Sure, let's look into interests of Trump's political group. If leaving Europe, consider this: * You will not be allowed to sail or operate from European waters or land bases Does the USA care? If they focus on themselves, then this is secondary. Plus, 1/3 of the EU has political elites grown in the ...
Jump to postSo while Covid19 might be bad for the developing world there are some saving graces for developing countries to be spared the worst of it. Here are a few. - Younger population, average age is 18 in Africa. This disease hits the elderly and in a lot of places the average age of death from Covid19 is...
Jump to post...and waiting another 3 months would do what, give the vaccine time to arrive? The world was advised by the medical professionals that they needed to shut down so that the medical facilities would not be overwhelmed, all other medical procedures were postponed to ensure additional beds were availa...
Jump to postSo committing war crimes in foreign countries is defending US freedoms ? When they say "defending US freedoms" (or "values" for that reason) this usually means "defending interests of the Party currently in power in the USA". And they do it any way they see necessary. ...
Jump to postKiwirob wrote:I don’t think many people in the world are happy with the US today. There domestic mess is spilling out across the world, this is just another nail in the US coffin.
When Biden wins, that means the current administration will need to vacate on January 20. If not, would a military leader get involved or the Sargent At Arms of the House possibly to remove him? I thought there was a discussion on this at some point before on here but I don't recall where. First - ...
Jump to postBiden's only path to victory imo is talking Condaleeza Rice into VP so Independents and Republicans might vote for him. The anarchists and BLM are just getting started and have been elevated and empowered by Democrats and their media minions. Pretty soon people will be begging the military to come ...
Jump to postWe are starting to see some pushback from the DoD in terms of orders from the President. While obviously legally there is no way for the military to de-throne the president. But we could easily see a situation in which the president is actively ignored by the military. Well, we all should wish that...
Jump to postSo what happens after you pay reparations, remove the statues, change the flags, censor books, movies and tv shows, and nothing changes??? This is a situation that has been playing out in NZ for many years with the Treaty of Waitangi Commission, reparations have been paid, land returned, maori cons...
Jump to postThankfully medical experts are now debating the cost/benefit analysis of the lockdowns while some are content to keep people essentially away from each other there is finally a debate about how to proceed on all fronts on the pandemic. Because thankfully not all of them agree and some are actually ...
Jump to postYou raised an interesting topic. Knowing how COVID-19 survives on organic matter vs artificial surfaces, particularly plastic, I am of the opinion US should stop packaging food in plastic bags. It is a nightmare to cut open and throw away plastic packaging. I would like to hear other opinions. Here...
Jump to postThe world needs to get it, covid is here to stay, it will not stop. Period. Certainly you can’t be locked down for 6 months, there are far more dangerous health risks from that, specially mentally. Wear a mask, wash your hands and be careful. Life goes on. Agree. It’s time to open up. Costs and dam...
Jump to postGuess you haven't been keeping up with the news, all the new spikes are from states the reopened prematurely, and they all knew it would happen and took the risk anyway. It's basic logic that they would have spikes. But to them, it was worth it because they got validation from their dear leader for...
Jump to postNot gonna lie, I think the governor has a better idea of how to reopen than we do considering he has full-time health employees advising him. Governor also has his party line. If you noticed - Republican governors tend to re-open early, and they still do not have any kinds of spikes. Democratic one...
Jump to postIsn't Bolton the mega hawk who wants to start WW-III with Iran? Bolton is the mega-hawk who would start a new Word War with absolutely everyone, and at the same time. As Trump himself put it: We would be in World War Six by now" with Bolton https://www.axios.com/trump-bolton-world-war-6-161b45...
Jump to postIt has been shown there are provocateurs among the protesters. We have seen examples on social media of people with zero connection to protests smashing and burning things https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/minneapolis-protest-riot-umbrella-man-george-floyd-a9539741.html https://www....
