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Foreign Affairs › Re: American Politics Thread: 2026 Midterm Elections Live! by basilico: 6:08am On Jan 23, 2025
A lot is happening under Trump, one has to keep refreshing the news page to see the latest . From ICE raids ,to firing TSA head who put Tulsi Gabbard on 'domestic terrorist' list to 97 US Attorneys being directed to arrest anyone interfering with Trump immigration policies, ......
Trump is really a welcome relief

Trump has designated 100 days to stop the war in Ukraine, unlike Biden who did everything to send Ukrainians to the meat grinder. Boris Johnson flew to Kiev and conviced Zelensky to fight instead if a ceasefire, just 2 months after Putin Special Military Operation began.

Putin being the sly fox he is, wants Faucci extradited to Russia to face crimes against humanity. Can't vouch for this right now.. What a time to be alive. Fauci, set to receive the largest pension in American history might die a sad broken man.

Foreign Affairs › Re: American Politics Thread: 2026 Midterm Elections Live! by basilico: 5:41am On Jan 23, 2025
Congress to investigate Joe Biden pardons .The same congress that criminally refered Liz Cheney and her Committee to the Attorney General.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3WSa5wUGcV8

This should be done asap.
Foreign Affairs › Re: American Politics Thread: 2026 Midterm Elections Live! by basilico: 5:26am On Jan 23, 2025
GloriousGbola:
In 2005, i applied for an entry level IT position in an oil company . i did not have any IT certification. i however had the highest score in the aptitude test. I killed the interview, but i was not taken. two months later - i was called by the same company for a position based on what i actually do - an electrical engineer. And i got the job. the head of IT , who interviewed me - met me later and was like wow - you are a strong dude!

ironically enough i provided a fkton of support to the same IT department because they were always having different power issues. to this day, the then data center supervisor talks about how i bailed him out multiple times when they had power challenges.

to this day, even though i am no longer there - the IT guys call me on and off because i was and am an actual techie. my old boss used to joke that i was the shadow IT manager because i could always be counted on to provide advice to the IT guys. you want a free app that stamps PDFs ; you need a cheap or free CAD program, someone formatted their pc and what is the best tool to recover the data - it got to the point where they basically gave me the admin password and said pls handle/oversee any CAD related issues in your department. e pass us. tongue

so mr mechanical engineer/entry level IT admin / so called project manager - only neophytes are impressed by your made up stories. Today, oil companies do not hire IT as full time, but as contract staff. and third party contract staff at that. IT is not their core business . the best that will happen is they will hire a manager full time to coordinate with their vendors and suppliers.

this is how your lie comes out. you claim to have studied mechanical engineering. you claim to have a high jamb score - which would indicate competence in aptitude tests. you claim to have done very well in university.

and yet you an indigene with a high score were unable to get into total / shell /schlum - you had to enter NNPC as a third party contract staff. you read mechanical engineering and you somehow entered as IT support. and then you 'got your CCNA' and immediately got a us job.

you are as much a clown as your enabler who was comparing using autocad to programming. a pair of posers jerking each other off.
So why do you reason like a toddler if you have an engineering degree?
An engineer does not accept anything at face value in life , you always leave room for doubt at the back of your mind.
Foreign Affairs › Re: American Politics Thread: 2026 Midterm Elections Live! by basilico: 5:00am On Jan 23, 2025
Throw back Thursday.

The Trump Organization on some occasions charged the Secret Service more than five times the government rate to stay at Donald Trump-owned properties while the agency was protecting him and his family, according to documents obtained by Congress.
In total the Secret Service spent at least $1.4 million in tax dollars at Trump Organization hotels and other properties over 669 expenditures between January 2017 and September 2021, House Committee on Oversight and Reform Chair Carolyn Maloney wrote in a Monday letter to Kimberly Cheatle, the director of the Secret Service.


Joe Biden sent tens of billions to Ukraine but Pelosi congress was so concerned about $1.4 million over 4 years.
Ijebos likely spent the same visiting Nigeria over the same period.
Foreign Affairs › Re: American Politics Thread: 2026 Midterm Elections Live! by basilico: 4:44am On Jan 23, 2025
Budaatum. Trump would say they are not bringing their best
BBC whitewashes terrorist attack.

