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Post by kerouac2 on Mar 19, 2022 17:06:12 GMT
We have not heard one word of this in Europe, but it must be really really really important like Hillary's emails.
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Post by mich64 on Mar 19, 2022 21:58:34 GMT
I have read that there is a Grand Jury seated reviewing Hunter Biden's taxes and the laptop. I think the DOJ wants these cases to be out in the open and in the process or done with before they indict Trump.
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Post by bixaorellana on Mar 20, 2022 3:37:02 GMT
Let's say for argument's sake that Hunter Biden is pure as new-fallen snow. Even so, back when we all learned about Trump leaning on Zelenskyy, surely everyone thought how bad it looked for a candidate for the US presidency's son to be working for Burisma, even if it turned out to be all smoke & no fire. Anyway, this is not the most recent article on H.Biden's mess, but it does lay out some rather sordid facts, including all the influence-peddling etc. that goes on ~ www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/feb/27/hunter-biden-joe-biden-president-business-dealings
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Post by kerouac2 on Apr 3, 2022 17:10:16 GMT
What a wonderful humane country! They only kept him for 20 years without a trial or legal representation. There are still 37 prisoners.
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Post by kerouac2 on May 8, 2022 17:10:41 GMT
This can't be attributed to President Biden, but it is still happening during his reign. If the cancellation of Roe vs Wade crap really happens (although I think that the Supreme Court might have understood by now that it would create an incredible shit storm that would discredit them), is there anything that can be done at the federal level?
And will it really affect the midterm elections? It seems to me that the conservative states will just vote more for the conservatives and the liberal states will just vote more for the liberals. Not really a sea change in American politics.
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Post by mickthecactus on May 15, 2022 8:20:53 GMT
A white supremacist has shot 10 people dead. President Biden is praying for the families. That makes it ok then.
No mention of thoughts though.
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Post by kerouac2 on May 16, 2022 17:59:19 GMT
It is strange that the Buffalo shooter was able to livestream the whole event on Twitch (an Amazon media) with no problem, but news reports after the event were obliged to blur the inscription on his guns and could not say the word that was written there ("nigger"). Some of the reports referred to the "N-word" while others just mentioned that there was a "racial slur." God bless freedom of information.
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Post by bjd on May 16, 2022 18:26:09 GMT
I thought Twitch decided to block his livestream?
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Post by kerouac2 on May 16, 2022 18:53:12 GMT
They cancelled his account... after the fact.
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Post by mickthecactus on Jun 18, 2022 20:35:34 GMT
Biden fell off his bike today having caught his foot in the pedal.
What’s he doing on a bike anyway?
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Post by bixaorellana on Jun 19, 2022 1:36:43 GMT
Physically there is no reason for him not to ride a bike. He didn't get his foot out of the toe cage on the pedal when dismounting. Toe cages are the kind of thing that lie in wait for people like me, so I can see how that happened. He was fine afterward.
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Post by bjd on Jun 19, 2022 6:14:22 GMT
What’s he doing on a bike anyway? Since he seems a bit old and doddery at times, I think it's fine that he rides a bike. Exercise is good at any age. Better than the fat orange one riding around in a golf cart.
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Post by mickthecactus on Jun 19, 2022 6:47:21 GMT
Since he's old and doddery it's a good reason not to be on a bike and a danger to others. Walking is better and safer.
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Post by bjd on Jun 19, 2022 7:01:12 GMT
Since he's old and doddery it's a good reason not to be on a bike and a danger to others. Walking is better and safer. Yes, I agree, but he must feel he has to prove he still has the health and stamina to be president. I notice he no longer trots up the steps to the presidential plane as he did at first.
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Post by biddy on Jun 21, 2022 2:04:17 GMT
I agree Biden needs to stay off his bike. However in the northern California suburb where I live bike riders tend to be in their late 70s. Don't ask me why. I pass senior citizens on the local trails and the roads cycling away - more often than not - without a helmet. It's a California trend! I just pray they don't take a tumble when I am driving behind them.
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Post by kerouac2 on Jun 28, 2022 14:56:56 GMT
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Post by lagatta on Jun 28, 2022 15:36:08 GMT
And then... Roe vs Wade...
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Post by mickthecactus on Apr 13, 2023 15:18:52 GMT
He's done well on his trip to Ireland. He gave 5 minutes to Northern Ireland that really needs attention, went South to be Irish (his ancestors left in 1850), said "I may be Irish but I'm not stupid" and talking about Rugby referred to a great win over the Black and Tans when he meant the All Blacks.
Not impressed.
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Post by kerouac2 on Apr 13, 2023 15:43:49 GMT
It's all done for 2-minute Instagram bytes and 30 seconds on the news.
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Post by whatagain on Apr 13, 2023 16:44:10 GMT
Wow. The guy is Irish because in 1850 his family was in Ireland ?
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Post by htmb on Apr 15, 2023 7:47:24 GMT
I cannot, will not, speak for Biden. However, the majority of American citizens are the descendants of immigrants who left their original homeland due to poverty, oppression, persecution, and with the promise of a better life. The USA was built on the backs of these immigrants.
