BruceVC

They are definitely tough, even the little ones. She survived more than a month after the incident. The weird psychology of it is, her owner, my friend of twenty-five years, told me she 'fell'. I had known what actually happened since July. Today was a good car day. Up close and personal with a silver VW e-Golf and a black Ferrari 430. You can see your friend not telling you the whole truth in a positive way, they may not have wanted to upset you because they care about you? I have done that before, you dont want to unnecessarily upset someone due to a tragedy that cant be changed. So you tell them what you think will be less upsetting, when people do this they genuinely mean well...but it can be misunderstood and seen in a negative way Hmmm, minimizing your involvement in a situation and lying "to spare" the other party. Your humanity knows no limits BVC. I on the other hand would be pissed to know they tried to cover it up, but I'm a bastard like that. Its actualy got nothing to with " minimizing your involvement ".....its not about the friend trying to avoid anything The person doesn't tell the whole truth because the full truth will be more painful, or so they think, and since the tragedy cant be changed why add to overall negative reality ?

They are definitely tough, even the little ones. She survived more than a month after the incident. The weird psychology of it is, her owner, my friend of twenty-five years, told me she 'fell'. I had known what actually happened since July. Today was a good car day. Up close and personal with a silver VW e-Golf and a black Ferrari 430. You can see your friend not telling you the whole truth in a positive way, they may not have wanted to upset you because they care about you? I have done that before, you dont want to unnecessarily upset someone due to a tragedy that cant be changed. So you tell them what you think will be less upsetting, when people do this they genuinely mean well...but it can be misunderstood and seen in a negative way

The news networks I watch are CNN, Sky, BBC and Al-Jazeera At work my customers always have the financial channels on like CNBC, Bloomberg or Reuters so I watch a fair amount of that at work I read the Economist, Time and local newspapers And I follow several local radio talk shows but thats more for domestic news around political developments

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9bWsNpMvKfw Guys you must watch this interview, but watch from the second minute if you want to see an awkward moment

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2016/05/21/dont-look-now-but-barack-obama-is-suddenly-popular/ GD you should also consider the fact Obama is on a 50-55 % overall approval rating, this is much higher than Bush was at the same time of his second term So people would be more critical of Bush, he was more disliked ?

Golly Gee Willikers! He done gone native! I guess all Americans should vote for Mr. Trump now! I see, Trump has decided to embrace political correctness now. http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/video/trump-i-regret-sometimes-saying-the-wrong-thing/vp-BBvNfNC Yes so Trump says he feels " remorse for certain words he has used and where his words have hurt people " For me its not enough for Trump to make vague general apologies for " using the wrong words ". He needs to give specific examples where he feels he has offended people or the " apology " means nothing

Thats terrible, sorry to hear

I watched this but after the interview she did clarify she did think Hilary is honest

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/black-voters-trump_us_57a4a2a1e4b021fd98784a42 Trump is polling at 1% for African American voters ...he is doing better than I thought to be honest

Your trolling is getting more and more obvious. Are you okay? Maybe you should take a break. Play some games. It's important to take care of yourself. Geez...sorry for asking a question, someones in a good mood

Your trolling is getting more and more obvious. Are you okay? Maybe you should take a break. Play some games. It's important to take care of yourself. Bruce always paint himself as someone who knows how people in <insert random country last stripper he met come from> live and think, nothing new here Correct, why should I not consider strippers from East European countries representative of there country? Thats sexist, a stripper from Czech is still Czech

Most people... tend to have a decent grasp on their mother tongue, you do realize that, right? Not necessarily, I know many people who cant write English properly? The key to understand how bad things truly are in South Africa. As for citizenship, there has to be a stake in it. It's defines itself differently in different countries, but without anything in stake, there is no point of safeguarding it or defending it. If there is no point in defending it, then what is the point of enforcing it in the first place other than power of ruling over you? If the latter, then it will collapse on itself sooner or later. That's why Alumni is right by trying to invoke the common expression of his fellow citizens. But do you guys consider yourselves a country? Most people think Finland is Sweden...which citizenship do you identify with?

