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Tillerson Firing Tells U.S. Allies That Russia Comes First
HuffPost • Steven Pike • Tue, Mar 13 7:39 PM GMT+1

It is a poor weatherman indeed who makes long-term forecasts in the middle of a hurricane. We are only in the first hours of the post-Rex Tillerson era of American foreign policy, and some modest restraint on prognostication is probably prudent. That said, some initial portents and consequences are already apparent.

President Donald Trump had some accolades and compliments for now-former Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, but firing your secretary of state by Twitter while he is on an overseas trip sends a clear message of pique and disdain. The statement from the Department of State ― that Tillerson had intended to stay and does not know why he was fired ― should dispel any doubt that he and department got the message. It wonderfully symbolizes the adage that diplomats, like gentlemen, are never rude ― unintentionally. (The undersecretary for public diplomacy, Steve Goldstein, in whose name the statement was issued, has apparently now also been sacked.)

The reality-show drama of the moment aside, the unceremonious firing of the secretary of state sends troubling messages to serious policymakers and political leaders, and it has negative consequences.
Then-Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and President Donald Trump at a Cabinet meeting on Nov. 20, 2017.

First, the brusque manner of the dismissal will intimidate disagreement and strangle rational debate of policy options ― disastrous conditions for making foreign policy. The president has made it clear that he cares far more about getting what he wants than what he (or the nation) needs, and that anyone who gets in his way will be handled with the tender delicacy of a wrecking ball.

Second, Mike Pompeo, the apparent secretary-designate, has been damaged before even setting foot in Foggy Bottom. National image and credibility dictated engineering a graceful departure for Tillerson and a smooth transition for Pompeo. This would have established Pompeo among allies and adversaries as the president’s trusted counsel on foreign policy, and someone with influence in the White House. No secretary of state succeeds without that. It might equally well have been used to give a shot in the arm to the State Department’s beleaguered professionals, reviving their morale to do the thoughtful and important work they do on behalf of the American people.

Instead, foreign audiences will worry that Pompeo will strive to ensure that the White House hears only what it wants to hear. Our own diplomats will wonder whether he will tolerate the State Department’s culture of open and vigorous debate, or clamp down and make the department even less relevant to the policy-making process than it has been for the past year.


Trump and Tillerson have had numerous disagreements over serious policy issues, but the one that appears to have cost him his job was Russia.

It is particularly troubling that the proximate spark for Tillerson’s dismissal appears to be his support for British Prime Minister Theresa May when she demanded that the Russian government explain a “reckless” nerve agent attack on British soil. Tillerson called the incident an “egregious” act that clearly came from Russia; within hours, he was out.

Trump and Tillerson have had numerous disagreements over serious policy issues ― Iran, Israel, Middle East peace, North Korea, steel tariffs, expansion of nuclear missile forces ― but the one that appears to have cost him his job was Russia.

The dire import of this connection cannot be overestimated. It sends a chilling message to our closest allies and to every member of NATO that they cannot rely on the United States where Russia is concerned. It again provokes anxieties that ill-serve the U.S., both around the world and domestically: that considerations of Russia appear to be the primary driver of policy in the White House.

Steven Pike is assistant professor of public relations and public diplomacy at Syracuse University’s S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications. He retired from the U.S. foreign service in 2016 after a 23-year career as a diplomat.
So Nigeria youths stop listening to FFK,do more research before spitting nonsense online...we need to stop fake NEWS.

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You are simply ignorant of the history of your so called nation.

Go and read up on the factors that led to the ousting of the first republic administration; and compare your findings to what is happening now.

The NAF's public statement sounds just silly and political because there was nothing in the DSP's comment that warranted that play in the gallery. They could have communicated internally without getting involved in public politics.

TEYA:
He clarified nothing. This is nothing but a failed attempt at damage control. Politicians both APC and PDP are desperate! Disgusting pigs!

Obi1kenobi:
These were 2 of your comments:

And this:

I'd say that summation of mine was pretty close to what you said.

You sure have a pure symptom of severe liberalism. That's why your liberal mind could process Open Society's deliberate failure to require the migrants to cohesively embrace and integrate into the culture of their host communities as same as "OPPOSING integration".

In Trump's voice "Fake News! Fake News!! Fake News!!!".

I took one single look at that and knew it was fake news after seconds of processing the implausibility in my mind. It took me just a second of Googling "melbourne inclusive beach sign" to confirm it was fake news:

https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/multicultural-beach-sign-melbourne/
This right here is the typical difference between the mental conditioning of a conservative (lack of nuance and context, reflexive suspicion and hostility to outsiders and oft-irresponsible fear-mongering) and a liberal. That you fell so easily for that should tell you there is a problem somewhere.

Oh lawd. Snopes as a fact checker? Gosh, I can as well reference Alex Jones.

1. Well, contrary to your Snopes narrative, the Melbourne Authority which disavowed the notice is actually just one local council in the region of Greater Melbourne which consists of about 30 different councils.

2. And there is indeed such a thing as an Islamic Council of Victoria - even though they may refrain from flaunting their supreme tag in some official publications.

3. The notice was actually sighted on Black Rock Beach (Melbourne) on the morning of Australia Day celebration.

4.The critical thing to do is to check if any Australian moslem group has disavowed the notice. I did not see any disavowal from Australian islamic groups. As usual, the only people who explained this away and tried to pin on the right-wing groups are the same crazy liberals.

What does all that about rapists have to do with immigrants? The UK is not America and they discourage possession of lethal weapons that could kill or grievously injure. What does that have to do with anything on this thread? Is it immigrants that made the legislation, or are immigrants the only rapists in the UK?

