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By Ananas2xLekker at 21,Jan,26 11:21 other posts of Ananas2xLekker 
Certified Nutritional Practitioner says:
"I Looked at the New US Food Guidelines And Something Doesn’t Add Up"
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One example; the messaging was: "We are ending the war on protein!".
Like there are not shelves stacked with products marketing "EXTRA PROTEIN".
Why is everything your administration does SO INCREDIBLY STUPID?

If you want to stay healthy, listen to specialists.
Do not listen to your administration, because they DON'T listen to specialists.
Your administration listens to lobbyists and people with brain-worms (literal or figurative).

The milk and meat lobby has significantly delayed and distorted public understanding
of the health risks of animal-product consumption, contributing to preventable disease.
By phart at 21,Jan,26 14:45 other posts of phart 
What you don't see in our everyday life here in the US is just how sissified and weak Americans are becoming from these so called healthy diets.
Men can't even work anymore, they don't have the strength to lift things, they depend on machines, they can't think because their brains are malnourished. We need carbs and protein in our diets to get our humans back up to a level they can function. Weak people means weak country.
By Cody8789 at 21,Jan,26 17:20 other posts of Cody8789 
I stay away from protein, if you haven’t heard, protein has a lot of lead in it, yes, protein shakes, protein powder, protein bars. It’s becoming concerning how much lead that is in these products. All protein powders have alarming amounts of lead, and I used to drink my protein shakes several times a week not knowing how much lead I was consuming. I stopped taking all protein. A lot of the powders that are being sold off the shelves have over 125% over the recommended daily allowance. How is the fda allowing this.
By phart at 21,Jan,26 19:36 other posts of phart 
Oof, I wonder how it gets in there?
By Cody8789 at 21,Jan,26 22:50 other posts of Cody8789 
Lead gets into proteins, especially plant-based powders, by being absorbed from contaminated soil, water, and industrial pollution as plants grow; it can also enter dairy proteins if cows consume contaminated feed, with the metal accumulating in plant tissues like roots and then concentrating during powder processing, leading to significant levels in supplements. It can bind to specific proteins in the body, disrupting vital functions like DNA repair and heme production, but it primarily enters the food chain through environmental contamination.
By Ananas2xLekker at 22,Jan,26 16:52 other posts of Ananas2xLekker 
That's what we got EU-regulations for. However, the maximum allowed lead content for food is much lower than for food supplements. If protein powder is considered
a food supplement, it would possibly be risky to use that in large quantities.
Products like protein bars and protein shakes are considered food in the EU,
not food supplements, so they should be safe.

I think the whole protein hype is nonsense. Our consumer information program "Keuringsdienst van waarde" (Inspection service of value) researched it and they conclude that almost everyone gets enough protein in their food. Only top athletes might benefit from same extra.
By Cody8789 at 23,Jan,26 06:14 other posts of Cody8789 
I used to work out with weights and took a lot of protein and creatine but not anymore





By Ananas2xLekker at 22,Jan,26 15:55 other posts of Ananas2xLekker 
Healthy diets don't make anyone sissified and weak.
You're making a "Correlation–causation fallacy".
You are correct in thinking that sissy/weak men care about their health more,
but you are reversing the logic. It's not the healthy food that made them sissy/weak,
it's being sissy/weak that makes men care about their health.
Together with the manly culture of meat and BBQ, that makes you relate unhealthy food with "real men" and healthy food with "sissy/weak" men. That's irrational thinking.

Understand that there is lots of marketing behind the idea of manly men. They advertise it with a big hairy man, on his ranch, cutting up a dead animal, putting it on the grill, in a leather apron, covered in smoke, drinking beer, with his mates. And for a while, that's all a lot of fun, good eating, good times. But if that makes you eat unhealthy everyday, you end up fat, out of breath, with diminished heart function from blocked arteries, elevated cholesterol and hypertension, requiring medication with side-effects, possibly turning diabetic, and all medical bills associated with it. It was all very manly for a while, but it can turn that big burly man into a weakling, who cannot do his job anymore and probably dies before his retirement.
Is it manly, when he leaves his wife without his income and lots of medical debt?

Studies show that top athletes perform much better on a fully plant based diet, than on meat, even high quality unprocessed meat that is considered healthy. It takes more effort to balance a plant based diet, to compensate for some deficiencies (only Vitamin B12 cannot be compensated without supplements), but then it provides the body with a much more complete source of nutrients. It opens up all the arteries to utilize the full power of the heart, which make top athletes perform their best.

Actually that manly American food culture turns people malnourished.
All those jiggly asses you see walking around are STARVING for vitamins (Vitamin C, Vitamin E, Carotenoids), minerals (Potassium, Magnesium), fiber, anti-oxidants, healthy fatty acids, complex carbohydrates, prebiotics & gut-supporting compounds. They're not strong and tough, they're dying.

Of course, I'm not turning this knowledge into full practice. I still eat meat (but a bit less), because I like it. A long healthy life is not worth a lot, if you need to suffer every day to achieve it. I have no interest in sports, I just don't want to suffer illness and die young. That requires a healthIER diet and some exercise. That's not much of a sacrifice. A well-balanced diet is much more interesting than only hamburgers and steaks. I like variety and eating food from all over the world. Especially Asian countries have developed a diet that is both healthy and great in taste and variety.

“Variety’s the very spice of life, that gives it all its flavour.” — William Cowper




By phart at 22,Jan,26 19:20 other posts of phart 
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By phart at 18,Jan,26 15:23 other posts of phart 
May have found Leos problem
Irritable Male Syndrome
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By Ananas2xLekker at 19,Jan,26 11:58 other posts of Ananas2xLekker 
Nope, Leo has rational reasons to be angry, about your refusal to be rational.

The term irritable male syndrome (IMS) is used in scientific and popular texts to describe a pattern of irritability and mood changes linked to hormonal fluctuations in males. However, it is not an officially recognized medical diagnosis in major clinical classifications like the DSM-5 or ICD-11; it remains a descriptive concept rather than a standardized clinical condition.

I would say that irritable male syndrome is the clearest reason for the existence of MAGA that I ever heard. The whole movement is based on primitive gut feelings, that things in the US are not going well, without any rational thinking about the reasons for why things in the US are not going well. If you look at MAGA crowds, it's clear that ALL these men have some form of hormonal imbalance. Either they are testosteron bombs who are frustrated for women not being interested in them, or they are middle-aged men in their penopause.
By quint at 19,Jan,26 12:08 other posts of quint 
I agree. They seem to be very easily emotionally manipulated.

By phart at 19,Jan,26 13:11 other posts of phart 
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By Ananas2xLekker at 19,Jan,26 14:14 other posts of Ananas2xLekker 
Some liberals do cry about the decision to keep using oil until climate change turns so bad that even complete morons accept the truth, the government shitting on The Constitution, trying to destroy democracy, the destruction of the First Amendment, the return of the Jim Crow era, letting tech billionaires control everything and fill the country with datacenters, the destruction of education, the cruelty towards poor countries that desperately needed money for HIV prevention and famine reduction, cutting funds to child cancer research, their health insurance premiums skyrocketing, ICE and the National Guard terrorizing citizens (like right-wingers have fear-mongered for decades about the libs doing that), their immigrant neighbors' families getting torn apart by ICE, the media getting flooded with AI generated misinformation and the governmnet creating the surveillance-state, the constant sickening hypocrisy of the other side, family members turning into complete cult-members and the stupidity of the (wannabe) dictator in the White House.

That's all rational reasons to feel depressed about the state of THEIR country.

It's not your country, because your side has always hated America.
You want America to be like Putin's Russia and Erdoğan's Turkey.
By phart at 19,Jan,26 16:48 other posts of phart 
Ok, your last sentances are a good segway into what I was going to post seperate.
Lets take a look at some apartments in new york.

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1750 a month
and then compare them to apartments in RUSSIA.
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750 a month, a 1000 dollars less than new york and MUCH larger in most cases.

NOW, Please remind me what political party has been running new york and for how long?
Oh,let me google that for you to save time
"City government is dominated by the Democratic Party, which also normally attracts majority support within the city in State, Congressional, and Presidential elections. The suffrage has been extended in stages since the founding of the state: African Americans (men only) received the vote in 1870 and women in 1920."
Democrats have been trying to make America in russia and theres the proof in those 2 links. looks nearly the same to me,except the democrats have got the cost much higher.Who struggles under the higher democrat prices in new york? the poor. DUH,
By CAT52! at 19,Jan,26 17:25 other posts of CAT52! 
NYC Average Net (After Tax): Around $6,600+ monthly.
Moscow Average Annual: 1.25 Million RUB ($1,000+ monthly net).
Moscow Living Wage (Bachelor): RUB 75k-100k/month (approx. $800-$1,000 USD at recent rates).
In Summary:
Expect substantially higher dollar figures for salaries in New York, but factor in the much higher cost of living in NYC versus Moscow; however, even with cost adjustments, New York generally offers greater real purchasing power.

Give it a rest, Phart.
By phart at 19,Jan,26 18:33 other posts of phart 
you give it a rest,
USD RUB
500 USD 39,000 RUB
1000 USD 78,000 RUB
2000 USD 156,000 RUB
5000 USD 390,000 RUB
By CAT52! at 20,Jan,26 01:45 other posts of CAT52! 
The exchange rate doesn’t apply. What you have to use as the measurement is how many hours of work does it take to buy a loaf of bread by comparable workers at both cities.



By Ananas2xLekker at 21,Jan,26 10:39 other posts of Ananas2xLekker 
Are you supporting Russian economic politics over Democrats?
Which relevant economic principle, that you have ever advocated for,
is championed by Russian politics and opposed by Democrats?
And how is that affecting rent prices for working class people?

In one post you are praising Russians for keeping rent low (which is nonsense,
if you consider their spending power) and in the other post you are accusing Democrats of trying to make America in Russia.
What is it?

By Ananas2xLekker at 21,Jan,26 10:49 other posts of Ananas2xLekker 
New York is PRIME REAL ESTATE. Every square foot is fought over by rich people working in Wall Street and real estate speculators, who drive the prices up to ridiculous heights. These are CAPITALIST excesses. The failure of New York Democrats is that they were corporate centrists, who allowed that capitalism to drive out working class citizens from their own city, because they couldn't afford it anymore.

Still, those Democrats did some things to keep rent prices from not escalating to even more ridiculous levels. Do you think that Republicans would have done anything?
Of course not, they would call that 'socialism' or 'communism'.

There are no capitalist solutions to a capitalist problem.
That's why the working class in New York voted for Zohran Mamdani.

By Ananas2xLekker at 21,Jan,26 11:13 other posts of Ananas2xLekker 
WHY OH WHY is the rent price of apartments a justification for using oil until climate change turns so bad that even complete morons accept the truth, the government shitting on The Constitution, trying to destroy democracy, the destruction of the First Amendment, the return of the Jim Crow era, letting tech billionaires control everything and fill the country with datacenters, the destruction of education, the cruelty towards poor countries that desperately needed money for HIV prevention and famine reduction, cutting funds to child cancer research, their health insurance premiums skyrocketing, ICE and the National Guard terrorizing citizens (like right-wingers have fear-mongered for decades about the libs doing that), their immigrant neighbors' families getting torn apart by ICE, the media getting flooded with AI generated misinformation and the governmnet creating the surveillance-state, the constant sickening hypocrisy of the other side, family members turning into complete cult-members and the stupidity of the (wannabe) dictator in the White House?
By phart at 21,Jan,26 14:38 other posts of phart 
"It's not your country, because your side has always hated America.
You want America to be like Putin's Russia and Erdoğan's Turkey."

This is what got me comparing russia to the us, The rent is similar
By Ananas2xLekker at 22,Jan,26 16:38 other posts of Ananas2xLekker 
Well, it's not my most important metric to decide if I want to live in a country.
Not being sent to die in a dictator's senseless wars is higher on my priority list.









By phart at 21,Jan,26 15:41 other posts of phart 
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I would assume he was a flight risk, But didn't get much punishment.


By phart at 17,Jan,26 05:11 other posts of phart 
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Good questions, Trump telling it like it is! Well a AI cartoon Trump,

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MORE good 1's like why can a woman abort a baby because she doesn't want the responsibility, but a man goes to prison if he doesn't pay child support?

