BruceVC

So this decision by Biden is by far the right one and it doesnt really matter who the next Dem candidate is because the real concern was Bidens mental acumen which was both a distraction and reality. You cant have the leader of the most powerful and influential country in the world suffering from the mental deterioration that Biden has, its not fair on him and its not fair on the USA So this election will go back to what has characterized much of US elections since 2016 and this doesn't apply to those people that take elections seriously. This is just what the attention will be on identity and personality politics hyperbole and exaggeration from many media houses on both sides around policies and statements from the other side promises and commitments from candidates that wont be fulfilled or realized stupid and childish memes that will dominate SM But it WONT be about Bidens mental state and thats a good thing if the Dems are serious about winning

Well done Biden. Its definitely the right decision in the best interests of the US, better late than never Now it will be interesting to see who will be the Dems new candidate

No and again thats not same the point as the issue about the GOP being racist You cant lump things together in the same group, you need to separate issues to see the nuance and complexity Being opposed to abortion, or different stages of when abortion should be allowed , is a global debate and more a Conservative view. But the debate about pro-choice is not primarily about bigotry like racism or homophobia In South Africa we have many people opposed to abortion including many black people and it has nothing to do with racism Dont conflate things. Separate peoples views and policies and then we can have a constructive debate on these topics to understand different positions and what different GOP politicians believe and espouse but more importantly what citizens think For example the suggestion that Republican voters are all pro-life is simply not true, several GOP states that include Montana, Kentucky and Kansas voted on different degrees of abortion rights and pro-choice won https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/elections/abortion-rights-won-every-election-roe-v-wade-overturned-rcna99031

But Im not saying racism doesnt exist in the USA and anyone who understands anything about the US wouldn't think or say " racism doesnt exist in the US because Obama was elected " What part of my post do you think is delusional? Can you be more specific

No thats not my point at all but I do find that funny Vance is not saying " I have black friends" which in itself is often misunderstood when white people say that and it becomes a meme even when its well meaning He doesnt need to say that because he has a wife who is Indian Im saying Vance being nominated as VP is an example of how you cant make a convincing argument that Trump is a racist or white supremacist. He had several other suitable candidates who are white and married to white women and he could have selected them if hidden white supremacy was what he believed in . You can absolutely criticize Vance and Trump on many things but not the whole " they racist " And just for record real racists dont go around saying " I have black friends", they really dont unless they certain politicians or public figures and they feel they have to say it Its like Neo-Nazi dont go around saying " I like Jews. I have friends who are Jews " Its goes against there fundamental ideological beliefs and bigotry

Yes but no one is denying there arent racists in the US in both parties and amongst there voters, they just different types of racists This type of drama is fairly common on Codex where people are " outraged " because the so called " white " Republican party VP has an Indian wife But this doesnt change the point I have made several times, the GOP is a party that is inclusive and multiracial irrespective of the bigotry of some of its members Trump wouldnt have selected Vance if he was influenced by this type of response

https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/jd-vances-wife-usha-chilukuri-vance-describes-him-meat-potatoes-guy-who-cooks-indian-food-6130104 I didnt realize this but JD Vance is married to an Indian American who is Hindu It doesnt seem to fit the profile and allegations of Trump and the GOP being a racist, Christian fundamentalist party? This type of diversity is good for the GOP

Yes there are people on both sides of this debate who are insincere and disingenuous about support or criticism about DEI So if you take the criticism side its not really about merit, they just dont want to see any minority in that position and this is often about simple bigotry And then on the support side it becomes about anti-white or rather anti-white male sentiment and these people dont want to see white men in these positions because of there own bias But there is a better middle ground which is what I support, I believe in merit but having mentorship programs and similar initiatives if a group comes from a recent historically disadvantage group. Thats similar to the DEI I support in South Africa But I reject DEI when its clearly abused like in the UK recently and its hiring practice in the UK air force https://news.sky.com/story/royal-air-force-unlawfully-discriminated-against-white-male-recruits-in-bid-to-boost-diversity-inquiry-finds-12911888

I dont think thats the main criticism towards DEI and similar programs, the main criticism is why cant hiring be done on merit? All companies should have policies that ensure a healthy work environment based on codes of conduct like where people arent discriminated against so you dont need DEI for that Any private sector company should be able to hire who they want based on the most qualified or suitable candidate, public sector companies can be different but qualification and experience still should be the most important factor DEI is also criticized because its seen as discriminating against white men who typically wont fit the DEI criteria as opposed to everyone else

