Politics

[fourfive8]

Hey BIGEASY, I couldn’t care less what you call yourself. But I am serious about those recommendations for traveling to learn and gain perspective that may offer something different from the distorted views seen through the lens of the MSM, effects of brainwashing influencers in your life and your chosen surrounds in NC or wherever you live. I can assure you however your “world” is very tiny. The real world is big. That map is real and those areas are real and would provide ANYONE an idea of where to visit for easy, secure travel while expanding cultural education without being stuck in a tourist destination. I have in-laws in ILOILO on the SE end of Panay and am friends with two families from near Roxas on the north end of Panay. Also have several friends on Negros Island north of Dumaguete. For whatever reason, quite a number of European and Western ex-pats end up in Dumaguete which eases the travel fears for some. Personally, I fear wandering around most large US cities far more than wandering around any area in the Philippines, including one of largest slums in the world in Manila, no matter what the US State Department posts in their advisories.

I would also be very wary of the multitude of AI generated vlogs and mini-documentaries flooding any travel or ex-pat info search on the net now. For some reason, a huge number are being generated about the Philippines. Some are fairly accurate and some not at all. A couple of legit vloggers I’d watch are, SEFTV… Joseph Pasalo from Leyte. His videos are done in Waray-Tagalog but have English subtitles so are easy to follow. Another worthy vlogger is Kumander Daot (Anselm Plummer) a Brit who lives just north of Davao. His vlogs are done in accented Welsh English but he has learned fluent Bisaya which adds to the depth of his interactions as he travels the Philippines.

BIGEASY, I’d say chances are near zero you’d be interested in travel with cultural interaction to gain any diverse perspective outside your tiny, ego-centric bubble world, but some reading this might.

 

[VertigoBE]

I do not understand why so many of you are still engaging with @Big_Easy and ilk.
He has been on my ignore list for a while now.

Zealots and ideologues, especially uncultured and uneducated ones, bore me.

 

[spike.t]

Trump offered to sell arms to China during Xi visit, US ambassador tells Fox News | Euronews https://share.google/bfWJgrCGnchb9joTS

 

[spike.t]

Fk me........

 

[spike.t]

Uk TV presenter doesn't hold back shitting on the defence minster and the other politicians regarding the terrorist bomb attempt at the airbase...

 

[Ontario Hunter]

Trump offered to sell arms to China during Xi visit, US ambassador tells Fox News | Euronews https://share.google/bfWJgrCGnchb9joTS

Midterm elections cannot come fast enough!

 

[Ontario Hunter]

Looks like the "attack" on American air base in Britain was a bunch of London punks trying to play villain. Too many video games. Radicalized by "Call to Duty." It was bungled from the get go. The kids panicked and ran. Kudus to the citizen who chose to get involved and called it in. Heads will roll at the base security office where no one answered the phone. She gave up and called 999. Within five minutes all hell broke loose.

 

[fourfive8]

Here’s an interesting possibility for most unusual international destination and a possible side trip off the beaten path- another typical and safe Philippine destination with friendly locals and unique culture. From Manila, or recently opened Clark, go north to northernmost tip of the archipelago at Batanes. Completely different from the agriculture areas, jungle covered mountains and iconic beaches to the south. Funny coincidence that Joseph ran into his friend and fellow vlogger Anselm on this trip

Plan extra day or three+ because of normal winds in the straight along with the typhoon possibility, after all it is in the “alley”. And no, just like the rest of the country, including the Sulu Sea and Tawi Tawi area in the far south, the locals don’t have big pots for cooking tourists, not even idiot Brandon’s uncle

 

[Newboomer]

I do not understand why so many of you are still engaging with @Big_Easy and ilk.
He has been on my ignore list for a while now.

Zealots and ideologues, especially uncultured and uneducated ones, bore me.

Sometimes, though, he's good for a chuckle with the idiocy he spews.

 

[Brent in Az]

The dumbasses in the U.K allowed the 5 suspected terrorists to go free on bail.

 

[Rocked and Loaded]

The dumbasses in the U.K allowed the 5 suspected terrorists to go free on bail.

Wouldn’t want to appear racist.

 

[Boyd Brooks]

The dumbasses in the U.K allowed the 5 suspected terrorists to go free on bail.

Is anyone surprised by this, not me. Probably cash free bail like we have in Canucistan.

 

[Big_Easy]

Zealots and ideologues, especially uncultured and uneducated ones, bore me.

I suppose you won't find many users to converse with on here then. Lots of kool-aid drinking going on. If the majority of users end up on your ignore list, then what's the point?

 

[Ontario Hunter]

Wouldn’t want to appear racist.

Their faces were blurred in the photo of them sitting on the ground with cuffs on. Still, it appeared they were Caucasian. All from London suburbs and in their twenties. Would not surprise me if they were playing some kinda Dungeons & Dragons quest. Given how fast they were released on bail I suspect this may have been a whole lot of fuss about nothing much. Has anyone heard if explosives were actually found? What I'm reading is some farmer gal returned home late from a party, saw three strange white vans parked in an odd formation of some sort and eight or ten guys in black clothes wearing masks. They took off running into the woods when she gave them the stinkeye. She said there was a business sign with phone number on one van and she called. When it turned up disconnected, she figured she better call the cops. And away it went from there. It really is hard to believe if the kids were up to no good they would be out on bail. I bet their cell phone records told the tale.