The gender pay gap is real but Gender is not?

Elon ask a good 1 here, If genitals don't define gender,why does cutting them off affirm it?
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By Ananas2xLekker at 19,Jan,26 12:05 other posts of Ananas2xLekker 
I found only one funny, the rest was cringe and stupid.
You're political side really has a disability to do humor.

You still don't understand the difference between sex and gender.
One is biological and the other is identity. That simple concept explains EVERYTHING.
And all those questions and jokes prove that this simple concept is too difficult for your side to understand. This indicates a general low IQ on your side of politics.



By phart at 18,Jan,26 14:18 other posts of phart 
Well , are all Jelly fish democrats or all democrats jelly fish.
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They have no hearts and no brains, sounds just like a democrat to me!
By Ananas2xLekker at 19,Jan,26 11:33 other posts of Ananas2xLekker 
A lot of democrats are jelly fish indeed. Only the lefty progressives are fighters.
But look at Republicans. Almost none of them agreed with tariffs and said nothing.
Most of them think that Trump is crazy to focus on Greenland, but they say nothing.
The only ones who say something are the ones who are not up for re-election anyway.
They are all jelly fish. The only one with some principles and half a spine is Rand Paul.
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(Unfortunately he often has a spine over the stupidest shit ever imagined)



By phart at 10,Jan,26 20:21 other posts of phart 
I keep up with the Skittles blog story's about the fictitious character "saggy Granny" . Very entertaining reading and he apparently does alot of research to insert actual facts into his storys, like for example the iq of a somali being only 68. It is actually 67.7, rounded to 68.

My God how does a country function with people like this?
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and to think some of them come here and are part of our government!!
By Ananas2xLekker at 12,Jan,26 10:51 other posts of Ananas2xLekker 
Here’s a clear assessment of the “Average IQ by Country 2026” data you mentioned (from WorldPopulationReview) and whether it’s scientifically valid, trustworthy, or meaningful for comparing national intelligence.

🔍 1. What This “Average IQ by Country” Data Actually Is

The WorldPopulationReview page you linked aggregates IQ estimates from various sources — especially the International IQ Test online platform and older datasets like those by Richard Lynn & David Becker — and presents them as “average IQ by country.”

However, it’s not original scientific research. It doesn’t collect truly representative, systematic data across whole national populations. Instead, it:

Uses voluntary online tests taken by internet users (self-selected samples).

Compiles and mixes data from multiple sources (some decades old) that use different methods and test types.

Often includes small sample sizes for many countries.

So the WorldPopulationReview figures are estimates or derived rankings, not rigorous scientific measurements of national intelligence.

📉 2. Problems With This Kind of Ranking
❌ Non-representative samples

Online platforms only include people who choose to take an internet IQ test. That group is typically:

More educated,

More urban,

More digitally literate,

… than the overall population. This skews results systematically.

❌ Varied test types & methodologies

Different IQ tests measure different skills (verbal, nonverbal reasoning, memory, etc.). Aggregating heterogeneous data without consistent norms makes comparisons unreliable.

❌ Sample size issues

Some low-population or low-internet-access countries might only have very few test-takers, invalidating the idea of an “average IQ.”

❌ Questionable historical sources

Datasets like the one by Lynn & Becker have been widely criticized by academic researchers for using unrepresentative data and for biases in how they estimate national IQs.

➡️ A recent critique argues that “national IQ” datasets do not provide accurate, unbiased, or comparable measures of cognitive ability worldwide due to methodological flaws like inconsistent sampling and test diversity.
🧠 3. What the Scientific Community Actually Says About Cross-Country IQ Comparisons
✅ IQ tests do measure certain cognitive skills

IQ tests can be useful in psychology to assess reasoning or problem-solving within well-standardized contexts.

⚠️ But conclusions about national differences are controversial

There is no scientific consensus that average IQ differences between countries accurately reflect innate intelligence differences. Environmental, social, and cultural factors play huge roles. For instance:

Education quality

Nutrition and health

Literacy

Socioeconomic status

Test familiarity

… all influence test performance and are not evenly distributed between countries.

Environment vs. innate differences

The mainstream view in intelligence research today emphasizes that environmental factors, not genetics, explain most group-level differences in IQ scores. Claims that genetic differences account for national IQ disparities are not supported by credible scientific evidence.

🧩 4. Other Explanations for Score Variations (Aside from “Smarter Countries”)

Here are important reasons why average IQ scores might differ — none imply one nationality is inherently more intelligent:

📊 Educational access and quality

Better schooling systems and early childhood education boost test-taking performance.

🍽 Nutrition and health

Early nutrition affects brain development; better diets often correlate with higher cognitive test performance.

📚 Literacy and test exposure

People familiar with testing formats and abstract reasoning tasks do better on IQ tests.

🌍 Cultural familiarity with test content

Even “culture-fair” tests can still favor certain ways of thinking or problem-solving.

🧪 Sampling bias

If only a subset of people in a country participates (e.g., mostly well-off, urban, educated), the “average” is skewed.

🧠 5. Should You Trust This Source?

WorldPopulationReview is not a peer-reviewed scientific source for IQ research. It’s a publicly accessible statistics site that compiles existing estimates without rigorous methodology.

It doesn’t ensure representative sampling,

It mixes diverse data sources, and

It does not conform to the standards you’d expect from academic research in psychology or psychometrics.

Therefore, the data can be interesting for informal comparisons but should be treated with strong caution — particularly when drawing conclusions about national intelligence.

📌 Bottom Line

✅ IQ testing can measure some cognitive skills.
⚠️ But country-level averages based on online, non-random samples are not scientifically robust.
❌ These rankings do not prove that some populations are inherently more intelligent than others.
📌 Factors like education, health, environment, and test-taking bias are huge contributors.

👉 In short: no — the “Average IQ by Country” list is not a scientifically valid or reliable measure of national intelligence.
By phart at 13,Jan,26 22:21 other posts of phart 
Well what about eye witness observations of said country? Let's find some video or photos of somalia,
Does that look like a group of smart people to you?
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By Ananas2xLekker at 14,Jan,26 12:14 other posts of Ananas2xLekker 
There is no process for determining the average IQ of citizens of a country, by method of eye witness observations. There are stupid people in all countries.
Your videos show people who are forced to do stupid things out of poverty and desperation. That is not evidence for their IQ.

Most flat earthers on the internet are Americans. Does that make all Americans stupid?
Are they forced to think stupid ideas?
By phart at 14,Jan,26 14:47 other posts of phart 
You mean you aren't a flat earther?
By Ananas2xLekker at 14,Jan,26 15:34 other posts of Ananas2xLekker 
When have you ever found me to oppose science on any subject?
By phart at 14,Jan,26 18:18 other posts of phart 
that's the reason for the geez,even I try to crack a joke sometimes!
By Ananas2xLekker at 14,Jan,26 22:16 other posts of Ananas2xLekker 
I know. I have never met or heard from a Dutch person who believed that the earth is flat though. I did meet several Dutch creationists, some that I didn't even know to be religious.




By CAT52! at 14,Jan,26 15:28 other posts of CAT52! 
Ananas, Americans are not forced to think stupid ideas. They willingly think stupid ideas. This country, arguably the most powerful, richest and most diverse, is also one with high levels of poor education.
The US faces significant challenges, ranking lower in international assessments (like 36th in literacy) due to large numbers of adults with low literacy skills (below 6th grade level) and lower educational attainment compared to top-ranking developed nations like Canada, Japan, and Ireland. (This last paragraph is not from me, but, the studies made by worldwide observations by researchers)
Another problem is the extreme hatred generated by a government bent on providing our Capitalist system fodder for its enrichment.
By Ananas2xLekker at 14,Jan,26 16:16 other posts of Ananas2xLekker 
Phart showed videos where people in poor countries are doing stupid things,
as an example of their low IQ.

Let's assess an example. India has the highest number of road deaths in the world, in terms of absolute fatalities. I saw the TV-show Deadliest Roads, where they followed a truck-driver, with the most beat-up truck you ever saw. He sat on a crate, because he had no seat, his steering had about half a rotation of play, his brakes hardly functioned, and he drove from early in the morning till late in the evening, along crumbling roads on the edge of deep drops. Phart would say that this truck-driver is absolutely crazy, and he must have a very low IQ. That assumes that the truck-driver doesn't understand his danger. The reality is that he knows exactly that he is risking his life every day, but he is working to feed his family. He doesn't make enough money to fix his truck. In other words; the system that he is living (and dying) under is FORCING him to ACT stupid. That's no reason to assume that he has low IQ.

Then I see lots of Americans ACTING stupid, like believing in obvious nonsense,
so I ask phart if they are forced to act stupid. If they are NOT, that's a good reason
to assume that they have low IQ.

Amartya Sen (Indian Nobel Prize winning economist): "People should be judged
by the options genuinely available to them, not by the outcomes they endure."
By phart at 14,Jan,26 18:22 other posts of phart 
No , people aren't forced to act stupid. Here in the US people jump from cliffs with little rubber cords that break, they jump from planes and shit all the time. I remember during the time I was in rehab it was the same time that a American dr had gotten trampled over when he went over to "run with the bulls". I have no sympathy for that guy at all. My physical therapist knew the therapist working to help this guy recover
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As for the guy with the beat up truck in India,
I think he smart to be able to keep it running, that is a feat in it's self.
IT does beg the question though why other countrys like Japan and such can't send their older trucks there instead of scrapping a 50,000 mile truck for no reason, as they do daily.
By Ananas2xLekker at 16,Jan,26 09:55 other posts of Ananas2xLekker 
It's certainly a feat to keep that truck running, without any money.
However, it doesn't take much, to make a simple truck keep going forward.
Most scrappers in a scrap yard will be able to drive, with some tinkering.

The difference is that developed countries have standards for safety.
Your truck has other requirements than just the ability to go forwards.
Those requirements are for your safety as well as everyone else's on the roads.
That's why the US doesn't have the same rate of road deaths as India.

The reason for why so many 50,000 mile trucks end up in the scrap yard in the US:
1. Severe collision damage — Frame or structural damage makes repair unsafe or uneconomical.
2. Flood / water damage — Electrical systems become unreliable and uninsurable.
3. Insurance total-loss economics — Repair costs exceed vehicle market value.
4. Frame rust / corrosion — Structural rust fails inspections and can’t be economically fixed (regional: salt belt states).
5. Part-out value exceeds whole value — Truck is worth more dismantled than repaired.
6. Fleet write-offs — Companies retire vehicles for accounting or liability reasons.
7. Emissions or regulatory failure — Compliance cost exceeds vehicle value.
8. Theft recovery damage — Stripped or vandalized vehicles are too risky to repair.
9. Manufacturer buybacks / recalls — Rare safety or lemon-law removals.
(This ranking reflects real-world frequency)

Clarification: Most 50k-mile trucks that are “scrapped” are:
- Not mechanically worn out
- Often drivable
- But, removed due to economic or safety reasons









By phart at 13,Jan,26 15:37 other posts of phart 
this is why I hate unions.
Nurses walking off their jobs in the middle of winter during flu season. people whine about health care cost, doesn't matter if it's free or a million bucks if the damn nurses aint there to work!, Shame on them,
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By Ananas2xLekker at 13,Jan,26 16:33 other posts of Ananas2xLekker 
If you don't pay nurses enough or make their jobs suck, no one will want to be
a nurse anymore. Unions are just a way for employees to organize themselves,
so they can demand respect from their employer. Why do you hate that so much?

Why do you always fight for the powerful to exploit the powerless?
Don't you think that the little guy has been exploited enough already?
By phart at 13,Jan,26 22:13 other posts of phart 
1 of my relatives works as a rn at a assisted living center, her regular salary is 34 dollars a hour plus vacation, sick leave, insurance. So when we have Christmas dinner or Easter meal ,it is day after or day before ,because she is 1 of the few that will come to work, and she gets DOUBLE time. Her college loan has LONG since been paid off, which she didn't borrow much to cover what her scholarships didn't, the pay is fine, if people would live within their fucking means

Besides ,being a nurse, a dr,or a teacher is a calling to do better for your neighbor ,it's not supposed to make you a millionaire, it's supposed to better your community
By Ananas2xLekker at 14,Jan,26 13:18 other posts of Ananas2xLekker 
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The strike isn’t just about higher pay (though that’s part of it). It’s a broad labor action driven by multiple long‑standing workplace and patient‑care concerns.

