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Post by Emig5m on Jul 7, 2023 20:37:22 GMT -5
I hope that Donald Dump wins'z just for the sake of pissing you people off...lol... |
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Post by ForRealTho on Oct 19, 2023 13:42:29 GMT -5
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Post by jedage on Oct 20, 2023 0:29:47 GMT -5
Trump should have just stuck to having shitty business books ghost written for him and continued raking in cash by selling his name.
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Post by sj on Mar 13, 2024 11:01:04 GMT -5
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Post by ForRealTho on Mar 13, 2024 11:05:33 GMT -5
Its official. The Republican Party is dead, or at least, the pre-2016 version of it. The only thing they stand for is whatever Trump said 15 minutes ago: www.politico.com/news/2024/03/11/bloodbath-at-rnc-trump-team-slashes-staff-at-committee-00146368He had his relative appointed to the RNC and anyone they didn't like was purged. Reminds me of what Gorbachev did to the Communist Part in the Soviet Union in the mid 1980s. Now the self-proclaimed "party of Jesus and rural values" is run by an atheist from NYC. Gotta love it. |
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Post by sj on Mar 13, 2024 11:30:26 GMT -5
I predict lots of Republicans will stay home/not vote on election day (like the last election), other than hardcore MAGA supporters obviously. Both candidates are unpopular tho, so it's hard to say for sure who will win.
It's still not outside the realm of possibilities that something happens with Biden before the election and they swap him out for a different candidate, just because Biden's gettin up there in years and who knows how much longer before health issues force him into retirement. If so, depending on who they choose, it could turn the election into a slam dunk for Democrats or guarantee their defeat.
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Post by sj on Mar 13, 2024 16:38:55 GMT -5
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Post by sj on Mar 15, 2024 6:06:15 GMT -5
I agree with keeping Social Security intact in principle because that's our money. Unfortunately, debt is still going to be a problem with the Democrat's plan or anybody's plan for that matter. Even if we zeroed out all of the billionaires, that would only cover a small fraction of our $43 Trillion debt - not to mention future, unpaid entitlements which is in the hundreds of trillions. Our debt levels are truly insane. See "US Unfunded Liabilities" in the lower-right of this link.. that's over $200 trillion! usdebtclock.org/Maybe future AGI systems could save us, assuming they don't choose to extinct us. |
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Post by sj on Mar 15, 2024 6:10:27 GMT -5
The US needs to figure out how to stop bleeding trillions of cash to China (w/ decades-long trade deficits) and the forever wars (particularly in the Middle-East) we can't seem to resist.
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Post by Cop on Mar 15, 2024 14:04:16 GMT -5
The US needs to figure out you really don't need another 4 years of Trump insanity. He's ready and willing to fuck things up now that the smart guys aren't there anymore to keep him in check...
Biden may not be what you want, but Trump is just plain dangerous.
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Post by Babel-17 on Mar 15, 2024 14:48:51 GMT -5
Netanyahu has implemented his plan for a genocide of Palestinians, and to eliminate much of their remaining living space and title to land. This has happened on Joe Biden's watch, and he has refused to stop the murder and starvation of Palestinian children, women, and elderly, though he could do that immediately through his executive authority to no longer approve arms shipments to Israel.
Sure, AIPAC would go nuts and spend money to defeat him, but this is a genocide. It's time to cowboy up or get consigned to the junk heap of history.
That so dwarfs his responsibility for egging Ukraine on to lose hundreds of thousands of lives, and over a million wounded, that I won't discuss it. Though that war too could be ended by executive action today, instead of a year from now, after the AFU has run out of enough men and materiel to even fight a defensive war.
Europe having its economy crippled by the energy sanctions is just an aside, I guess, for us here in America, and we even gain as production flees Europe and settles here.
If like members of Congress I'd invested in the stock market based on sure knowledge of American warmongering, maybe I would see Biden as a success, though I hope that rather I'd have clung on to some shreds of humanity, unlike former Speaker Nancy Pelosi.