Foreign Affairs › Re: American Politics Thread: 2026 Midterm Elections Live! by basilico: 4:37am On Jan 23, 2025
happney65:
Yes, "The most racist president of the modern era." Plain racism. He doesn't even hide about it at all
Let's say he is racist You think there is something wrong with DEI and Affirmative Action? Or they are the next best things since sliced bread?
Foreign Affairs › Re: American Politics Thread: 2026 Midterm Elections Live! by basilico: 4:21am On Jan 23, 2025
President Trump has all the right to go after Joe Biden. JB didn't pardon himself. Or he didn't because he was declared mentally unfit to stand trial.
Trump should go for Biden who will plead that he is incompetent.
Then Trump cancels all pardons.
Trump:
“Biden thought, he heard that I was going to do it. I didn’t want to do it.I was given the option. They said, sir, would you like to pardon everybody, including yourself? I said, I’m not going to pardon anybody. We didn’t do anything wrong.
And we had people that suffered. ...
You had Bannon put in jail. You had Peter Navarro put in jail. You had people that suffered.

This guy Biden went around giving everybody pardons. And you know, the funny thing, maybe the sad thing, is he didn’t give himself a pardon. And if you look at it, it all had to do with him.”
Foreign Affairs › Re: American Politics Thread: 2026 Midterm Elections Live! by basilico: 4:12am On Jan 23, 2025
bemeruca:
CCNA is enough for me. I am in the industry, and I may study for something else when the time is right. If it's that easy, go and get it.
i am in the 5% try to be in the 5% before you open your mouth to talk about something else.
And I am CCNP so Im better than you . smiley smiley
I got that because I spent a number of years in an ISP working with Cisco switches, routers,etc on a daily basis.
Foreign Affairs › Re: American Politics Thread: 2026 Midterm Elections Live! by basilico: 4:08am On Jan 23, 2025
IMAliyu2:
Damn, what rightwing propaganda does to a MFer.

Do you blame DEI for California being dryer than usual, and experiencing high wind speeds spreading the fires quickly?

Boeing choosing to prioritize short-term profits and cutting corners, it now DEI.
Please learn something, and stop swallowing everything you hear from Charlie Kirk.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vqgTcb8DqfY?si=e-X8bqyeOafy6Y1n


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4B19qb1Az94?si=_VcZZ0rtD56746vS
Some ideas are very noble. They start well and progress well. Somewhere down the line cracks appear , the originators of the idea double down in how good the idea has worked.
DEI has been abused but the liberals would never admit that.
EU is a proponent of free movement of people and goods. Has worked very well but they won't address the challenges that very freedom brings.
Like DEI with political power the proponents of these ideas will not entertain anything negative about their "noble" sacred idea.
I'm a racist because I don't support DEI.
Foreign Affairs › Re: American Politics Thread: 2026 Midterm Elections Live! by basilico: 3:42am On Jan 23, 2025
armyofone:
This is going to be a long thing one and thing two.

Hopefully it is lifted and we go back to WHO support - he said 90 days. WHO is very important to Africa.
WHO is extremely good for Africa, I see lots of good all over .
As a tool of control , WHO may be serving Chinese interests ,whom I don't trust at all.
That should be what Trump sees .
Foreign Affairs › Re: American Politics Thread: 2026 Midterm Elections Live! by basilico: 3:30am On Jan 23, 2025
armyofone:
I'm confused too. How is DEI a bad thing is what I don’t understand for them huh
Ask chatgpt or any AI. Chatgpt is heavily liberal mark you.


You said:
What are disadvantages of DEI
ChatGPT said:
ChatGPT
While Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) initiatives have many benefits, there are some potential disadvantages or challenges associated with them:

Resistance to Change: Some individuals or groups may resist DEI efforts due to a lack of understanding or fear of losing privileges. This can lead to tension or resentment in organizations or communities.

