To much to ask?

WilyRickWiles comments on Jan 29, 2020:

Can you get me citizenship in Sweden? Also:

WilyRickWiles replies on Jan 30, 2020:

@Hanno I mean we've already discussed the Nordic countries...

To much to ask?

WilyRickWiles comments on Jan 29, 2020:

Can you get me citizenship in Sweden? Also:

WilyRickWiles replies on Jan 29, 2020:

@Hanno What makes you think social democrats and liberals would pursue that distorted version of socialism?

To much to ask?

WilyRickWiles comments on Jan 29, 2020:

Can you get me citizenship in Sweden? Also:

WilyRickWiles replies on Jan 29, 2020:

@Hanno If I'm electing social democrats and liberals what difference does it make?

To much to ask?

WilyRickWiles comments on Jan 29, 2020:

Can you get me citizenship in Sweden? Also:

WilyRickWiles replies on Jan 29, 2020:

@Hanno You do see how their mission confirms with my previous characterizations, no?

To much to ask?

WilyRickWiles comments on Jan 29, 2020:

Can you get me citizenship in Sweden? Also:

WilyRickWiles replies on Jan 29, 2020:

@Hanno https://www.dsausa.org/about-us/what-is-democratic-socialism/

My endorsement.

2peros comments on Jan 29, 2020:

He sold out to the hildabeast and he’ll sell out again. Anyone who supports him is a sucker...

WilyRickWiles replies on Jan 29, 2020:

You guys aren't as tuned in as you think about this sort of thing. Wait and see.

Libertarians Forged an Alliance With Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro.

govols comments on Jan 26, 2020:

How does what keep happening?

WilyRickWiles replies on Jan 29, 2020:

@BobCoffey1 The socialists (who are social democrats) would never have them. They did join proto-fascists!

To much to ask?

WilyRickWiles comments on Jan 29, 2020:

Can you get me citizenship in Sweden? Also:

WilyRickWiles replies on Jan 29, 2020:

@Hanno Social democracy is what most democratic socialists are fighting for right now. It's part of a dual power strategy. Social democracy via elections and workplace democracy via union organizing.

George W Bush blasted John Bolton in 2008: 'I don't consider Bolton credible'.

WilyRickWiles comments on Jan 27, 2020:

One does love to see how the right has turned on John Bolton just as they turned on Jeff Sessions and anyone who has crossed Trump regardless of ideology.

WilyRickWiles replies on Jan 29, 2020:

@dennodogg Pretty sure we still don't like Sessions and Bolton. Lol.

a lot of people only absorb what they can read “at a glance” Thanks Larry Elder, for showing the...

WilyRickWiles comments on Jan 27, 2020:

MLK Jr. had similar thoughts. This is not an argument for white nativism or conservatism. https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/retropolis/wp/2018/01/15/martin-luther-king-jr-s-scathing-critique-of-white-moderates-from-the-birmingham-jail/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CzBaXZI-IWM

WilyRickWiles replies on Jan 29, 2020:

@Boardwine "All the problems" except it was stopped in its tracks on the critical problems of fair housing and education. Never mind the effect of the "war on crime" started by J Edgar Hoover and continued by Republicans and their neoliberal Democratic allies.

My endorsement.

Serg97 comments on Jan 28, 2020:

Just watched the "news", Hilary still thinks she can beat Trump and is playing with the idea of jumping into the campaign!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I have been telling people for months that she was just waiting until the primaries got started!!!! I may be right again!!!!!!!!! Maybe Biden and Bernie ...

WilyRickWiles replies on Jan 28, 2020:

Not happening.

US ambassador: Israel has right to annex parts of West Bank | World news | The Guardian

timon_phocas comments on Jan 28, 2020:

We call it the "West Bank." For the Jews it is Judah and Samaria. Promised four thousand years ago to Abraham by God. It was conquered three thousand years ago by Joshua. It was ruled by Saul and David. It was always defended and always yearned for when lost. Even for secular Jews, it's central to ...

WilyRickWiles replies on Jan 28, 2020:

Key words **3 THOUSAND YEARS AGO**. Insanity.

Socialist Math

WilyRickWiles comments on Jan 28, 2020:

Rightist math: Trump said it, so it must be true!

WilyRickWiles replies on Jan 28, 2020:

@Gow-seeGuan

Socialist Math

WilyRickWiles comments on Jan 28, 2020:

Rightist math: Trump said it, so it must be true!

WilyRickWiles replies on Jan 28, 2020:

@Gow-seeGuan

Lou Dobbs turns against the right-wing money machine over Bolton

Xtra comments on Jan 28, 2020:

So what?

WilyRickWiles replies on Jan 28, 2020:

Things like the IDW wouldn't exist if it weren't for donors like them. Dobbs is either being dishonest or he's confused.

US ambassador: Israel has right to annex parts of West Bank | World news | The Guardian

DonProvolone comments on Jan 28, 2020:

Let's just focus on the 2 State Plan https://guidorants.forumotion.com/t72-mazel-tov#92

WilyRickWiles replies on Jan 28, 2020:

2 state solution died a long time ago.

