So you think that the Ukrainians should just be a sitting duck, while you think Putin
can just continue bombing civilians, which is a war crime.
Ukraine hit a military target, which is fully justifiable self defense against an agressor.

I think this helps the peace negotiations. It weakens Russia, which is good.
It levels the playing field.

There was no reason for the police to handle anything.
Our police only bothers citizens, when they have good reason to.
Why wouldn't you want your police to have the same attitude?

This seems to happen a lot, but all you can say is that citizens should behave in a certain way, to not get bothered by the police. He's an idea; unless you break the law, the cops should leave you alone. It's called "freedom".

Doctor Reacts To RFK Jr.’s Health Claims
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Cop Yanks Autistic Kid Out of His Home, Onto the Ground
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Is crossing the street a crime?

Who?

It's fully within my expectation of Trump.
He has been a conman his whole life. What do you expect?

He makes millions in the propaganda outlets for the Republicans.
He could work for CNN, to be the propaganda outlet for the Democrats,
but he doesn't have enough talent. It requires more skill to lie to liberals.
They all serve the billionaires who own them, of course.

Just a funny story about Trump, from Charlie Sheen.
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Let's not do that.
I might have some pictures that I don't want everyone to know is me.

Yeah, I know, but I have also almost been booted by admin for racism.
There is still a lot of "mob justice" associated with that.
If the community only reports one side, then one side gets the boot,
while the other side might have been worse.

Anywho, Why can't we all just get along?

That's because you hear 24/7 anti-government propaganda.
Trump and his cronies are intentionally fucking-up your government even more, to make people distrust the government even more.

That's all to serve the billionaires, who want to have full control.
Just bribing your politicians isn't good enough for them.
They want to divide your country in their own kingdoms, where they rule over you. Those are called; billionaire-ruled enclaves.

I suggest you do some research on Peter Thiel, who really likes
the ideas of Curtis Yarvin. They don't just like this idea, they push it, with donations and getting their boy JD Vance in position.
They want him to be the next president, so they can fully destroy democracy and government and get their kingdoms.

Why do I even tell you, you'd probably love to live in such a kingdom.

According to ChatGPT:
"The article you're referring to discusses a Minnesota law that, starting July 1, 2025, will effectively make it illegal to sell or distribute most traditional metal keys within the state. This is due to a 2023 law aimed at reducing toxic metals like lead and cadmium in consumer products. While the law's primary focus was on items such as children's toys and personal care products, it inadvertently encompasses brass keys, which typically contain small amounts of lead for durability and machinability."

This is stupid. In your country, ca. 22 million people still have lead pipes for tap-water.
Even if you have copper pipes, lots of them are still welded with lead.
That's what the term plumber comes from.
A small amount of lead in keys is only a problem, if someone is making it a problem.
In any case, this could be fixed with a 5 minute amendment.
If they are not doing that, it means that they want to use it for political gain.

Trump really wants the Nobel Peace Price, because Obama got it,
but Putin is not playing ball. I understand his frustration.

What do you want me to say; "He's nice to you, so it's OK"?
I don't think that you guys are objective.

I agree that it's not wise to share personal information here.
If you did find out personal information about someone you don't like,
would you do your best to use it, to destroy that person?
Don't you think that is more than some online bickering?

I am able to separate the person from the ideas. Even though I disagree
with most of you, I don't want anyone's life destroyed, not even Skittles'.
I would even warn anyone if they'd accidentally share their personal information.

And I would certainly not put effort into destroying your life.
That would be behavior that I wouldn't even condone from my best friends.

We don't have to wear kids gloves here, we are all adults.
But, if I hurt someone personally, and it's not 'punching back',
I'm man enough to apologize and change my behavior.

They have been very rude to each other, but Skittles is more rude.
He also never stops and begins many posts with attacks.

I know what he does, because I have been a target for a long time too.
Maybe you defend him, because you want to stay on his good side.
That's the power of bullies, but we cannot let bullies rule the world.

Don't dishonor yourself by defending someone so vile.
Read the site rules:
"Threatening someone's life and publically spreading private information (including, but not limited to their real names, home address, phone numbers, email addresses) about other members that were obtained in deceptive manner and/or is spread without their concent is illegal. Administration of the site will not tolerate such actions. Additionally, you may be fined or go to prison for this depending on your local laws."

