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Foreign AffairsRe: American Politics Thread: Trump Is The 47th President! by basilico: 8:23pm On Aug 29, 2020
SonofLincoln:
The hate rally on Thursday at the garden in the White House already claim four people with Trumpvirus and more will soon come out with the virus in about 2 weeks. I am fine with them coming g down with Trumpvirus because they are following the Orange cult leader to their graves. Herman Cain was a good example of that.
Corona did not affect the protesters?
Foreign AffairsRe: American Politics Thread: Trump Is The 47th President! by basilico: 8:19pm On Aug 29, 2020
SonofLincoln:
Of course. Bush is the only Republican President alive and he doesn't even care for Trump. What does that say about Trump ?. He's toxic.
Biden supporters were all over when those guys rooted for h.

Let us today gloat over 6 'small time mayors' abandoning the democrat plantation.
Foreign AffairsRe: American Politics Thread: Trump Is The 47th President! by basilico: 8:16pm On Aug 29, 2020
garetz:
What have you to say about the March on Washington crowd? I am sure coronavirus doesn't spread in those kinda of events right? It only spreads at Trump rallies and churches. You can gather in the streets and riot all day, or March in gay pride rallies or join a crowd at the seven funerals of George Floyd and coronavirus can't spread there. Isn't Amazing!
Either steal or derail the final result till Jan 20th.
Both ways, its the democrats way or the highway.
Foreign AffairsRe: American Politics Thread: Trump Is The 47th President! by basilico: 8:14pm On Aug 29, 2020
SonofLincoln:
Little town mayors that doesn't count. That shows me you don't know how America works. Anyway it's wishful thinking on your part.
But retired Bush and Bill era official signify Republican breaking apart.
Foreign AffairsRe: American Politics Thread: Trump Is The 47th President! by basilico: 7:13pm On Aug 29, 2020
pryme:
Minnesota Mayors endorse Trump, this is just the tip of the iceberg.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LFJ3sZbZGbE
The eye covering scales coming off at the best time.
I hope this is the beginning of a trickle that will grow into a wide river.

Bigely hugely.
Foreign AffairsRe: American Politics Thread: Trump Is The 47th President! by basilico: 5:07pm On Aug 29, 2020
Democrat mayors in Minnesota have come out for Trump. Six of them.
Foreign AffairsRe: American Politics Thread: Trump Is The 47th President! by basilico: 4:59pm On Aug 29, 2020
SonofLincoln:
Yes they can and how come Trump and his family can vote by mail and other Americans can't. That's the question I want you answered.
Why not vote in person if millions of peaceful protesters are able to go out without worrying about corona?
Or are the protesters only a few hundred paid well coordinated bunch ?
Foreign AffairsRe: American Politics Thread: Trump Is The 47th President! by basilico: 4:33pm On Aug 29, 2020
SonofLincoln:
Your life depends on your useless meme. I know you don't know a damn thing about America. All souls are equal in America from Jeff Bezos to the poorest guys, they are all entitled to one man/woman, one vote. What makes Trump and his wife to vote by Mail in makes it for other Americans to do same. We do not live under dictatorship here even though the Fat Pig think he's a King.
You never answered. Can the postal service handle 260m plus ballots? Especially in states that are doing a full mail in for the first time?.
And why mail in?
Wuhan virus.
And those rioters in the street Does corona only affect those going to church, or vote But rioters are not affected?
Foreign AffairsRe: American Politics Thread: Trump Is The 47th President! by basilico:
Kyle Rittenhouse shot 36-year-old
Joseph Rosenbaum after Rosenbaum
chased the teen, threw something at
him and tried to take away his firearm.
According to the criminal complaint, the
medical examiner found that
Rosenbaum was shot in the groin, back
and hand. He also suffered a superficial
graze wound on his left thigh and a
graze wound to the side of his head.
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Rosenbaum was also a convicted sex
offender involving a crime with a minor.
Joseph Rosenbaum
26-year-old Anthony Huber beat Kyle
Rittenhouse with a skateboard before he
was shot dead.
Rittenhouse was being chased by a BLM
mob when he tripped and fell. At this
point, Huber bashed him in the back of
the head/neck with a skateboard.
Rittenhouse defended himself and shot
Huber in the chest. Huber immediately
dropped and died.
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Huber beats Rittenhouse with a
skateboard
26-year-old Gaige Grosskreutz had his
arm partially blown off after he
aggressively rushed at 17-year-old Kyle
Rittenhouse, who had just tripped and
fallen while being chased by the BLM
mob.
Grosskreutz had a gun in his hand when
he ran up to Rittenhouse, so in self
defense, the 17-year-old discharged his
weapon, blew off part of Grosskreutz’s
arm, saving his own life.
Rittenhouse was about to get a bullet to
the head, but he acted quickly and shot
Grosskreutz in self defense.
A friend of Gaige’s said that his only
regret was not being able to kill 17-year-
old Rittenhouse.
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“So the kid shot gaige as he drew his
weapon and gaige retreated with his gun
in hand. I just talked to Gaige
Grosskreutz too his only regret was not
killing the kid and hesitating to pull the
gun before emptying the entire mag into
him. Coward,” a friend of Grosskreutz
wrote in a chat.
Foreign AffairsRe: American Politics Thread: Trump Is The 47th President! by basilico:
The police criminal complaint