Lou Dobbs turns against the right-wing money machine over Bolton

DonProvolone comments on Jan 28, 2020:

Bolton is a "Never Trump-er", and since Trump is an "outsider" Republican, he took those types (Never Trump R's) into his cabinet, in order to smooth ruffled feathers over his being elected. Bad strategy IMO. If he was truly serious about Swamp Draining, he'd have done better to start the ...

WilyRickWiles replies on Jan 28, 2020:

@DonProvolone These donors are spending millions of dollars. They're billionaires.

Lou Dobbs turns against the right-wing money machine over Bolton

DonProvolone comments on Jan 28, 2020:

Bolton is a "Never Trump-er", and since Trump is an "outsider" Republican, he took those types (Never Trump R's) into his cabinet, in order to smooth ruffled feathers over his being elected. Bad strategy IMO. If he was truly serious about Swamp Draining, he'd have done better to start the ...

WilyRickWiles replies on Jan 28, 2020:

@DonProvolone They care about the institutions and media that support him, too.

Lou Dobbs turns against the right-wing money machine over Bolton

DonProvolone comments on Jan 28, 2020:

Bolton is a "Never Trump-er", and since Trump is an "outsider" Republican, he took those types (Never Trump R's) into his cabinet, in order to smooth ruffled feathers over his being elected. Bad strategy IMO. If he was truly serious about Swamp Draining, he'd have done better to start the ...

WilyRickWiles replies on Jan 28, 2020:

What about the donors though? They funded Trump and some of his most extreme would be allies--Roy Moore for example. They're not Never Trumpers.

a lot of people only absorb what they can read “at a glance” Thanks Larry Elder, for showing the...

WilyRickWiles comments on Jan 27, 2020:

MLK Jr. had similar thoughts. This is not an argument for white nativism or conservatism. https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/retropolis/wp/2018/01/15/martin-luther-king-jr-s-scathing-critique-of-white-moderates-from-the-birmingham-jail/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CzBaXZI-IWM

WilyRickWiles replies on Jan 28, 2020:

@Boardwine That world be roughly $1,600 per capita and year or 4% of GDP. Not unreasonable. But what is the number even based on and what programs does it include? Certainly not the ones Nixon quashed.

Hmmm.......

WilyRickWiles comments on Jan 27, 2020:

https://www.politifact.com/facebook-fact-checks/statements/2019/dec/12/viral-image/no-isnt-whistleblower-posing-adam-schiffs-family/

WilyRickWiles replies on Jan 28, 2020:

@2peros Self-owning to trigger the libs!

Hmmm.......

WilyRickWiles comments on Jan 27, 2020:

https://www.politifact.com/facebook-fact-checks/statements/2019/dec/12/viral-image/no-isnt-whistleblower-posing-adam-schiffs-family/

WilyRickWiles replies on Jan 27, 2020:

@2peros They look the same to you? https://heavy.com/news/2019/10/eric-ciaramella/ https://www.facebook.com/RepAdamSchiff/photos/a.10151575808201831/10156463187666831

George W Bush blasted John Bolton in 2008: 'I don't consider Bolton credible'.

Xtra comments on Jan 27, 2020:

I never understood the appointment.

WilyRickWiles replies on Jan 27, 2020:

The Mercers, Adelsons, Marcuses, and Uihleins demanded it.

RUSSIA!!!....Erm.... STORMY DANIELS!!!...Erm....UKRAINE!!!..Erm...BOLTON!!!

WilyRickWiles comments on Jan 27, 2020:

Where's the lie?

WilyRickWiles replies on Jan 27, 2020:

@DonProvolone Then you should also know enough to make your own judgment from the facts.

RUSSIA!!!....Erm.... STORMY DANIELS!!!...Erm....UKRAINE!!!..Erm...BOLTON!!!

WilyRickWiles comments on Jan 27, 2020:

Where's the lie?

WilyRickWiles replies on Jan 27, 2020:

@DonProvolone Court evidence.

RUSSIA!!!....Erm.... STORMY DANIELS!!!...Erm....UKRAINE!!!..Erm...BOLTON!!!

WilyRickWiles comments on Jan 27, 2020:

Where's the lie?

WilyRickWiles replies on Jan 27, 2020:

@DonProvolone

RUSSIA!!!....Erm.... STORMY DANIELS!!!...Erm....UKRAINE!!!..Erm...BOLTON!!!

WilyRickWiles comments on Jan 27, 2020:

Where's the lie?

WilyRickWiles replies on Jan 27, 2020:

@DonProvolone I mean he could murder someone on national television and by your standard it would amount to "we got nuthin'" unless there was an impeachment conviction in the Senate.

RUSSIA!!!....Erm.... STORMY DANIELS!!!...Erm....UKRAINE!!!..Erm...BOLTON!!!

WilyRickWiles comments on Jan 27, 2020:

Where's the lie?

WilyRickWiles replies on Jan 27, 2020:

@DonProvolone Because of Pelosi's 12D chess? Because there could be blowback for Democrats who have done similar things? There are a lot of things that they could have included but decided not to in favor of a narrowly-crafted impeachment.

