TRUMP WINS

[JohnLarue]

Nice try after embarrassing yourself.
Next time fact check yourself before you throw out accusations.

just state

1. illegal immigrants are criminals
2. criminals are subject to the penalties as per the laws of the country
3. the penalties as per the laws of the country include deportation"

please indicate which specific statement you are prohibited from stating by your emotions or failed ideology

perhaps I was unclear

its is your responsibility to obtain your own access to tissues, an emotional support pet, a chaplain, priest, exorcist, Oman or Buddhist monk to help you complete this traumatizing, emotional draining and heart wrenching task

 

[Frankfooter]

Intuitions*

Though your atheism doesn’t surprise me either

My bad.
Why are more right wingers religious in general?
Its a weird combo of the cult of the individual that is subservient to some invisible person in the sky or orange alpha type.

I was reading this and it seemed somehow relevant.

IN YOUR FACE FRANK, TRUMP WON.

“I am your Retribution:” A Psychoanalyst’s Insight into the Male Rage fueled by Inequality that Propelled Trump to Victory

 

[WyattEarp]

The US is about to enter a three-ring circus and Canada is in trouble going forward with the US.

We are in a new place': Bernstein reacts to Hegseth's comments about women in combat roles

I'm not sure how people truly feel about women being in front line combat roles. I sense people overwhelmingly support women in combat zones. I just don't know how much support there is beyond that. Also, changing physical requirements opens a lot of debate.

Having said that, everyone believes women should have opportunities in the military.

There is an old adage about the U.S. military. The U.S. military is political until the war begins. Then decisions, appointments and demotions are quickly made post-haste to cut through the politics. One only hopes that the people at the top are exceedingly competent and have vision to make the decisions.

PS- Canada isn't even honoring its defense commitment to its NATO partners. Perhaps any concerns are not focused.

 

[kittykellykat]

My bad.
Why are more right wingers religious in general?
Its a weird combo of the cult of the individual that is subservient to some invisible person in the sky or orange alpha type.

I was reading this and it seemed somehow relevant.



“I am your Retribution:” A Psychoanalyst’s Insight into the Male Rage fueled by Inequality that Propelled Trump to Victory

No prob. Honest mistake. Why?

It is mostly the inherent traditionalism. But it’s not true of younger gen right wingers necessarily, esp not Gen Z. Gen Z isn’t religious at all.

I will talk with you more about it later!

I am not religious but I am a fairly staunch philosophical theist, and traditionalist in most critical respects. I guess because I am a perennialist about that stuff, so traditionalism follows.

I don’t abhorr atheism in principle. I just think atheists have shit attitudes and are hypocrites 90% of the time . Otherwise people can believe what they see fit there. I’m not meddling in people’s spiritual lives.

The Sky Daddy thing is a bit of a strawman. I mean would you say that to the most brilliant mathematicians in human history, like Gödel or Descartes who both made pretty earnest attempts to produce ontological arguments to show that God does in fact exist? I mean these people were as rationalist as they come

I can essplain more after.

But yeah the short answer to your question is: innate traditionalism, and moral realism (as opposed to moral relativism or subjectivism). Sure there are plenty of retarded religious folk, but that’s true of atheists too

 

[Frankfooter]

No prob. Honest mistake.

It is mostly the inherent traditionalism. But it’s not true of younger gen right wingers necessarily, esp not Gen Z

I will talk with you more about it later!

I am not religious but I am a fairly staunch philosophical theist, and traditionalist in most critical respects. I guess because I am a perennialist about that stuff, so traditionalism follows.

I don’t abhorr atheism in principle. I just think atheists have shit attitudes and are hypocrites 90% of the time . Otherwise people can believe what they see fit there. I’m not meddling in people’s spiritual lives.

The Sky Daddy thing is a bit of a strawman. I mean would you say that to the most brilliant mathematicians in human history, like Gödel or Descartes who both made pretty earnest attempts to produce ontological arguments to show that God does in fact exist? I mean these people were as rationalist as they come

I can essplain more after.

But yeah the short answer to your question is: innate traditionalism, and moral realism (as opposed to moral relativism or subjectivism). Sure there are plenty of retarded religious folk, but that’s true of atheists too

I'm curious about why you would think atheists are hypocritical, my personal take is from the neuroscience model of the predictive mind. Where people all build their own individual models of the world based on what their individual experiences and history. Where just because a bunch of people have stories and feelings about greater just makes it part of everyone''s already flawed models of the world.

But at least theism for most part keeps you out of the culty side of religions, except for those theosophical types. The gardens in Chennai are interesting.

 

[WyattEarp]

Another installment of the shit show

https://twitter.com/x/status/1856508873512804657

Good thing when Hegseth was in combat we were no longer fighting with battle axes and shields.

