Potus ???

[sime42]

1 hour ago, Steven P said:

No not ignoring that completely but like you say, Biden is out the race now. Kamala or Trump are their choices. Biden is senile, rightly so is being retired, I like the Thunderbirds analogy.

 

A son who is an addict perhaps indicates parents who failed, perhaps it doesn't, but I don't think there is any suggestions that Joe Biden was his dealer or got him addicted in the first place.

 

Trump is always the bad man... he isn't a good man... given the choices of 4 years ago, I think they made the right one, I don't think Trump is selfless enough to lead a nation - all self serving. Doesn't mean to say that anyone who reaches the top of any large organisation is blameless in everything - there has to be some ruthlessness as they go. So no, Trump isn't the only rotten apple to reach the top in any political arena.

 

I heard someone on the wireless earlier describe him, and everything he does in any and all capacities as entirely transactional. That sounds about right. Everything is done for some kind of personal gain. Hence how he's got to where he is today obviously .The surprise is that so many people fall for it.

 

That transactional motivation probably stretches to close associates, business interests and family, but certainly not for anyone or anything outside of that close circle. If more voters, actual and notional, realised that he's not ever working for the good of the good old USA then he wouldn't have the fanatical support that he enjoys.

 

 

[Big J]

19 hours ago, Steven P said:

A son who is an addict perhaps indicates parents who failed, perhaps it doesn't, but I don't think there is any suggestions that Joe Biden was his dealer or got him addicted in the first place.

 

 

I would say that Hunter Biden's addiction struggles are perhaps resultant of surviving a car crash that killed his mother and sister. Any rational or reasonable person would have deep trauma from something like that. 

 

Though I stress, I'm not defending his actions. Just offering a possible explanation.

[difflock]

My cynical "follow the money" take on politicans of the leftist/hard left/socialist type with their bleeding hearts and icy uncaring hands all to ready to seize our honestly and hard earned monies, for their voter base in the vast appratus of Government funded employment and, of course,

"for the less fortunate".

never mind the "Arts". Which should be funded by the wealthy, not by our taxes.

Is  just how much of this money mysteriously finds its way into THEIR bank accounts.

Tony Blair and Joe Biden being the best examples.

And of couse our benovelent leaders 1 off, personal tax avoiding legistation  .  .  .

[GarethM]

Great another of today's meaningless social media buzz words, trauma.

 

We all deal with life, good or bad and we carry on and we don't use it as a crutch like you see in social media.

 

Bullying is something that's missing in today's schools, it's what hardens you and makes you more resilient.

Edited July 24 by GarethM

[peds]

24 minutes ago, GarethM said:

Bullying is something that's missing in today's schools, it's what hardens you and makes you more resilient.

 

Honestly, I try my hardest to ignore a lot of what you type. Noone benefits from the pointless bickering that ensues.

 

But this? What a joke!

 

You are blaming a supposed increase in what I assume you'd call "snowflakes" on... a lack of bullying in today's schools?

 

Man... how does your mind work?!

[GarethM]

3 minutes ago, peds said:

Honestly, I try my hardest to ignore a lot of what you type. Noone benefits from the pointless bickering that ensues.

 

But this? What a joke!

 

You are blaming a supposed increase in what I assume you'd call "snowflakes" on... a lack of bullying in today's schools?

 

Man... how does your mind work?!

Because my world view is more aligned to the actual realities of the world, makes it reality.

 

You're snowflake style sensibilities are what's wrong with society, people need a hardship to build resilience instead of asking about feelings and using it as excuses.

 

I was bullied, for lack of a better word it battle hardened me for a life in the real world.

 

There's a quote "Hard times create strong men, strong men create good times, good times create weak men, and weak men create hard times.”

[peds]

Yeah, that quote is bullshit, we've all experienced hardship to some degree or another, and if you think that more bullies is the answer to the world's problems, then... Christ. I don't know what to say to you.

 

I'm so, so grateful that you didn't go into education. You would have absolutely ruined those poor kids! What were you hoping to teach? 

[GarethM]

5 minutes ago, peds said:

Yeah, that quote is bullshit, we've all experienced hardship to some degree or another, and if you think that more bullies is the answer to the world's problems, then... Christ. I don't know what to say to you.

 

I'm so, so grateful that you didn't go into education. You would have absolutely ruined those poor kids! What were you hoping to teach? 

There is practically zero bullying in schools of today, that's the problem you completely lack nuance everything in your mind is binary far left or far right.

 

Would you like to back up that italics "Ruined" allegation?

[peds]

What a divvy. 

[GarethM]

Yes peds you're repeated repertoire or BS and being a Divvy are well documented.

 

The AI equivalent of a skipping record, coupled with maybe a few too many years of sniffing your own farts/ joss sticks and smoking burnt banana skins because they wouldn't let you buy paint thinner.