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4 hours ago, ozimoron said:

 

I don't know, I was responding to a comment about the sentiment.

 

Personally, I think they don't dress differently and the sentiment was wrong. I do think that maybe they are getting push back from running their mouth at a time when the national sentiment is strongly anti Israel and pro Palestinian. Unfortunate but that what's you get when you aren't openly protesting the actions of your own war criminal leader.

This thread is a real doozy, amazing how a post about anti-semitism brings them flocking to it to openly profess their sentiments.

Just a hint to those people who are about to get offended about being called anti-semitic: when you keep using "they" and professing wisdom about what "they" do, and "they" think, and "they" act, it really doesn't matter who the "they" are, it's going to be racist. You don't understand that there are many Jews who wear yarmulke or a Star of David necklace and that's easily identifiable? No, couldn't be that, must have been those loudmouth Jews yapping away during a time when the sentiment is strongly anti-Israel!

And then the chef's kiss - "that what's (sic) you get when you aren't openly protesting the actions of your own war criminal leader." So Binyamin Netanyahu is the leader of the Jews? Why didn't we get a vote then? Do so many Israelis live in the UK?

Here's another clue for you. Israel is a country that is 80% or so Jewish in its populace. It's 20% Arab Christian/Muslim. It's a separate country of around 9.5 million people. There are another 6 million or so Jews who live outside of Israel who are citizens of other countries. Their "leaders" are the ones they elect in the countries that they live in.

Tell me, if you're a Christian, are you protesting the actions of your Christian leader Vladimir Putin? Or perhaps you're an Atheist, are you putting Kim Jong Un on blast for the terrible things he's done? No, you're not because that's absurd, isn't it? But you will do this with Jews. This is why you are an Anti-Semite.  Clear?

Yes, yes, as per usual, it's NOT the enormous and profit-driven CP Group's lust for corn to feed their livestock business that is causing this, it's those pesky villagers hunting for mushrooms! When will they stop putting their selfish lust for vegetables and medicinal herbs ahead of the health and welfare of the Thai people? When will they behave responsibly like the CP Group who buy all the corn that will be produced from all of these burned plots and whose bored communications officers recycle the same talking points every year while "those irresponsible farmers" cop the blame yet again?

But never fear, they'll be mobilizing soon with brown envelopes to put out the bureaucratic fires and ensure their willing stooges are back in the Guv'nor's seat to enable yet another year of burning and haze and the compliant civil service and journalists will just keep spouting and printing the "truth" - "weren't us mate, were them poor folks over there what dun it!".

13 minutes ago, James105 said:

 

What percentage of straight white men are occupying these positions at the highest levels?  0.01% perhaps? Probably the same percentage of high achievers in the other races I would think.  So in your mind just because a very small percentage of high achievers are in these positions then the entire white race should be collectively punished?

 

The vast, vast majority of white people do not occupy these positions and never will do.

 

"they can't bear the thought of competing on a level playing field"

 

It's not really a level playing field if they are not allowed on the field now is it?  It doesn't matter how you dress it up, it is racist to discriminate someone based on their race, regardless of how good or otherwise it was decades ago in a different age for their ancestors.   

 

It's not whining to call out blatant racism.  

Okay, let's do a 2 second search.

https://fortune.com/2017/06/09/white-men-senior-executives-fortune-500-companies-diversity-data/ "White Men Account for 72% of Corporate Leadership at 16 of the Fortune 500 Companies" (In case you were wondering, only 16 of the 500 companies provided information for Forbes)

https://www.businessinsider.com/wall-street-bank-diversity-2015-8 "More than 80% of executives at Goldman Sachs, Wells Fargo, JPMorgan, Bank of America, Citigroup, and Morgan Stanley are white. More than two-thirds of executives at the same firms are male."

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-09-21/america-s-c-suites-keep-getting-whiter-and-more-male-too "America’s C-Suites Keep Getting Whiter (and More Male, Too) - Diversity stops here."

https://thehill.com/changing-america/respect/diversity-inclusion/555503-new-study-finds-white-male-minority-rule/ "A new study found that white men hold 62 percent of all elected offices despite being just 30 percent of the population."

