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Watching a doco tonight on some of the great American cities that will never be the same again. Detroit and Cleveland were obvious. Flint, Hartford, Albany and Buffalo were a bit of an education. New Orleans and New Jersy were a bit of a surprise, but probably not a stretch..
WTF happened? How did the world’s biggest economy, by far, and most industrialised nation, let this happen? Greed? Power? Complacency? But wtaf ?
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As far as I can remember all of those places have always been shit holes. New Orleans is a fun place to go, but walk a couple blocks past the party and you’re right in the ghetto with the poorest of the poor. No one gives a shit about those people. Same with Buffalo, the American Niagra Falls side is downright depressing, but cross over to the Canadian side and your spirits are all of the sudden lifted.
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Detroit started to decline in the 60s when white people moved out and black people moved in, same with Flint. Replacing a wealthy class with a poor class breeds poverty. I drove through Detroit 12 years ago and it was eerie, they may as well rename it Zombie Land.
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I'd be curious (as to the American cities in decline) what political party, is governing and in control . . . and for how many years.
Nothing sinister or causal . . . just curious.
Just like: "What is the favorite Ice Cream flavor, of the residents for the cities in decline?".
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And who gives a shit about those places anyway, it’s more important to give trillions to Ukraine.
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(08-15-2023, 12:25 PM)BlueTiki Wrote: I'd be curious (as to the American cities in decline) what political party, is governing and in control . . . and for how many years.
Nothing sinister or causal . . . just curious.
It’s quite shocking I tell ya. And here I was thinking it was all Trump’s fault with his racism and total disregard for black folks having clean water.
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Half of Los Angeles is like a third world country, I can't imagine a normal person walking around. I'm a big dude and carried a large knife everywhere, got fucked with very little.
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We must now supplicate ourselves and pray to St. Floyd for wisdom, guidance and understanding . . . along with a request for a good shyster attorney . . . to help these troubled metropolises and restore equity.
Only through the teachings and life of George, can we find answers and affix white, racist blame!
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Yeah, half of those mother fuckers think they are going to get a payout then get martyred, fucking pendejos.
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(08-15-2023, 12:56 PM)BlueTiki Wrote: We must now supplicate ourselves and pray to St. Floyd for wisdom, guidance and understanding . . . along with a request for a good shyster attorney . . . to help these troubled metropolises and restore equity.
Only through the teachings and life of George, can we find answers and affix white, racist blame!
Nah....Roddenberry totally predicted our future.
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(08-15-2023, 05:27 PM)Clang McFly Wrote: (08-15-2023, 12:56 PM)BlueTiki Wrote: We must now supplicate ourselves and pray to St. Floyd for wisdom, guidance and understanding . . . along with a request for a good shyster attorney . . . to help these troubled metropolises and restore equity.
Only through the teachings and life of George, can we find answers and affix white, racist blame!
Nah....Roddenberry totally predicted our future.
One of my favorite episodes!
And enjoyed the return of the Guardian of Forever, as a throw-back tribute, in the Discovery series.
I so want Michelle Yeoh to have her own spin-off!
Loved her as evil Georgiou!
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(08-15-2023, 09:46 AM)crash Wrote: Watching a doco tonight on some of the great American cities that will never be the same again. Detroit and Cleveland were obvious. Flint, Hartford, Albany and Buffalo were a bit of an education. New Orleans and New Jersy were a bit of a surprise, but probably not a stretch..
WTF happened? How did the world’s biggest economy, by far, and most industrialised nation, let this happen? Greed? Power? Complacency? But wtaf ?
US post-industrialism = financialism + post-modernism.
Compare the US today with Israel and what you see is night and day. A "special" relationship, in which one party has gained enormous benefit, while the other party finds itself in the gutter. One tribe serves it's own interests, while the other does not.
Israel is the apex predator in a world that never ceased to be a jungle. It understands survival, while the Western World has become soft, degenerate, and philosophically illiterate -- all of which is embraced by modern liberalism, as though survival of the fittest never applied to homo sapiens sapiens. An intellectual Trojan Horse, IMO, and militarily brilliant.