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Post by sj on Mar 15, 2024 16:54:32 GMT -5
The US needs to figure out you really don't need another 4 years of Trump insanity. He's ready and willing to fuck things up now that the smart guys aren't there anymore to keep him in check... Biden may not be what you want, but Trump is just plain dangerous. I don't trust Trump. I don't like Trump. But just based on recent history, Trump has been a dove compared to most US presidents. He's dangerous in the sense of overspending and probably willing to take our social security benefits, as the previous video I linked delved into. i.e. he's certainly not part of any solution this country needs. I'd say that video is pretty accurate (vote Dem if you want to keep social security going as long as possible). But that doesn't preclude the fact that our rising debt is a ticking time bomb, metaphorically. I think it's already to a point that we could never pay it off. It seems there will reach some point (in the mid to long term future) that the interest could be so great that we can't even pay that and it causes government to collapse, then we'll get to kiss all entitlement programs goodbye anyway. |
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Post by sj on Mar 15, 2024 17:07:33 GMT -5
Netanyahu has implemented his plan for a genocide of Palestinians, and to eliminate much of their remaining living space and title to land. This has happened on Joe Biden's watch, and he has refused to stop the murder and starvation of Palestinian children, women, and elderly, though he could do that immediately through his executive authority to no longer approve arms shipments to Israel. Sure, AIPAC would go nuts and spend money to defeat him, but this is a genocide. It's time to cowboy up or get consigned to the junk heap of history. That so dwarfs his responsibility for egging Ukraine on to lose hundreds of thousands of lives, and over a million wounded, that I won't discuss it. Though that war too could be ended by executive action today, instead of a year from now, after the AFU has run out of enough men and materiel to even fight a defensive war. Europe having its economy crippled by the energy sanctions is just an aside, I guess, for us here in America, and we even gain as production flees Europe and settles here.If like members of Congress I'd invested in the stock market based on sure knowledge of American warmongering, maybe I would see Biden as a success, though I hope that rather I'd have clung on to some shreds of humanity, unlike former Speaker Nancy Pelosi. On the contrary, production has been fleeing the US in recent years. See "Manufacturing Job Now" and "Manufacturing Jobs 2000" in the link below (three up from "Sources" - around the bottom-middle area of the page). We lost about 4.5 million manufacturing jobs since Biden took office. I'm not saying it's all Biden's fault, because i understand he's not all there upstairs and almost certainly there's somebody else behind the curtain pulling strings. usdebtclock.org/ |
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Post by sj on Mar 15, 2024 17:24:24 GMT -5
A chunk of those mfg job losses could be due to the accelerating advancement in AI and automation, something the private sector is usually responsible for. However, Biden's "Inflation Reduction Act" has something like $50 billion set aside for boosting domestic chip manufacturing. In theory, that could possibly speed up the AI and automation progress. On average, expect the number of mfg jobs to continue the downward trend.
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Post by Babel-17 on Mar 15, 2024 17:42:13 GMT -5
Netanyahu has implemented his plan for a genocide of Palestinians, and to eliminate much of their remaining living space and title to land. This has happened on Joe Biden's watch, and he has refused to stop the murder and starvation of Palestinian children, women, and elderly, though he could do that immediately through his executive authority to no longer approve arms shipments to Israel. Sure, AIPAC would go nuts and spend money to defeat him, but this is a genocide. It's time to cowboy up or get consigned to the junk heap of history. That so dwarfs his responsibility for egging Ukraine on to lose hundreds of thousands of lives, and over a million wounded, that I won't discuss it. Though that war too could be ended by executive action today, instead of a year from now, after the AFU has run out of enough men and materiel to even fight a defensive war. Europe having its economy crippled by the energy sanctions is just an aside, I guess, for us here in America, and we even gain as production flees Europe and settles here.If like members of Congress I'd invested in the stock market based on sure knowledge of American warmongering, maybe I would see Biden as a success, though I hope that rather I'd have clung on to some shreds of humanity, unlike former Speaker Nancy Pelosi. On the contrary, production has been fleeing the US in recent years. See "Manufacturing Job Now" and "Manufacturing Jobs 2000" in the link below (three up from "Sources" - around the bottom-middle area of the page). We lost about 4.5 million manufacturing jobs since Biden took office. I'm not saying it's all Biden's fault, because i understand he's not all there upstairs and almost certainly there's somebody else behind the curtain pulling strings. usdebtclock.org/Reread what I wrote. America benefits when European producers relocate to it. Other companies leaving is separate. An analogy could be getting a blood donation from one person while you are still bleeding. You're bleeding, but you are benefitting from the other person's blood. |
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Post by sj on Mar 15, 2024 17:46:57 GMT -5
I lean slightly in favor of Biden and the Technocrats on the issue of trying to become the leader in chips and AI. Although these technologies kill jobs (and maybe us too, eventually), if we aren't the first to achieve AI superintelligence, our enemies will and crush us with it. In that sense, it's similar to the race for nukes in WWII.