Perceived Reverse Discrimination: In some cases, individuals may feel that DEI efforts prioritize certain groups over others, leading to accusations of reverse discrimination. This can create feelings of unfairness or divisiveness.

Implementation Challenges: Effectively implementing DEI strategies can be complex and resource-intensive. Without proper planning and support, initiatives may fail or have limited impact.

Tokenism: There is a risk that organizations may adopt DEI measures superficially, focusing on meeting quotas or checking boxes rather than fostering true inclusion. This can lead to tokenism, where diverse individuals are included for appearances rather than real empowerment.

Overemphasis on Identity: Sometimes, focusing too much on identity categories (race, gender, etc.) can lead to divisions rather than unity, inadvertently reinforcing stereotypes or reducing individuals to those categories rather than valuing their full complexity.

Short-Term Focus: In some cases, DEI initiatives are seen as a trend or a temporary measure, rather than as part of a long-term cultural shift. Without a sustained commitment, the impact of DEI efforts may be limited.

Resource Drain: Implementing DEI initiatives often requires significant financial and human resources. If not executed efficiently, the costs may outweigh the benefits, especially if outcomes are not clearly measured.

Addressing these challenges requires careful planning, transparency, and a long-term commitment to genuine change.
Foreign Affairs › Re: American Politics Thread: 2026 Midterm Elections Live! by basilico: 3:06am On Jan 23, 2025
IMAliyu2:
The primary problem with crypto as it exists right now is the lack of a defined use case.

It was initially meant to be an alternative or replacement to traditional currency, that could be used by everyone and works freely across borders, but it's not that at the moment.
The fact that it's a relatively new thing, that can be created by literally anyone, with minimal regulation or oversight, unlike starting a company it has become the wild west for speculative investments, and scams.

Because of it's speculative nature, tx fees and learning curve. It can't be used effectively as a regular currency, because people still need convert it to traditional currency to spend it usually, also people buy and hold it in the hopes it goes up in value, thus it fails at being a transactional currency.

Meme coins are the worst offenders, because unlike crypto like eth that at least tried to build it self with a usecase in mind, or like btc that has the privilege of being the first, they are pure gambling as they represent zero purpose, zero usecase and zero irl value, and most times are completely rigged against people unfortunate enough to buy in.
The creators, or early wealthy investors will hold a large chunk of the token becoming whales, next regular people buy in, in the hopes they catch the pump, providing liquidity, then the whales dump their holdings, leaving people to hold a valueless bag. Extracting wealth from the middle and lower classes.
There's a significantly small chance you could be lucky and make money off it, but statistically most only lose, the best odds are just for someone not to get involved.

BTC is somewhat better, but it's heavily tied to the global economy, and US stock market now, if one is doing good, it goes up, if the stock market crashes, it's going along with it.
My take , a few days ago

https://www.nairaland.com/4508641/american-politics-thread-trump-47th/4724#133776436
Foreign Affairs › Re: American Politics Thread: 2026 Midterm Elections Live! by basilico: 6:00pm On Jan 22, 2025
IMAliyu2:
That's a cowards argument.

It's corruption, most corruption is legal and doesn't break any laws. It's still wrong.

Like the mortgage gambling by Wallstreet that lead to the 2008 financial crisis. It should be a crime.
Ok.
I have previously said I would not buy these meme coins, BTC is more reliable.
Foreign Affairs › Re: American Politics Thread: 2026 Midterm Elections Live! by basilico: 5:58pm On Jan 22, 2025
Daily mail the gossiper has it that Kamala the childless failed presidential candidate marriage is on the rocks

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14306237/kamala-harris-blames-doug-emhoff-political-setbacks-marriage-turmoil.html

Her husband reportedly refused to shake someone's hand two days ago. He had not shaken Kamala hand because he was holding a cane on one hand and a bible on the other some few months ago.

Had she won ,she most likely would not separate from him. This might make her love MAGA voters smiley smiley
Foreign Affairs › Re: American Politics Thread: 2026 Midterm Elections Live! by basilico: 4:07pm On Jan 22, 2025
IMAliyu2:
You do know these meme coins are pump and dump scams right?
Are any of them president of a powerful nation with far reaching influence?

