BruceVC

Self flagellation? I'm no "liberal" (in the American sense of the word) but I'm not watching them. If I want to see leftist hypocrisy I'll just watch the news. Also most of this guys videos are not based on fact, he generalizes and uses lots of hyperbole I generally find him to be offensive and fatuous

I can completely understand a degree of annoyance about people in other countries ostensibly getting involved in the affairs of the USA because they have concerns over events in the USA ..when they should be more concerned with the state of there own country But thats a reality of the importance of the USA, the sustainability and stability of the USA is inextricably link to the sustainability and stability of the Western world and certain global dynamics like the financial market So people outside the USA will always have a vested interest in the USA ...and sometimes this is meant to be positive and constructive and sometimes its negative where people want the USA to fail

Excellent account of your holiday trip as usual As GD said people vicariously follow your family trip with great attention

Yes he did rape her....and the rape would have lasted days But his character seems different to the books, in the TV series he seems to have more sentience after he is resurrected So he would be capable of an erection in the series making this punishment by Cersei particularly vile and repugnant

Less likable than Trump? Is that possible?

Not exactly "elderly", but during my teenage years, I had a few half-uncles (mothers half-brothers), one of which was a heroin addict. Long story short, for a short time, my parents were the legal guardians after the home they stayed in got closed by the police after it came you that the kids were both sexually abused, subjected to physical torture of the kind you see in horror movies (held down in bath tabs with icy cold waters to the point of drowning etc.). They ended up there in the first place after their mother died from cancer and their father committed suicide shortly after, so off to a bad start in life. In any case, my parents trieed their best to take in another few kids besides their own and it was just a task too big for what was then very young parents. When the oldest of them got the withdrawal symptons, he would run off to the local pushers and get his "fix". We usually knew which geneneral area to comb through the hangouts of needle users at the time. Under bridges, abandoned backyards, public toilets (this was the 80's train stations and similar places didn't have controlled access to their toilets). Few things beat kicking your way through white, clammy corpses lying on the ground, blood having trickled from ruptured veins, covered in vomit and an all penetrating smell of old urine and feces. I still remember touching the "flesh" of my relative when hoisting him uup and started dragging him out into the open and back home. Incredibly, he lived for another few decades before dying from OD (I suspect he lived so long because he spent most of that time in jail). Still, it leaves an impression on a 15 year old when you see that much human misery up close and I still can't stand being around "bodily fluids", so no desensitizing there So because you had to look for your relatives as a 15 year old in places that forced you to search through locations with " white, clammy corpses lying on the ground, blood having trickled from ruptured veins, covered in vomit and an all penetrating smell of old urine and feces " now you find yourself a little squeamish about body fluids Thats a very unreasonable perspective to have Gorthie....dont you think you are overreacting

http://fivethirtyeight.com/features/conventional-wisdom-was-firing-his-campaign-manager-a-turning-point-for-trump/ Guys here is an interesting link that a forum member sent me through PM , not sure if this has been posted before

Oh my hat the final episode was brilliant Cersei Lannister takes the cake as one of the most diabolical villians IMO, I cannot believe she massacred everyone in that Alchemists Wildfire attack !!! And the fate of that one women being left to the cruel sexual deprivations of the Mountain ( that must be a fate worse than death ) But Daenerys Stormborn ( my favorite female character ) is coming to reclaim her throne ....there will be a reckoning

Why would you possibly say Cameron is a loser? You dont understand the reality Cameron promised the UK he would have this referendum, he kept his word and he understandably stepped down when Brexit won, he isn't required to now navigate the UK exit He is a man of his word and he has integrity, do you see that as a weakness?

