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It's a pity that the USA doesn't have more McCains ..... in both parties.
I remember that even some Dems voted for the new tax law. Self interest or pressure from the financial ghosts (paying and lobbying in the background), would never have been a reason for McCain to do so.
Playing, voting for groups/sharks with some special financial or political self-interest wasn't his style.
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Reading the CNN post was disappointing for me. Only statistical bs. Now some details I read in a German magazine.
The research was financed by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
But the results are questionable:
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in 1 year of 100,000 people between 15 and 95 years old not drinking any alcohol, 914 people have fallen ill or received injuries
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in 1 year of 100,000 people between 15 and 95 years old only having 1 daily alcoholic drink 918 people have fallen ill or received injuries in connection with alcohol. [only 4 more!]
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Do 100.000 people daily consume 2 alcoholic drinks then there have been 977 cases of alcohol related illnesses each year. When drinking 5 glasses daily the number went up to 1252.
Among the 23 illnesses related to alcohol or injuries have been:
liver cirrhosis and -cancer, diabetes, epilepsy, heart attack, high blood pressure, bowel cancer, tuberculosis, self-injury, and also traffic accidents.
The British medical statistician David Spiegelhalter criticized the conclusion. There should be 25,000 people drinking together 400.000 bottles of gin for making a problem to one of them.
He said, because many of these health problems (in the statistic) concerned the 914 non-drinkers, too, it's not depending on alcohol. Otherwise the number of non-drinkers had to be zero. And the moderate alcohol drinking delivers some fun.
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2 nice jokes:
A man would liked to be 100 years old. He said, I don't eat meat, don't drink alcohol and don't have sex.
Then someone asked him: And why do you want to be 100 years old?
A 100 years old man was interviewed why he has grown so old.
I neither drank alcohol nor have had sex.
Then some asked him; why is there so much noise upstairs?
Oh, my elder brother has a party again.
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I understand his reaction of "discontinuing the medical treatment“ completely. I think you have to translate ending medical treatment as stopping the chemical treatment.
My late brother did the same. The main reason: for gaining a few more months of your life, for many days you have to suffer from very awful pains after the injection (of the chemicals). Stopping this treatment after several sequences made him feeling better. Pills against pain have been prescribed.
The last months of McCain's life will not be so painful as before. It's easier for him to say good bye to his family, his friends and the world.
Mr. McCain, you have deserved respect from all over the world. Thank you.
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14 minutes ago, spidermike007 said:<------>
Well, most of us know this is another one of Rudy's "truth is not the truth" quotes. There are literally hundreds of aspects of Trumps business dealings over the decades that were no doubt illegal. This man has no respect for the law, nor humanity as a whole. He operates his business from very low and unethical standards. His entire empire was built on crime, and stealing from others. He does not have an honest bone in his body, nor does he even know how to spell the words integrity, honor, dignity, courage, faith, or respect. If he did, he would not have been involved in 3,600 lawsuits, at the time he took office. Now, it is higher than that, when you add in the Stormy lawsuit, the lawsuit his chauffeur of 25 years filed against him for non payment of back wages, etc. It just goes on and on and on, with this clown. His arrogance, hubris and lack of respect for people who have devoted themselves to him, worked for him, and given him sweat and tears is legendary.
May I add, he relies on a fake news channel - shown at # 10 - not on real experts. A sign of stupidity and stupor as proven day by day.
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"It's important... whatever the controversies around Donald Trump, to recognise that actually he has not been the isolationist president that many feared he would," Hunt told BBC radio, in an interview recorded before his departure to Washington.
Farting on and biting or attacking nearly all US friends doesn't make the LOTUS (Liar Of The...) an isolationist?
Hey Mr. Hunt, I'm afraid the „Trump-brain-sickness“ has already infected you. Or was is a@xrsh licking, sometimes named diplomacy ??
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4 hours ago, KhunFred said:
Such brilliance. Trump completely disregards previous presidential protocol and custom. He won't be satisfied until he engineers a major recession.
