Phil1111

Sooner or later you should tire of yelling fire without facts. "Chinese companies are far from taking control over African or global mining. In 2018, they control less than 7% of the value of total African mine production. Chinese investments in African mining of non-fuel minerals between 1995 and 2018 have contributed to production growth but it has also increased Chinese control over African mineral and metal production. There is evidence pointing to a continued Chinese expansion in African minerals and metals but at a slower pace than in the past decade. Through a detailed analysis of every mine, fully or partially controlled by Chinese interest in Africa and all other parts of the world the paper also measures total Chinese control over global mine production to be around 3% of the total value." Above from Mineral Economics 22 July 2020

trump has been one of the greatest gifts to China possible. Under trump the trade deficit exploded trump's much touted Phase One trade deal allowed China $200 billion in unfulfilled purchases of US products. Biden has promised to get US western allies together and use trade alliances, trade agreements: "In concrete terms, this could mean forging more agreements on restricting the use of Chinese technology, like Huawei. It could mean creating economic alliances that invest in developing countries only if they agree to respect intellectual property and human rights — and trying to isolate China in the process. The larger goal will be making other countries believe that the U.S. is no longer going it alone. “The narrative in Asia,” Michael Green of the Center for Strategic and International Studies, told me, “is that America is out of the game.”

Just because an elected official says or does something stupid. Doesn't mean I will. I never took my cues from trump and the ignorance of a left wing politician or social leader wouldn't either. Social responsibility comes from your personal values. At least you're honest enough to state your personal absence of said values.

I agree with Wendy and for the first time Mark may have submitted something useful to discuss. I certainly wouldn't give trump credit for anything to do with the discussion. From The Association of American Medical Colleges: Kids, school, and COVID-19: What we know — and what we don’t "The Duke study found that children carry large amounts of the virus in their respiratory systems, says Matthew Kelly, MD, an assistant professor of pediatrics at Duke who co-authored the study with Permar and others. He posits that for several reasons, younger children might not transmit the virus as effectively as adults; for instance, children may not generate aerosols as effectively as older children and adults when they cough, sneeze, or breathe. In addition, children might not cough, sneeze, or struggle to breathe as much with COVID-19 as they do when afflicted with other respiratory illnesses, such as the flu — because, as the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says, “most children with COVID-19 have mild symptoms or have no symptoms at all.” While that’s good for those kids, the phenomenon opens a vulnerability for schools where safety strategies include screening students for symptoms." That this excellent article doesn't address is how effectively the virus spreads at universities and colleges.

This, he needs to have a conversation with the families of a nursing home dealing with a covid infection due to no fault of their own. Because the employees or visitors couldn't discipline themselves. Or were innocently exposed to covid by someone else who couldn't discipline themselves.

That actually sounds enticing and appeals to my conservative side. At least with muffs on and the sound of gunfire I wouldn't have to listen to their nutty ideas.

On Parler, trump's conspiracy theories uninhibited by Facebook and Twitter constraints are spreading like covid at a trump superspreader event. Antifa, election stealing, crooked Dems., are discussed like the latest guns at a NRA convention. #Dominion, #Sharpiegate, #QAnon trade back and forth with One America News Network, NewsMax and the latest topics FOX bashing. FOX the target because Tucker Carlson made a foolish mistake of evidentially telling the truth that trump lost the election. Alex Jones, his home is Parler and Rumble(a Youtube alternative). GOP politicians and top conservatives are now bolting to the Parler bunker, as they increasingly see their tweets get labeled — and invalidated — as misinformation on Twitter. Parler, Gab, MeWe, and Rumble Are Creating a Massive Right-Wing Echo Chamber GOP Rep. Devin Nunes was parrying questions from Lou Dobbs, a nominally Trump-friendly anchor, who asked him bluntly if the GOP had a legal plan to save Trump. “In order to win these battles,” Nunes said, “we have to have a place to communicate. When you ask, what are we doing now, that’s why millions of Americans are flooding over to Parler. They’re flooding over to Rumble.” "Over the weekend, Parler shot to the top of Apple’s App Store in downloads. As of Monday, it had eight million members, nearly double the 4.5 million it had last week. Rumble said it projected 75 million to 90 million people will watch a video on its site this month, up from 60.5 million last month. And Newsmax said more than 3 million people watched its election night coverage and that its app has recently been in the top-10 daily apps downloaded from Apple’s App Store." Evidently, the GOP, trump and the right wing is plotting payback.

Oh come on. Its classic free enterprise. Create a product and someone will buy it 2.Thinking big allows you to be a lot more successful without doing a lot more work. 3. Being bold, controversial and confrontational will force people to pay attention to you. Above from trump's book "The Art of F*#king the other guy over for every cent the pigeon has" It was in his trump University required texts.