Here’s what the nurses are striking for:

-Safe staffing levels: Nurses want limits on how many patients one nurse is expected to care for at a time, so care is safer and less exhausting. Many say chronic understaffing threatens patient and worker safety.

- Workplace safety protections: They’re demanding stronger measures to protect against violence from patients or visitors, a significant and growing concern on hospital units.

- Healthcare benefits: The union says hospitals have resisted guaranteeing full healthcare coverage for nurses and are proposing changes that could reduce benefits.

- Wages/Pay: Nurses also want pay that better reflects their workload and the high cost of living in NYC, though the precise numbers being discussed are disputed between unions and hospital management.

What triggered the strike now?

Contracts for nearly 15,000 nurses at major New York private hospitals (like Mount Sinai, Montefiore, and NewYork‑Presbyterian) expired December 31, 2025, and months of negotiations failed to resolve core issues before the nurses formally walked out in early January 2026.

So that's why they did that "in the middle of winter during flu season".

Yes, "it's supposed to better your community", that's mostly the reason for their strike.

If these jobs are not supposed to make anyone a millionaire, then why do allow them under private ownership, which is exactly intended to enrich the owners.
You are literally telling me that education and healthcare should be exempt from
private wealth creation, while you always argue that they should be privately owned.
Did you not even think of that, before you wrote it?
By phart at 14,Jan,26 14:42 other posts of phart 
Private owned does not mean it's ok to rob people.
But to me for those folks to strike when people need them the most,they are putting lives at risk,that is uncalled for.
If folks die because they don't receive proper care,it is not the hospitals fault it's the stikers fault
By CAT52! at 14,Jan,26 15:32 other posts of CAT52! 
Phart, obviously you have no idea what a nurse has to do to maintain a healthy, safe, environment for the patient and medical staff.
You don’t approve that these nurses should be paid more. Do you think that these employers should fire them all and start all over with new nurses?

By Ananas2xLekker at 14,Jan,26 15:42 other posts of Ananas2xLekker 
Actually privately owned DOES mean that it's OK to rob people.
There are hardly any laws or regulations left, restricting them.

When a system is publicly owned, there is no profit incentive. The only incentive is efficiency; maximizing benefit for the user and minimizing cost for the tax-payer.
When the user and the tax-payer are the same group, it's up to them to decide the quality of service vs the cost. They get what they pay for.

The only limits on private companies robbing their employees and their customers is them losing all their employees and customers. Since there are ever more monopolies in both market and employment, private companies are getting away with ever more robbing. The customer is not getting what they pay for, and the employee is not getting what they work for, they are both getting the scraps that are left, after the private owners satisfied their hunger.

And then you would gleefully forbid employees from organizing themselves and striking, making it even easier for companies to rob their employees.

I see no argument from you for why an employer should be allowed to become a millionaire or billionaire from maximizing profit and minimizing the benefit for your neighbor. You will allow them to exploit the need of the community as much as they can, while you simultaneously deny their responsibility, saying that it is on those nurses when people die.

Understand that companies will always do the maximum possible or allowed harm,
to maximize their profits. It's up to citizens to push back, to protect their community.

If you want to take away the right of workers to strike, because they have a responsibility for people's lives, then you should come up with alternatives for them not getting exploited.

When those nurses are spread to thin, over way too many patients, it's also their responsibility to act, because patients are not receiving proper care.
By phart at 14,Jan,26 18:17 other posts of phart 
Both you and cat have to be fucking kidding if you are justifying putting peoples lives in jeopardy for a fucking pay raise!
This is not a auto assembly line that if it stops we can just drive our current cars until they get something worked out.
This is sick and injured people depending on a system to take care of them that suddenly the people walk out and leave them stranded.
Do I think they should be fired and replaced by the temp workers that have the sense of personal responsibility to do their jobs without the brain washing of a union to do it? HELL YES. Fire the strikers ASAP. Teach them a lesson, don't put peoples lives at stake for your purses sake. If you don't make enough as a fucking nurse get your ass out of there and get another job!
By Ananas2xLekker at 14,Jan,26 22:10 other posts of Ananas2xLekker 
It is not just about money, as I told you, it is just as much about Safe staffing levels and Workplace safety protections.

Why is it not the owners of the hospital putting peoples lives in jeopardy by understaffing?

If there is a responsibility for the nurses, there is at least as much responsibility for the owners.

Firing those nurses will make the understaffing even worse. It's the responsibility
of the owners and management to provide the sick and injured people with enough nurses to take care of them. A strike is temporary, but if the nurses don't get their demands of better staffing, that's a permanent risk for the patients.

I think that it's not about the patients for you, it's only about workers being obedient and never asking for anything.

I don't understand why you want to live in feudalistic society. It doesn't serve you,
it will only make the system disrespect you even harder.









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🧾 What the Story Is Really About
1. The Core Report

Ford’s CEO, Jim Farley, has said Ford dealerships in the U.S. have about 5,000 open mechanic/technician jobs that can pay up to roughly $120,000 per year.

Farley and some articles frame this as a sign of a broader workforce issue in America — especially in skilled trades like mechanics, electricians, plumbers, manufacturing, and emergency services.

The headline you’re seeing — “I’m offering $120,000 jobs but nobody wants them” — seems to be an Internet exaggeration or social-media meme of that underlying claim.

💬 Public and Media Reactions
A. Business & Economic Coverage

Fortune and other business outlets note the shortage is not about laziness but about skills and training: auto technician jobs require years of apprenticeship/training before many workers hit the six-figure level.

The Wall Street Journal reports that the six-figure pay is not typical for people starting out; many techs start much lower and only reach high pay after years of experience and working conditions that are physically demanding.

B. Worker and Public Commentary

Many people online push back against the simplistic headline and offer alternative explanations:

Pay isn’t really “$120 k” right away: comments and threads point out that the phrase “up to $120k” can be misleading — that figure is often top end after many years on the job, not starting pay.

Training and tools cost time and money: many skilled trades require upfront investment in education, certification, and tools, which adds barriers.

Work Conditions Matter: some workers note that physically demanding jobs with long hours and limited flexibility are less attractive even with high pay.

Online critics also argue that employers sometimes inflate pay numbers for headlines or list jobs they’re not actively hiring for yet, contributing to confusion.

📊 Why These Jobs Are Hard to Fill (Beyond the Headline)

Experts and labor analysts point to several real reasons beyond “no one wants to work”:

1. Skills and Qualification Gaps

A lot of jobs that pay well require specialized skills, certifications, or years of experience — and there simply aren’t enough trained workers currently. Labour market research shows that mismatches between job requirements and worker skills are a major challenge today.

2. Training Time

Becoming proficient as a mechanic or skilled technician often takes multiple years of training or apprenticeships, and that delay means many people don’t enter the field immediately.

3. Job Conditions and Expectations

Even if compensation is good in the long run, the day-to-day reality — physically demanding work, safety risks, less flexible hours, and uncertain overtime — can deter applicants.

4. Labor Market Dynamics

In some sectors and roles, there are simply fewer open positions overall, or employers are very picky about qualifications, which can make openings linger even when workers exist. Research on hiring finds employers sometimes list broader skill “wish lists” that discourage applicants.

5. Broader Trends

Some data shows job openings overall have declined in late 2025, and hiring rates are sluggish even as claims of worker shortages persist — indicating structural complexity in the market.

📌 So Why Do People Say “Nobody Wants These Jobs”?

That interpretation tends to come from simplistic media memes or social posts, not detailed economic analysis. On deeper inspection:

✔ It’s not that Americans categorically refuse to do these jobs —
❌ It’s that the jobs may require skills many workers don’t yet have, or pay structures that aren’t transparent or worth it for people just starting.
✔ Many workers are interested in well-paid, sustainable careers, but they also value flexibility, training investment, and workplace conditions — and if those aren’t aligned, even high nominal salaries aren’t enough.

🧠 Conclusion

The viral story you linked is essentially a viral spin on a real labor market issue — namely, a shortage of trained workers in certain industries, including high-paying mechanic jobs. But the idea that “people don’t want to work these $120 k jobs” is too simple and misleading. The real challenges include:

The need for skills and training pipelines

Physical demands of jobs

Misleading salary framing (“up to $120k” vs starting pay)

Broader hiring and labor market mismatches

In short, it’s not that “no one wants them.” It’s that there aren’t enough traders with the right training, the pay ladder is long and opaque, and labor market dynamics are complex — a more nuanced picture than the meme-style headline suggests.



By phart at 11,Jan,26 14:03 other posts of phart 
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I thought I would post this to help people understand the different races of people.
"The living peoples of the world are generally grouped into three major divisions: Caucasoid or “white”, Mongoloid or “brown” and Negroid or “black”
By Ananas2xLekker at 12,Jan,26 10:28 other posts of Ananas2xLekker 
Why Humans Cannot Be Divided into Biological Races

For centuries, people have tried to divide humanity into a small number of “races”—sometimes three, sometimes five, sometimes dozens. These classifications were often presented as scientific facts. Modern biology, genetics, and anthropology, however, show that there are no biologically distinct human races. All attempts to divide humans into races are arbitrary, historically contingent, and unsupported by genetic evidence.

1. Where the Idea of Human Races Came From
The concept of race emerged primarily in Europe between the 17th and 19th centuries, long before genetics existed. Naturalists such as Carl Linnaeus and Johann Friedrich Blumenbach classified humans much as they classified plants and animals, relying on visible traits like skin color, hair texture, or skull shape.
Crucially:
- Different scholars proposed different numbers of races (3, 4, 5, 6, or more).
- The boundaries between races were never agreed upon.
- These systems often reflected colonial, political, and social ideologies, not biological discoveries.
If race were a natural biological division, scientists would have converged on a stable, consistent classification. They never did.

2. What Genetics Reveals About Human Variation
Modern genetics allows us to directly measure human biological diversity. Its findings are decisive:
- All humans share about 99.9% of their DNA.
- Of the small fraction that varies, most variation occurs within local populations, not between so-called races.
- Roughly 85–90% of genetic variation is found within any given population, and only a small fraction distinguishes populations from different continents.
This means that two people from the same “race” can be more genetically different from each other than either is from someone classified as belonging to a different race.

3. Human Differences Are Gradual, Not Categorical
Biological races, when they exist in other species, are defined by clear genetic boundaries. Humans do not show this pattern.
Instead:
- Human traits vary gradually across geography, forming what biologists call clines.
- Skin color, for example, changes slowly from the equator toward the poles, correlating with ultraviolet radiation—not with racial categories.
- There is no point where one “race” ends and another begins.
Any line drawn between races is therefore a human decision, not a biological fact.

4. The Arbitrary Nature of Race Classifications
The history of race science exposes its arbitrariness:
- Some systems grouped Indigenous Australians with Africans; others with Asians.
- People from North Africa have been classified as Black, White, or Middle Eastern depending on time and place.
- In the United States, Irish and Italian immigrants were once considered non-White; today they are considered White.
A classification system that changes with politics, geography, and culture cannot be a biological one.

5. Ancestry Is Real; Race Is Not
Rejecting biological race does not mean denying human diversity.
- Ancestry refers to genealogical and geographic history and can be studied scientifically.
- Population genetics can identify patterns related to migration, isolation, and adaptation.
- These patterns do not form discrete racial boxes.
Race, by contrast, simplifies continuous variation into rigid categories and assigns social meaning to them.

6. Why the Myth of Biological Race Persists
The idea of race persists because it is socially powerful, not scientifically accurate. It has been used to:
- Justify slavery, colonialism, and segregation
- Naturalize inequality by portraying it as biological
- Provide simple explanations for complex social differences
Science does not support these uses.

7. Scientific Consensus
Today, there is broad agreement among:
- Geneticists
- Anthropologists
- Evolutionary biologists
- Medical researchers
Humans form a single, interbreeding species with no biological races. Race is a social classification imposed on biological variation, not a natural division within it.

Conclusion
All attempts to divide humanity into three races, five races, or any other number fail for the same reason: human biological diversity does not come in discrete units. The boundaries are invented, the numbers are arbitrary, and the categories change over time.

What unites humanity is far more fundamental than what superficially distinguishes us. From a biological perspective, race is not a fact of nature—it is a story societies tell.