[b]

Daily Caller reporter Richard McGinnis,
who administered first aid to the first
man shot, is a key witness in the
complaint.

The first man shot and killed was
Joseph Rosenbaum, who is described
as chasing Rittenhouse across a parking
lot. In a video, the complaint said,
Rosenbaum “appears to throw an
object” at Rittenhouse, which appeared
to be a plastic bag and did not hit him.
After a loud bang was heard on the
video, Rosenbaum continued to pursue
Rittenhouse until he was shot. McGinnis
is quoted in the complaint as saying that
Rosenbaum appeared to be trying to
grab the gun from Rittenhouse.
McGinnis adds that he had just spoken
to Rittenhouse and advised him that he
was not handling his weapon well when
Rosenbaum and other people began
chasing Rittenhouse. No provocation for
the pursuit is described in the pursuit.
The complaint then describes
Rittenhouse running away from a large
group of people, some of whom were
attacking him and shouting things such
as, “Get him! Get that dude!” and “Beat
him up!”. During the melee, the second
man shot and killed, Anthony Huber, is
described as having attacked
Rittenhouse with a skateboard after the
latter had fallen to the ground. Huber is
also described as having attempted to
grab Rittenhouse’s gun before being
shot once and later dying from that
wound.
A third man, Gaige Grosskreutz, is also
described as having approached
Rittenhouse. At first, according to the
complaint, Grosskreutz raised his hands
in a gesture of surrender, then continued
approaching and appeared to be holding
a handgun. He was then shot in the
right arm.
Rittenhouse also faces a charge of
recklessly endangering safety through
the use of a dangerous weapon, based
on the claim that McGinnis was in the
line of fire when Rittenhouse first shot
his attacker. According to the complaint,
McGinnis thought he himself may have
been shot at the time. Another charge of
recklessly endangering safety refers to
an unknown individual who is described
as having been in the line of fire later in
the confrontation.
Rittenhouse is also charged with a
firearms violation for possession of a
dangerous weapon under age 18, with a
minimum penalty of nine months in jail.
He faces six criminal counts overall.
[/b]

Murder??
Foreign AffairsRe: American Politics Thread: Trump Is The 47th President! by basilico: 10:41am On Aug 28, 2020
Those electing Biden What is his position on
Nafta
Killing Solemani
US embassy in Jerusalem
NATO restructuring
Taking on China unfair practices
Border wall

Looks like democrats have only the fear of the unknown that they do not talk about those issues How they will handle them better.

The tactic is simply call everyone else racist and not worth listening to.
Foreign AffairsRe: American Politics Thread: Trump Is The 47th President! by basilico: 8:08am On Aug 28, 2020
SonofLincoln:
Trump's father Fred died in 1999 of dementia and his grandfather who migrated to US from Germany died of dementia too. Dementia is hereditary according to the Doctors and Scientists who researched it and from there a lot of Americans believe that trump's in mid stage dementia. He slurs his speech, could barely stand straight or walk with straight gait. Trembling hands and that's why he always hold a small glass of water with his two hands. Forgeting what he says after an hour and constant lying. Typical traits of a dementia filled fellow y'all.
The onus is on Joe Biden to undertake a cognitive test if he really is OK.
Afraid of facing free press, he only answers preselected journos.
And the chances of holding a debate are not 100% as yet. Trump is roaring for a debate.
Foreign AffairsRe: American Politics Thread: Trump Is The 47th President! by basilico: 4:16pm On Aug 27, 2020
salford1:
Have you lived in Nigeria before? That is the real soddom and Gomorrah despite all your mosque and churches. grin

