Comments by "LancesArmorStriking" (@LancesArmorStriking) on "AJ+" channel.

Crimea was actually one of the few places in Ukraine that did want to be a part of Russia, though- they held their own referendum (no "little green men") in 1994, with a ballot option to keep the status quo (one of the criticisms leveled against the 2014 "referendum")-- a majority of people wanted independence from Ukraine, and a supermajority wanted at least a dual citizenship program. The vote was deemed illegal by the Ukrainian Parliament.
29
@TheGuiltsOfUs Drunkennesss and adultery are still a sin, and these people- if they really believe in the Bible- should condemn every sin equally, as Jesus said. So why aren't they doing those other things??
23
@genericscout5408 1) You really think a homeless person has the resources to sue a restaurant for something like that? It wasn't purchased at eve facility, public defenders are overworked, and it's likely he couldn't afford the overhead costs even if he won. 2) there can be a vetting process for picking edible food, or the businesses could just NOT THROW IT AWAY.
17
@SC YouTube Why not? If you're forced, by the government, to carry a child that you don't want or love, to term, where are the rights of the childbearer? Why would you force a child onto Earth, into a shitty life? It's sadistic. Sounds anti-freedom to me.
15
@mgtowfornow8267 He's not an enemy. He's a presidential candidate. Just because you disagree with him doesn't give you the right to be lawless and riot in the streets. I thought your party was "law and order"!? You're stopping to the level of the people you claim you're so different from and better than.
15
It does. But these are Republicans we're talking about. They'll cherry pick anything and everything until they get their white, Evangelical ethnostate.
14
Ironically, American Jews are among the least likely to support Israel's tactics. The right is just a joke, projecting its own qualities at this point.
12
@mgtowfornow8267 You wanna go up against the armed forces? Be my guest.
12
d puski ??? America has consistently been at least 10% black for decades, and its most prosperous areas where never the white bumfuck flyover states. They were liberal cities. You know that "awful" state of California? 1/8 of Americans live there. It has a GDP higher than France. And New York? Financial center of the U.S..
10
@Robertsmith001 Democrats don't pander to a base that actively tries to being about the Apocalypse by supporting Israel. Evangelicals very literally, want the world to end so they can 'see Jesus'. Selfish pricks.
8
The capacity of you rightists to misunderstand basic human behavior is staggering. An initial decision isn't always well-informed (most smokers start smoking young) and shouldn't be considered 'their fault.' I can't fathom why you think that decision making is carried out in some vacuum, away from physiological and psychological influences. But either way, a child shouldn't be blamed for making a mistake, nor should repercussions of said mistake not be forgiven and eventually kill him. Especially in Asia, where people simply don't know that cigarettes cause lung cancer and rot the teeth, how can they make a well-informed, "legal" decision?
7
This depends on where you go, though. My friends from Lviv have a different opinion, but yes, many in the east are pro-Russian
7
They are part of the reason Russia is the way that it is today...
7
Pro tip, keep watching the channels but don't rely on them to report news in their own country. Especially AJ and RT are hesitant to report domestic problems because their governments are doing dirty work and don't want to be caught being corrupt and incompetent. France still applies too, but its society has so deeply accepted journalism that it's hard to get rid of or control. Generally I would chose news from a country that has few international interests, and keep it evidence-based and dry. Boring, but accurate.
6
The same conservatives don't want to allow paid maternal leave for employees. It's complete hypocrisy.
6
@Oscar-ot7sr Yes, that's the life every kid wants to live! No harm there!
5
@nixonesport1998 It's not really a thing to begin with. All it tells me is that you're racist. What exactly is whiteness? Is it Roman architecture, Greek thought, German engineering, Russian weaponry, or French culture? It's not a cohesive, real thing. Americans made it up because they have nothing else to be proud of. Or if they do, their lives stink. Think about it: who cares if America is powerful when my brother is addicted to opioids, and Walmart just bankrupted my town? I've got no culture of my own, so I'll make one up. There's nothing around me to suggest culture (highways? McDonald's? Football games?) so I'll base it on the color of my skin! "sNowFLaKes aRe wHy Im mAd"
5
@MysticasVeil No brain cells, not senient, no pain = no murder
3
@Oscar-ot7sr Perfect. Your two solutions are: 1) force a person to birth a child that they can't support and either force the parent(s) and child to live shitty lives because of that, or send the child off to a shittier life in a home. Peachy. Or, 2) suppress the single most important human urge. You know, the one that's so easily snuffed out— again, teach teenagers to use protection. Why isn't that an option? Sounds about conservative to me. You still haven't addressed the rights of the childbearer. Morals be damned, what do you think they should legally be required (or not) to do?
2
@solid7468 Yes, this is true. Though it may be hard to say whether they learned at home, since most speakers would have actually spoken it in the home (but, there exclusively). There is even a phenomenon in post-colonial countries called домашня мова (home language) where, even after independence, the people all use the colonial language in public. Ironically, the 2014 intervention was what likely kicked off Ukraine's modern nationhood (since, unpopular opinion, the idea of a Ukrainian nation was not finalized until after the Revolution- the Ukrainian Tsarist elites still considered themselves 'Little Russians'). This is why many are just now learning it in school, because the language that formed in the western part was never allowed to be recognized. But many on the farms would have used it as the домашня мова. But the cities were Russian, hence the need to teach Ukrainian in official capacity now.
