A dull new world!
I’ll tell you, I thought I could not be surprised this 2020 running of the presidential hopefuls (USA). On the Democratic side we have “Bad Grandpa” Joe Biden, a political fixture for decades and the choice zero Democrats actually wanted but the one they probably deserved.
Republicans have Donald J. Trump. An obese man with a funny tongue.
Zero nuance in either.
No possible revelation.
Except look at me, positively shocked.
Both parties have now concluded their conventions. Once the high water mark of political theater, Covid has decimated them to the third most interesting Zoom call of any given day.
A bummer except even in the bummer both candidates soared*.
Bad Grandpa spoke coherently enough to force the Trump campaign to swerve away from the “He’s senile!” messaging and try to embrace “He’ll be a tool of the extreme left.”
Trump was so careful, so measured, in his speech last night that National Public Radio gave him very high marks for decorum.
National Public Radio.
Is election 2020 actually going to be… boring? Like straight old-white-men-acting-their-dull-old-age boring?
On one hand, say it ain’t so.
On the other, whoa.
No?
*Crawled like geriatrics.
Be my guest, I’m at your fantasy.
What’s good for the goose…
Rattled!!
Many of them have daddy issues too. They are lost…
And doctors
I find you saying the Dems are dark , when the REPubs just sent a message of fear from their 4 day convention…whereas the Dems talked about reuniting , and healing…..Donald has very dark soul….ask his niece or his older sister !
which is currently being challenged by Herr Trump!
You’re a bit of a snowflake lately.
When your campaign slogan in 2020 is the same as 2016, it’s simply an admission of failure.
Ha! He’s been throwing em down with reckless abandon.
It’s all going too come down to religion and how they vote. Trump’s still got the Mormon vote and that could be what gets him over the line.
It’s “ovis” my pseudo fact loving conservative friend*.
Posts circulating on social media claim that the acronym COVID-19 is made up of a series of ancient symbols that when compiled together mean “see a sheep surrender”, implying the pandemic is a conspiracy. The logic behind this assertion is false.
The posts make the claim that “Ovid” means sheep in Latin, the “C” means “to see” in an unspecified “ancient language” and that 19 was the so-called “number of surrender” in “ancient times”.
The word for “sheep” in Latin in is “ovis”, not “ovid”. In the English-speaking world, Ovid often refers to Publius Ovidius Naso, a Roman poet who lived in the 1st century BCE.
–Reuters
Gotta love the conspiracy crowd. So there’s a global effort coordinating basically all governments to subjugate their citizens, but they somehow give it a shitty code name that when deciphered gives away their plan? Sometimes I think it’s a bit of a miracle the human race hasn’t managed to wipe itself out already.
George Soros and his open borders organization are most certainly pushing a globalist agenda. In America, in cities where there has been rioting, such as St. Louis, Philly, Seattle to name few, the District Attorneys in those cities were campaign financed by Soros. And now those DA’s are allowing rioters/looters to escape prosecution. Every DA has publicly stated they are not prosecuting offenses that should be prosecuted. That’s a consistent approach falling in line with Soros’ agenda. Soros made money as a child selling the whereabouts of Jews to Nazis. He admitted it himself.
Off topic no?
Not really. The globalist agenda benefitted from degraded economies. Look how the WHO is now talking up climate crisis, explicitly stating the climate crisis and Covid-19 are linked. Two major progressive battle fronts that rely upon the steering of the masses in one direction, now being argued as linked. The destruction of capitalism is at the root of climate change activists. The destruction of capitalism is at the root of the “cure” of Covid-19. The destruction of capitalism is at the root of Soros’ agenda.
Interesting view. I have lived in Munich and Contis in France for over six decades, both have socialist governments and as far as I can ascertain both are doing quite well. I fully expect in the next week France will be back into total lockdown as a health measure, not to destroy our economy.
The presentation of this situation as a binary choice is simpleminded, the situation is quite nuanced. Mistakes are made, hopefully rectified. Good decisions are made, hopefully continue. Bonne chance!
Capitalism only works with socialism backing it….everytime there is an economic downturn/recession/depression…..the Rich find the markets too risky they,withdraw their cash knowing the Government will come in a finance Stock markets , banks and then have to spend money in relief packages for the people who aren’t as well off….and then give money to Companys who can’t survive the down turn….all $ from the govts, as capitalism does not a recession depression plan except Govt handouts…so Capitalism is a scam!
can you post a link of your Soros claims …….I know it’s hard for you to understand but we live in a Global economy!
https://capitalresearch.org…
good work Otto …..but your organization is s a bit right wing https://mediabiasfactcheck….
quote “Overall, we rate Capital Research Right-Center Biased based on editorial bias that always favors the right. We also rate them Mixed for factual reporting due to rejecting the consensus of science on climate change as well as the use of Questionable sources for support of claims.”
There’s so much info out there on the subject matter, it doesn’t matter the source. That link was at the top of the page and didn’t feel like putting more effort into something I’ve read from countless sources.
