bass4funk comments

Biden economics working just as planned.

How so?

https://www.npr.org/2023/07/10/1186712393/for-the-second-consecutive-monthly-black-unemployment-has-increased

Someone didn't get the memo.

Go Sweden!!

You contradict yourself too frequently.

No, not really

All three governments and the normal folk have traditionally been wary about the Aussie and American military in region. China is far away and Australia, newly christened with more US military equipment and troops are just over the horizon. Memories of European/White imperialism remain.

Definitely something that can be denied.

I get the feeling it's not the greatest or smartest that make it to the top ranks. The great intellect Admiral Levine comes to mind.

Well, there is a lot at play, who is chosen, supported, trusted, it’s not one person that ultimately decides who will be Admiral or even who they lead. But rest assured, whoever is the leader in this situation should be able to execute and lead a very capable group of men of various nations in defense of a growing Chinese threat.

In the US Navy, about 80% of the personnel are enlisted and 15% are commissioned officers.

I know the system, thanks

I think you once mentioned you had a brother who had served.

And who’s a cop.

You have no personal experience yourself.

Directly, No, indirectly, Yes.

You don't climb the ladder very far for most and certainly not the enlisted.

Well, I don’t know about your country or connections or what you think you know. But for some in my family, they worked hard to get the ranks they are in.

When was the last time a junior rank even made captain?

Again, depends

What was the rank of your brother when he joined and how far was he promoted?

OF-1

India still has a caste system. Japanese SDF is not enlisted, they are special civil servants.

Ok

you have never served

But a large portion of my family have and still are serving.

so it's all academic with you.

And?

Most of the enlisted are not officers.

You climb the ladder like in ever other occupation.

None or very few would make it to the lowest officer rank.

Well, it depends

Most high-ranking officers come from families with service, history, and connections.

That doesn’t always work, and it’s not always a guaranteed foot in the door to advancement.

You have to enlist first. But very few make it to the top ranks.

Admiral, yes, but there are less slots, but you still have other high ranking positions that are more easily attainable to achieve.

Absolutely ghastly! I hope there is a special place in hell set aside for this "dynasty!

I agree

Where can I get one of these Jackets so I can look important?

Probably after 20-30 years of blood, sweat and tears of fully committed military service, you’ll just get one.

Propaganda is unfortunately everywhere.

U.S. residents tolerate repeated mass shootings because they have been brainwashed to believe that “a well regulated militia [is] necessary to the security of a free State” — like there are non-governmental militias out there protecting them from some real threat. 

No, apples and oranges argument, not even remotely close to reality, the 2nd amendment is constitutionally enshrined and that threat can be foreign or domestic and I would argue that because of 2nd amendment we don’t have to fear that the government will ever dominate or takeover the nation for whatever reason, in todays political climate it would be propaganda to think that a one party rule would never take power.

Japanese seem to think that Japan is one of the few places that has four seasons. 

That’s until they travel abroad.

To the outsider, it’s all nonsense.

Some people think that Cleopatra was Egyptian or that slavery was only practiced in the US or that all Norwegians are blonde. You can find propaganda in every part of society, every part, but it’s different when you are born in what technically can be described as a giant prison in a country that has them everywhere and where every single thought and action is controlled with precision.

For many in NK the only thing they know is that world and nothing else. You do have varies individuals that make money sneaking in dvds of South Korean movies and life and sometimes foreign movies, but purchasing these movies is extremely dangerous to possess them, if caught can either get you locked in a gulag or executed. So North Koreans have no choice but to buy and believe the nation’s propaganda because all over forms of outside information is controlled or blocked.

but the idea of having good relations with this President was to find a leader who might be an ally in reducing illegal immigration to the US.

That is neither Joe nor his admin.

There is no evidence Joe Biden received money from Ukraine or China.

No, there is more than enough evidence connecting his family to Ukraine and China, that’s an indisputable and irrefutable logged and recorded fact, however, there is no concrete evidence of connecting Biden to this, now anyone with a functioning cerebral cortex can already figure out it does, but whatever we think or feel is irrelevant, if the GOP can’t concretely prove Biden and the connection they can’t charge him with anything, but it doesn’t mean that the GOP will stop, that’s not happening as it shouldn’t, and won’t.

I find it way more amusing doing nothing is the MAGA way.

280 listed accomplishments debunks that noise

To allow China and Russia to be kissed up to.

Well, this is a first so again, it’s a baby step, but a much needed one, so good on him for once. Let’s see if he can stay tough on China going forward.

Our daily dose of far-right hypocrisy....

No, bank statements don’t lie.

They baselessly claim Joe and Hunter go easy on China because they have corrupt business ties - all a fantasy provided by a Chinese agent who played them for suckers...

Not according to former business partners bank records and audio recordings.

And then when Biden gets tough on China they blast him for "creating enemies"....

This is a first, so good on him, I give him some dab.

They flip and flop every day - giving the rest of us all a good belly laugh....

Not to the nation.

https://news.yahoo.com/sen-johnson-joe-biden-lied-031844545.html

And they all go silent when you mention the decades-long millions Trump has given the CCP in clothing contracts or Ivanka's very suspicious "18 Chinese trademarks"....

She was VP before or President??

Even Trump fans support this. They just aren't able to articulate it.

No one ever said that every now and the. Biden finds a surprise in a crackerjack box. I give credit where credit is due, I think most sane people would.

Western oligarchical capital has been complicit with Chinese oligarchs in off-shoring and out-sourcing of labor in a race to the bottom of acquisition; leading to the rise of disaffection and lower living standards for many in the West.

