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Foreign AffairsRe: American Politics Thread: Trump Is The 47th President! by basilico: 4:31pm On Apr 10, 2022
Ibime:
I doubt that highly. You can't join the EU without the agreement of France and Germany and I don't see the Eastern Europeans or Greece being favourable to it. What France and Germany says goes in the EU. He who pays the piper dictates the tune. And Sarkozy was a moderate leader but he said plainly what they will never write down. EU is a Caucasian club. Russia has more chance of joining EU than Turkey if Russia choose to go that route.
The EU is a power grab too. Erdogan is a dictator benevolent maybe but he wont let decisions made in Brussels ruin his chokehold on the Turkish people.
EU wants to make nations prosperous as long as the EU commission dictates are obeyed eg don't fish salmon or hold fair elections or bananas should be of a particular shape and size. Something Turkey will not accept.
Hence Turkey will never join the EU
Foreign AffairsRe: American Politics Thread: Trump Is The 47th President! by basilico: 9:45pm On Apr 09, 2022
budaatum:
How else will she educate the "They were stupid" if she just lets "these people go home to their families"?

Do you not believe their stupidity should cost them, or do you just want more stupidity?
Am I getting this right. Liberals demonize police calling for their abolishment , make it easy for thugs to operate?Then they complain of policing problems.
Foreign AffairsRe: American Politics Thread: Trump Is The 47th President! by basilico: 7:38pm On Apr 09, 2022
ono:
bros,
you still don't get it. The plot to bring down Trump is not limited to "outsiders". There are people - even those appointed by him, who see him as a threat - and will go to any length to rid the "system" of anything that's associated with the man. Get that in.
Ignore the troll gambononsense
Foreign AffairsRe: American Politics Thread: Trump Is The 47th President! by basilico: 7:36pm On Apr 09, 2022
budaatum:
A net importing situation is Nigeria. Welcome to debt land!

Strong dollar will reduce your exports, as those you export to will need more money to buy what you sell, and there's no guarantee the local market would pay those prices especially if some other country is selling the same to you a lot cheaper, as in, if it cost you less in local currency. That's why we buy more from weak currency China than we buy from America. Buyers can always do without you or find alternatives.

Cheap imports into your strong dollar economy will also kill your local producing market (Walmart), because manufacturers will move to where imports come from (Apple). Jobs in both sectors will disappear and employment and discontent will increase, as will your deficit, and your tax revenue will decrease at a time when you'd need more money for social expenditure. And as your debt grows, so will its cost, as more interest will be charged on what you owe.


We do not live in your "ideal world" where anyone buys less and sells more to earn a surplus. In the real world, you'd have countries like Japan that has to import all its energy, and America, both with huge deficits and debt, and your strong currency will be nothing if you are not producing anything because it's cheaper to import. Your tax revenue will decrease too, and you would have to sustain more people with what you have or you'd have riots on your streets, and your cost of borrowing will rise, which will then weaken you currency.

You are not the only person in the world, you see. You might be able to pull the shots with say, Nigeria, but countries like Saudi and China that you import from, will peg their currency to your dollar so strong or weak does not affect them much.
esplane (sp) this please. Never heard about this. Fill me in on this. what is hedging and what are futures?
Foreign AffairsRe: American Politics Thread: Trump Is The 47th President! by basilico: 3:47pm On Apr 09, 2022
Obrigardo:
Trust me, you are not a good man. I'm sorry for your kids if you ever have any.
Ive explained. The message is what I doubt. A truly callous strike. Have you considered whether its Ukraine army who fired the missile to gain sympathy and get more arms,
Foreign AffairsRe: American Politics Thread: Trump Is The 47th President! by basilico: 3:31pm On Apr 09, 2022
Obrigardo:
You are an awfully evil person, truly.
circle back Ive clarified my post It just occurred after posting that you are mentally challenged so I've expounded
Foreign AffairsRe: American Politics Thread: Trump Is The 47th President! by basilico: 3:25pm On Apr 09, 2022
Obrigardo:
You are disgusting person. You are the type of person that feels good when helpless and gay people are literally tortured to death. You skunk.

Like this story
https://www.nairaland.com/7070020/russians-wrote-children-missile-killed
gives you a massive erection.
You expect me to believe it ( about for our children message) . Ill source around .
That said its really sad and may all those souls rest in peace.
If its true ( the message not the missile strike) I will like your post shocked shocked shocked
Foreign AffairsRe: American Politics Thread: Trump Is The 47th President! by basilico: 3:00pm On Apr 09, 2022
AmazonTopaz:
And how on earth should that be your business? Will you help her raise the children?
You make choices in life. I'm raising mine. I don't hope to get another. I'm surprised you don't know that a woman can choose not to have a baby and still get laid.
You so badly want abortion as the law of the land.
Foreign AffairsRe: American Politics Thread: Trump Is The 47th President! by basilico: 2:56pm On Apr 09, 2022
Obrigardo:
I guess that's me done ever quoting a tool and a dodo. You are just a lousy troll, a stinky troll.

