wendybr Posted August 27, 2020 Author Share Posted August 27, 2020 On 08/08/2020 at 9:16 PM, wendybr said: Brilliant... https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/political-commentary/covid-19-end-of-american-era-wade-davis-1038206/ On 08/08/2020 at 11:46 PM, Cynth said: Wow. Fascinating and well written article, On 13/08/2020 at 2:16 PM, EmMac said: A fabulous article On 14/08/2020 at 11:38 PM, Midfielder said: Words fail me .... one of the best things I have read recently... sadly I doubt it will be widely read... For those of you who found that article extraordinary, here is its author talking on Late Night Liive. H does cover a lot from the article, plus some... Worth listening... to encounter the ideas explored in the article again. Apparently the article has had many millions of people read it!! https://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/latenightlive/the-end-of-the-american-era/12597368 sonar, Potkorok and EmMac 3 Link to comment
Neverbloom Posted August 31, 2020 Share Posted August 31, 2020 i think if i lived in the US i would be cowering in my house for the past 4 months, seriously screwed up what is happening there MartinTyler and Midfielder 2 Link to comment
Midfielder Posted August 31, 2020 Share Posted August 31, 2020 Listen from 15:00 minutes... Link to comment
MartinTyler Posted August 31, 2020 Share Posted August 31, 2020 8 hours ago, Neverbloom said: i think if i lived in the US i would be cowering in my house for the past 4 months, seriously screwed up what is happening there I'd have to agree; regardless of who wins in November the place is fooked Midfielder, Neverbloom and EmMac 3 Link to comment
Midfielder Posted September 1, 2020 Share Posted September 1, 2020 Just saw some polls in the US swing states and Trump is roaring back and is now leading in stats he was well behind in... Link to comment
sonar Posted September 1, 2020 Share Posted September 1, 2020 (edited) This is the best site for US political polling and poll analysis.. https://fivethirtyeight.com/ https://fivethirtyeight.com/videos/theres-not-enough-evidence-yet-to-know-whether-unrest-in-kenosha-and-portland-will-affect-the-election/ Edited September 1, 2020 by sonar EmMac and Unlimited 2 Link to comment
Midfielder Posted September 1, 2020 Share Posted September 1, 2020 40 minutes ago, sonar said: This is the best site for US political polling and poll analysis.. https://fivethirtyeight.com/ https://fivethirtyeight.com/videos/theres-not-enough-evidence-yet-to-know-whether-unrest-in-kenosha-and-portland-will-affect-the-election/ thanks will have a look Link to comment
MartinTyler Posted September 1, 2020 Share Posted September 1, 2020 2 hours ago, Midfielder said: Just saw some polls in the US swing states and Trump is roaring back and is now leading in stats he was well behind in... You got links to those polls? Link to comment
Midfielder Posted September 1, 2020 Share Posted September 1, 2020 5 hours ago, MartinTyler said: You got links to those polls? TWAS om MSNBC youtube ... and was also on a 'The Young Turks" youtube ... I will see if I can find them but they both have so many youtubes I will try ... In-explainable if it continues ... also saw an interesting comparison of conveys of middle eastern mostly young men flying flags with guns driving to support their cause and that Trump has conveys that look the same... I think Trump will loose but if he wins ... I have this horrible feeling in my gut .... In summary to come to the point the polls still show Biden winning .... but the chaos and the L & O issues he has caused .... This is The Young Turk youtube and it refers to the MSNBC and other polls.. Link to comment
MartinTyler Posted September 1, 2020 Share Posted September 1, 2020 I see that Trump is banging on about a mysterious planeload of shady characters dressed in black intent on causing trouble.....I didn't realise that the RBB was on an international tour of duty !! wendybr 1 Link to comment
StringerBellend Posted September 1, 2020 Share Posted September 1, 2020 Why trump will win MartinTyler 1 Link to comment
Midfielder Posted September 2, 2020 Share Posted September 2, 2020 This is very interesting... especially the first minute or so.. EmMac, Edinburgh and wendybr 3 Link to comment
Midfielder Posted September 2, 2020 Share Posted September 2, 2020 6 hours ago, MartinTyler said: I see that Trump is banging on about a mysterious planeload of shady characters dressed in black intent on causing trouble.....I didn't realise that the RBB was on an international tour of duty !! Clever ... but he is changing a number of things which in my wildest dreams I ever through could happen in the US. A couple of days ago an appeal by the US gove against a Fed court decision pertaining to journalist and the police in teh US. Essentially its always been assumed if you were a boba fida journalist then the police could not arrest or physically handle you... as you would be aware that has happen a number of times recently.. in a 2 to 1 over turn of the decision two Trump appointed judges backed the and said police could treat journalist the same if not worst than other protesters... like giving the police the power not only to shut down media coverage of an event but to jail journalist... This bit is beyond scary to the power of light years scary... the DOJ [department of justice] which has been stacked by Trump appointees is looking at charging or developing laws to charge the left wing protesters and jail them... essentially jail your political opponents.... Fox news in full support.... why & how Fox are so supportive to me anyway is un-explainable. ..... Edinburgh and Cynth 2 Link to comment
mack Posted September 2, 2020 Share Posted September 2, 2020 52 minutes ago, Midfielder said: why & how Fox are so supportive to me anyway is un-explainable Because they're a propaganda wing of the Republican Party. It started because Nixon couldn't get away with his crimes. https://www.mediamatters.org/fox-news/why-fox-news-exists sonar, wendybr and EmMac 3 Link to comment
