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1 hour ago, Tiberius said:
Acting like one side os totally innocent is silly
You post this nonsense all the time, and you don't even realize how goofy it is.
Nobody is totally innocent anywhere in any circumstance.
The point is that to make unnecessary stupid comments that do nothing but insult your greatest ally involved in such a struggle is a stupid, unforced error that should be inexcusable for anyone representing a government.
They should not let this guy off the leash.
It never comes off well.
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22 minutes ago, Tiberius said:
Maybe, maybe not, but most of the world agrees with him
Most of the world isn't Israel nor facing what they are facing at their border, which is a funded, trained terrorist organization that wants them and all their people eradicated.
Most of the world didn't go through what their citizens did on oct 7.
It was an ill-considered, unnecessary, almost flippant comment deeply criticizing our best ally and only democracy in the region, a region a spark away from conflagration.
Evidently, it got huge play in all the Israeli press today.
This guy should stop talking and just enjoy the next 11 months.
When he speaks off the cuff, it is never good, and often senseless.
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1 hour ago, Tiberius said:
Biden increasing his criticism of war in Gaza "Over the top"
A very, very, very stupid thing to say.
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Managed a travel baseball team for three years, kids ages 10/11/12.
Served as an election officer for five years.
Taught personal budget and finance course for inner city folks trying to end generational poverty.
Now I serve as Treasurer of a local volunteer fire company.
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17 minutes ago, daz28 said:
Like I said, it wasn't an insult, but you chose to take it that way, so that's on you. Anyways, how it affects one industry, that you're familiar with, doesn't mean you understand how it affects thousands of other industries. That's why I said it's a complex mixed bag. I'm not claiming to know much about it myself. In fact, kind of admitting I don't know much other than some people say it hurt their business, while others have said it helped.
What you are doing is claiming a general view and not considering specifics within that proclamation.
Tariffs against parties competing on equal footing are not desirable.
Tariffs against parties that are stealing technology, stealing manufacturing processes, and stealing copyrighted/patented property warrants response.
That is China, and that is where we are.
China has been stealing from the US manufacturer and employer, and thus the employee for years, and in the last few years has elevated the threat to a military component.
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49 minutes ago, daz28 said:
The tariffs are a mixed bag of good and bad. Like most things, it's more complex than the average internet poster understands. That's not meant to be some kind of insult to you personally, btw
I have run a business in South America, importing to the US.
I am very familiar with tariffs, the strategy and tactics of Mercosur, less so with China , but enough to know they absolutely deserve tariffs, as I am very familiar with the history of Israel, a suggestion that you claimed I might not be aware of.
Perhaps less didactic posts towards the people here who who might be a bit more informed than, to use your phrase, "the average internet poster."
People here aren't stupid, and might have done a lot of stuff.
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1 minute ago, daz28 said:
it's a scam for sure, but it's part of the world economic game. All we can control is our response to it, and soft leaders, who are in the pockets of the oligarchy isn't a good one. Step one to actually making America great again would be getting OUR government back. Getting rid of citizens united and the Washington lobby would be a great first start to achieve that goal.
Perhaps, but the first response is tariffs.
Nobody on earth deserves tariffs on their goods more than China.
It is simply good policy.
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14 minutes ago, Roundybout said:
I know, but at the same time China is at LEAST 10 years ahead of us on solar technology (panel production, conductor, transfer, etc). Increasing tariffs on these things would set our own utility solar market back years. You have to weigh the bad with the goodI can't believe you named this industry.
I really talk myself out of posting, but I was going to use this as an example, just based on my experience.
I was sitting next to a guy on an airplane who was the CEO of some company, and we were talking about this China law that if you were going to build a production factory there, you had to provide the Chinese gov detailed information on process and everything else related to production.
That is their way, among others, of stealing R&D info, and avoiding copyright stuff.
Anyway, he told me that there was a California solar company who had decided to produce there, and submitted the info.
Detailed info.
In less than a year, there was a Chinese factory spooled up in the same city they wanted to produce in, and this company was producing the exact same solar panels they had provided information on.