I wouldn’t necessarily disagree with most of that statement entirely.

And the rise of populist rhetoric there.

I wouldn’t call it rhetoric, I call it a much needed wake-up call.

You're not aware of the vatican and catholic church's track record in Ireland and elsewhere when it came to children under their care?

Oh, I was very aware.

So it wasn't necessarily her 'own' trauma.

Well, mostly it was her own in the sense of being bipolar, there is now a lot of research that shows us now that it can be genetic and even passed down. I’m not saying this is exactly and concretely the case, but the woman has had quite a few emotional and mental episodes, so I am not implying she didn’t have trauma from her religious upbringing in some form that may very well be true, but I definitely think there was a lot more mentally and genetically wrong with her and you could see that back in the late 80’s already.

Thousands of others shared her experience.

Sure, but everyone’s personal experience will vary from person to person.

Even the U.S. team is Anti-American. They don’t seem to like their country at all.

Don’t Americans respect their flag and national anthem? Why do they all look so angry when their song is being played?

Most Americans do respect their country, but a large majority don't like or respect the current admin pushing a woke overly-progressive agenda. The US from here on will recover and hopefully go back to the days of Hamm and Hope women that were deeply patriotic and loved their country with every fiber of their being.

Very prescient, she was an early victim of conservative culture wars

No, the demons that she had were her own sad, and very tragic trauma she had to endure growing up and beyond something she could never truly shake.

meant to distract from their real sinister agenda and rampant projection. 

That is a completely different topic altogether unrelated to O’Connor’s life

Rest in Power.

No. He is wasting time

So are the Dems, but that’s not stopping them now is it?

and stalling because that’s all he can do. That’s the issue. 

Let him, if people were trying to political take me out and use any and all nefarious means to do so, I stall and do whatever I can as well, why would I not? Come on now. Like he’s supposed to submit, yeah, sure. Lol

Sure he can ask. He will, and it will be refused.

Again, he can do that legally, without question.

And you’ll blame something bizarre on it instead of the basic fact that trials are almost never moved on request of the defendant. I’m guessing ‘the Dems

After 8 years of 24/7 non-stop hounding this guy, the last people I would ever trust is this DOJ and the FBI.

Sure he does. But it won’t happen. 

That wasn’t the issue, the issue is he can ask, so why liberals are getting upset that he is exercising his fundamental constitutional right just goes to show you how delusional the left is.

It's like some kind of machine. 

I agree

you never learned how to debate.

Wrong.

You started using whataboutism when you were 7 and just never stopped and now you're a full-grown man doing it heh.

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whataboutism: I decide who gets punished, don’t worry fair or not. I make that call as I personally see fit.

You literally have nothing to add to this discussion at all and it's the same every night.

Nor you.

Time for me to leave JT for the night. You're useless.

Ditto.

This again for the thousandth time?

Hey, my feelings exactly.

You whine a lot and never seem to ever get to the facts of any GOP case.

I don’t whine, no need, but I do see your wheels spinning.

That's why you whine. You have no legs to stand on.

On the Contrary, like a centipede, too many legs to work with, just one seat away from reclaiming the Senate. Just time, no need or worry for whining, that’s the lefts job and their constant obsession with TDS.

The case will not be moved. Trump will be tried in DC.

Relax, Trump still has the right to ask to have the trial moved, we know it’s just easier to get a conviction in DC that’s why, but let’s see if these people are truly political as we know they are or will they really honor the constitution and this man’s amendment rights.

Continue whining about hypocrisy, won't change anything.

Not me, I think you’re worried that Trump will get off again because once again, the Dems have nothing.

If you can't do the time don't do the crime.

Yes, so I sincerely hope this administration heeds those exact words. Good one.

MAGA supporters are never good with facts or numbers. That's why they think they won the election.

The Dems are worse when it comes to execution of their plans in taking this guy down, at first it was funny, now it’s just pure desperation to the point where it’s visually obvious.

Constantly saying “but the Dems did it” is neither a good defence nor a good look. 

It really isn’t, my point exactly.

Were ‘the Dems’ right to do it? Ok then, nothing to whine about. 

More like, why the hypocrisy???

Were ‘the Dems’ wrong to do it? But you support ‘your team’ doing it.

No, but I know the world of politics.

Are both wrong? Are both right? 

The political persecution of this former president is so out of line you’re hearing some of the smartest legal minds of people, people that don’t like or even voted for this president, many liberals that are crying foul to this witch hunt.

You have a choice of either being hypocritical or just as bad. Which is it?

That should be directed to your Democrat base, but it is an excellent question.

Your only line of argumentation is “what about Dems”. Day after day. Thread goes off topic and gets shut down by noon. 

You mean and what you want to say, pile on the right, but overlook anything and all things or even similar things the left does comparatively. Why? Makes you feel uncomfortable? Harder to make it a conservatives political pile on?

Anyway, poor Trump. No one has ever been treated so unfairly.

True, thank God the guy is a fighter, I’m a big guy, physically at my peak, but even I would have thrown in the towel a long time ago. Props

Stay on topic. Thread is just starting.

I am, I just responded to your statement, you jump on conservatives for calling diversity; I’m just asking, why is is ok for Dems to ask for diversity and not for conservatives?

Conservatives calling for diversity and affirmative action in the jury. What a turn up.

But it matters and important when it’s the Dems that control the narrative.

https://www.npr.org/sections/trial-over-killing-of-george-floyd/2021/04/20/989149400/what-we-know-about-the-jurors-in-the-chauvin-trial

What do they do on the other 100 days? Relax relentlessly?

Contemplate on which is the best way to get Trump.