I have read many sources also , that claim that the Global economy is just that….you can’t seperate the USA from the global economy ….as we are already so intertwined on the Global stage…..
Has anyone ever bias checked mediabiasfactcheck. They should.
I’m not talking about a global economy. Globalists are all about open borders. People free to roam and live wherever. A complete dismantling of the he concept of sovereignty.
Half an hour of clown network news and he’s fuken Chris cuomo
you know better than that Bex, just because you have a right wing thought process , which means don’t provide link/facts , sad that you hang around here sniping ..substance freeeeeee
Ugly scenes outside the RNC yesterday.. Even old mate Rand Paul and his Mrs were accosted. Young dudes getting in the face of old ladies and screaming at them while flipping them off, gay dude from the walkaway movement being called “faggot” by people and slapped.. Something about people getting in the faces of women, oldies and gays they disagree with politically in the name of BLM .. If you cant convince em, threaten em eh.. very pc.
The varsity crew from Portland. Over 170 federal arrests in Portland. One of the bail release conditions was that if they got arrested for rioting again, they’d remain behind bars pending trial. Guess where they went? D.C.
Such a shame that any traction the BLM movement might have had initially and imo deserved, is co-opted by psychopaths. It’s really a sign of democracy on the brink when violence is the “only’ answer to political disagreements. That type of bullshit happens in the “Shithole” countries where people are locked up for thought crimes against the junta, drug use (Philippines) and alike. Politics used to be opposing ideologies, well researched arguments for/against and finding the middle ground, at this stage it’s devolved into a playground for extremists of both blue and red shades.
Duterte is very popular with the peeps but hated by the media
Sound familiar?
Has made massive positive changes there.
Busted heads to achieve it.
We do it here in Australia …massacres of aboriginals at surf spots , where they were killed and burnt on land, then what remained was thrown in the ocean……
Surfings future looks grim from my perspective , as there is very little community left in the water…and there seems to be an ever increasing crowd of very average/beginner surfers who answer to no-one/anarchy ,
Bummer
Great attitude mate. All is grim. You either need a root or a full tilt session.
Not Grim, it’s new reality we are all trying to deal with…from my perspective , there’s a Climate / health/ economic emergency….which are being politicized on all fronts….which means that there has never been so much division in society …..and a root or magic surf session doesn’t fix any thing ….just makes one feel good for a very short period of time….then back to reality!
I just finished watching Surfers The Movie for the first time in thirty years. You are right, the community spirit is almost completely gone. Kept alive only by those of us old enough to have lived it in the past. It’s sad, nothing that special can last. Being a “surfer” doesn’t really mean anything anymore.
Maybe the calm before an enormous shitstorm
I really think its gonna get ugly (uglier) after the election…no matter the result
haha, boring??
FFS surfing has become really boring as can be seen by the amount of shark stories we now see on BG…………
Looking from the outside of the USA , it looks like the “great experiment has come to an end.
There is no “United States” anymore , it’s a conglomeration of states , that all vary in their politics and philosophies……to the point now , where the entertainment of Trump and Cronies vs the bad Commie democrats , is the most interesting viewing since Game of thrones.
Watching the rise of the white militias , the BLM movement , people attending Trump rallys , no masks /social distancing and booing when told to wear a mask…….the fragmentation has become one of the greatest sources of Live unscripted human drama on steroids…..
So Chas if you find the Trump vs Biden boring , FFS could you post what you are actually doing so we can join in on your real life……???
We the people want to be entertained !!!!
It’s the same here now.
The PM really has no power in his own country, its all about the Premiers,
A foreigner would probly thinks Andrews is the PM
I don’t think that’s true at all. It’s just the state leaders are getting more air time as the medical response to Rona is a state issue.
.and they make ALL the decisions regarding the liberty of the people
Again policing is a state issue. I have no idea what your getting at. The PM closed the national borders, gave federal financial aid e.g job seeker and keeper. There isn’t much more he can do except support the states where needed. Sounds like you got some problem?
Nope, just saying Covid ain’t shit.
Just out of curiosity … When do you think you do your best work?
4-6 schooners?
6-8 schooners?
12+?
I don’t really drink.
Only socially and then only a couple, don’t keep it in the house.
as long as scotty isn’t held accountable for any of it…such a hack.
duh….do you even understand the difference between the States and Fed….obviously not………please do not comment on my posts , you are so fucken boring and again very little substance…
Obviously the feeling is mutual
https://youtu.be/5wI8gb8yDZw
“looks like the “great experiment has come to an end.”
Hardly. What you’re seeing is the last gasp of a fractured Democratic Party that can’t tell the difference between their ass and their elbow. A majority of Democrats are moderates, but the Party is devouring itself from the inside out because the far left think they have the numbers. It’s an all or nothing play. And such plays never work. You can’t call half the country white supremacists and then label your Party platform “Unity”. Even Democrats aren’t buying it. Joe remained silent about far leftists rioting for months, and only after polls indicated the silence was hurting him did he fire up the basement cam to give a weak ass objection to it and then say it’s “Trump’s America”. No one believes him. Not after months of encouraging the riots through his complicit leftist media outlets.
