American Politics

[QUOTE=Golfinho;2666434]Yeah, the vaccines are great, aren't they? Have you gotten your fourth dose yet?[/QUOTE]Yes, they are great. Thanks, Obama-Biden. But only if they get effectively distributed and shot into your body. Thanks, Biden-Harris.

However, being a farang living in Bangkok I was a low priority for getting vaccinated here. Even with the supplies of Pfizer and so on sent here by Biden to administer to Americans. My age certainly put me in the high risk group. But apparently I was not visibly overweight enough to get moved up in the queue. So I pre-paid for 2 Moderna shots whenever they would arrive in this country.

The timing was such that one of the best hospitals here contacted me to come in for 2 free AstraZeneca shots 12 weeks apart then 12 weeks later the Modernas arrived and I got the first one of those as my third shot.

I can get the 2nd Moderna as my fourth shot if I want in a couple of months. Unless I read of some serious potential downside from a 4th shot so soon, I'll take it, no problem.

I have had zero side effects from any of these vaccine shots so far aside from a slightly sore spot on my arm where they jabbed me for a day or two.

[QUOTE=Canada;2666403]Biden has given Russia free rein to invade Ukraine. Just like Obama and Biden drawing a line in the sand in the Obama presidency and then doing nothing is exactly what Biden is doing with Putin. Claiming he will put sanctions on Russia if they invade. Germany gas already stopped the Russia pipeline that Biden took Trump sanctions off and other European countries are putting sanctions on Russia before invasion but Biden does nothing but make idle threats that Putin knows he won't follow through on. A weak USA president is ideal for dictators like Putin. Iran and North Korea will be next to take advantage of Biden. Didn't happen under Trump presidency and wouldn't happen now if we actually had a president with balls.[/QUOTE]Apparently at Trump's urging, Republicans surgically removed military support for Ukraine vs Russia from their entire Party platform as early as July 2016:

[B]In a shift, Republican platform doesn't call for arming Ukraine against Russia, spurring outrage[/B]

[URL]https://www.latimes.com/world/la-na-pol-ukraine-gop-20160720-snap-story.html[/URL]

Thus began the latest stage in the Republican Party's love affair with Russia that included Bush2 gazing deeply into Vladimir's eyes to swoon over his manly soul, when Repub leaders openly praised Putin while trashing our president all during the Obama years, Moscow Mitch refusing to even put Obama's legally required Senate request for military response to Putin invading Crimea up for a vote, then the above linked event.

Then there was Trump devoting his entire four year foreign policy to kissing Xi's ass and giving him whatever he wanted as long as he would "Make sure I win" re-election, writing sadly unrequited Love Letters to Kim but most notably in praising Putin, publicly siding with Russia over America at world leader summits, begging them to embrace Putin as their respected colleague, secretly refusing to enforce sanctions for Putin's invasion of other countries, maneuvering to deny any and all funding of Ukraine's resistance against threatened Russian invasion, etc etc etc.

Why Trump and his Repubs are suddenly interested in keeping any country safe for democracy now, much less Ukraine, even less the United States of America, is puzzling unless it is simply about the obvious: political gamesmanship, the only accomplishments that Party has produced in decades, if ever in the past 100 years.

[QUOTE=Golfinho;2666572]The people running Biden's State Department evidently will do anything to keep that new pipeline from bringing Russian fuel to Germany. In the meantime, they're rubbing their hands together at the thought of how to eventually get control of Russia's natural resources.

So much for American foreign policy being run for American citizens.[/QUOTE]On the scale from 1 to 10, how much do you personally love Putin?

You crackpots are just too much. Ain't you the ones who've yelled and shrilled how Biden is soft on Russia, how he's failed to stop the Nord 2, so what's your problem now?

In the meantime, Trump's back at it, praising the boss.

[QUOTE]Former President Donald Trump on Tuesday praised Russian President Vladimir Putin's decision to send Russian troops into Ukraine to support Russian-backed separatists in the Luhansk and Donetsk provinces. In an appearance on the right-wing talk radio program "The Buck Sexton Show," Trump broke his conspicuous silence on the crisis to applaud the Russian dictator.

"This is genius," he said of Putin's decision on Monday to officially recognize the breakaway provinces and authorize the use of Russian military personnel to assist them. "So Putin is now saying it’s independent — a large section of Ukraine. I said, how smart is that? And he’s gonna go in and be a peacekeeper. We could use that on our southern border. That’s the strongest peace force I’ve ever seen. There were more army tanks than I’ve ever seen. They’re gonna keep peace, all right."[/QUOTE][URL]https://news.yahoo.com/trump-praises-putins-genius-incursion-into-ukraine-234001858.html[/URL]

[QUOTE=Xpartan;2666673]On the scale from 1 to 10, how much do you personally love Putin?