Guess you saw the Criminal don. jr texts about the Coup in action?
Even mark meadows phone now is what Republiqans wish Hunter Biden's laptop would be lol grin

Get The F! Out
How is your personal life. If you cannot manage your online anger what if someone told you to your face that are a lousy useless slob
(Of which you really are)
Foreign AffairsRe: American Politics Thread: Trump Is The 47th President! by basilico: 2:51pm On Apr 09, 2022
AmazonTopaz:
Sanpipita, budaatum This is what will be happening to women in GQP states when Roe is gutted.

Welcome to the hand maid tale

https://www.valleycentral.com/news/local-news/starr-county-woman-arrested-for-self-induced-abortion/
Why was this one.. Her third abortion when there tens of choices


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kq-drRR2WqQ
Foreign AffairsRe: American Politics Thread: Trump Is The 47th President! by basilico: 1:29pm On Apr 09, 2022
ono:
Is there any doubt now that the FBI were actively involved in sabotaging the Jan 6th DC protests ? And that all of crazy Pelosi’s committee are a waste of tax payer’s money ?
Democrats divide people by race, gender, etc. The Jan 6 protesters are being framed for not accepting liberal nonsense.
Jan 6 was a complete setup.
Pelosi committee is about going after Trump to prevent him from running. They also want to intimidate anyone close to him.
she forgets the house might change hands In the meantime they are looking for any dirt to implicate Trump in an 'insurrection' that no weapon was found.

I doubt the dems will give up the house even if they lose. They have so much dirt to cover
Foreign AffairsRe: American Politics Thread: Trump Is The 47th President! by basilico:
Cancel culture . 100% of democrat senators refuse to define what 'woman' is. A third of Republicans can.

https://dailycaller.com/2022/04/08/contacted-every-senate-republican-define-woman/

Modified. Watch this debate . The left is truly sick.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bDI6j0pH87k

Another debate . Can men be mothers.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UnB7Bi4DfBk
Foreign AffairsRe: American Politics Thread: Trump Is The 47th President! by basilico: 1:06pm On Apr 09, 2022
ono:
https://thefederalist.com/2022/04/08/jury-refuses-to-convict-men-entrapped-by-fbi-in-whitmer-kidnapping-plot/
Thought police in action
but but but one pled guilty smiley
that proves guilt! According to buda. you cant take a plea unless you are guilty smiley smiley smiley
Foreign AffairsRe: American Politics Thread: Trump Is The 47th President! by basilico: 1:04pm On Apr 09, 2022
budaatum:
The current order where the American dollar is so strong that it benefits Americans to buy everything from weaker China than make them in USA is not a world order that is sustainable nor is it good for America. Not only will its currency eventually suffer as other currencies appreciate against it because they produce and export while you borrow and buy, it's people too will suffer because they will be in unemployed and in debt to those they buy from.

You can't print dollars to pay debt, you see. If America turns up in China with boat loads of printed dollars to pay what they owe, China will tell them to fuq off. And If you know anything about economics you'd have seen this play out in Nigeria that produces little and so is constantly in debt.

Now show your understanding of the above by asking an intelligent question, please.
Don't forget when your currency is strong your exports are priced higher but imports are darn cheap. A net importing situation does not work out well all the time.
The ideal economy earns a surplus. Sells more and buys less. As for costs with a strong currency the internal market can sustain govt spending.
Foreign AffairsRe: American Politics Thread: Trump Is The 47th President! by basilico: 11:27am On Apr 09, 2022
benalvino3:
it's in their playbook. how they manufacture a kidnap plot against a governor so they can use it to smear trump and push their narative that anything they don't like is a terrorist.

remember how the FBI label parents terrorist and investigated them for simply questioning whats going on in the schools.
The greatest danger according to Biden admin is climate change and domestic terrorists.
Such posturing.
Foreign AffairsRe: American Politics Thread: Trump Is The 47th President! by basilico: 10:53am On Apr 09, 2022
benalvino3:
you are the liar here.

see your quote again,


Basilico and I argue that the seditious charge brought upon an oath keeping could be one of the tricks the FBI does since he is pleading guilty. they might have given him a deal that he will like to take so they dont overload his life. they have done it numerous times even to michael flynn.

you were the one arguing crap that people do not plead guilty to a crime they did not commit. at least that is the last thing they will do. you are wrong.