The sick man of of the Potomac is "learning" from the sick man of the Bosporus
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4 hours ago, UncleTouchyFingers said:
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I am absolutely proud to be American. Plenty of things I wish were better, but I love the country and the freedom. The nationalism pisses you off because of your inherent distaste for the US. If you were fond, Americans being proud wouldn't make you upset. I meet people like you all the time in Thailand.
Everyone wants to dunk on the USA on this forum, and when its given back in kind nobody can take it. You see it as arrogance, and thats laughable.
PS this is your PM... How embarrassing ?
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Oh, poor UTF.
You remember me the man driving his car into a one-way street and complaining of thousands of people driving in the wrong direction, but only me (you) not.
There are some people – especially here in TV – who don't know the difference between hate and criticism or dissenting opinion.
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43 minutes ago, ballpoint said:
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Going one step further; even when putting aside the physical abuse of children, the abuse of their minds by indoctrination from an early age, when they are unable to form and analyse opinions for themselves, is still a charge that may be levelled at all religions, though granted, some more than others. Religion works by either altering ones mind, to the point that one really believes what they are saying, or, if you don't achieve that "higher" state, by making you unwilling to speak out due to fear of the consequences - if not in your current life then in whatever afterlife is offered by the religion / denomination you happened to be born into. Planting these seeds into a young, impressionable, mind is key to a lot of the power that religion holds. As such, it should be treated exactly like any legalised drug, with appropriate rules on age applied. Giving a mind altering drug to a child is illegal - no matter how legal it may be for an adult to take it. The organised brain washing and indoctrination of that child, when s/he has no defences or logical prowess to analyse the informtion given, and decide for him/herself whether to accept or refuse it, should be treated with the same condemnation.
excellent!
In a few words:
religion is the polar opposite to knowledge. It's a power to manipulate people (to believe). History is full of examples. And the present age, too.
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2 hours ago, sammieuk1 said:The CIA knows Fullwell Erdog faked his own coup to get rid of his enemy's and elevate himself to a new super sultan with "special powers" whilst blaming the cleric Gluen who lives in the USA. Get on with the sanctions and squeeze the life out of this faker ??
To use one of Trump's favorite words, both – TRUMP and ERDOGAN are „tremendous“ liars. Therefore, if you believe they say what their own „CIA“ tells them, is like listening to a soothsayer or agitator. You cannot believe either the LOTUS (Liar Of The …) nor the sick man near the Bosporus.
Out of my viewpoint it's high time to do the same against the blind trade-warrior Trump and all his minions, because he isn't able to play by international (diplomatic) rules. Put sanctions on them. And maybe against the country that doesn't stop such an incompetent idi$t.. He makes much, much more trouble to the world than an evangelical priest can do to Turkey. I don't defend Erdogan's criminal actions, but ask myself if Trump has only 1 milligram of common sense (I don't dare to ask for a capability for empathy).
Only one example of many. Why does he not support the lovely Canada against the Saudi King Salman for the release of jailed Saudi human rights activists? Why no „sanctions? Maybe special personal interests?
Trump, a shame of America.
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I remember China had some pharmaceutical/vaccine scandals. Among them vaccines against rabies. I wouldn't be surprised if the concerned companies sold these „fake“ pharmaceuticals to Thailand, cheaply of course.
Google: rabies scandal in China
Example: BEIJING (AP) — Chinese state media say a total of 15 people have been detained in a growing scandal over the faking of records by a rabies vaccine maker. ….......
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7 minutes ago, bristolboy said:
It doesn't take an expert to refer you to the 1st Amendment.
Would you pleas explain it to me?
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A question to the experts:
Why isn't it possible to take the LOTUS (The Liar Of ...) Trump to the judge because of his unjustified, extreme crude and nearly daily insults against people he doesn't like ???
Freedom of speech (has limits in a normal state) ?
Immunity as the POTUS ?
Resistance of the Rep party (because you need a special number of the members of the congress) ?
