lowenz on 1/11/2023 at 21:31
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And again, you don't have democracy if the oppo candidate is not permitted to run at all.
Trump is not even a republican, he's a loose cannon not even interested in politics. He's just a wannabe tyrant chosen as a desperate trump card (pun intended) by the GOP using his fake cunning to charm stupid people (made stupid by the "american dream" model )
RippedPhreak on 1/11/2023 at 21:32
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The US system is NOT made to "help people" but the make people help theirselves.
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very least the government could do is stop grabbing everyone's money and wasting it on handouts to buy votes from its client groups, or on overseas wars that have nothing to do with us (plus shoving a generous portion of those funds into their own pockets).
The government is also supposed to protect the country from invasion, which it is not doing.
As someone else mentioned there is also infrastructure to be repaired, which it is not doing.
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But you don't want (or can't endure) anarchy (=no state)
You're presenting a false choice: Either a tyrannical/oppressive superstate, or anarchy. No options in between? Really?
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Trump is not even a republican
Correct, which is why both parties are colluding to disqualify him.
lowenz on 1/11/2023 at 21:40
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instead of sending hundreds of billion$ to Ukraine as a payoff to Raytheon, Lockheed
It doesn't work this way, but I know that IF you really believe it then you'll
deny it when it comes to billion$ to Kushner friends (
payoff to Raytheon, Lockheed, etc. etc. etc.) in Israel, right?
lowenz on 1/11/2023 at 21:42
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Correct, which is why both parties are colluding to disqualify him.
It's not true, but if we assume you'll right so who would be a Trump great elector (in the Electoral College, that is the institutional entity voting the candidates)? Nobody, so no problem with US democracy.
lowenz on 1/11/2023 at 21:47
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on overseas wars that have nothing to do with us
You of course don't know who did "kindly" ask Ukraine to give Russia 2000 nuclear warheads in 1993 with the promise to be protected from Russia irredentism and never quenched imperialism.
RippedPhreak on 1/11/2023 at 22:30
You think I want US money sent to Israel? I want no US soldiers or ships there, and none of our money wasted. Same as Ukraine.
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so who would be a Trump great elector (in the Electoral College, that is the institutional entity voting the candidates)? Nobody
Yes, if he is taken off the ballot, he won't get any electors because he won't win. Obviously. Not sure what your point is here.
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You of course don't know who did "kindly" ask Ukraine to give Russia 2000 nuclear warheads in 1993
No I don't know. Nor do I care.
Starker on 2/11/2023 at 04:56
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If "one side" wanted to build infrastructure, they could have just done it years ago, instead of sending hundreds of billion$ to Ukraine as a payoff to Raytheon, Lockheed, etc etc. They also encouraged the 2020 Race Riots which burned down a lot of infrastructure. Great job.
Maybe they could use the money to build stuff instead of putting up hundreds of thousands of migrants in high end hotels for months? Speaking of migrants you can't implement a "free" health care system and then also allow the entire world to come reap the benefits. There are trade-offs.
And again, you don't have democracy if the oppo candidate is not permitted to run at all.
One side does build infrastructure. Over furious opposition. Including things that benefit Republican voting areas, such as rural broadband.
As far as military help goes, money isn't sent to Ukraine, it's spent in the US for new shiny equipment and old equipment is sent to Ukraine (instead of sitting in storage or being disposed). The US is the one who largely benefits from this even leaving out geopolitics and even leaving out what's the right thing to do.
Race relations in the US are bad, yes. This is the reason why protests occur. It's not because people of different skin colour are just natural rioters or because Democrats encourage them. And as far as what I've seen of your police, the protests were more than justified. If there was anyone who was rioting in the streets, it has been the police first and foremost.
Yes, there are trade-offs with migration. And it's vastly in benefit to the US. Migrants pay more in to the system than they take out. They do an enormous amount of work for little pay. They pay indirect taxes as well as direct ones while not being eligible for benefits in a lot of cases.
No health care system is "free". Every system has to be paid for. It just happens that the US way of doing it is one of the most expensive ones while the rest of the world has figured out something that's at least half way stable and affordable. Democrats want that system or something closer to it.
As for Lord Dampnut, why should someone who caused January 6th be allowed to run? Why would you want him to run in the first place? He's a blatant grifter and a firebrand who wants to damage the US for his own benefit and is not above doing crimes to get what he wants. It's like trying to get Nixon back in office after Watergate.
Nicker on 2/11/2023 at 05:20
RP is a waste of brain-cell.
uncadonego on 2/11/2023 at 11:17
You can't waste what isn't there...
Nicker on 4/11/2023 at 04:38
A powerful and human opinion piece by Hunter Biden, in response to the "weaponization" of his addiction.
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Someone once told me, “Getting clean is easy, all you have to do is change everything.” That is one of the most profound truths I know today.
The weaponization of my addiction by partisan and craven factions represents a real threat to those desperate to get sober but are afraid of what may await them if they do.
[video=youtube;XUP35hX7EaA]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XUP35hX7EaA[/video]
Now compare the Trump Spawn, in court, under oath, blaming their minions, their hired help, their victims, each other, anyone or anything other than accepting responsibility for their vile and criminal acts.
Inline Image:
https://static.independent.co.uk/2023/11/02/14/SEI178504026.jpg?quality=75&width=640&crop=3%3A2%2Csmart&auto=webpMy apologies if you saw the photo above while eating.