You crackpots are just too much. Ain't you the ones who've yelled and shrilled how Biden is soft on Russia, how he's failed to stop the Nord 2, so what's your problem now?

In the meantime, Trump's back at it, praising the boss.

[URL]https://news.yahoo.com/trump-praises-putins-genius-incursion-into-ukraine-234001858.html[/URL][/QUOTE]Somebody should!

[URL]https://www.newsmax.com/patrickbuchanan/donetsk-kyiv-luhansk/2022/02/18/id/1057441/[/URL]

[URL]https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/bernie-sanders-ukraine/[/URL]

[QUOTE=Xpartan;2666465]I hear you. Trump granted you a permission not to give a fuck about spreading around a potentially deadly disease. Those were the times! Totally getting your saudade as they call it in Brazil.[/QUOTE]You stay muzzled up, keep your distance and you'll be fine. Why should I restrict myself by giving a flying F&ck about you?

Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the earth.

I consider myself a Great BSer, however from time to time I like to listen to one so please continue.

[QUOTE=Jay0940;2666458]
Finally, what did you (or anyone else) think would happen when billions of stimulus dollars were pumped into the economy (under Trump) in 2020. Any person with a basic understanding of economics (obviously not you) would know that this would cause inflationary pressure on the economy. It's just the alternative (recession) was much worse. So either you were deluding yourself that inflation wouldn't occur or you're spouting nonsense, or both.[/QUOTE]Out of common courtesy I'll answer once!

Yeah Violent crime started under Trump by Antifa. Not homicides that resulted from defunding the police and no prosecution while Sleepy uhm Joe supporting it (short of a small incursion) like!

On the inflation aspect, You are telling me that the great economic minds in DC including yours willingly pumped money into the hands of Americans knowing that it will cause inflation. Restrictions on oil was not inflationary Eh!

You're dazzling me with your brilliant Bullsh! T.

As far as me being the problem, maybe, but YOU don't know me, don't know my strengths or weakness therefore I let you think whatever your Einstein mind want to think.

The masking and election fraud have been beaten to death and don't merit further discussion.

One thing for sure. Presidents from Obama to present all they accomplished was to divide America. In fact Obama said he wanted to change America fundamentally. Indeed he did!

Anywho *intentional. That was my one response. You made your point I made mine and leave I'll it at that. Enjoy life.

[QUOTE=Xpartan;2666673]On the scale from 1 to 10, how much do you personally love Putin?

You crackpots are just too much. Ain't you the ones who've yelled and shrilled how Biden is soft on Russia, how he's failed to stop the Nord 2, so what's your problem..[/QUOTE]Too busy ranting and raving trying to get your nut off to comprehend a concise, clearly written statement:

The people running Biden's State Department are pursuing a policy aimed at preventing Germany from receiving natural gas through Nordstream2. The European vassal states can't be permitted to gain energy autonomy from the USA. Their longer term policy is to break Russia, have a regime change so US corporations gain control of Russian economy and natural resources.

Nothing being said as to whether this is "good" or "bad."

[QUOTE=AxelHeyst;2666514]Is he Crazy Or Just Plain Stupid?

Four weeks ago, there were 58,000 new COVID cases per day in Canada. 2 days ago, there were 3,000. So with Omicron on the verge of defeat with solid evidence showing that Canadians are more or less protected against its spread, ie 78% of the population is vaccinated and 74% double-vaccinated not to mention millions who have had the disease and thus have a natural immunity; PM Justin "Look at me, I'm a girly man" Trudeau decides to tear his country apart in order to enforce vaccine and mask mandates in order to look decisive by dealing with a disease that is in full retreat! What a great example of pure Woke leadership in action.

Meanwhile, don't get me started on President "I like Vanilla Ice Cream before I take a nap" and Putin over the Ukraine. They got the sexiest girls on the planet in the Ukraine. No wonder Putin wants it. I wish I had gone there in the late 90's.[/QUOTE]Trudeau is trying to prove he is dumber than Biden and Harris. He is one of the dumbest people on the world but he still has a long way to catch Biden and Harris stupidly. At least Biden can prove he has dementia.

[QUOTE=Xpartan;2666673]On the scale from 1 to 10, how much do you personally love Putin?

You crackpots are just too much. Ain't you the ones who've yelled and shrilled how Biden is soft on Russia, how he's failed to stop the Nord 2, so what's your problem now?

In the meantime, Trump's back at it, praising the boss.

[URL]https://news.yahoo.com/trump-praises-putins-genius-incursion-into-ukraine-234001858.html[/URL][/QUOTE]There should now be no doubt that Trump did believe Putin had put a bounty on the heads of USA military personnel with the Taliban, as leaked and reported, and that he said absolutely nothing about it to him in any of their off-the-record passionate conversations. The only thing that might have bothered Trump about that is he didn't think of it first. Then again, maybe he's the one of the two of them who did think of it first. That would be totally believable now, too.