Okay, you now agree that your sister could be charged in the UK if she hurts a potential rapist in self-defense?

Well, the vast majority of rape crimes in Europe and the UK are committed by Islamic migrants to be precise (up to 90% in some places). In fact, gang-rape was traditionaly so alien in Swedish culture that there was literally zero mention of it in the laws. But all that has changed since the rise of multiculturalism. And Mr. Khan (Mayor of London) says such abnormalities (especially terror attacks) are part of the cost of living in a modern city. I'm sure you agree with Mr. Khan.

Obi1kenobi:
Where is the evidence for your claim that he opposes integration of refugees and open borders. Give one single instance he ever advocated this.

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Can you show me where I said the highlighted?

See, you are being pretty dishonest, so arguing with you on this is worthless.

Just as a last effort, take a look at the following picture: That's somewhere in Australia.

Now, tell me, who is getting integrated and whose way of life is being compromised?

Can you reverse the same gesture anywhere in Saudi Arabia and co?

** By the way, in the UK, Rape Alarm is the only fully legal self-defence mechanism against potential rapists. If you posses anything else (including pepper spray) you could be arrested and detained. And if you use it in a way that injures your assailant, you could be charged.

https://www.askthe.police.uk/content/Q589.htm

Obi1kenobi:
That is exactly why I said you have an interesting definition of facts, You proved it with your link which I had to read twice to try to understand how it supported your "facts" about Soros supporting open borders, unrestrained migration and no integration of immigrants. The entire language of this "bust" is so ambiguous, no position could be gleaned from it. This was the same Soros that was highly critical of Merkel for accepting 1 million refugees into Germany. And Dailymail is renowned as a hysterical rightwing, tabloid rag in the UK - though they mastered a unique art of photo-journalism which at least makes it entertaining. I'm a regular reader.

Also funny that Soros, the favourite boogeyman of every rightwing talking-head, was one of the heroes of the collapse of communism in Eastern Europe.

- Soros's OS sees migrant crisis as an opportunity for global political influence.

- Soros admits that Germany's wide-open border policy was refreshing. He only criticized Mirkel's lack of tact on timing and implementation citing how the move fueled Brexit and other anti-open border groups in EU. So, go back and read the articles again, this time very slowly.

By the way, Soros is openly funding political unrest in Eastern Europe, UK and the US. It's open knowledge. Even his home country is viciously against him. Hungary insists that Open Society is not a charity but an instrument for global political chaos.

Recently, even the Russian ambassador to the UK wondered why no one is angry that Soros is pumping big money into a UK group whose aim is to pull May down and trigger the reversal of Brexit - yet everyone can't seem to stop about a few FB ads paid for by a few Russians during the US election.

The Saudi Arabia part? Why would the "area of focus" of liberals be influencing a bad actor in the region, which runs the most conservative, repressive government in the region and gets coddled by the US government for their petrodollars? How does it make sense for activists to influence a foreign, autocratic theocracy that tolerates no dissent, instead of your own democratic, powerful nation where you have a voice? How does that make sense to you?

Really? You cannot influence Saudi Arabia, UAE or Quatar to take care of their own Arab brothers, but you can force the ever empathic Europe and North America to bear the brunt against their wish, else you'd lose the rabid antifa dogs against them, huh? And that makes sense, right? Just continue.

But, by the way, the area of focus which I mentioned earlier, is about taking civilization, education and (economic) opportunities to those in need in their home countries. Not just medical aid. If truly you care for the people, as you claim, then you should focus on working to make every region a better place. Stop the invasion already. Stop uprooting people from their land of nativity and importing them into a different culture where their presence will trigger tension. The only reason you won't do that is because you have another motive. You actually don't give a hoot about anyone.

Cosmopolitanism and multiculturalism aren't mutually exclusive concepts at all and work in harmony. Multiculturalism promotes the tolerant atmosphere in which a cosmopolitan society thrives. A society without both would basically be North Korea. Why the hell would any democratic society, other than a totalitarian ethno-state, be "homogeneous"? What are examples of the "fiat and legislation" that "liberal nutheads" wish to impose? Sharia law in America?

You probably have no idea that sharia law is already operational in the UK and many people have been clamouring for the same everywhere in the west.

In the UK, Christian primary school kids are required by the authorities to visit mosques for multicultural interactions on a routine basis. And any refusal from the parents will earn the kid the tag of "cultural intolerance" in her report sheet.

You probably have no idea that in Sweden and UK, your sister would have no right to defend herself from a potential rape, else she may get charged and sentenced by the state for attacking the rapist.

You probably have no idea that you'd have been locked up by now just for some of the stuff you've been posting on NL, had it been you live in France, the UK or Germany.

You just have no idea what's up. Just continue with your liberal delusion.

Your no.5 point there is yet more conspiracy theories. "Commy rethink"?
There is far more to the West than so-called "Judeo-Christian" values: from the classical Greeks to the Romans to the Renaissance to the Reformation to the political revolutions and industrial revolution right down to the information age of the 21st century. Western liberal democracy and intellectual tradition has been shaped by its Judeo-Christian traditions, but it was hardly birthed or sustained by it and is irrelevant for the survival of Western civilization.

Go to Poland, Bulgaria or Hungary and tell them that nonsense.

The rise of nationalism in the West has little to do with the "political correctness" boogeyman. It is spurred by the presence of too many brown and black people (including you) in the West diluting their whiteness. Don't kid yourself about the whole "assimilation" BS. Your colour very much matters in the "white genocide" calculus of the nativists, xenophobes and racists on the right. Herr Trump has already told you he wants more Norwegians and less people from our shitholes, including you. He and his base don't differentiate any more than when he broadly calls Mexicans rapists and gang-members and criminals.

