America has treated Russia as an enemy of the state for about a century. It was promoting communism which could expand unionism and drive up wages in the capitalist US and EU. We condemned RU for occupying Afghanistan (before we did the same after they left). RU is allied with China whom we fought in a proxy war in Vietnam for 2 decades.…
America has treated Russia as an enemy of the state for about a century. It was promoting communism which could expand unionism and drive up wages in the capitalist US and EU. We condemned RU for occupying Afghanistan (before we did the same after they left). RU is allied with China whom we fought in a proxy war in Vietnam for 2 decades. [My enemy's friend is my enemy, right?] Of course, formally, it is Congress's job to declare war, and that is not going to happen. They could not even impeach him - twice.
I have long heard rumors that Trump survived his many stupid investment failures because he was laundering money for RU oligarchs via his real estate business using Deutsche Bank as a passthru. After the assassination of DB's CEO Herrhausen in late 1989 lots of rumors buzzed that he was investigating irregularities in the bank. It was quickly silenced - bad for business. Kablooie - what irregularities? Such a conspiracy theory could explain the cozy relationship between Vlad and Don - but it is just a theory.
One footnote: All of this corruption hanky panky on the right could not have occurred without hanky panky on the left. Very few Democrats are currently ranting outrage at the re-rise of American fascism. Most Americans conveniently forget our pre-war support for Nazis within our own borders. Americans back then were not only racist eugenicists, but active antisemites. Jews were banned from country-club memberhships. Slurs like Hebes, Kikes, Hymies, Yids, were common in public chatter into the 1960s.
thanks, but you had to do some serious gymnastics for that footnote false equivalence. "yes, but there were/are racists on the left" hardly answers to what trump is doing.
Ms. Haake, what I said might seem to be a stretch for you due to our difference in age. As children growing up in the 50s, we were often reminded by parents (ours and our friends') how lucky we were not to be living in crime-infested Chicago with all the Ni-gers. Back then there was not a single person of color living in my town. My friend across the street was the son of the Dem. Speaker of the House in Springfield and a good friend of Dick Daley. So I was quite familiar with the politics of both parties - and their corruption.
What we kids heard adults saying and what the nuns in my grammar school were teaching was often in moral conflict. So the year before you were born, I fled Whiteflightburbia to attend a Catholic high school half a block walk from the Water Tower on Michigan Ave. It took some conniving on my part to get my folks to let me commute by train daily from Bensenville to downtown Chicago, but it was worth it.
So you see, while you were in your crib, I was a teenager marching in Chicago for equal rights and in opposition to the Vietnam War. I was a member of the Near Northside Congress of Racial Equality at age 15. After school, my HS classmates and I did volunteer work in Chicago's all-Black public housing projects to help kids stay out of trouble. But when I returned home each night, ethnic slurs were not whispered in adult conversation - nor among my playmates.
I think there's a disconnect. I don't dispute that racism existed then and exists now, or doubt the severity of its effects. But ignorance and hatred, even mass ignorance and hatred, is simply not on par with a president executing a coup that soon will become militarized and violent, either on the global stage or at home, and probably both. to me it's like comparing apples and shoes.
But Sabrina, your exception to Tom's comment, was comparing apples to oranges. He simply said that their was racism in the democratic party, and there was and probably is, and you said that it is nothing compared to what Trump is doing, And what Trump is doing is unconnected to racism, and everything to do with him being a King.
Ukraine policy stupidity is a window of opportunity. Need Congressional Republicans to stand up. Interview senate dems.
Send Congress this:
Dear Mr. Solomon,
Thank you for contacting me regarding the war in Ukraine. I appreciate the opportunity to respond.
Russia is a cancerous, evil regime that threatens our national security by attempting to control as much of Europe and Eurasia as it can. It also supports the regimes in Iran, Communist China, Cuba, and Venezuela. All of them continually seek to harm the United States and force us into a position of dependence upon them for our livelihood. Vladimir Putin’s unjustifiable and unlawful invasion of Ukraine is just one more example of this fact. I believe that the United States must continue to stand strongly with Ukraine and provide the lethal military aid it needs to win this war. Putin’s murderous attacks are a threat to our national security and the security of our democratic allies.
While we must continue to support democracy in Ukraine, I will not allow Russia’s unjust invasion to deprioritize or slow progress on solving urgent domestic issues such as securing the border, fighting inflation and rebuilding our national defense. Congress can continue to act and solve these issues, which we owe to the American people.
As Florida’s U.S. Senator, and a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, I will continue fighting for allies around the world, while also ensuring we take care of our families here at home. I am proud to represent every citizen in Florida and I appreciate the time you took to provide your position on this matter. Should you have any additional questions or comments, please feel free to contact me.
Ah but there is racism on the left,not as embeded or as prevalent, all of the faults that are found on the right can be found in the left.
The left is as intolerant and self righteous as the right, just differently.
Take the birth mother of the Free Speech Movement, Berkeley, then pause some 40 years and it becomes as intolerant as the right wing that tried to silence them.
Free speech for me but not for thee. Politically correct speech, cancel culture started on the left and has migrated to the right.
But Sabrina, mixing racism and what Trump is doing is a non sequitur. A logical fallacy, it does not follow. Albeit Trump is racist to his core, but what he is doing is deconstructing America and the rule of law.
