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• No Background check--No...

  Permission to remain in the United States. While I support being able to move to other countries and live in them, I understand the reasons why there are... Read more

  Posted on 19 October 2023 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• The Problem with US Media

  

  One thing I notice when I watch non-US media (Sky News Australia as an exception) is that they usually try to have opposing opinions. Not so in the US. I have... Read more

  Posted on 20 August 2023 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• ‘Coordinated Campaign’ to Mislead Voters: John Ratcliffe

  Sure, it's Fox News, but Sky News Australia, The New York Post, and a few others are the only MSM covering this. The big takeaway is "the legislature has the... Read more

  Posted on 19 August 2023 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• No Means No

  

  The reality is that I said "No" three times:The 2008 Primarythe 2016 PrimaryAnd the 2016 General ElectionThe likelihood of my voting for Hillary Clinton was nex... Read more

  Posted on 18 August 2023 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Americans (and Australians) on Climate Change

  A Pew Charitable Trust poll says a few interesting things about US attitudes toward climate change. A two thirds majority of people in the US support... Read more

  Posted on 12 August 2023 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• AOC DISMANTLED As Just Another Dem | Breaking Points

  My question for the people who want to say that the Democratic Party is in anyway "Socialist":Why didn't they run Bernie Sanders him in 2016 (and 2020)?... Read more

  Posted on 29 July 2023 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Meet Pascal Bruckner, Author of The Tyranny of Guilt

  This interview is in English, please listen to it. I learned about this philosopher from an article in Le Figaro about the shooting of Nihel last month and... Read more

  Posted on 28 July 2023 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• President WHAT???

  One of the interesting things about getting your news from France is that there are a lot of stories about Africa. In this case there has been a coup where... Read more

  Posted on 27 July 2023 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• I Just Had a Very Bizarre Revelation...

  High capacity magazines are banned in Vermont.Seriously! "Gun friendly Vermont" won't let you buy high capacity magazines as of 1 October 2018. On the other... Read more

  Posted on 25 July 2023 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• The Parliamentary System Explained--it's Real Simple

  The English civil war in the middle of the 17th century was about where the power would like: With the executive (king)? Or the Legislature (parliament)? Read more

  Posted on 19 July 2023 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Supreme Court Needs to Follow the Same Ethics Rules as Other Judges (It's...

  

  Wow, you would think the people at Fox News would glom onto this like flies on shit, but no...Yes, indeed, RBG was like all the other pigs on SCOTUS and at the... Read more

  Posted on 19 July 2023 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• What Could Be More American Than a Mass Shooting in Philadelphia on...

  Or what don't you get about:A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not... Read more

  Posted on 04 July 2023 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Want to Watch People in the US Freak Out? PART 2

  

  I saw a clip which featured John Oliver bemoaning the "militarised police" in the US. It made me wonder if he had ever traversed La Manche. Read more

  Posted on 03 July 2023 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Want to Watch People in the US Freak Out?

  

  I mentioned in my previous posts on the differences between the French Gendarmerie Nationale and the Police Nationale: the main one is that the Gendarmerie is a... Read more

  Posted on 30 June 2023 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Unrest in L'Île De France

  

  OK, I'll start this out by pointing out something I like about European cities: the slums are in the suburbs! So, Centre City Paris is peaceful while the... Read more

  Posted on 29 June 2023 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• I Was Curious as to What Exactly Would Be the Effect of Elon Musk Taking Over...

  Disclaimer: I am a shareholder in a few tech companies! I subscribe to the UN's Principles for Responsible Investment (unpri.org). Even then I let my Luddite... Read more

  Posted on 25 June 2023 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• The Silver Lining to the Problem of Climate Change...

  

  Bye, Bye Red States. This is what you get for climate change denial!!!This map is the climate resilience screening index map, which is a map of the climate... Read more

  Posted on 24 June 2023 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Don't Like Socialism, Subsidies, and Government Regulation? Think About This One!

  I wasn't going to comment about this, but watching James Cameron talk about the rescue being a charade: especially after hearing a sound like an implosion. Read more

  Posted on 23 June 2023 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• And Now Back to Useful things.........The Dumbest Excuse for Bad Cities

  

  Yeah, I know that the 1619 project and related rubbish would like us to believe that racism is the cause of all the urban problems, but that is a really bad... Read more

  Posted on 21 June 2023 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Let's Not Forget Who Happened to Be One of History's Biggest Racists...

  

  Yes, it's Idi Amin Dada!Seriously, if we are going to get into how to be "anti-racists" maybe we need to start with ourselves. Read more

  Posted on 20 June 2023 DEBATE, SOCIETY