Really? So why are you forcing it? Why don't you stay the heck in your village and make it so damn good that the white will be the ones to start invading every nook and cranny of your ancestral land?

1. You do realize that it's so not smart to fling the "conspiracy thory" blanket whenever you're confronted with a fact you could not counter, huh?

Anyway, read this about Soros and his Open Society - it's from the UK news media - not from 4chan or infowars: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3743479/Left-wing-billionaire-group-s-plan-use-migrant-crisis-influence-immigration-policies-worldwide-Plans-George-Soros-s-think-tank-revealed-leaked-memo.html

2. I was pretty clear about what the areas of focus should be for any liberal interventions -social works and medical aid did not make the list. Sorry.

3. The cosmopolitan nature of London, NY, Paris and CA was a very organic phenomenon. It was not something that was politically imposed by fiat or legislation. Very much unlike what the liberal nut-heads in the US, Canada and the Western Europe (especially Sweden, Germany, Belgium, France and UK) are now pushing for politically.

4. Being cosmopolitan and embracing the silly notion of multi-culturalism are two different things. First, cosmopolitan cities are known for attracting the best minds and exceptionally skilled/qualified folks from various backgrounds. But multi-culturalism is all about aboloshing the traditional concept of homogenous nation state.

5. The concept of multi-culturalism being pushed by the current left wing movement is a commy rethink which was introduced as a come-back when communism failed to capture the west, due to the west's strong Judeo-Christian moral fabrics and her staunch cultural values. This is why the so called liberals are now demonizing those two pillars and enforcing policies that will help to supplant the western culture and its adherents.

But, ditch your projections.

Nation states aren't going nowhere anytime soon. In fact, we are going to witness a strong resurgence of nationalism in the coming years.

Folks have had enough of political correctness dungs in many places.

Obi1kenobi:
You have an interesting definition of "facts". Regurgitating right-wing tropes (and not even those of serious conservatives, but provocative trolls) is not "fact". None of what you stated is a "fact". Perhaps, if you stepped out of your bubble, it might give you more clarity. I lean liberal, but I follow conservatives like Ross Douthat, David Frum and I've even learnt a thing or two from hardline rightwing polemicists like Ben Shapiro. Clearly, you occupy a far more narrow thought space where all you people do is reinforce each other's skewed views and back-slap each other as members of the tribe.



"Multiculturalism" is not an evil word, regardless of what your information bubble states. Neither does it mean it has no limits which degrade social cohesion. The truth is somewhere in the middle, but juvenile people on both sides deal only in polarizing, myopic absolutes. The world's great cities embrace multiculturalism: your New Yorks and Californias and Londons and Parises and Berlins. They embrace non-Western outsiders who contribute to the social fabric, while still being the places you go to to catch a symphony, or ballet, or opera or rock concert or art exhibition or food festivals and other expressions of Western culture.

And many of those liberals do get off their "fat asses". Majority of aid workers, social workers, mental-health workers and those who risk their lives in the Red Cross, Doctors Without Borders, war correspondents etc lean liberal in political affiliation. Nobody is "importing" anyone anywhere. Were you "imported" to the US?

And all sides of the political divide "virtue-signal". Liberals do it over matters of social justice and tolerance. Conservatives do it over matters like nationalism and a fetish for the armed forces, guns, the flag, religion, family values etc (all hilarious hypocrisies in the age of Trump ). There is plenty of virtue-signalling to go around.

You are digressing aimlessly again.

1. Does Mr. Sorrows fund extreme political activism, open border and unrestrained migration through his Open Society org? YES. #FACT

2, Does Open Society demand, facilitate and require the migrant population to understand, embrace, and integrate seamlessly into the culture of their host communities? NO. Another #Fact.

So, my dear, you absolutely have zero case but mere deflections as usual. Don't give me that notorious liberal hypocrisy and virtue signalling craps.

I encourage you to study the history of Multi Culturalism. And stop talking gebberish.

If they truly have empathy for people's plight, then they should get off their fat liberal asses and take civilization, education and opportunities to those folks in their home countries. That's way cheaper and effective than importing them enmass into a totally different culture.

And while they're at it, they should pressure and empower Saudi Arabia and other rich arab nations to build massive refugee camps and take in their displaced brothers. After all, charity, they say, begins at home

Obi1kenobi:
Nwokem, nka gosiri na ijemigo... you've gone very far. Not just into right-wing orthodoxy, but into far-right conspiracy theories. This means your position is hardened, so I wouldn't even know where to start.
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.. and not some Breitbart horseshit about "George Soros" and the globalist puppeteers trying to destroy the West and blah, blah, blah...

You are being played by George Soro's open society stooges in the liberal media.

These are a bunch self-loathing, multi-culture screaming idiots whose ultimate goal is to destroy the western Judeo-Christian culture, break its dominance, and eventually abolish the concept of nation states.

No, my friend, the purpose of the open-border movement is not inclusiveness or peace. The purpose is to divide and control. That's why, despite fueling massive migration in recent years, they put zero emphasis on cultural integration.

In fact, in some places (like Sweden, Germany UK and France) they tend to force the host population to change some aspects of their culture in order not to offend the illegal invaders. But no one requires any cultural change from the invaders.

Basically, something as silly as rape culture is often excused or given a pat on the wrist. And when anyone in the host community chooses to stand up to the liberal madness he or she is quickly labeled a racist by the idiotic politicians or academics, and their often paid or compromised media clowns; and the rest of their jobless lap dogs in the streets/college.

Think critically.

Why is it the "racist party" that fielded and elected the very first black person to the Italian senate?

