Rants and WTF are you talking about and Coronavirus!

[Sirioja]

Per Sirioja who seems to follow these things closely, Escape Artist is the same shithead artist formerly known as Mursenary. I would not be surprised but not clued in.

Escape, Murse, Takedown and maybe others I didn't notice, is same. But he is not the only one using different profiles, playing faker specialist ghost, when only 1 me, proud of me.

[Sirioja]

District of Columbia. Washington DC. Ergo the swamp.

More than 2000 known daily deaths under Omicron since many days in US. I don't think many in Alaska or Nebraska.

[Pessimist]

I wasn't talking to you, so it had nothing to do with you getting it. You just decided to chime in when nobody had addressed you on the subject. One that I'm done with now.

Per Sirioja who seems to follow these things closely, Escape Artist is the same shithead artist formerly known as Mursenary. I would not be surprised but not clued in.

[Pessimist]

The USA and Europe are one, they will always be. Russia is separate and on its own, so is China. Russia and China came closer after the US invaded Afghanistan and then vowed to provide a common front if the US attacked one. That has not always been so. Russia and China used to be at loggerheads against each other and had some border disputes in the past. These countries know that any future war involving all of them will result in the end of civilization as we know it.

I partially agree with you but the above stuff used to be the case. Things are changing. The far right dunderheads in the US find more common cause with Putin and Russia than W EU. China is allies w / no body. China / Xi. Putin bromance is at best a mutual interest convergence between authoritarian regimes but temporary. In the longer run, RU will always be at risk from China. Siberia is already being overrun with Chinese workers. Chinese workers in RU are like Mexican and LatAM immigrants in the US. RU's population is declining and it is a tenth the size of China and much weaker technologically and economically. Barring their nuclear weapons, etc. RU is a 3rd rate country, certainly in an economic sense. Their biggest firms are all in the energy and materials sectors in MSCI. That puts them in the same bracket as the LatAM countries and other 3rd world countries.

RU is a more sophisticated version of NK. It is about blackmailing the rest of the world with their nuclear weapons. At least RU has energy and that sustains their economy to some extent. But all the advanced countries create economic value through intellectual property, RU is still digging stuff out of the ground to eke out a living.

W EU is fractured and is an unnatural entity. They almost died in 2013/14 during the Grrek / S EU crisis and still might. Very weak national balance sheets, declining populations in some cases, massive welfare states, lack of compelling technologies, and dis-spirited youth populations that can't find meaningful jobs till even 30's. Sad to say, Europeans always had a weaker work ethic than Americans did and getting worse. Their best and most entrepreneurial minds are constantly setting companies in the US. I can name several, which would have made a huge difference to EU but set shop in the US; we are clearly benefiting from that brain drain and will continue to do so. Even companies like EPAM, one of the few IT services companies out of Russia / Belarus is listed on Nasdaq and in the long run will always look to be here than there. That is one of the very few meaningful tech companies out of Russia.

The most dangerous strategic adversary for US is China, by far. I hate CCP beyond words can say but they are extremely insidious and yet formidable opponent, far more than RU ever was. All the way to 1990's while RU could obliterate the world with its nuclear weapons, they were a house of cards on the economic front. I wish I could say the same about China.

[Clodius1]

Where is DC? When so many daily deaths in US, UK, France and spreading in EU and Germany.

District of Columbia. Washington DC. Ergo the swamp.

[Pistons]

So Russia should leave Ukraine and Belarus behind, since we already control Ukraine. And focus on pushing forward towards the east.

[Pistons]

Straight from wikipedia regarding the original of Russia:

The Rurikid dynasty was founded in 862 by Rurik, a Varangian prince. The scholarly consensus is that the Rus' people originated in what is currently coastal eastern Sweden around the eighth century and that their name has the same origin as Roslagen in Sweden (with the older name being Roden). According to the prevalent theory, the name Rus', like the Proto-Finnic name for Sweden (*Ruotsi), is derived from an Old Norse term for "the men who row" (rods-) as rowing was the main method of navigating the rivers of Eastern Europe, and that it could be linked to the Swedish coastal area of Roslagen (Rus-law) or Roden, as it was known in earlier times. The name Rus' would then have the same origin as the Finnish and Estonian names for Sweden: Ruotsi and Rootsi.

