4 hours ago, bubblegum said:

Harrisfan seems a reincarnation of SusanLea

Unfortunaly!

 

12 minutes ago, KhunLA said:

Stopping govt waste & illegal immigration ... selfish bastards 

 

Billionaires before entering politics vs the 100's of scum that became multi millions after entering politics on <$200k a year.

 

Both have lost millions if not a billion of so, by being out spoken against the deep state.  They haven't gained anything, and why most talented 'already' rich people can't be bothered with politics.  

 

Try to get past the hate, and you may see clearer 

I'm tired of wasting time on thick skulled people who won't see the facts for what they are. I've always been a "love the sinner, hate the sin" kinda guy but apparently you don't get that concept.

Too many of us have tried getting through to MAGA that EVERYONE wants an end to government waste, but the frightening and illegal manner this administration is going about it is going to do severe damage to the country and its standing in the global community.

Defending these actions without weighing actual facts is real hate for the US, but you just hate everything not Musk (and that other guy).

I really hate blocking members, but you just get to a point where the insanity and pig-headedness just wastes your time.

6 hours ago, MicroB said:

 

The US is falling back on the mantra that it doesn't have friends, only interests.

 

Cock-face Vance was right on one thing, Europe and the US are no longer aligned in terms of strategic alignment. The US has basically abandoned the principles of the Atlantic Charter, where the US and UK agreed that neither country would seek territorial expansion, and both countries would seek to free occupied countries from the Nazi jackboot, and allow them to determine their own form of government, Essentially, both agreed to deploy their power as a force for good globally, echoing the West Africa Squadron that Imperial Britain deployed for an astonishing 60 years to fight the scourge of slavery.

 

Western European states, through the Coal Union, EEC, EC, and EU, broadly echoed that policy. People forgot that prior to 1939, the borders in Europe  were not a settled thing. We fought and killed each other over lines drawn on a map. For Western Europe, that was all settled in 1989, with the fall of the Berlin Wall. The final play was the collapse of Yugoslavia. Europe hasn't changed.  The US, for now, has changed.

 

A US First policy now means the US does not see itself as a Force for Good in the world. It no longer cares about how it is perceived. Everythin the US now does is guided by the principle; does this benefit the US. The US is now an expansionist country, seeking to expand the territories under its control, by force if necessary, as that will benefit the US. It has no interest in ending the Ukraine War for the benefit of Ukraine or indeed Russia. It only has an interest in ending that war because it benefits the US. If Roosevelt had taken that view, he would have determined it was not to the benefit of the US to send troops to Europe, or to fight across the Pacific, and that it would have been far better to make a deal with the Axis Powers. But he didn't take that view. His actions saved countless millions of the defenceless and oppressed. But for him there would not now be a Jewish people.

 

In the new Dog eat Dog world, where does "Europe" go. its now seen as a terrible strategic mistake by the UK to exit the EU, as it assumed there would always be a strong transatlantic NATO to guarantee the security of Europe and the maritime trade routes north of the Tropic of Cancer, to offset a pan-European military. That's all gone now.

 

This is how it must have felt after the collapse of the League of Nations. Friends became enemies. In WW1, Japan was an ally of the West. 20 years later, it was brutally massacring troops of its old friends.

 

Europe gets criticised for how much it spends on the military. But that's not the only measure. Combined, Europe has 1.9 million active troops. The EU alone has 1.3 million. By comparison, the number of active US uniformed is less than 1 million. So how does Europe have more troops but spend less? I have no doubt Europe needs to spend more, but not at the primitive levels suggested by the Whitehouse Dimwit.

 

The US is demanding Europe to increase spending inline with its own highly corrupt approach to defence procurement.

 

https://oversight.house.gov/release/comer-sessions-open-probe-into-department-of-defense-after-failing-gao-audit-for-fifth-time/

 

They don't even know where 61% of their stuff actually is. I bet a lot of that stuff only exists on paper. They might as well not exist if they don't know where it is. The power of the US military might be exaggerated.