So do you have any evidence that White CIS Men are under-represented at any elite level of anything other than women's athletics or women's-only competitions? Especially any evidence that points to those people being 0.1% of the elite of ANYTHING AT ALL? Or are you simply referring to countries where there are very few White people where of course they wouldn't be represented since they're not in existence? If you could point to a single place perhaps where the White Straight Male is both a significant part of the population and is under-represented then you might have some credibility. As it stands, you're just like debating with a toddler - you make up facts as you go along and refuse to address that when it's pointed out to you. You don't find that embarrassing as an adult?

15 minutes ago, James105 said:

 

Ah, it appears that you don't understand the concept of using an example to illustrate a point, but since it appears like English is not your first language I will let it slide.  

 

What I will say though is that if you approve of the concept of discriminating against someone based on the immutable characteristic of their race then that makes you a racist.  

So how is it then that the White Straight Man ended up dominating the highest levels of banks, universities, businesses, politics, etc.? Was it completely based on merit? How could one scientifically explain this phenomenon? What's different about them? Are they smarter than non-White people or women or gay folks?

The policies that provide more opportunities for the people who have been systematically discriminated against for centuries are based on megatons of documents of research documenting this discrimination and proving how it has artificially propped up the White Straight Men of the world. Now that there are systematic means available to correct the blatant and unfair lack of opportunity, there is a backlash by the people who have been reaping the benefits for their entire lives because they can't bear the thought of competing on a level playing field - they know they're going to lose. Sound familiar? Luckily for many of the misogynistic hate-mongers, most of them were able to feather their nests with the ill-gotten benefits before the world started catching on and catching up with removing their privilege. Hearing the whining of these losers is music to my ears!

7 hours ago, mikebike said:

Huh? Did you misread that badly?

 

Canadian Muslims didn't commit the atrocities of Oct 09 either.

 

What is your point exactly?

That whooshing sound you hear...

8 hours ago, Skipalongcassidy said:

Two out of control persons married... what could possibly go wrong.

Huh? Why on earth would you say that?

You think the woman was out of control because she could see that she had married a man who would easily turn violent as he had in the past and so tried to run away from him even if it meant leaving her child alone with him in the car? I guess seeing as how it turned out she was absolutely right to fear this monster.

What sort of a person observes this story and comes to that sort of a conclusion? I am so pleased to observe that you're one of those on the opposite side of the political divide. With friends like you, who needs enemies?

On 2/15/2024 at 9:08 AM, Berkshire said:

Some of you MAGA guys crack me up.  This was a pointless exercise.  This impeachment will be DOA at the Senate and Mayorkas will continue on as before.  So what have these nutters in the House accomplished?  Zero....except waste time and money that could be better spent on actually governing. 

They also killed the bipartisan bill that was negotiated specifically to address the immigration issues that the GOP are complaining endlessly about. The reason of course is that Diaper Donnie deemed it potentially injurious to his campaign to get away with high crimes and misdemeanors - as in actual ones that are in a court of law and which have reams of evidence to support the charges.

What exactly was Secretary Mayorkas' high crime and misdemeanor here? How is the House GOP not complicit in any of these so-called charges seeing as they had a bill in place to address this that was bipartisan and which they then walked away from due to pressure from the Far Right Extremists. If you're so convinced, care to make a bet with me for real money that there will be no court cases or charges against Mayorkas?

On 2/9/2024 at 11:07 PM, Liverpool Lou said:

 

   Even if there were thousands of years of temperature records, which is what this OP relates to, thousands of years is nothing compared to the billions of years that the earth has existed.

 

So what we're talking about are long-term climate records that relate to the period of time that modern humans have been around. What occurred previous to the modern era is less interesting because there were massive differences in the plant and animal world between those times. The main point of global warming/catastrophic climate change is that it is anthropomorphic rather than the result of natural consequences due to geology, meteorites or other causes.