What were the liberal parties and their lap dogs doing in all the past years and decades?

They were busy just pushing empty rhetorics, right?

Think.

Trying to explain this away or demonize the man and his party is pure madness.

Obi1kenobi:
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To be honest, not sure how we digressed to this point from an article about the house nigga politician. A guy who embraces Italian far-right racists as their stooge and became the errand boy of Matteo Salvini, a man who has promulgated explicitly racist (not just anti-illegal migration as many have claimed) views.

Obi1kenobi:
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India has never been a "predominant economy" in history or even close to it. That's a strange assertion. Neither were China ever anything more than a regional East Asian power. ...

You make bold assertions on your hunches without any factual or evidence-based knowledge of what you talk so boldly about.

Here's the thing:

The Economist notes:

“Data compiled by Angus Maddison, an economist who died earlier this year, suggest that China and India were the biggest economies in the world for almost all of the past 2000 years.”

http://ritholtz.com/2010/08/history-of-world-gdp/

Here's the supporting visual:

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Daewang:
miserable thing don't ever quote me in your miserable life again. I can't remember talking to you.

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Obi1kenobi:
The Democrats and Republicans represented very different things generations ago. Comparing and trying to link the values of Jim Crow era Democrats in the highly conservative Deep South with 21st century Democrats in California, New York, Illinois etc is patently silly and intellectually dishonest. The schism in Republican and Democratic politics in the Jim Crow era had nothing to do with the modern issues that divide both bases. It is a fact that millions of the voting base of Southern Democrats and segregationist Southern politicians shifted allegiances to the Republicans after the victories of the Civil Rights activists. Are you trying to suggest that those Democrats were "liberals"? I'd like to see you give it a try to explain how that works.

Your article links are dissenting voices to a widely studied phenomenon which has broad academic consensus. Though, if you'll believe the typical Republicans, college academics and intellectuals are part of the liberal conspiracy to destroy America.

Trying to portray Democrats as the real party of racists is........I don't know if that is just dishonesty or you're genuinely THAT mooronic. You could randomly poll 1,000 people that post on Stormfront, Daily Stormer, Breitbart, 4chan, 8chan, Reddit sub-forums and just about any site that gives a platform to noxious racists, white nationalists and neo-nazis and not a single one of them would vote Democrat. This is why I call many black conservatives "useful idiots". It's perfectly plausible to espouse conservative orthodoxy about limited government, fiscal responsibility, anti-abortion activism etc without normalizing and defending the visible hard-right extremists. I lean liberal, but that doesn't mean I support every typical liberal talking point

You are just being illogical and smart by half. Why did you omit antifa from the list? Oh I guess, the typical dem insanity of normalizing the abnormal and demonizing the normal, huh?

You cannot use a few white racists to define the entire Republican party and yet cry when you are reminded that the democrats were historically in bed with KKK and slave owners.

If you want to talk about the contemporary politics, then quit projecting the historic racism and anti-black heritage of the democratic party to the republicans. That's where intellectual honesty begins in this matter.

By the, way why is white nationalism so evil whilst black nationalism is celebrated?

Why do you cheer about the idea of black power/pride yet get offended when someone else says that it's okay to be white?

You attack people for being white nationalists, yet you cheer groups (like Antifa and other SJWs) who openly call for white genocide. How does that make any sense to you?

UK people have protested the funding constraints of the NHIS. But there is overwhelming universal appreciation of the system in the UK (97% support) from just about every party and they are proud of it. As are the Canadians. Or the Aussies. Or the French. Or the Germans. Etc etc etc. Meanwhile, healthcare is a heavily polarizing issue in the US where consistent polling shows a small majority want single-payer universal coverage while a large minority are opposed. Unfortunately, the US isn't really a representative democracy (as gun advocacy proves where a minority get their way over the wishes of the considerable majority) and elite interests are promulgated by politicians - mostly Republicans.


The MAGA movement won't "remain" there. It's easy for victors, power-drunk and reveling in their victories to get cocky. But the reality is the pendulum swings every 4 to 8-year cycle. In that 2-party system, every movement is eventually toppled by the opposing backlash.

You did not answer my question. Who says that the US must be like the other nations? If those other nations are better off, why are they depending on the US on several other issues? They exploit the US benevolence, rob the US workers to fund porous universal nonsense in their zones out of pure ego and political domination.

Well, the reason they are still on that universal crap is because you can't stop it once you get it started. It's not because there is any data to show that it's the only good option.

And, by the way, where do you get your polarization data about american gun control advocacy and health care from? CNN and Twitter, right?

Yes, there's a reason. Because it's by far the most populated of the wealthy, advanced nations. Because it's an empire built an ocean away from the chaos that consumed warring Europeans and East Asians in the last century with no devastation on its homeland. Infact, they were the only country that came out of the immediate aftermath of World War 2 richer and more vibrant than when they went in and established themselves as the sole economic superpower in the new global order. That prosperity also incidentally came with a European-style generous welfare system and strong unions and support for the industrial and agrarian working class and federal investments in infrastructure, public housing etc and tighter constraints on the banks and heavier taxes on the corporate elites established under Roosevelt's "New Deal" in the 30's. To simplistically attribute America's prosperity to some jingoistic nonsense about "free market, individual liberty...blah, blah..blah" is pretty damn far from true.

You see,.my problem with folks like you is that you cannot differentiate between your opinion and facts.

Well, here are the facts about American growth and dominance:

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The European Union is the second largest economy in the world (if treated as a single country) in nominal terms and according to purchasing power parity (PPP). ... The GDP per capita (PPP) was $37,800 in 2015, compared to $57,084 in the United States and $14,340 in China.

