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Philosophy, Religion & Society / Re: President Joe Biden

« on: December 02, 2024, 05:45:24 PM »

Trump pardoned a load of his mates and cronies...

Call them "cronies," if you like, but the "press visible," ones all related to the RUSSIA, RUSsia, Russia, bullshit news cycle. None of those people deserved any sort of conviction to begin with (it was all made for TV).

That's as may be, but I still believe that a president should not have the power to unilaterally pardon - what Biden has done demonstrates why, it's a flagrant abuse of power. Pardoning is the sort of thing kings used to do, haven't we moved on from that sort of thing?

I suspect it was done as a balance of power.  Like if the courts make a federal law more strict than the president feels it should be, the president can effectively make enforcement worthless by pardoning anyone found guilty of it.

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Philosophy, Religion & Society / Re: President Joe Biden

« on: December 02, 2024, 09:34:11 AM »

Biden pardoned Hunter.

Fuck Joe Biden.

Corrupt piece of shit!

Thank goodness we have a man of integrity coming in to take his place.
(But yes, I largely agree)

I just had a thought.

What if he did it to stop Trump from making an example of him?

Like Trump convinces the judge to impose some stupidly high punishment and then uses that as a political springboard to show how evil and corrupt all Democrats are?

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Philosophy, Religion & Society / Re: President Joe Biden

« on: December 02, 2024, 04:56:14 AM »

Biden pardoned Hunter.

Fuck Joe Biden.

Corrupt piece of shit!

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Philosophy, Religion & Society / Re: Trump

« on: December 01, 2024, 12:09:17 PM »

Of course it's Mexico's fault if they suffer higher tariffs if they don't follow the president elect's demands to do more to stop the illegal immigration from multiple countries pouring through the Mexican border.

Mexico will suffer with those tariffs, not the US. There are several dozen industrialized countries with low cost of living and low wages which can provide those goods and take over what market share Mexico had. Prices in the US would be barely affected, so I don't know what you guys are whining about.

You... You uhh..don't know anything about scaling, do you?  Or contracts.


Also, the Mexican president appeased Trump by telling him what they've been doing this whole time.  Not 'we will' but 'this is what we are doing'.


Also, why would any country make a new trade agreement?  Trump doesn't even honor his own agreements.

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Philosophy, Religion & Society / Re: Trump

« on: November 29, 2024, 11:31:40 PM »

Every major country in the world has industries for almost every sector. Mexico and China are specifically being threatened, not the world. If Canada and Mexico can't afford to compete then companies in other countries will take their pie.

The threats worked, since both Mexico and Canada called and groveled to Trump after he made that threat and pledged to work together on his concerns.

So... It's Mexico's fault for not being competitive when Trump forces an increase in price?  How does that work, exactly?


Also, did you not read the article?

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Philosophy, Religion & Society / Re: Trump

« on: November 28, 2024, 08:37:27 PM »

I don't get why you even NEED emperical evidence. 

Tariffs are literally a way to make a product more expensive.  That's the whole point of their existence.  The ONLY question you need to ask is if increasing the price for that specific good improves the economy of your nation or not.

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Philosophy, Religion & Society / Re: Trump

« on: November 27, 2024, 10:23:56 PM »

Trumpers do not care.  The Trump Tarrifs could have caused them to lose their job and they would still vote for him.  It's brainwashing.

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Philosophy, Religion & Society / Re: Trump

« on: November 27, 2024, 05:04:26 PM »

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/nov/26/trump-tariffs-prices-harris-poll

Long story short:
Most Republicans know Tarrifs will make things cost more.  But beating the Democrats was more important.  Brand loyalty was more important.  Loyalty to Trump was more important.

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Philosophy, Religion & Society / Re: President Joe Biden

« on: November 27, 2024, 05:13:48 AM »

If they're willing to kill them with nukes, what's stopping them from using it on us too?

The fact that we supposedly have them as well.

Better kill them first before they try to kill us.

It's all about escellation.

Why would the US escalate to nuclear war over Ukraine? You still haven't answered the question beyond "because they just would, okay?". Come on, use your big words. Tell me why America would decide to kill itself if Russia landed a one megaton warhead in a Ukrainian city.

Trump will see it as a Challenge to his authority as the most extreme president and rain fire and fury down like never before.


But generally speaking:
The use of a particular weapon in any conflict signals two things:
1. There is now a bigger risk to other groups that said weapons could be used on them.
2. That the weapon used is now acceptable or at least justifiable to use in conflict.

So, should Russia use Nuclear weapons, especially in a situation that doesn't warrant their use, the world will take that as a threat to their own cities and retaliate to ensure Russia can't nuke everyone else to gain power.  All with the hope of disabling Russia's ability to use Nuclear weapons before they can attack other cities with them.

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Philosophy, Religion & Society / Re: Trump

« on: November 27, 2024, 04:56:09 AM »

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cvg7y52n411o

And now he threatened Mexico and Canada. (We have an illegal immigrants issue from Canada?)
Now...can someone tell me why or how Trump can impose Tarrifs on two countries that have a Free Trade Agreement with the US that Trump himself negotiated?