 

[WyattEarp]

The Sky Daddy thing is a bit of a strawman. I mean would you say that to the most brilliant mathematicians in human history, like Gödel or Descartes who both made pretty earnest attempts to produce ontological arguments to show that God does in fact exist? I mean these people were as rationalist as they come

Show off.

 

[kittykellykat]

Show off.

Literally no way to talk about that stuff without being pedantic especially when the person is atheist and likely assumes stupidity on your end at the outset

Besides to me God is a serious topic. I probably talk about God (in other places) for like 15 hrs per week just as a hobby lmao.

…so yeah there is a sense in which I am caricature RWer there. I like to believe it’s mitigated by the fact that I’m such a whore

 

[kittykellykat]

I’ll bbl to discuss though prob sometime later this week

Have a good week everyone

 

[Frankfooter]

Literally no way to talk about that stuff without being pedantic especially when the person is atheist and likely assumes stupidity on your end at the outset

Besides to me God is a serious topic. I probably talk about God (in other places) for like 15 hrs per week just as a hobby lmao.

…so yeah there is a sense in which I am caricature RWer there. I like to believe it’s mitigated by the fact that I’m such a whore

Now now, why would do you think I would assume being religious or theist means you are stupid?

 

[Shaquille Oatmeal]

just state

1. illegal immigrants are criminals
2. criminals are subject to the penalties as per the laws of the country
3. the penalties as per the laws of the country include deportation"

please indicate which specific statement you are prohibited from stating by your emotions or failed ideology

perhaps I was unclear

its is your responsibility to obtain your own access to tissues, an emotional support pet, a chaplain, priest, exorcist, Oman or Buddhist monk to help you complete this traumatizing, emotional draining and heart wrenching task

When cornered and confronted with your bullshit and lies just resort to childish repetition. Lol.

 

[JohnLarue]

When cornered and confronted with your bullshit and lies just resort to childish repetition. Lol.

quite appropriate when you can not seem to accept facts and logic that primary school children can
please ask a child what '' illegal '' means
they will tell you: someone has broken the rules or law

it is beyond absurd that an adult can take such a ridiculous position and childishly refuse to justify that position with simple logic and facts.
even a primary school child knows: act like a spoiled child , expect to treated as a spoiled child

so once again

try doing this step wise
just state

1. illegal immigrants are criminals
2. criminals are subject to the penalties as per the laws of the country
3. the penalties as per the laws of the country include deportation"

please indicate which specific statement you are prohibited from stating by your emotions or failed ideology

if you are struggling to complete this task ask a child for some help

 

[kittykellykat]

Now now, why would do you think I would assume being religious or theist means you are stupid?

As soon as I hear “Sky Daddy” I expect it, that’s all. Plus I think it’s prob common in this particular demographic of men on this forum, age wise and interest wise. And it’s not exactly Christian Mingle LMAO

sorry 4 assuming

(was reasonable to tho)

 

[The Oracle]

The US is about to enter a three-ring circus and Canada is in trouble going forward with the US.

We are in a new place': Bernstein reacts to Hegseth's comments about women in combat roles

She's been in few ''school fights''..So she's as qualified as Hegseth to be Defense Secretary, lol... Did I hear that right?

The garbage you put up....

 

[benstt]

What a shit show this is going to be

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I thought this was written as a parody, but no.

 

[Shaquille Oatmeal]

HAHAHAHA, Trump chooses a Fox religious freak for Secretary of Defense.. WTF, the US is in trouble. HOLY SIT

Trump's only criteria to qualify for these posts is that the people he appoints to these posts are loyal to him.
Therefore you will see that anyone he appoints to these posts will generally either be dumb or cruel.
It is those kind of people that will ally themselves with someone like Trump.

 

[Leimonis]

As soon as I hear “Sky Daddy” I expect it, that’s all. Plus I think it’s prob common in this particular demographic of men on this forum, age wise and interest wise. And it’s not exactly Christian Mingle LMAO

men on this forum probably (and hopefully!) scream "Oh God!" more often than those on Christian mingle

 

[WyattEarp]

My premise is this, and it is shared by many Asians who grew up here in Canada and the US.

The US raised interest rates to screw over China along with the rest of the world. The playbook for the US is as follows. Raise their interest rates, foreign money will flow into the US because its better investment. The exchange rate will be bad for businesses in China because it means they required to pay more local currency for the same amount of USD.

What this will result is that the local business can't keep up their operations, and will go bankrupt. When that happens, Wall Street will buy up those businesses, and properties, and land. Because now they will be paying less USD to get the same local currency.