I don't have to believe CAT, I seen it happen. I think you saw too.

Trump ignites ‘insider trading’ accusations after global tariffs U-turn
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It would be very easy to profit from his own tariff announcements.
And even other Republicans are saying that he and his friends actually do.
Anyone else would go to jail for doing that.
Strange how Elon Musk tried to gut the FEC, right?

That might be true, but at some point hiding it becomes impossible.
Biden wasn't hiding it anymore and Trump isn't either.
Trump is forgetting a lot. He's trying to hide it with confidence.
When he is signing bills, he has NO IDEA what they are for.
They could easily put something in front of him that hurts your cause.
You just don't want to see the faults on your own side.

It's a very good idea, but they might sell better in Europe than in the states.
With many cities in Europe putting in emission zones, small start up companies
might be interested in something cheap to transport stuff around in those emission zones, since the big brand vans are still too expensive.
It's clear that your billionaires are worrying to completely miss the trend, but it will be
a tough competition against China.
If you keep putting up tariffs, Europe will do the same, and Amazon has no chance
to sell these electric trucks to Europe.

U.S. Port Collapse: 50,000 Containers COLLAPSE –
America’s Supply Chain Is BREAKING
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You are a highly toxic presence here, and everyone knows what you did.
Still, you toned it down a lot, because you were obviously warned to stop.
That should show you that it's not her, it's you.

Don't you think that you did enough damage? Why do you keep attacking?
What has happened to you, to adopt this personality?

What I do, trying to convince MAGA Americans of socialism,
is pretty useless, but that's nothing compared what you do.
What's the pay-out from being a bully on an adult forum?

Now I'm involved in proving that?
If the website gets a court order to give up his identity, they'll wont protect him.
Is that how you think courts react? According to you they're all woke and feminist, right? Wouldn't they defend her?
In any case, I don't see you defending his actions or character.

The Dubliners - Paddy's sicknote
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Dear Sir I write this note to inform you of my plight
And at the time of writing I am not a pretty sight
My body is all black and blue, my face a deathly gray
I write this note to tell why Paddy's not at work today

While working on the fourteenth floor, some bricks I had to clear
And to throw them down from off the top seemed quite a good idea
But the gaffer wasn't very pleased, he was an awful sod
He said I had to cart them down the ladder in me hod.

Well clearing all those bricks by hand, it seemed so very slow
So I hoisted up a barrel and secured the rope below
But in my haste to do the job, I was too blind to see
That a barrel full of building bricks is heavier than me.

So when I had untied the rope, the barrel fell like lead
And clinging tightly to the rope I started up instead
I took off like a rocket and to my dismay I found
That half way up I met the bloody barrel coming down.
Well the barrel broke my shoulder as on to the ground it sped
And when I reached the top I banged the pulley with me head
I held on tight, though numb with shock from this almighty blow
And the barrel spilled out half its load fourteen floors below

Now when those building bricks fell from the barrel to the floor
I then outweighed the barrel so I started down once more
I held on tightly to the rope as I flew to the ground
And I landed on those building bricks that were scattered all around.

Now as I lay there on the deck I thought I'd passed the worst
But when the barrel reached the top, that's when the bottom burst
A shower of bricks came down on me, I knew I had no hope
In all of this confusion, I let go the bloody rope.

The barrel being heavier, it started down once more
And landed right on top of me as I lay on the floor
It broke three ribs and my left arm, and I can only say
That I hope you'll understand why Paddy's not at work today.

The Dumbest Things EV Owners Do
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I think your #1 problem is money in politics. It corrupts everything.
I also don't think mandatory voting is a good idea.
There's now a huge number of people who think that both parties suck. Others they feel that they haven't informed themselves enough to make a choice. Do you really want those people to vote?

The winner takes all system keeps your politics limited to two parties.
That's a big problem, because both parties feel safe from competition.
In a parliamentary system, you could safely vote for the Green Party,
the Libertarian Party, the Constitution Party, or an independent, that one of the big parties could chose to work together with, without giving away votes to a big opposition party.
I'm not saying that is Kryptonite to corruption, but it helps.
You wouldn't be forced to vote for the "lesser evil" anymore.
And it vastly reduces the division and partiality.

