BruceVC

what? ... what? pineapple is a pizza staple? as popular as pepperoni? not in the usa it ain't. hell, not even in hawaii. where, save other than in small portions o' california, is pineapple a pizza staple? we don't particular like pepperoni, but is no way we would ever suggest that pineapple is "about as popular as pepperoni" when speaking o' pizza toppings. http://www.businessinsider.com/the-most-popular-pizza-toppings-chart-2013-10 http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/11/12/popular-pizza-toppings_n_4261085.html HA! Good Fun! Hawaiian Pizza is very common in South Africa, and its normally Ham and Pineapple Basically every single Pizza place has it on its menu

Okay you win this one....clearly you really like sausage to ask for 5 toppings of it...I won't try to sway you anymore

Sausage is always good...but you can enhance the taste of sausage by finding other complimentary ingredients

Wowzers dude no way, some fruits absolutely work on Pizza like Avo, Pineapple or Banana. Those just add to the overall taste experience

I started watching Billions, its got several prominent actors including the lead actor from Life, Damian Lewis The show is really good and focuses on the illegal practices that the financial sector in the USA is sometimes involved in https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billions_(TV_series)

Clinton will win, obnoxious liberals will praise this as a victory for progressivism, the right will be emboldened to support even stupider and more destructive economic policies, and the moderate to far left will continue to be completely irrelevant all the while being blamed for everything. Correct and a Clinton victory is a victory for a progressive future This is a good thing young grasshopper, lets not be negative

Sorry to hear that, yeah I hope that will be the last one. Maybe your dad could see it as wake up call to change his lifestyle? I don't understand why you see this as "radical " change? You should have been a personal trainer years ago, you seem passionate about it and I think you would be very good because you are sincere and committed I know lots of personal trainers, its a very good career to have on many levels and can be very financially rewarding.

Also the entire ME is full of politically grey areas, I understand exactly what Western ideology means and what defines it but I have come to realize in respects to the various governments in the ME and there policy decisions that you need to look at things in a certain lens, terms like " anti-Western " , " pro-Western", " evil" , " good " ...cannot always be applied and interpreted in the normal way so we need to look at the ME in a less critical and perhaps more objective manner

No TN..you must NEVER try short-circuit the important culinary ritual of cooking eggs. You just do it, you stand over the stove and just cook those eggs

Bruce - your constant mania about strippers looks... non-normal. How old you are? Maybe you must find a love and marry to this woman. Family, Bruce, it's much better than any your purchased "love" of cheap migrants. You so similar to Murika, you crying about how stronk you are, but IRL your behavior looks just pathetic. Oh I finally got a reasonable response from you, interesting. So there are times when you engage in normal debate You know you must have reached a new low in forum etiquette when Oby lectures you on what is acceptable and what is normal

Is ISIS controlled oil factored into world oil prices though, since it isn't traded legally? It effects how much there is demand for legally produced oil. And oil price is determined by how much demand there are compared to amount oil that is produced. But I would guess that ISIS controlled oil has quite marginal impact on oil prices. ISIS oil production (in Syria and Iraq combined) accounts for ~ 0.5 to 1% of global production (~96 mbpd) and has a negligible impact on global markets. It's beyond laughable to think that cutting off ISIS production would result in a catastrophic price increase when there is a current over-supply of roughly 1.9 mbpd and oil stockpiles increased by nearly 2 billion barrels in 2015. Iran will have a far bigger impact on global markets if/when it increases it production by nearly 800,000 bpd after production limiting sanctions are removed. I agree demand and supply are linked but at the moment there is a deliberate oversupply from OPEC which is why the Oil price is so low, its not about demand Iran is just going to add to this oversupply and the oil will stay low if not get lower