Think about it. If these punks planned to bomb the airbase, why would ten guys be needed for the job? That doesn't make a lot of sense. But hey, I've seen a lot of frat house nonsense that also didn't make any sense. And no I NEVER belonged to a fraternity. Rushed many times and enjoyed the free beer. Those twits just wanted my brain and GI Bill benefits.

 

[Brent in Az]

Is anyone surprised by this, not me. Probably cash free bail like we have in Canucistan.

No surprise.
I better stay away from the U.K.
They will arrest me for my social media post.

 

[Ontario Hunter]

Rubio says foreign actor was ‘clearly’ behind suspected RAF Fairford plot

US secretary of state, who offered no evidence for claims, also says many people ‘disturbed’ that five suspects released on bail

www.theguardian.com

Yep. No explosives in the vans. Trump talking out his arse again trying to make something out of nothing. And this time Rubio joins the choir. Couple of boobs. So embarrassing. The airbase "terrorists" were apparently harmless.

 

[Brent in Az]

Rubio says foreign actor was ‘clearly’ behind suspected RAF Fairford plot

US secretary of state, who offered no evidence for claims, also says many people ‘disturbed’ that five suspects released on bail

www.theguardian.com

Yep. No explosives in the vans. Trump talking out his arse again trying to make something out of nothing. And this time Rubio joins the choir. Couple of boobs. So embarrassing. The airbase "terrorists" were apparently harmless.

You want some cheese with your morning Whine Perfesser?
There is certainly no reason to be concerned with masked men in suspicious vans close to an airbase......LOL

 

[Altitude sickness]

At least you can admit when I'm right and when another forum member is not. There is hope for you yet.

Some current examples of Socialism in America:

• The Military
• Police Departments
• Firefighters (usually)
• EMS
• Teachers/Schools (usually)
• Road/Highway Departments
• Libraries
• Parks (National/Local/State)
• Other Gov managed lands
• Drinking Water Utilities (~75%)
• Wastewater Treatment Plants/Systems
• Airports
• Seaports
• Mass Transit Systems
• The TVA
• The Post Office (try getting UPS or FedEx to mail something for 78 cents)
• Veteran's Health Administration
• Government ownership stakes in 2 dozen plus companies under the Donald Trump administration, sometimes unwillingly.

At what point will any of these socialist programs force America to become a Communist state?...Must be a really slow burn then.

Your lesson is just beginning.

Thank you for proving my point. every program you listed above is paid for by money taken from taxPAYERS.

Not from AOC or Bernie proclaiming a program should exist and therefore somehow it’s funded

the government does not fund those programs

Capitalism pays for those programs.

There is always a tipping point where capitalism can no longer support all the programs. socialism does not fund itself

 

[Ontario Hunter]

You want some cheese with your morning Whine Perfesser?
There is certainly no reason to be concerned with masked men in suspicious vans close to an airbase......LOL

Right. So Rubio believes some "foreign actor" was "clearly" behind this. An Iranian operative told those kids to dress up in black clothes and masks and go dance around outside a military airbase in the middle of the night ... without arms or explosives. Yes, that makes so much sense.

The Brits are doing their best to mitigate the damage from this media faux pas, but keeping the kids locked up any longer than necessary for no good reason is not what civilized nations are supposed to do. Keeping them in jail longer by denying bail would only make things worse for the British authorities. Give them credit for being smart enough to figure that out. The govt has the media on their side now because the response may be perceived as correct. But keeping the dumbasses locked up is not correct. The media may wind up taking some heat for a false alarm out of proportion. Reporters would be just fine shifting some of it onto the authorities.

The problem is America is being run by people who don't have the intelligence to appreciate reality (e.g. the stolen election nonsense still has an audience). Indeed, American voters, like you, adore made up reality. Trump and Rubio are feeding you what you want: storybook reality. Their version.

 

[Brent in Az]

Right. So Rubio believes some "foreign actor" was "clearly" behind this. An Iranian operative told those kids to dress up in black clothes and masks and go dance around outside a military airbase in the middle of the night ... without arms or explosives. Yes, that makes so much sense.

The Brits are doing their best to mitigate the damage from this media faux pas, but keeping the kids locked up any longer than necessary for no good reason is not what civilized nations are supposed to do. Keeping them in jail longer by denying bail would only make things worse for the British authorities. Give them credit for being smart enough to figure that out. The govt has the media on their side now because the response may be perceived as correct. But keeping the dumbasses locked up is not correct. The media may wind up taking some heat for a false alarm out of proportion. Reporters would be just fine shifting some of it onto the authorities.

The problem is America is being run by people who don't have the intelligence to appreciate reality (e.g. the stolen election nonsense still has an audience). Indeed, American voters, like you, adore made up reality. Trump and Rubio are feeding you what you want: storybook reality. Their version.

I'm sure that you and that leftist media sewer you get your morning TDS news from is privy to Intel that that the State department is not.
You know so much more about it then all of the intelligence agencies put together.....LOL