Most people... tend to have a decent grasp on their mother tongue, you do realize that, right? Not necessarily, I know many people who cant write English properly?

Interesting. In this vein, allow me to take a shot at explaining the Hungarian spirit - or, at least, borrow the words of someone better qualified than I am. "Fura dolognak látszik talán, vereséget megünnepelni, de hát aki a győzelmét ünnepelhette volna itt most, a hatalmas ottomán világbirodalom, már nem volt meg. A tatároknak is nyomuk veszett, sőt időközben, szinte a szemünk láttára, a szívós Habsburg-császárságnak is. Megszoktuk hát, hogy egyedül ünnepelgessük vesztett nagy csatáinkat, melyeket túléltünk. Talán azt is megszoktuk, hogy a vereséget izgalmasabb, sűrűbb anyagból való és fontosabb dolognak tartsuk a győzelemnél - mindenesetre igazibb tulajdonunknak." My terrible terrible attempt at translation: "It may seem curious to celebrate a defeat, but those who could've celebrated their victory now, the mighty Ottoman Empire, no longer existed. The Tatars disappeared as well; in the meantime, almost right before our eyes, even the tenacious Habsburg Empire did the same. So we've gotten used to being the only ones celebrating the great battles we lost, the ones we survived. Maybe we've even gotten used to thinking of defeat as something more interesting and important than victory, made of a thicker substance - or, at least, as something we own in a truer fashion." I have to say your Hungarian is very good

"We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.--That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, --That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness." I would add "rule of law" to that. If you want a longer answer, read "Tales of the South Pacific" by James Michener. Unfortunately we've already lost most of that, fools never realize what they have until it's gone. You the first person who responded with a real answer about your views

Be honest You will have some very interesting views that I wont try to predict ....there is no right or wrong

Guys this is an excellent time for those of us who are prepared to be honest about what matters to us that defines as citizens of the countries ? In other words lets say you live in the USA and feel that the independence of the states from any Federal interference is paramount than say " I believe being American is about no Federal interference " If for example you live in Denmark you may say " I believe Danish people should accept more refugees " There is no right or wrong answer, this is your personal views on what matters to your view of a citizen This exercise is about people understanding certain real or perhaps unnecessary views they have on the state of there country Think about the answers carefully, you should be honest

WOD this whole issue people have with changes to flags is really unnecessary, if you can be honest about the reality of the 2016 Lets be honest most people think a flag symbolically represents the nation, they place real value in it and think changes to it should only seen as negative. But what about changes to a flag to make it inclusive ? So changing the USA flag positive way would you support that? Like this? Actually if Puerto Rico ever votes to become a state we will get a new flag. Unless we kick one of the others out first. You know California has been a real pill to put up with lately. GD I'm surprised you didnt respond to the question I asked WOD? What defines being American to you ? What matters ....what cannot change and what needs to ? This is a very important question...I am going to make a separate post about this

WOD this whole issue people have with changes to flags is really unnecessary, if you can be honest about the reality of the 2016 Lets be honest most people think a flag symbolically represents the nation, they place real value in it and think changes to it should only seen as negative. But what about changes to a flag to make it inclusive ? So changing the USA flag positive way would you support that? Yes, we should change it to the white flag of surrender. You see you are responding in a way where you think the USA is defined by the flag but please forget the flag for a moment Here is an interesting question, what defines the USA for you? What matters to you ...what would be unacceptable as a social change

WOD this whole issue people have with changes to flags is really unnecessary, if you can be honest about the reality of the 2016 Lets be honest most people think a flag symbolically represents the nation, they place real value in it and think changes to it should only seen as negative. But what about changes to a flag to make it inclusive ? So changing the USA flag positive way would you support that?