The Rurik Dynasty lasted untill 1698 when the Romanoffs from Moscow took over. Potentially they also from the rurik tribe considering they were already a noble family. Etc.

[Pistons]

The USA and Europe are one, they will always be. Russia is separate and on its own, so is China. Russia and China came closer after the US invaded Afghanistan and then vowed to provide a common front if the US attacked one. That has not always been so. Russia and China used to be at loggerheads against each other and had some border disputes in the past. These countries know that any future war involving all of them will result in the end of civilization as we know it.

Russia is not really separate. But it depends on where they want to focus going forward. Historically Russia is as much a European country as France or Spain. Actually maybe even more so than Spain considering the Muslim invasion that happened there. They thing with Russia is that there were some shift in power structure a few times, and that changed they focus. But the long lasting original Rurik dynasti for example is of Swedish origin. Of course the world needed an adversary post Ww2, and Russia was the best option 1984 style fake conflict style. Buy now China can take over that role solo, so Russia can possibly reorient themselves back towards their European origin. And no need to consider the fakery that is explained in 1984's world global politics.

[The Cane]

I got it just fine.

I wasn't talking to you, so it had nothing to do with you getting it. You just decided to chime in when nobody had addressed you on the subject. One that I'm done with now.

[Sirioja]

In DC they are saying Omicron has already peaked; if true, that was really fast. I think there was more natural immunity than the establishment let on, because the testing regime all along has been simply awful. But how will the situation develop in DE? That is the big question I think. Also, I am still waiting the protein based booster, if Lord Fauci permits.

Where is DC? When so many daily deaths in US, UK, France and spreading in EU and Germany.

[Clodius1]

I agree with this rough timescale in relation (I've already stated this before in the Sharks thread) to what's happened in the UK.

Omicron is so contagious that it sweeps much quicker through the population compared to Covid that in a relatively short space of time it doesn't have anywhere to go. With so many people having had the booster jab or have natural antibodies, Omicron is less dangerous, 80% of people in UK hospitals are unvaccinated.

I can see clubs opening in the Spring or early summer providing a nasty mutation doesn't appear.

In DC they are saying Omicron has already peaked; if true, that was really fast. I think there was more natural immunity than the establishment let on, because the testing regime all along has been simply awful. But how will the situation develop in DE? That is the big question I think. Also, I am still waiting the protein based booster, if Lord Fauci permits.

[Sirioja]

That would have never happened. Hitler hated the Slavs probably even more than he hated the Jews. He wanted to wipe out Russia, Slavs and communism from the face of the earth. That was his number one goal. He actually had no beef especially with England and would gladly have linked up with them and other European countries if they were like minded.

So Hitler should have read about Napoleon and have learned what is very cold, very long Winter, eating you from inside, losing strength, but he didn't know what it is and he lost there, fortunately for the world, even Staline and Putin are not much better.

[Turgid]

So you think it would have been better for Nazi Germany or Stalinist Soviet Union to occupy entire Europe? Or maybe they would have decided to split it amongst themselves, like they did with Poland in 1939. So much better. For the nazis or communists. Which of these two are you?

That would have never happened. Hitler hated the Slavs probably even more than he hated the Jews. He wanted to wipe out Russia, Slavs and communism from the face of the earth. That was his number one goal. He actually had no beef especially with England and would gladly have linked up with them and other European countries if they were like minded.

[Turgid]

Look, USA needs Europe. The day USA distances itself away from Europe, nobody will consider the USD as a saving currency. And then it would tank to rock bottom considering the trade imbalance in the USA. But as long as Europe due to the Marshall help is bound to the USA, we are also bound to back the dollar. And that will continue even after we change onto statewide crypto. Besides Europe and USA have too much in common in terms of culture, although immigration policies might potentially wash that out. And that is dangerous for both parties. So any leader that would try to opt away from Nato wouldn't last long. Currently at least.

Europe has also better schooling system. Germany and Finland especially, so a decouping would turn Europe into the main global superpowers instead of USA. And USA knows this very well!