After all, they are just "suckers" according to Cadet Bone Spurs. We'll never know since Trump demanded no notes be taken or kept during those little collusion love rendezvous.

Add this to Trump's below average economic results (and worse than that when you consider how many Trillions he spent of our money to buy those mediocre results) compared to just the past 11 presidents during this "best" years before his disastrous 2018 and 2020 decisions damn near burned down to the ground all the major economies of the world, America's chief among them, wiping out millions upon millions of jobs, destroying international supply-chains requiring historic stimulus spending to recover us, both of which created the unavoidable inflation we're seeing around the world today, all those needless deaths and so on.

Its no wonder some crackpots think he is the "best president" of their lifetimes or the "best president" of the past 20-30 years.

Imagine anyone outside of the Kremlin, Kim and Xi's palaces thinking such a thing. LOL. That is some kind of serious hatred for America there, folks.

It is also money earned by Americans from more, better and higher paying jobs that were produced last year in Biden's historic Great Dem Recovery from the latest Great Repub Crash and Recession. Yep, they were long, long overdue pay raises for someone other than the CEO of the companies they work for, the great "evil" in the minds of winger Repubs.

Thanks Joe, Nancy, Chuck, the Dems and everyone who voted for them.

This was only 2 1/2 months ago. Still true:

[b]Americans Are Flush With Cash and Jobs. They Also Think the Economy Is Awful.
The psychological effects of inflation seem to have the upper hand.[/b]
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/06/upshot/inflation-psychology-economy.html
[quote]Americans are, by many measures, in a better financial position than they have been in many years. They also believe the economy is in terrible shape.

This is the great contradiction that underlies President Bidens poor approval ratings, recent Republican victories in state elections and the touch-and-go negotiations over the Biden legislative agenda. It presents a fundamental challenge for economic policy, which has succeeded at lifting the wealth, incomes and job prospects of millions of people but has not made Americans, in their own self-perception, any better off.

Workers have seized the upper hand in the labor market, attaining the largest raises in decades and quitting their jobs at record rates. The unemployment rate is 4.6 percent and has been falling rapidly. Cumulatively, Americans are sitting on piles of cash; they have accumulated $2.3 trillion more in savings in the last 19 months than would have been expected in the prepandemic path. The median households checking account balance was 50 percent higher in July of this year than in 2019, according to the JPMorgan Chase Institute.

Yet workers assessment of the economy is scathing.
...[/quote]

Thanks, typically pro Repub Mainstream Media.

[URL]https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2022/02/23/savings-bank-accounts-covid/[/URL]

[QUOTE]Most Americans are significantly better off financially now than they were before the pandemic began, new bank-account data shows, but there are signs that low-income families are beginning to fall behind.

Following surprisingly strong retail sales, consumer expectations and hiring numbers, new savings data through December 2021 from the JPMorgan Chase Institute points to a rapidly thawing economy, one that could shift into even higher gear as the omicron-fueled covid-19 wave subsides and states continue to ease some covid restrictions.

Americans are sitting on $2.6 trillion in extra savings, a separate Post analysis shows, and signs abound that they are opening up their wallets on long-delayed spending on travel, dining and other experiences that have been on hold since lockdowns swept the country almost two years ago.[/QUOTE]

[QUOTE=Gino02;2666448]Looking at the all around shit-show going on now, more and more I think Trump was the best POTUS in last 20 or even 30 years! He definitely got inside many peoples' skin with the mean tweets (some of which even I don't agree with), but in the more important areas from Economy to World Peace, he was the most balanced POTUS I have seen in my adult life. He kept wall street / main street balance in check, as well as kept Russia / China / North Korea in check with his weird but effective diplomacy. He didn't know much about how to deal with Covid, but followed reasonable advices from the scientists and pushed for what's practical as opposed to being power hungry and curbing citizens' freedom. Also the only POTUS, like a true leader, didn't take a dime of tax payers' money given to him as salary, neither charging million dollars post-POTUS to speak at seminars like Obama and Clinton does.

Yes, keep on mongering![/QUOTE]Unfortunately some others though are in denial, uninformed, their ego / hate prevents them from getting it or just dense! They don't see the Empire crumbling. Regardless if we voice our opinion that goes against their believes they resort to personal attacks. Soooo let them show their stupidity in a mongering board.

[QUOTE=Golfinho;2666572]The people running Biden's State Department evidently will do anything to keep that new pipeline from bringing Russian fuel to Germany. In the meantime, they're rubbing their hands together at the thought of how to eventually get control of Russia's natural resources.