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By phart at 10,Jan,26 18:01 other posts of phart 
Common sense persevered finally. things are just getting to complicated and dangerous.
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By phart at 08,Jan,26 13:32 other posts of phart 
you can't make this stuff up
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What the fuck is this woman talking about?
"people who own private property were enabling “white supremacy”"
"“Impoverish the *white* middle class,” she wrote in a 2018 post. “Homeowenership is racist / failed public policy.”"

" Weaver, who argues that landlords who are being bankrupted by their inability to remove delinquent tenants are just the cost of doing business"
Ananas, this lady is just right up your alley aint she?


it is talk like this that prompts hatred of socialism and proof it's followers are idiots
By Ananas2xLekker at 08,Jan,26 17:57 other posts of Ananas2xLekker 
"Some person said something I think is crazy"
Is that what you are outraged over now?
But, when I criticize Trump, a person backed by the most power military in the world,
for threatening the sovereignty of multiple countries at the same time, that's TDS.

By the way, I looked it up. This is the complete quote: “Private property including and kind of ESPECIALLY homeownership is a weapon of white supremacy masquerading as ‘wealth building’ public policy.”
She was OBVIOUSLY not talking about citizens owning their OWN homes, she was talking about private rich and wealthy people, who own multiple houses, that they rent out.

Her reactions to this post surfacing are:
“some of those things are certainly not how I would say things today, and are regretful.”
She emphasized that her focus in her current role is on addressing racial inequalities in housing and ensuring that everyone has a safe, affordable place to live, whether they rent or own. She also noted that “for many years, people have been locked out of the property market, that has produced systemic and racial inequalities in our system.”

The Director of the FBI made a video of him cutting off the heads of his political enemies. That was more recent too; 2022. That is far more deranged and he is in a position of far greater power. If it was the only thing, we could discard it as a joke, but he has a wild history of promoting “deep state” conspiracies, directly engaging with QAnon–linked messaging and hashtags, sympathy with the convicted criminals of the January 6 Capitol attack, labeling officials as Government Gangsters on an enemy list and threatening to “come after” journalists and perceived political enemies.

If a few posts from her are evidence that the followers of socialism are idiots,
than Kash Patel fully justifies me in calling all of your side DANGEROUS LUNATICS.



By phart at 08,Jan,26 13:24 other posts of phart 
can't even move a house in canada
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Don't they have tape measures Up there?


By Ananas2xLekker at 07,Jan,26 11:16 other posts of Ananas2xLekker 
Here's a fun idea, that I picked up from some YouTube comment,
for people who want to follow religious books literally:
A hundred years from now, scholars will have trouble differentiating the terms
“butt dial” and “booty call”. Can you only imagine what we have been missing
in translation for the last two thousand years?
By phart at 07,Jan,26 14:41 other posts of phart 
You do have a point



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By Ananas2xLekker at 06,Jan,26 21:08 other posts of Ananas2xLekker 
Will this be Trump's 'Mein Kampf'?
By phart at 06,Jan,26 23:18 other posts of phart 
honestly I think it is a parody or joke site as they also have a book, Life coach by Putin!
By Ananas2xLekker at 07,Jan,26 09:20 other posts of Ananas2xLekker 
Well, it might be real, because here is some of the poetry:

Ode to Winning So Much It Hurts

I love him loud.
I love him best.
He says he’s rich, so he must be blessed.

He talks about himself for hours on end,
That’s leadership, friend, not narcissism.
If he forgets what he said last week,
That’s strategy, not a mind gone weak.

They say he hates the working folk,
But he sells us hats, so that’s a joke.
Sure, they’re cheap, and cost us rent,
But that’s not greed, that’s commitment.

I bought the book with his holy name,
Printed overseas, but it’s not the same
As corruption, no, it’s faith you see,
Capitalism wrapped in divinity.

The Constitution? Optional text.
Rules are for losers, he knows what’s next.
When he breaks them all, it shows his might,
Real kings don’t read, they feel what’s right.

They cry about soldiers, medals, the dead,
But he loves them best when they’re useful, not red.
If they fall for oil or profit or pride,
That’s freedom’s price,don’t ask who decides.

He flirts with danger, threatens the globe,
Not because he’s scared, but bold, so bold.
If secrets leak and questions grow,
Just shout at the world,that’s strength, you know.

They whisper of friends he shouldn’t have had,
Of parties and tastes that look real bad.
But powerful men get misunderstood,
If it was wrong, he meant it good.

So let them talk, let truth offend,
I’ll love him louder till the very end.
Because if he’s guilty, corrupt, or cruel,
Then I’ll just say: that’s how you rule.





By Ananas2xLekker at 05,Jan,26 15:25 other posts of Ananas2xLekker 
Why America Feared the Netherlands
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The Dutch Republic (c. 1600s) developed some of the first fully modern capitalist institutions. The Dutch were pioneers in scaling and institutionalizing capitalism:

1. First permanent stock exchange
- Amsterdam (1602) hosted the world’s first stock exchange with continuous trading.

2. First modern multinational corporation
- The Dutch East India Company (VOC) issued tradable shares, paid dividends, and had limited liability.

3. Advanced financial markets
- Futures, options, short selling, and sophisticated credit markets existed in 17th-century Amsterdam.

4. Capitalist state structure
- The Dutch Republic protected property rights, enforced contracts, and kept relatively low feudal interference.
- Economic power was largely in the hands of merchants rather than nobles.

5. Capital accumulation on a national scale
- Profits from global trade, shipping, and finance were reinvested systematically.

That's why I get annoyed when people call my country "socialist".
We were one of the most successful capitalist countries in the world for hundreds of years, and still are. To me, socialism is the only way to save capitalism. We are heading towards feudalism, and socialism is the only stabilizer to prevent the system from collapsing.
By Lookatmine2 at 06,Jan,26 10:40 other posts of Lookatmine2 
The Left are taking us to feudalism, not the capitalists. Everything the Left have done in the past thirty years or so is aimed at turning free citizens into subjects who will live by the leave of the New Peerage. The Left want economic serfs.

The worst of these Leftist feudalists are the members of the WEF. These billionaire elitists are the main culprits. They are attempting to eliminate economic self-determination for everyone outside their neo-Leftist elite inner circle.

Everyone else outside this circle who advocates for Socialism, believing it to be a panacea to allegedly cure all the world's ills, are nothing more than the latest version of Lenin’s useful idiots. Every nation that has attempted to establish the varying degrees of Socialism have quietly backed away from it after it had, time and time again, failed to live up to its promises.

Pure Socialism is impossible. That’s why no one has ever attempted it.

The problem with Socialism is that it ignores human nature. People like to have nice stuff. They do not want to have to ask anyone else for permission to get it.

People also don’t want to support leeches who refuse to contribute anything back into the economy. Forcibly distributing the fruits of someone’s labor to others who only take and who give nothing back is theft, and it guarantees the collapse of any country that attempts to practices the purist forms of this theft: Marxist Socialism.

But of course, I’m sure you’ll have the mental gymnastics sufficient to come up with a justification as to how wrong I am for being against the overt coercive theft of someone else’s property gained through their own labor.
By Ananas2xLekker at 06,Jan,26 11:42 other posts of Ananas2xLekker 
To start with; did you even watch the video?
Or were you just triggered by my comment below it?

Do you even understand the terms 'left' and 'right'?
These originate from the French revolution, where the commoners sat on the left side
and the ruling elites sat on the right side. The 'left' was fighting for their freedom,
while the 'right' was defending their dominance (FEUDALISM).

The WEF is a global convening of elites dedicated to safeguarding and steering capitalism. How the hell can you call that 'Leftist'?

Billionaire elitists support the system that created their wealth: capitalism.

I agree that pure socialism is not possible, neither is pure capitalism.
We need something in between, that will not collapse.
This current state of predatory capitalism is collapsing.
To keep it from collapsing, we need a whole lot MORE socialism.

When you are saying "Socialism ignores human nature", are you referring to selfishness? That's based on the idea that humans evolved to the 'top predator' through 'survival of the fittest', which in itself is a mischaracterization of evolution. (Ask ChatGPT to explain why).
Humans became the dominant species on Earth, because of COOPERATION. We are not the strongest animal, not the fastest animal, we don't have the best eyesight, we are the smartest animal and used that to effectively COOPERATE. We survived all odds,
by developing bigger and bigger tribes. Those tribes had leaders, but they only accepted the leaders that were trusted to protect their common interests.

You obviously don't believe that billionaires are protecting our common interests, otherwise you wouldn't have accused the left of propping them up. Now, please tell me
if you remember me saying anything that supports the billionaires transitioning us all to feudalism. Is taxing them going to help them do that? Will it enrich billionaires to change private health insurance to a democratically controlled single payer healthcare system?

Who is supporting leeches? Do you think the wealthiest man in the world is contributing much? Elon Musk is going to be the first Trillionaire. Why is he not re-investing at least $800 billion back into the economy? He stole Paypal, he stole Tesla, and SpaceX is dependent on massive funding from the government. Can't he afford it himself?
What labor is Elon Musk doing? He is distributing the fruits of lots of other people's labor towards himself. He made electric cars cool. Is he now making them affordable for everyone? Is he really that useful to humanity now? How about Jeff Bezos?

You are using lots of terms, that I don't think you understand much. To you, those terms are arguments by itself, because they are "scary words". Inform yourself about the ideas behind them, instead of the straw-men of them.

It's the billionaires who are paying the media to tell you that taxes are theft. That resulted in them paying less taxes, and you making up the difference, either by paying more taxes, or getting less back. It is estimated that between 1975 and 2023, roughly $79 TRILLION
was redistributed from the bottom 90% to the top 1%. Why isn't that theft?
And did the 'Leftist feudalists' do that? HOW?
By phart at 06,Jan,26 12:50 other posts of phart 
some of us are not that afraid of the netherregions, we sit back and shake our heads in disbelief that folks literally live below sea level and if a couple pumps quit their entire livelyhood is underwater. So all this about being smart kinda takes a back seat to that known fact

And it is easy to believe that taxes are theft when you don't get anything worth a damn for what you pay.Our roads are failing, our bridges falling,But we have a "diverse work force" and multigender bathrooms, oh boy! They don't teach what kids need to know in school anymore, they indoctrinate them and send them out the door not even understanding what a loan is or that they have to pay it back.
By Ananas2xLekker at 06,Jan,26 14:26 other posts of Ananas2xLekker 
Not anymore, but you did at one time. "Feared" is past tense.
Did you see the video?

The Netherlands is 270 times smaller than the US.
Still our GDP is only 24 times smaller than yours.
I think we are still pretty strong, for such a small country.

Beating back the sea, that's our spirit of ingenuity and tenacity.

When the US needs to build a dike or sea-wall, you call the Dutch.
That's the result of 400 years of entrepreneurial thinking.
It's very likely that your country is the result of our merchant culture.

The US adopted it and turned it BIG. But now you're failing, because you don't adapt.
The term MAGA works for a reason; you have passed your peak, now you're failing.
Instead of understanding why, you are blaming everyone but yourself.
You fail to see that you did not become big by (just) exploitation,
but by giving everyone a chance to maximize their potential.
That's the real ideal of capitalism, not your perverted version of it.

How much debt did you leave school with? Do you know anyone of your age,
who studied and left school with a debt like kids today?
You are normalizing something that wasn't normal in your time.
It's also not normal in countries that are beating your ass,
because they understand that education is strengthening their country.


By phart at 06,Jan,26 15:57 other posts of phart 
Your info is biased on the origins of left and right as far as thinking

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What is the etymology of left and right?
Therefore the dominant hand (for the majority of people) became known as the “right” hand, literally meaning the correct hand. The word “left” comes from the Old English lyft, meaning “weak”, and was used to designate the weaker, non-dominant hand.Nov 1, 2016

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“the right” came to mean defenders of tradition and “the left” came to mean people who wanted to change the system to make it more fair." I will add, fair as in their opinion of what is fair

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By Ananas2xLekker at 06,Jan,26 21:09 other posts of Ananas2xLekker 
That's a fucking lie. That's not what the terms are coming from.
By phart at 06,Jan,26 23:23 other posts of phart 
my gosh, it is all over the web, of course there is the bs about it being from the french government to. but i would say that is bunk
By Ananas2xLekker at 07,Jan,26 08:48 other posts of Ananas2xLekker 
I'm sure that you can find some propaganda sources that are trying to do revisionist history, you didn't make this up yourself, but it is a lie, that only makes sense for people with an extreme bias.

