Wow. I've been absent more often than not for a while now, and rarely post, but you've been a fixture of this forum since before I found it. You were a fine administrator here, and really, the highest compliment I can give - you're a decent human being. I have no doubt that the world will be a littl...

my first reaction (hearing what the russian minister lavrov said) was: ... laughter :lol: either its a bad joke played to the U.S. or ... i dunno, but they cant be serious with that claim You're not the intended audience. (This is actually a decent rule of thumb for when leaders make outlandish cla...

IMO, no vaccine will save you if you don't save yourself first. Notice that before vacination and after vacination majority of deaths is COVID + other conditions. ... Seriously, at this point, more and more cases will be simply "COVID + stupidity"...or COVID will mutate like a Spanish Flu and will ...

All I'm saying is I feel that it's up in the air. Trump has garnered a lot of resentment in the GOP for one reason or another and the senate isn't a very forgiving sort. Fair enuf - you're the USian, you'll have a better feel for it than I do. It'll be interesting to see who Trump gets to defend hi...

Look at it this way... the GOP lost the house, senate, and white house all in Trump's 1 term. The smart ones know that "Trumpism" isn't going to get them anywhere if they have any hope of getting control back of anything in the federal government. So how do they do that? By purging Trump and sendin...

What are everyones thoughts on the senate trial? Apparently they need 2/3rds to be able to actually do anything significant? Imo there is no chance in hell of getting that, unless some very, very, very, VERY damning stuff comes out about the riots before the trial happens. So basically, he will be ...

...it's all just made up fiction to please a lunatic that can't get over the fact that more people dislike him than like him. Just on this, I don't think it has anything to do with people liking him or not. I don't think he cares. It's about him losing at something. Trump doesn't lose (in his mind,...

* Trump pulling out of trade deals eg NAFTA / TPP IMHO, and as a non-American, Trump's torpedoing of the TPP was one of the few good things he did. Of course, he did it for all the wrong reasons. But I'll still take it. The problem with the TPP in particular, and other trade deals that the US has s...

The systems have allowed Mitch McConnel to turn congress into a body that will not act on behalf of the people, but instead acts in the interests of one man. Actually, you could argue that he *did* act on behalf of the people - just the ones that support everything that Trump does, which, as we've ...

This isn't just about the republican elites. It's also about the voters. Think about it this way... If you had a teacher that told you that 2+2=7, and for whatever reason, you chose to believe that (hypothetically speaking, of course). Then along comes another teacher that says "no, 2+2=4" and can ...

But what I do have a problem with is the pure bile that comes from republicans, often paired with violence or threats of violence, and this idea that I or anybody else that refuses to tolerate that is suddenly the bad guy for not putting up with it. What's being created here is along the same lines...

You must. Politics must find a way. You can't ignore them, because ignoring them is what caused Trump (or, in general, extremist parties rising, especially right wing parties). Just ignore the ones accusing you of being a communist, but you need to reason with the ones telling you "mexicans steal o...

But it's how he has been acting for the past 4 + years. All they have to do is make sure that big red button is out of his reach and I'm not talking about his supposed coke button. He doesn't have to have a red button to do a lot of damage. He might well decide to just burn everything down, since t...

This election has to be one of the best elections ever as it just keeps on giving. The longer it goes on, the more Trump goes deeper into melt down mode, it's just so darn funny. I'm afraid I have to disagree. Keep in mind, he is still the president, and will be for two more months (hopefully.) The...

While it doesn't say how many judges ruled in favour of this, (at least not in this article) (unless I missed it) but then again, I wonder if the new judge took part? and wonder if she had, which side she would have voted on? At least the Supreme court is still upholding democracy even if some aren...

Have you considered the possibility of both? Because that's the reality here. Each side take the half-truth that convenience for them, pin it up and run away with it. And sadly it's not a 1+1 = 2 where you can just put 2 half together to make one whole. This thing of yours where you sit on the fenc...

I don't believe in mobs tearing down statues. It's absurd. I'm not going to tear down anyone's statue. I'm definitely not going to do it to something I don't own. I do not claim the right to initiate violence against objects or people even if I don't like them. HUMAN RIGHTS FOR STATUES! STATUES ARE...

There is no doubt than Trump is no statesman but the USA does not appear to have suffered under his leadership... Chill folks ...Chill. You can't be serious. Just from an international perspective alone, under Trump the US' position as the pre-eminent power in the world has suffered a severe, if no...

I think I have more direct experience with terrorists than you and I can defend that statement. Yeah? Read up on the history between the US and Iran, and then tell me who the terrorists are. The US has been dicking with Iran for decades. Is it any wonder if Iran then turns around and bites you? Des...

You didn't mention a single point of policy. Jobs, taxes, economy, trade deals, border control, illegal aliens getting benefits on our dime, respect for the first and second amendment, what sort of justice should be appointed to the judiciary. All of these are things that people can find important ...