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It seems Trump would like to escape the climatic change on earth
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4 hours ago, BuaBS said:
Yes same bank , but the germans won't let it collapse , but they should.
You are completely right. Because the Germans wouldn't like that Trump would get rid of his Deutsche Bank debts.
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IFrom:
https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2018-06-01/italy-s-extraordinary-146-billion-project
….... And yet, Italy’s sovereign debt is among the world’s largest. Investors and the rest of the euro zone will be watching intently when the new government presents its first budget in the autumn. Expect tensions. Italy’s financial constraints will inevitably bite and the two parties will squabble over what pet projects to prioritize.
@bristolboy - # 9 - , you should think twice before writing such a nons...e.
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And you seem to be confused what a sovereign debt is or not.
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And you seem to be confused about the €-currency or not. The value of the €-currency depends on many factors. One of them is the budget of the EU members. The € has lost a lot of value because of the PIGS (Portugal, Italy, Greece, Spain) states budget problems. Their main problem was the excessive national debt. And Italy was and is (under the new government) on the way of the Greeks. That means going bankrupt.
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If You think there was no justified reason for the EU to put the foot on the brakes of Italy's national debt, then I question your mental health. GDP alone is not an indicator for the real health of a state. Italy has been a problematic state for many, many years. Should the EU pay again for an idiotic debt policy?
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Maybe you don't know Italy has a lot of unsolved problems. In a nutshell: in general weak fundamentals in the economy – look at #5- guardian website-; shadow economy, (illegal) tax avoidance. Many, many banks with bad loans (Unicredit – 77 billion €, for example)
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High levels of corruption, criminality, and inefficiencies in the country’s bureaucratic and banking systems are additional problems in Italy. None of these problems will be solved by exiting the euro and in many ways leaving the single currency could achieve the opposite result. From: http://www.bin-italia.org/italys-economic-problems-are-not-caused-by-the-euro-but-by-the-countrys-chaotic-political-system/If you think „And a big reason for this is that Italy was not allowed to engage in stimulative spending unlike the USA to make up for the shortfall in demand. And the reason Italy wasn't allowed was because of the EURO.“ then you are very naive. Stimulus programs are somewhat controversial. What worked in the USA, must not work in Italy. Different background, see above. All these mentioned negatives gave the reason for the EU to put the foot on the brake.
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The EURO was not the problem, but Italy itself.
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11 hours ago, Jingthing said:
It's a bird!
It's a plane!
No.
It's Captain Chaos strikes again!
Please, Baby Captain Chaos strikes gain.
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Italy's lira was nearly as useful as toilet paper before it joined the Euro. And they have been happy and lucky to be able to join the €. Lira had lost value year by year.
The Italian right wings should clean their own pig stall before giving advice to other countries. It seems the minister has a short memory..., if at all.
https://www.theguardian.com/business/blog/2016/dec/05/italy-euro-economy-competitiveness
On New Year’s Day in 2002, Italians gathered in Rome to throw their lire into the Trevi fountain. There were celebrations as Italians took possession of the new euro notes and coins that became legal tender as the clocks struck midnight.
But hopes that the advent of the single currency would provide a fresh start for Italy’s economy were misplaced. The growth performance of the eurozone as a whole has been poor, but Italy’s has been dismal. Greece and Spain at least had booms before their painful busts; Germany and France have managed to claw back the ground lost in the deep recession of 2008-09.
But national output per head in Italy is only 4% higher than it was 15 years ago. The economy is still smaller than it was in 2008. Unemployment is at 11.6%, labour market participation is low, and its birthrate in 2014 was the lowest since the modern Italian state was founded in 1861. If there was a contest for the unwanted title of the sick man of Europe in the 21st century, Italy would walk it. < ….....>
If you once had to deal with Italy's monster-bureaucracy then you know why. In contrast to this sick „monster“ the people are gracious and charming. Big contrast, and you ask yourself why is this possible. But extreme right wing seems to be modern style.