There is no mention of politics being called 'left' or 'right' from before the French revolution, while the those bible text are much much older.

Funny that you are not referring to what Grok says this time, because that confirms my claim and not yours.

Here are some official sources:

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By Ananas2xLekker at 02,Jan,26 16:40 other posts of Ananas2xLekker 
Representative Stephen F. Lynch: "Donald Trump’s decision to rename the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts and place his name above President Kennedy’s
is a case of stolen valor."
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By bella! at 06,Jan,26 03:47 other posts of bella! 
Yeah, I don’t understand the need to change the name to include Trump’s and I did not understand the need to change the name of the Gulf of Mexico….
By Ananas2xLekker at 06,Jan,26 08:10 other posts of Ananas2xLekker 
Narcissism
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He changed the names just to piss off the democrats i personally think it’s funny go trump
By Ananas2xLekker at 06,Jan,26 13:54 other posts of Ananas2xLekker 
Sure, that's your whole political ideology; own the libs.
That's because you have the luxury to not have to care about anything else.
Unlike people who cannot afford groceries, rent / their mortgage, healthcare
and a decent education for their kids.

They are just stupid distractions, from him failing as president.
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What do you care for any way you’re an outsider to this fine country
By Ananas2xLekker at 06,Jan,26 14:02 other posts of Ananas2xLekker 
He is threatening the whole fucking world.
What rock did you just crawl out from under?
By phart at 06,Jan,26 16:00 other posts of phart 
You can't see the forest for the trees friend. He is trying to make the world a safer place by getting rid of drugs and the violent dealer venders. He is trying to get resources like oil and precious metals back into the world economy to help the people of countries who's governments sit on the stuff like a egg.so much good can start happening in small countries where the resources and money are back into circulation
By Ananas2xLekker at 06,Jan,26 18:19 other posts of Ananas2xLekker 
No, he is not, he is bullying everyone into submission,
or stealing their resources, while letting Putin doing the same.
He wants to steal those resources from the people who own them
and let the billionaires have them. IT'S STEALING!!!

Drugs are only dangerous to the stupid people who put them in their body.
If you didn't have those people, there would be no drugs cartels.
Or, if drugs were just made legally, there would also be no drugs cartels.

When it's guns, you say: "Guns don't kill people, people kill people!".
At least that someone putting a bullet in someone else's body.
With drugs, it's you own decision to put it into your body.
That's purely your failure as a country. Don't blame other countries.







By phart at 06,Jan,26 12:53 other posts of phart 
I didn't understand the kennedy center thing either but the gulf of America, i don't mind that much because frankly it borders the US as much as it does mexico and they aint doing anything with it




By Ananas2xLekker at 06,Jan,26 09:43 other posts of Ananas2xLekker 
One thing is clear, Maduro is NOT on the Epstein list,
because if he was, Trump would have protected him.
By Lookatmine2 at 06,Jan,26 10:23 other posts of Lookatmine2 
Pure unadulterated crap and TDS. Get a hobby and stop letting him live rent free inside your head.
By Ananas2xLekker at 06,Jan,26 11:05 other posts of Ananas2xLekker 
This was of course just a joke. There's still a lot of truth to it though.
Owning MAGA snowflakes IS one of my hobbies.
By phart at 06,Jan,26 12:51 other posts of phart 
Well your "maga flakes" are going to dig under your flimsy fence and escape
By Ananas2xLekker at 06,Jan,26 14:00 other posts of Ananas2xLekker 
You are slippery bastards, but you ain't escaping without scratches.






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Well… that was awkward 😅 | Norsemen
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By Ananas2xLekker at 29,Dec,25 10:21 other posts of Ananas2xLekker 
Girls vs Boys - Is There A Difference?
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Of course, and everyone who denies it is an idiot.
That doesn't mean that all boys are the same and all girls are the same.
Some girls are behaving very much like boys.
Some boys are behaving very much like girls.
And that is based in the exact development that he is explaining.

People have a tendency to confuse the (large) majority for the standard, or even the norm.
When you're ripping a doll from the hands of your little boy and say "Boys don't play with dolls!", you are denying that some boys have developed differently, and you are enforcing "the norm". It is not preventing that boy growing up into a "sissy", it is forcing the boy into a male stereotype, that is probably not his strength, and preventing him to develop his real strengths. Parents like that will push their son into the life of being a sub-par plumber, instead of letting him develop into a great psychiatrist (just an example).
And if your daughter has interests and skills that doesn't fit your stereotype of girls,
you can end up harming her development, crush her confidence, and probably deny
your country a great engineer, entrepreneur, or top female athlete.

In the end he says: "The freer the society, the bigger the sex differences".
That is definitely not accurate, in general. It's a mixed bag.

Factors/Characteristics Where the Statement Has Some Support (Sex Differences Larger in “Freer” / More Gender-Equal Contexts):
1. Personality Traits
Differences in many Big Five personality dimensions (e.g., agreeableness, neuroticism, extraversion) tend to be larger in more gender-egalitarian, high-income societies.

2. Basic Personal Values and Preferences
Some studies find that men’s and women’s values and preferences (e.g., risk attitudes, prosocial preferences) differ more in gender-equal and wealthier contexts than in less egalitarian ones.

3. Educational / Occupational Choices in Some STEM Fields
Patterns termed the gender equality paradox sometimes show greater differentiation in field choice (e.g., proportions of men vs. women in certain academic tracks) in countries with higher gender equality indices.

4. Cognitive Abilities Where Women Tend to Excel
Differences in areas such as episodic memory and verbal ability have been reported to increase in societies with better living conditions, often correlated with gender equality.

Factors/Characteristics Where the Statement Is Not Supported or the Pattern Is Absent/Inconsistent:
1. Sexual Behavior
Differences in sexual behavior (e.g., likelihood of casual sex) have been found to be smaller in more egalitarian or high-income societies, likely due to permissive norms and access to contraception.

2. Cognitive Abilities Where Men Tend to Excel
For abilities like mathematical performance and semantic memory, sex gaps decrease in societies with higher living conditions and equality measures.

3. General Cognitive Measures and Some Sociodemographic Outcomes
Some research suggests that many sex differences don’t substantially vary with gender equality, so for traits like overall intelligence or school achievement, differences are relatively stable.

4. Some Well-Being and Emotional Outcomes
Studies find little or no consistent “paradox” effect for gender differences in emotional well-being or mental health outcomes across gender-equal vs. unequal contexts.

5. Methodological and Cultural Qualifications
Some researchers argue that the gender-equality paradox itself may not be a universal causal effect, but rather an artifact of measurement, social norms, or Western research bias, meaning it doesn’t necessarily reflect a simple link between freedom and sex differences.
By phart at 30,Dec,25 14:20 other posts of phart 
When bones get dug up from 2000 years ago, they are either male or female.
When you take a doll from a boy, you may have prevented him from growing up being indoctrinated to thinking it is ok to not work a physical job and may leave him with college debt for a education for a field of work there is no money to be made in. How much college debt do most plumbers have?
Most I know have a bass boat out back, 36 foot 5th wheel camper and a F350 to tow it with, nice house they bartered work for most of the custom rock work,and granite counter tops, while your psychiatrist drives a prius and will never get out of debt.
By Ananas2xLekker at 30,Dec,25 15:31 other posts of Ananas2xLekker 
You just made that up. Opinions are not facts! 🙄 Sex estimation from bones (especially pelvis and skull) is probabilistic, not absolute. Many remains, especially juveniles or poorly preserved skeletons, are classified as “indeterminate.”.

It IS OK to not work a physical job. WTF are you talking about?
When you take a doll from a boy, you are the one indoctrinating the boy with your ideology. There is no good reason to let children not find out for themselves what they like and are good at. If they have interests and skills that would make them good plumbers, they will be drawn to that, without your narrow-minded meddling.

Are you saying that technical jobs require less education than non-physical jobs?
That's damn disrespectful to craftspeople.

You are also shitting on your own stupid education system, that inhibits people
to make the best of themselves, because of the ridiculous costs associated with it.
Only in your dumb country.

Sure throw around some caricatures. The idea that real men need to drive a pick-up truck and sissy men drive a Prius, is all conservative nonsense. If you drive a big pick-up truck, when you don't need one for work, I assume you have a micropenis. If you see a man step out of a small, fuel economical car, you know he has nothing to compensate for.
That's also caricaturing/stereotyping, but much more accurate.

Psychiatrists in the US generally make very good money, with average annual salaries typically ranging from $240,000 to over $300,000. That's worth the education.
But no amount of education can turn an Neanderthal into a psychiatrist. It requires
a special mix of character traits to be good at that job. If you have a boy with those character traits, he is likely not attracted to toys that you associate with boys.
Ripping the toys he likes from his tiny hands, will probably damage him for life.
All because of your conservative indoctrination, or downright homophobia.




By Ananas2xLekker at 30,Dec,25 13:09 other posts of Ananas2xLekker 
Iceland: Is it real? | Icelandair
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A commercial that is addressing the conspiracy theory problem.


By Ananas2xLekker at 30,Dec,25 11:24 other posts of Ananas2xLekker 
Keanu Reeves slapping people, after disrespecting his wife.
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(only the voice over and the video filter are AI)


By Ananas2xLekker at 29,Dec,25 12:41 other posts of Ananas2xLekker 
Is this the Pixar going woke thing, that people are talking about?
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By bella! at 29,Dec,25 11:39 other posts of bella! 
Check this out, look at what a school in New York is allegedly using.

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By Ananas2xLekker at 29,Dec,25 11:57 other posts of Ananas2xLekker 
That's not a "Time-out box", that's the "Furry toilet" they were talking about.

Cut the budget of the U.S. Department of Education even more, that will help.

And now to be more serious, here are some articles related to the subject:
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By Ananas2xLekker at 19,Dec,25 17:04 other posts of Ananas2xLekker 
Trump's ballroom is a lie! Conspiracy or damn good investigation?
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By phart at 09,Dec,25 13:02 other posts of phart 
You know, it is sadly very obvious that zelenski does not want peace, he needs to be voted out of his job or there will be nothing left of ukraine.
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By Lookatmine2 at 10,Dec,25 06:06 other posts of Lookatmine2 
What more should one expect from a former stand-up act? I mean, Ukraine elected a for-real comedian, for cripes sake.
By CAT52! at 12,Dec,25 13:15 other posts of CAT52! 
Should he have auditioned on “The Apprentice”?
By Lookatmine2 at 12,Dec,25 20:12 other posts of Lookatmine2 
To do what?
By CAT52! at 12,Dec,25 23:06 other posts of CAT52! 
Laugh at an idiot
By Lookatmine2 at 13,Dec,25 00:19 other posts of Lookatmine2 
Do you mean the “idiot” billionaire who managed to get himself elected POTUS twice, who donated land for public golf courses in locations where only the elitists had private clubs, and who created tens of thousands of private sector jobs before going into public office? The same “idiot” who Democrats couldn’t wait to be photographed with all through the 1980s, 1990s, and early 2000s? The “idiot” who negotiated the end of hostilities in at least 8 wars, some of those having lasted as long as 30 years, ones the Left and First World progressives have ignored for that long? The same “idiot” who bascially ended racial bias in major Florida golf courses? The same “idiot” who, unlike Joe Biden, Nancy Pelosi, AOC, and numerous other Jackasses refuses to use his public office to enrich himself?

What has he ever done to you to make you hate him? How much damage has he done directly to your life?
By phart at 13,Dec,25 00:30 other posts of phart 
By Ananas2xLekker at 13,Dec,25 13:27 other posts of Ananas2xLekker 
I agree, this is pure entertainment. It is hilarious that someone can think this.
By phart at 13,Dec,25 13:57 other posts of phart 
I know, how can cat or anyone else ignore a mans entire lifes work before he puts his own life aside to try to save his country? Yep , pure entertainment.
By Ananas2xLekker at 15,Dec,25 11:55 other posts of Ananas2xLekker 
He didn't, and it's fucking ridiculous to think so.