I would have just given you a link; but I know you won't read it. So, I will just put the detailed facts here because I cannot put it any better:

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The period from 1870-1900 was around when the U.S. became the dominant economy. This was the period immediately following the American Civil War, which lasted from 1861 to 1865.

Factors contributing to U.S. economic growth post-civil war:


The victory of North over South virtually paved the way for rapid industrial development post-Civil War. The Northern industry, which had expanded before and during the war, surged ahead. The slave-labor system was abolished and cotton prices plunged, making the large cotton plantations of the South less profitable. The industrial advantages of North led industrialists to dominate many social and political aspects of the U.S.

New discoveries - Coal in Appalachian Mountains stretching from Pennsylvania south to Kentucky, Oil in Western Pennsylvania, and Iron Ore in the Lake Superior region. These discoveries led to the development of the U.S.'s industrial infrastructure.

Development of Railroads. Railroad mileage in the U.S. more than tripled between 1860 and 1880. By 1869, the First Transcontinental Railroad was constructed, which linked formerly isolated areas with larger markets, leading to the rise of commercial farming, ranching and mining. London and Paris poured investment money in Railroads. American steel production surpassed the combined total of Britain, Germany and France.

Increased mechanization of industry. Redesign in manufacturing and assembly processes were made to search for cheaper ways of creating more products. A major thrust was placed on productivity, making many factories an assemblage of unskilled laborers performing simple and repetitive tasks under the direction of skilled foremen and engineers.


Engineering Colleges were established to meet the huge demand for expertise resulting from mechanization. Modern management, with clear chains of command and statistical reporting, was invented. Roles of middle managers were systematized and explicit career tracks were set up, starting in railroads and expanding into finance, manufacturing and trade. This led to a rapid growth of a new middle class.


Inventions in applied technology. From 1860 to 1890, 500,000 patents were issued for new inventions. Companies like AT&T helped build a good communication network. Scientists like Nikola Tesla and Edison (who also co-founded General Electric) invented a number of electrical devices, providing a huge boost to power plants. Rockefeller founded the Standard Oil Company, consolidating the oil industry and producing mostly kerosene.


American Federation of Labor (AFL) was founded in 1886 as an alliance of craft unions and became the largest union grouping in the U.S. The union provided funds, healed splits and disputes in affiliated unions, prevented jurisdictional battles and empowered locals to obtain higher wages.

The period post-Civil War till the turn of the 20th century witnessed the greatest period of economic growth in American history.

- From 1869 to 1879, the US economy grew at a rate of 6.8% for real GDP and 4.5% for real GDP per capita.

- In the 1880s, the wealth of U.S. grew at an annual rate of 3.8%, while the GDP was also doubled.

- Capital investment in the 1880s increased by nearly 500% and capital formation also doubled!
Long-term interest rates declined to 3 from 3.5%.

- Between 1865 and 1898, the output of wheat increased by 256%, corn by 222%, coal by 800% and miles of railway track by 567%.

- By 1890, the USA surpassed Britain for first place in manufacturing output.

- By the beginning of the 20th century, per capita incomes were double that of Germany or France, and 50% higher than Britain

- The growth momentum continued into the 20th century with electrification, mass production, regulations and privatization.

https://www.quora.com/Economic-History-At-what-point-did-the-US-become-the-biggest-economy-in-the-world

For your information, China and India were the predominant economies for centuries. The US took over as a result of industrial and information revolution - not just your over convenient WW2 narrative.

Follow the above link to see the chart of World GDP from the 1000s.

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Daewang:
Fucking bastard sub human specie like you who gave you the right or privilege to reply an Igbo like me. Dirty inferior specie.

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Shut the bleep up. You are not igbo. And you have zero igbo interest at heart.
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Daewang:
From Poland to U.S. to UK and now Italy our Igbo race keeps leading. Only possession of the whole world will satisfy us. Total domination and control of the world is our birthright and inheritance.
God bless our Igbo race.
God bless Israel.
God bless greater Zion.

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Obi1kenobi:
... Sure, there are sincere black Republicans driven by fiscal and social conservatism, ..


And yeah, black Americans deserve a lot of criticism for their social dysfunction. I've been critical of this a lot and been called names by other black people...

So what's your point?

Repeating the racist tropes of whites about "lazy blacks" who depend on government is the same brainwashing. For one, most of the other minority groups identify as Democrats by huge numbers: Asians, Hispanics/Latinos, Arabs/Persian/Jews, African immigrants etc. Those who know what it feels to be outsiders tend to be more committed to uplifting their communities. Not to mention that the US has about the least-generous welfare system among developed nations: unique among developed nations for not having universal healthcare coverage which even many 3rd world countries provide for citizens.

There is a reason America has remained the richest and strongest country on the planet. Stop trying to convert America to the socialist/godless Europe or politically confused third world countries. It won't work - forever.

Who told you that America has no adequate healthcare coverage for its poor citizens? Who says that the US must compete with everyone else on style of healthcare delivery? If Europe is so awesome why is it depending on the US for so many things? If universal care is so awesome, why were folks protesting it in the UK? Ever listened to "Freakonomics"?

By the way, who told you that "Universal Healthcare" is the best option for optimal healthcare delivery without harming or hampering the nation's economic growth? Do you have any data on that?

And get this straight, till tomorrow, America will remain the most benevolent nation on earth. But don't get it twisted - welfare state is antithesis to the American spirit.

Let that sink in.

That's why the MAGA movement is in the oval office - and would remain there until folks like you learn to respect the founding political, social and economic philosophies of the United States (like free enterprise - individual liberty - dignity of labor - and equality of all humans - a system which, by the way, remains the very best in the whole-wide-world bar none.