2
@Swft675 Well.. yeah. Being from the ghetto doesn't make you a worse person, but some habits that come with growing up in that environment (kids shoplifting, moving drugs, getting into gangs, etc) aren't something you'd want to do. I think that 'ghettoes' have a much better sense of community than wealthier, whiter areas of the US, but there are still many things that go wrong there. Since most poor urban areas are African-American, the 'ghetto' accent is attributed to them.
2
@amickguitar303 I have never once seen an American work the fields, nor mow my lawn, and very few work in construction any more. Mexicans take the jobs Americans simply refuse to do.
2
@Monke-ht9kz Mexican worker gets work visa. Visa expires. He stays. Got it now?
2
@leovolont For most industries, even better. The poor and middle class are the most prolific spenders, it's when you get really rich that you can afford to even put away vast sums of money.
2
@Muskeljudentum The more likely scenario
1
@littlerockdoc3183 That's always been the case. The loss of collective identity comes down to no faith in the only thing that unites us- institutions. Other countries have their founding rooted in blood or culture, America is a state formed for its own sake, it has no foundation besides the state itself. So for it to survive, the state needs to be effective, because once it collapses, the differences between regions will be too great.
1
@Lala Emm "Same companies and same commericals" lmao I hope that's not the first thing that came to mind, if so it was nice knowing you guys and I'm excited to see how many pieces you fracture into
1
@therambler3713 Because, the market has heavy restrictions on it. Very aggressive anti-trust laws, pay caps for CEOs, mandatory paid sick days, vacation time, and parental leave, they all reduce the amount of capital that a person or company can create and hold onto. It's not fully capitalist, and it's obviously not communist, so it's better described as a mix of both- socialist.
1
You will find someone who is. I would suggest looking (if you aren't already) for better educated men. Many black men from poorer areas think that they should stay with their own kind. This isn't true, and many black (and all color) men know this. Don't give up!
1
Liana Gheorma What do you mean? I've met several people from Crimea, a few of them ethnically Ukrainian, who support the 'occupation' as they jokingly call it. Plenty of people in far-right groups support Russia (its traditional social policies, at least). This is true in Hungary, Poland, and even Romania. And of course Serbia supports Russia.
1
@JNYC-gb1pp Nah, that would be obvious. AIPAC just funnels money from U.S. to Israel, but most of it stays here. It's just for the rich. And they come from all places.
1
@JNYC-gb1pp Because... they don't? "Pledging allegiance" isn't the same as submission. The Pledge of Allegiance you're familiar with is a pledge of submission. Being an ally just means you help one another, not that you're "one nation under God Israel". By your definition, we've pledged allegiance to Germany, Japan, England, and South Korea! Israel has a strong lobby, but if Obama can oppose Netanyahu, we're comfortably sovereign. Sorry to ruin the fun, but only Evangelicals love Israel as much as you think. Bernie Sanders has opposed their actions in Palestine as well, along with a number of Democratic politicians. Personally adoring Israel is a Republican thing, because they're Christian extremists. Not to mention that American Jews tend to hate Israel, a lot.
1
@grigorecosmin 1) everyone I've spoken to from there still supports it 2) It only regrets is because the West is going its damndest to artificially change their opinion. In a normal world, Crimea doesn't magically lose its water supply when it become a part of Russia- that is an active effort by Ukraine to make people want to come back- not because being in Ukraine is any better, but because they are withholding water supply. Also... be aware that the Dnieper originates in Russia, crosses through Belarus, and into Ukraine. There is always the chance that Belarus dams up the Dnieper and dries up the entire Ukraine. Then maybe they will think twice about the Crimean dam.
1
@grigorecosmin Again, you seem to miss the bigger picture. Its status as a resort had continued even into Ukrainian governance- same with much of southern Russia, for domestic tourists. Of course most prefer to travel to Spain now, but tourism has always been a sector of its economy. The fact that Crimea has fewer tourists right now has nothing to do with real demand. It's all geopolitical- people have not stopped going because Crimea is less sunny, or because there are fewer beaches. They stopped coming because of politics. Basically, it's like taking someone withholding food to an animal that you've taken, and saying "see? this animal is starving under your care, that's why you should give it back!" This analogy holds true for the current water crisis as well. The reasons for Crimea's troubles are (partially) externally imposed, treating them like some self-evident sign that it shouldn't be Russian is just wishful ignorance.
1
Hi, concerned commenter here! Most people I know who've paid for reverse-osmosis systems are aiming to get rid of the fluoride from their drinking water. Unfortunately, reverse-osmosis only gets about 40-60% of it out. If you're looking for rates closer to 100% (90% with a good system), try steam filtration.
1
The U.S. seems to have no problem doing that itself, though. Most stories put out about countries antagonistic to the U.S. only mention the country as a whole (Russia, Iran, Syria) but countries from whom America stands to benefit are never painted with a single brush (China, Saudi Arabia). This is despite their war crimes, which would be punished if America was morally consistent. It's not. It only cares about money, and will shift the blame away from whoever can satiate their greed the longest.
1
@ennieminee4470 I think you're twisting the definition of skill, then. "Skill" =/= training, and the explanation you gave doesn't at all match with most people's understanding of "skill." The fact that you had to say 'no, you're wrong, THIS is what that word means' tells me that the definition of skill you gave is just a way to mask the inequality in pay relative to daily effort on the job. Mental and physical effort aren't the same and can't be totally quantified, but productivity can be increased in high-training jobs by working fewer hours, because mental focus has limits. Whereas, to increase productivity in a physical job, you either improve technology... or just work harder. It's not low-skill. Low training, but not low skill.
1
Probably not.
1