Yes of course I'm proud of my British legacy. I know the British did some questionable and cruel things in there empire. We accept this of course but the British did more good than bad and they often unfairly judged And of course what matters the most is what they like now? And thats an easy one to answer, they considered a real success story

Volo that is an utterly scurrilous and defamatory comment.....you really should be embarrassed. This information below is directly from the EU charter ....I would not be surprised if the EU forum members demand an apology from you...of course the EU cares !!! Article 1 Human dignity Human dignity is inviolable. It must be respected and protected. Article 2 Right to life 1. Everyone has the right to life. 2. No one shall be condemned to the death penalty, or executed. Article 3 Right to the integrity of the person 1. Everyone has the right to respect for his or her physical and mental integrity. 2. In the fields of medicine and biology, the following must be respected in particular: the free and informed consent of the person concerned, according to the procedures laid down by law, the prohibition of eugenic practices, in particular those aiming at the selection of persons, the prohibition on making the human body and its parts as such a source of financial gain, the prohibition of the reproductive cloning of human beings. Article 4 Prohibition of torture and inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment No one shall be subjected to torture or to inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment.

Funny enough this makes sense, they are very similar in many ways Neither Putin or Edrogan care much about things like human rights

Yes this is true, for some reason Scotland has always been very ungrateful IMO to what England has done for them To be part of the UK should be celebrated yet many Scottish people resent the UK, you almost want to tell Scotland " fine leave the UK " but Scotland is very relevant and important contributor towards the UK so we want them to stay Don't you live in country that fought their way out from British(English) rule? No I'm English but I'm South African English and most of us have ties to the UK

Okay I must apologize to you. I always assumed you were a Trump supporter and you wouldn't post a negative Trump article But this is a very powerful and thought provoking perspective and offers insights about Trump that should concern every American on this forum I only know of WOD who is definitely voting Trump but I would really appreciate if any Trump forum supporters would read this and still decide to vote for Trump ? On the contrary it was to higlight that the traditional left-right paradigm is evaporating and the globalist-nationalist is emerging. oh....because it paints Trump in a very bad light....did you not read the whole article ? Only if one considers Paulson's opinion anything worthwhile. Of course most people would and he is a very respected banker and was Secretary of the Treasury So the relevant question is " why wouldnt you respect him and what he says "

Okay I must apologize to you. I always assumed you were a Trump supporter and you wouldn't post a negative Trump article But this is a very powerful and thought provoking perspective and offers insights about Trump that should concern every American on this forum I only know of WOD who is definitely voting Trump but I would really appreciate if any Trump forum supporters would read this and still decide to vote for Trump ? On the contrary it was to higlight that the traditional left-right paradigm is evaporating and the globalist-nationalist is emerging. oh....because it paints Trump in a very bad light....did you not read the whole article ?

So GD was right, I have learnt something new about US politics again on these forums And this is relevant to me because sometimes I have to explain certain things about the US to people who have a very negative view of the US because your political narrative is basically misunderstood

Are you saying these things will happen if Hilary wins?

Okay that is a good point, I never considered that But it just seems extreme, is she really that disliked? This election is like trying to choose the cleanest turd. Seriously do you read nothing we link here? Even you have to admit that while she is many things, honest is not one of them. If I was a Republican in America I just wouldn't vote this year, I wouldn't vote for Hilary but I wouldnt compromise my principles and vote Trump The next Republican presidential candidate will be someone any Republican will be proud to vote for

Yes this is true, for some reason Scotland has always been very ungrateful IMO to what England has done for them To be part of the UK should be celebrated yet many Scottish people resent the UK, you almost want to tell Scotland " fine leave the UK " but Scotland is very relevant and important contributor towards the UK so we want them to stay

Okay that is a good point, I never considered that But it just seems extreme, is she really that disliked?

Okay I must apologize to you. I always assumed you were a Trump supporter and you wouldn't post a negative Trump article But this is a very powerful and thought provoking perspective and offers insights about Trump that should concern every American on this forum I only know of WOD who is definitely voting Trump but I would really appreciate if any Trump forum supporters would read this and still decide to vote for Trump ?

Lols. Man, if even Trump supporters don't realize that the bout started several rounds ago...no wonder Trump's campaign is such a disorganized, hot mess right now. Trump's campaign is in shambles. He has no ground game in battleground states and very little money. They have exactly one communications staffer. They fired their thug of a campaign manager only to replace him with a guy who hasn't been involved in a national US campaign in literally 20 years --who's CV includes propping up foreign dictators. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Manafort Guys this must be one of the MOST accurate assessments I have ever read, I hope everyone reads it

GD I see a real inconsistency in this type of statement, help please to understand this Patraeus and Snowden have both been found guilty of certain crimes...this is fact. Hilary has been accused of crimes....why is she associated with them? When the Cosby rape charges were revealed I said he was a disgrace and he was guilty, I said for this type of crime I dont need a jury to pronounce on his guilt ...to me thats just a technicality I was told by several members that in the USA people are not presumed guilty and there must be a legal obligation for them to go to court before we presume guilt So now it seems people give this courtesy to a truly deviant and reprehensible person like Cosby but Hilary we assume she is guilty before she even goes to court .....do you see why I appears hypocritical ? Because only someone completely blind to the situation would truly find themselves devoid of any suspicion that Clinton is guilty. No one is saying arrest her now, no one is saying don't give her a fair trial. What's being said is that why the HELL would anyone vote for someone with such obviously strong claims against them (she's doing a terrible job of denying said claims) and what's more there's concern she will walk away scot-free because of direct ties to the White House itself. Waiting for a fair trial is one thing. Allowing someone to run for President of the United States while a criminal investigation is taking place against that person is downright insanity. If innocent by all means let them run next election, but here we not only have an ongoing investigation that could threaten the presidency or the democratic candidacy (imagine if she were indicted in October or in December, what happens then?), but the entire DNC is highly suspect for leaked documents regarding bias in her favor. FFS there's currently a class-action lawsuit in the works against the DNC itself. "Natural selection" will weed out the democratic party at this rate, but it's absurd we need to rely on that instead of the government itself showing concern over potentially having an indicted official run for office. The issue I have with this post is that you still think everyone should believe she is guilty as if its a irrefutable fact but the reality is many, myself included, people simply dont believe she is guilty And I discussed this with GD and I read an entire article about this and her guilt is not clear

Well that hardly means anything You being cheeky young man but you right ..what is clever or dumb for me

GD I see a real inconsistency in this type of statement, help please to understand this Patraeus and Snowden have both been found guilty of certain crimes...this is fact. Hilary has been accused of crimes....why is she associated with them? When the Cosby rape charges were revealed I said he was a disgrace and he was guilty, I said for this type of crime I dont need a jury to pronounce on his guilt ...to me thats just a technicality I was told by several members that in the USA people are not presumed guilty and there must be a legal obligation for them to go to court before we presume guilt So now it seems people give this courtesy to a truly deviant and reprehensible person like Cosby but Hilary we assume she is guilty before she even goes to court .....do you see why I appears hypocritical ? This is a meme which is sort of like a political cartoon in that it makes a point but it also meant to be humorous. You are micro-analyzing it and that tends to not work. Of course any detail that Hillary might be the dirtbag we are all telling you she is will be dismissed by you out of hand because 1) She's a woman which you think seems to lend her some "special" credibility. 2) She is a controlling and government loving technocrat that is beholden to globalists, giant corporations, and of course the ever pervasive PC crowd that probably agrees with you that prison sentences are appropriate for "thoughtcrime". Okay so if its a cartoon then I'm definitely over-analyzing it....lets not have this debate over something unnecessary But other members thought it was real so the discussion is relevant ? But GD I mentioned I dont just support her because she is women, don't you realize that would me shallow She is qualified and is the best candidate but Trump has also offended and alienated many Americans ...he has offended many women in the USA and they are 53 % of total voting population. Trump constantly feels the need to tell his supporters how rich and successful he is....yet he doesnt understand that you cannot insult women and tell them " they are fat, disgusting pigs " They will make Trump pay in the election and this will be gratifying for me Also you cant implement my idea of racism and jailing people in the USA because of your Constitution and freedom of speech