Leferd there is something I need to clarify, Trump has based many of his foreign policy decisions on anti-Obama sentiment. In other words " Obama has made the USA weak " Its normal in politics and this is especially prevalent in the USA at the moment with the various social changes Obama has made and wants to make and there seems to me to be an almost unprecedented dislike of him from the Republicans . So Trump thinks as far as ISIS is concerned " bombing the oilfields " is something Obama is scared to do or just lacks the political will to do. So what I am really saying is " bombing the oilfields " is not something the USA has historically done because Obama is weak or stupid. Its because that strategy is not going to fundamentally defeat ISIS. As mentioned ground troops will be needed So what, we've lost millions of jobs while building up enemies like China. He said he'd abide by the agreement, of course it depends on Iran's compliance. Even Obola finally saw the wisdom of that strategy, only ISIS controlled oil fields would be bombed. It's a security issue, our government obviously has no idea of who's getting into the country. The wall is absolutely necessary if we're going to have a country left. He won't actually be able to deport most illegals but at least he can start enforcing the law. WOD as mentioned by others the Wall is a bad idea and makes no practical sense I will disagree slightly with the view that the Wall will make " no difference ". A real patrolled and maintained wall with stop an element of Mexicans and others, people just trying to enter the USA to work illegally. But there is no doubt it will only slowdown the Drug Cartels efforts to get drugs into the USA, these cartels are very industrious and well resourced so I can almost guarantee you the Wall won't stop the criminals it intends to stop. The Israelis have had success with there Wall but there threat and security requirement is much more severe that what the USA faces So then you should ask " is the solution that the mightiest country in the world has to prevent illegal immigrants really the building of a wall between Mexico and the USA ". Is that really the threat to the USA that is so severe a Wall is needed to be built, its like the USA has to cut itself from those " troublemakers down South " ? As Hurlshot mentioned Mexico is not an enemy of the USA but building a wall will create an impression that it is and that is not necessary

False. The current strategy is beating back ISIS. Realizing they're losing in Iraq and the Levant, they're advocating more terrorist type attacks. ISIS has lost 40% of their territory in Iraq and 20% in Syria. Ever since coalition air strikes have begun en masse, ISIS has not gained any new territory. http://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/isis-terror/isis-lost-40-percent-territory-iraq-20-percent-syria-coalition-n490426 However, because of the effectiveness of the airstrikes, ISIS is pivoting their strategy in Syria which may complicate coalition strategy. Atleast according to a hawkish think-tank. http://www.npr.org/2015/01/15/377527015/is-u-s-gaining-or-losing-ground-against-isis http://www.npr.org/sections/parallels/2015/11/19/456600398/hitting-isis-where-it-hurts-by-striking-oil-trucks Cutting off ISIS financing is an important element of strategy against the group. The U.S. has targeted ISIS oil infrastructure — wells, pipelines and the like — for more than a year, but these are often quickly repaired by militants. The U.S. bombed ISIS oil facilities last year, but waited until now to make its first attack on the trucks that actually move the crude. It's a war of attrition at this point. 1) Militarily, airstrikes are greatly impacting ISIS' ability to wage war. They're not going to gain any new territory. Meanwhile the Iraqi army is building up and training for a more sustained and overwhelming offensive on the ground. 2) Hitting their ability to raise money. Oilfields have been discussed. Their next big moneymaker is in the dealing of black market antiquities. Various U.S. intelligence and law enforcement agencies are specifically targeting this market in conjunction with allied intelligence agencies and international police. Lots of behind the scenes work. Wahhabism and general terrorism is going to continue to be an international security issue for the next several decades as the Muslim world is in a period of significant transition, but ISIS as a major threat to U.S. or western security is overstated. You cannot defeat ISIS relying just on airstrikes, you will need ground troops ISIS is still very effective http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3403413/ISIS-kidnapped-400-civilians-Syria-including-women-children-attack-government-held-city.html Its interesting to read your links but I am talking about the reality of the group war and things like destroying the oilfields dont have the impact we think on therere fighting capacity

Why is this concerning? Cut off their money supply, cripple them. Seems like sound strategy. Probably why Russia did it in the first week they started attacking ISIS. Most of the oilfields don't belong to ISIS and all you do is add to the overall financial cost of rebuilding Syria.... but also I have seen no evidence of ISIS slowing down, in fact since Russia correctly intervened I would say ISIS global activity has increased ?