If you think your idea is better, then get the heck out of the country and implement what you've got in your homeland. The US will never be like Europe. And you cannot make it a third world country no matter how hard you folks try.

Then there is the ultimate trope fed to the black Republican useful idiots about the Democrat's racist history. A deliberately obtuse interpretation of US history fed to ignorant people to digest. The Democrats were mostly a Southern party earlier in US history, while the Republicans had their voting base mostly centred in the North. Do a little bit of research about the Dixiecrats, about President Nixon's "Southern strategy" to pretty much divert the racist base of the Southern Democrats who opposed the Civil Rights movement to the Republican party, and about how the US deep South went from overwhelmingly democrat to overwhelming Republican. Do this and stop being a house nigga peddling the warped theories of your white masters.

What the heck are you talking about? The typical liberal madness - projecting your inherent idiocy on someone else.

Just look at the bolded in your incoherent BS and tell me what was the norm with the dems regarding the black community in the years prior to the "Civil Rights Movement". Can you?

And on your "Southern Strategy" dung, here are a few compulsory readings for you.

1. https://www.nationalreview.com/2015/06/democratic-party-racist-history-mona-charen/

2. http://www.nytimes.com/2006/12/10/magazine/10Section2b.t-4.html

3. http://journals.openedition.org/miranda/2243

As I said earlier, there is no reason except mental disease and acute dependency resulting from decades of dems brainwashing and mental conditioning.
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casualobserver1:
That is what Mr. Steele the former chairman of the Republican party said until they disgraced him.

There is a reason why 9 of 10 blacks in the US support the Democratic Party. They know what Republicans are all about.

Any regular black American that's in Republican party is enlightened, independent and smart. Very much unlike the rest of the idiotic half-brained, lazy-ass black morons who have been brainwashed by the dem to believe that govt. is designed to solve all their problems.

This is the same dems that grossly oppressed and killed thousands of blacks - UNTIL THE NRA CAME TO THEIR RESCUE - some decades ago (and still do, like in Chicago). Now those black morons deride NRA and the GOP whilst embracing the same dems that had kept them grossly dependent and oppressed both now and historically.

If that's not a mental disease, tell me what is.


Just watch this video (if you have not done so already) to burst your burbles a bit:


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



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casualobserver1:
I am happy that you see what is really going on here. This senator is just like the likes of Daniel Kanu of those days. A willing tool of oppression.

He is used to parrot the racist sentiments of his party and they let him be senator sothat can say "Look! Even a black man agrees that the black people should go. We can't be racist.".

This is like the blacks in the US that support the Republican party. They know they can rise to high positions in the party because there are so few blacks that are willing to sell thier souls and so they join and are rewarded with positions.

We also see people like this in the NRA in the United States. There will always be Quislings like this, and they are invariably put in thier place and remided that those they serve have no respect for them if they ever make any attempt to show any independence.

In the US there are many Igbos that join the Republicans and play this same game. We see them in the police and in politics. They are like those Jews that joined the Germans in hunting down thier fellow Jews in exchange for preferential treatment. Of course, the Germans still dealt with them once they were no longer useful.

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I get it. But you know, there will always be bad eggs in every circle.

Immigration is crucial to sustainable societal development. So, no one can stop it. In fact, the more advanced a society gets, the more in need of migrants it becomes.

The only problem is that the left-wing wants to destroy and occupy the predominance of Judeo-Christian culture in the west. And they believe that a huge, uncontrolled and ideologically un-integrated migrant population is one quick way to get that done.

The other way is to normalize the abnormal and demonize the normal values of western civilization.

Think legalization of abortion. Homosexuality. Transgender. Anti-family culture. Pornography.

And the list goes on.

There is a kind of global conspiracy against the western culture, values and traditional way of life.

Cromcruach91:
illegal

Yes,many right wing parties are usually against illegal immigration...a position I agree with by the way.

But my problem with parties like Lega Nord is that they often times tend to propose making things tighter for legal immigrants too. And some of their membership are downright racist.

Being anti-uncontrolled invasion and potential genocide on the western culture is not terrorism - it's common sense.

He displayed his old passport to show you that he was an immigrant and was not anti-immigration, but anti-uncontrolled invasion of Europe by unskilled ILLEGAL immigrants - who are being encouraged to keep coming for political gains based on the sick ideologies of the cultural marxists and their leftwing nut heads.


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SamoaJoe:
Its either you guys are trying to be myopic or cunningly ignorant.

Please brothers lets stop all these inferiority complex that makes us celebrate anything including iddiots and terrorists. Its obvious that you guys didn't read the news well.

This so called Iwobi is a member of a party stirring up serious xenophobia in Italy. And you can also see that he is A member of the anti-migrant League

Abum ezigbote Nwafor Igbo. Obughi ihe obula ka unu gana ashout Igbo Amaka Upandan!

Learn to read the news biko. This Igbo man is nothing short of a terrorist! How can you despise your roots and expect to be celebrated? More like "The House Nigga" during the American slave trade. Otherwise what else explains making him a Senator just like that? Nobody should tell me a dint of hard work biko. There are so many white Italians working harder than him.

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Sorry if you feel offended. That was not my intention. Just wanted to make sure you got the idea.

As I said earlier, the US media is doing way worse things to Trump - including literally publishing classified information.

CNN and WaPo, for example, have been caught a few times manufacturing news, inciting/rallying the masses against the lawfully elected government, and giving voice to anti-American propaganda - even at international level. Yet, NONE of the journalists has ever been arrested or threatened by Trump.

