nigel99

There’s no such thing as good racism. However, it’s a false equivalence to say that calling people out for statements such as “only white men are competent”, or executive orders that prioritise migrants based on race (and not only that but from Elon’a home country). An example of alternative views is Bigun’s perspective on voting independent. I tend to agree with his perspective, against the vast majority of other posters here. Thankfully we seem to have lost the trolls. Admittedly I often struggle to see what you’re trying to say and am also not going to sit and watch YouTube videos to get “facts”.

I welcome different opinions and have no issues discussing them. I can’t stand outright trolling with no content though. The point of diversity is to bring alternative views to the table.

I agree and it was meant as a joke. I’ve got a huge amount of respect for Bigun and how he manages to stay civil and maintain his values against a tidal wave of opposition and a often people misconstruing what he’s saying.

I thought this image was striking. Maybe Brent would be interested in buying Bill’s Tesla now :)

When I was spending a lot of time with my project at the Greensville SC hospital, I was always struck by how similar the values and attitudes were to those in the Middle East. Even the priests clothing was similar. As always it’s not everyone, I met a right wing poster who’s a great guy :) I’m not overly surprised that the US is following in Iran and Afghanistan’s footsteps with becoming a theocracy. There was an article I saw over the weekend that research by women is being taken down and they are being ousted from STEM roles.

But we know so much when we are in our 20’s!

https://youtu.be/d1zH2bV_tpk?si=fEsVlNm93Y7jxdwH A local Perth comedian sold his Tesla and put out this video.

I wouldn’t mind re reading it as from memory (about 25 years ago), I largely agreed with the books premise when I read it. I don’t have the time or the eyesight to reread it though. My copy has the tiniest font, and is still thicker than the bible!

I’ve been seeing that for a while now. After 4 years of republicans saying very similar things it’s difficult to know how much truth there is to it. But there were some concerning comments by Musk and Trump prior to the election that pointed towards this. On another note, Musk’s claims of 150 year olds on social security seems to originate from not understanding how COBOL date errors are stored/processed. I’ve never liked Musk. For some reason people eat up the message that he’s some super genius at engineering. He’s got the same attitude and message as Trump that “Nobody knows more about … than I do”.

I thought Atlas Shrugged was a good book, and from memory it was about the rich plundering society?

There is an interesting split among people I know. Generally the less religious people are horrified at what’s happening, while the religious crowd are cheering it on and celebrating.

https://cyberintel.substack.com/p/doge-exposes-once-secret-government I feel really sorry for the sane Americans who are suffering from this shit show. This is a steady stream of cybersecurity screw ups that would get your average intern fired from a mom and pop corner store, never mind agencies responsible for nuclear secrets. It seems that one of the ways doge has been so ‘efficient’ at finding things, has been by doing massive data dumps into public AI services. Julian Assange and Wikileaks are nothing compared to this.

There’s actually been a surge in Americans looking to migrate.

A couple of cybersecurity forums are posting that the DOGE website that Musk setup has database write access exposed and anyone can push updates to the production site. https://www.404media.co/anyone-can-push-updates-to-the-doge-gov-website-2/ The news broke about 8 hours ago and the hack is still live at the moment https://x.com/doge How the fuck does a US .gov domain end up pointing at Twitter and people aren’t up in arms about conflict of interests! This is the team that are digging around and making changes to critical US systems.

Meanwhile in the Whitehouse … Interestingly Chatgbt refused to create the image when I included “a fat man wearing a blue suit and red tie, with orange skin and yellow hair”

https://www.thedailybeast.com/boris-johnson-calls-mar-a-lago-an-absolutely-fantastic-place-to-resettle-gazans/ At least Boris Johnson has a sense of humour suggesting resettling Palestinians to Mara Lago

Hi Jerry, I honestly don’t know where you guys go next. I understand that our systems are different, and I don’t really understand the US system. But one thing is clear, US democracy is much more fragile than anyone previously thought and the fact Republicans are openly saying they don’t need to follow the law, I’m not sure what else you can do. In the UK when America used to pontificate about being the gold standard of democracy, many people compared the US to a teenager who ‘knew everything’ and pointed out our systems in Europe had evolved over about a 1000 years.

I disagree. A big problem with a two party system that is inherently broken is that nobody challenges it. Voting independent is very different to not voting.

I summarised Heather Cox Richard’s update for what happened in the US since Friday. What a shit storm. Trump’s administration has frozen government funding, leaving many Americans struggling. Farmers who had contracts with the USDA to improve infrastructure were left without promised financial assistance. Democratic-led states are suing to challenge these funding cuts, while Republican-led states, despite being hit harder, are seeking direct exceptions from Trump. Trump’s appointee, Russell Vought, shut down the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, calling it a shakedown mechanism for leftist groups. This move has sparked legal action, with the National Treasury Employees Union suing over what they claim is an unlawful shutdown. Vice President J.D. Vance and other MAGA figures have suggested they may defy court rulings, drawing sharp criticism from Chief Justice John Roberts, who called such ideas dangerous and unacceptable. The American Bar Association has also condemned the administration for undermining the rule of law, urging elected officials and attorneys to push back. Five former Treasury secretaries have warned that democracy is under siege, particularly as Trump and his team attempt to politicize the U.S. Treasury. Trump even suggested that the U.S. might not honor its debt, a direct challenge to the Fourteenth Amendment, which guarantees the validity of public debt. Meanwhile, Trump continues to purge officials he deems insufficiently loyal. He has fired key government watchdogs, including the heads of the Federal Elections Commission, National Archives, Office of Government Ethics, and Office of Special Counsel. Some of these officials, like U.S. Special Counsel Hampton Dellinger, are now suing over their removals, claiming they were illegal.

You know that America is fucked when the President threatening the sovereignty of another nation isn’t important and is treated with the same respect as a Borat movie. The Onion is no longer funny as they can’t come up with outlandish enough headlines. The Dictator movie is now a documentary of the US. Possibly one of the most powerful members of the current US Government literally drew inspiration from the movie the dictator and brags about it https://www.space.com/spacex-starship-design-sacha-baron-cohen

If he gets a puppy Kristi Noem will shoot it :)

I’ll drop it and not keep harping on about it, although I’ll admit I’m surprised at your response. If it had said Go Home, but linked to the homepage I would agree that it was sloppy, poorly considered and potentially a little jab at minorities. The fact it didn’t link to the homepage but to a campaign video suggests wasn’t just a mistake. The white power agenda is growing at a shocking pace and it’s hard to keep up with the barrage of small things. It’s in plain sight with no attempt to hide it. Another example is NSA museum covering up plaques honouring non whites and women. https://www.tpr.org/2025-02-05/nsa-museum-covered-plaques-honoring-women-and-people-of-color-provoking-an-uproar

You mean as the 51st state you want more than 1 electoral vote? Jeez, Canadians are a needy bunch

Just be thankful that he doesn’t want to turn Canada into a theme park. “In the meantime, I would own this,” Trump said of Gaza. “Think of it as a real estate development for the future. It would be a beautiful piece of land. No big money spent.” https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/feb/10/trump-buy-gaza-plan He’s not even saying the US would have it, he’s talking about it becoming King Trumps middle eastern vacation spot.

So you don’t think that “Go Home” linking to a video of Trump campaigning was intended to send a message? Or you think it was a mistake? It wasn’t just a poor choice of wording as it didn’t take you to the homepage.