Wall Street will buy up business in China. Then US will decrease their interest rate make exchange rate more favourable. And allow China business to recover. When that happens, their purchase of those China businesses will soar in value, and they will sell it back out for profit. Or they will keep owning them and milk the dividends. They did this in 2008 to help with Leiman bro bankruptcy. They tried to do this in 1998 or 1999 HK stock market, altho that was more Soros.

And they tried to tank China economy again in 2019 by inciting HK riot. And once again, in 2020 when covid hit. However, China has been able to defend against this playbook. By buying US money and debts. So when US increased their interest rate China used their stash of USD instead of going through exchange rate. So this just became a matter of who can last longer, US tanking their own economy by increasing the interest rate or China running out of USD first.

But this recent set of events has already resulted in a lot of German businesses going bankrupt as a bonus. The main target is China because the US cannot influence their economy unlike everyone else’s. They want stuff like china's high speed rail, seaports to go bankrupt. But China dumped massive amount of money to ensure that won't happen. German government on the otherhand, isn't going to bail out their own shit. This is what they did to Japan when Japan was second in GDP and threatening to get close to US GDP maybe like 20 years ago?

Even all the foreign interferenc rhetoric by Canada is driven primarily from a US centric POV. China doesn't care enough about Canada to interfere with its election. There are Chinese spies here, sure, but have enough influence to impact election? China is far from that. China is more like... work with me and I guarantee you will make money. That's how Russia isn't tanking after all the sanctions. Their supermarkets are now filled with Chinese products.

Bottom line. China isn't putting all their eggs into one basket that the US can easily influence. This theory will not be seen anywhere in western media, but then again China is very much a mystery to those who have never travelled there before.

The US absolutely views China as an economic threat.

EDIT: 3 factors make the US the worlds number 1 superpower: USD, US military, and US media. So, yes, absolutely economic threat, but moreover, it's the fact that all 3 of US weapons are not working in China. They can't bankrupt China the way they did to Japan. China will never buy US weapons. And China blocks us media basically. That's why Biden has more than once said, China is the greatest enemy that US has faced because China is taking on US on all fronts. US has zero influence on China relatively speaking. And worst of all, more and more Chinese are no longer buying into that US democracy is the best system on world, unlike what the Soviet union did.

It sounds like this is personal for you. Perhaps you also have a personal interest in a business in China.

While U.S. monetary policy has an impact on the global economy, it's rather straightforward and predictable what the U.S. Fed is doing. You and some of our members are probably aware of real interest rates (the nominal interest rates minus the inflation rate). Real interest rates in the U.S. were negative or negligible during 2020-2022. Real negative interest rates at a time of high inflation is unsustainable. It wasn't just a policy choice to raise rates, it was a necessity.

I could go on about global finance mechanisms, but the basic framework of the point is that inflation always leads to higher U.S. interest rates. Global economic activity generally performs better when U.S. rates are low, however the Fed must stabilize prices and manage the domestic economy first.

Incidentally, foreign direct investment in China has fallen in recent years. There doesn't appear to be a U.S. and Western move to buy Chinese assets. And by the way, China stills controls capital flows in and out of China. The Wall Street scenario you painted is not realistic given China's regulatory parameters.

 

[WyattEarp]

Trump's only criteria to qualify for these posts is that the people he appoints to these posts are loyal to him.
Therefore you will see that anyone he appoints to these posts will generally either be dumb or cruel.
It is those kind of people that will ally themselves with someone like Trump.

I think what Trump learned in his first term is that the Washington bureaucracy runs itself and answers to no one. So it's not a revelation to say that reform has to come from the outside. When corporate leaders reform a large organization, they often come from the outside and bring with them loyal lieutenants. Otherwise, the bureaucracy will eat you alive.

We'll see what the Trump Administration can do.

 

[drewstar]

It sounds like this is personal for you. Perhaps you also have a personal interest in a business in China.

While U.S. monetary policy has an impact on the global economy, it's rather straightforward and predictable what the U.S. Fed is doing. You and some of our members are probably aware of real interest rates (the nominal interest rates minus the inflation rate). Real interest rates in the U.S. were negative or negligible during 2020-2022. Real negative interest rates at a time of high inflation is unsustainable. It wasn't just a policy choice to raise rates, it was a necessity.

I could go on about global finance mechanisms, but the basic framework of the point is that inflation always leads to higher U.S. interest rates. While global economic activity generally performs better when U.S. rates are low, the Fed must manage the domestic economy first.

Incidentally, foreign direct investment in China has fallen in recent years. There doesn't appear to be a U.S. and Western move to buy Chinese assets. And by the way, China stills controls capital flows in and out of China. The Wall Street scenario you painted is not realistic given China's regulatory parameters.

Its not personal as I hold a Canadian passport and no assets in China, but I didnt expect anyone here to adopt this POV. Cheers.