Jump to postAnd those deep pockets are...........? Those can come from anywhere. Companies lobbying for a fat government order. Some "foundation" trying to hide dirty dealings or get a favorable government decision for their client. Someone investing into such effort and its backing politicians so th...
Jump to postNo, comrade, it is just the Russian (and Chinese) efforts to stir the pot; to disseminate disinformation (lies, in all honesty), and create division. Sound familiar? https://www.politico.com/news/2020/06/01/russia-and-china-target-us-protests-on-social-media-294315 Yes, this article sounds as if De...
Jump to postYou have to realize who comes here to promote the Russian-propaganda/divide-America line of argument... Knew someone will say this. However, look yourself - is it a Russian consul that delivers free food and coffee into Seattle's "autonomous area"? Or, perhaps, the Russia's U.N. envoy in ...
Jump to postProtesters - especially SJW college kids - are not after civil war. What are you talking about? Are you paying attention to what's going on, and trying to compose the bigger picture? Violence, looting coming from one group of citizens, while others are arming themselves. All sorts of armed "ne...
Jump to postHe wants to send in the National Guard; he wants to send in the Army... he wants to incite violence amid the peaceful protests. Well, if the “peaceful protesters” are breaking the law - that must stop. And governors and mayors are either conspiring with law violations (including undermining the ver...
Jump to postLet us stop this nonsense of blacks and drugs. Black drug consumption is NOT higher than it is in other communities. The problem is over policing and our gestapo tactics that they use. Even now that marijuana is being legalized to some degree young black men are still being arrested for having smal...
Jump to postPresident Trump is supposed to give a speech tonight (Thursday, 6/11) as to the current situation. I bet he makes one that calls for 'law and order', 1000% support of cops, calls out 'radical Democrats' and threats to Governors to use the National Guard to end the developing anarchy in some cities....
Jump to postThat's certainly not a root cause. That's probably Why #3 in a 5-Why about this issue. People don't just decide to live in communities with weak education, crime, drugs, etc. Many kids are born into families in such communities, and grow up there. You don't choose a family you are born into, a neig...
Jump to postTSS wrote:I'm guessing a lot of armed security guards for the neighborhoods that can afford them, and for the poorer neighborhoods... nothing.
c933103 wrote:How, when she refused to negotiate?
Dieuwer wrote:johns624 wrote:Are they planning on a Public Safety Dept that combines Fire and Police functions?
There won’t be any “Police” at all.
It is apparent that another piece of systematic racism in this country is the economic inequality and discrimination that blacks have faced. They have had to sacrifice so much economically for whites. What is the best way to set up reparations to Mitigate this form of systematic racism? Should it b...
Jump to postThat is a lie. "People who have committed crimes" weren't hiding in Hong Kong; Hong Kong has their own laws and statutes regarding criminal activity. Hong Kong's objection was the heavy-handed implementation of the Chinese mainland government's laws, and its determination to overrule the ...
Jump to postsierrakilo44 wrote:99.9% of protesters aren’t “lynching” anyone. When some media sources paint all protesters as violent it is a deliberate smear job to obfuscate their message
I do have a question for our posters living in countries with "free healthcare" ;) .... Are there any limits? And what are they? Are you charged higher taxes if you smoke, or have kids, or whatever? Are there age limit (you get heart disease at 95) elements? Just curious. Thanks. In Briti...
Jump to postFirst off Trump never ended Obamacare, he failed to repeal it despite it being a major campaign promise of his (something for the "Trump followed up on his promises" crowd). But he effectively killed the centerpiece of it - the individual mandate, by abolishing penalty for not buying heal...
Jump to postI would say it is security instead of freedom This is not about security, but about the ability to provide the most basic needs. When you are going to sleep hungry and are about too be kicked out of your house due to rent non-payment, freedom isn’t what you think about. The core of the matter when ...
Jump to postDon't forget the political background of Hong Kong. While Hong Kong as a trade and finance intermediary between China and the West have been its most prominent role since 1980s, this role was not the reason why most of its current residents or their ancestors choose to migrate toward Hong Kong. Ins...