Again, your citation of unproven and non-existent threat to national security, as the basis and justification for this govt's rising profile of illegal detentions, is a pure case of sycophancy.

Firstpage:
Mind the way you address people on social media.

That said, the issue of national security is nothing to be toyed with anywhere in the world. Some issues can be played with, but not outright lie and propaganda to undermine the security of a Nation. It's a treasonable offence. You can't even try such in advance countries that pride themselves as the bastion of democracy.

Learn not to play politics with everything, not everyone is a sycophant or paid opposition mouthpiece.

I'm really thrilled by your style of writing. ( I have this in mind, trusting it's your work => https://www.nairaland.com/4353528/strictly-girls-giving-head-good ).

We may be able to do a few things together - though not sex or dating - if you don't mind.

Please, kindly pass me your contact.

Biafraqueen:
I observed that a lot of nice and cute guys are out there,,,,,,some are single.
I use to run away from cute looking guys because they tends to be rude and full of egoism ....
I want to give maa self a benefit of doubt at least for me to try dating one.

Cute romancelanders were are though

Every journalist has the right by law to protect, withhold and refuse to disclose the identity of her source - especially when such a source provided the information on the condition of anonymity.


They call it "Press Freedom" or "Freedom of the Press".

Of course, some times, the press do abuse their freedom and use it to try to undermine a legitimate government. But that is not the case in Nigeria (like it has been, and notoriously so, in the US - since the last one year. Yet, none of them has been arrested or threatened).

So what your god and his underdogs are doing now is purely illegal.

They just want to intimidate the remainder of the tiny few in the media whose knees are still not bent to their draconian rule.

Unfortunately this is a very dangerous threat to everyone - including you sycophants.


But who actually expects folks like you to be reasonable?

No one.

Firstpage:
This shouldn't be hard for the journalist now. Except he writes from the figment of his imaginations which would be very sad.

Your entire load of mental poo down there stinks of gross genetic cowardice and envy.

Lead your own agitation already, if you think that your brain and emotional stamina is firmer than feather.

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Skepticus:
Fuvking pure opportunist with questionable mental health!

His catalonian colleague, though holed up in Belgium never kept quiet, and for his tenacity, catalonians wear a yellow ribbon in solidarity with him. Even Pep Guardiola showed defiance to the English FA by wearing these ribbons at matches.

To think this guy rose to be the front runner of a noble agitation still amazes me.

However, I doubt the full authenticity of the story above. It's a bit of truth covered in so much trash.

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This is ethnic politics in play. If not, why the rush?

Why is he pushing for this man in this commission at this time - contrary to the legislative will of the senate?

Recently, an igbo man was made army spokesman, and now the igbo-hating federal govt. is pushing for another igbo man to head the civil rights commission - all at the time when the government and its army are being indicted globally for human rights abuses - especially by igbo interest groups.

Why are igbo officials not getting pushed into the non-conflict and smear ridden agencies?

I got it.

musa7m:
the same people complaining of marginalization are now the same people saying they made an igbo man the army spoke person...but can't you reason for once... Dnt you know the difference between.army spoke person and C.O of Operation Lafiya Dole Anyway if he dnt wat the appointment.....he can resign and go back home

This is ethnic politics in play. If not, why the rush?

Why is he pushing for this man in this commission at this time - contrary to the legislative will of the senate?

Recently, an igbo man was made army spokesman, and now the igbo-hating federal govt. is pushing for another igbo man to head the civil rights commission - all at the time when the government and its army are being indicted globally for human rights abuses - especially by igbo interest groups.

Why are igbo officials not getting pushed into the non-conflict and smear ridden agencies?

I got it.

seunmsg:
This report was definitely sponsored by the outgoing acting Executive secretary who clearly doesn't want to hand over. There is nothing in the civil service rules that says Mr. Ojukwu cannot act as ES pending his confirmation by the senate. If Mrs. Ovravah can act, Ojukwu can also act. It is not illegal.

Ediotic Joe.

In one sentence, can you explain the difference between PMB, OBJ and IBB?

Hint: the three are the same. The only difference among them is that PMB has always been the most retrogressive and grossly unproductive element in the bunch of old, barely educated former dictators.

So your senseless support for PMB's reelection is a clinical evidence of your enromous mental instability.



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Baawaa:
WE HAVE NOT FORGOTTEN THE YEARS OF THE LOCUSTS!

I woke up this morning reflecting on what happened in NIGERIA from 1993 to 2015. I wondered where Nigeria would have been today if Chief MKO Abiola had been allowed to rule Nigeria after winning the JUNE 12 1993 presidential elections fair and square. I remember how IBB, the master in the art of violence, the dorminator of our environment, the man who corrupted our HARDEARNED democracy and democratized corruption worked with his gang to annul that election and set the stage for the killing of more than 5000 people in Lagos and Ibadan axis. In 1999 the wounded Yoruba nation chose Chief Olu Falae to be their candidate but the North, SE and SS forced OBJ on Nigeria and the man wasted YORUBA 8 years to reposition, retool and rebuild Nigeria. Eventually we lost 22 years( 1993- 2015) to corruption and criminal leadership. In 22 years they stole the country to bones. They stole everything in sight. They stole even what they do not need. Today PMB is trying to rebuild the battered nation he tried to fix from 1983 to 1985 when IBB stopped him. Today they will not allow him to fix NIGERIA they could not fix in 22 years. The unconscionable thieves tell us that people are dying of hunger, people are being killed by FULANI Herdsmen because PMB is a FULANI, corruption is on the high side today , nothing is working, NIGERIA is being Islamized etc. Liars all, ndi oshi, corrupt entities, enemies of Nigeria, awon ibaje eniyan, awon ole, barawu dambanza. They are worried about their confisticated monies, houses, cars and other assets. They are worried because all loopholes have been blocked. They are weeping and gnashing their teeth cursing the day PMB was born. They want him to die with the members of his family. But the Apamaku will not die. Even yesterday the condemned men forever posted the fake news that PMB's son, Yusuf died. Oh no, they are confused, shattered and battered beyond their miserable imagination. Now let me say this once again: THE MAN THAT WILL DEFEAT PMB IN 2019 IS NOT BORN YET!