RUSSIA!!!....Erm.... STORMY DANIELS!!!...Erm....UKRAINE!!!..Erm...BOLTON!!!

WilyRickWiles comments on Jan 27, 2020:

Where's the lie?

WilyRickWiles replies on Jan 27, 2020:

@DonProvolone His personal lawyer went to jail for it. He's President so he's apparently immune from prosecution unless impeached over it.

RUSSIA!!!....Erm.... STORMY DANIELS!!!...Erm....UKRAINE!!!..Erm...BOLTON!!!

WilyRickWiles comments on Jan 27, 2020:

Where's the lie?

WilyRickWiles replies on Jan 27, 2020:

@DonProvolone You're OK with the campaign finance violation of not reporting the hush money to Daniels for keeping quiet his affair with her shortly after the birth of Barron?

a lot of people only absorb what they can read “at a glance” Thanks Larry Elder, for showing the...

WilyRickWiles comments on Jan 27, 2020:

MLK Jr. had similar thoughts. This is not an argument for white nativism or conservatism. https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/retropolis/wp/2018/01/15/martin-luther-king-jr-s-scathing-critique-of-white-moderates-from-the-birmingham-jail/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CzBaXZI-IWM

WilyRickWiles replies on Jan 27, 2020:

@Boardwine When did those programs have a chance to work? Sometime between when Johnson passed them and when his successor Nixon nixed them?

Bolton alleges in book that Trump tied Ukraine aid to investigations [axios.com]

Hanno comments on Jan 26, 2020:

“Alleges”... powerful word almost as “probably” or “likely”. You know I am probably the most attractive man alive, likely the most intelligent, and numerous woman alleges I am the greatest lover ever.

WilyRickWiles replies on Jan 27, 2020:

@Dmwils Respect is earned.

Libertarians Forged an Alliance With Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro.

govols comments on Jan 26, 2020:

How does what keep happening?

WilyRickWiles replies on Jan 27, 2020:

@Rosary_Trace No, libertarians teamed up with Bolsonaro, who is a authoritarian nationalist.

My endorsement.

Hanno comments on Jan 26, 2020:

Made the effort to read Bernie’s website. Read his main issue points. He lies in all of them. Straight of the bat and then again numerous times. If we actually fact check his statements Trump will slaughter him in the next election. I found that quite amazing that Trump has been blamed for his...

WilyRickWiles replies on Jan 26, 2020:

@Hanno Pedantic.

My endorsement.

Hanno comments on Jan 26, 2020:

Made the effort to read Bernie’s website. Read his main issue points. He lies in all of them. Straight of the bat and then again numerous times. If we actually fact check his statements Trump will slaughter him in the next election. I found that quite amazing that Trump has been blamed for his...

WilyRickWiles replies on Jan 26, 2020:

Care to give an example?

Bolton alleges in book that Trump tied Ukraine aid to investigations [axios.com]

Hanno comments on Jan 26, 2020:

“Alleges”... powerful word almost as “probably” or “likely”. You know I am probably the most attractive man alive, likely the most intelligent, and numerous woman alleges I am the greatest lover ever.

WilyRickWiles replies on Jan 26, 2020:

@Hanno **You also need to be honest and accept that almost all the allegations made against Trump turned out to be nothing more than hearsay and wishful thinking.** Can you admit that Trump is obstructing witness testimony? Were the Mueller convictions fraudulent? Are court documents and FOIA releases fake news?

Libertarians Forged an Alliance With Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro.

govols comments on Jan 26, 2020:

What are your other examples?

WilyRickWiles replies on Jan 26, 2020:

Chile under Pinochet and the Chicago Boys, for one.

Bolton alleges in book that Trump tied Ukraine aid to investigations [axios.com]

Hanno comments on Jan 26, 2020:

“Alleges”... powerful word almost as “probably” or “likely”. You know I am probably the most attractive man alive, likely the most intelligent, and numerous woman alleges I am the greatest lover ever.

WilyRickWiles replies on Jan 26, 2020:

Does a former cabinet member who was involved in Ukraine policy have no credibility to make such allegations?

Libertarians Forged an Alliance With Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro.

govols comments on Jan 26, 2020:

How does what keep happening?

WilyRickWiles replies on Jan 26, 2020:

How does it keep happening that libertarians compromise civil liberties to enact their economic agenda? /s

I still hear some politicians talking about minority teachers need to be hired.

WilyRickWiles comments on Jan 26, 2020:

So you think the people making hiring decisions are selecting the most deserving candidates? How would you know if they weren't? Not to mention that there might be factors other than ability preventing more minorites from becoming teachers.

WilyRickWiles replies on Jan 26, 2020:

@Rick-A Did you read OP?

I still hear some politicians talking about minority teachers need to be hired.

FEWI comments on Jan 26, 2020:

In public schools I would guess to say 85% of the teachers are minority and more than half of them are not even qualified to teach...aka the dumb it down degree. The good teachers are either in private schools or chose to quit teaching. Most are afraid of their safety or can't deal with the little ...