He ran for president for self-aggrandizement and then found out that too many people are actually stupid enough to vote for him. He never wanted to be president, but his narcissism prevented him from quitting. Then he got hooked
on people worshiping him. It's so ridiculous that no one ever came up with a story like that, but it's real life. It's your stupidity that made it possible.

In 2024, he was forced to keep it up, to escape his own crimes.
He is now on a rampage vengeance campaign to hurt everyone who elected him.
You're just dumb enough to not understand when he tells you.

By phart at 15,Dec,25 12:21 other posts of phart 
he was looking at running for president in the 90's best i can remember.

oops 87
Trump, head of The Trump Organization since 1971, first dabbled in presidential politics in the early summer of 1987.
By Ananas2xLekker at 15,Dec,25 22:09 other posts of Ananas2xLekker 
OK, he is narcissistic enough to think he needs to be president.
The problem is that you agree with him.






By Ananas2xLekker at 13,Dec,25 13:12 other posts of Ananas2xLekker 
"refuses to use his public office to enrich himself?"
Are you talking about Trump?

Enriching himself was his second goal, besides staying out of prison.
Trump is putting African dictators to shame, with his record corruption.
With every tariff announcement, his friends and family made a fortune
on the stock market, with insider trading, which is a crime. If he didn't
control the DOJ and the FBI, this would be investigated right now.
By Lookatmine2 at 13,Dec,25 23:07 other posts of Lookatmine2 
Investigating him, for what? Being unlikeable or unliked is not a criminal offense.

And, what has he done to you to earn such baseless loathing? You were fine with him until he ran for POTUS the first time.
By Ananas2xLekker at 15,Dec,25 10:30 other posts of Ananas2xLekker 
Are you kidding, Trump has been a criminal all his life.
I knew him to be a piece of shit, long before he ran for president.
I didn't know the extend of it, because he was keeping under the radar, but as soon as he went public, I started investigating him and found an almost unending pile of shit, that each on their own should discredit him to ever vote for him. His character alone should be a reason, but you support him despite everything combined.
Either you have been living under a rock, or you just like horrible people.
By Lookatmine2 at 15,Dec,25 18:04 other posts of Lookatmine2 
You don’t know the extent of it, but somehow, you still know.

You started “investigating,” like some sort of Sherlock Holmes, but with the internet solely as your source, no doubt.

Yeah. We all know that everything on the internet is true, accurate, and based solely on facts and reality. It’s a totally reliable source on which to form opinions regarding politics, culture, and science.

(Rolling my eyes right now)

That was sarcasm, by the way. I had to alert you of that as this medium is not conducive to expressing it in clear fashion.

My, my, my. The derangement syndrome is real! It is absolutely stunning the amount of mental gymnastics those suffering from it will go through to justify their outrageous unsubstantiated claims based on rumors, misinformation, and propaganda! The street lawyers and basement detectives spewing this “information” are amazingly brilliant, all of them able to draw accurate and insightful conclusions from mere gossip, lies, innuendo, and rumor!

I can’t help but wonder if Hillary Clinton also got the same level of investigatory attention from you amateur sleuths, or is this all just sour grapes being pressed simply because she lost to him and you people just cannot let it go.

I find it telling that none of you had a problem with him before he replaced the (D) behind his name with an (R). The rage that was expressed after that happened is palpable. The desperation for extracting vengeance for daring to “leave the plantation” is driving force behind it all!

Nothing is too low nor unethical, just as long as “we get Trump.”

Wow.
By Ananas2xLekker at 15,Dec,25 22:19 other posts of Ananas2xLekker 
Investigating, like looking up information about him.
Do you have anything else than the internet?
Did you ever do business with him? I guess not.

The internet is a jungle with everything between absolute lies and accurate science. It's up to your critical thinking skills and knowledge to know what's what.
It's easy to recognize when right-wing media is lying. If they are very vague,
you can be sure that they are lying. When journalists are adding lots of details,
it makes it easy to verify those claims.

I don't like Hilary Clinton. Why bring her up? It's a 'whataboutism'. In any case, she is horrible, but not nearly as vile, evil, criminal and corrupt as Trump.

I don't care about a D or an R, because there are lots of D's that I hate.
That's the thinking of an American, who is used to only 2 parties. We have 27. That requires lots more political insight.

Trump was an asshole when he was a Democrat too. You should learn to look beyond party lines. It makes you an easy victim for scamming.
By dgraff at 16,Dec,25 14:58 other posts of dgraff 
I’m just going to go ahead and say it
Pal you got some kinda nerve to come to Bella’s forum thread trying to spread your communist hatred and your bull shit and shame on cat to agree with any thing you say take your commie bull shit and hit the high way peddle that crap 💩 in your own country
By CAT52! at 16,Dec,25 16:20 other posts of CAT52! 
Dgraff, shame on me? Did you not read that Phart is the one that started this conversation? Did you not read that Lookatmine2 made the follow-up comments? And, did you forget that this thread, authored by Bella!, is called Questionable Stuff? And that it was started for the expressed purpose of questioning “stuff”?
My question to you is, “Who gave you the right to comment on anyone’s right to post here as long as Bella! allows it? Ananas is not a communist. He’s a socialist with opinions that are relevant to the political situation in this country. Our politics don’t just affect this country. Right or wrong we influence the politics of the world. He has as much right to opine as you. Perhaps more. His views are well thought out. At the very least, he has solutions to our problems unlike from those that just criticize.
By phart at 16,Dec,25 21:25 other posts of phart 
Sorry to rain on your post cat but Grok seems to disagree with you,


Yes, socialism is an important—and in many interpretations, essential—part of communism, particularly in Marxist theory, which has heavily influenced modern understandings of both terms.
Classical Marxist View (Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels)

Marx and Engels used "socialism" and "communism" interchangeably in works like The Communist Manifesto (184. They described the post-capitalist society as communist, without a clear distinction. In Marx's Critique of the Gotha Programme (1875), he outlined two phases of communist society:

Lower phase — Society still bears marks of capitalism (e.g., distribution "to each according to his contribution," with some inequalities).
Higher phase — A fully developed classless, stateless society with distribution "to each according to his needs," abundance, and no money or state.

Marx did not label the lower phase "socialism."
Later Marxist-Leninist Interpretation

Vladimir Lenin, in The State and Revolution (1917), popularized the distinction:

Socialism is the lower or first phase of communism: the transitional stage after the proletarian revolution, where the state (as a dictatorship of the proletariat) exists, classes are abolished, means of production are socially owned, but distribution is based on work contributed.
Communism is the higher phase: stateless, classless, moneyless, with full abundance.

This view became standard in Marxist-Leninist traditions (e.g., USSR, China), where countries like the Soviet Union described themselves as "socialist" (building toward communism). Socialism here is crucial as the necessary foundation and pathway to achieve full communism.
Broader or Non-Marxist Views

Outside strict Marxism, socialism is often seen as distinct and not necessarily leading to communism:

It can involve mixed economies, democratic processes, private property alongside public ownership, and gradual reforms (e.g., democratic socialism in Nordic countries or social democracy).
Communism is viewed as more radical: aiming for complete abolition of private property, classes, money, and the state, often through revolution.

In these contexts, socialism is not "part" of communism but a separate ideology sharing roots in opposing capitalism and seeking greater equality.
Summary

In the dominant theoretical framework influencing communist movements (Marxism-Leninism), socialism is fundamentally important as the initial, transitional stage required to build communism. Without socialism, communism cannot be reached, as it develops the productive forces and eliminates capitalist remnants. In other usages, the terms are more separate, with socialism as a milder alternative. The confusion stems from historical shifts in terminology after Marx's death.
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By CAT52! at 16,Dec,25 23:07 other posts of CAT52! 
You are not. Think of Communism as a total stripping of private ownership and socialism as massive sharing of wealth without a government telling you to give up everything.
By Ananas2xLekker at 17,Dec,25 13:30 other posts of Ananas2xLekker 
They are confusing the dictatorship of Russia with Marx's ideals.
You can try to correct them, but they don't want to be correct.
Understanding politics doesn't serve their ruling class.

Socialism isn't the first step to communism, that is Grog parroting
decades of indoctrination. It just summarizes what's available.

Capitalism and communism end up at the same place; wealthy and powerful people controlling everything and the people owning and controlling NOTHING. That's because power and wealth corrupt everything. It doesn't matter where you start to centralize money. If it's the government, they will accumulate money and power and strip it away from the people.
If you let private citizens take too much money and exploit everyone else, they will accumulate money, buy more and more power, strip it away from everyone else and take over the government. The result is the same.
If you then combine it with stupid cult-like followers, who are willing to fight and die for their leaders, because they will get a bit more scraps than the rest, that is very similar to the 'communism' of Russia. The best term to use for that is totalitarian state-capitalism.
With the billionaires now entering your government, when they are not satisfied with buying politicians anymore, turning a corrupt democracy in a sham-democracy, while only allowing speech that they like, ignoring the Legislative Branch and the Judicial Branch, you're heading at mach speed to the same thing: totalitarian state-capitalism. I just call it 'communism',
in the comment below, because that's how it's known by the masses.

Marxian communism (theoretical):
- Economic power: fully distributed
- Political power: fully participatory

Socialism of the Dutch Socialist party (Idealism):
- Economic power: extensive redistribution, strong public control
- Political power: high participatory input and grassroots movements

Socialism of the Dutch Socialist party (current pragmatism):
- Economic power: highly redistributive, but constrained by status quo
- Political power: supports optimizing normal parliamentary politics

Stalinist USSR / Pol Pot’s Cambodia ('communism' as the masses know it):
- Economic power: extremely concentrated
- Political power: extremely authoritarian

Putin’s leadership (Russia, 2000s–present):
- Economic power: highly concentrated (state-control and oligarchs)
- Political power: extremely authoritarian (centralized, repression)

MAGA capitalism:
- Economic power: highly concentrated (billionaires = job providers)
- Political power: strongly authoritarian (cult-leader Trump rules all)
By CAT52! at 17,Dec,25 15:25 other posts of CAT52! 
Alexander Pope's An Essay on Criticism: "A little learning is a dangerous thing; Drink deep, or taste not the Pierian spring: There shallow draughts intoxicate the brain, And drinking largely sobers us again"
By Ananas2xLekker at 17,Dec,25 15:33 other posts of Ananas2xLekker 
Thanks for the book endorsement. I hope to get around to that one
at some point.

I was just watching a video about people leaving MAGA.
Look what this woman said (from 6:27‑7:42).
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1947 webster dictionary
You are in the group of you will own nothing and be happy.


By phart at 18,Dec,25 14:49 other posts of phart 
if you read the definition of socialism I posted a photo of, that says clearly that land ownership and such is for the government. again a clear link between the 2 systems.
modern socialist try to separate themselves from their forefathers to try to win over skeptics. but in the end, either system will leave wealthy government officials riding the backs of the poor, only difference with socialism from communism, is the government feeds them some treats as they suffer like free aspirin and birth control pills calling it health care..
By CAT52! at 18,Dec,25 14:56 other posts of CAT52! 
Phart, do you have any idea how many socialistic laws exist in our country?
You are trying to put down the idea as bad. In excess it could be just like capitalism is as it’s being practiced today in our country. For your benefit here’s some information for you:


Socialism is fundamentally both an economic and political system, advocating for collective or government ownership/control of production and resources to promote equality, but its implementation varies widely, from state-run economies (like Soviet communism) to mixed systems with strong social welfare and regulation (like democratic socialism in Nordic countries). It's a broad ideology focused on social welfare, fair wealth distribution, and shared resources, contrasting with pure capitalism's focus on private profit.




By Lookatmine2 at 18,Dec,25 02:41 other posts of Lookatmine2 
"The goal of socialism is communism." - Vladimir “Ilyich” Lenin

Here’s another gem from the leading “socialist” of the 20th century:

"Why should freedom of speech and freedom of press be allowed? Why should a government which is doing what it believes to be right allow itself to be criticized? It would not allow opposition by lethal weapons. Ideas are much more fatal things than guns. Why should any man be allowed to buy a printing press and disseminate pernicious opinions calculated to embarrass the government?”

He was an evil bastard who laid the groundwork for what all the Leftist “useful idiots” are doing today.

Lenin was a Democrat. He said this: "We can and must write in a language which sows among the masses hate, revulsion, and scorn toward those who disagree with us.”