Today there are some Americans who don’t care about, or choose not to claim, their immigrant heritage. Those people are often right-wing blowhards who will not be bothered to try to understand the lives of current day immigrants. On the opposite side are Americans who are proud of their heritage and choose to honor and recognize their relatives who left their original homelands, despite struggles and the possibility of never again seeing loved ones left behind.
So, yes, many of us choose to honor and recognize our heritage, whether it be Italian, Irish, French, Polish, Chinese, or from any other place you can imagine. The fact I even exist can be attributed to French relatives who traveled to New York 400 years ago with the Dutch West India Company, and to three grandparents who left Southern Italy in 1900 and 1910. All came from lives of poverty and left their homes because they were unable to earn enough of a living to feed their families.
Personally, I’ll stand by those who choose to recognize and honor their heritage. I have no time for those who don’t.
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Post by mickthecactus on Apr 15, 2023 9:02:18 GMT
Absolutely the right thing htmb.
Nothing exciting about my ancestors though. We can go back to mid 18th century but not only are they all English they all come from the same part of the country, Kent.
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Post by bixaorellana on Apr 15, 2023 14:06:48 GMT
Beautifully, brilliantly stated, Htmb! Thank you.
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Post by whatagain on Apr 15, 2023 14:28:49 GMT
Well we differ on this. I don't care about my ancestors. I just happened to be born by chance in Belgium and i claim no right because of that. i consiider myself at the same level as a black immigrant born in Belgium. And i would be offended if he said he is congolese because his ancestors are.
For me you are US if you were born in US (and didn't change nationality). Biden was never in Ireland. He is US. Not Irish. But just my opinion.
Anyway we all have an ancestor (or 2) who lived in the garden of Eden, so we all come from the same place 😇
Ouch, being provocative again. Apologies !
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Post by kerouac2 on Apr 15, 2023 15:11:11 GMT
I am with whatagain on this. I grew up in an area which had three ethnic groups other than "ordinary white poor people." There were the Italians, the Cajuns and the blacks. The Italians were Italian in name only. They were as Italian as Chef Boy-ar-Dee canned ravioli. None of them ever mentioned being "Italian" (heritage etc.). The Cajuns had more of a specific culture, but it had nothing to do with with being refugees from Acadia and very little with being "French." They were just happy to have a culture of fun and cuisine that was in opposition to the lifestyle of all of the grim Protestants in the area. And there were the black people. They had no idea they were "African-American" in those days. They were just poor but happy to get by as well as they could. I was in an even smaller minority as a first generation immigrant. Yes, we kept a firm grip on French culture and everything that was happening in France. My mother was a fighter.
As for these so-called Italians and Irish and whatever in the United States, they love to claim their origins, but they really don't give a shit about the old country. Ask the "Italians" about Italian politics, and they don't even know who the prime minister is. The "Irish" are a tiny bit more connected but mostly just to be anti-Protestant. In other words, I consider these old ethnic bonds to be pathetic.
The Latino community from South and Central America are much more connected to their origins, but that is because they have just arrived. At the same time, they are the first to want to say "I am American" because many of them are ashamed of their countries.
Of course, African-Americans are a different category because the vast majority of them cannot even trace their specific origins. Then again, they don't really care. From what I have seen, they are happy and proud to be American. Naturally, they don't understand why so many other Americans fear and loathe them. Apparently some origins are better than others.
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Post by mickthecactus on Apr 15, 2023 15:45:25 GMT
A few years back a reporter said “Mr Biden, do you have a few words for the BBC?”. His response was “the BBC? I’m Irish!”
Wtf does that mean? He is not Irish but American with Irish heritage. And not just Irish but Catholic Irish with obviously little time for Protestants or England come to that.
Fool.
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Post by kerouac2 on Apr 15, 2023 15:45:40 GMT
Perhaps a bit off topic, but as an example of the consequences of "honouring" one's heritage because it is different (maybe better?) than the competition, I invite you to look in the direction of Europe. Russians and Ukrainians used to get along just fine because they didn't feel any need to celebrate their differences. The Ukrainians even only spoke Russian in the cities because Ukrainian was a peasant language. And then all of as sudden it all went down the toilet.
Let's not forget that a lot of the "Irish" and "Italians" in the northeastern United States still basically despise each other. If they were a bit more "American" this might not happen.
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Post by mossie on Apr 15, 2023 19:12:13 GMT
Regarding Ukraine, that was a part of Poland which the Russians grabbed when Hitler invaded Poland in September 1939, thus starting WWII. In a stitch up after the War, Russia was allowed to keep Ukraine while Poland moved west and had a slice of Germany in compensation.
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Post by mickthecactus on Apr 15, 2023 19:27:43 GMT
I didn’t know that. That’s very interesting, thanks mossie.
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Post by bixaorellana on Apr 15, 2023 22:17:24 GMT
Kerouac, I'm assuming that your comments aren't as shockingly offensive as they seem, merely deeply ignorant.
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