thaibeachlovers

Good luck collecting the loot. I doubt there were many millionaires among the protesters.

The only time a country should support a war that isn't against them, is if it is given public support. Tax payers money belongs to them, not some far off country that doesn't have a treaty requiring support. I see you have swallowed the propaganda about helping Ukraine fight Russia now, or help NATO fight Russia later when it invades a NATO state. Russia is unlikely to invade any country that can unleash nuclear winter.

That was a good movie. BTW it wasn't the first "Thing" movie. There is an earlier version in black and white. The Thing from Another World, sometimes referred to as just The Thing, is a 1951 American black-and-white science fiction-horror film. Oh, I had a few battles with "things"- bureaucratic bumblers that could very well be lizards in human skin, but no one died in those conflicts. Unfortunately the "things" won the war, but that's for a different thread. Of course Russia is screwing it up, just as Ukraine, the US, the UK and assorted western countries are screwing it up. Wars never go according to plan, and usually the "plan" goes amiss soon as the first bullet is fired. IMO eventually the West will realise that they can't afford it any more and then the fat lady will be singing.

Afghanistan and Vietnam defeated the US and allies with peasants armed with AK47s and RPGs. The rulers were prepared to let as many die as necessary to outlast the US and allies. The situation in Ukraine is different as they don't have the manpower willing to die, and it is a tech war. It only takes the west to stop providing the tech and it's over. Perhaps you can come up with a more valid reason as to how Ukraine can win.

On that I can agree. Terms are being abused left and right. Any attempt to define them would, IMO, be a waste of time.

If it was a boxing match, Biden's handlers would have thrown the towel in about 5 minutes into the debate.

If Biden wins it won't be because of his sparkling intellect. If Trump loses it will be because the opposition have better propaganda. There is no walking that debate performance back. Expect a lot of ads featuring it.

Of course it can. Harris could become POTUS.

Christ had no problem with prostitutes and had one as a follower. History does not tell us if he bedded her, but it doesn't say that he didn't.

The title says it all- ALLEGED.

IMO, if Biden remains the candidate, enough Dem voters will vote independent to split the vote for BIden and allow Trump to win the delegates. He's probably lost the Muslim vote and the youth vote even before the debate. They won't vote for Trump though.

IMO people no longer vote FOR anyone, but rather vote AGAINST someone/ party. It's also my opinion that the present political system is broken beyond redemption and needs to be replaced with something that actually works for the benefit of the voters, and not those with their snouts in the trough.

The information on how many bullets it takes in a war to kill one enemy soldier is out there somewhere if anyone wants to look for it, but it's a surprising large number. I once attended a course where a live Claymore ( explosive device with many ball bearings ) was detonated but failed to significantly damage the target it was aimed at. If war was like in the movies the casualty rate would be far higher.

To be frank, I don't care who runs the US as long as they are not bought and paid for by special interests ( and you know which special interests I'm referring to ). Even Trump does not fit that bill. Not starting wars is also good, which is why I support Trump. Boys not returning in bags is always a good thing.

Had the IMO biased legal officials not tried to bring charges that were dubious, to be polite, there would be no tying up the courts and the citizenry of the nation. If wanting to inject politics into the justice system best to have convincing crimes to prosecute. As for ( IMO ) nonsense about a move by an autocratic ruler to involve the USA directly in being attacked to unify the splintered nation, the only POTUS candidate that fits is Biden. Trump's actual record as POTUS involved no military adventures. In case you hadn't noticed, Biden is enabling the war in Ukraine, and unconditionally supporting a nation looking to change a local conflict into a regional war. Conversely, Trump moved to stop the war in Afghanistan.

Had you not used nonsense about Trump being a fascist ( you can't point to anything to prove that or it would have been all over this thread ) I might have taken you for a serious poster with something to contribute.

IMO one of the predominant fears of the founding fathers that they sought to prevent was a POTUS having the powers of a king, or a government becoming too powerful.

Thank you for that, but it's pretty obvious that it's just the usual mob of Trump haters posting nonsense. The ideas that anyone could assassinate a POTUS candidate and be immune is IMO rubbish as a/ the voters would never accept it b/ the protection detail would probably prevent it c/ if one did it and got away with it the next POTUS would also do it, which is not a good idea, as it would become elections by assassination. d/ there is likely something in the constitution to prevent it e/ lower courts would be unlikely to find the assassin innocent. IMO much ado about nothing.

Which is why it is up to a lower court to decide if the action was "Official" or not. This whole malarkey of a POTUS assassinating a political rival is nonsense, as there is no way that would be "official business".

and while this hypothetical event is taking place, what are Trump's secret service protection detail doing?

Will you still be so sarcastic when the Donald becomes POTUS? That just got a whole lot more likely thanks to Biden being let out of the kiddie harness by his minders for the debate of infamy.

Only one huge electoral problem with her- she couldn't sort the border when she was put in charge and the GOP only have to show the results of her failure to put her in the shade. A potential POTUS would have done better. Any decent actor can look pretty good: fluent, confident, capable, but it doesn't make them POTUS material.

Ask Swift to take over? Seriously, there has to be at least one politician in the entire Democrat universe that would be willing to take over, but perhaps the capable ones are too sensible to go for that job and the ones that would are losers.

The physical isn't the problem- they could put him in a wheelchair if he can't walk without falling over. It's the being out to lunch in the mental department that is the problem.

Because admitting they had supported a "less than compos mentis" man for 3 years would not look good on a CV. Also, there may not be anyone else capable of winning, so no point in changing horses in mid race. Perhaps they didn't realise just how bad he was till the debate.