News / How will Polish-American relations change if Trump is elected president again? [743]

May he rest in eternal peace.

And may we remember the damage he has done to the USA. The costly Iraq War, the blunting of individual freedoms, the ballooning of the federal government, the myopic hubris of using American power to nation building, and selfish use of his position of power.

Off-Topic / Stock Market Talk and Trading - part 2 [743]




Your friend may be knowledgeable, but is he wise?

This economy is weird, like smoke and mirrors weird.

I've been thinking about throwing all my invested capital into treasuries and MMAs-that's how weird I find this market

Off-Topic / Random Chat Thread [620]

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Off-Topic / 75 Years of Israel and the War - part 3 [553]


Say what you want about the IDF, but they sure as hell know how to market.

Off-Topic / 75 Years of Israel and the War - part 3 [553]

And the show-stopping final encore:

Ouch!...My A$$!

Off-Topic / 75 Years of Israel and the War - part 3 [553]


Let's see how far I can milk this:

Boys Night Out On The Gaza Strip.

Featuring a cast of seasoned song and dance men and hungry up and comers.

Ari Goldfarb plays Moshe, the aspiring interior designer who joined the IDF to finally win the elusive approval of his father.

Shimon Putzle plays Tov, the young private from Herlizya who calls his overbearing mother evey night to ensure he is eating enough and being treated right.

Jeremiah Fleischmann plays Ariel, the hard driving platoon leader known for his daily meticulous full-body inspections.

Aron Finkelstein plays Efrem, the nursing student turned warrior who is searching for his true self and his lost gerbil.

You'll hear hit songs like:

Matzo Balls, Matzo Balls...Everywhere

Is That A Cannon Or Are You Just Happy To See Me?

The Rear Guard Is Where It's At

Moshe and Tov: A Love Ballad

Off-Topic / 75 Years of Israel and the War - part 3 [553]

@Torq

Hahaha! It looks like a poster for some kind of musical...Now on Broadway, Boys Night Out On the Gaza Strip.

Off-Topic / Random Chat Thread [620]

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News / European News and Poland Thread - part 4 [1037]


No, she wasn't lying, just giving her objective assessment.

News / European News and Poland Thread - part 4 [1037]

@Feniks

Thanks for the constructive and objective comments. I feel a little less ignorant about contemporary England.

What's the Rwanda Plan? The One In, One Out?

News / European News and Poland Thread - part 4 [1037]

@jon357

I don't agree or disagree. Hell, it seems like we're talking about two different things. I'm saying it seems polls are indicating that Farage is hitting on something Brits care about. You seem to just want to make clear you don't care much for Farage.

News / European News and Poland Thread - part 4 [1037]

Again...read this slowly... yes, political sentiments can change on a dime. Today's sentiment may not be tomorrow's electoral victory. But, right now, polling is showing Farage and his party is touching on something Brits care about at this moment.

News / European News and Poland Thread - part 4 [1037]

@jon357

So, the polling is wrong? Again, not what happened last election, but current sentiment: current polling on Farage and his party is wrong? Brits are happy with what they got right now?

News / European News and Poland Thread - part 4 [1037]


Maybe this is an indication they have hit some tipping point?


Or any other western country's birthbrate.

News / European News and Poland Thread - part 4 [1037]


A doilum. First time I ever heard that word. Had to look it up. At first I thought you were calling me a doilie. 😀😀


I don't know enough about the guy to form an opinion. All I know about him is that he wants an independent UK and wants to end the immigration tidal wave. Like I said, I don't pay much attention to UK politics-I just read some stuff recently that showed his new party is appealing to a sizeable amount of Brits, which seems to contradict your assessment of his poor performance.

News / European News and Poland Thread - part 4 [1037]

Good, got you back to focusing on topic at hand: current sentiment. Yes, of course, political sentiment can change in a dime-I have already said that.

Point is Reform has traction at this moment, so they must be tapping into something Brits care about.

Who is Anthony, BTW? I'm ant, a small creature who, by the grace of God, can carry 50 times my own weight. 😀

News / European News and Poland Thread - part 4 [1037]

@jon357

Focus, jon, focus. We're not talking about the last election but current sentiment. According to polling I've seen the Reform Party is showing 27%support followed by 20% Labour and 17% for each Liberals and Conservatives.

statista.com/statistics/985764/voting-intention-in-the-uk/?srsltid=AfmBOop93xVQ3gaqTGOITm7yUn3JByGnKBd3noXzXLWGt4qw-F6FMOzw

News / European News and Poland Thread - part 4 [1037]


Maybe, I don't pay much attention to UK politics. Regardless, Farage's party is performing well right now according to polling, so he is touching on something Brits care about, it'd seem.