Basilico and I know what we talk about and you are obviously clueless.

so again. I will say unless the FBI charge others with seditious conspiracy, the guy that pleads guilty is just someone they are using as a tool to trick easy folks like you.

people who like to follow the truth know the kidnapping case was a setup... you and ibime will just go around hating on a strawman instead f following the truth.
Plus the democrats can label the protest as an insurrection. Some case was dismissed this week because the guy was able to prove its the police who opened the doors for him. He did not take a plea, case went to court.
Democrats are evil people.

And by the way those protesters are being accused of disrupting an official proceeding. In reality the session had been suspended because two pipe bombs had been discovered. FBI has photos and CCTV footage of the guy who planted them, he has never been arrested.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DVGedQ17XqI&t=72s
Foreign AffairsRe: American Politics Thread: Trump Is The 47th President! by basilico: 10:49am On Apr 09, 2022
budaatum:
Your inability to reason shows. Is the new bamboo, Putin went to war so oil price would rise and strengthen the Rouble?

You'd be the same one shouting Biden's inflation, but sees the economy of Russia doing well. Do you expect Russia to be immune from inflation forced by sanctions on top of the world inflation, bas?

https://www.reuters.com/business/finance/russias-rouble-rebound-not-quite-what-it-seems-2022-04-08/
Oil is one big money earner for Putin, when prices are high he gets more money.. The west wants huge reserves that Ukraine has. At one time Shell had started drilling for oil then Russia meddled and they closed shop.
Russia gas to Europe was solely delivered through Ukraine who started charging very high prices. Putin built other pipelines though the Ukraine one still used.. contractual arrangements,
Again NATO wants missiles in Ukraine which is a red line for Putin.
The west egged on Zelensky to join NATO which is another red line for Putin.
Main reason. If the Ukraine gas is exported to Europe Russia loses a lot of revenue.

Putin did not go war so that oil prices rise. Stop behaving like an assignments teacher marking every comment.

In your opinion why did he go to war?
Foreign AffairsRe: American Politics Thread: Trump Is The 47th President! by basilico: 11:40pm On Apr 08, 2022
budaatum:
There you go again with your "did not see that one Was a typo"!

Show us please what it was that makes you create kraken in your head and believe it.
My typo was on soros and brexit which I have already corrected. What do you mean now? Buda you are the one who believed that the Whitmer case suspects were guilty.
Stop your games.
Foreign AffairsRe: American Politics Thread: Trump Is The 47th President! by basilico: 11:32pm On Apr 08, 2022
[quote author=budaatum post=111776407][/quote]Comparing apples to oranges.
Bottom line the rouble has not crashed. The global economy depends to a big extent on Russia for fertilizer, oil and grains. What's happening is political Everyone has forgotten about Joe Biden failures now.
The elite can go to any extent to preserve and maintain power.
I may not want Putin but I need petrol whose price is market driven without selfish political actors instigating wars,
IF Putin does not supply the Fertilizer and this is planting season farm output will be low.Food will grow up.
If you look at the map of Russia forces in Ukraine, the farming area has not been touched yet,
Foreign AffairsRe: American Politics Thread: Trump Is The 47th President! by basilico: 10:47pm On Apr 08, 2022
budaatum:
Ben, I am not in any way disputing you can plead guilty for a crime you never committed. Try South Africa under apartheid and you'd find tons. There is lots of evidence out there to show many do, and I believe I posted the story of people jailed for murders they never committed who would have been death sentenced if not for death sentence abolishment that the wrong person might be killed for a crime they pled guilty to but had not committed. You can't however use this as those pleading guilty are innocent, as you are trying to do, this is not lawless South Africa.

I've said it before and I'll say it again, if you plead guilty to a crime you never committed, you are either toying for a lower sentence having committed a crime, be insane, or must be prepared for the price you must pay for being weak.

Do know that pleading guilty to a crime you never committed is the same as confessing to a crime you never committed. It happens.

https://48hills.org/2022/03/an-embarrassment-of-injustice-innocent-man-pleads-guilty-to-crimes-he-didnt-commit-to-get-out-of-long-prison-sentence/
https://www.nairaland.com/7069080/resurgent-ruble-turns-back-time
Foreign AffairsRe: American Politics Thread: Trump Is The 47th President! by basilico: 9:40pm On Apr 08, 2022
benalvino3:
there is always a scope to my discussion. going far back falls out of the scope.