You will start wriggling to justify another obviously bad thing, again huh.
So he is not breaking any law?
Foreign Affairs › Re: American Politics Thread: 2026 Midterm Elections Live! by basilico: 3:56pm On Jan 22, 2025
Bemeruca.
Ijebos as that walking carcass is currently constructed supports automatic birthright citizenship.
If he was sure you was in America and your wife is about to get a kid on American soil , he would instantly change his stance.
Such is his foolishness.
Foreign Affairs › Re: American Politics Thread: 2026 Midterm Elections Live! by basilico: 3:33pm On Jan 22, 2025
cococandy:
Omg you’re actually dense.
I'm not the only one making fun of the Nazi salute by Elon Musk
Foreign Affairs › Re: American Politics Thread: 2026 Midterm Elections Live! by basilico: 3:16pm On Jan 22, 2025
[quote author=IMAliyu2 post=133824729][/quote]Is there any other person walking on planet earth who has a meme coin or Trump is the first one?
Foreign Affairs › Re: American Politics Thread: 2026 Midterm Elections Live! by basilico: 3:15pm On Jan 22, 2025
[quote author=IMAliyu2 post=133824792]Why do you worms never Present videos for these you and your alt account basilico?
is AOC doing the Nazi salute.
https://x.com/elonmusk/status/1881924748717982070
Foreign Affairs › Re: American Politics Thread: 2026 Midterm Elections Live! by basilico: 12:20pm On Jan 22, 2025
A liberal has corrected Trump executive order defining male and female at conception.

The liberal is correct because the sex organs develop later, without a penis you are a female , To him immediately at conception everyone is a female.
I didn't ask him whether chromosomes and genes change later within the pregnancy.
This guy must be a PhD Holder from Harvard.

Mintum. Your liberal friends at it again.

Foreign Affairs › Re: American Politics Thread: 2026 Midterm Elections Live! by basilico: 12:10pm On Jan 22, 2025
IMAliyu2:
See how you're twisting yourself again.

Present a video link to both and make your comperison.

This is what you're trying to squarm your way out off, there is no out.
Elon is not a stupid enough man that he doesn't know what a roman salute looks like.
He knows or should know everything that offends the liberals. You can thank the EU for that.
Foreign Affairs › Re: American Politics Thread: 2026 Midterm Elections Live! by basilico: 12:08pm On Jan 22, 2025
IMAliyu2:
Lol, like how he was ""impeached"" last time?
We'll see.
The sham impeachment whose manager was preemptively pardoned ?
Foreign Affairs › Re: American Politics Thread: 2026 Midterm Elections Live! by basilico: 12:06pm On Jan 22, 2025
Mintum:
Oh my God, Taylor swift is a Nazi 😱😱😱
Another Nazi.Oh no!!! What are liberals saying about her?
Liberals are just grumpy people who revel in others misfortunes.They can't understand a salute from Elon's heart.
Those that understand stoke the fires knowing their deranged followers will believe them.
Foreign Affairs › Re: American Politics Thread: 2026 Midterm Elections Live! by basilico: 12:01pm On Jan 22, 2025
IMAliyu2:
@basilico What excuses are you going to present for this?
Or have your masters not given you one?
77 million voted for him. He has a mandate. If he doesn't fulful it ,they can impeach him.
Foreign Affairs › Re: American Politics Thread: 2026 Midterm Elections Live! by basilico: 10:32am On Jan 22, 2025
nateevs:
Donald and Melania launch meme coins. In only 48 hours, Trump has made $25bn from his meme coin, as he urged his MAGA base to jump on.

The scammer-in-chief is in full swing. All bets are off and America's actual decline begins.
Trump is inspiring me to launch a basilico meme coin too.
You'll be free to purchase and sell it too. Noone will force you. It's entirely upon you to trade in it.
Foreign Affairs › Re: American Politics Thread: 2026 Midterm Elections Live! by basilico: 10:29am On Jan 22, 2025
Mintum:
Hypocrisy and liberals are like Siamese twins. These clowns accused Elon Musk of doing the Nazi salute and refused to listen to any explanation about the context of Elon Musk's hand gesture but the moment numerous videos and pictures started coming out of many democrats doing the same thing, they started talking of context 😂😂😂. These people are jokes!! Waiting patiently to see if cococandy and budaatum will vent their anger on AOC as they did with Musk or if they will show their hypocrisy as usual. The ball is in their court.
They have no shame. I like this comment by an X user regarding AOC.