Trump is also trying to turn the US to a shithole country.
How. A shithole country is generally a poor mismanaged country without adequate safeguards to the rule of law.
Foreign AffairsRe: American Politics Thread: Trump Is The 47th President! by basilico: 4:10pm On Aug 27, 2020
budaatum:
Prior intent, eye witnesses accounts, consideration of mitigating circumstances and a lot more, or they'd just show the jury the video.
Victim No 1. Chased the teen throwing at least one molotov cocktail at him. What was the armed teen to do?
Foreign AffairsRe: American Politics Thread: Trump Is The 47th President! by basilico: 11:15am On Aug 27, 2020
feedthenation:
The question you should ask yourself is, what was Kyle Rittenhouse doing with an AR-15 rifle where people are protesting? There are law enforcement agents who are trained to deal with anarchy, looting and arson.
CHAZ in Seattle two people were. shot.
The third protester whose right hand was shot yesterday was holding a Glock pistol.
Foreign AffairsRe: American Politics Thread: Trump Is The 47th President! by basilico:
Mintum:
They were trying to arrest a man with a gun because they are Superman or commando or what? Somebody with a gun is running away from them, instead of their common sense to tell them to let him go, they kept on pursuing him until he used the gun on them. My brother, it's their foolishness that killed them.
First guy shot was chasing and throwing stuff at him, obviously not candy.This guy did not heed the warning shot. This guy threw a molotov cocktail at the fleeing armed teen.

Next guy hit him on the head when he fell down, then tried to snatch the rifle, he got a bullet while holding the barrel.

Third guy was coming at him with a pistol, his right hand was shot. Doubtful he will ever use that hand. again.

They were all white. He discharged more rounds but noone else was shot.He only shot those
who presented a clear danger to him
Foreign AffairsRe: American Politics Thread: Trump Is The 47th President! by basilico: 10:43am On Aug 27, 2020
donjazet:
I agree with Sanders on this but the weird fact is the minute you point this out, the crazy right starts shouting "radical left".
Always a good thing to tax at a higher band for those with higher incomes. Jeff Bezos wealth is not on liquidity but on the value of his stocks. He might even have very little cash in the bank.
The profits end Financial Year might be ploughed back into the business, leaving very little for dividend disbursement. Companies do it all the time.Majority shareholders usually will not have a problem with this since most of them are long term investors. Unlike those who buy low and sell when stocks rise. How does he plan to tax stocks capital gain unless one liquidates the holdings?
He initially wanted to tax millionaires , then he became one and changed tune to tax those with 50m and above. Why not with 2m like him?
After 2016 he became a millionaire, now owns 3 houses and who knows from the proceeds of his 2020 campaign how many more houses he will acquire.
Real estate value increase might also be the next on his tax wish.

Socialism is good until other people's money runs out.
Foreign AffairsRe: American Politics Thread: Trump Is The 47th President! by basilico: 9:25am On Aug 27, 2020
itchie:
A wall of shameless so called mothers that came to defend their antifa thug kids. They are a disgrace to women everywhere. If my kid was part of that criminal mob, I would be ashamed to say that publicly let alone join in support of their foolishness. The feds are out again for their kids that lack any iota of home training to continue burning down Portland. I believe the disgraceful moms are happy with that
The wall of moms were complicit. Antifa guys were behind them.
The following night there was now a wall of veterans. antifa right behind them.
These are what Obama lied about peaceful protesters, all in tandem.
Foreign AffairsRe: American Politics Thread: Trump Is The 47th President! by basilico: 9:15am On Aug 27, 2020
Here is a more detailed video of what transpired.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rdMTghlrFiw&feature=youtu.be