Thats true, suggesting Trump has " moral high grounds " is not accurate at all Thats definitely not a reason you would vote for him

I watched Beekeeper last week, I like Statham movies but they almost all the same. One man takes on an army due to being angry or betrayed about something and he is able to dodge bullets and kill dozens of people But he couldnt kill the FBI in this case because they the good guys so the wounding was expected I also laughed at the female Beekeeper with a cannon in the truck, great strategy to destroy an entire garage and create mass carnage in a public space, that wont draw attention to the highly secretive Beekeeper program

Im about 45 hours into F:NV and its going really well I loaded all the Viva FV mods and stability recommendations but then I also loaded about 25 additional mods and accepted that this could create some CTD because they outside the Viva list And I was getting about 2-3 random CTD in a 3 hour session which is fine, it takes literally 30 seconds to reload the game in MO2 and I save often so I dont lose anything. But then on Sunday I went on a Bounty Hunter quest to the Fiend territory and the game started crashing every minute in one region. And this area is notoriously bad for CTD and its well known and there are lots of solutions to resolve it but as usual with troubleshooting and CTD one solution doesnt mean it will resolve your specific problem So I decided to use MO2 to troubleshoot and the advantages of using multiple profiles, multiple profiles lets you disable mods and enable mods and it wont impact your main game But before I started disabling mods in my troubleshooting MO2 profile I read a suggestion on Viva and the FNV performance guide and it was an .ini setting around the NV Tick Fix mod https://performance.moddinglinked.com/falloutnv.html#NVTF " Double-click on NVTF in Mod Organizer, then open NVTF.ini in the INI Files tab, and set: bModifyDirectXBehavior = 1" So I made the change and guess what? No more crashes in the Fiend territory and I havent had one CTD since making that single .ini change which is about DirectX I am amazed that a single .ini tick box could improve the overall stability so much, Im not complaining of course and Im sure I will still get CTD but its an interesting lesson around how sometimes CTD are not about particular mods you use but rather a specific setting or recommendation in a mod file Moral of the story, always read your mod recommendations around performance and stability and how this type of mod can be configured

No, not in the way I mean by life altering experience Trump becoming president just became an extension of his personality and provided the greatest stage for him to do what he enjoys doing. He loves attention, he loves people listening to him Think of The Apprentice and how Trump thrives on his rallies. Thats not the same as the life changing experience that many people go through when they nearly die. Sometimes its a health reason like a heart attack, sometimes they can have an NDE ( near death experience ) or they can avoid being killed in combat or a criminal act like an attempted car hijacking and after that it can put things in perspective and they can literally change because they realize the brevity of life GD basically retired and stopped following politics after his health scare because his priorities changed Thats what Im hoping with Trump after the attempted assassination. But yes lets wait for the speech

But he didnt have a life changing experience in 2016. If the bullet had been a few inches to the right Trump would be dead and that would be a much worse outcome because then he becomes a martyr and that would have radicalized and militarized more of his base and supporters There are lots of examples of people nearly dying and that experience changes there lives in a positive way. But I want to hear his speech before I give him real credit for " changing " because there are lots of understandable skeptics around Trump doing anything different

Well his public response around the assassination will go a long way to reducing the level of toxicity and general discord that exists in the USA around politics He could rampant up tensions and mistrust and feed the " deep state" conspiracy theories or he could reduce these views. He has lots of influence on his base And Im sure we all want the same thing, a more united USA and less political tension Malc lets wait and see what he says, lets try to be positive. This attempt on his life could be a positive influence on Trumps grandstanding?

It looks like Trump is not going to give the same speech he was going to give at the RNC convention before the attempted assassination, good on him and its the right thing to do. America needs to be more united and less divisive around politics https://www.bbc.com/news/live/cljy6yz1j6gt " Former President Donald Trump has given one of his first interviews since the attempt on his life on Saturday night, saying he has completely rewritten his convention speech to focus on a message of "unity" instead of criticising Joe Biden. "The speech I was going to give on Thursday was going to be a humdinger,” he told the Washington Examiner. “Had this not happened, this would’ve been one of the most incredible speeches,” he also said, adding that it would have been aimed mostly at the President Biden's policies. “Honestly, it’s going to be a whole different speech now. It is a chance to bring the country together. I was given that chance.” Trump also said that the "reality" of what happened on Saturday "is just setting in," and described the moment he looked up at the crowd after realising he had been shot. “The energy coming from the people there in that moment, they just stood there; it’s hard to describe what that felt like, but I knew the world was looking. I knew that history would judge this, and I knew I had to let them know we are OK,” he told the Examiner. The former president touched down in Milwaukee just hours ago, where he'll attend the Repulican National Covention this week and be formally nominated as the party's candidate. He's also expected to reveal who will be his running mate in the election.