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3 hours ago, xylophone said:
Yes...….I read in my local newspaper that, in replying to the latest bombshell re Russian involvement, Giuliani stated, "well we all know that Cohen is a liar".
And Trump is not???????????????????
You couldn't make this stuff up!
It's so easy to rumble Trump. If he aggressively attacks somebody who once was "tremendous", a good friend, extremely competent... (the list goes on)
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a liar, a monster, incompetent, traitor etc.
than it's obvious this moron deserves the title LOTUS, Liar OF The United States. Then there is no doubt he is lying.
There are a lot of people who he slandered and who can or could improve he deserves this title, i.e.
- Michael Cohen - concerning Trump Tower etc.
- James B. Comey
- Playmate McDougal
- Stormy Daniels
- Andrew McCabe
- John Brennan
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- last but not least: Melania Trump, if she wouldn't be afraid of losing the Trump-advantages of a private "deal".
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As normal facts between what „Tiny Don“ (not my invention) says or said and the reality has a distance just from here to the eternity.
Alternative and real facts:
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Soybeans; The agreements between Trump and Juncker are more vague in the official statement. Soybeans are only one of various commodity groups they would like to work for to reduce the hurdles. With an eye on the midterm elections „the dealer“ trumpeted, nearly immediately the Europeans would buy more soybeans!!
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LNG; The EU wanna import more LNG from the USA to diversify the energy supply. The man with the orange face trumpeted again: big/giant purchase quantity. His usual exaggerations.
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As already noted here, the US LNG would be too expensive, much more expensive than the Russian one trough the pipe line. Who would like to buy it in the EU? And last not least the „tremendous“ ignorance of the "great dealer": Although The Commission externally represents the EU countries in trade-related matters, it cannot decide on concrete projects and deals. The companies pick the contractors by themselves.
Hot air, Mr. Trump, to save face?
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Concerning the headline, I believe most people want him there
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33 minutes ago, petermik said:
The EU are simply trying to make the UK,s exit as difficult as possible full stop.....we voted out...we want out
According to you"voted out" means also voted out of of all EU preferences. The EU status eased the (trade) problems between of the Irish Republic and Northern Ireland/UK.
"Out" means then old status, old problems. In the absence of Brexit-plans in the election campaign the Brexiteers didn't like or have not been able to inform about what the UK could lose.
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1 hour ago, malibukid said:
maybe she will enter politics and become the first woman POTUS
... the first female POTUS and the second LOTUS (Liar Of ....).
As written before,
According to the Wall Street Journal, online sales of Ivanka Trump's brand fell nearly 55 percent in the 12 months to June, compared with the year-earlier period, citing Rakuten Intelligence, which gathers email receipts from 5.5 million U.S. consumers.
she is saving face. She cannot admit that the name Trump is a synonym for NEGATIVES as liars, fake news, bankruptcy, incompetence, stupidity in spite of a nice face, etc.
Although "accidentally" exempted from extra tax in China
, she couldn't go on with her business ?
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Iran "is run by something that resembles the mafia more than a government," Pompeo said, citing what he called Iranian leaders' vast wealth and corruption.
Late German President Gustav Heinmann once said approximately:
Who points with his forefinger at an alleged instigator should take into consideration that in the hand with the outstretched finger three other fingers point at himself, at the same moment.
That matches Trump an cohorts.
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U.S. Senator John McCain, ex-POW and political maverick, dead at 81
in World News
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When I said "It's a pity that the USA doesn't have more McCains ..... in both parties." I referred to his maverick style.
He didn't do what was ordered by the party or its political leaders. At now you recognize the style of sheeple all over the parties, especially in the the SOP (not GOP). You don't know SOP? The Sordid Old Party which doesn't stand up against a reprobate "leader", as McCain did?
But if you and I don't or didn't agree with his very conservative views, that doesn't mean "political" sins" in general. I'm aware that McCain made mistakes and has had flaws . But who is free of them?