#19 - Canada and Australia are also Constitutional Monarchy's with Queen Elizabeth II as the formal head of state. Could anything be less American?

"Trump's faced in that pic is photo chopped.
Most normal people can see it for what it is.

#16 | POSTED BY PHESTEROBOYLE AT 2020-02-08 12:50 PM | REPLY | FLAG:"

You do know that Trump has himself acknowledged that he looks orange? Link:

#10 - Just the once?

" Just one more institution that the Dems have destroyed due to politics over merit.

#7 | POSTED BY IRAGOLDBERG AT 2020-02-03 07:02 PM | REPLY | FLAG:"

It's almost as if you don't know that Nobel peace prizes are awarded by the Norwegian Nobel Committee, the members of which are appointed by the the Norwegian parliament.

Oh and Greta Thurnberg was nominated by 2 Swedish politicians, not a Democrat in sight

#11 - I think that your analysis for Scotland and Ireland is spot on.

You may be wrong with Wales in the slightly longer term; subsequent analysis of the Brexit vote showed that although Wales as a whole voted leave, those of Welsh descent voted remain, with the vote being tipped by the high number of retired English living in Wales and voting leave. Expect the movement for Welsh independence to pick up momentum.

This is the area I currently call home and I sat through this one.

Whole house moved big-time; pool had waves 1-2 ft high in it ( and lost a lot of water!). There were several sizable after shocks as well. There was a tsunami warning issued locally but soon downgraded to very low risk. Whatever tsunami there was passed by without me noticing.

"Speaking of climate change, how come the fact that Greta's dad has been proven to be running her FB page hasn't been reported on here? Hmmmmmmmmm??? The single-use queen of false data is proven to be a fraud yet not one word from her base. We need to stop carbon emissions just as much as we need to stop hate from propagating.

#14 | POSTED BY HUMTAKE AT 2020-01-17 11:39 AM | FLAG: "

Actually, no-one was speaking of climate change - I can't find any reference to it in the posts preceding yours. As is the case with virtually any post of yours I've been foolish enough to read, you have missed the point.

The issue is that Mt. Rushmore is in a forest, so there is always a chance of fire, regardless of climate change. The fire risk in the area is generally defined as " frequent ( in terms of number of fires ) but low intensity ( in terms of severity)." So fire risk exists; as does the risk of chemical contamination of the soil from the residue of fireworks, which already exceeds EPA safety levels as a consequence of previous displays.

As for Thunberg's Facebook page, who gives a rat's ass?

" ... how you would handle this as the owner of the house that you have on the market to sell.
#19 | POSTED BY SHEEPLESCHISM AT 2020-01-15 04:22 PM | REPLY | FLAG"

You've missed the point. The owner had already benefitted from the operation of legal process. From the article:

"In December, Moms 4 Housing filed a right of possession claim to the house, but on Friday a judge ruled against them and ordered the sheriff's office to evict them."

The County Sheriff's office was there to enforce the eviction order, so the question is simple: was it appropriate for the police to turn up in significant numbers, some kitted out in military style uniforms and heavily armed, supported by armored vehicles, to evict women who as far as I can tell, had not exhibited violence during the period of their occupation?

I'll go first: no.

"That seems contradictory.

#25 | POSTED BY JEFFJ AT 2020-01-13 06:53 PM | REPLY | FLAG:"

Yep - but true none the less.

Prostitution is legal in Ireland, but buying sex is not. Running a brothel is also illegal, so our landlord would be out of luck twice. Three times if she is as JeffJ describes.

"What did private ddan do during the war?

#7 | POSTED BY SNIPER AT 2020-01-13 12:34 PM | FLAG: "

I don't know, but I''m pretty certain she didn't threaten, as US President, to commit 2 different war crimes in less than 2 weeks.

"Impossible. Snowfalls are a thing of the past.

According to Dr David Viner, a senior research scientist at the climatic research unit (CRU) of the University of East Anglia,within a few years winter snowfall will become "a very rare and exciting event".

"Children just aren't going to know what snow is," he said.

Snowfalls are now just a thing of the past
By Charles Onians

Monday 20 March 2000
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#5 | POSTED BY NULLIFIDIAN AT 2020-01-12 03:10 PM | REPLY | FLAG:"

Of course, for a more rounded understanding of what Dr. Viner actually said, you could have done a just a little objective research:

" Sure, Trump is an idiot and does stupid things.

#14 | POSTED BY HUMTAKE AT 2020-01-10 12:20 PM | REPLY | FLAG:"

Really, that was your answer, right there.

Not only does he do and say stupid things, he does so in the full glare of the world's press, not just the US press. Do you think Twitter is a US phenomena and that his absurd boasting and lying is not picked up by overseas press? Or perhaps you favor censorship so that only flattering reporting of Trump is allowed overseas?

Trump has Tweeted, among many other things, that his "two greatest assets have been mental stability and being, like, really smart"; that he is a " very stable genius"; and that he has " great and unmatched wisdom." These are his own words to the world, no press, liberal or otherwise required and presumably reflect his judgment of himself.

Clearly you accept him at his word. I, on the other hand, look at his daily pronouncements and actions and see someone who is in some shape or form mentally impaired and totally unfit for purpose. So, apparently, do 64% of the subject polls respondents.

I don't vouch for the content of the attached link but it has a slightly different viewpoint to most I've seen expressed:

The problem is warp 9.

Those in the know have their warp drives calibrated to "11".

"This foreshadows Trump's reelection

#18 | POSTED BY BRUCEBANNER AT 2019-12-13 11:51 AM | REPLY | FLAG:"

Not necessarily.

Trump may well win re-election, but to read a huge shift to right into the UK election results is to mis-understand the central and only issue - Brexit.

Corbyn is a complete waste of space; he's a throwback to cloth cap, socialist labour and unpopular. He is hampered by a lifetime of political baggage, accumulated quietly because he never achieved anything until he and the Momentum group carried out a coup within the Labour Party. He led a Labour campaign which emphasized issues that the party leadership thought the electorate should care about ( they didn't ) and ignored Brexit, refusing to take a stance because adopting a remain platform was difficult for him given that he is a lifelong opponent of the EU.

There are 2 mining constituencies in NE England that have returned Labour MP's since they were constituted. This election they returned strong leave Tories. If you think the underlying political attitude of these miners has changed, you are wonderfully naive. Brexit counted more than party affiliation but wait until the next election and see how they vote.

This election was comparable to the last US election in one way. If you accept Brexit as the central issue in play, then the Conservatives, being the party of leave, won the equivalent of the electoral college vote. The remain parties, Labour, LibDem and Scottish Nationalists won the popular vote, between them polling around 1.2m more votes than the Tories but obtaining 90+ fewer seats in Parliament.

#8 - Ah - the old " my opinion is equal to your facts" argument.

Murders are under-reported???? As suicides? As accidents? Maybe just plain overlooked?

Would it not simply be less embarrassing to say you got it wrong?

"London has a higher murder rate that NYC

#6 | POSTED BY HELIUMRAT AT 2019-12-12 05:18 AM | FLAG: "

Wrong.

London murders in 2019 to date - 133 - link: