BruceVC

The way I would phrase it, is he's one of the less terrible ones. You guys and your cynicism...who do you like as a political commentator?

Yeah, I support it on principle but it hasn't really worked ideally in South Africa

Yes but thats work quotas ....this is about intelligence ratings. Maybe its just me ...in the USA do some minority groups have different and easier criteria to enter higher education?

Guys does this seem normal In South Africa black university applicants have to get less on there entry exams to be accepted to University than white applicants 21 years after Apartheid ended I wouldn't think this should apply as to me this is like saying " white people are clever than black people " It seems strange to have lower University entry criteria for black South Africans and patronizing ?

Nah, there is nothing weird about that. He is one of the most respected Political commentators in mainstream US media

Well CNN International is very objective, they feature the Republicans and Trump quite regularly CNN is objective? I laughed so hard I spit up my coffee! They are not as bad as MSNBC (they make no pretense of objectivity) but I'd hardly call them objective. You know what news source it completely politically neutral in the US? None of them. That's correct. Not a f-----g one of them. All of them tilt to one political philosophy or another either subtly of overtly. But I wouldn't worry about it overmuch. That isn't new. It's been that way since before the last civil war. You sure you weren't watching the local USA CNN....thats very different to CNN International ?

Well CNN International is very objective, they feature the Republicans and Trump quite regularly

Okay, and why would you say that Clinton supporters are undeserving of any credit

Jesus, dude. Put a lid on it. I don't think she'll let me. Seriously though, at this point the media doesn't even care about her qualifications they just want it because it would mean the first female president. So Hillary gets to hog all the limelight, her mistakes forgotten and hidden while nobody even knows who the other candidates are. Orog you can't seriously think that all support for Clinton is just because she is a women ? Please give her supporters more credit than that

The whole Clinton email Benghazi investigation has a serious criticism in that an insider who was part of the investigation believes it has become more about trying to undermine Clinton than a proper assessment to understand what really happened ....this makes sense to me and I feel this whole incident and trying to blame Clinton is misplaced http://edition.cnn.com/2015/10/10/politics/benghazi-committee-investigation-political-hillary-clinton-brad-podliska-lawsuit/index.html?eref=rss_politics

http://edition.cnn.com/2015/10/11/politics/cnn-democratic-debate-podium-order/index.html Its a few hours away and I'm looking forward to it, I expect it to be much more of civil debate than the Republican one...there should be less vitriol towards the candidates and less personal attacks., but we will see. I am looking forward to the Clinton\Sanders exchanges and I'm still firmly a Clinton supporter

Plus it would suck to return to Cuba only to be sent to the Isla de Pina or get a bullet in the head because your parents had the audacity to leave "paradise". Yes Bruce, they do things like that. Really? I wasn't aware of that, so you are saying for Cubans to return there lives would be threatened....if that is so then yes there is NO reason to return to Cuba

South Africa is playing Wales next, we are very confidant and our team is back on form so bring it on

Because I'm afraid I might get deported back to Cuba. Why wouldn't you want to be returned to the socialist paradise of Cuba? Yeah Orog that wouldn't be so bad...you know how hot those Cuban dancers are and I imagine the local Cubans would see you as a celebrity for living in the USA

Well good work on accepting that Blatter is corrupt, I would have been very surprised if you had still defended him And he did bring football to to all those places and he deserves credit but his achievement makes this whole thing more difficult The reality in South Africa was the majority of Black South Africans immediately believed him ...they had been manipulated into believing that " how could this avuncular man who bought the WC to the African continent run such a corrupt organisation ".... I dont like to see Black Africans being manipulated, unless its for there own good which is rare but necessary at times

But you can understand how being penalized for having more than one child would make people more likely to do what the Chinese are doing.,.....this is very expensive so it would be rare so its not like there would be millions doing this Take your money and modernistic broohaa and stuff it. Using children as a ticket for materialist oppurtunity is objectively abhorrent and warrants the wrath of gods. I haven't had coffee yet this morning, so excuse the language. No worries your response seemed normal for such an emotional topic. I prefer honest feedback on this whole refugee topic, we don't need you to think you have to be PC. For me I really want to know what your average European is thinking...and there have been some very interesting points made. At times frustration can come across as Islamaphobia which I think is unfair as you should be able to say things like " we don't want millions of Syrians coming to Europe " without feeling guilty Now I have read comments from 2133 about everyone playing your part as a good European member and how there is no real link between stories of Islam overtaking Europe and he does make some points I agree with But both of you seem to miss my original point, everyone ends up debating topics whether Europe culture can take in these millions of Syrians, can we ignore such human tragedy and how they may be extremists and now there are questions about security but end of the day the real debate should have been "Why are Gulf States like Qatar and Saudi not taking any refugees? The EU gets " divided" and majors in Hungary throw away EU flags and think the " EU is not what they expected. But this exactly what the EU stands for...all members are part of the good and bad times. But my original point would have been simple " the Trains can arrive in EU but they simply get turned away until the Gulf States take there share of responsibility" It is utterly incomprehensible that there are millions of people leaving the ME to relocate to the EU and they not being located in fellow Muslim countries....I'm sorry but that is just not right. And everyone just accepts it and assumes its now a EU problem

But you can understand how being penalized for having more than one child would make people more likely to do what the Chinese are doing.,.....this is very expensive so it would be rare so its not like there would be millions doing this

Trust me Volo what you mentioned is one of my REAL pet peeves about anti-Western sentiment that I get confronted with sometimes in my support of the West and there actions People attack, judge and criticize the West and this also comes from Western countries yet end of the day the Western countries offer there citizens the best overall quality of life,economic opportunities and political stability and there ideologies and social structures nee/d to be emulated and replicated. Yet its considered arrogant, " not PC " or somehow inappropriate ...so I just keep quiet and then something like Syria happens and suddenly people like Hurlshot are asking valid questions like " maybe if they had jobs " but what we should be saying is " its because they not like Western countries " Its not hard to understand this or see why the West is dominant in most parts of the world. And its not because the West is " white people " or " Clever than everyone else " ...this is not about racial superiority. The West learnt in the last 300 years the importance of maintaining things like governmental institutions, human rights and the importance of a Democracy ,,,,and the West understands the importance of a free market and how it can be used to drive an economy. The rest of world can and should follow the West...we would have much less issues in the world Yet people seem reluctant on these forums to gogive the West the credit it deserves ....strange ?

Zora please dont tell me you were one of those people who believed " these accusations are just a Western plot to replace the hard-working, ethical and diligent Blatter ?? " I would think you would bury your Western-bias for this and not support Blatter and his horrendous behavior that has really brought FIFA into disrepute

Its one of those stories when you actually read it you realize its not such a big deal.....you guys need to just learn to accept that people want to immigrate to the USA and there is nothing you can do to stop it so rather learn to embrace it

Careful-- Hurlshot might think you're volunteering! (The two of you are both in NorCal, right?) Thats a very good idea, Gromnir you do have a wealth of knowledge shaped by interesting life experiences..I can only imagine how much Hurlshots pupils would benefit from you giving a speech?

Volo there has to be some political party you can align with? What are your political views that they are so diametrically opposite to the established parties ?

What happens when the men are already at home, though? Couldn't find data on Germany (wonder what's up with that), but it's not like women being murdered by men is exactly a new thing here. Ah, wait. I remember now. Honor killings are absolutely more abhorrent than honor-less killings because <reasons>. *nods sagely* Btw, remember when police could "guarantee security"? Yeah... me neither. Please don't tell me this is your way of saying " lets not be too concerned with honor killings because there is already systemic violence against women in Western countries " .......... That would be a sad and egregious point to make

Yeah these reprehensible honor killings are rare in Western countries but they do happen...the German authorities just need to be very heavy handed and ensure the culprits are either arrested or forced to return to Syria But this does sometimes happen in parts of the Muslim community

Are you a hafiz? If not then I'd find it a tad, bold, to claim who is and who is not correctly interpreting their holy text (pet peeve). With little knowledge of the contents of the Quran I'm going to guess it reflects the attitudes and mores of 7th century Arabia with the actual ideological interpretations by adherents being dependent on the material conditions of its followers. I.e. If there's political and economic stability they'll be relatively peaceable; if they're living in a bombed out third world country with rampant poverty, they will not. Funny enough I am a hafiz so everything I say around Islam you can consider the absolute truth