the FBI has been politicized and this happened around obama. during bush they were not targeting Right or Left wings. they targetted muslims... now they don't care about any group except anything they label right wing
FBI was the premiere investigative agency. They don't bother investigating democrats , but a GOP member is investigated to the fullest extent.
I think the democrats will rig Nov elections because a lot of stuff they have done will be uncovered.
Like the FBI once you commit crimes you do your darn best to cover it up whether its sending innocent people to jail.
Foreign AffairsRe: American Politics Thread: Trump Is The 47th President! by basilico: 9:11pm On Apr 08, 2022
benalvino3:
equal justice for all. sadly wicked people are controlling things
They all work in unison. Big tech, media , DOJ to push their narrative.
Foreign AffairsRe: American Politics Thread: Trump Is The 47th President! by basilico: 9:07pm On Apr 08, 2022
budaatum:
After they've been infiltrating black activists for decades, right?

I guess you are yet to learn that snakes sometimes bite their owners. It might make you resist owning one as a pet.

https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/analysis-opinion/fbi-targets-new-generation-black-activists
John Brennan of all places? Former CID director who was at the centre of the Russian hoax? Oh its about time to divert?
Foreign AffairsRe: American Politics Thread: Trump Is The 47th President! by basilico: 9:03pm On Apr 08, 2022
benalvino3:
the whole thing was a setup. the problem is... there are so many moving part on this one. the complexity is too much
This is complex. Someone who took a selfie at the capitol is rotting in jail months later A guy murders and is out on bail. Jussie is jailed but he is out.
Foreign AffairsRe: American Politics Thread: Trump Is The 47th President! by basilico: 8:58pm On Apr 08, 2022
benalvino3:
except that's not the case. this entrapment started after 9/11, the FBI was using it against Muslims then their pattern was discovered and was stopped. Now they use it to manufacture political opponents and anti-trump agenda. they never infiltrate Antifa or BLM. they don't care
Even the Jan 6 suspects were entrapped by the feds. Poor people have to suffer because of crimes by the Feds. Watch where the muslim thing will be driven to by Buda
Foreign AffairsRe: American Politics Thread: Trump Is The 47th President! by basilico: 8:54pm On Apr 08, 2022
budaatum:
This might have worked if they were Muslims. There wouldn't even have been a case while they rot in Quantanamo!

Entrapment is bad, and I'm delighted it's being recognised as such.
You believed they were guilty. The internet never forgets. Me and Ben have been vindicated. You were wrong
Approach issues with an open mind not from a liberal POV
Foreign AffairsRe: American Politics Thread: Trump Is The 47th President! by basilico: 8:39pm On Apr 08, 2022
budaatum:
It wasn't a typo, you liar, it was your usual kraken! You make many "did not see that one Was a typo", and whenever I check I find it to be a bamboo from qanon.

Perhaps you should check before posting kraken. It would reduce your "did not sees that one".
was a mistake ,I am sure even Ben understood it to mean Soros did not want Brexit. You specialize in finding out something to distract.
Thanks for noticing anyway.
Foreign AffairsRe: American Politics Thread: Trump Is The 47th President! by basilico: 8:22pm On Apr 08, 2022
Ben
Governor Whitmer case suspects not guilty. FBI framed the poor guys.
Foreign AffairsRe: American Politics Thread: Trump Is The 47th President! by basilico: 8:19pm On Apr 08, 2022
benalvino3:
they are Muslims. EU only accepts Christianity. Stick to that
Says who?
Foreign AffairsRe: American Politics Thread: Trump Is The 47th President! by basilico: 8:09pm On Apr 08, 2022
budaatum:
Kraken, bas. And bamboo!

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2018/feb/11/george-soros-best-for-britain-pro-eu-100000
Let me apologize. I did not see that one Was a typo. He is for EU. Totally against Brexit.
I have made correction,
Foreign AffairsRe: American Politics Thread: Trump Is The 47th President! by basilico: 8:07pm On Apr 08, 2022
budaatum:
Of course asking you questions that show your lack of understanding must be "stoopid" to you.

It's why you so easily digest the qanon version instead of questioning what one of you says you all must believe.
What was your understanding Soros saying wants a new FIN world order? why does he want a new order
Foreign AffairsRe: American Politics Thread: Trump Is The 47th President! by basilico:
benalvino3:
they saw Soros says with his mouth what he wants and they are still in doubt. shameful
Soros funds all these extreme left wing groups that promote their viewpoint eg BLM . He helps overthrow govts that don't share his values. He was totally against Brexit funding many pro EU groups.
I think he feels himself to be a small god.
In America he funds prosecutors like that one who prosecuted Sandmann. The first one who first let off Jussie Smollett is also a Soros puppet.
A society disrupter does not matter how many have to suffer for him to get his way

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