The guy shot white people not black. Watch the video and read comments below.
Foreign AffairsRe: American Politics Thread: Trump Is The 47th President! by basilico: 7:19am On Aug 27, 2020
There are some untruths being peddled.
He shot a person first Then he was chased down and then shot two more.
This does not make sense. There is that guy slamming him on the head with a skateboard. Do you run after an armed guy (who has just shot someone ) with a skateboard? The shooter is down on tarmac holding a rifle and the guy is hitting him with a skateboard.
And the guy shot in the hand is holding a pistol in the hand that was shot? Why was this guy carrying a pistol.
Foreign AffairsRe: American Politics Thread: Trump Is The 47th President! by basilico: 11:16pm On Aug 26, 2020
pryme:
Chai. this guy.
where in the video was he running after the shooting? hommie just walked on after shooting people that got stupid prizes for stupid games.
This teen.

Foreign AffairsRe: American Politics Thread: Trump Is The 47th President! by basilico: 11:12pm On Aug 26, 2020
pryme:
Chai. this guy.
where in the video was he running after the shooting? hommie just walked on after shooting people that got stupid prizes for stupid games.
Foreign AffairsRe: American Politics Thread: Trump Is The 47th President! by basilico: 11:11pm On Aug 26, 2020
feedthenation:
An RNC Speaker Said Cops Would Be 'Smart' to Racially Profile Her Own Son

https://www.vice.com/amp/en_us/article/935me3/an-rnc-speaker-said-cops-would-be-smart-to-racially-profile-her-own-son?__twitter_impression=true

"Statistically, my brown son is more likely to commit a violent offense over my white sons," anti-abortion activist Abby Johnson said in a YouTube video earlier this year.


One of the Republican National Convention’s top speakers said in a recent video that it would be “smart” for a police officer to racially profile her biracial son, because “statistically, my brown son is more likely to commit a violent offense over my white sons.”

“I recognize that I’m gonna have to have a different conversation with Jude than I do with my brown-haired little Irish, very, very pale-skinned, white sons, as they grow up,” Abby Johnson, a prominent anti-abortion activist, said in a 15-plus-minutes video posted to YouTube in late June, after weeks of nationwide protests against the police killing of George Floyd.

“Right now, Jude is an adorable, perpetually tan-looking little brown boy,” said Johnson, whose husband blogged, in 2015, about adopting their biracial son at his birth. Johnson is white. “But one day, he’s going to grow up and he’s going to be a tall, probably sort of large, intimidating-looking-maybe brown man. And my other boys are probably gonna look like nerdy white guys.”

But the fact that the police could one day view her sons differently, simply due to the color of their skin, doesn’t make Johnson mad, she said. Instead, it makes sense to her.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qAhHHR03hec
Sometimes I do not get the intentions of these claims. How to make sure that everybody treats each other as equal. Can that be really forced?
How can one undo the stereotypical thinking of blacks , those Born in America, legally migrated to America, those in Africa , those in very poor african villages in africa, those in very poor countries like Chad, those in the villages in very poor countries etc?
Mark you its only black examples.
Foreign AffairsRe: American Politics Thread: Trump Is The 47th President! by basilico: 10:35pm On Aug 26, 2020
The DoJ has asked for data about covid19 deaths in states where governors ordered nursing homes to admit covid19 positive patients.



The Justice Department (DOJ) on
Wednesday requested data from four
governors on their orders requiring
nursing homes to admit coronavirus
patients.
“Protecting the rights of some of
society’s most vulnerable members,
including elderly nursing home
residents, is one of our country’s most
important obligations,” Assistant
Attorney General for Civil Rights
Division Eric Dreiband said in a
statement.
“We must ensure they are adequately
cared for with dignity and respect and
not unnecessarily put at risk.”
ADVERTISEMENT
The department requested data from
Govs. (D) of New York,
Phil Murphy (D) of New Jersey,
(D) of Pennsylvania and
(D) of Michigan.



https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/513808-doj-asks-governors-about-coronavirus-orders-that-may-have-resulted-in?ocid=uxbndlbing

Only a matter of time before Trump is accused of witchhunt.

Time for democrats to answer a few questions .
And the media too.
Foreign AffairsRe: American Politics Thread: Trump Is The 47th President! by basilico: 9:54pm On Aug 26, 2020
AbdulSleeky:
Stop moving the goalposts.

