The Biden presidency AND the Biden-Harris Administration HAS BEEN THE WORST in the history of the US (my memory and historical knowledge is limited, so please correct me if I am mistaken).
Yes, I know that Trump is bad, Reagan was bad, Bush was bad, Nixon was bad. But NONE OF THEM were even remotely as bad as Biden (based on the real evidence so far).
The previous Trump and present Biden Administrations have put the US (and the world) on a trajectory of WAR and assured protracted conflicts. I don't see how a TRUMP or a HARRIS Presidency can possibly change this trajectory. The die is cast. The question is - how bad will it really get?
Another reason why BIDEN-HARRIS Administration is the worst: There is this concept of "BLOWBACK" that the US will face for generations based on all the wars and military attacks and conflicts it has waged on the world. No one knows when the US Empire will face the consequences of these "blowback events". It would possibly happen in some other politician's administration. But ask yourself this - which administration was responsible the most and deserves the most blame for the consequences of future blowback events on US citizens?
What salvation? Whether I vote green or red or blue or anything else, we already know that either Trump or Harris will be the next President (barring some miracle). So what salvation?
There are benefits to voting Green this election. 1) You can look yourself in the mirror the next day and say "I did NOT vote for Harris or Trump. I did not vote to fund more genocide. I am a moral person with a conscience." 2) By helping Greens get a higher percentage of the vote in your state, you're helping Green candidates in next year's election get on the ballot as a Green in your state (since in many states the Green presidential candidate has to receive a certain percentage of the state vote for the Green Party in that state to be "recognized" and for those running for state or local offices as Greens to be called Greens and have access to party funding. Ds and Rs don't have this problem.) 3) If everyone who liked Jill Stein's platform voted for her--she'd win, hands down. In a three- or four-way race, it doesn't take that large a percentage to win. Check out her platform at jillstein2024.com/platform
TRC, I think you misunderstood my comment. This "voting" is NOT ABOUT ME, it is about the US and the WORLD. This "voting" is NOT about "my feelings" or "how I justify things" or "how I rationalize things" or "how I resolve cognitive dissonances". Obviously I'm not going to vote for ANYONE that supports genocide (which should be obvious to anyone that's read my comments in Caitlin's substack).
1) I don't care about how I feel or my mirror (on the voting issue)
2) This will hopefully happen (depending on state) as I suspect there are many non-genocidal voters this election season.
3) This "everyone" logic makes sense in "fantasyland" - but that's not how reality works (no matter how much we would like it to work that way)
Check out the polling in Michigan... Greens are on the ascendancy. Greens are throwing a monkey wrench/spanner into the machine. We're going to help shut down the whole corrupt system. The first step of a journey of a thousand miles starts with one step. Take it with us.
TRC, like I said - I'm NOT trying to rain on anyone's parade. I'm all for Jill Stein. That's not the issue under consideration. Regardless of what happens in Michigan, the fact is (barring miracles) that it will be a TRUMP or HARRIS presidency. That doesn't in any way suggest that one should not vote for Jill Stein.
Be very careful in promoting the Greens. In my country(Canada) the Greens, while still a small party have done more to damage this country than any other group. I'm afraid that because of all the left wing doggerel that has so duped the West that we are all f-----d.
If you listen to what the Greens actually want you would be very leery of them. Their policies if enacted would shut down just about all industry and totally destroy commerce. People would be out of work in no time flat.
I'm a realist (for some reason BOTH optimists and pessimists don't like realists - don't know why). I see the glass BOTH half full AND half empty (unlike optimists and pessimists that ignore half the glass based on their confirmation biases).
Patricia Blair - that's NOT how a "realist" thinks. The question of "accepting" doesn't arise for a "realist". A realist would use statistics, probability, and other methods to arrive at probability distributions on hypotheticals and confidence intervals on those analyses.