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Post by sj on Mar 15, 2024 17:56:19 GMT -5
On the contrary, production has been fleeing the US in recent years. See "Manufacturing Job Now" and "Manufacturing Jobs 2000" in the link below (three up from "Sources" - around the bottom-middle area of the page). We lost about 4.5 million manufacturing jobs since Biden took office. I'm not saying it's all Biden's fault, because i understand he's not all there upstairs and almost certainly there's somebody else behind the curtain pulling strings. usdebtclock.org/Reread what I wrote. America benefits when European producers relocate to it. Other companies leaving is separate. An analogy could be getting a blood donation from one person while you are still bleeding. You're bleeding, but you are benefitting from the other person's blood. The Ukraine war and sanctions are a cost to both US and EU. But you're probably right that it's more in favor of the US, since the EU has to buy more of our energy (at a substantially higher cost compared to what Russia was asking). |
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Post by Cop on Mar 16, 2024 13:44:44 GMT -5
He's dangerous in the sense of overspending and probably willing to take our social security benefits He's dangerous in the sense that he's actually telling everyone he's setting things in motion for him to be able to take over as a de facto dictator by appointing as many stool pigeons in places of power as he can. If you don't know what this entails, take a look at Poland where, finally, after 9 years of PiS leadership and the erosion of democratic institutions and free press, the people did wake up to what was happening. It will take a lot of time to undo the damage that was done but at least they noticed in time, unlike oh, I don't know: Russia... |
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Post by sj on Mar 16, 2024 15:34:50 GMT -5
He's dangerous in the sense of overspending and probably willing to take our social security benefits He's dangerous in the sense that he's actually telling everyone he's setting things in motion for him to be able to take over as a de facto dictator by appointing as many stool pigeons in places of power as he can. If you don't know what this entails, take a look at Poland where, finally, after 9 years of PiS leadership and the erosion of democratic institutions and free press, the people did wake up to what was happening. It will take a lot of time to undo the damage that was done but at least they noticed in time, unlike oh, I don't know: Russia... The irony of this statement is that it is an acknowledgment that the "deep state" is real and not just a far-right conspiracy, because "deep state" just means the cabal of relatively permanent figures in DC/Federal government (like at the Pentagon, CIA, Federal Reserve and various agencies).. obviously a real thing in US politics. Regardless, Trump is not our sitting president, so he's setting jack squat into motion. If he gets re-elected, then you maybe have a point. But I think we can rest assured that the current establishment/deep state isn't going to let that happen. The last time a president (JFK) talked about shaking up the deep state, he was assassinated. |
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Post by sj on Mar 16, 2024 15:54:23 GMT -5
The US MIC almost certainly hated JFK because he was actually succeeding at negotiating peace in the world.
In another speech, JFK strongly criticized secret organizations and the other, lesser known "places of power" (un-elected power) in the US. i.e. what's often referred to as the "deep state" today.
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Post by sj on Mar 16, 2024 16:03:38 GMT -5
Of course, I'm not suggesting that Trump is the next JFK. Their reasons were/are different. JFK wanted to do this for the betterment of humanity, not just the US, but the whole world.
If Trump is "America first," that's because it aligns with his goal of rebuilding his crumbling real estate empire.
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Post by sj on Mar 16, 2024 19:01:40 GMT -5
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Post by sj on Mar 16, 2024 19:18:34 GMT -5
On the contrary, production has been fleeing the US in recent years. See "Manufacturing Job Now" and "Manufacturing Jobs 2000" in the link below (three up from "Sources" - around the bottom-middle area of the page). We lost about 4.5 million manufacturing jobs since Biden took office. I'm not saying it's all Biden's fault, because i understand he's not all there upstairs and almost certainly there's somebody else behind the curtain pulling strings. usdebtclock.org/Reread what I wrote. America benefits when European producers relocate to it. Other companies leaving is separate. An analogy could be getting a blood donation from one person while you are still bleeding. You're bleeding, but you are benefitting from the other person's blood. According to this guy, America has been hurting Germany's economy by trying to contain China, due to China being Germany's #1 trading partner for the past eight years. |
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Post by sj on Mar 16, 2024 20:16:21 GMT -5
In that video, he mentioned that billionaire Soros actively supports containing China. Nice.
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Post by sj on Mar 17, 2024 15:01:49 GMT -5
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Post by sj on Mar 17, 2024 15:11:39 GMT -5
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Post by sj on Mar 17, 2024 15:33:57 GMT -5
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Post by ForRealTho on Mar 18, 2024 8:27:11 GMT -5
According to this guy, America has been hurting Germany's economy by trying to contain China, due to China being Germany's #1 trading partner for the past eight years. Being into headphones I've always been a big fan of Sennheiser, turns out the German government forced them sell or to split in half. Consumer vs Professional. So they sold their legendary line of 6XX headphones to another company. The 490 Pro is their latest headphone that they still own. I could buy it but I have enough headphones... www.sennheiser.com/en-gb/catalog/products/headphones/hd-490-pro/hd-490-pro-700286 |
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Post by ForRealTho on Mar 18, 2024 8:32:44 GMT -5
I had a busy weekend, hanging out with people and then I was playing games on my new computer, didn't pay any attention to politics for a couple days, nice feeling.
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Post by ForRealTho on Mar 20, 2024 11:02:01 GMT -5
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