WilyRickWiles replies on Jan 26, 2020:

It's the reverse. Might want to examine those guessing skills of yours! https://nces.ed.gov/programs/coe/indicator_clr.asp

Guthrie Graves-Fitzsimmons on Twitter: "“We command all satanic pregnancies to miscarry right ...

rway comments on Jan 26, 2020:

miscarriage is not abortion

WilyRickWiles replies on Jan 26, 2020:

She's praying that God will end the pregnancies of her enemies.

Recording: Trump Calls On Associates To "Get Rid Of" Marie Yovanovitch, Ukraine Ambassador

DonProvolone comments on Jan 26, 2020:

More hearsay. *Giggles* Trump may as well start planning his second inaugural.

WilyRickWiles replies on Jan 26, 2020:

It's a recording. You can listen to it. Do you think it's a deepfake?

Recording: Trump Calls On Associates To "Get Rid Of" Marie Yovanovitch, Ukraine Ambassador

purdyday comments on Jan 25, 2020:

Really, should you/they be throwing stones in Ukrainian glass houses right now?

WilyRickWiles replies on Jan 25, 2020:

Huh?

Trump Woos March For Life Crowd By Kissing Supporter’s Unborn Baby

Clammypollack comments on Jan 24, 2020:

I knew he had special powers

WilyRickWiles replies on Jan 25, 2020:

He just starts kissing them.

Lase fair economics tends to concentrate extraordinary wealth wealth in the hands a few.

WilyRickWiles comments on Jan 24, 2020:

Because the US federal government is a monetary sovereign it can theoretically spend as much money it wants on public goods without taxation. But it needs to have some taxation in order for its money to have any credibility and to help control inflation. And it should tax enough from the wealthy to ...

WilyRickWiles replies on Jan 24, 2020:

@Hanno The same place it comes from when you take out a loan.

Lase fair economics tends to concentrate extraordinary wealth wealth in the hands a few.

WilyRickWiles comments on Jan 24, 2020:

Because the US federal government is a monetary sovereign it can theoretically spend as much money it wants on public goods without taxation. But it needs to have some taxation in order for its money to have any credibility and to help control inflation. And it should tax enough from the wealthy to ...

WilyRickWiles replies on Jan 24, 2020:

@Hanno Wasn't implying that you could create money without creating value and avoid inflation. I was focusing on the necessity of taxation since that was the point of OP. No, governments do not need to borrow money. Yes there are constraints.

The liberal agenda ...

WilyRickWiles comments on Jan 22, 2020:

Tell me more. What exactly did he undo?

WilyRickWiles replies on Jan 23, 2020:

@StalkingDead Have you read the rest of his words? https://kinginstitute.stanford.edu/king-papers/documents/where-do-we-go-here-address-delivered-eleventh-annual-sclc-convention How did Obama undo it? And I'd argue that Nixon got there first!

Why Millennials Support Communism [youtu.be]

Serg97 comments on Jan 23, 2020:

Our educational system IS THE PROBLEM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! When will we fix it?????????????

WilyRickWiles replies on Jan 23, 2020:

All lesson plans should be cleared by the Wilks Brothers!

Trump pledges to cut Medicare and Social Security in Davos interview (starts at 17:55), going back ...

Daveclark5 comments on Jan 23, 2020:

Listen to what he actually says rather than trying to find some way of demonizing him. I’ll be in my 60s during his second term and I have no problem with what he said. I support it fully

WilyRickWiles replies on Jan 23, 2020:

OK boomer.

Trump Opens Door to Cuts to Medicare and Other Entitlement Programs

govols comments on Jan 23, 2020:

Yea, so. Your thoughts?

WilyRickWiles replies on Jan 23, 2020:

Not surprising, this is what Paul Ryan promised after the tax cuts for the rich. It was a two part plan that got delayed with the failure to repeal the ACA. I am personally in favor of expanding these programs and think this will hurt Trump and Republicans at the ballot box. The Medicaid expansion, for instance, was a big motivator in the midterms, even for conservatives.

Trump Opens Door to Cuts to Medicare and Other Entitlement Programs

Daveclark5 comments on Jan 23, 2020:

I started reading the body of the essay before checking the source. It didn’t take long before I was able to see through the reporter’s analysis, that they this is a person with a very short left leg (severely left-leaning). Then I looked at the source and saw why it was allowed to go unedited ...

WilyRickWiles replies on Jan 23, 2020:

@Dmwils Was it a deepfake?

Trump Opens Door to Cuts to Medicare and Other Entitlement Programs

Daveclark5 comments on Jan 23, 2020:

I started reading the body of the essay before checking the source. It didn’t take long before I was able to see through the reporter’s analysis, that they this is a person with a very short left leg (severely left-leaning). Then I looked at the source and saw why it was allowed to go unedited ...

WilyRickWiles replies on Jan 23, 2020:

From the source at 17:55 https://youtu.be/EKwarFuHzxg?t=1075

Some of your favorites were democratic socialists

rway comments on Jan 22, 2020:

umm, I don't think so. Regardless, "democratic" Socialists can go ahead and write all the songs & poems they want... just keep them away from public policy decisions.