Seik Jaboote
@seikjaboote
·
3h
It’s not official, they say, because she didn’t thump her chest first. For it to be an official Hitler salute you gotta do that. Next up: and you have to turn around. And you have to do it twice. Then it’s a Real OFFICIAL Hitler salute
Foreign Affairs › Re: American Politics Thread: 2026 Midterm Elections Live! by basilico: 10:10am On Jan 22, 2025
Ibime:
To bomb the caravan or what?
TDS. The military has extensive training on peacekeeping missions. They only use force if attacked and in any operation there is a term used.
Rules of Engagement.
Mexico is already stopping the caravans from transiting through.
Foreign Affairs › Re: American Politics Thread: 2026 Midterm Elections Live! by basilico:
Backfiring. Elon Musk reaction upto 9.4M views and climbing rapidly as video emerges of AOC doing the Nazi salute.

Earlier she had tweeted.

AOCortez: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
@AOC
Just to be clear, you are defending a Heil Hitler salute that was performed and repeated for emphasis and clarity.

People can officially stop listening to you as any sort of reputable source of information now. You work for them. Thank you for making that crystal clear to all.


Liberals have no shame at all. She repeated the Heir Hitler salute for clarity.
cc budaatum , IMAliyu2

An X user has stuped for AOC, that's not how a Nazi salute is done.
Seik Jaboote
@seikjaboote
It’s not official, they say, because she didn’t thump her chest first. For it to be an official Hitler salute you gotta do that. Next up: and you have to turn around. And you have to do it twice. Then it’s a Real OFFICIAL Hitler salute
smiley smiley

Foreign Affairs › Re: American Politics Thread: 2026 Midterm Elections Live! by basilico: 9:28am On Jan 22, 2025
In 2014 Obama banned funding of gain of function research on viruses.(I think the ban was on American soil) Dr Faucci circumvented this policy , his friend moved the experiments to Wuhan China and Faucci continued funding Daszak's Ecohealth Alliance group.The rest is history.

Joe Biden has pardoned Dr Death from 2014. Why not cover his HIV periods or beagle experiments long before 2014?
Curious why? There is more here.

https://hotair.com/david-strom/2025/01/21/about-that-fauci-pardon-n3799034
Foreign Affairs › Re: American Politics Thread: 2026 Midterm Elections Live! by basilico: 8:47am On Jan 22, 2025
GloriousGbola:
https://nypost.com/2025/01/21/real-estate/barron-trump-is-launching-his-own-luxury-real-estate-company/

can you smell the money laundering
The *Barron Group" sounds nice . Reminds me of the Kane and Abel novel.
When the son of a billionaire launches his own company that's money laundering.
When he lets off a fart ,does it get to you?
Foreign Affairs › Re: American Politics Thread: 2026 Midterm Elections Live! by basilico: 8:36am On Jan 22, 2025
I dont think Commander in Chief said this with no intention of proving it.

[color=#ff2800]TRUMP: "The [Ukraine] war should have never started. If you had a competent President, which you didn't, the war wouldn't have happened."
"But that couldn't happen because the election was rigged[/color]


Woe be unto this who stole 2020. He must do a blitzkrieg on them.. Everyone .
Amen.
I need my closure on this matter soon.
Foreign Affairs › Re: American Politics Thread: 2026 Midterm Elections Live! by basilico: 8:25am On Jan 22, 2025
GloriousGbola:
the mask is off

the so called party of law and order

this is the us devolving into a third world dictatorship in real time

this is like our untouchable political thugs who will tell you i can kill you and nothing will happen

and the real deal - a person who facilitated and provide support for criminal enterprises - Ross Ulbritch is free
How many pardons Xibiden issued ?

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