Joe Igbokwe

#BVM4PMB Take

From door to door, we will mobilize to set Nigeria free from the demons that have held us captives. PMB's return IN 2019 is sacrosanct.

#BuhariVolunteersMovement

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It's either you are just a 13 years old dunce kid, or you are an attention-seeking stark political illiterate.

Lipscomb:
the tag was call for war.

If the quest for self-determination of an indigenous people is illegal, then your very existence, your so called political party and your entire notion of democracy/statehood are all illegal.

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Mynd44:
Dellusions. She really didn't see what her husbsnd was doing as illegal which is just her either being ignorant or having selective amnesia. This is a man that threatened to kill the president.

So she thinks she made a sacrifice by being in London while thousands of luves were put on the front lines to march for a cause that was potentially violent?

"We won't vote" who are the "we"? She and her family? I doubt she has a voter card anyway so I dont expect her to but who shouldnt vote? I thought her husband said the Anambra elections wont hold (we all know how thay ended)

They had people's ears and hearts and yet messed it up; they could have formed a political party with IPOB and went to the senate to cause really changes but one man had Messiah's complex and let it go to poo.

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Hopeless slowpokes. A big misfortune will befall you and your ilks if you don't desist from this foolish propaganda and evil impersonation of igbos.

Senseless idi.ots.

If the anti-open grazing law was the cause of the ethnic cleansing in Benue, what then was the cause of the anti-open grazing law?

What was the cause of the massive and incessant killings of Benue farmers prior to the enactment of the anti-open grazing law?

What was the cause of the various herdsmen genocidal occupations and massacres in Taraba, Nasarawa, Plateau, Enugu and Kaduna states (etc) where there were ZERO anti-open grazing laws prior to the killings of the indigenous farmers/natives?

Do you realize that by blaming/shaming the victims and justifying the terrorist oppressors you are by implication saying that cattle-herding is more important than human lives?

May God make the lives of folks like you worse than the lives of cows and the dead men and women who were the victims of these ethnic cum religious induced massacres.

Amen




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Spiritualism:
Dan Ali and Ortom Senate Appearance

By Ifeanyi Emeka

There is no doubt that Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue State has chosen to play politics of 2019 more than showing leadership which governance required of him.

He has been moving from pillar to post in search of elusive solution to the problem he created. As a result, he has been trying to make the people believe that he is a victim of circumstance whereas he indirectly caused the crisis through some shallow policies.

The governor failed to tell the simple truth about the Benue crisis. And the simple truth is that he is the chief architect of the problem by using his robber stamped State House of Assembly to enact anti-grazing law leading to the blockade of the nation's grazing route in the state which made it impossible for herdsmen to move freely with their cattle.

While appearing before the Joint Senate Committee on Police Affairs and National Security and Intelligence, the governor made some unfounded allegations against some top government functionaries among which is the Minister of Defence, retired General Mansur Dan Ali. In his submission, the governor said: ''The Minister of Defence, Mansur Dan-Ali attributed the Benue killings to blockade of grazing routes and implementation of ranching law. His position is misleading and dishonest. We hope that his position is not that of the Federal Government.''

While mischievously blaming the Federal Government, the Governor also said: ''Over 100, people killed in Benue would not have died if security agencies were responsive. None of the letters to the Presidency was replied.''

The question is, was the governor elected to write letters to the presidency or to govern the people right irrespective of tribe or religion?

What happens to the governor's power as the Chief Security Officer of the state?

What happens to his huge security votes?

While not holding brief for the Minister of Defence or the Presidency, the governor lied by denying knowledge in the existence of state militia funded by the government to implement the new anti-grazing
law.

The anti-grazing law is the immediate cause of the conflict and the governor should own the responsibility which his thoughtless action caused the state instead of looking for who to blame.

The earlier he reverses the policy and allow herdsmen to move through their own route until necessary arrangements are made for cattle ranching the better.

Laws are made to promote human dignity, cohesion and togetherness and not to segregate against any tribe or region.

We are all Nigerians who deserve to live in all parts of the country in peace. This decision must be made out of choice and not out of necessity.

Therefore, the governor should stop blaming the Minister of Defence and find lasting solution to the crisis he caused.

Ifeanyi Emeka is on fact finding mission to Benue State.

Source,:
http://www.akelicious.com/2018/02/dan-ali-and-ortom-senate-appearance.html?m=1

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Don't mind them. It's just their usual tribal baiting and propaganda. They probably felt that igbos were the one bursting their burble about the drone being made in 2013. So this is likely a deliberate attempt to shut the nay saying igbos up.

Just check out the choice of phrase used in the writeup.

OceanmorganTrix:
Ofodile Nkemdilim, The Only Female Air Force Team That Designed Tsaigumi UAV

The one commissioned in 2013 or the one commissioned in 2018

He/Sh's good -did not read the contents though. But their bio betrays their limitation in Igbo diction. For, example, I think the "Ekwucha o gwu" should have been written as "Ekwuchaa o'gwu".

SoNature:
The person behind the Instagram handle is sooo good! I read it carefully, hoping to detect errors, but I was disappointed