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volo do you honestly not trust any politician to be honest or well meaning or to have the right intentions? Including Canadian politicians ...I believe most politicians are honest and have the best interests of the people they represent but they need to be strictly scrutinized, monitored and financially audited as its tax payers money that pays there salaries so we expect full accountability

Im not talking about some silly, hypothetical example like you mentioned because by that argument you would be right and there would be no point in voting I am talking about the reality right now in the USA. There are things I support about the different policies that both Biden and Trump espouse but what is unique about this election is in the past I had similar views of opposing candidates but the one candidates policies were more significant and had a direct consequence on issues that had a global impact so I supported them But now both candidates have certain polices that are almost equally important to me ...so its not like in the past where the choice was relatively easy....Im actually glad I cant vote because I would be conflicted and the choice would be harder

GD here is an interesting question, what if both candidates make sense to a person on certain developments and or ideological views....what do you do then? Who do you vote for ?

Today is going to be a great day, my Dad arrived from Durban and its the first time in 6 months my Cpt family has seen him. 7 years ago my Dad was jogging at 6 am and a car drove past him and hit him with its mirror, he was thrown into the air and landed badly on his head. Sadly the accident caused a form of Alzheimer's and he is losing his memory, Its terrible to see this happen to anyone so we all try to support him as much as possible We going on a roadtrip to see the West Coast flowers blooming and then going to a seafood buffet restaurant to have a 10 course meal which converts to $20/person ...so its excellent value for money, You cant get expensive seafood in the buffet like crab, lobster , sea urchins and parlimon but they have a nice variety I'll take some photos https://strandloper.com/menu/

Of course its perfectly normal to agree with Gromnir on many points and when he repeats your own unconscious bias and or your opinion he makes even more sense...I do the same with posts that align to my views

Also the point becomes a strawman argument because you could unintentionally ignore the violence and anarchy, after a debate around this, we have seen Antifa commit because the current statistics say " right wing attacks are the worst " Right wing violence must be addressed and so must the violence perpetuated by the likes of Antifa, these are not mutually exclusive and I cant see anyone's job being impacted by this data ?

Thanks for clarifying, I thought I wasnt getting it

I genuinely an not sure what the joke or point is around what we should get from this, there are several things I read from this and none of them may be the same as what others think? For example I find it annoying and historically inaccurate and revisionist to suggest Washington did nothing significant to achieve the success story of the USA? Yes he kept slaves but basically everyone did in his circles but that is not why he should be remembered. His positive contribution far outweighs any bad he did ...and of course we always assess what " bad " a person did in a honest and objective way I can also defend Lee but I wont because I understand the general negative sentiment towards him and since Im not American it seems inappropriate to defend Lee

This is so cute

I would need much more details to be able to realistically comment in any kind of constructive way, but just the idea of any government being concerned primarily with workers rights and worker conditions make me very nervous and physically ill at what that could mean

I have mentioned several times about important new alliances in the ME, this is a good thing and will lead to a more stable and prosperous ME for all but there a few things that may seem different or confusing but these things are part of the better way forward for the ME...and yes there will be periods of instability but this is normal historically if you look at changes and events in history that have lead to important social and political changes throughout the world But for example and pertaining to certain events we have seen in the ME at the moment and what you guys have mentioned Its part of the strategy and important to have US troops in Saudi Arabia. The argument that " USA troops must leave the ME " is long dead in the water the moment Trump brought the US military back into the ME. But this is not a bad thing as there is the " final " conflict with the hardliners in Iran and this is unavoidable after the Nuclear deal was basically abandoned. But also you must think of the US military presence as a peace keeping force after the issues with the Iranian hardliners have been resolved ...dont think of it in a belligerent sense Turkey is not the enemy, it plays a very important part in several other important ME developments including being an important staging area for helping to reduce the number of illegal immigrants arriving in the EU and putting huge and unfair pressure on the resources of the EU. They also fought against ISIS and played an important role in the final destruction of the false Caliphate in those long battles to reclaim Mosul and Raqqa ( Mosul took a long time, not Raqqa) I do feel sorry for the Kurds because they played such an important role in defeating ISIS but they were never promised their own homeland and the USA cannot grant them this for a number of reasons. The US cannot and should not tell Turkey to give up sovereign Turkish land to the Kurds. Its not going to happen so unfortunately the Kurd's made an incorrect assumption they would achieve there own homeland after ISIS was defeated. The USA didn't betray the Kurds because it cannot grant things it doesnt control ISIS is always the enemy of all ME countries and official governments, for example I witnessed something I thought was impossible where Gulf State military forces and Iranian forces worked together to defeat the ISIS Caliphate .....you must know how bad ISIS was for Iran and Saudi Arabia to have a common enemy

I enjoy these debates but generally people arent sincere about there support or belief in Communism\Socialism and they dont go on for very long or they dont do any decent research on realistic examples of how Communism\Socialism have been successfully implement in modern times But you normally respond with interesting comments so I am hoping you will do it now, what do we mean by " anarcho-capitalism " ?