I consider USA and Russia as little puppy brothers not able to agree. Both countries stemming from viking ancestors. So I can't hate anyone. Though I was scammed once by some Russians, so fuck them. But then again currency soon has 0 value anyway.

We need a new financial system just like the Davos guys are advocating. And based on blockchain. But the health passes in the process of getting us there are disgusting.

The USA and Europe are one, they will always be. Russia is separate and on its own, so is China. Russia and China came closer after the US invaded Afghanistan and then vowed to provide a common front if the US attacked one. That has not always been so. Russia and China used to be at loggerheads against each other and had some border disputes in the past. These countries know that any future war involving all of them will result in the end of civilization as we know it.

[Turgid]

C'Mon. Man, you aren't that stupid I seriously hope!

"very perceptive observation on your part" -- this is a perfect example of gaslighting, writing some BS when you don't really have any valid argument LOL.

"thought you folks don't believe in ratings and polls which are always rigged? Perhaps it is ok to embrace them when they suit you. Why not!" -- c'Mon. Man, you aren't that stupid I seriously hope! We still don't believe these polls, actuals must be way worse for Biden. We know that when the MSM reports Biden / dems are doing anything bad, in reality that's much much worse.

"I have done just fine in my career, life, and making good money and still going strong; so you can save your pity for the shirtless QAnon Shammans with viking horns. Heard he went to prison; secretly I hoped it was not one of the bizarro Trumpistas posting here, would miss your side's rants (not really). " -- You are doing well because we have cronies and their gestapos running the system now. If republican supporters really wanted to do an insurrection on Jan 6th last year, they would have brought real arms and ammos en masse to it. Dems are just trying to take advantage of that protest to stop Trump from running again, even a brainless person can see thru that.

"Biden totally sucking at his job doesn't surprise anyone as he has been an incompetent doofus all his life but that doesn't change that Trump was a fucked up whacko thug. They are not mutually exclusive you know. But people whose favorite word is libtard will not understand that. " -- you are right on the Biden part of the statement. Trump wasn't the best possible POTUS, but would have been way better than Biden. If Dems had Andrew Yang and Pete Buttigieg (or someone like Joe Manchin and Kyrsten Sinema), I probably would have voted for them. But these better Dems won't get the tickets as they can't be controlled by the background puppeteers. Gone are the days when strong Dems like Bill Clinton would get "selected" by the party heads. Among the last few US presidents, this is how I rank them (best to worst):

1. Bill Clinton. THE PRESIDENT of the WHOLE United States of America (I hate Hilary though LOL). I think we need to clone him (Bill of that time) if we really want the world to be an united better place than the shit we are going thru!

2. Donald Trump. Kinda nutjob, needs to stop mean tweets, but has the best intention for ALL the people of USA, first republican president who really cared about POC.

3. George Bush Sr. - Had good intention for the country, but warmonger, not good for the world.

4. George W. Bush. Stupid guy, of no use, warmonger, GOP should have put better candidates, but I guess still was better than the Dem alternatives.

5. Barrack Obama. Really bad person, but very good in putting illusions into voters' minds, which fooled even me to vote for him! Twice! Restarted the strong division among Americans by using racisms.

6. Joe Biden. I don't have to say anymore why he's the worst of these 6, we all already know it well by now LOL.

New report: USA Today: Biden's approval rating drops to new low of 33% on concerns about his handling of COVID, economy: poll (https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/polit...oll/ar-AASIfyI). Biden's actual rating must be below 20% by now.

Joe Biden has assumed the presidency at a very difficult time; into just one quarter of his full term it is definitely too early to rule on his presidency in comparison to other past presidents. Bill Clinton was much worse than you stated and I am by no means referring to Monica Lewinsky (for me that was of no consequence). He was president during good economic times but he was a charlatan and was not concerned about the American people at all. He fooled a lot of people including, apparently, yourself. His and Hillary's self enriching utilization of the Clinton Foundation has wisened many Americans to their true nature They used the Haiti disaster to enrich themselves. . Barack Obama assumed the presidency right after America's second greatest economic decline; I give him credit for his stewardship during that difficult period.