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 02/24/2022 04:28:41 PM · #26
ah, but Putin is not alone, just as Trump was/is not. all the sycophants yipping and yapping round their heels.

but what are we going to do about it...
 02/25/2022 12:40:16 AM · #27
Assassination? 5th column?
 02/25/2022 01:37:57 AM · #28
actually there is the suggestion that in the end this is what happened with Stalin. as well it appears that Putin has gone bonkers. somehow the textbooks are not really helpful in these cases.

what we do is what we always do. every now and then we need to change our life, almost as Rilke said. lately I've been thinking that everything is already there in the old testament - Jeremiah, Isaiah, and my old friend Ecclesiastes.

be well.
 02/25/2022 11:29:32 AM · #29
Originally posted by vawendy:
I fear for democracy, as well. I never thought I'd see Russia invading. I never thought I'd see a former president of ours praising a leader who the next day invaded a country. I never thought I'd distrust everything. My first reaction was to try to find BBC or other international news instead of just U.S. news.

The last couple of years should have been so different. It should have been a world coming together to solve world problems. Not to have torn everyone apart.


Excellent points here. Sadly if there is a nominal democracy to worry about it is the US. 72 million voters here ready to dump even our pretend version of democracy.
 02/25/2022 12:45:01 PM · #30
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 02/25/2022 01:13:04 PM · #31
Originally posted by MargaretNet:
I hope these examples give an idea how worried we all are at the prospect of Trump being reelected.

Trump will win.
There are enough sycophants that simply can't leave the money train he's able to pull with the US populace.

The GOP used to be a party with principles, albeit ones I didn't align with. Now it's a caricature. MTG, Boebert, Gosar, Gaetz, Cawthorn, .....

And Republicans who actually stand for something (ie. Cheney, Kinzinger, ...) get pushed out of anything meaningful. So you either kiss the ring or lose your head.
 02/25/2022 01:42:09 PM · #32
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 02/25/2022 01:56:11 PM · #33
Originally posted by Venser:
Originally posted by MargaretNet:
I hope these examples give an idea how worried we all are at the prospect of Trump being reelected.

Trump will win.
There are enough sycophants that simply can't leave the money train he's able to pull with the US populace.


It's a sad fact that registered Democrats outnumber registered Republicans almost everywhere, and yet can't seem to get it together to get even 60% or so of them to vote.

Originally posted by Adlai Stevenson (1900–1965):
I have been thinking that I would make a proposition to my Republican friends â€Â¦ that if they will stop telling lies about the Democrats, we will stop telling the truth about them.


 02/25/2022 02:08:08 PM · #34
Originally posted by MargaretNet:
Originally posted by Venser:
Originally posted by MargaretNet:
I hope these examples give an idea how worried we all are at the prospect of Trump being reelected.

Trump will win.
There are enough sycophants that simply can't leave the money train he's able to pull with the US populace.

The GOP used to be a party with principles, albeit ones I didn't align with. Now it's a caricature. MTG, Boebert, Gosar, Gaetz, Cawthorn, .....

And Republicans who actually stand for something (ie. Cheney, Kinzinger, ...) get pushed out of anything meaningful. So you either kiss the ring or lose your head.

I hope you are wrong, the prospect is daunting. This is the only time when I am happy that I am no longer young.


I disagree with Venser's certainty. There are too many variables. But it is plausible that Trump will win in 2024. Democrats seem determined to put up the worst possible candidate against him.
 02/25/2022 02:26:46 PM · #35
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 02/25/2022 02:28:07 PM · #36
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 02/25/2022 02:30:09 PM · #37
Originally posted by posthumous:
But it is plausible that Trump will win in 2024. Democrats seem determined to put up the worst possible candidate against him.

Right. Something I've never understood.

Originally posted by MargaretNet:
I think that your voting system does not help.

Gaming the Vote is a decent book on the topic.
 02/25/2022 03:53:37 PM · #38
yeah, but we got some really good sports teams
 02/26/2022 06:41:05 AM · #39
Originally posted by MargaretNet:
I don't know if Americans realize how much impact Trump made on the rest of the world. Our apartment's Swiss owner in Chardonne came to us to share her jubilation when Trump lost the election. She absolutely hated his behavior. My husband (English from Yorkshire) who never wished a bad thing on anyone jumped our of joy when he heard that Trump had Covid. He hoped he would die. He said he never wished this on any person.


I'm curious about what the rest of the world thinks of Biden.

I never thought the world would get to this point in my lifetime. I'm scared for my grandchildren.
 02/26/2022 07:11:59 AM · #40
Originally posted by Elaine:
I'm scared for my grandchildren.

The level of destruction that the Repugnicans seem to be okay with makes me worry about the rest of my life.

If this country continues at the rate that it is now, it'll be flushed down the toilet in the next decade.
 02/26/2022 11:34:56 AM · #41
Originally posted by vawendy:
I am very curious to know what other countries think and how their news is covering it.

Many PBS stations carry news programs from other countries -- locally I can see news from the BBC, Germany, Japan, and maybe some others ...
 02/26/2022 11:45:35 AM · #42
Switzerland national broadcaster:
https://www.rts.ch/info/
(for those who don't speak French put Translate from French automatically in Chrome)

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 02/26/2022 12:40:21 PM · #43
Least biased news source:
https://www.reuters.com
02/27/2022 12:57:00 PM · #44
Originally posted by mariuca:
Least biased news source:
https://www.reuters.com


Thank you for this.
It has been UPDATED. https://coolinfographics.com/news/2021/9/13/media-bias-chart-80
 02/27/2022 08:12:44 PM · #45
I would love to see a poll showing which news outlets people on DP challenge read.
 02/27/2022 08:15:01 PM · #46
And not only a poll on the news sources, but I would love to see if Americans feel their country is headed in the right direction.
 02/27/2022 08:23:28 PM · #47
Originally posted by Neat:
I would love to see a poll showing which news outlets people on DP challenge read.

cbc.ca
pbs.org
aljazeera.com
economist.com

Those are the four I frequent the most. Facts over opinions.

Message edited by author 2022-02-27 20:28:41.
 02/27/2022 08:26:03 PM · #48
Originally posted by Neat:
And not only a poll on the news sources, but I would love to see if Americans feel their country is headed in the right direction.

You mean the direction where someone with empathy, intelligence, and cares about more than simply enriching himself runs the country, I would say yes.
 02/27/2022 08:57:29 PM · #49
Originally posted by Venser:
Originally posted by Neat:
And not only a poll on the news sources, but I would love to see if Americans feel their country is headed in the right direction.

You mean the direction where someone with empathy, intelligence, and cares about more than simply enriching himself runs the country, I would say yes.


What about morally? Of course that will depend on the morals you value?
 02/27/2022 09:19:30 PM · #50
I worry a little when we think there are different morals ....
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