Can I ask you a question, aren't you concerned about the numerous concerning comments Trump has made about USA foreign policy and he would do things? When all the choices are bad what does that matter? Bluster and arrogance on one hand vs. cowardice and obeisance to enemies on the other. There's a debate whether natural born citizen just means citizen by birth or whether the original constitutional meaning was from English common law, which supposedly meant you were born in the country with some exceptions: http://www.anncoulter.com/columns/2016-01-13.html Hmmmm.... wouldn't Bernie be more likely to be the Sith Lord? He's the one whose for authoritarian government that takes everything away from everyone. Or... maybe I'M the sith lord? Maybe from my point of view the Jedi are evil. Jedi are obviously commies. There's even a story about the rebel alliance being based on Viet Cong. Can I ask you a question, aren't you concerned about the numerous concerning comments Trump has made about USA foreign policy and he would do things? You should be more specific and state a few examples. Sure, he has said several that concern me He wants to restructure the economic relationship between the USA and countries like China, Japan and ...Mexico He wants to relook at the Iran negotiation He thinks the USA should really target ISIS using strategies like " bombing oilfields His views towards Muslims have annoyed many Muslim countries in the ME who should be on better terms with the USA The Mexican wall and his intent to deport millions of illegal Mexicans ... Sure it may just his strategy but these comments concern me

Seriously, stop. At this point it's abundantly clear you aren't even remotely interested in facts, not even those from the sources you provide yourself: IBTimes: The Newsweek piece: The article also discusses harsher measures by Canada and Australia but that doesn't matter because they aren't Yurop. It also mentions the cluster**** that is the EU due to having a million different laws, security services and watchlists. Nothing new here. The only fact-based argument remotely resembling the picture you've been painting is with the "Aarhus approach", but that's a) in Denmark, not Netherlands and b) only for people who haven't committed crimes, as per the IBTimes link which you obviously didn't bother reading completely. Yeah, enforcing laws is usually a priority of governments. At least with the small fish and blue-collar criminals. Besides, the guy in Netherlands has been released, even though he has to report to the judge weekly and cannot leave the country. You blew this out of proportion to make it a sort of cultural priority across all of Europe, which is ridiculous. The key-words in those articles is that there's a lot "will, should've, could've"-s, but when it is someone fighting against ISIS there's suddenly the time and resources available for an investigation. Sorry, but my point still stands, when someone is fighting against these people compared to the security threat of ISIS-fighters possibly returning through legal or illegal means to your country, you better have your priorities straight. Instead we all the same kind of people falling over themselves (hellooo media) on how to forgive and integrate when it is the different kind fighters. "But hey, at least you've made me waste a good 30 minutes on your links (bonus points for including some behind a paywall) and writing the reply, and it's not the first time. That was the goal, wasn't it?" You know better than to lie about such matters, it's never wasted time to try argue about someone else being wrong on the Internet @ 2133 Meshugger isn't trying to waste your time, I know sometimes it may seem like he is debating a view very different to yours but I don't think he is trolling ( well thats how I see you Meshugger...I would be shocked if you were trolling about this topic ) I dont people who chose to leave a country and go to fight for ISIS should be allowed back ?

Can I ask you a question, aren't you concerned about the numerous concerning comments Trump has made about USA foreign policy and he would do things?