WilyRickWiles replies on Jan 23, 2020:

@rway The previous paragraph: "I am convinced there is only one way to eliminate these grave evils, namely through the establishment of a socialist economy, accompanied by an educational system which would be oriented toward social goals. In such an economy, the means of production are owned by society itself and are utilized in a planned fashion. A planned economy, which adjusts production to the needs of the community, would distribute the work to be done among all those able to work and would guarantee a livelihood to every man, woman, and child. The education of the individual, in addition to promoting his own innate abilities, would attempt to develop in him a sense of responsibility for his fellow men in place of the glorification of power and success in our present society."

Some of your favorites were democratic socialists

rway comments on Jan 22, 2020:

umm, I don't think so. Regardless, "democratic" Socialists can go ahead and write all the songs & poems they want... just keep them away from public policy decisions.

WilyRickWiles replies on Jan 23, 2020:

Also W.E.B. DuBois, Eugene Debs, Daniel De Leon, Mother Jones, Elizabeth Gurley Flynn, Bill Haywood, Lucy Parsons, Jack London, Sinclair Lewis, Upton Sinclair, and Kurt Vonnegut. Mark Twain and Jane Addams were on the spectrum. Not an American, but worth noting George Orwell.

Some of your favorites were democratic socialists

rway comments on Jan 22, 2020:

umm, I don't think so. Regardless, "democratic" Socialists can go ahead and write all the songs & poems they want... just keep them away from public policy decisions.

WilyRickWiles replies on Jan 23, 2020:

Katharine Lee Bates was a social reformer, often considered a Christian socialist, many of whose close associates were socialists.

Some of your favorites were democratic socialists

rway comments on Jan 22, 2020:

umm, I don't think so. Regardless, "democratic" Socialists can go ahead and write all the songs & poems they want... just keep them away from public policy decisions.

WilyRickWiles replies on Jan 23, 2020:

Whitman: “I’m a good deal more socialist than I thought I was. Maybe not technically, politically so, but intrinsically, in my meanings.” "I am with them in the result--that's all I can say." The result was "putting the crown on man--taking it off things. Ain't we all socialists, after all?"

Some of your favorites were democratic socialists

rway comments on Jan 22, 2020:

umm, I don't think so. Regardless, "democratic" Socialists can go ahead and write all the songs & poems they want... just keep them away from public policy decisions.

WilyRickWiles replies on Jan 23, 2020:

@rway Francis Bellamy: http://freemasonry.bcy.ca/biography/bellamy_f/bellamy_f.html

Some of your favorites were democratic socialists

rway comments on Jan 22, 2020:

umm, I don't think so. Regardless, "democratic" Socialists can go ahead and write all the songs & poems they want... just keep them away from public policy decisions.

WilyRickWiles replies on Jan 23, 2020:

@rway John Dewey was on the spectrum: https://jacobinmag.com/2018/01/john-dewey-democratic-socialism-liberalism

Some of your favorites were democratic socialists

rway comments on Jan 22, 2020:

umm, I don't think so. Regardless, "democratic" Socialists can go ahead and write all the songs & poems they want... just keep them away from public policy decisions.

WilyRickWiles replies on Jan 23, 2020:

@rway Helen Keller in her own words: https://www.marxists.org/reference/archive/keller-helen/works/1910s/12_11_03.htm

Some of your favorites were democratic socialists

rway comments on Jan 22, 2020:

umm, I don't think so. Regardless, "democratic" Socialists can go ahead and write all the songs & poems they want... just keep them away from public policy decisions.

WilyRickWiles replies on Jan 23, 2020:

@rway Einstein in his own words: https://monthlyreview.org/2009/05/01/why-socialism/

Some of your favorites were democratic socialists

rway comments on Jan 22, 2020:

umm, I don't think so. Regardless, "democratic" Socialists can go ahead and write all the songs & poems they want... just keep them away from public policy decisions.

WilyRickWiles replies on Jan 23, 2020:

@rway MLK Jr.: “Call it democracy, or call it democratic socialism, but there must be a better distribution of wealth within this country for all of God’s children.” “[W]e are saying that something is wrong … with capitalism…. There must be better distribution of wealth and maybe America must move toward a democratic socialism.”

And The Sheeple Cheer

WilyRickWiles comments on Jan 22, 2020:

Tell me what to think Uihleins, Bradleys, Marcuses, Devoses, Friesses, and Wilkses!

WilyRickWiles replies on Jan 22, 2020:

@2peros Another meme!

And The Sheeple Cheer

WilyRickWiles comments on Jan 22, 2020:

Tell me what to think Uihleins, Bradleys, Marcuses, Devoses, Friesses, and Wilkses!

WilyRickWiles replies on Jan 22, 2020:

@2peros Is this your hero? Daddy Dick Uihlein says to vote for him. Says US law comes from the Bible! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BWtpRg1J0DE

And The Sheeple Cheer

WilyRickWiles comments on Jan 22, 2020:

Tell me what to think Uihleins, Bradleys, Marcuses, Devoses, Friesses, and Wilkses!

WilyRickWiles replies on Jan 22, 2020:

@2peros Meme!