Do what you can to get the current perps out of office to disrupt the trajectory of where we know they’re dragging us. Then deal with the batch next of psychopaths.
maybe the salvation of the fighting spirit. i hope the greens will not stop opposing the genocide and empire and keep organising. if one were to join them you can already make use of the organisational structure to keep up the protests against harris or trump policies. idk, but i think it's harder to keep motivated if one voted for either wing of the duopoly (in the belief that they somehow are 'harm reduction') or didn't vote (deciding that giving the finger to a corrupt system is more important then giving the finger to the genocidals), then if you voted green.
The CIA concept of blowback is detailed in Chalmers Johnson's 2004 book 'Blowback: the costs and consequences of American empire'...this book is a must read as is his follow up 'The Sorrows of Empire.'
Thanks for the book recommendations teddyG. My reading/catch-up list is so long that I don't think I'll live long enough to read through it. But thank you again for the suggestions.
You ain’t wrong. Many ex military and intelligence guys have said the same thing. Blinken is the worst brain dead SoS in history. If this war with Iran happens then Austin can join Powell in hell.
Blinken Winkin Nod represents the Tribe before he represents Americans. Isn't that glaringly obvious? He's only brain dead when it comes to helping America, he's Khazarian through and through.
"The die is cast. The question is - how bad will it really get?" Just a guess.. but I would predict that when The final battle is fought, soon coming to expose the stupidity of the Earth's most 'intelligent' species, the darkness of the ensuing Nuclear Winter should be enough to hide the last death throes of whatever will be left of life on the planet.
"Cats are clearly the highest and most superior species!" Yes, any animal that is smart enough not to pay attention to what human beings say is by far superior to them in intelligence, and my cat never listened to me... ever...
"One could hardly call them intelligent!" Unfortunately, intelligence is independent from stupidity, and sometimes the two seem to act in perfectly proportional quantities.. For example, it takes a great amount of intelligence to make nuclear weapons, but also an equal amount of stupidity.
I was referring to the comment that I had made regarding human intelligence in light of the weapons we fabricate with that intelligence. . ... which is why I used single quotation marks to signify that the collective 'intelligence' of out species is questionable... .
If we define intelligence as an overall ability to comprehend and consider issues universally then it must be on a different, higher plane than stupidity. I think you want to say proficiency in a craft, trade, etc. Those easily sit next to stupidity in areas outside the relevant purview.
Also, intelligence without morals easily serves good and evil (atheists of the forum, Fass!) so cannot be a positive.
Regarding intelligence and stupidity.... Intelligence is hard to define, but stupidity may be a little easier. Using the K.I.S.S. principle, I would think that if using intellectual assets brings about unnecessary negative conditions, then stupidity has joined the fray. Making nuclear weapons requires more intelligence than I have, but making them also seems to be as stupid as it gets. Therefore, is intelligence an asset of survival or an existential danger. Using the above, worms may not be smart creatures, but they can't make nuclear weapons. We can..... i.e., the intelligent species. On the other hand, you don't have to be a genius to understand that crossing the street on a red light can kill you, but you have to be stupid to do so.. So you're right, the two conditions exist on a different plane, but one does not exist without the other. i.e., the more intelligent you are, the more stupid you can be... E = MC2.... It took a genius to come up with the formula, but an idiot to use it for a bomb.
Michael, "open borders" is not relevant to this discussion. Team R and Team D have similar policies (in reality and not in rhetoric) when it comes to "immigration" issues. The topic is nuanced, and I can't adequately explain here (in this comments section) why BOTH party's immigration policies are MORE SIMILAR than different.
The Biden presidency AND the Biden-Harris Administration HAS BEEN THE WORST in the history of the US (my memory and historical knowledge is limited, so please correct me if I am mistaken).
Yes, I know that Trump is bad, Reagan was bad, Bush was bad, Nixon was bad. But NONE OF THEM were even remotely as bad as Biden (based on the real evidence so far).
The previous Trump and present Biden Administrations have put the US (and the world) on a trajectory of WAR and assured protracted conflicts. I don't see how a TRUMP or a HARRIS Presidency can possibly change this trajectory. The die is cast. The question is - how bad will it really get?