Had an awesome dinner with friends, tequila was flowing ....I must have had close to 10 which is a lot It was a set menu and I decided to go for the Mexican chilli main meal, most people went for the Pork which is always the safe bet ...but I always try to challenge my palate in restaurants and order things that are more unusual Anyway my meal was ....okay, stodgy and heavy... and I was the only one who ordered the Chilli out of 20 people..not the best choice but at least I tried something unusual Now we are having an after party at my house for those interested so the nights festivities are carrying on

Yes, this is correct and logical. You would think at sometime Trump would want the media to discuss his realistic policies ....the ones that matter like economic ones Yet he keeps hijacking his own narrative No you were not listening. He gave a serious and well thought out speech on his economic policy in Detroit last week and the media ignored it altogether. They covered Clinton's almost verbatim.No thats not true as I mentioned The media did discuss it, I watched several hours of political and economic commentary. Thats why I posted the views of Moodys analysts like Mark Zandi. Here is an updated link, the video interview with Wolf Blitzer is particularly relevant http://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2016/08/08/zandi_on_trump_speech_nafta_was_good_for_economy_in_general_dark_irony_if_we_step_back_from_trade.html Smh at the person in that article. "Haven't done the research" and "better place than where we was 23 years ago" just to me as a pissant means he doesn't know what the **** he's talking about. Nafta is a MAJOR part in WHY we have been in a ****ing recession for so damn long (tbh I don't even know if we are out of it bc it doesn't feel that way). Yes I know Bush's war tremendously "helped" put us further in the hole and obamas spending, but the average tax payer could be okay if ALOT of our jobs didn't go over seas... I can understand how when he says " I haven't done the research " this may seem to be illogical but he was referring specially to the impact on upmarket NY But overall he is clear that the USA is in a much better place economically from initiatives like Nafta compared to the last 20 years

Yes, this is correct and logical. You would think at sometime Trump would want the media to discuss his realistic policies ....the ones that matter like economic ones Yet he keeps hijacking his own narrative No you were not listening. He gave a serious and well thought out speech on his economic policy in Detroit last week and the media ignored it altogether. They covered Clinton's almost verbatim. No thats not true as I mentioned The media did discuss it, I watched several hours of political and economic commentary. Thats why I posted the views of Moodys analysts like Mark Zandi. Here is an updated link, the video interview with Wolf Blitzer is particularly relevant http://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2016/08/08/zandi_on_trump_speech_nafta_was_good_for_economy_in_general_dark_irony_if_we_step_back_from_trade.html

Yes, this is correct and logical. You would think at sometime Trump would want the media to discuss his realistic policies ....the ones that matter like economic ones Yet he keeps hijacking his own narrative

So are you saying its acceptable and normal for any politician to say what they want, promise what they want and publically attack anyone they want but the concept of political decorum is not a consideration? So in your analysis there is no such thing as reasonable or accurate political commentary? We must just accept endless hyperbole from the Trump campaign It's completely up to the media. For example, the guy had an 1 hour conference in Detroit highlighting his economic policies down to tax deduction for having your kids in kindergarden the other day but that went on pretty much unreported. If the media and the twitter-whores would've ignored what he says on social media or in real life and sticked to the issues and policies we might've had a completely different election. Your, or any other expert's, whimsical musings about what is acceptable or decorum has no influence what so ever. Your argument is inconsistent and doesn't reflect the reality of how Trump expects the media to respond His economic policies were discussed by many commentators, the perceived outcome of what he says he can achieve through some of his ideas like the tax breaks he plans to implement are subjective Many economists have many questions about the sustainability of Trumps economic views, look at Moodys views http://www.forbes.com/sites/maggiemcgrath/2016/07/29/moodys-where-trumps-economic-policies-might-spark-recession-clintons-could-boost-gdp-and-lower-unemployment/#dc57cf1234808 https://www.economy.com/mark-zandi/documents/2016-06-17-Trumps-Economic-Policies.pdf But if Trump wants the media to focus just on his economic views which should be relevant than he should stop saying things that cause the media to focus on his divisive comments