 

If the US becomes a more introspective country, then they might end up looking at themselves more. And these things might come true. Having lived in the US for many years, looking back, I can recall statements of a sort I would never hear in my country. For instance, I heard it many times, from people in the South, the Midwest (eg Missouri), that Californians weren't considered "real Americans", that they were "wierd". In my country, there will be people who don't feel British; Scottish, Irish, Welsh nationalists, and that's fine. But I never heard it cut the other way; "the Scots aren't proper British because they vote differently to me",

 

The Yugoslav Civil war genuinely shocked people. This was a sophisticated society, with an apparent rule of law, similar aspirations in life to me, and apparently living in a happy federation of equals. Of course it turned out some were more equal than others. What shocked was the barbarity, the return of scenes we had seen in WW2, of massacres, concentration camps, destroyed cities, in modern European cities, not in some 3rd World Hell Hole.

 

Since then, we've become somewhat immune to such scenes, We shouldn't be. The Ukraine is another example; two sophisticated societies not reproducing WW2 but now WW1.

 

I saw shocking inequalities in the US. In North Mississippi, seeing near Oxford what I can only describe as shanty towns was a shock. There is massive wealth inequality, I think greater than what you see in Europe, mostly based on race, but not entirely. MAGA is a symptom of that, But I think the MAGA politicians don't realise what they have unleashed, and they won't be able to control it, because, frankly, they can't deliver.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Excellent post, best one i can recall on this site. Great analysis.

3 hours ago, KhunLA said:

Stopping govt waste & illegal immigration ... selfish bastards 

 

Billionaires before entering politics vs the 100's of scum that became multi millions after entering politics on <$200k a year.

 

Both have lost millions if not a billion of so, by being out spoken against the deep state.  They haven't gained anything, and why most talented 'already' rich people can't be bothered with politics.  

 

Try to get past the hate, and you may see clearer 

Exactly, try to get past the hate and realise it's not about this but about the way it's done.

 

"Stopping govt waste & illegal immigration ... selfish bastards ".

Why it matters NOT to say Gulf of America.

 

1 hour ago, Jingthing said:

Why it matters NOT to say Gulf of America.

 

Sorry posted the wrong video. This one refers to the Gulf naming thing.

 

 

4 minutes ago, Jingthing said:

Sorry posted the wrong video. This one refers to the Gulf naming thing.

 

 

2 old has beens with nothing to do

3 minutes ago, HappyExpat57 said:

You must live in Mexico then.

1 minute ago, Harrisfan said:

You must live in Mexico then.

Sorry, I don't speak brainwashed.

1 minute ago, HappyExpat57 said:

Sorry, I don't speak brainwashed.

Why don't you live there if the women are so good?

1 minute ago, Harrisfan said:

Why don't you live there if the women are so good?

Not that it's ANY of your effing business but I DID live there. Your Dunning-Kruger is showing.

Just now, HappyExpat57 said:

Not that it's ANY of your effing business but I DID live there. Your Dunning-Kruger is showing.

So you left because it's not that good. Thanks for that. I can see why you last won the day 4 months ago. 

Just now, Harrisfan said:

So you left because it's not that good. Thanks for that. I can see why you last won the day 4 months ago. 

There you go speaking brainwashed again. All I hear is <blah blah blah blah mooooo blah blah>

Just now, HappyExpat57 said:

There you go speaking brainwashed again. All I hear is <blah blah blah blah mooooo blah blah>

Brainwashed by who? Please expand on your limited claims

@Harrisfan  Mexico is, was great.  And  was a top contender for place to retire.

Gulf of Mexico, Gulf of America

Burma, Myanmar

Kiev, Kyiv

Turkey, Türkiye

 

Which ones will stick the longest? I'll stick with the Gulf of Mexico for now.

 

Google maps is trying to cover its bases.

 

16 hours ago, KhunLA said:

Yes ... and they are all part of North America.  Hence the name Gulf of America.  Not Americas.

 

Geez, if he wanted to be pro-yank he would named it 'Gulf of USA'

 

Are you all crazy ... give the hate a rest.

 

 

I think, geographically speaking, you are incorrect.

 

We all know why he called it what he did. Trump is an ignoramus when it comes to geography.

 

When he (cleverly) coined the phrase "Make America Great Again", he didn't have in mind helping out the communists in Cuba, the Haitians,  and the Mulattos in Costa Rica. For him "America" is unterchangeable with "United States of America".