And The Sheeple Cheer

WilyRickWiles comments on Jan 22, 2020:

Tell me what to think Uihleins, Bradleys, Marcuses, Devoses, Friesses, and Wilkses!

WilyRickWiles replies on Jan 22, 2020:

@Rosary_Trace Do they fund TPUSA, too?

White supremacist group wanted Richmond rally to start a civil war, prosecutors say | Virginia | ...

RCGibb comments on Jan 22, 2020:

Yep, that's just what their members: the MSM and Virginia governor wanted. When will we chastise the the media and the liberals for what they really are?

WilyRickWiles replies on Jan 22, 2020:

@Boardwine Beetlejuice! Beetlejuice! Beetlejuice! Wait nothing happened.

White supremacist group wanted Richmond rally to start a civil war, prosecutors say | Virginia | ...

DonProvolone comments on Jan 22, 2020:

Well to be fair, anyone opposed to the 2A had their fingers crossed that Some Very Bad People would do some Very Bad Thing(s) and result in the same or similar... So there's that.

WilyRickWiles replies on Jan 22, 2020:

Did they visualize it into being?

White supremacist group wanted Richmond rally to start a civil war, prosecutors say | Virginia | ...

BikerPetehall70 comments on Jan 22, 2020:

That's just bullshit and everyone with a brain can see it

WilyRickWiles replies on Jan 22, 2020:

False flag, huh?

‘Where do we put our money?’ is biggest issue for the Davos crowd, top fund manager says

Boardwine comments on Jan 22, 2020:

Yes because I'm sure all those billionaires paid far less in taxes than you or I. Why do you think it makes you "moral" to support taking what you didn't earn?

WilyRickWiles replies on Jan 22, 2020:

I don't know about "moral" but if you are part of society and benefit from its public goods, you need to chip in.

White supremacist group wanted Richmond rally to start a civil war, prosecutors say | Virginia | ...

RCGibb comments on Jan 22, 2020:

Yep, that's just what their members: the MSM and Virginia governor wanted. When will we chastise the the media and the liberals for what they really are?

WilyRickWiles replies on Jan 22, 2020:

You're not making any sense.

No insurrection or violence at Virginia gun rights rally.

WilyRickWiles comments on Jan 21, 2020:

Why did they pick MLK Day to rally? Or do you call it Lee Day?

WilyRickWiles replies on Jan 22, 2020:

@Dmwils Dude, settle down. I just asked you to give an example. Since apparently I need to be comprehensive in asking for evidence of non-white people at the really, what percentage do you think were people of color?

Some of your favorites were democratic socialists

rway comments on Jan 22, 2020:

umm, I don't think so. Regardless, "democratic" Socialists can go ahead and write all the songs & poems they want... just keep them away from public policy decisions.

WilyRickWiles replies on Jan 22, 2020:

You don't think what?

Joe Rogan Is Voting For Bernie! - YouTube

ZachKozyrski comments on Jan 21, 2020:

Lol worst poker face ever.

WilyRickWiles replies on Jan 22, 2020:

What are you saying? Joe don't bluff.

No insurrection or violence at Virginia gun rights rally.

WilyRickWiles comments on Jan 21, 2020:

Why did they pick MLK Day to rally? Or do you call it Lee Day?

WilyRickWiles replies on Jan 21, 2020:

@Dmwils Oh yeah? What percentage of the attendees do you think were black?

No insurrection or violence at Virginia gun rights rally.

WilyRickWiles comments on Jan 21, 2020:

Why did they pick MLK Day to rally? Or do you call it Lee Day?

WilyRickWiles replies on Jan 21, 2020:

@SpikeTalon Fair enough--some of those people are antifa, too--not just ancaps!

No insurrection or violence at Virginia gun rights rally.

WilyRickWiles comments on Jan 21, 2020:

Why did they pick MLK Day to rally? Or do you call it Lee Day?

WilyRickWiles replies on Jan 21, 2020:

@SpikeTalon MLK Day commemorates a central figure in the civil rights movement and is incredibly important to black Americans. The civil rights era was marked by outbursts of white terrorist violence against blacks. It seems odd that a predominantly white coalition of paramilitary groups, including members of the current iteration of urban neo-Nazis, Blue Lives Matter, would pick such a day for a show of force.

Joe Rogan Is Voting For Bernie! - YouTube

purdyday comments on Jan 21, 2020:

Joe, while he has incredible entertainment value, lives in his own purple haze. And that flemy hacking cough he has that he blames on 'supplements', come on? Lmao As @Boardwine says, who cares?

WilyRickWiles replies on Jan 21, 2020:

I mean, this is a Joe Rogan fan group, in a community for fans of media figures like him.

This recent West Point graduate is Alex Idrache.

WilyRickWiles comments on Jan 20, 2020:

He was very lucky not to have been deported.

WilyRickWiles replies on Jan 21, 2020:

@RafaelMspt You use your recognition of this man's ostensibly exceptional beauty as license to destroy millions.

This recent West Point graduate is Alex Idrache.

WilyRickWiles comments on Jan 20, 2020:

He was very lucky not to have been deported.

