BruceVC

The article makes some good points but its also misleading because the first paragraph states " The US economy has "shrunk for the second quarter in a row, a milestone that in many countries would be considered an economic recession " The US is in a technical recession because thats 2 quarters of negative GDP growth but its not in real recession which is the bad one. So its not an economic recession because all recessions are economic, the correct term is a technical recession. The US unemployment rate is less than 4% and certain sectors are seeing growth, consumer spending and investment. Its an unusual economic reality to be in but its not in " real " recession " which requires other things to be not working. Here is good link that explains the difference between recession and technical recession https://www.investopedia.com/terms/r/recession.asp And inflation is the main reason for this, Im not convinced things like student debt, housing costs or crypto crashing are as relevant as the inflation impact to overall economic and sustained growth. But we will have to wait and see how things unfold

SM is much worse generally than any established and openly left or right wing media house because there is zero investigative journalism in most SM and even opinion piece journalism like Tucker Carlson wont say " lets kill all the Russian\Ukrainians slowly and wipe out there families " or similar things

Agreed but thats why I said " if vaccines are available " because I also think its pointless to keep explaining time and time again the efficacy of vaccines and end of the day it still doesnt change the minds of anti-vaxxers and vaccine hesitancy people who mostly decide to believe SM and anecdotal stories about vaccines not working or being some kind of mind control or just having a commercial objective and not being medically beneficial And even mask wearing, why enforce it if people are taking vaccines because you are going to get exposed anyway during a wave because life returns to normal unless you stay at some and dont socialize or dont work with other people? Thats what the UK did and deaths and hospitalizations didnt overwhelm the NHI because of the high levels of vaccination The only exception to this would be a variant that escapes the efficacy of vaccines and then we need more serious measures like lockdowns or mandatory mask wearing ?

One of the biggest and valid criticisms towards most of our governments is these types of inconsistencies around policy, its incredibly frustrating In SA we dropped all Covid restrictions. They failed anyway, we had about 80-90% of population who got the virus or had anti-bodies from vaccines . Our scientists test the sewerage and extrapolate the data and that's how they know My view is simple, if vaccines are available what's the point of any lockdowns if they fail anyway to stop the virus spreading because all lockdowns did in the case of SA is harm and destroy the economy

You honestly spend time on Twitter reading Putin War comments? Yikes....how much time ?

Please tell me Miranda survived, we both know how ....important she is

The danger is taking anything Comrade says seriously, hes like hoonding But Comrades post could be argued its a metaphor about the dying of anti-Russian\Putin hegemony and sentiment, he is not actually celebrating the deaths of people ? But yes there is a policy that @Gorth follows about people celebrating the deaths of people on either side

I havent found one for Quayle, in fact I havent even met him yet in my game

Absolutely and why do citizens need to question government anyway, our governments and politicians always know whats best for us Its a classic case of a BruceVCism and " problem solved "

Mamie dont take the bait with Comrade unless you want to. You know he is not being serious and is trolling But I like these silly debates with Comrade if I have time because they entertaining

Great points raised Comrade and dont forget that China is a more free society than the US and all other Western countries. We mustnt forget that

But I always thought the general scientific consensus was that it was a Zoonotic disease and it originated from the Wuhan animal market ? Thats what I always believed because of all the other various viruses transmitted from animals, the lab story was more a theory but not as credible as the animal market?

Memories and history is not passed down physiologically , you can learn what happen historically if someone tells you about it but historical trauma is not physically transferred to a baby. For example if your father is a Vietnam Viet and has PTSD that doesnt mean his children will have PTSD because lived experience creates PTSD Colonialism in Africa was started in the 1600's and there were different outcomes of Colonialism but you cant make a blanket statement that says " inequality and poverty in Africa is due to Colonialism " (and Im not saying you saying that but others do ) when there are direct and current reasons for numerous problems in Africa and these have nothing to do with Colonialism Thats what most people mean when they say " they tired of hearing about colonialism as the reasons for many and current problems " Oh something else interesting about the end of Colonialism, most African countries got there independence from the early 1960s. That was over 60 years ago so the era of Colonialism is not part of living memory for most people unless you 70 years or older https://www.thoughtco.com/chronological-list-of-african-independence-4070467

The killing and deliberate targeting of civilians is always unacceptable irrespective of what side you on And war crimes are war crimes

I think its important that all kids who learn history realize that most nations of mankind have either been enslaved at some point or used slaves, thats the most important thing. The pyramids for example were built by slaves and Arab slave traders were prolific in Africa before the Europeans Because there is definitely a false narrative where many young people think only Europeans\white people were involved in the slave trade This is one of the aspects of selective history that concerns me

So the West funded pyramids of severed human hands, we all make mistakes ?

Or after saying " I was raped " they say weeks later " I wasn't raped, I was misunderstood " and that was only after they disappeared for those weeks between

I have had some unintentional party changes in BG1, Kagain threw his toys and left the party because I still haven't found the noblemen's son. I was going to kill him for his insolence but I believe in Democracy and if he wants to leave the GREATEST adventure in his life and miss the opportunity of spending many nights around the fire with the beautiful and seductive Viconia thats his problem So I was left with a fighter\tank shortage but I enlisted Kivan, a ranger, and Im very impressed. He is effective in battle and offers some good dialogue lines and some hilarious interaction with Imoen I also have changed my combat strategy. With Kivan I now have 3 x archers who initially can inflict long range damage and then I use the party formation of 3 x 2 rows while exploring. So I moved my wizard to row 2 which means when I see a group of enemies from a distance I can quickly cast AOE spells like Color Spray which is finally making my wizard add real value in combat Im also having some really exciting battles with named bandits in the maps south of Beregost, they tough and the combat literally goes down to my fighters winning with 3 HP left after using all my healing potions. I get good loot and scalps from these battles My party is still mostly on level 2 but Imoen is on level 3 and the adventure is progressing nicely

Do you have any links to confirm the veracity of this post ?

We mustnt be in any doubt that Putin wants to impact the EU gas storage for winter. Thats why the EU must get as much gas as possible

I understand, BG1 EE with mods makes a big difference I also played BG2 first and without EE and mods I doubt I would have played BG1

Why did you quit BG1 so soon?

Absolutely https://sorcerers.net/community/threads/xan-bg2-mod-released.23839/

Agreed, Chinas aid and loans to Africa can be very problematic and unhelpful. Not in all cases but in many countries and especially when African countries end up being dictated to by China, its neo-colonialism 101 So China ends up building infrastructure and then been given mineral rights concessions, therefore repeating the cycle of " foreigners own our resources ", or they provide loans to dictators without reforms but nothing gets better for the citizens of the country when you see this. Because without economic structural reforms giving loans to any badly run country is like a bucket with holes in it But end of the day its not Chinas fault that some African leaders have mismanaged there own country. We should never forget its always bad governments that must take first responsibility for requiring foreign assistance without ensuring how this assistance is managed

So I imagine you going to be disappointed when we see sweeping GOP victories in the midterms? The reality of the success of the GOP is because Americans who vote for them are more concerned with the failures of the Democrats and some of there ideological views than the issues you raise because the issues you raise are not everything the GOP stands for and delivers on So the Democrats have failed to deliver on numerous policies and outcomes that Biden promised. He has had some unfair criticism but perception is reality but we will have to see how the undecided voters go. They are always the dark horse in US elections because US polling data doesnt include there views because they literally make up there mind in the last week or so and they much less partisan https://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/01/upshot/so-just-who-are-these-undecided-voters.html