 

https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2018/11/baltics-vs-balkans-trump-reportedly-gets-the-two-confused-at-meeting-with-leaders-of-estonia-latvia-and-lithuania.html

 

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When President Donald Trump met with Dalia Grybauskaitė of Lithuania, Kersti Kaljulaid of Estonia and Raimonds Vējonis of Latvia earlier this year, he started with a criticism. At the White House in April, Trump opened by chastising the Baltic leaders for starting the war in the 1990s that ended with the breakup of the former Yugoslavia. The Baltic leaders were apparently very confused and it took them “a moment” to realize that the commander in chief was confusing Baltic states with the Balkans

 

https://edition.cnn.com/videos/politics/2017/04/12/trump-xi-syria-iraq-misspeak-fox-intv-orig-vstop-aa.cnn

 

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During an interview on Fox Business Network, President Trump mistakenly said the US launched 59 missiles, "Heading to Iraq."

 

This wasn't a mistake of Iraq v Iran, but Iraq v Syria.

 

https://qz.com/1222154/trump-said-he-talked-to-north-korea-but-it-was-actually-south-korean-president-moon-jae-in

 

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Donald Trump said at an annual dinner with journalists on Saturday night (March 3) that North Korea had recently called him. Turns out, it was actually South Korea.

“They, by the way, called up a couple of days ago and said, ‘We would like to talk.’ And I said, ‘So would we, but you have to de-nuke, you have to de-nuke,’” Trump told attendees at the Gridiron Club dinner in Washington, DC.

 

 

https://apnews.com/article/d5f94492f7db48ee9d453679fdc7a0fe

 

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The president said: “We’re building a wall in Colorado, we’re building a beautiful wall, a big one that really works, that you can’t get over, you can’t get under.”

 

https://www.politico.eu/article/donald-trump-belgium-is-a-beautiful-city-hellhole-us-presidential-election-2016-america/

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“Belgium is a beautiful city,” Trump said during a rally in Atlanta, Georgia Wednesday.

It should be noted that Belgium is a country, not a city.

 

 

https://www.politico.com/story/2018/08/13/trump-world-knowledge-diplomatic-774801

 

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Trump’s apparent ignorance about world affairs, geography and leaders has also repeatedly emerged in internal staff meetings. Ahead of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s June 2017 White House visit, Trump asked his national security aides whether Modi would be bringing along his wife. Staffers explained that Modi has long been estranged from his wife. “Ah, I think I can set him up with somebody,” Trump joked, according to two people briefed on the meeting. It was in that same meeting that Trump appeared confused by Nepal and Bhutan, which lie sandwiched between India and China.

“He didn’t know what those were. He thought it was all part of India,” said one person familiar with the meeting. “He was like, ‘What is this stuff in between and these other countries?’”

 

 

https://www.irishpost.com/news/president-donald-trump-ireland-uk-170525
 

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Answering a question as to whether he would “do over” the UK in any future agreement, Trump was keen to show his support for Prime Minister Boris Johnson.

“I love the UK” he told reporters, before going on to reel off a list of properties he owns there, including his Doonbeg golf and hotel resort.

The only problem being, of course, that Doonbeg is very much a part of Ireland rather than the United Kingdom which is an entirely separate country with its own issues.

“No, no, no. I love the UK. I own property in the UK. I love the UK,” Trump said.

“I have no idea how my property is doing because I don’t care, but I own Turnberry [in Scotland] and I own in Aberdeen and I own in Ireland as you know – Doonbeg – great stuff.”

 

 

 

 

https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-britain-england-1055423

 

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President Donald Trump once again displayed a fundamental misunderstanding of the very makeup of one of the United States' closest allies, suggesting of Great Britain: "they used to call it England."

 

 

 

You are stretching credibility a bit with your wriggling. He ranamed it for Nationalistis reasons. You seem afraid to call him a nationalistic President.

 

 

Remember the good old days when it was determined Dan Quayle should not be let anywhere near the Presidency because he couldn't spell Potato?

 

Art imitating life

 

 

 

 

Steve Martin while performing the Saturday Night LIve 50th anniversary show monologue:

 

"I can't believe I even made it here in time.  It was only a few days ago that Lorne told me I was doing the monologue, and I was actually vacationing on a friend's boat down in the Gulf of Steve Martin."

 

Regardless of politics, that's a funny line.

 

(Cue the "I stopped watching SNL..... comments.)

 

 

4 issues solved in 1 picture.

 

 

Every country south of Mexico is ok with this since they consider America to refer to North, Central, and South America.

If you use "America" to refer to the US they like to say: "It's a continent stupid".

I don't know what they think in Mexico.