I’m glad he is dead. I wish his ideas had died with him.
By CAT52! at 18,Dec,25 03:49 other posts of CAT52! 
And we must take a the word and actions of a murdering dictator from over a hundred years ago?
By Lookatmine2 at 18,Dec,25 07:49 other posts of Lookatmine2 
Don’t be obtuse. His word is gospel today for the Left. Listen to the rhetoric being spewed on campuses, in protests, and in the Leftist media.
By CAT52! at 18,Dec,25 13:57 other posts of CAT52! 
Obtuse? That’s what you think? The “gospel” for the left is to fight for basic human rights. The rhetoric being spewed on campuses, in protests, and in the Leftist media is frustration with this administration’s inability to address the problems faced by everyday Americans and manifested in public speech. You remember that pesky amendment to the US Constitution, The First Amendment? For every Lenin you can come up with I can come up with an M L King, and he was for the left.





By Ananas2xLekker at 17,Dec,25 09:10 other posts of Ananas2xLekker 
Why do you guys always show how dumb you are, by not understanding
the difference between communism and socialism? You are really proud
of your ignorance, aren't you?

Your orange buffoon is literally forcing big companies (like Intel) to sell off
part of their ownership to the government. If a Democrat did that, you would
be shouting "COMMUNISM!" from the rooftops. I predicted that MAGA would
go communist, you just don't understand it enough to see it happening.
You let Elon Musk, a South African immigrant (probably got his citizen status illegally, if you check it) rummage around in your government finances and your private citizen data, without any oversight or transparency.
Your VP serves a billionaire who own a mass surveillance tech company.
You're blindly supporting a future where the trillionaire techbro's join with
your (next) billionaire president and corrupt politicians, and rule over the poor masses with mass surveillance and an iron fist, just like East Germany before the fall of the iron curtain. There is no difference between the government owning the means of production, and the owners of the means of production having full control of the government. It's both COMMUNISM.

YOU are the COMMUNIST!!!


I am a SOCIALIST: I want to maximize democracy and decentralize ownership of the means of production, making everyone who participates in it benefit
from it directly, without owners exploiting the working class. I would be content with Social Democracy, but I prefer Democratic Socialism, which is the flavor
of Socialism that I like. What you call "socialism" isn't Socialism, and it is definitely not communism as it is known from history.

When phart is talking about Ukraine, that's my business more than yours.
Europe is close to war, with your former enemy. We chose your side in the
cold war, joined NATO with you, gave you control over most of the world
and it's resources, and now your hanging us out to dry, because your
fascist wannabe dictator loves every horrible dictator in the world and
hates democracies. You follow that traitor like he is Jesus.

Until your dictator bans all speech that he doesn't like, I'll be here
crapping all over your cult of hate and ignorance.

How about the internet being the open marketplace of ideas, little snowflake.
By Lookatmine2 at 18,Dec,25 02:49 other posts of Lookatmine2 
“The goal of socialism is communism.” - Vladimir “Ilyich” Lenin

The only differences between socialism and communism are just a matter of a few degrees of separation.

Confiscation of wealth are the principles of both philosophies. The Socialists merely put a smiley face on their theft of the resources for which we worked.

You’re a watered down Stalinist.
By Ananas2xLekker at 18,Dec,25 10:00 other posts of Ananas2xLekker 
There is the Marxian theoretical communism and there is the "communism" as it was called by Stalin, Lenin and Pol Pot, which are complete opposites when it comes to who controls politics and who controls the means of production.

Lenin was accurately explaining Marx there, with socialism being the step towards communism, in his THEORY, but the what Lenin ended up working towards was the complete opposite of what Marx intended. Instead of full human emancipation (freedom from exploitation, alienation, and scarcity),
in a classless, stateless community, that provides people each according
to their needs, Lenin turned out to be a dictator, who exploited his people, 'alienated' everyone who disagreed and stole grain from his people to feed his army.

Obviously, Lenin had an absolute authoritarian view. If you are confusing that with the Marxist ideal, you're either being ignorant or dishonest.
By Lookatmine2 at 18,Dec,25 19:35 other posts of Lookatmine2 
Marx was a leech. He lived off the backs of others. His contribution to the world was a twisted anti-human philosophy, one in which human nature was completely ignored. It was a fantastic mental exercise that failed to realize what people actually want or need.

It goes against 1.5 million years of human evolution, and is doomed to fail.

Marxism has also contributed to more human death and misery than all the wars in the 20th century combined, even to this day. His theory ultimately punishes success, stifles independent thought, crushes economic development, and establishes an impoverished generational dependency on the State.

Those who have been forced to accept it become impoverished spiritually, mentally, and economically.

The only way to make others accept this horrible political philosophy is by the use of force, or by the threat of the use of force, as rational people instinctively are repulsed by it.

Mao himself admitted this when he wrote, “Power comes from the barrel of a gun."

Marxism also does absolutely nothing to eliminate class, in spite of any claims otherwise. Instead, in reality, it establishes three new classes in every society that has ever attempted it: the repressive political elite class at the top, the apparatchick class who maintain the bureaucracy of the State in the middle, and the “people,” those left over, treated as subjects with no voice, no rights, and no self-determination. Their very existence is dependent upon the whims of the State.

The oppression of any and all who are not favored within the inner circle of the ruling class has been the ultimate outcome of every attempt to establish a Marxist state, everywhere in this world.

The only places Marxism has ever been successful have been in the naive minds of those who foolishly advocate for it, in spite of any and all evidence it is a highly flawed and dangerously oppressive political and economic system, an anti-human system that has destroyed entire cultures.

How could any sensible, decent, and reasonable person possibly support any of that?
By Ananas2xLekker at 18,Dec,25 20:32 other posts of Ananas2xLekker 
Sure, Marx was a lazy intellectual, being kept alive by his friends. That says nothing about the validity or accuracy of his ideas. I think your perspective on human nature is a bit skewed by the culture that you are living in, which is based on our most primitive part of it; selfishness/greed.

Humanity is capable of much more decency than you are supporting, maybe not because of generosity or empathy, but maybe just for the basic selfish desire for safety, freedom to be, health, love, acceptance, belonging, friendship, comfort, creativity, fulfillment, inspiration, curiosity and rest, that we only get from living in harmony with others.

Human evolution is NOT based on conflict, but on cooperation. We have evolved in tribes, not as solitary predators. That evolution narrative is part of the capitalist propaganda they feed you 24/7.

That focus on money that the feed you is impoverishing you spiritually and mentally. They even twisted the church from the worship of a generous, humble, wise person, into a cult of selfishness and xenophobia, and mostly into a BIG BUSINESS.

If Marxism was not eliminating classes, you should be happy to have it, because your ideology splits the people into the owner class that owns and controls everything and the working class serving them. Of course, you are bullshitting, because Marx's whole idea was to eliminate that, which is the critique in his book "Das Kapital". You gotto come up with better arguments then "Nuh-uh!".

You keep referring to all those dictators who used the terms capitalism and socialism to fool the people. That was their way to steal back their power, after the French revolution showed people that they can live without elites exploiting them. It's the time when people created democracy, but the elites kept fucking with it with lies and violence. The people were stupid to believe the lies and sometimes commit violence in favor of their own exploitation, but they have ALWAYS wanted freedom. You yourself frame your support for exploitation as a message of freedom.

You keep accusing my side of politics of working towards a ruling class, but your own movement is based on exactly that, even concentrated in one leader that should be completely free from criticism. It's all based in the worship of wealthy people like gods, who need to be released from the burdens of taxes, regulations and responsibilities, so they create utopia (on Mars) and accumulate wealth that trickles down upon the peasants. They are advocating for techno-feudalism and you are saying: "Yes, yes, rule over me good lord!". Well, they will, for a while, until their mindless greed destroys the Earth's ability to support life. Then they will try to hide in their bunkers, or on their mega-yachts, or on Mars, or on some fucking space station (like in the movie Elysium), while their stupid rubes can suffer and croak, all in name of the most primitive nature of humanity, instead of the endeavor to evolve beyond it.

How could any sensible, decent, and reasonable person possibly support any of that?




By Lookatmine2 at 18,Dec,25 08:46 other posts of Lookatmine2 
Modern Socialism is the politics of the scions of the wealthy elite. The only ones worshipping at the altar Socialism today are the spoiled brats of upper middle and upper class elitists, none of whom have ever had to work for their own survival a day in their comfortable and indulgent lives.

Additionally, I don’t believe you understand communism at all. Otherwise, you would not be equating it with capitalism. They are not the same, and it’s either a blatant lie or extremely naive to assert they are one and the same.
By Ananas2xLekker at 18,Dec,25 10:46 other posts of Ananas2xLekker 
Complete bullshit. Modern socialism is all about the working class.
You are using terminology like "worshipping at the altar", to intentionally associate it with a religion. That's also bullshit, because "Modern Socialism" is based on secular humanism, the opposite of religion.

In my country, the Socialist Party was funded by hardworking people, who were the sons of a factory worker, a pipefitter, and a butcher. They all grew up solidly working class, and they all started out working in factories or as craftsmen. Some of them became full-time trade unionists, but many of the original party organizers had working class jobs to pay the bills. When their political careers started to earn money (representatives are getting paid), they donated 50-75% to their party, only keeping around median wage. When they wrote books that made money, they donated the proceeds to the party. With that money, the party supported political activism for the working class people protesting their exploitation and unsafe working conditions. An early big action was protesting against houses getting build on the highly poisoned ground of demolished factories.

My current party leader, Jimmy Dijk, grew up in a working class family. His father worked as a window cleaner. His parents had to work hard to make ends meet, which contributed to his conviction that politics should pay more attention to people with modest incomes. He did support his own education, by working in a cardboard factory.

You are correct that most of the Socialist Party organizers now have at least decent educations, but they ALL came from solidly lower working class families. I myself have a good education and come from a solidly lower working class family. My father was the main income provider, as an electrician, working for employers his whole life. People get their socialist views from seeing working class people struggle. Right-wingers are the ones who had it easy, growing up spoiled, and having an easy go at life, in at least middle income families. They PRETEND coming from poor backgrounds, PRETEND that they needed to struggle, but having made it big, because they are so smart, but most of them grew up with a silver/golden spoon in their mouths.

Look at the party that you support, and find me one politician who wasn't at least a millionaire, or had millionaire parents, before they entered politics.
Did any of them work a normal working class job? How many of them needed to pay for their own education?
Trump had everything handed to him, but he still needed to be a criminal to cover up and compensate for his constant fuck-ups. He is the absolute example of someone failing upwards.
By Lookatmine2 at 18,Dec,25 19:45 other posts of Lookatmine2 
Socialism is bullshit. It is simply a lame attempt to replace misguided secularism for religion. It replaces faith in a deity or some higher power, with the misguided belief in the alleged innate altruistic nature of Man.

Hog wash!

We are a selfish species, like all others in existence, with our own self interests always in mind. No amount of wishfully naive faith in any fantastic secular 19th century philosophy that ignores human nature is going to change that.

Only violent force and the threat of violent force will coerce the “People” into accepting that which enslaves their labor, their minds, and their spirits.

Marxism and its alleged socialistic morality should go the way of the buggy whip. That’s how useless it has become in today’s world.

The “working classes” are a thing of the past today, a concept as dated as Marxism itself. Labor is going the way of the dodo, and your 19th century ideals refuse to accept it.

Admit it. You’re stuck in a mental philosophy that’s older than powered aviation.
By Ananas2xLekker at 18,Dec,25 20:38 other posts of Ananas2xLekker 
At least we do have a altruistic parts in our nature, while religion is certainly bullshit. It was just a method of control, to make people resist their empathy and reason.

"With or without religion, good people can behave well and bad people
can do evil; but for good people to do evil, that takes religion."

Who do you think invented socialism? This was the term for our system
for freedom, after the commoners freed themselves from the Bourgeoisie exploiting them. And yes, the freedom from religion was part of it, because people understood that religion is no more than a tool for submission.
It's not a belief in the "alleged innate altruistic nature of Man", it's a belief
in the right of Autonomy for everyone, while capitalism is a belief in the right to exploit others, which only applies to the favored few.