Another reason why BIDEN-HARRIS Administration is the worst: There is this concept of "BLOWBACK" that the US will face for generations based on all the wars and military attacks and conflicts it has waged on the world. No one knows when the US Empire will face the consequences of these "blowback events". It would possibly happen in some other politician's administration. But ask yourself this - which administration was responsible the most and deserves the most blame for the consequences of future blowback events on US citizens?
Vote Green as the only salvation!
What salvation? Whether I vote green or red or blue or anything else, we already know that either Trump or Harris will be the next President (barring some miracle). So what salvation?
There are benefits to voting Green this election. 1) You can look yourself in the mirror the next day and say "I did NOT vote for Harris or Trump. I did not vote to fund more genocide. I am a moral person with a conscience." 2) By helping Greens get a higher percentage of the vote in your state, you're helping Green candidates in next year's election get on the ballot as a Green in your state (since in many states the Green presidential candidate has to receive a certain percentage of the state vote for the Green Party in that state to be "recognized" and for those running for state or local offices as Greens to be called Greens and have access to party funding. Ds and Rs don't have this problem.) 3) If everyone who liked Jill Stein's platform voted for her--she'd win, hands down. In a three- or four-way race, it doesn't take that large a percentage to win. Check out her platform at jillstein2024.com/platform
TRC, I think you misunderstood my comment. This "voting" is NOT ABOUT ME, it is about the US and the WORLD. This "voting" is NOT about "my feelings" or "how I justify things" or "how I rationalize things" or "how I resolve cognitive dissonances". Obviously I'm not going to vote for ANYONE that supports genocide (which should be obvious to anyone that's read my comments in Caitlin's substack).
1) I don't care about how I feel or my mirror (on the voting issue)
2) This will hopefully happen (depending on state) as I suspect there are many non-genocidal voters this election season.
3) This "everyone" logic makes sense in "fantasyland" - but that's not how reality works (no matter how much we would like it to work that way)
Check out the polling in Michigan... Greens are on the ascendancy. Greens are throwing a monkey wrench/spanner into the machine. We're going to help shut down the whole corrupt system. The first step of a journey of a thousand miles starts with one step. Take it with us.
TRC, like I said - I'm NOT trying to rain on anyone's parade. I'm all for Jill Stein. That's not the issue under consideration. Regardless of what happens in Michigan, the fact is (barring miracles) that it will be a TRUMP or HARRIS presidency. That doesn't in any way suggest that one should not vote for Jill Stein.
Be very careful in promoting the Greens. In my country(Canada) the Greens, while still a small party have done more to damage this country than any other group. I'm afraid that because of all the left wing doggerel that has so duped the West that we are all f-----d.
Just curious, what damage have the Greens done here in Canada? To me they appear entirely ineffectual.
If you listen to what the Greens actually want you would be very leery of them. Their policies if enacted would shut down just about all industry and totally destroy commerce. People would be out of work in no time flat.
I never say never! Ignore the polls! Talk Green to everyone!
I'm a realist (for some reason BOTH optimists and pessimists don't like realists - don't know why). I see the glass BOTH half full AND half empty (unlike optimists and pessimists that ignore half the glass based on their confirmation biases).
I’m a realist too that’s why I don’t accept that we can’t make a difference for good.
Patricia Blair - that's NOT how a "realist" thinks. The question of "accepting" doesn't arise for a "realist". A realist would use statistics, probability, and other methods to arrive at probability distributions on hypotheticals and confidence intervals on those analyses.
Do what you can to get the current perps out of office to disrupt the trajectory of where we know they’re dragging us. Then deal with the batch next of psychopaths.
maybe the salvation of the fighting spirit. i hope the greens will not stop opposing the genocide and empire and keep organising. if one were to join them you can already make use of the organisational structure to keep up the protests against harris or trump policies. idk, but i think it's harder to keep motivated if one voted for either wing of the duopoly (in the belief that they somehow are 'harm reduction') or didn't vote (deciding that giving the finger to a corrupt system is more important then giving the finger to the genocidals), then if you voted green.