Ever been to the Pearly Market, or Silk Market in Beijing?
Those are two huge markets that do nothing but sell knocked off US and European goods.
No patent or copyright compliance. It's a joke.
Hell, I, wearing prescription sunglasses I bought there that are direct copies of something in the US that would sell for $150+.
Got them for $23, delivered to the hotel.
Once, while visiting the Silk Market, I was with a guy who was looking into a Tesla purchase.
Across the street from the Silk Market is a Beijing Tesla dealership.
The prices were 75% higher than you could get one for in the US, solely based on Chinese tariffs.
They have run a rigged game for years, all designed to undercut US and European labor.
Total scam.
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1 minute ago, Roundybout said:
Not when they actively harm the consumer by jacking prices up. It’s not 1850 anymore.Strongly disagree.
Harming the consumer has a limitless connotation.
Destroying US industry, and the jobs associated, is a very bad long term issue.
Allowing gross intellectual, research and production stealing, and then using those manufacturing techniques to undercut US workers to sell at a cheaper price is a suicidal posture, and China does it all the time, across many industries.
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2 minutes ago, Roundybout said:
Thats not what I asked. How will tariffs improve the economy?The US has a history of implementing tariffs in response to unfair trade practices.
In the case of China, who is a grossly unfair trade partner, implementation of tariffs is common sense and just plain smart.
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18 minutes ago, daz28 said:
While this is true, it's extremely common for it to happen in Congress, because that's how you get compromise. If a rep is completely against aid to Ukraine, but for aid for Israel, the compromise is what keeps both sides from just negating each others bills every single time. That's how politics works.
I, as well as everyone here, am well aware of how this works.
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12 minutes ago, Tiberius said:
Word games now, ok.
Ya, you support the isolationism GOP in the House. Are you denying that now?
Huh? No, this is false and easily provable
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I am not going to continue to respond to your fiction.
What I have said about 50 times, and even linked to an intelligent discussion on the subject, far more cogently made than anything you are capable of, is that I fully support Ukranian aid, and Israel aid.
Complex bills that include bundles of different provisions ie., Ukraine and Israel aid and border issues all tied together obfuscate the issues.
You suffer from the Biden syndrome, which is leading to extremely an obvious, continued cognitive decline at an accelerating rate, full of fantasies that anyone cares or is influenced.
Not fun to watch, and not interested in responding to your fiction.
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58 minutes ago, Tiberius said:
Calm down, I'm just pointing out you support isolationist. That's just the truth
I am always calm.
That nonsense aside, can you point to any post where I have supported "isolationist"?
I have posted on supporting Ukraine and Israel many, many times.
You have devolved from being a silly partisan, through idiotic accusations which you have refused to respond to challenges of, and now writing pure fiction.
Do you honestly fantasize that anyone cares what you post?
You are writing pure imagination.
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7 minutes ago, Tiberius said:
You are a bull sh itter, pure and simple...real simple
Your Republicans are blocking aid to Ukraine at the behest of one of the worst human beings on earth. You have fallen in line
The reason Ukraine is not being supported is because of Trump and Putin's relationship of evil
Let me see now.
A coward.
A liar.
A person with no integrity.
An idiot.
A bullstuffer.
I've probably forgotten a few.
You post nonsense like this all day long, every day.
The claim that any US sitting president in 2017-2021 had anything to do with the negotiated 1997 UK/China Hong Kong thing is just today's idiocy.
You ever wonder why people here are laughing at you, everyday, all the time.
Do you ever wonder how much damage your horsestuff damages your obvious political effort?
You are a net negative, and not by a small margin, on whatever the hell you try to promote.
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10 minutes ago, Tiberius said:
You say you support Ukraine, yet those blocking support to Ukraine are above criticism, and you say, they are better than those who do want to help Ukraine.
Twisted
Totally incorrect.
You read people's posts like Biden reads teleprompters.
