No I'm pretty sure TrusTED ......is dead. Though he really isn't the kind of guy to stand off stage and send warm well wishes. He will find some way to be a prick.Quote:
Originally Posted by UltraliteAngler
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No I'm pretty sure TrusTED ......is dead. Though he really isn't the kind of guy to stand off stage and send warm well wishes. He will find some way to be a prick.Quote:
Originally Posted by UltraliteAngler
http://youtu.be/XFYCQGvW-cg
Should I lol at this?Quote:
Originally Posted by LDAHL
Didn't Karl Marx say something about history starting as tragedy and ending as farce?Quote:
Originally Posted by UltraliteAngler
HAhaha! I think so.Quote:
Originally Posted by LDAHL
WE have a good friend that remarried someone young & pretty from Russia and once she didn't need him-5 years of course she divorced him. Well after she took what the first wife had not managed to get he was disillusioned so he quit working and got his SS and moved to Costa Rica. He comes home for a visit but actually loves it. It is not my cup of tea.
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Originally Posted by Alan
Thanks for the clarification!!! Glad to see I am not the only one with the question too.Quote:
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Originally Posted by gimmethesimplelife
Might be a good idea to leave the US. You will then see that we do not need to be made great again. We are great now! People who have not gone to or lived in other countries have no clue as to what a great country we live in. Would do you good to see what it is like to live elsewhere. Sure hope you go!Quote:
Originally Posted by Williamsmith
Have you been to these places that you can speak from experience? I think not.Quote:
Originally Posted by UltraliteAngler
Wow.... that is some commentary! Anyone would be better than Trump!Quote:
Originally Posted by Williamsmith
My DIL is from Poland and while they have great healthcare there are not enough jobs for their citizens. Many have had to move to Germany for work. Also the way we live, our houses etc are much better then the average person there. The average person here has a much higher standard of living.
Au contraire. I have lived three months in Austria before with my family and have lived in rough areas of Guadalajara and Fresnillo, Mexico, for a total of nine months. It was very hard to return and readjust to the United States after having lived in Austria AND Mexico. Lots of insane issues here too is the only way I can put it. RobQuote:
Originally Posted by frugal-one
I don't know your friend but this sounds like a very sane, common sense, and logical choice to me. Good for him for giving up, breaking free, and leaving for a new chapter in his life. RobQuote:
Originally Posted by Teacher Terry
Sounds like here except for the healthcare. Shadow stats, using the less doctored method of calculating unemployment that we used to use until 1994 shows our unemployment to still be quite high.Quote:
Originally Posted by Teacher Terry
http://www.shadowstats.com/alternate...loyment-charts
moving to Germany for work is moving what equivalent distance in the U.S.. Could move it and not leave the country and qutie possibly the state right? (well they share a border may not be much of a move depending) Yea sounds kind of like here when people move for work.
The Philippines??? Have you been there? The weather alone would make that a non-starter for me.
What's wrong with Mexico?
West Virginia....May 10th. Humiliation Day. Last time around Clinton crushed Obama in the Democratic Primary and she stood smiling amongst cheers in Charleston, WV with confetti falling all around her. This time she was ambushed on the trail, tarred and feathered and left for dead.
Remember this day. By now Hillary was supposed to be taking a victory lap around the country, soaking up the last delegates and training her laser focus on the Republican candidate. Instead, she is having to fend off a feeble old codger from Vermont. Someone she was given an insurmountable headstart on but he is catching up anyway. Poor Hillary, finally all the lies and empty promises have caught up to her and exposed her weakness.
And two battleground must win states on the border. Ohio and Pennsylvania, could you be getting the infection?
There is only one place that can save her and she is going to be spending a lot of time there. Philadelphia. Without Philadelphia, the state of Pennsylvania is Red and Trump Country.
Florida, Ohio and PA. That's all it takes to win. I'd start sweating if I were her.
I'm puzzled as to why the Nebraska Democrats held a primary election if they had already assigned the delegates with an earlier caucus.
Why is the feeble old codger still in the race? He can't imagine that he'll get 90% of the remaining vote or benefit from a mass exodus of super-delegates. Is it all about pushing the platform to the left at this point?Quote:
Originally Posted by Williamsmith
OK, I had to protest the term "old codger". Who decides who is old and who is capable?:devil:Quote:
Originally Posted by LDAHL
From what I have read, it seems that Sanders is simply giving Trump sound bytes to use very effectively in the lead-up to the election. Unprincipled is my call but I am not in the situation or decision-making role so please ignore as irrelevant from an outsider.
I wouldn't call it unprincipled. He is obviously committed to his views of class and the economy. Also, as long as the money keeps flowing in from his followers, he may simply be wanting to stay in the spotlight as long as possible before sinking back into obscurity. I'm just confused about what he thinks he's accomplishing in practical terms. Maybe it's just the pure spiteful joy of vexing Mrs. Clinton and what she represents.Quote:
Originally Posted by razz
A Canadian calls The Bern unprincipled and an American right-winger stands up for him.