We dont want to trivialize this attempted assassination but one of my brothers said " Bruce you can tell the shooter was a Democrat. The shot was far too left " The memes and jokes are inevitable

The predicable and expected conspiracy theories are rife around this assassination attempt But IMO there are 4 main contributing factors to this shooting current US political culture is both toxic and divisive. People on both sides have contributed towards this there are some people on both sides who literally think the other side wants to destroy the US and Democracy there are extremist and mentally unbalanced people on both sides who are prepared to act on the point above the US has a culture of mass shootings and gun violence sometimes manifests itself in how people act out

Im glad Trump is okay, its the last thing you need in the US is the potential presidential candidate to be assassinated by a delusional and mentally unbalanced person who cant separate reality from exaggeration and then decides to act on it And yes US gun culture and mass shootings culture is an aspect of this but that doesnt change the severity of this egregious development

Malc do you think Biden should step down in the interests of Dems having a better chance of winning? I have mentioned this before but if the Dems really believe that " Trump represents the greatest threat to Democracy the US has ever faced" then he should go immediately No debate whatsoever considering the view that the future of US Democracy is on the line

I was going to invest in PC game pass because of the good deals and just the Bethesda games are worth the monthly cost but apparently you cant use script extenders so that means you cant mod effectively So there is no point if I cant mod Bethesda games

Some are, look at the general lack of support for LGBT rights Its not great in Africa or many African American communities It doesnt apply to everyone but its not uncommon

Yes I did read it but if you dont mind try to be more specific about what you think my view is or how a link doesn't support what Im saying My view has not changed in any of the posts I have made, Im saying that the view that Trump\GOP is "racist\fascist " is an opinion and its not shared by all people of colour who vote for GOP around there voting decisions They are voting for the GOP for reasons and policies that resonate with them . Here is the original link I posted and it goes into more details about this https://theconversation.com/what-early-2024-polls-are-revealing-about-voters-of-color-and-the-gop-and-its-not-all-about-donald-trump-227534 " Two explanations have emerged to explain Trump’s growth in support among voters of color.The first is based on the faulty assumption, made by some Democratic strategists that the increasing racial and ethnic diversity of the U.S. electorate would automatically benefit Democratic candidates. This assumption rests on the idea that voters of color are inherently progressive on issues such as education, social services, health care and criminal justice reform. According to this line of thinking, Trump’s polling numbers are mostly the result of poor messaging by the Democrats – a failure to remind voters of color that their interests align with Joe Biden, not Trump.The second explanation is that voters of color are inherently conservative, particularly working-class Black and Latino men, who identify more closely with the political right on issues such as immigration, law and order and cultural conservativism."

And yet despite all this "evidence " of Trump\GOP being racist you are ignoring the reality of how people of colour are increasingly voting for the GOP Why would they do that if they believed the GOP was racist. Why dont you rather understand this reality instead of posting reasons around what you think are reasons people of colour wont or shouldnt vote for the GOP? No need to play the race card when there are numerous studies and analysis done on the question " why black people vote for the GOP " or something similar Here is another link that provides answers, read it to understand this question and I would encourage you to do your own research and post a link that answers the same type of question https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/3/18/why-are-black-voters-backing-donald-trump-in-record-numbers Im not saying you wrong about some of the issues you have with Trump. Some of these are legitimate Im saying its not accurate to have a generalized or selective view of " Trump is racist " so people wont\shouldnt vote for him because thats not how many Americans and people of colour see the GOP or a Trump vote

Or you could argue much of the media is now being honest about the concerns and reality of Bidens mental acumen which was largely ignored or handwaved by the Dems This is not about " Biden speaking one wrong word" and several EU leaders are equally to blame for not insisting on making there experiences with Biden more public and known https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/foreign-leaders-worry-about-bidens-health-decline-1235053927/ I mentioned this before but the Dems had an opportunity to find a new candidate after the midterms. The Dems overall strategy has backfired on them and this was because of overconfidence And now its too late, Biden might still win. The undecided voters could swing it for the Dems