America has treated Russia as an enemy of the state for about a century. It was promoting communism which could expand unionism and drive up wages in the capitalist US and EU. We condemned RU for occupying Afghanistan (before we did the same after they left). RU is allied with China whom we fought in a proxy war in Vietnam for 2 decades. [My enemy's friend is my enemy, right?] Of course, formally, it is Congress's job to declare war, and that is not going to happen. They could not even impeach him - twice.
I have long heard rumors that Trump survived his many stupid investment failures because he was laundering money for RU oligarchs via his real estate business using Deutsche Bank as a passthru. After the assassination of DB's CEO Herrhausen in late 1989 lots of rumors buzzed that he was investigating irregularities in the bank. It was quickly silenced - bad for business. Kablooie - what irregularities? Such a conspiracy theory could explain the cozy relationship between Vlad and Don - but it is just a theory.
One footnote: All of this corruption hanky panky on the right could not have occurred without hanky panky on the left. Very few Democrats are currently ranting outrage at the re-rise of American fascism. Most Americans conveniently forget our pre-war support for Nazis within our own borders. Americans back then were not only racist eugenicists, but active antisemites. Jews were banned from country-club memberhships. Slurs like Hebes, Kikes, Hymies, Yids, were common in public chatter into the 1960s.
thanks, but you had to do some serious gymnastics for that footnote false equivalence. "yes, but there were/are racists on the left" hardly answers to what trump is doing.
Ms. Haake, what I said might seem to be a stretch for you due to our difference in age. As children growing up in the 50s, we were often reminded by parents (ours and our friends') how lucky we were not to be living in crime-infested Chicago with all the Ni-gers. Back then there was not a single person of color living in my town. My friend across the street was the son of the Dem. Speaker of the House in Springfield and a good friend of Dick Daley. So I was quite familiar with the politics of both parties - and their corruption.
What we kids heard adults saying and what the nuns in my grammar school were teaching was often in moral conflict. So the year before you were born, I fled Whiteflightburbia to attend a Catholic high school half a block walk from the Water Tower on Michigan Ave. It took some conniving on my part to get my folks to let me commute by train daily from Bensenville to downtown Chicago, but it was worth it.
So you see, while you were in your crib, I was a teenager marching in Chicago for equal rights and in opposition to the Vietnam War. I was a member of the Near Northside Congress of Racial Equality at age 15. After school, my HS classmates and I did volunteer work in Chicago's all-Black public housing projects to help kids stay out of trouble. But when I returned home each night, ethnic slurs were not whispered in adult conversation - nor among my playmates.
I think there's a disconnect. I don't dispute that racism existed then and exists now, or doubt the severity of its effects. But ignorance and hatred, even mass ignorance and hatred, is simply not on par with a president executing a coup that soon will become militarized and violent, either on the global stage or at home, and probably both. to me it's like comparing apples and shoes.
But Sabrina, your exception to Tom's comment, was comparing apples to oranges. He simply said that their was racism in the democratic party, and there was and probably is, and you said that it is nothing compared to what Trump is doing, And what Trump is doing is unconnected to racism, and everything to do with him being a King.
Ukraine policy stupidity is a window of opportunity. Need Congressional Republicans to stand up. Interview senate dems.
Send Congress this:
Dear Mr. Solomon,
Thank you for contacting me regarding the war in Ukraine. I appreciate the opportunity to respond.
Russia is a cancerous, evil regime that threatens our national security by attempting to control as much of Europe and Eurasia as it can. It also supports the regimes in Iran, Communist China, Cuba, and Venezuela. All of them continually seek to harm the United States and force us into a position of dependence upon them for our livelihood. Vladimir Putin’s unjustifiable and unlawful invasion of Ukraine is just one more example of this fact. I believe that the United States must continue to stand strongly with Ukraine and provide the lethal military aid it needs to win this war. Putin’s murderous attacks are a threat to our national security and the security of our democratic allies.
While we must continue to support democracy in Ukraine, I will not allow Russia’s unjust invasion to deprioritize or slow progress on solving urgent domestic issues such as securing the border, fighting inflation and rebuilding our national defense. Congress can continue to act and solve these issues, which we owe to the American people.
As Florida’s U.S. Senator, and a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, I will continue fighting for allies around the world, while also ensuring we take care of our families here at home. I am proud to represent every citizen in Florida and I appreciate the time you took to provide your position on this matter. Should you have any additional questions or comments, please feel free to contact me.
Sincerely,
Rick Scott
United States Senator
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Ah but there is racism on the left,not as embeded or as prevalent, all of the faults that are found on the right can be found in the left.
The left is as intolerant and self righteous as the right, just differently.
Take the birth mother of the Free Speech Movement, Berkeley, then pause some 40 years and it becomes as intolerant as the right wing that tried to silence them.
Free speech for me but not for thee. Politically correct speech, cancel culture started on the left and has migrated to the right.
But Sabrina, mixing racism and what Trump is doing is a non sequitur. A logical fallacy, it does not follow. Albeit Trump is racist to his core, but what he is doing is deconstructing America and the rule of law.
agreed, which is exactly what I said- they aren't mixable, it's a non sequitur, etc.
I caddied at Melrose Country Club . Cheltenham, PA in 1953 and remember the uproar when a Jewish doctor tried to join the club.
Thom mentioned Jim Stewartson, You all should add it to your subscribe list
Today's "Lets say you wanted a Reichstag what would you do" https://www.mind-war.com/p/lets-say-you-wanted-a-reichstag-what
I find the Musk map of the Technostate of America compelling because this is what he is really up to.
A lot to agree with in here, though might modify a line or two …