Am I in a bizzaro world!? lol
I know! It seems like it.Quote:
Originally Posted by UltraliteAngler
What do they call The Bern in Canada?
A moderate!
What is it Sancho Panza said of Don Quixote? "He is mad, but greatly mad. And I admire greatness".Quote:
Originally Posted by UltraliteAngler
His views on class are destructive Marxist nonsense. His policy proposals are an insult to logic. But he is consistent and forthright in his nonsensical ideas, and I can certainly admire his principled (if ridiculous) stand.
I certainly wouldn't call him unprincipled on his disregard for Democratic Party unity. I don't think he ever really pretended to be a Democrat.
Well, when you fear simply shopping at the local Target without being armed to the teeth (or church, school, mall, restaurant, etc...) your gonna vote for 'armed to the teeth' nationally speaking.Quote:
Originally Posted by bae
Yes, a sign of weakness. And being easily manipulated. All those people, home and abroad, truly BELIEVE that they/we NEED to be armed to the teeth.
Trump plays into that. Of course he promises to 'build up the military'
The intellectual conservative. You, sir, are a dying breed.Quote:
Originally Posted by LDAHL
Must be all those White Castle sliders.Quote:
Originally Posted by UltraliteAngler
I look forward to the day we return to assassinating each others' ideas rather than each others' characters (assuming that happy time ever really existed).
I also reject the term feeble old codger. He is keeping up with a grueling campaign schedule, and he is connecting with millions of "young whippersnappers." razz, your characterization of him as unprincipled is exactly the opposite of how I see it, but I guess it depends on if your principles are based on what you want to see in the world vs making sure your party wins--or specifically, Clinton, but...Quote:
Originally Posted by razz
All kinds of polls show that a Sanders/Trump campaign would be a win for the Democrats, but right now, a Clinton/Trump campaign is very much on the fence, so you could say that he is principled on both counts (ideals + keeping his party in office). The independents who like Trump are the same ones who would have to decide between Trump and Sanders in a general election
Come on! Did anyone watch the video of Bernie boxing?
what are you gonna believe the stereotype or your own lying eyes as I walked down the street with Bernie and he's healthy. Now even if one is fit etc. one could develop health problems at that age, IT IS AGE afterall and it comes with potential problems. In an ideal world, I wish we had younger good people running since it would be better if they were younger and thus likely healthier, but such are not the choices we have (and neither Hillary nor Trump is young and none too healthy looking either).Quote:
I also reject the term feeble old codger. He is keeping up with a grueling campaign schedule, and he is connecting with millions of "young whippersnappers."
he's as principled as any that run on a duopoly ticket, which may not be as principled as one would like but ... you'd need to vote 3rd party for that. Not having a super PAC versus having one, yea that's principled.Quote:
razz, your characterization of him as unprincipled is exactly the opposite of how I see it, but I guess it depends on if your principles are based on what you want to see in the world vs making sure your party wins--or specifically, Clinton, but...
Which of the candidates could give Putin a challenge on the judo mats?
I like to think a Caligula/Trump campaign would result in a Trump loss, but this awful year is teaching me to make no such pleasant assumptions.Quote:
Originally Posted by catherine
I'm sure Mr. Sanders is a fine figure of a man. What are codgerly and feeble are his ideas. Dusty old Marxist notions that reached their peak of influence in the thirties, and were resuscitated in the sixties. Intoning the same ideas over and over like Cato the Elder insisting everybody can go to college for free if we only siphon a little gas from millionaires' yachts.
I don't think he cares any more for the electoral fortunes of the Democrats than he does for the Whigs.
I knew that I should have stopped at the comment about old codger.
I only felt that giving the opposition strong negative sound bytes is unprincipled. It won't help Sanders even if he wins the DEM nomination and can only help Trump. The unprincipled part IMHO is not knowing where to draw the line on this which makes me wonder if he knows how to.
In thinking about it further, I am projecting my values and who can say that they are right for any politician.
Says she, withdrawing discreetly from this conversation.
Say you're soory! ;)
The Phillipines does not require a great deal of assets to be a legal resident - Mexico requires more if you wish to be there legally. It all boils down to life being short - do I want quality of life or do I want to struggle in the insane hot mess the US has become? By now you'll know my answer. RobQuote:
Originally Posted by JaneV2.0
You may want to check in with the Social Security Administration as to what benefits you (or your spouse) might ultimately be eligible for as a former US citizen living in the Philippines. Apparently that is governed by treaties that can be quite different on a country-by-country basis. A friend of mine who is a foreign national with a substantial work history in the US is doing some planning, and tells me it can get pretty complicated.Quote:
Originally Posted by gimmethesimplelife
When do you leave?Quote:
Originally Posted by gimmethesimplelife
Bae....as I've stated numerous times, when my Mom is no longer here. Nothing new there. RobQuote:
Originally Posted by bae
You are a dedicated son.