06-05-2020, 02:59 PM
(06-05-2020, 02:44 PM)John J. Xenakis Wrote: [ -> ]Lol! Every day you seem more delusional than you did the previous day.
It is just a daydream. For once I was going for a LOL. No worse than the Republican "Lock her up."
(06-05-2020, 02:44 PM)John J. Xenakis Wrote: [ -> ]Lol! Every day you seem more delusional than you did the previous day.
(06-05-2020, 02:44 PM)John J. Xenakis Wrote: [ -> ]> Lol! Every day you seem more delusional than you did the previous
> day.
(06-05-2020, 02:59 PM)Bob Butler 54 Wrote: [ -> ]> It is just a daydream. For once I was going for a LOL. No worse
> than the Republican "Lock her up."
(06-05-2020, 02:44 PM)John J. Xenakis Wrote: [ -> ](06-05-2020, 02:59 PM)Bob Butler 54 Wrote: [ -> ]It is just a daydream. For once I was going for a LOL. No worse than the Republican "Lock her up."
Fair enough. As Bloody Mary sings in the Broadway musical South Pacific: "You've got to have a dream, if you don't have a dream, how you gonna have a dream come true?"
Guest Wrote:> The Philippines will just be a battlefield, nothing more. It's
> people will be mere statistics, if anyone bothers to keep them. I
> doubt the Chinese are losing sleep over the Philippines' combat
> capabilities. The rest of Asia views the Filipino government with
> contempt. They are cowards and they sold out their own territorial
> integrity at the worst possible moment, when the World Court ruled
> in their favor. They are inept, corrupt, and cowardly. That's what
> Asia thinks of them. Read the Chinese message boards. They are
> filled with contempt for Filipinos. They are compared to
> Africans. The Philippines had their opportunity, and they
> squandered it. While the rest of Asia re-armed for the last 20
> years, the Filipinos dithered. No, they will just be what they
> were in the Second World War, a battle field. I don't see anyone
> drinking wine and stuffing their face in the Philippines for much
> longer. Unless you are a Chinese soldier.
Guest Wrote:> According to Yahoo Finance reporter , the May jobs report: US
> economy unexpectedly adds 2.5 million payrolls, unemployment rate
> falls to 13.3%. I guess we will be back to 3% employment soon
> using government math.
> 11 million apply for unemployment in May, yet we ADD 2.5 million
> jobs? Excuse me while I develop a hernia laughing. 2.5 million
> jobs are not new jobs. They are furloughed and laid off employees
> brought back as new hires.
> What do you think of the state of the US economy, John? Most of
> the people around me are hurting...
Quiet American" Wrote:> This has been the longest 6 months of my life.
(06-05-2020, 09:05 PM)John J. Xenakis Wrote: [ -> ]The talk about a new American civil war is nonsense.
(06-05-2020, 02:44 PM)John J. Xenakis Wrote: [ -> ]** 05-Jun-2020 World View: Refusing to concede
(06-05-2020, 01:41 PM)Bob Butler 54 Wrote: [ -> ]I have been wondering a bit as to what happens if Trump refuses to concede power. I can see Biden taking no steps outside arguing before various courts. I can see Trump refusing to attend the inauguration. I can see Biden insisting on the Chief Justice giving the oath of office.
From there it gets a little iffy. I currently have the Secret Service putting Trump in cuffs, frog marching him onto Marine One, giving him a last ride on Air Force One...
Destination, New York, where he has a date with a judge on his finances... I picture a bunch of Department of Justice officials meeting the plane.
Lol! Every day you seem more delusional than you did the previous day.
(06-06-2020, 12:39 PM)John J. Xenakis Wrote: [ -> ]"A black man’s death was blamed on democrat cops in a democrat city with a democrat police chief and a democrat mayor in a democrat state with a democrat governor. Then democrats got together and burned democrat cities. The democrat mayors and police chiefs allowed black businesses and neighborhoods to burn. Black people died in the riots."
It's all Trump's fault.
Trevor Wrote:> I've looked at both Taiwan's and China's current military
> capability, so I have a few thoughts on it.
> I don't believe China would be able to conceal an invasion, as it
> would require hundreds of ballistic and cruise missile systems as
> part of an opening attack. They'd hit every airfield, naval base,
> and vessel they could. Taiwan would have ample warning, although
> some of their aircraft would be caught on the ground. You can't
> keep every plane in the air all the time.
> China greatly outnumbers Taiwan in terms of its naval forces, air
> forces, and ground forces. That being said, Taiwan's capable of
> inflicting heavy losses on them. In fact, 20 years ago, i would
> even say they were capable of repelling a Chinese invasion without
> outside help.
> However, I no longer believe that's the case. China would suffer
> enormous losses, but they've made it clear people are a mere
> resource to be expended. They will call up reserves, even use
> civilian boats to transport troops to the island should it prove
> necessary.
> And I believe Taiwan knows they're not going to be able to stop
> China from establishing a beachhead. However, the island is
> mountainous, providing ample opportunity for guerilla warfare, and
> if I was part of the Taiwanese military, I'd ensure there were
> hundreds of hidden caches of weapons buried so deep China could
> never find them. China would lose tens of thousands of their
> troops securing territory in Taiwan, maybe more taking over the
> major population centers.