The Art of War is the Art of Politics: what applies to terrain can easily be applied to demographics. This is how world historical figures think, whereas the common folk barely think at all because they do not understand how knowledge is acquired.
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(08-15-2023, 09:46 AM)crash Wrote: Watching a doco tonight on some of the great American cities that will never be the same again. Detroit and Cleveland were obvious. Flint, Hartford, Albany and Buffalo were a bit of an education. New Orleans and New Jersy were a bit of a surprise, but probably not a stretch..
WTF happened? How did the world’s biggest economy, by far, and most industrialised nation, let this happen? Greed? Power? Complacency? But wtaf ?
Politics and political views on black people . In 2015 the mayor of Baltimore said 'give them room to destroy ' black people took that as a challenge and decided that any infraction against their color is a reason to riot.
Let's also blame the 'illegal ' (oops, I mean undocumented) immigrants , and the fact that those undocumented citizens have more support than our own veterans, we spent more money looking for dead billionaires at the bottom of the ocean, than we ever spent on indigenous people, and we have no problem with 70+ year old men running for president. All that together, equals the cluster fuck, which is America.
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(08-21-2023, 08:56 AM)cannongal Wrote: (08-15-2023, 09:46 AM)crash Wrote: Watching a doco tonight on some of the great American cities that will never be the same again. Detroit and Cleveland were obvious. Flint, Hartford, Albany and Buffalo were a bit of an education. New Orleans and New Jersy were a bit of a surprise, but probably not a stretch..
WTF happened? How did the world’s biggest economy, by far, and most industrialised nation, let this happen? Greed? Power? Complacency? But wtaf ?
Politics and political views on black people . In 2015 the mayor of Baltimore said 'give them room to destroy ' black people took that as a challenge and decided that any infraction against their color is a reason to riot.
Let's also blame the 'illegal ' (oops, I mean undocumented) immigrants , and the fact that those undocumented citizens have more support than our own veterans, we spent more money looking for dead billionaires at the bottom of the ocean, than we ever spent on indigenous people, and we have no problem with 70+ year old men running for president. All that together, equals the cluster fuck, which is America.
Joey is "80" and Donny is "77", two old farts that are too OLD for POTUS!
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(08-21-2023, 03:05 PM)Carsman Wrote: (08-21-2023, 08:56 AM)cannongal Wrote: (08-15-2023, 09:46 AM)crash Wrote: Watching a doco tonight on some of the great American cities that will never be the same again. Detroit and Cleveland were obvious. Flint, Hartford, Albany and Buffalo were a bit of an education. New Orleans and New Jersy were a bit of a surprise, but probably not a stretch..
WTF happened? How did the world’s biggest economy, by far, and most industrialised nation, let this happen? Greed? Power? Complacency? But wtaf ?
Politics and political views on black people . In 2015 the mayor of Baltimore said 'give them room to destroy ' black people took that as a challenge and decided that any infraction against their color is a reason to riot.
Let's also blame the 'illegal ' (oops, I mean undocumented) immigrants , and the fact that those undocumented citizens have more support than our own veterans, we spent more money looking for dead billionaires at the bottom of the ocean, than we ever spent on indigenous people, and we have no problem with 70+ year old men running for president. All that together, equals the cluster fuck, which is America.
Joey is "80" and Donny is "77", two old farts that are too OLD for POTUS!
We should change the age qualification for President to 25 years old minimum and 65 years old maximum.
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(08-21-2023, 04:03 PM)Clang McFly Wrote: We should change the age qualification for President to 25 years old minimum and 65 years old maximum.
I don't mind the minimum being 35 (honestly, 25 is way to young to have that kind of responsibility), I just wish that there was a maximum.
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I’d say 40 minimum 70 max.
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I don't know why anyone would want that job. Responsibility weighs a ton. There will never be a time that 100% of the people are happy. Hells bells I don't even like having to be an Admin when some random nitwit forces me to be one in here.
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The difference is Trump is still coherent.
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trump is coherent. Ahahahahahaha! You have horrible judgement skills. Horrible. I'll be getting a chuckle out of that all day. trump is coherent. 
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