Paul01 Posted September 2, 2020 Share Posted September 2, 2020 German Government says Vladimir Putin opponent Alexei Navalny 'without doubt' poisoned by Novichok nerve agent http://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-09-03/putin-critic-navalny-poisoned-with-novichok-german-government/12623700 Link to comment
Potkorok Posted September 2, 2020 Share Posted September 2, 2020 2 hours ago, Paul01 said: German Government says Vladimir Putin opponent Alexei Navalny 'without doubt' poisoned by Novichok nerve agent http://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-09-03/putin-critic-navalny-poisoned-with-novichok-german-government/12623700 Well there's a surprise......you can take the president out of the KGB but you can't take the KGB out of the president.. Just astonishing what the Russian people will put up with really over such a long period of history. Cynth, sonar, EmMac and 1 other 4 Link to comment
Carns Posted September 3, 2020 Share Posted September 3, 2020 Putin is still relatively popular amongst Russians. But those who oppose him don't willingly "put up" with him. Moreso any opposition or protest is crushed with an iron fist. They regularly beat, jail and even murder people who they perceive as dessenting. EmMac, Potkorok, wendybr and 1 other 4 Link to comment
Potkorok Posted September 3, 2020 Share Posted September 3, 2020 4 hours ago, Carns said: Putin is still relatively popular amongst Russians. But those who oppose him don't willingly "put up" with him. Moreso any opposition or protest is crushed with an iron fist. They regularly beat, jail and even murder people who they perceive as dessenting. Yes but a majority still seem to keep supporting him as a "strong man" style leader. And this in spite of the appalling treatment of dissenters. It's the template for what so many others have started to follow, such as Turkey, Hungary, the Philippines and the USA among others. But it's been going on in Russia for much longer, arguably back to Stalin and with only a brief respite under Gorbachev and Yeltsin. wendybr, EmMac, Carns and 1 other 4 Link to comment
mack Posted September 3, 2020 Share Posted September 3, 2020 21 minutes ago, Potkorok said: But it's been going on in Russia for much longer, arguably back to Stalin Plus all the Emperors. pseudonym, wendybr, EmMac and 3 others 6 Link to comment
Carns Posted September 3, 2020 Share Posted September 3, 2020 1 hour ago, Potkorok said: Yes but a majority still seem to keep supporting him as a "strong man" style leader. And this in spite of the appalling treatment of dissenters. It's the template for what so many others have started to follow, such as Turkey, Hungary, the Philippines and the USA among others. But it's been going on in Russia for much longer, arguably back to Stalin and with only a brief respite under Gorbachev and Yeltsin. Agree with all that. Apparently many Russians miss when they had the power of the U.S.S.R and want to return some of the status Russia had as a country then, and admire the strong man tactics. Obviously it's a more diverse and complicated scenario than that, but at times he's increased his popularity by being absolutely ruthless. Potkorok and wendybr 2 Link to comment
sonar Posted September 3, 2020 Share Posted September 3, 2020 (edited) 26 minutes ago, Carns said: Agree with all that. Apparently many Russians miss when they had the power of the U.S.S.R and want to return some of the status Russia had as a country then, and admire the strong man tactics. Obviously it's a more diverse and complicated scenario than that, but at times he's increased his popularity by being absolutely ruthless. Fear. Fear of being whisked away by secret police.,,,,,KGB.... Russia has been ruled by fear. Either from the NKVD or KGB as the instrument. https://www.crimemuseum.org/crime-library/international-crimes/stalins-security-force/ Edited September 3, 2020 by sonar Potkorok, Carns, wendybr and 1 other 4 Link to comment
mack Posted September 3, 2020 Share Posted September 3, 2020 1 hour ago, pseudonym said: Imagine what the people who died because of his parties brutal austerity policies would say about him! Scottish tory 6 chip twat is a legendary insult pseudonym, sonar and wendybr 3 Link to comment
Cynth Posted September 3, 2020 Share Posted September 3, 2020 https://www.justsecurity.org/70507/white-supremacist-infiltration-of-us-police-forces-fact-checking-national-security-advisor-obrien/ Midfielder 1 Link to comment
Midfielder Posted September 3, 2020 Share Posted September 3, 2020 1 hour ago, Cynth said: https://www.justsecurity.org/70507/white-supremacist-infiltration-of-us-police-forces-fact-checking-national-security-advisor-obrien/ good pick up ... great read... Link to comment
marron Posted September 4, 2020 Share Posted September 4, 2020 On 03/09/2020 at 4:09 PM, pseudonym said: Quiet night on the couch for stringer pseudonym and Smoggy 2 Link to comment
Smoggy Posted September 4, 2020 Share Posted September 4, 2020 26 minutes ago, marron said: Quiet night on the couch for stringer Nahhhh would be something ‘ya Tory kopite chunt’ marron and EmMac 2 Link to comment
Cynth Posted September 5, 2020 Share Posted September 5, 2020 https://www.google.com.au/amp/s/www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8699759/amp/Two-Missouri-men-arrested-AR15s-shotguns-knives-Kenosha.html https://www.google.com.au/amp/s/www.cbsnews.com/amp/news/boogaloo-bois-2-members-charged-with-attempting-to-support-hamas/ These two stories make me think that if Trump loses in November, all hell is going to break loose in the US. Too many loose canons with a bone to pick have been emboldened. wendybr and sonar 2 Link to comment
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