> Even so, if Taiwan fought alone, they would lose the fight. And
> our intervention is an open question. The United States is very
> much in a mood of: "Screw foreign entanglements; let people deal
> with their own problems!" The attitude dominates both
> conservatives and progressives. We'd find ourselves in a position
> where if we intervene, it'll be a bloody war, but if we don't, we
> send a message to the world that American protection means
> nothing.
> China would certainly threaten us with force not to get involved
> in an internal matter, perhaps cutting off medical supplies or
> other crucial items. However, let's say. . . they offer an
> agreement where all debt we owe them will be forgiven in exchange
> for not assisting Taiwan. It'd be a tempting offer for some,
> especially with an anti-intervention mood. Our government is
> paralyzed with the knowledge we have two impossible choices in
> front of us, which would likely end in a bitter partisan battle as
> Taiwan falls. Japan would likely be in a similar situation,
> arguing between a clear danger and their Post-WWII pledge not to
> declare war.
> Our assistance is far from guaranteed, though refusal would have
> untold consequences. The Philippines would be a prime target for
> China. Their military is far weaker than Taiwan's, underequipped
> and poorly trained, Moreover, their strategic location would be an
> excellent buffer state against the U.S. Navy, where they could
> station thousands of anti-ship missiles in opposition to us.
> The question is: how effective are China's "carrier killers"? I've
> read many articles on the topic, with varying opinions of how
> deadly they are. I've seen the massive crater in a desert test
> against our carrier, but there's a difference between that and how
> well they perform under battlefield conditions. I expect we won't
> have a true answer until they're actually used.
(06-09-2020, 01:19 PM)Warren Dew Wrote: [ -> ]> 9/11 was an attack on the US mainland though. An attack on Taiwan
> would not be.
> That said, I suspect we could provide enough resupply to Taiwan to
> keep them going for a long time, even without direct military
> intervention.
utahbob Wrote:> I don’t want to sound like a have roll of tin foil on my head, but
> when I see articles like this in the open press, my spider sense
> starts up. With America distracted with its bread and circus games
> and Wuhan virus, two nuclear armed, former empires with different
> degrees of xenophobia start sparring then shifting units around in
> the open media, I get alarmed. China’s economy is tanking, civil
> unrest rising, imprisoning whole swaths of the population based on
> religious or ethnic background, what is a better way to rally the
> support of the population than break out the foreign bogeyman.
> War have started over less silly shit:
> https://www.scmp.com/news/china/military...ear-border
Guest Wrote:Xeraphim1 Wrote:Guest Wrote:Japan would go to war to help Taiwan because the Japanese know that they would be next. You don't understand how the Japanese think. Even Japanese leftists would support a war with the mainlanders in the event of an attack on Taiwan.
There is no treaty to support such an action and the general Japanese populace is pretty pacifistic. It would be in Japan's long term interest to intervene, but countries often make decisions contrary to those interests for various reasons. I wouldn't consider it to be assured.
The Japanese public is alarmed at recent developments. They know what the Chinese have in store for them. The Japanese know. This is not the Japan of 1975.
Navigator Wrote:> John, There are a number of reports that the cop that killed Floyd
> knew him well. They both worked security at some club and had
> fights. Fights over Chauvin's manhandling of club customers. So
> there is an actual motive. He actually hated Floyd personally and
> wanted to hurt him.
Quote:> "The Hmong capitol has disappeared. When the Laos and
> Vietnamese community captured the Hmong, they would cut off the
> penis off and place in the mouth. For the women captured, they are
> raped and killed. All have sharp object shoved from the vagina to
> the chest cavity. For children captured, they have toes cut off
> and also head bashed on trees. Mr. Chair, this is a new century.
> Vietnam is a member of the family of nations. We have picture of
> top Vietnamese General and his officers killed in 1998. They came
> to kill the Hmong people. I have pictures of the innocent people
> slaughtered by Vietnamese government. The people are coming to
> kill the Hmong people. The Hmong refugee that live in Laos and
> Thailand should be granted refugee status."
(06-12-2020, 02:11 PM)John J. Xenakis Wrote: [ -> ]Little has been reported about Chauvin's past, except that he's married to a former Mrs. Minnesota. She's filing for divorce now, and is apparently planning to screw him in every possible way (except sex).
(06-06-2020, 08:29 AM)Bob Butler 54 Wrote: [ -> ]> A few thoughts about xenophobia.
> I do not consider myself particularly hateful towards the people
> of Russia or China. I can see the ugly times that led them towards
> revolution. I can feel pity for them for having had to endure
> Stalin and Mao. I can think poorly of their leaders and elites
> autocratic decisions to expand, and point out a need for
> containment, for the Domino Theory. Autocrats are quite willing to
> see the people suffer for their own gain.
> But that does not mean I hate the people. I distrust the policy of
> their leaders, yes. But I do not particularly hate the people. I
> feel this shared among the folk I’ve talked to, though I
> acknowledge Massachusetts as perhaps biased on this.