In any case, your first priority is to prevent the complete destruction of your government by Trump. What's the use of voting, when the people you elect don't have any power left, over what's important for your life?
If everything is privatized, do your leaders even still control the military,
the secret services and the police? Or do the 'donors' control that too?
You cannot vote for the billionaires, who control everything.

He's 4 years and 9 months older than Trump.
His mind is still as sharp as it always was.
Trump's 'mind' has been declining for a while now.
Also, his 'mind' has always been primitive and chaotic.

Trump and Bernie are both at risk of being dead tomorrow.
However, if they both live for another 5 years, Trump looks like he won't even remember Ivanka then, while Bernie is probably still sharp as a tack.
It's not something to blame Trump for or praise Bernie for, it's just genes. It's the job of the voters to honestly assess who's still capable of doing
the job that they are doing, which you clearly cannot do.

You doxed her to her own daughter. That's illegal, didn't you know?
You should have been banned from this website, not her.
She could also sue you for millions, and win.

What did she do? Call out your nonsense and reciprocate in name calling?
You're a sad little snowflake, who cannot handle other opinions.
You wanted to fuck up her life and it worked. Congratulations, ass-hole.

The only thing you criticize Fauci for, is that he said that masks don't work.
Are you saying that MASKS DO WORK?

The US had the highest percentage of deaths in the world, because of your side;
you didn't want to wear masks, you didn't want to keep a distance, you didn't want
to vaccinate and you didn't want shutdowns. The opposite of what Fauci wanted.

"the officials that allowed covid free run of the world"
Who, Trump? He personally added to the ignorance of right-wingers, on the subject.
His actions killed hundreds of thousands of stupid people.

Your side's strategy was to let it "WASH OVER"!
That's a synonym for "allow covid free run of the world".

True, that's because they have different goals. The goal of a private business is to make money, the goal of government is to create added value for the country, state or area they serve.

That of course requires an actual democracy. If politicians are corrupt, they personally benefit from the choices they make, which takes away from their goal to create added value for the country, state or area they serve. However, they still need your votes to be allowed to make those choices, which requires well informed voters to vote out the corrupt ones, who prioritize personally benefiting, over creating added value for the country, state or area they serve.

The question is then; why do your elected officials need to take millions
in donations, for them to decide to cut expenses for citizens and cut taxes
for big corporations and the wealthy? If that was creating added value for
the country, state or area they serve, they wouldn't need bribes, to do that.

Then why did you say "Government employment is traditionally poorer in wages. That attracts mediocre workers"?

Exactly!
So why would you privatize those things that are only intended as "public good"?
That just funnels tax-dollars away from "public good" to wealthy people.

"He’s a communist"
No, he's a social democrat, at best a democratic socialist.

Damn, if there was an aptitude test for voters, you would fail it.

"Hell a whole country followed Hitler"
I KNOW!!!, that's why I worry about Trump!!
He's saying and doing very Hitlery things.
He's associating himself with very Hitlery people.
He's helping dictators and fucking over free countries.

"I can just picture old Bernie leading his followers to a trench of kerosene and lighting them on fire"
That's the dumbest projection ever, because that's exactly what Trump would do. The fact that you still don't understand that he doesn't give shit about anyone, baffles me. He demands absolute loyalty from everyone,
but he gives NONE. He didn't care if they had his former VP lynched.
Anyone who crosses him once, immediately turns into his enemy, on which he threatens them with death.
Bernie has never done anything undemocratic in his life, he works together with anyone who shows a similar interest and he actually cares about people, even you.

"I don’t even like him being in my country"
That's because you can't handle democracy and that most of his ideas
are wildly popular.

Most of the horrible dictators and human rights abusers are voted in.
The ones who vote for them don't know what they are, until they are.

When Trump was accused of tax fraud, you argued for weeks that that wasn't stealing.

And Republicans are the ones that made it 'flawed'.
Now they made it even worse. They want to destroy it.
By making it crap, they want to increase support to destroy it.
And you are falling for those lies, hook, line and sinker.

"and they keep making the age higher so they may not have to pay you a dime."
Also true. You are talking about the Republicans, serving the wealthy.
They don't want to pay a cent for you to have it, because they don't need it.
Even if you paid for it your whole life, that's money that they want to have.