Statistics provide us with the tools that enable us to accurately estimate how temperatures changed globally over the last 2,000 years or longer. These statistics have been used since the 1970s to project the likely impacts on global temperatures and those projections have in most cases been demonstrated to be conservative. That means the predictions were that the warming would happen slower than it is, which is of course more alarming. And the temperature record is very clear - the planet is warming rapidly and there are major consequences as a result of this additional energy being in the atmosphere. This is why they're thinking of adding a new category to the Hurricane classes since the existing ones don't capture the strength of the newer ones.

https://www.sciencealert.com/rise-in-storm-intensity-prompts-calls-for-a-whole-new-category-of-hurricane

The issue is not so much that we don't have records from long ago, as it is that the records we do have paint a very clear picture since the statistical records and analyses are conclusive and match with a range of observations from many different fields. While many attempt to cherrypick data to make it appear that this is not clear science, the evidence is overwhelming and the economic consequences have demonstrated that the Climate Change Denialists are whistling Dixie. By economic consequences, I mean that anyone having conclusive evidence that global warming is either not happening or is a result of natural causes or cyclical changes outside of the impacts of humankind would be showered with so much money and given the world's largest microphone to broadcast the news everywhere. There's a reason they're on the fringe and not being taken seriously by anyone serious.

On 2/9/2024 at 4:24 PM, Yellowtail said:

The bottom has now doubt fell out of the beachfront property market no doubt.

Actually, the insurance companies have fallen out of the protection of the beachfront property market, making them now far more risky.

"Recently, insurance companies have stopped offering coverage in states like Florida, California, and Louisiana, which are susceptible to natural disasters and high reconstruction costs. In July 2023, Farmers Insurance went so far as to inform the state of Florida of its decision to exit the state entirely. This reduction in insurance options has limited choices for homeowners and businesses in these areas."

https://www.insurancebusinessmag.com/us/news/catastrophe/coastal-properties-at-risk-of-becoming-uninsurable--report-464532.aspx

Do you know who else understands that anthropomorphic climate change is already here and are already undertaking the changes within their structure and planning as a result? That would be the US military.

"The planet's changing climate has a significant effect on Defense Department missions, plans and installations. DOD is elevating climate change as a national security priority, integrating climate considerations into policies, strategies and partner engagements."

https://www.defense.gov/spotlights/tackling-the-climate-crisis/

And of course, you understand that the oil companies were aware of anthropomorphic climate change as early as the 1970s, right?

https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2023/01/harvard-led-analysis-finds-exxonmobil-internal-research-accurately-predicted-climate-change/

So any further questions?

Somehow everyone has missed the most important part of this story. It didn't end with "the driver fled the scene"; this is genuine change! 

On 2/3/2024 at 12:58 AM, zhounan said:

A silly question: isn't the burning fields practice centuries old? How come only in recent years do we see such air pollution?

 

Thank you to those who would like to explain 

There has been a massive increase in population during those centuries, and the people who are mostly rotational agriculturalists whose modus operandi is to get away from the lowlanders and just live their lives in peace have been pushed and pushed and pushed into smaller and smaller spaces mainly by plantation agro-industry. This is also the case in Thailand, where CP Group are the primary cause of the annual burning because of their support to farmers to grow corn for their livestock business.

There has always been such air pollution, it varies according to different factors. For example, in the 1990s there were massive fires in Malaysia and Indonesia where they were clearing land for oil palm plantations and that massive amount of smoke ended up in mainland Southeast Asia in Thailand, Cambodia etc. Some years are worse than others. If you want to know what's driving this year's from outside of Thailand, just look at export figures for agricultural products like corn, cassava, bananas, sugar cane and watermelons from the countries in the region. If you want to know what's driving it inside Thailand, just read CP Groups' annual report.

15 hours ago, HappyExpat57 said:

 "The NFL is recognized as a 'sports entertainment' business — like the WWE — and they can legally fix the outcome of games"

 

This from multiple search results on the Google machine.

Yet you couldn't provide a reference? Sigh.