Random Politics Thread

[Virtual ghost]

I mean when Trump would lose the nomination towards explained model people would and should go where they want. However now when you have national emergency the people should fully activate. However as explained they should come closest to Trump as possible. Since just about everyone is moving away a thus he has large ground where he is moving unchecked. After a few election cycles he has developed pretty strong hold over the party and any opposition to him within the party is evaporating. Various figures are either leaving, or they are deciding to play along since the party is what it is at this point. Therefore once he fully takes over it is questionable if the Dems will be able to stop him. That is why people should mass switch to the Republican party while there is still some resistance in it. It doesn't matter what you really believe, here it only matters that he doesn't get the nomination. What all those mentioned independents and none voters can do just like that, that is something like 70% of adults in the country. The people just have to fight him in his own castle, since that would truly end the ideology. In way this would be one big counter Jan 6th. Since he would have his party positions presured by a "mob" of tens of millions of people.


If you study the history of the world and 20th century in particular it is evident that things in the end don't work out with people like Trump. Before Jan 6th you can argue that he has certain qualities and that establishment is horrible. But after that moment some lines have to be made. In the case that he called off the mob or at least genuinely apologize I wouldn't say anything, but he doesn't seem to have any regrets regarding what happened. What is a red flag when you think about it. Because if he can do a coup there he can do it everywhere in you life. Therefore people shouldn't be static and they should fight this where it matters. And that is basically the Republican party, since this has to be contained within the party. Because once you get to the general you are already on the ropes for obvious reasons.

 

[The Cat]

 

[Virtual ghost]

Austin diagnosed with cancer, didn’t tell Biden for weeks

 

[The Cat]

God it's almost like there's a functional chain of command that works well enough to allow for the SecDef to enjoy some Medical privacy for a little while before the muck rakers start trying to instigate a panic over nothing.

 

[ceecee]

God it's almost like there's a functional chain of command that works well enough to allow for the SecDef to enjoy some Medical privacy for a little while before the muck rakers start trying to instigate a panic over nothing.

This is what I said. Yes he should have told the WH. But that's it. Clowns in Congress, nah.

 

[Virtual ghost]

Trump vowed he’d ‘never’ help Europe if it’s attacked, top EU official says


I actually wonder how that world would look like. Since that basically means that the US lost it's last major ally (which has GDP pretty similar to the one of China). In other words this indicates major loss in market access. Especially since in that case Europe has to spend much more on it's own economy/companies so that it can finance it's own survival in the mess that is current global world. Many would perhaps even be happy over this, since that means collapse of the idea that healthcare should be privatized. "Legalizing GMO" as an idea will also pretty much collapse ... etc. Plus EU military would evidently become a thing, but even without that EU has world's third largest defense spending.


Plus NATO doesn't work as Trump is imagining it. The rule is that you should spend 2% of GDP on defense. No where it says that you have to buy stuff from US for that money. That can be worth the money but you have other options. Some countries are respecting this 2% rule and some don't. So if you throw everyone out of the way that will surely have backlash. So in that case you will probably get some serious EU-US decouping.


The original unformal deal was that Europe buys goods and services from US and let's in US companies in mass. So that we have stable block against USSR. So that through that Europe would pay most of it's protection. However since US outsourced pretty much all industry into Asia with that it messed up the relationship. Why have US as a middle man when you can buy directly from Asia for peanuts ? Plus since US didn't rise it's quality standards most of what the country sells is illegal in Europe at this point. Since in Europe consumer protection is much stronger. Therefore voters go crazy as soon as someone says that they will deregulate the standards for goods. And this is where the traditional partnership broke down. After all if Trump goes into large deregulations of the standards then for European consumer it is perhaps better that economies aren't merged too closely.

 

[The Cat]

 

[The Cat]

 

[Virtual ghost]

Today I am in the middle of major and kinda weird scandal that is shaking the entire country.
Today Croatian left wing President had a press conference and with a big grin on his face said to the press that new conservative minister for economic development in Prime-minister's cabinet is gay person (what was unknown to the public). However that made the the whole hell brake loose. First the liberals and progressives started that you can't do such a thing and that this is most inappropriate. What later turned into "OMG we are really going to lose the elections to the right with this idiot !". After that you have reaction of certain conservatives rising questions about how it is possible that there is a gay person so high in conservative hierarchy !? After that conservative establishment doesn't know what to say so they took the path "These are double standards! Where are now all of the NGOs that protect human rights? The president has done this on purpose!". Plus on all of that far right is already spreading conspiracies left and right about this. After all this is all God given material for them. I mean the president is textbook e8 person that gets bored and then he rises hell. What is kinda awkward trait for a president,

 

[The Cat]

 

[The Cat]

 

[ceecee]

Swing state Republican parties are engulfed in turmoil ahead of key 2024 races

Republicans are concerned state leadership strife in Florida, Michigan and Nevada could jeopardize the party’s chances this fall.

www.nbcnews.com

At least for the Michigan GOP - enjoy the election cycle with no donor $$.

 

[Julius_Van_Der_Beak]

Swing state Republican parties are engulfed in turmoil ahead of key 2024 races

Republicans are concerned state leadership strife in Florida, Michigan and Nevada could jeopardize the party’s chances this fall.

www.nbcnews.com

At least for the Michigan GOP - enjoy the election cycle with no donor $$.

Quite a cast of characters in that article.

 

[The Cat]

 

[The Cat]

I wish ticking clocks werent so good for ratings.​

 

[ygolo]

Looking back:

Looking ahead:

 

[Totenkindly]

Oklahoma opens Hunting Season on furries.

thank you for saving us from this dire threat disrupting the state.

Okla. lawmaker backpedals on bills’ controversial language one day after filing

Under House Bill 3084, students who “purport to be an imaginary animal… commonly referred to as furries shall not be allowed to participate in school” activities or curriculum.

www.kjrh.com

It's not the only bill by this guy, as per article.

 

[The Cat]

Oklahoma opens Hunting Season on furries.

thank you for saving us from this dire threat disrupting the state.

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Okla. lawmaker backpedals on bills’ controversial language one day after filing

Under House Bill 3084, students who “purport to be an imaginary animal… commonly referred to as furries shall not be allowed to participate in school” activities or curriculum.

www.kjrh.com

It's not the only bill by this guy, as per article.

This guy sounds like he likes the naughty parts of the internet and believes everyone is yiffing but him. I sometimes think laws like this get put forward by incels whove managed to dodge the title of incel.

 

[The Cat]

 

[ceecee]

This won't end with trans kids or people that need reproductive services. People should pay attention.

Texas conservatives test how far they can extend abortion and gender-transition restrictions beyond state lines

Recent state and local legal maneuvers signal that Texas’ conservative movement could be wading into a complicated constitutional morass the country hasn’t dealt with since before the Civil War.

www.texastribune.org

More Texas counties are trying to prevent people from using specific roads to get an abortion

A Texas county near New Mexico has banned helping people traveling to get an abortion. Lubbock County is now the largest of four Texas counties that have adopted a version of the measure.

apnews.com