your self - Its a habit and a excuse for doing something else instead.
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2016 Top Emitters
Country Fossil fuel CO2 emissions (kt) in 2016[11]
World 35,753,306
China 10,432,751
United States 5,011,687
India 2,533,638
Russia 1,661,899
Japan 1,239,592
Germany 775,752
International Shipping 656,369
Iran 642,560
South Korea 604,044
Canada 675,919
Saudi Arabia 517,079
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Well, it not only Trump, but decades of Western interfering in the region mainly because of oil control, military sales and the friendship with the Saudis and their bad relations with Iran and other regional neighbours. The problem is that Trump is a loose cannon making decisions that are extremely short term and mainly derives around his very own issues, like re-election, Turkey with his Hotel Towers and so forth – he does not understand diplomacy, he does not understand the unspoken games of the regional wars and proxy wars, which are indeed complicated – but surely it does not help not to read the security reports offered by his immensely powerful security agencies, so shit happens.
And shit has happened also before Trump but he is simply not the dude to fix it, he is the dude that will make it far worse than it already is and has been because of his ignorance and selfish stupidity – Trump is simply too dumb to be a leader of Nation. And I do not support Sharia Law based countries and regimes and I do not support the major power games played out in this world because it cost many lives, bloodshed and has terrible consequences for mainly the "normal" people everywhere and the intend is 98% of times a matter that has no real visions for the better of the world overall.
But if we have to face ourselves in the West it is fair to ask what the hell someone like the US is doing so far away from their own borders – it is constantly claimed that the reason is to make the USA safe, but Norway might as well attack New Zealand and claim the same thing – How does killing a favoured military leader in the region make the USA safer?
The Trump leadership is a catastrophe on so many levels and whatever he claims everybody should know by now that he is either lying or telling the truth without mentioning that he talks about himself or his own misdoings. Some say he lost two wars by his assassination decision, but essentially he also completely lost the "hidden war" with Russia – Putin has outplayed Trump to the extreme of absurdity. Trump was never fit for the Office and never will be, he is a scam based super narcissistic real estate Tyran and still think he runs his own business as President.
Don´t make stupid people famous and for heaven's sake do not elect stupid people to run countries.
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