Off-Topic / USA News and Poland - part 17 [534]

Here you go:

realclearpolling.com/polls/approval/donald-trump/approval-rating

From what I can tell Nate Silver is showing fluctuations, so that -10 could mean approval rating has dropped from 98 to 88. The link above is an aggregate of polls.

Off-Topic / USA News and Poland - part 17 [534]

@Lazarus

We aren't talking about Trump, but Chicago's mayor. Focus, Lazarus, focus.

BTW, Trump has an approval in high 40s, which is workable nowadays. 26% is absolute sh!t.

News / European News and Poland Thread - part 4 [1037]

@jon357

But do everyday Brits care that he's inherited wealth and his kids don't care much about him?

I saw a couple polls recently that show Farage's Reform Party with about double the support of Starmer's liberal party. I just looked at statista.com and it shows same type of polling.

It's politics and things change on a dime, but not all polling shows the unfavorable opinion of Farage as you say.

Off-Topic / 75 Years of Israel and the War - part 3 [553]

@Alien

Seems the world is generally unhappy about this war.

Off-Topic / USA News and Poland - part 17 [534]

@Lazarus

Earlier in the year he was in single digits. 26% approval rating is still awful. For him, the most concerning thing is that all demographics-race, economic, religious, etc-disapprove his performance. The guy has no majority support from any group. But, fret not, this is Chicago: next election they'll just exchange one sh!t sandwich for another.

News / Poland's aid to Ukraine if Russia invades - part 25 [1150]


But, Torqi, you must remember that when these type of elites say nobody, they mean no one from their country club elite. Y'know the only people who matter. If you ain't in their club, you are nobody. So, she was telling the truth...in her mind-the mind that matters above all minds.

News / Was Charlie Kirk popular in Poland? [517]


If he was "far right", then the middle is much further left than I thought. The guy espoused pretty normal things like marriage between man and woman, having children, faith, responsible government that serves needs of the people (not shadowy special interests), freedom for all viewpoints to be expressed, a respectful exchange of ideas, etc. If this is far right, code word for unhinged whackos, then we really are screwed. And, think just how freaking whacked the far left has to be.

News / Poland's aid to Ukraine if Russia invades - part 25 [1150]


Yes, but it's a testament to his character that he is intellectually honest to examine the evidence and change his opinion. That's an admirable quality worthy of praise. Also shows he's not an ideological automaton.

Off-Topic / USA News and Poland - part 17 [534]

@Bratwurst Boy

I don't believe Iran is nearly the threat we make them out to be.

American intelligence believed Iran was years away from nuclear weapon grade enrichment. We relied on Israeli intelligence, which said weeks away, to decide to bomb Iranian nuclear facilities. We listened to Israel, instead of our own intelligence. Maybe Israel cooked its intelligence to get us to act.

Let's say Iran hets a bomb. And, further, it develops the rocketry to deliver that nuclear bomb to America shores -highly unlikely-but let's go with it. Do you think nuking America would have consequences? I do, Iran would be turned to glass. Iranian mullahs know that. Maybe I'm wrong, but the mullahs don't seem to be suicidal.

No, it's not America that is at real risk-it's Israel. And, Israel wants America to do its bidding.


Agreed. Developing relationships with them, like Trump wants to do, is the way to go, IMO. The neo-conesque thing of lumping them together as nothing but terrorists, therefore pariahs is not the way to go. Developing economic and geopolitical ties with them are more beneficial and more probable to lead to oeace, IMO.

Off-Topic / USA News and Poland - part 17 [534]

@Bratwurst Boy

I used SA as an example of how a country in the ME may need to behave differently than we expect, ie not scream their disapproval of certain groups, to be more effective in dealing with competing factions.

That deal between Iran and SA, BYW, doesn't seem to be much more than opening dialogue between countries.

Not all Jews are Israelis and not all Israelis are Jews. But, yea, I agree Israelis should decide what they should do for their country. But, they shouldn't decide (or guilt, ie Germany) that other countries should support what they do. Other countries should decide how their own interests are served by supporting or not supporting what Israel does.

So, my question is how does supporting Israel benefit our interest? Hamas was never a real threat to America and I don't believe it was to Germany. So, how does supporting of Israel further interests of western countries?

Off-Topic / USA News and Poland - part 17 [534]


Not necessarily. Don't forget Saudi Arabia and Egypt have a significant voice.


All over. Jordan, Qatar, Egypt, SA, UAE. I think we have for far too long projected our way of doing things into an area that finds our way ineffective and problematic. We need to look at each place organically and realize that it may not be beneficial for Saudis, for example, to trumpet full blast that the Iranian mullahs must fall. It may be more beneficial and effective for Saudis to be quiet and work behind the scenes.


Did you know that a lot of religious Jews, including influential rabbis, thought the Zionist movement was a dumb idea that shouldn't be done? I think Israel has a right to exist, but it doesn't have to be what Bibi wants it to be.