If you get some pension, they at least want to be able to make money off that.
So they might allow you to have private pensions. Then you'll pay much more,
your whole life, paying most of your money to their insurance companies' 'costs'.
Live to be 75, you might get a fraction of it back, if they didn't steal it completely.

"As of May 2025, most U.S. federal government employees earn at least $15/hr.
This wage floor was established through a series of executive actions initiated by President Joe Biden."

Don't forget that you're talking to someone who lives in a country that had lots of public utilities, a few decades ago. I've seen almost all of them getting privatized,
and with no exception, the services became worse and/or much more expensive.

We had busses going to the smallest villages, for very cheap. They have now canceled many connections and the price has gone up much faster than inflation.

The trains still have the same frequency, and they have added some connections, but it's damn expensive. They also have lower punctuality and a higher cancellation rate.

We have one of the highest prices for natural gas and electricity in Europe, while we have the most free power market of Europe. Countries that have more publicly owned systems have much lower prices. very strange for a country that has the only natural gas field in Europe and which is mostly coastline, where the wind always blows, providing cheap wind energy. Also, the privatized power grid didn't invest enough, so now we cannot build new houses, because the power grid is totally overburdened.

I spoke often about our healthcare, which has gone up in price massively, since we got private health insurance. Only the US has a more expensive system. Dental care was immediately cut, when they privatized the system, and every year they cut some more things that the insurance used to pay for.

We had fantastic postal services, before they privatized it. Back then, working for the post office was a good job, with a good retirement. My grandfather worked for the postal services for most of his life. Now they have 'self employed' workers, who need to pay for their own van. They need to work like slaves, to make a little money.
That means that they deliver the packages in your paper recycling bin or just drop it on your porch and leave. They also speak less Dutch every year. I don't mind speaking English with immigrants, but they don't speak English either.

'What am I going to do?': Trump's Social Security chief, hired from Wall Street, admits he had to Google his job.

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Trump surely picks the best people.

A particularly alarming and well-documented account of the challenges facing elderly Social Security recipients under the Trump administration is provided by the Washington Post article titled "How DOGE's grand plan to remake Social Security is backfiring".

This article details how the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), led by Elon Musk, implemented sweeping changes to the Social Security Administration (SSA) with the aim of reducing spending. These changes included staff cuts, technology overhauls, and a controversial three-day hold on phone claims. The result was severe disruptions in services, causing significant delays in claim processing and deteriorating customer satisfaction. As of the article's publication, 575,000 claims were pending, and issues such as system crashes, long call wait times, and shortages of basic supplies had emerged. An AI-driven phone system intended to assist claimants instead frustrated them due to its inability to route calls effectively. Internal resistance to these measures was reportedly stifled by fears of job loss. The article also notes that the new SSA commissioner, Frank Bisignano, is reassessing DOGE's influence, while employees continue to confront operational breakdowns and declining morale.

They voted for them in 2006, when Hamas promised them to be more moderate than the current leadership. They never got to vote again.
When bank-robbers take people as human shields, you don't have sympathy for the hostages either, I assume.

Oh, yes, easy! With the right lies, people can justify ANYTHING.
Just make it political and all of MAGA takes the side of that minivan driver.

If Fox told you that the guy on the bike was a Free Palestine protester, ALL OF MAGA
would have loved what the minivan driver did and Trump would pardon him.
(Of course it doesn't need to be true, and the term for him would be "Jew-hating Nazi")

You're now saying that I "would be able to “justify” using your fists to assault a woman", but I don't do that, because I have principles. However, many Christian fundamentalists have been in court for using their fists to assault women, in the vicinity of clinics like Planned Parenthood. They are acquitted after repeat violent offenses against women.
Many on the right think that violence against women is completely justified.
Some even support murder, life imprisonment and the death sentence.

However, it doesn't need to involve abortion, or the support, or just the IDEA of abortion.
How about any woman who accuses any guy, that your side likes, of any sex crime?
Do you think she should just fear someone's fists? And would no one support that?

They indeed have to buy the cheapest, but the cheapest that FOLLOW
THE REGULATIONS. You as a voter have influence on those regulations.

