Miscellaneous And Off Topic Subjects

[iam416]

SWF donated a bunch to Dems but FTX itself and other high people at the firm donated to Republicans. Like most major corporations they play both sides.

FWIW, the Dems love to regulate everything and only a few oppose regulating crypto. It's Republicans, especially your precious Alt Right, who are furiously opposed to any regulation whatsoever of the crypto industry. After all, it's going to bring down the Fed and replace the US dollar any day now

They played one side way more.

[THE_WIZARD_]

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[lineygoblue]

Trying to point out the sliver in Trump's eye when they have a log in their own.

[Jeff Buchanan]

So you're saying that the US needs to do to Russia, what Russia and China did to us in Viet Nam?

Posted a couple days ago and I'm late addressing a legitimate question.

No, this is a substantially different circumstance when it comes to US strategic interests. TBF, US involvement in Viet Nam and Afghanistan were substantially different in that regard as well. The strategic interests of the US in Vietnam that led to military intervention there were addressing the Soviet Union's international efforts to gain influence globally but, in this case, in SEA through the overt support of the communist regime in the north. The effort to stop it extends back another two decades to France's unsuccessful attempts to support democratic governments in SEA from being replaced by communist regimes.

The west isn't facing the threat of unchecked expansion of Communism in parts of the world where the US had, at the time, vital strategic interests. Russia's attempts at expansion into the now free and democratic states of the former USSR are fundamentally different. The west is facing an attack on democracy in places it has vital interests in supporting democratic governments and movements in those states by authoritarian, some would argue fascist states - I've called it a war pitting freedom and democratic principles v. anti-freedom, anti-democratic and authoritarian principles.

It is also worth pointing out that the states that make up eastern Europe, some of them NATO members and Ill get to that, form the bulwark against Russian imperialistic expansionism into central Europe. NATO, initially formed to address the threat of Communism expanding into western Europe, is presently the bulwark established to prevent Putin's strategic plans to return former soviet states to Russian control - or returning Russia to its predominant role on the world stage as a Czarist state before the Bolshevik Revolution, 1914-1917.

[Dr. Strangelove]

Jobs report comes in much better than expected, leading to stocks taking a big dive pre-market

[Dr. Strangelove]

Very weird economy we are in right now. Jim Cramer is pretty flummoxed on CNBC lol

[lineygoblue]

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[THE_WIZARD_]

Very weird economy we are in right now. Jim Cramer is pretty flummoxed on CNBC lol

The big elephant in the economic room is consumer savings is at a very low level and credit card debt is very high. Not good.

[CGVT]

More good news from Arizona. Screw that stupid ass moron.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/tylerro...h=79df93a42d09


‘False, Misleading’ Accusations: Federal Judge Sanctions Kari Lake For Challenging Arizona’s Voting Procedures

[CGVT]

And in case you missed it...

Arizona county certifies election after judge’s order

https://apnews.com/article/2022-midterm-elections-arizona-phoenix-government-and-politics-938a920c848d28ca23435a6d2cb61f98

Fuck a bunch of election denying jackasses

[THE_WIZARD_]

LA County looking to reinstate mask mandate. It's as pathetic as it is predictable. Watch the other prog cities follow suit...this is why conservatives comment on people wearing masks.

JFC

[CGVT]

Yawn

I guess it’s a good thing you don’t live there then.

[Dr. Strangelove]

And in case you missed it...

Arizona county certifies election after judge’s order

https://apnews.com/article/2022-midterm-elections-arizona-phoenix-government-and-politics-938a920c848d28ca23435a6d2cb61f98

Fuck a bunch of election denying jackasses

[THE_WIZARD_]

Yawn

I guess it’s a good thing you don’t live there then.

Is there something wrong with pointing out ridiculous shit like this and how it affect other people? So what if mask mandated mandates don't hit my area. I'm still gonna call it out as ludicrous. I have nothing against masks or people that choose to wear them. Knock yourself out. I vehemently oppose mandates...mask...vax...anytime the government is mandating something it's usually a bad policy. Let people choose.

[Dr. Strangelove]

With the drama pretty much over, here's a good rundown of the Arizona election from NR. Pretty much calls Kari Lake the Stacey Abrams of Arizona.

https://www.nationalreview.com/2022/12/certify-the-arizona-elections/