The CIA concept of blowback is detailed in Chalmers Johnson's 2004 book 'Blowback: the costs and consequences of American empire'...this book is a must read as is his follow up 'The Sorrows of Empire.'
Thanks for the book recommendations teddyG. My reading/catch-up list is so long that I don't think I'll live long enough to read through it. But thank you again for the suggestions.
You ain’t wrong. Many ex military and intelligence guys have said the same thing. Blinken is the worst brain dead SoS in history. If this war with Iran happens then Austin can join Powell in hell.
Blinken Winkin Nod represents the Tribe before he represents Americans. Isn't that glaringly obvious? He's only brain dead when it comes to helping America, he's Khazarian through and through.
Chang,
"The die is cast. The question is - how bad will it really get?" Just a guess.. but I would predict that when The final battle is fought, soon coming to expose the stupidity of the Earth's most 'intelligent' species, the darkness of the ensuing Nuclear Winter should be enough to hide the last death throes of whatever will be left of life on the planet.
Cats are clearly the highest and most superior species!
Clearly!
"Cats are clearly the highest and most superior species!" Yes, any animal that is smart enough not to pay attention to what human beings say is by far superior to them in intelligence, and my cat never listened to me... ever...
Maybe if you had some Greenies?
One could hardly call them intelligent!
"One could hardly call them intelligent!" Unfortunately, intelligence is independent from stupidity, and sometimes the two seem to act in perfectly proportional quantities.. For example, it takes a great amount of intelligence to make nuclear weapons, but also an equal amount of stupidity.
I was referring to the comment that I had made regarding human intelligence in light of the weapons we fabricate with that intelligence. . ... which is why I used single quotation marks to signify that the collective 'intelligence' of out species is questionable... .
I agree about cats BUT not sure if your comment is addressed to me?
If we define intelligence as an overall ability to comprehend and consider issues universally then it must be on a different, higher plane than stupidity. I think you want to say proficiency in a craft, trade, etc. Those easily sit next to stupidity in areas outside the relevant purview.
Also, intelligence without morals easily serves good and evil (atheists of the forum, Fass!) so cannot be a positive.
Russian...,
Regarding intelligence and stupidity.... Intelligence is hard to define, but stupidity may be a little easier. Using the K.I.S.S. principle, I would think that if using intellectual assets brings about unnecessary negative conditions, then stupidity has joined the fray. Making nuclear weapons requires more intelligence than I have, but making them also seems to be as stupid as it gets. Therefore, is intelligence an asset of survival or an existential danger. Using the above, worms may not be smart creatures, but they can't make nuclear weapons. We can..... i.e., the intelligent species. On the other hand, you don't have to be a genius to understand that crossing the street on a red light can kill you, but you have to be stupid to do so.. So you're right, the two conditions exist on a different plane, but one does not exist without the other. i.e., the more intelligent you are, the more stupid you can be... E = MC2.... It took a genius to come up with the formula, but an idiot to use it for a bomb.
You are quite optimistic in thinking there will be a future for our species to have the luxury of worrying about blowback. I hope you are right.
I’d expect nothing less and they’re tempting it with open borders. We’ll have Oct 7ths in NY, DC, LA….and Americans won’t understand why or how
Michael, "open borders" is not relevant to this discussion. Team R and Team D have similar policies (in reality and not in rhetoric) when it comes to "immigration" issues. The topic is nuanced, and I can't adequately explain here (in this comments section) why BOTH party's immigration policies are MORE SIMILAR than different.
Are large volumes of migrants entering the country without proper vetting or not? Trust me, I’m not team Trump here either
>>"Are large volumes of migrants entering the country without proper vetting or not?"
Irrelevant to this discussion.
>>"I’m not team Trump here either"
I don't belong to ANY team. I'm a non-conformist.