So much for American foreign policy being run for American citizens.[/QUOTE]Yeah, and it used to be American natural gas could not be used in Europe but with LNG it can be so higher oil and natural gas prices which benefits Russia.

With his idiotic climate change agenda and foreign policy, Biden is making the Russians and his hated oil companies rich while bankrupting the American consumer. All I can say to that is Let's go Brandon!

[QUOTE=EatALotOpus;2666829]Unfortunately some others though are in denial, uninformed, their ego / hate prevents them from getting it or just dense! Regardless if we voice our opinion that goes against their believes they resort to personal attacks. Soooo let them show their stupidity in a mongering board.[/QUOTE]LOL. Trump flushed more taxpayer's money down the shitter just funding his weekly golf excursions to his failed resorts than his presidential salary could ever have replaced! And how does anyone know if he kept the paycheck he never earned? Do you suppose he put the money into one of his fraudulent "charity" organizations?

That is just one of the idiot assertions made in that astonishingly stupid and ill-informed post you just agreed with.

[QUOTE=MarquisdeSade1;2666675]Somebody should!

[URL]https://www.newsmax.com/patrickbuchanan/donetsk-kyiv-luhansk/2022/02/18/id/1057441/[/URL]

[URL]https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/bernie-sanders-ukraine/[/URL].[/QUOTE]Right now, Putin is twitchy enough to be two blinks away from going off. Like the dumb dog that caught the car.

At this point, Putin has been cornered into selling a lot of tickets to other countries who'll want to join NATO. Which, of course, is the exact opposite of what he and his puppet Trump worked so hard to accomplish together.

This isn't even about Putin vs Biden. The USA doesn't need Russia. If Putin invades Ukraine, that is no threat to our national security. Ukraine is not a member of NATO now so we have no obligation to engage militarily. Those are the reasons Obama had to get permission from the Senate to respond militarily in 2014, which Moscow Mitch refused to even open for a vote in the Senate.

It is really all about what Zelensky does, not Biden.

The USA already had a couple of experiences with clown tv show hosts as president. Hopefully, the Ukraine will fare much, much better for it.

In our case, the first clown tv show host president, Reagan, left the American people with such a belly full of buyer's regret from his and his VP administration's results, his Party has not gotten more votes than the Dem over the next 30 years and 8 presidential elections except one and that one was only at the point of a gun when the idiot plunged us into 2-3 counterproductive quagmire, no-win wars as a "wartime president. " LOL.

Our second clown tv show host president, Trump, produced such horrific results he is the only president since his Party icon of icon economic models, Herbert Hoover, to lose the House, the Senate and the Presidency in just 4 years.

[QUOTE=Jay0940;2666458]I must say. While I appreciate the humor of this thread, it's absolutely useless. It's like playing whack-a-mole with Trump Republicans. You can't win because even when you point out the lunacy of their arguments (I. E. Election fraud) they just disagree with basic facts or make stuff up. I can't have a discussion with someone who isn't reasonable.[/QUOTE]Okay, Jay, in Georgia, when those people pulled out the ballot boxes, how many of those votes they counted when no one was around went for Biden and how many for Trump?

I do not know. So how do you? If the votes went 50-50, there was no fraud, but 95 to 5 for Biden, fraud is an issue. And in one set of challenged ballots from a nursing home, that is exactly how the vote went, and it was blown off. Once I read that, I was like both Georgia Senate seats are going Democrat because the fix is in, and they did. I am kicking myself for not putting money down on their winning.

Now I hear the Democratic argument that judges saw there was no evidence of fraud, but that is not what the judges said. They said that Republicans should have brought up potential fraud issues before the election, and they should have.

Now the Georgia Secretary of State has secured testimony from a guy who made $45,000 illegally harvesting ballots. I guess you have decided already that he is a liar right?

I accepted the election results. The Republicans going crying to judges and expecting them to fix it after a winner was declared was never going to happen. I knew that before any judge rendered a decision. It did not matter what the evidence was. Now the Republicans know to challenge votes before the final decision is made, and THAT is what is driving Dems crazy.

And Democrats are crying that showing an ID before voting is Jim Crow 2. 0. Yeah, right. And Biden trying to take control of the elections at the national level is not exactly confidence inspiring either.

That you Democrats are okay with requiring an ID to get on a plane or buy a beer but not to vote shows just how corrupt you people really are. To me, it is tantamount to an admission you want to cheat.

Like I said, I accepted the 2020 election results, but I will never accept that the vote was not rigged not after what I have seen and read. Time and again, I have read how records should have been kept but were deleted. Still, it does not matter.

What matters is in the future things are going to be really fair, and it looks like right now, Democrats are going to get slaughtered, and those odds are not at the polls but at the casinos.