Progressives (Liberals)

Vaping THC gook?

Economically free nations is a widely used term.

Widely used by rightwing libertarian think tanks. As a key indicator of "freedom" however, it lacks a certain nuance. Take Singapore. Death penalty for discharging firearms. Likewise, possibly, for drug sales. Given the choice, would you rather move to Singapore or to Sweden?

I've visited both places several times. I would prefer to stay where I am, but if forced to choose I would choose Singapore. The last time I checked there was indeed a death penalty for selling hard drugs, but only prison for discharging illicit firearms.

Wrong again. History, archaeology, and genetics all say that the Israeli Jews are indigenous to the West Bank area.

But you are an rather odd individual. And I am extremely uncomfortable with your rejection of western culture and our caucasian heritage.

The 90's saw significant deregulation in Germany, the UK, Sweden I believe, among others in Western Europe. Eastern European nations were submitted to "shock therapies" of intense deregulation. In Latin America as well, a lot of that happened.

Inside Warren’s War With the Obama Team
By ALEX THOMPSON September 12, 2019

[...] while former Vice President Joe Biden often boasts on the campaign trail that his and Obama’s efforts saved the economy from another great depression, Warren regards the Obama administration’s top-down response to the financial crisis as part of the reason a man like Donald Trump won the White House eight years later. [...]

https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2019/09/12/warren-obama-2020-228068

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Acting US Attorney Ben Greenberg was ready in 2018 to prosecute Broward’s illegal destruction of all ballots cast in Debbie Wasserman Schultz rigged primary until then-deputy AG Rod Rosenstein & FBI Director Christopher Wray blocked all public corruption prosecutions in Florida.

Well I do have fond memories of some Svenska flickas then vacationing in Palma Majorca.

I just went on youtube and searched Hannity. After reading the headlines of a string of Hannity videos I had to ask myself why anyone would wallow in the vileness offered. No thanks. I prefer to remain "ignorant."

I'm a bit surprised at the absence of any comments so far regarding last night's Democrat debates.
Contrary to my earlier predictions, Biden's support among Democrats appears to be holding. That may have as much to do with the failure of any of the other contenders to establish their broad credibility as candidates as with Biden's direct appeal. Increasingly this race appears to involve only Biden, Sanders and Warren as credible candidates.

Castro & Beto grabbed a lot of attention with their outbursts, but both remain on the distant margins in the race. Continued exposure is dimming Kamila Harris' prospects : less there than meets the eye. Beyond that not much changed in my view.

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Here we see the deceitful nature of the Republican political philosophy which reaches all the way back to the time of the McCarthy hearings. This simplistic equation works by insinuating that any reference to "socialism" must mean a totalitarian dictatorship foisted on the hapless citizenry, as if Cambodia under the rule of Pol Pot were the inevitable result of policies like "Medicare for all".

Biden's campaign is a charade of the first order. If he wins a single primary it will surprise me.

When people fail to follow the rules laid down by our socialist masters, it will indeed turn towards authoritarian rule. Although to get all this passed, the left will have to do away with the Constitution as it protects the liberty of the individual, socialism has no value for the individual.

https://www.truthdig.com/articles/the-koch-brothers-are-even-worse-than-you-think/

Since you often equal Socialism with Communism - Marx beliefed that "the free development of each is the precondition of the free development of all".

The Socialist/Social-Democratic/Labour movement has always fought for democratic rights as well as social demands.
Our constitution ("Basic Law") was drafted by the Parlamentarischer Rat ("Parliamentary Council"). It consisted of 65 deputies with voting rights, the so-called "fathers of the Basic Law". Out of those 25 were Social-Democrats and two Communists.
The two deputies of the KPD, the Zentrum (xatholic center-right, the DP (centre-right)and six of the eight CSU (Christian-Social Party, centre-right, Bavarian sister party of the CDU) deputies voted against the adoption of the Basic Law.

So we got thanks to the Socialists (in 1948(9, the SPD was lot more to the left than today) the clear mandate in Article 1 of the German Basic Law: "Human dignity shall be inviolable. To respect and protect it shall be the duty of all state authority."
The "Acknowledgement of human rights" in our Basic Law is protected by "Eternity Clause" (certain fundamental principles of Germany's democracy can never be removed, even by parliament).

Singapore

At my age, I crave order and security over drugs and illicitly firing guns.

I am among those who believe Castro is willing to do the dirty work against Biden in order to secure the VP slot on a Warren ticket.

It was interesting that despite all the tut-tutting by DNC and Liberal Media seniors who must recognize their own possible fates in the disrespect shown Biden, Corey Booker was happy to back Castro during the post-debate interviews.

Although Castro was factually wrong about Biden, I don't think Uncle Joe had a clue as to what was going on. I saw Bernie lean over to him and say something. Maybe it was something like "Joe, wake up, he's attacking you for your age!"

The more Biden flounders the more Dem voters are going to think to themselves: "Trump is going to eat this guy alive!"

Hopefully more than a few will realize that Biden really isn't fit to be president...at least not for four years.

I doubt Pol Pot was promising genocide when he first sought political support.

What do you expect from the GOP? An ad that says "socialism" is "stupid?"

We could compare Dem ads were just as "provocative" (e.g. shoving Granny in her wheelchair over a cliff) but what's the point?

Selective outrage is rampant

He's counting on making it to SC where he thinks his current advantage among black voters will hold up.