Nor Israel. Nor Brazil. Nor Peru Nor El Salvador Nor Argentina and on and on. Perhaps Mods should move this thread to the Banana Republic thread. lets face it America loves its Royal Families, you know "Camelot".

What, this Lin Wood?

FIFY Unfortunately Biden wants to build bridges to a island of nationalists, racists, isolationists, who number 71 million. So it will be up to the constitutionalists of the SDNY to uphold the rule of law. Not for kings, demigods and dictator wannabe's. But for every American who respects the constitution and the rule of law.

The US could learn from France and history:

A lifetime of entitlement?

Well at least you're finally admitting the true nature of trump's character. Thats progress! The protections that the American legal system affords the president. Immunity from prosecution while in office. Not having to testify under oath, etc. will soon be gone.

First she wrote her controversial book on President Donald Trump—Too Much and Never Enough: How My Family Created the World’s Most Dangerous Man—which has already earned record sales. Then trump sent his love to his sister, yeah the one who said he is a crook! Because he thought she voted for him. Too bad it was all due to a fake twitter account. trump has finally come to Gods attention.

Stay safe down there

The wabbit hole, the wabbit hole, the wabbit hole. You're getting sucked down it. trump and the GOP had every opportunity to prosecute, to investigate any wrongdoing. They refused to do so. The only evidence of monies received by Hunter were a monthly salary which varied and never exceeded $50,000 a month. The "millions", "$3.5 million" were never substantiated by anyone. Including Rudy Giuliani when he was running around Ukraine while Ukraine was currying favor with trump. While Ukraine was trying to get a arms deal concluded. While the oil and gas company was in bankruptcy and under investigation. While Ukrainian investigators were investigating it. None of this matters to trump supporters. I've got to follow my string back to the surface because I think this hole is too deep already. Back at the surface, I see the sky. Wait there's another dog whistle....Hillary....Hillary...Benghazi... Distractions and rabbit holes to distract.

Perhaps but Darwin has help. Its amazing what $20k a day will buy when it comes to feeding morons. As trump once said ‘I Love the Poorly Educated’

This. Brent,markharju and Ron are like the other 80% of GOP voters that believe the conspiracy b.s.

Please....trump humiliated. Stop now.

What about the rest of the trump crime dynasty? NYT today "Two separate New York State fraud investigations into President Trump and his businesses, one criminal and one civil, have expanded to include tax write-offs on millions of dollars in consulting fees, some of which appear to have gone to Ivanka Trump, according to people with knowledge of the matter. The inquiries — a criminal investigation by the Manhattan district attorney, Cyrus R. Vance Jr., and a civil one by the state attorney general, Letitia James — are being conducted independently. But both offices issued subpoenas to the Trump Organization in recent weeks for records related to the fees, the people said." I'm surprised that some people here have no empathy. Why should Ivanka, Don Jr and Eric be left out.

"Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson said in a new interview that he took oleander extract, an unapproved herbal supplement that has been promoted by the CEO of MyPillow, after contracting COVID-19. The Washington Post reports Carson, a former neurosurgeon, said he took the extract after it was recommended by Mike Lindell. Lindell, who also served as President Trump's Minnesota campaign chairman, has a financial stake in the company that makes the extract, the Post notes. Carson told the newspaper that his symptoms disappeared within hours after taking the supplement, also called oleandrin. “Anybody who has ever gotten COVID and taken it, they are fine in five hours, and the next day are running around playing floor hockey in the hallway,” Lindell has said, despite the lack of scientific evidence to suggests oleander extract is useful in treating COVID-19."

Well actually:Michigan Republican who balked at certifying election results says Trump called her When presidents and senators apply pressure to election officials to subvert legal votes. Edit, silly me. I underestimated trump corruption, if thats possible. "After failing repeatedly in court to overturn election results, President Trump is taking the extraordinary step of reaching out directly to Republican state legislators as he tries to subvert the Electoral College process, inviting Michigan lawmakers to meet with him at the White House on Friday. Mr. Trump contacted the Republican majority leader in the Michigan State Senate to issue the invitation, according to a person briefed on the invitation. It is not clear how many Michigan lawmakers will be making the trip to Washington, nor precisely what Mr. Trump plans to say to the lawmakers. The president has made few public appearances since the election and his daily schedule often has no events scheduled, despite the worsening coronavirus pandemic."

The liberals have signed Canada onto the Paris accords. Trudeau has said that Canada is on track to meet those accords, a lie. I'm in favor of immigration and Canada's points system brings in educated, wealthier immigrants. But each immigrant adds to the impossibility of meeting those same climate goals.