Jump to postNegative. The military’s oath of service is to the Constitution and they will not execute illegal orders. Agree - those issuing orders are responsible for them and their legal implications. However, if the military colonel starts establishing legality of each and every order they are given (e.g. se...
Jump to postThe recklessness continues - sounds like the JCS chairman gave 45 a bit of a smackdown over his wishes to put 10k troops in the streets on patrol. https://twitter.com/norahodonnell/status/1269386990916689926?s=21 This raises questions obviously. The active military official should not set an exampl...
Jump to postNot to trivialize the important and timely social issues, but yes. This is a time when (mostly young) people get to *wear masks*, get together (they have been kept apart for ages!) and the weather is beautiful in N Hemisphere. This is the most perfect conditions ever for social demonstrations. It i...
Jump to postI have to laugh when somebody brings up the “spooky Antifa”, as if they have any power :lol: Antifa are no more than a few dozen college students in each city throwing chairs about at protests, they have no structure, they have no real numbers, they have no influence, except in right wing media whe...
Jump to postPretty much any other president would've tried to calm things. Condemn the looting, but listen to the protesters, or at least acknowledge the reasons for taking to the streets. But nope. It's all about him, his personal grievances and his rage tweeting. Yeah, sure. Establish contact with protesters...
Jump to postDieuwer wrote:Looks like people are missing the point about this thread.
The question is not if there is racism in Asia or wherever, it is about why they are no/less protests.
Is there no racism in Asia? Only The West? Or do people in Asia not care about racism and is it a 100% Western thing? I can't believe they are all saints in Asia, nor will I believe all governments in Asia a super repressive and forbid any protest of any kind. I wouldn’t claim racism (or any other ...
Jump to postWarRI1 wrote:Greed fed by cheap labor is the key, especially in the US. I get a chuckle how the Restaurants are now crying over not getting any one to take a job. One of the biggest exploiters of them all, now crying.
I think if China would let go of it's dollar peg, things would work out much better. However for now, HK is in danger of losing much of the business that made it great for the west. The place of HK in today’s world is a trade and finance intermediary between China and the West. This is pretty much ...
Jump to postFurthermore, other countries appear to have worse coronavirus unemployment systems, such as Canada which offers $1488 USD per month for people made unemployed, whereas the UK only gives 80% of existing salary up to $3000 or a welfare payment of $500 + reasonable rent expenses (still far below even ...
Jump to postbennett123 wrote:If he tried to invoke the Insurrection Act, is there anyone who could stop him?.
Just going by personal experience with people I know. If you want to go to bed at 3 am and wake up at 11am you are probably not very successful unless your name is Mick Jagger but what do I know? Why generalize like this? Many workplaces, especially in IT, allow flexible hours policy. In such place...
Jump to postI think COVID is just an excuse. Over the past year or so, many businesses and joints I loved were closing down. I think this has to do with Di Blasio running the city, tax policies, rents, etc. Hopefully someone comes to pick it up, but it may be as well yet another expensive glamorous place with h...
Jump to postWhy would the US do it? It wasn't our territory. It looks like we are in for another trade war, and Hong Kong will lose it's special status in US trade. https://www.lawfareblog.com/what-trumps-announcement-hong-kong-could-mean I’d say that with Trump’s direction towards self-isolation in trade, he ...
Jump to postWell, the middle class, who are the most likely to move if things go south, certainly has money to get housing in UK. It is not a question of could they buy a house , but the density of population in the UK especially in England The thing is - moving and severing all ties is extremely hard. Things ...
Jump to postI know wikipedia stats need to be taken with a grain of salt but the page for the 148 shows that only 47 AN-148's have been built since 2004. In other words it hasn't been successful anywhere. The portion that talks about Cubana grounding its fleets lists a multitude of issues with the aircraft. Ty...
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