We are talking of the office of the secretary of state which is a cabinet member. But Im not saying that because I didn't know it
There, fixed it for you.
Foreign AffairsRe: American Politics Thread: Trump Is The 47th President! by basilico: 9:42pm On Aug 26, 2020
AmazonTopaz:
Don't blame the media. The RNC has been filled with lies
Why would I bother watching say ABC coverage ?
Foreign AffairsRe: American Politics Thread: Trump Is The 47th President! by basilico: 9:39pm On Aug 26, 2020
AbdulSleeky:
Why do you like lying?

I dont know why you like repeating falsehoods that Democrats like the looting/violence that some BLM engage in.

Stop using other issues to cover up the fact that Pompeo has brought disgrace to his office by breaking policy. He should not have given that speech. What a clown
Read somewhere that Obama had 5 cabinet members speak at the 2016 convention.
Foreign AffairsRe: American Politics Thread: Trump Is The 47th President! by basilico: 9:32pm On Aug 26, 2020
salford1:
Imagine. This is less than 4 years of his administration and America is already looking like Somaliland of few decades ago.

Imagine what the next 4 years would bring.
I now wish Canada had a wall at the border.
It is scary really.

I now kind of understand sonofLincoln's pov.
Salford - Who is causing the chaos? Who is paying the rioters? Who is stopping the deployment of national guard? Who is allowing these miscreants to use social media to plan their assembly points? Who is lying about these protesters calling them peaceful?

Its President Trump.
Foreign AffairsRe: American Politics Thread: Trump Is The 47th President! by basilico: 9:23pm On Aug 26, 2020
AmazonTopaz:
Ok.
But the fact of the matter is that the RNC got less ratings than the DNC's first night.
Fact
A Democrat does not need to look for streaming media to watch DNC convention. The media is all out for praise here. Trump supporters will not tune to say MSNBC because of negative coverage.
Foreign AffairsRe: American Politics Thread: Trump Is The 47th President! by basilico: 6:21pm On Aug 26, 2020
pryme:
This is the problem with you guys, you dont look at the details, viewership is different from TV ratings.

The RNC, for the most part was viewed over the internet and social media, not Cable.
Cspan had 446k Livestream viewers for RNC and 76k for DNC conventions.
Foreign AffairsRe: American Politics Thread: Trump Is The 47th President! by basilico: 1:56pm On Aug 26, 2020
AbdulSleeky:
The victim and the police officers went around the car before he entered the car and got shot.

Now, why wasnt the victim subdued before they went round the car? What happened to tasers?

Why are American cops and gun owners just so silly when it comes to common sense.

In the uk, even if you are with a knife, the police wont shoot.
Funny how some are not seeing the irony and impracticabilty of the procedure I outlined for police to arrest an entitled possibly violent suspect.
Even shrinks can't tell the next move. Just like Clinton could not tell Benghazi was a planned attack despite all warnings before. She said the situation was so fluid, that she thought the attack was spontaneous.
Foreign AffairsRe: American Politics Thread: Trump Is The 47th President! by basilico: 10:27am On Aug 26, 2020
donjazet:
It is very painful when you see black people justifying the death of a fellow black man who was by all accounts WRONGFULLY MURDERED.

These kind of excuses and justifications are what white people will give to justify their unconscious racial bias, but when you see your fellow black man giving these kind of excuses, you weep for the persons stupidity.

A man was walking away from the cop towards his car and a poorly trained cop unleashes SEVEN bullets upon the man killing him instantly on the spot IN FRONT OF his children, and your first instinct is to buy into the white racists' justification that he MAY have been reaching for his gun or a weapon, you go further to bring up his past to somehow justify his murder.

How can some black people be soo stupid because of politics??
Where is your empathy? Where is your sense of sympathy for his children who have now lost their father unnecessarily?
Have you thought of the trauma those children will have to live with for the rest of their lives having directly witnessed this?

Do you know how many times and for how long black people have lost their lives unnecessarily in the hands of whiteman there? Do you really think that the millions of people all over the world who truly defend the words BLACK LIVES MATTER are foolish?

Any black person who will defend the murder of a fellow black man is very stupid.
There is no justification in killing a blek man.
Is it justified to overblow a situation, ignore exculpatory evidence then where it exists

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