WilyRickWiles replies on Jan 21, 2020:

@RafaelMspt A visa is still subject to the whims of Donny Boy.

This recent West Point graduate is Alex Idrache.

WilyRickWiles comments on Jan 20, 2020:

He was very lucky not to have been deported.

WilyRickWiles replies on Jan 20, 2020:

@RafaelMspt Many like him HAVE been deported to the cheers of the Trumpers.

Hello all, new to the site-ish, I signed up a while back but only checked in time to time.

Walsh54 comments on Jan 20, 2020:

I’m glad the rally turned out so well, no violence (I was worried Antifa might try their dirty deeds). I know many patriots from other states supported, in person and otherwise. IMHO I think your governor, AG et al are pretty bad actors. True patriots need to keep speaking and standing up, ...

WilyRickWiles replies on Jan 20, 2020:

I mean, they like guns too. 🤷 But they do hate Nazis.

Why Anti-Semitism Is on the Rise in the United States

RobBlair comments on Jan 17, 2020:

Good article except for the thesis. Too bad about the unnecessary lies. I guess that's the only way to get attention on the left - "He verbalizes, encourages, enables, tolerates, winks at, and makes excuses for anti-Semitism, most notably when he said that some of the Nazis marching in ...

WilyRickWiles replies on Jan 17, 2020:

@RobBlair But I mean, everyone at that march with the tiki torches was a neo-Nazi.

Why Anti-Semitism Is on the Rise in the United States

RobBlair comments on Jan 17, 2020:

Good article except for the thesis. Too bad about the unnecessary lies. I guess that's the only way to get attention on the left - "He verbalizes, encourages, enables, tolerates, winks at, and makes excuses for anti-Semitism, most notably when he said that some of the Nazis marching in ...

WilyRickWiles replies on Jan 17, 2020:

I like to watch it straight from the video. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JmaZR8E12bs

Why Anti-Semitism Is on the Rise in the United States

Hanno comments on Jan 17, 2020:

I cannot speak for America, however my experience in Europe and elsewhere where I have worked and lived (and this does include the USA), anti semitism primarily came from my liberal friends... especially concerning the existence of Israel. You may group anti-semitism with neo nazis, all 7 of then...

WilyRickWiles replies on Jan 17, 2020:

@Hanno I find it difficult to watch what Israel's far right-wing government has done with respect to Palestinian human rights and settlement expansion over the past few decades and still unconditionally support Israel.

Why Anti-Semitism Is on the Rise in the United States

Hanno comments on Jan 17, 2020:

I cannot speak for America, however my experience in Europe and elsewhere where I have worked and lived (and this does include the USA), anti semitism primarily came from my liberal friends... especially concerning the existence of Israel. You may group anti-semitism with neo nazis, all 7 of then...

WilyRickWiles replies on Jan 17, 2020:

Criticizing Israel is not discrimination against, prejudice, or hostility toward Jews, though.

Why Anti-Semitism Is on the Rise in the United States

govols comments on Jan 17, 2020:

My grandmother Sarah would not have been surprised by the upsurge in anti-Semitism during the past few years. “Scratch a goy, you’ll find an anti-Semite,” Maybe the above opening to the linked article has something to do with it. Live as a tribe, always identifying as "us" to everybody ...

WilyRickWiles replies on Jan 17, 2020:

@govols I mean a commitment to fundamental human rights and solidarity with other groups, e.g. blacks during the civil rights movement, rooted in the memory of historical discrimination and the knowledge that if one group can be discriminated against, yours can too. Such solidarity used to be common among, e.g. Irish Catholics as well, but the discrimination they suffered has faded from memory.

Why Anti-Semitism Is on the Rise in the United States

govols comments on Jan 17, 2020:

My grandmother Sarah would not have been surprised by the upsurge in anti-Semitism during the past few years. “Scratch a goy, you’ll find an anti-Semite,” Maybe the above opening to the linked article has something to do with it. Live as a tribe, always identifying as "us" to everybody ...

WilyRickWiles replies on Jan 17, 2020:

Moreover, isn't it wrong to blame "tribes," especially ones with a tradition of cosmopolitan solidarity, rather than tribalists/nativists?

Why Anti-Semitism Is on the Rise in the United States

govols comments on Jan 17, 2020:

My grandmother Sarah would not have been surprised by the upsurge in anti-Semitism during the past few years. “Scratch a goy, you’ll find an anti-Semite,” Maybe the above opening to the linked article has something to do with it. Live as a tribe, always identifying as "us" to everybody ...

WilyRickWiles replies on Jan 17, 2020:

Is it not worth considering that her grandmother had little choice in the matter, having escaped pogroms?

I wonder how many saw the Democrat debate with CNN trying to take out Bernie with another Warrren ...

Boardwine comments on Jan 17, 2020:

The DNC is utterly corrupt. They KNOW Bernie loses in the general and they'll do anything to keep him out of it. This is only the first salvo

WilyRickWiles replies on Jan 17, 2020:

@Boardwine And keep in mind that what we think of as "young voters" at this point includes millennials, who are almost 40 years old. They're going to turn out. And the primary will be a good test of whether the younger ones are motivated enough to show up.