Getting legislation through to support Ukraine should include support for Israel, and the border, and that includes a wall; not authorization, but appropriation.
I have no problem with funding Ukraine aid with Israel aid and the border, and that includes a wall.
There are too many variables in that for you to understand, thus you juvenile creations of what other people believe or support.
It is simply too hard for you, but that is OK.
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2 hours ago, Tiberius said:
Come on, you support them because of the "R" by their name, no matter what
At some point, you may come to the point where you realize that creating false premises is harmful to your vision of reality.
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43 minutes ago, Tiberius said:
No, the smothering of freedom that Trump barely even took notice of. Taiwan next if Trump take office?
You actually support this POS Trump?
So now you seem to forget that the agreement was between the UK and China in 1997, and instead state that Trump barely took notice of it.
This makes sense to you?
Further, for about the one billionth time, (your recall and cognitive abilities are rivalled by the guy who can't remember Hamas, who is alive and who is dead, where is son died, that Mitterrand was French and not German, that his railroad stories are utter nonsense, how to get on/off a stage, can no longer read a teleprompter.....I could go on), I have never supported Trump.
This seems beyond your capability to understand, but someone can be embarrassed and ashamed of Biden, yet not support Trump.
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39 minutes ago, Tiberius said:
So you support isolationism, appeasement and toadyism in general
Sad!
Could there be a greater example of why I pay no attention to you?
These idiotic, grossly false premises that you create in your mind, absent of fact and vacuous in content aren't even funny anymore.
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I much prefer the House leadership to the Senate leadership, and I prefer the leadership of my 12 week old puppy to this infirm suit that can't remember the name or Hamas, or anything else for that matter.
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1 hour ago, Tiberius said:
What's next if Trump captures the presidency, bye bye Taiwan? China took Hong Kong on Trump's watch
What?
The turnover of Hong Kong from British to Chinese control occurred in 1997.
What are you suggesting, that the US should have gone to war over this?
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2 hours ago, Tiberius said:
Any thoughts on the GOP abandoning the nation of Ukraine to Russian aggression? @sherpa
Do you approve of this isolationism? Toadyism
Why are you asking me?
I have said many times that I support aiding Ukraine.
The rest of your nonsense in this post is your usual nonsense, and does not warrant a response.
You do this all the time, and it is really not a positive for you.
You state something, then throw a bunch of nonsense, name calling, mislabeling or a host of other crap and think that is in any way effective?
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6 hours ago, daz28 said:
I'm speaking of the strategic plan, and the political endgame. War isn't just, "kill them and defend ourselves". It's a little more complicated. If you think getting rid of Hamas means Middle East peace, then you don't know your history.
I am very familiar with the history.
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1 hour ago, daz28 said:
Not even sure why Israel is getting so much, because you can only bomb the rubble so many times, and they need to explain their long-term strategy as well, if we're going to keep sending them arms and money.
Their long term strategy has been explained.
They are going to get rid of Hamas' control of Gaza, so they can no longer rape, murder, torture and grab hostages.
Beyond that, they are going to defend themselves.
If you think they are doing nothing but "bombing the rubble, " I don't think you have a grasp of the operation/action, but that is just my view.
The Israelis don't do that.
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Ya.
You have the ability to "piss me off."
Sure.
I have never seen any post of your's that has ever provided any interesting or valuable information.
They always seem like high school kid nonsense.
I have no idea about ticket price markups, and am not interested.
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Israel and the Slaughter in Gaza
in Politics, Polls, and Pundits
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You can't negotiate a state unless there is a governing authority to negotiate with.
I have tried to make this point a few times.
Who do the Israelis negotiate with?
Hamas-determined to exterminate them?
The Palestinian Authority led by an 88 year old Mahmoud Abbas?
There is nobody to deal with.
The Palestinian issue is an internal mess which provides no path to a solution.
So.....They get Iranian aid and try to kill Israel.
It's no more complicated than that, and until they provide a humane, rational leader, there is no other course other than to defend against their Iranian supported, funded and trained murderous Iranian subordinates.