What you are referring to, are laws under the capitalist system, where the government BUYS IN services from PRIVATE companies. That's not comparing public vs private services. That's a system for transferring public money (taxes) to private profits.

Public transportation means government owned busses, that are managed, repaired and driven by government employees. That means that any surplus money from that system is going back into the treasury, instead of into the pockets of owners and shareholders. That means there are also no owners and shareholders with a profit incentive to maximize the prize for the users and minimize expenses on safety and quality, reducing your safety and comfort. The only incentive that the government has
is to balance tax expenses vs price vs quality, on which you as voter have an influence.

Obama Care was a big hand-out to the healthcare / health insurance industry.
It was still an improvement over the system you had before, where patients could just be denied care, with stupid and dishonest excuses, when health insurance didn't want to pay their bills.
If that increased the price of health insurance, it also increased it's reliability. What good is health insurance, if it doesn't pay when you really need it?

Here is your own FoxNews saying he had 'slippage' in the polls.
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Recent national polls indicate that President Trump's approval ratings range between 42% and 47%, with disapproval ratings typically higher.

He's even just above water on border security, his main issue.
124 Days into his presidency, Joe Biden had much "better numbers".

AP-NORC Poll: Reported a 63% overall approval rating, with a particularly high 71% approval for his handling of the coronavirus pandemic. This survey was conducted between April 29 and May 3, 2021.

Ipsos/Reuters Poll: Found a consistent 55% approval rating for President Biden
in early May 2021.

Gallup Poll: Although specific figures for May 2021 aren't detailed in the provided sources, Gallup's initial measurement in January 2021 indicated a 57% approval rating for President Biden.

When your guy lost in 2020, you didn't sulk in your caves, you all joined the fight
to DESTROY democracy. Liberals and lefties should not be "sulking", they should fight
to KEEP democracy.

If Trump does this, I would still like it, but ONLY if he doesn't turn it into a loophole
where the rich can call their big bonuses 'tips'.

If this is a clean bill, cutting taxes for actual tips, than I want Democrats to vote "YES" on it.
So, how many Democrats do you think will vote "Yes" vs "No"?

How many Republicans would vote in favor of that, under a Democratic president?

If you cared about people getting killed, you would say so about Gaza.
You only care about human lives, when it serves your narratives.

Ukraine surrendering to Russia will not stop the killing.
It will either turn into ethnic cleansing or starvation.
And then Putin starts the next invasion.

Statistics can be misleading:
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It's a joke, but it shows where people's thinking goes wrong.

Why are all those crowds turning up then?

Face it, Trump is a stupid lying asshole and Bernie is an honest man
who people really like, because he actually cares about them.

If it was Clinton, they would not be saying it was suicide. YOU KNOW THAT!
If it was anyone but Trump, they would go after them. It's Trump.
Trump has been his best buddy for a very long time, and they are both horrible pervs.
He had his old friend killed, because he knew too much. No honor among thieves.
You could read it off their pathetic lying faces. They know!

At least you cannot say that with a straight face, so you know...

Bernie couldn't win, because even what you call left-wing media was against him. They treated him like he didn't exist. While he was filling football stadiums full of supporters, the so-called left-wing media showed an empty stage of a small room, where Trump was about to speak.
All the media, from 'left' to extreme right, is owned by billionaires, who don't like a socialist who fights for the working class. They like corporate Democrats who serve them and all Republicans who serve them.
The sad thing is that you listen to those corrupt media outlets.

That 'dottering old fool' organizes 10 times the crowds that Trump ever did.
He's not going to run for president again, but he is organizing the resistance.

You voted for Trump, you don't care about a president understanding how ANYTHING works.
How about 60 years old? That's more than enough life experience and also the idea that they still have some future left to have to live with the results of their decisions. An 80 year old only thinks about their next meal. Why would you trust them to care about investments for the future?

At least you are trying to stay active, that's important.

You said you can "pay a 30 dollar copay". A copay on what?
Do you have insurance, Medicare or Medicaid? I hope you inform yourself
on the 'Big Beautiful Bill' that Trump wants to push through.
It contains massive cuts to healthcare programs. It's almost 100% guaranteed that it will affect you, if they get it passed.
Do you understand that such a bill could mean life or death for you?