I wonder how many saw the Democrat debate with CNN trying to take out Bernie with another Warrren ...

Boardwine comments on Jan 17, 2020:

The DNC is utterly corrupt. They KNOW Bernie loses in the general and they'll do anything to keep him out of it. This is only the first salvo

WilyRickWiles replies on Jan 17, 2020:

@Boardwine There was a notion that he had a problem with black voters in 2016 that was actually a function of name recognition. He's #2 with black voters this time around and actually does better with them head-to-head against Trump than Biden. He's #1 with young black voters, but Biden remains very strong with older black voters, especially in the South. That very well may change if Bernie wins in Iowa, New Hampshire, and Nevada. Regardless, he is so strong everywhere else, particularly out west, that he still has the potential to win the nomination outright or at least after the addition of Warren's delegates (not a sure thing). Bernie may be relatively far left, but that is not how he is perceived by regular voters. Like Trump, he activates the widespread but largely unconscious populism in the electorate. His consistency over the years and common sense framing has built a trust that blunts accusations of far leftism.

I wonder how many saw the Democrat debate with CNN trying to take out Bernie with another Warrren ...

Boardwine comments on Jan 17, 2020:

The DNC is utterly corrupt. They KNOW Bernie loses in the general and they'll do anything to keep him out of it. This is only the first salvo

WilyRickWiles replies on Jan 17, 2020:

@Boardwine Do you remember how close those states were in 2016? Democrats win when they give their base something to be enthusiastic about and Trump is doing most of that work for them this time. It's not about the "white working class" or swing voters. It's about Democrats and left-leaning independents who outnumber: Republicans, true swing voters who are declining in number in the age of polarization, and right-leaning independents. It's true that there are less voters who meet the Democratic profile in the rust belt, but blacks in Milwaukee and Detroit didn't turn out last time because Hillary did not give them that something--she didn't even show up to campaign! The massive swings in turnout that we saw in the suburbs in 2018 will continue in places like Philadelphia as well. Florida is kind of a uniquely odd place that I would not bet on winning, but Bernie is actually polling the best there head-to-head. Moreover, across the country, Bernie is expected to turn out young people and Latinos who would not otherwise vote. See you in November.

Our Time to Finish What We Started - Bernie Sanders - YouTube

2peros comments on Jan 17, 2020:

Seems Legit

WilyRickWiles replies on Jan 17, 2020:

Right... Show me the evidence!

I wonder how many saw the Democrat debate with CNN trying to take out Bernie with another Warrren ...

Boardwine comments on Jan 17, 2020:

The DNC is utterly corrupt. They KNOW Bernie loses in the general and they'll do anything to keep him out of it. This is only the first salvo

WilyRickWiles replies on Jan 17, 2020:

Know based on what? That's the opposite of what the polls show.

What could you do with half a Billion dollars?

WilyRickWiles comments on Jan 16, 2020:

Bernie wasn't involved in Justice Democrats. And why shouldn't the left engage in the political process?

WilyRickWiles replies on Jan 16, 2020:

@DeplorableToo

What could you do with half a Billion dollars?

bastion comments on Jan 16, 2020:

the huffington post (fake news) says it's half a million not billion? it's sick he didn't provide houses for the homeless : that's what trump would have done.

WilyRickWiles replies on Jan 16, 2020:

That's a good point--big difference between half a million and half a billion!

What could you do with half a Billion dollars?

WilyRickWiles comments on Jan 16, 2020:

Bernie wasn't involved in Justice Democrats. And why shouldn't the left engage in the political process?

WilyRickWiles replies on Jan 16, 2020:

@DeplorableToo "I've teamed up w/ @cenkuygur & top officials in Bernie Sanders campaign. We're launching Justice Democrats. Dems taking 0 corporate money." The key part there is "&". The Sanders staff included Saikat Chakrabarti. Not Kulinski and Uygur. And the campaign was done at that point. Moreover, I am familiar with all of these people and their histories.

What could you do with half a Billion dollars?

WilyRickWiles comments on Jan 16, 2020:

Bernie wasn't involved in Justice Democrats. And why shouldn't the left engage in the political process?

WilyRickWiles replies on Jan 16, 2020:

@DeplorableToo No they weren't involved in the Sanders campaign. And they stepped back a long time ago. The leadership of Brand New Congress, which was started by former Sanders volunteers and merged with Justice Democrats, took over.

What is the allure of the socialist ideology to the youth of the West?

purdyday comments on Jan 15, 2020:

Its true, but I despair that these neo-socialists youth respond to little more than cowbells and we would be speaking to the symptoms, not the causes. Their altruistic fantasies have been fed to them, as any street interview reveals, but yours is a question that burns in my mind too, how do we reach...

WilyRickWiles replies on Jan 16, 2020:

@Boardwine Your argument would invalidate every government in the world that I can think of. What do you call that if not anarchism and why single out socialism?

Feel The Bern...

WilyRickWiles comments on Jan 15, 2020:

You OK @2peros?

WilyRickWiles replies on Jan 15, 2020:

@BobCoffey1 "It was a perfect call!" Perfect like that?