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Philosophy, Religion & Society / Re: Trump

« on: November 26, 2024, 03:05:31 PM »

Didn't he make the new NAFTA which would forbid Tarrifs like this for Canada and Mexico?

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Philosophy, Religion & Society / Re: Trump

« on: November 26, 2024, 07:24:05 AM »

No, they were not.
They wrote be has absolute immunity for actions while in office and within the scope of his presidential duties.  The. Failed to define what classifies his scope.

Example: Joe Biden has a cabinet meeting then, during the meeting, murders one of his cabinet members.  Is he immune?

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Philosophy, Religion & Society / Re: President Joe Biden

« on: November 25, 2024, 10:12:06 AM »

I suppose if we did have a nuclear Armageddon, there wouldn't be enough survivors to have another war for a while...

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Philosophy, Religion & Society / Re: Trump

« on: November 25, 2024, 05:32:04 AM »

The crime was committed when the payment to Daniels was made without being declared, which was before Trump was elected. When Trump reimbursed Cohen is of limited relevance.

Wait...Cohen makes a payment...

How is Trump guilty because Cohen made a payment?

Falsifying business records.

If I write "$50,000 for legal fees" but my lawyer never did lawyering during that time, that's illegal.

Again, had Trump written Stormy a check directly, he'd have been 100% legal and no issues.  It's when he tried to hide it that it became an issue.

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Philosophy, Religion & Society / Re: President Joe Biden

« on: November 25, 2024, 05:27:50 AM »

Ah but then you have the whole "If I use nukes , I'll have every one including China suddenly attacking me.  Probably with nukes."  Russia wants to win.  It doesn't want to die in the process.  Especially since it can't guarentee it's nuclear warheads will work.

This is functionally the equivalent of saying the following:

"If Russia nukes Kiev, China will kill itself." Why? Make it make sense, Dave.

If they're willing to kill them with nukes, what's stopping them from using it on us too?  Better kill them first before they try to kill us.

It's all about escellation.

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Philosophy, Religion & Society / Re: Trump

« on: November 24, 2024, 12:50:11 PM »

I guess I got it mixed up honk. :/. Or early reporting that got edited.

So, when did Trump pay any money to Daniels?

When he told his fixer to do it and he'll repay him.

I just don't understand why he bothered.  Not like the normal rules of politics apply to him.

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Philosophy, Religion & Society / Re: President Joe Biden

« on: November 24, 2024, 12:40:35 AM »

No, actually if you think they don't exist, you need to bring Santa Clause to the other thread and prove it there. This thread is for normal people to discuss Biden and Ukraine policy.

BTW: If nuclear weapons don't exist, Ukraine will kick Russia's ass so badly and so deeply that the Kremlin will wish they were back in Afghanistan getting their ass kicked by the Mujahideen.

If nuclear weapons existed, Ukraine wouldn't be able to fight Russia at all. It would be a nuclear power versus a non-nuclear power. Russia would nuke Kiev and that would be it. Game over. No country on Earth would be willing to go nuclear with Russia over some eastern European marshes. Imagine an entire country saying "I'm going to kill myself because Russia invaded a country most of my citizens can't point out on a map". Very humorous.

Nuclear believers have to simultaneously believe these two statements:

1. Russia is composed of people who want to limit civilian casualties in Ukraine, so therefore refuse to drop their supposedly massive arsenal of tactical nuclear weapons.
2. Russia routinely fires volleys of hundreds of missiles into civilian centers and causes hundreds to thousands of civilian casualties every single day.

Cognitive dissonance is a helluva thing, amirite?

Ah but then you have the whole "If I use nukes , I'll have every one including China suddenly attacking me.  Probably with nukes."  Russia wants to win.  It doesn't want to die in the process.  Especially since it can't guarentee it's nuclear warheads will work.

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Philosophy, Religion & Society / Re: Trump

« on: November 22, 2024, 08:36:16 PM »

Not only that but he's basically untouchable now.  There is nothing he can't do.
He got his hush money case basically dismissed AFTER conviction because some evidence used was stuff someone else said while doing official acts for the president.  Thus, can't be used as evidence.

This is pretty dark.  The president can do anything they want.  Biden could do anything.  Say anything.  Plot anything.  And as long as he does it while president... he's totally immune. 

I don't think Trump is that smart, but he knows what to say.  He knows how to draw a crowd.  He's an entertainer and he feeds off the anger of people by basically telling them what they want to hear.

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Philosophy, Religion & Society / Re: Trump

« on: November 22, 2024, 12:43:00 PM »

Maybe he wanted Gaetz completely out of Washington.

That would be some high level planning that I don't trust he would think of.  Someone else more savy, sure.  So... Honestly? Not a bad theory.

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Philosophy, Religion & Society / Re: Trump

« on: November 22, 2024, 08:27:33 AM »

Sounds more like Trump is coming out ahead to me

https://twitter.com/behizytweets/status/1859748864355598373

So... Why didn't Trump pick her first?  Sounds like he didn't pick the best to begin with.