Yes this applies to ideological views but not things like Russian vaccines, Russian PC games/software products , Russian strippers, Russian tourism ...all of that is fine What you must always reject is Communism\Socialism and its attempts to weaken and destroy our societies

Good news, anything and any country that can help us globally acquire an effective ( 70-75 % )vaccine I applaud and support

Yes, this has been extensively covered this afternoon on CNN but basically there is this accusation that Trump has disrespected the military through several comments he made Im not sure if its true, I hope its not true because Trump has been very supportive of the military generally and this will upset groups of Americans if what he said was true

Dont be a hater Mamie, next thing you are going to suggest " Romance is not an intrinsic part of party based RPG and should not automatically be part of game design primarily in party based interaction ( like Bioware games )"

I am busy taking advantage of the free copy of the new Hitman on EPIC games launcher, The download is 36 GB but damn its slow and prone to disconnects or 0 data downloaded at times and I have been trying for 3 days now for it to complete , it must because there is no local server in South Africa unlike Steam where downloads like this would normally take 4-8 hours maximum

Mamie, you are being such a bad, bad boy !!!! You have been saying you are not going to play anymore DS for ages now and since I like you I cannot allow this flagrant disregard of your views by yourself to continue ....its okay, I never just criticize or admonish without a solution...thats why people hold my opinion in such high regard, Im a solutions person. Consider me your local, friendly bank I will take full responsibility for what games you can play and what games you need to take a break from. In this case its easy....I am forbidding you from playing ANY DS for 6 weeks If you disregard this then you will leave me no choice but to....to.....tell your parents to stop paying your internet charges and funding your gaming habits !!! Problem solved, no more unnecessary playing of DS

I completely understand not being able share certain information on this or any forum, I am bound ethically and contractually to some things I can never provide valid links to or provide convincing data to. Its a few things but they real Anyway I am just saying I agree with the reasons you cant provide accurate information supporting your point

Could you provide links that support the view " the USA is considered unsafe in terms of data protection " I would find that very hard to believe as the mostly financial software I work with that does things like eDiscovery and auditing all comes from the USA and is designed to offer data protection that is globally accepted and used by the majority of global banks and many of them are not US banks and they use the same software? And then the 3 main global Cloud IT service providers ( Microsoft, Google and Amazon )are also USA based and is used by many international companies as these US clouds are as secure any other cloud provider can reasonably be in any other country Companies use Ireland for tax purposes not because its safer than the USA from a software security perspective

You are correct, many Iranians in the diaspora and living in Iran are not anti-USA at all. They just want a normal relationship with the global community that includes the USA But the hardliners who truly run Iran , there supporters and Shia "extremists" like Hezbollah and the Iranian Quds special forces are blatantly and vociferously anti-Western and anti-USA and they represent the militant aspect of Iran that continues to destabilize the region in different ways

https://www.ibtimes.com/court-rules-nsa-surveillance-operation-exposed-edward-snowden-be-unlawful-3039833 Guys this is quite a big story, I always respect the rulings that any courts make in any legitimate Democracy. It doesnt mean I agree with them and I also believe in the principle of legally taking rulings to higher courts where applicable So in the case of Snowden IMO he is still a traitor because he broke the important contractual obligation he made to the NSA to not reveal state secrets, this ruling just supports the view that Snowden could have followed the legal path to raise attention to Prism and concerns around surveillance but he sold out to Mother Russia and turned it into a global spectacle ...pure theater and unnecessary antics instead of following the normal, expected route that a whistle blower can follow

But Comrade please believe me when I say the ME has changed and so have the new ideological alliances. So yes in the past you could argue its a " Zionist " plot but not anymore because the new conflicts in the ME include both Israelis on the left and right aligned with the Gulf States and the common enemy is Iran...if anything its " selective " Islamophobia but you dont get such a thing as " selective " bigotry towards a particular group ....not really So I wouldnt want you to honestly feel ashamed about being American due to an interpretation discussion and debate around semantics....it seems unfair ?

Skarpen can confirm what his real point was but IMO he is being sarcastic because there is a perception based on what several members, like you and Hurlshot, have said that you are surprised or cannot understand why " anyone would vote for Trump because of the Muslim Ban " So irrespective if this perception has been misunderstood and or embellished it still exists ...so its easy to understand how little the Muslim Ban ( which is still not a proper Muslim Ban ) would not be a reason many people who are Trump supporters would not still vote for Trump or more importantly this is not a reason for them not to vote for Trump as they support Trump for other reasons. So basically the Muslin Ban is raised by the likes of Fox as " another unfair attack by socialists and the media on the president with no real substance like the impeachment and Russian interference " arguments. As usual I think these points are true in some ways but not directly linked to Trump but they will get dismissed automatically by Trump supporters I can understand this view, so that is why Skarpens comment could easily be justifiable sarcasm and not meant to be taken seriously ?

I have no issue with any large IT companies like Google, Amazon, Facebook or Twitter. These companies are " monopolies " in the sense they are dominant players in there specific sector but as 2133 mentioned there is nothing stopping anyone from creating a competitive product in that specific sector and often this happens like Instagram, yes the large companies often buy these competitive smaller companies but that is the choice of the creator to sell there IP. You cannot blame the larger company for that And I also dont blame or have any issue with large social media companies being accused of " not doing enough to protect private information " , its not social media to blame for what people decide to make available in there profiles , sorry guys but its an oxymoron to have a reasonable opinion that " social media and privacy " go together. Dont make things available on SM , even if you implement privacy setting which unfortunately can be hacked, if you dont want them possibly available to the public I dont use Twitter and FB and I survive fine, its really okay. I dont dislike or mistrust Twitter or FB but they cannot do everything reasonably expected I want to ensure either acceptable decorum when people make points and I am not comfortable with the security they can offer. But I still appreciate what they offer and would happily utilize them if I had to, due to marketing for example , but not at the moment as its simply not worth the unlikely case of my account being hacked