That's not how it works around here my friend. You have to tell us what YOU think of Donald Trump...... Then we flame you! and we do enjoy a good flaming

He is a demagogue and even though I can recognize his skill in industry and business acumen he also represents the worst aspects of Capitalism He is arrogant, dismissive. bombastic and has very little regard for the consequences of his words or views. He will be a terrible president for the USA because he will drag the USA back to an era of the " you either with us or against us " Most of the problems the global community grapples can be resolved through dialogue and following tried and tested examples of Western ideology....this means free markets, democracies and a respect for human rights The USA has a very important role as one of the foundations of Western ideology and Trump will just take the West backwards if he becomes president for 4 years So I support the Democrat view on the way the USA should influence global events...not Trumps " lets just build a wall " comments

Are we talking about Finland or Netherlands now? Are you aware that different countries have different laws? You tell me how many native European IS fighters have returned to their respective countries and are living the high life off the teat of the gov't instead of facing prosecution, since it's you making that claim. Perhaps if you have concrete evidence that Finns have been indeed fighting with IS you should contact the Finnish police. Evidence, mate. Not "speculation". edit: "contintents", lol Nobody knows for sure how many have returned. There's only estimates by various national security agencies on how many have left, which is about 7500 at the moment. http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-32026985 http://uk.businessinsider.com/700-germans-are-fighting-for-isis-and-the-number-of-women-joining-keeps-growing-2015-6?r=US&IR=T The finnish authorities estimate that 100 have left and a handful has returned and are monitored for the time being. Anyhow, that wasn't the point that is was making, it was about the leniency people in politics and media have about these people, and choosing what values to endorse and to prioritize: http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/denmark-isis-fighters-warmly-welcome-home-by-psychiatrists-1470546 http://speisa.com/modules/articles/index.php/item.676/sweden-to-reward-returning-isis-jihadists.html http://europe.newsweek.com/returning-isis-fighters-forgiveness-or-punishment-294497?rm=eu A sane human being wouldn't opening cases on people fighting against ISIS as a top priority. Your links only mention about 1400 people from Germany and the UK had possibly joined ISIS The 7500 number is for the number of German people who sympathize with ISIS, yes people joining ISIS is an issue and that is something we need to be concerned about but we need to keep this in perspective

That cartoon made me laugh

http://news.yahoo.com/iran-comes-cold-nuclear-deal-applied-062746897.html;_ylt=AwrBT7uPS5tWyWwAG4VXNyoA;_ylu=X3oDMTByMjB0aG5zBGNvbG8DYmYxBHBvcwMxBHZ0aWQDBHNlYwNzYw-- So the punishing sanctions against Iran have been lifted, I think this is a victory for the power of negotiations. It allows Iran to become part of the economic global community. I feel that the last decade has proved that economic sanctions can have real and meaningful impact...so in most cases we don't need to threaten countries with military force just let sanctions follow there natural course This is my view that will get Russia to change course in Ukraine, let the sanctions continue. Putin will hopefully realize a broken economy is not worth the effort for interference in places like Ukraine Also with the Iranians coming back to the global economy they will be pumping even more oil to the international market so those like me who prefer cheaper oil support this as this will only add to the oversupply and keep oil prices low. I also think an inclusive Iran will make the ME more stable as the Iranians will take there Shia influence more seriously as they now are back in the global world ...and no one likes criticism of policy from members of the UN...if you claim you want to be part of that global world You should also have seen that we have had a landmark exchange of USA prisoners for Iranian prisoners ...would this ever have happened if the sanctions hadn't been lifted? http://edition.cnn.com/2016/01/16/middleeast/iran-jason-rezaian-prisoners-freed/index.html Netanyahu seems to be really upset but this is to be expected. Also its a good thing to have the Israeli's also monitoring if the Iranians are adhering to the agreements that the likes of the IAEA insisted need to be part of the overall negotiations I think the likes of John Kerry and Mohammad Javad Zarif, the Iranian foreign minister, need to be congratulated for there hard work and diligence

Barti when you do get your wisdom teeth removed you will almost immediately feel more stupid, start reading something like the Encyclopedia Britannica or maybe watch something like CNN for days to help with the recovery of what you lost

Do you cheat on your tax? Is the USA strict on checking taxes are legitimate

Hi Gromnir "waves " I'm glad you are back, I have missed your insight. Why would you feel tired after a holiday? why indeed. jet lag? old age? HA! Good Fun! Yes, jet lag sux When I fly to the USA from SA it can take 20 hours ....its a loooooooooooong time in a plane