If these goons rioting push out into the suburbs and try going toe to toe with those who just want to live in peace and quiet and provide for their families, these leftists are going to encounter thousands upon thousands of skilled fighters, who WILL push back. It’s funny how a couple dead commies made protesting in Kenosha peaceful last night. I’m sure more rioters will die before they learn, but some people just don’t take to learning like others.
Trump followed through on his campaign promises. That not only kept his base happy, it also impressed many moderates on the left that benefitted by jobs kept and gained.
The American experiment hasn’t been an experiment for many years. Took us less than 200 years to be the most powerful nation on Earth. What’s experimental about that?
The only failed experiment in America was giving Democrats a second chance after the Civil War. Should have outlawed that parry.
Left has the same problem worldwide.
Interesting to see your Breibart opinion(hows ya mate Steve Bannon doing?)…wow scripted from ol Mc D’s incredible speech last nite…fear , fear fear and more fear…lies and more lies……but it did appeal to his base which is at 33%, and mostly white evangelists….like DT’s mate Jerry Faldwell Jr…….how’s that going?
You don’t seem to realize that the USA your are living in is the sum product of your fearless leader DT> the USA right now has one leader called the President of the United States….like a CEO , he is responsible for where the USA is at with the ,pandemic/economy/civil unrest/climate …..he’s the boss stop blaming the Democrats as they are not in power………the problem is it’s everybody elses fault LOL…
As for his promises , 30m unemployed , wall has 5 miles been built , farmers still eating shit because China has not bought their goods ……..
Easy to claim the greatest economy and the greatest military ever , but the pandemic has/is dividing a nation …….as is the Don…….but I like your idea about banning the democrats , create a dictatorship…….that’s why the the great experiment is dead……..maybe we should just abolish the elections , and declare Trump the new King of the States of Merryca …….!!!!
Trump is getting four more years and there’s nothing the Democrats can do to stop it from happening.
The SDNY Prosecutor has no case against Bannon. He didn’t do anything illegal. Committed fraud because Bannon and others got paid thru vendors? Please. That’s not illegal. Not one single person that donated has complained that there were administrative costs. The SDNY Prosecutor is also trying to shut down the NRA. How convenient in an election year. Such a typical Democrat party move. Reeks of desperation. And trust me, Bannon will not be convicted of anything. Nothing. Zilch. Nada. It’s a political hit job. That’s all.
And Maurice, if you’re looking for a dictator, look no further than Little Dick Tator Gavin Newsom. Just today, Gavin has once again, without legislative action, just all on his own, moved the goalposts for California. Fuck that clown. He always pulls this shit on a Friday so it gets little national coverage over the weekend. What an asshole. Counties have to remain in each tier for 3 weeks before moving to next tier. That guarantees CA economy will remain in the tank all the way up until the election. It’s the Democrats playing politics with the economy.
https://covid19.ca.gov/safe…
Are you aware that there is a pandemic going on , or do you subscribe the Republican Party , saying “It will just disappear , a miracle” or there is no need for masks or social distancing…yeah your President’s right and the rest of World is wrong …!!
the USA has 4% of the worlds population and 25% of the Global deaths and infections …..ah that’s called a massive failure every where else , ….except in Republicans heads……unless you guys really see it as the Cull Virus ,to eliminate old and vunerable and the Blacks and browns?
We are in phase 4 lockdowns , because we got up 700% more infections than the first wave, and deaths have gone up 2000% …..So we must be wrong and destroying our economy just like Gov Newsom …..
OK Otto , Trumps gunna win…but there are few mths to see how the pandemic keeps killing and what effect it will have on the economy , how many people will be out of work , at the moment a 1M a week , and 1000 Merrycans dead everyday!
As far as Steve Bannon goes , hmmm Mr Anti-China , arrested on a Chinese billionaires yacht ….administrative costs , that old chestnut ! No-one would come forward to challenge Bannon , how embarassing to give money to fund the Wall…hasn’t Mexico built and paid for the famous Wall…..5 miles have been completed …..wow!
As Far as the NRA goes , once again the people running the NRA , stole $’s
The civil war dems became the dixiecrats which became the r’s. therefore, it they outlawed civil war dems, there would be no current R party. you should read some history instead of just blowing trump’s balls.
Christ, is that what they’re teaching in schools now? You kids are fucking idiots alright.
well post a link to your opinion!
Whatever boomer…
I wish I found Joe and Donald this compelling. Life would just be so breezy and nice.
Your view. From far away.
Were any ramps involved?
Schadenfreude watching American elections, is pleasant change from watching the misery of French political discourse or the intense boredom of Finland politics.
There could be 3 successive 8 year terms all led by a Trump.
It’s highly likely.
You feelin me?
Highly likely seems a stretch but there does exist a nightmarish black hole in which this could take place
Bernie sanders 2024, an Ivanka Trump win
Bernie sanders corpse 2032, Barron gets up and there you go
Huh never thought of it like that.