"Labor is going the way of the dodo" Damn, that's stupid, especially for an American. People are working multiple jobs to stay alive, in your country. Sure, they are working on AI to replace the working class, but they are not thinking of you working less AND staying alive, they are just thinking about not needing their sheeple anymore. What happens to you doesn't concern them. You either starve or go back to farming, or something. They have proposed NO solutions for you. I'm not including me, because your president is isolating you from the rest of the world. It's gonna be completely surrounded by walls, no one coming in or going out, and complete blackout, so you don't know how fucked you are.

Funny, how you are thinking that serving the selfishness of the wealthy
is modern. What do you think people have done for thousands of years? Following the High-priest, Pharaoh, Imperator, Emperor, Tsar, King, President, wealthy donors to your politicians, and soon the Trillionaire Tech-Lords. Every time the smart courageous people bleed to rid us of
our oppressors and every time cucks like you submit themselves to them again. It's so fucking tiresome.






By Lookatmine2 at 18,Dec,25 02:25 other posts of Lookatmine2 
“Looking up information” without verification is not research.

You are just jacking off and then calling it intercourse.
By Ananas2xLekker at 18,Dec,25 11:06 other posts of Ananas2xLekker 
"It's up to your critical thinking skills and knowledge to know what's what."

There can be multiple sources all parroting the same lie. "Verification" is not going to help, unless you understand how to recognize facts and false arguments.

Sometimes I jack off, sometimes I have intercourse. I know the difference.
I still have some time left to inform myself about what's happening in the world.

I want to know what is real and what is false, because I make choices in life that affect me, people I care most about, and the world I one day will leave behind. I prefer to live my life among happy people who are thriving, humanity looking out for each other and people who represent me in politics solving the problems that negatively affect that. If you think that you are doing the same, then please explain your logic.







By CAT52! at 14,Dec,25 14:28 other posts of CAT52! 
He sexually molested women. He is a convicted felon. He’s using his office to enrich his family by billions of dollars. He’s trashing the Federal Government. He’s put the health of this country in jeopardy with his pick of health secretary. He’s destroying our economy with his tariff policies. That’s more than enough.
By Lookatmine2 at 14,Dec,25 23:03 other posts of Lookatmine2 
Hearsay and unsubstantiated accusations are not convictions.

Plus, where were your complaints while the Biden family were taking advantage of not only the Biden presidency, but also the Biden vice-presidency during the Obama regime? (D) gets a pass, while (R) is pilloried?

My, how our outrage becomes selective when the letters behind the names of those in office change!

Can your bias be any more obvious?
By CAT52! at 14,Dec,25 23:07 other posts of CAT52! 
Jan 10, 2025 — Today, President-elect Trump was sentenced by a New York state court on 34 felony convictions. The following is a statement from Common ...

By CAT52! at 14,Dec,25 23:12 other posts of CAT52! 
Biden didn’t get a pass. He was pilloried during his whole presidency. But, I see you punted. You brought the old argument “Well, he did it too”. Stick to the present if we are going to discuss the failings of the worst president ever. This one. The one that took office on 1/20/2025. Anything else is history.
By phart at 14,Dec,25 23:16 other posts of phart 
how can you say something or someone is the worst if you can't compare them with previous?
By CAT52! at 14,Dec,25 23:18 other posts of CAT52! 
I can’t? You’ve been asleep for the past 50 yrs?



By CAT52! at 14,Dec,25 23:15 other posts of CAT52! 
Jan 10, 2025 — Today, President-elect Trump was sentenced by a New York state court on 34 felony convictions. The following is a statement from Common ...
Well?

By CAT52! at 14,Dec,25 23:17 other posts of CAT52! 
In May 2023, while he was out of office, a jury found that Trump sexually abused and defamed writer E. Jean Carroll in 1996. He is still trying to get that verdict overturned.

By Ananas2xLekker at 15,Dec,25 10:35 other posts of Ananas2xLekker 
Hearsay from his own mouth. That alone should have been enough for you
to not support him. If you don't see Trump BEING a horrible piece of shit,
on a daily basis, then you probably think behavior like that is normal.
That makes me question your morality and how you treat other people.
If you don't, then why do you think people like Trump should be president?








By Ananas2xLekker at 13,Dec,25 13:09 other posts of Ananas2xLekker 
He has been given a 28 point agreement that was dictated by Russia. It is an agreement to give away a big part of Ukraine and to not create a defense force to prevent Russia
from taking even more of Ukraine, the next time they feel like attacking Ukraine.
How can you expect Zelensky to agree with that?

Let's say he does sign it, how long do you think the "peace" will last?
By phart at 13,Dec,25 13:58 other posts of phart 
How many more people have to die before you realize Putin wants Ukraine back and Will get it back if he has to kill every damn 1 of them?
Besides it may not matter anyway, Chernobyl is leaking due to a drone strike.
By Cody8789 at 13,Dec,25 22:42 other posts of Cody8789 
Doesn’t take much radiation to kill people, just alittle radiation and the insects die including the honey bee that pollinates the flowers that grow fruits and vegetables and the world will starve. There’s not enough fish and animals to feed the world, first to die will be the elderly, than the young, and the sick. Drink the cow milk that has mild radiation that will eventually kill you and so forth.
By Lookatmine2 at 14,Dec,25 00:10 other posts of Lookatmine2 
Bees are over-rated. There are literally hundreds of fly species that do more to pollinate than domesticated honey bees.
By Ananas2xLekker at 15,Dec,25 10:49 other posts of Ananas2xLekker 
Domesticated honey bees are not the only bees that would go extinct, they will
probably be the last to go extinct. It's wild bees that you need to worry about.

Other pollinators, including flies, butterflies, beetles, birds, and bats, would continue
to help pollinate plants, but they generally do not pollinate as effectively as bees for many crops. Some plants that depend heavily on bees would produce much less fruit or seeds without them. Humans wouldn’t necessarily go extinct without bees, but agriculture, food diversity, and ecosystems would face major disruptions.

Would humans go extinct without bees?
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Did you actually READ anything, or are you just saying shit that you want to believe?
By Lookatmine2 at 18,Dec,25 02:26 other posts of Lookatmine2 
Is this more of that “research” you claim to make?

By Ananas2xLekker at 18,Dec,25 11:09 other posts of Ananas2xLekker 
This is just basic biology insight, but I indeed verified what I said.
There are generally two to three times as many wild honey bee colonies as managed ones worldwide. This is a worrying fact by itself, showing the impact
of humans on the earth. However, consider this: When combined, humans and livestock account for roughly 95–96% of all mammalian biomass on the planet.
What do you think that nature needs to survive?
Do you think humanity can survive, when nature dies?
Do you even care?

You could try to actually argue against it. Can you?





By Lookatmine2 at 14,Dec,25 00:13 other posts of Lookatmine2 
The initial release from Chernobyl was gigantic. Most of us alive then survived it. The amount that is maybe being released today is equal to several dental x-rays.
By phart at 14,Dec,25 02:02 other posts of phart 
"Most of us alive then survived it."

Yep, you got it right, we survived it, that doesn't mean we or anyone else haven't had side effects from it.
I remember when that plant in japan messed up, the radiation levels in the grain in the midwest US went up. Thanks to the radiation traveling by jet stream.
By Cody8789 at 14,Dec,25 04:45 other posts of Cody8789 
Lookatmine2, when I say the bees will die, don’t you think most insects will die also, or do those other insects have radioactive suits on.
By Lookatmine2 at 18,Dec,25 02:32 other posts of Lookatmine2 
Um, radiation does not affect insects like it affects most mammals, as they don’t live long enough to accumulate enough genetic mutation to be lethal.

Radiation from thermo-nuclear war won’t kills the insects, including cockroaches and bees. It’s the ensuing nuclear winter that will wipe out most insect species.

Elevated radiation levels emitted by Chernobyl won’t ever come close to exterminating insect life. If the original initial release didn’t kill them, neither will a slowly leaking hole in the sarcophagus.
By Ananas2xLekker at 18,Dec,25 11:26 other posts of Ananas2xLekker 
True, insects are mostly dying from chemicals, designed to kill insects.

How Radiation Concentrates in the Food Chain:

1) Bioaccumulation: This occurs when an individual organism absorbs radioactive isotopes (radionuclides) from air, water, or soil faster than it can excrete them. Radionuclides often "mimic" essential nutrients; for example, Strontium-90 mimics calcium and is stored in bones, while Cesium-137 mimics potassium and builds up in muscle tissue.

2) Biomagnification: As small organisms are eaten by larger ones, the concentration of persistent radionuclides increases at each level of the food chain. Predators must consume large quantities of prey to survive, effectively "collecting" the total toxic load from hundreds or thousands of organisms lower in the chain.

3) Trophic Transfer: In aquatic environments, radionuclides are absorbed by phytoplankton and zooplankton, eventually reaching top predators like large salmon or lake trout, which may have concentrations high enough to cause deformities or death.

How This Affects People:
Humans sit at the top of many food chains and are affected primarily through the ingestion of contaminated food and water.

- Radioactive Iodine (I-131): Quickly moves from contaminated pasture to milk and, once consumed, accumulates in the thyroid gland, significantly increasing the risk of thyroid cancer, especially in children.

- Cesium-137: Distributes throughout the body's soft tissues and muscles, leading to long-term cancer risks due to its 30-year half-life.

- Strontium-90: Becomes a "bone-seeker," integrating into the skeletal structure and potentially causing bone cancer or leukemia.



By Lookatmine2 at 14,Dec,25 09:10 other posts of Lookatmine2 
I’m not going to stress over it. There are far worse manmade things going on right now than a little increase in the background radiation.
By Cody8789 at 14,Dec,25 23:45 other posts of Cody8789 
I agree

By Ananas2xLekker at 17,Dec,25 10:31 other posts of Ananas2xLekker 
Sure, humanity is emitting more CO₂, CH₄ and N₂O than nature can ever absorb resulting in climate change, polluting the world and all our bodies with micro-plastics, destroying nature with Ammonia (NH₃ )/Nitrates (NO₃ )/Nitrogen oxides (NOₓ ) from livestock waste, “forever chemicals” like PCBs, DDT, Dioxins and PFAS, heavy metals from fossil fuel extraction and combustion, and CFCs/halons destroying the ozone layer (even though we mostly banned them).

Do you think an environment where the bees die, is not damaging YOUR health?

That's indeed all a more serious and more imminent problem than the current little increase in the background radiation, I agree. But it took hundreds of billions of dollars to keep it limited to a little increase in the background radiation. Those are the downsides of nuclear energy, which make it a stupid alternative for fossil fuels.
There are better alternatives, that are not linked with risks of country-disrupting costs for eons, making large areas of the earth uninhabitable and easy access to nuclear weapons or dirty bombs. Why support expensive and dangerous solutions over cheap and safe ones?

If you care about it, you are supporting the wrong party/president.
They care about wealthy people being allowed to exploit you,
at whatever cost to your livelihood, health and life period.

They show you daily how much they hate poor people with brown skin.
They hate poor people with white skin, only a little bit less.
If you think that you don't qualify as 'poor', don't worry, you will.

By phart at 18,Dec,25 12:02 other posts of phart 
I think you may be missing the point, when the small things start dropping dead around us, that's kinda like the canary in the coal mine.
Nuclear is not a good answer to our energy problem.
Coal smoke can be filtered, coal slag used for arrogate in concrete and asphalt , solar works on the roof of a factory or home, wind can work but has alot of issues. hydro works and does the least damage, geothermal works with little to no damage to the enviroment.
By Lookatmine2 at 18,Dec,25 20:20 other posts of Lookatmine2 
The newest designs for nukes are nothing like they were forty years ago. The technology has advanced enough as to be nearly fail-proof.

Nuclear radiation is not causing the small things to just start dropping dead. It’s all the toxins being placed into the environment that is doing that, from female hormones from birth control pills being excreted into rivers and oceans, to pesticides and herbicides being sprayed on our food in the fields.

As for “green” energy, it is super easy to ignore the fact that the natural resources required to make it must first be mined in gigantic open pit mines, if you can’t see them.

Out of sight, out of mind.

Tour a typical above-ground mining operation sometime, and then come back to tell me how “green” green energy is.

Also, maybe you ask salmon how they feel about hydro-electric power generation sometime. I’d bet you’d be surprised at their answers.
By phart at 18,Dec,25 21:30 other posts of phart 
salmon can be raised on farms.
Coal is strip mined just like other more modern stuff, no real difference there.
there is NO FREE RIDE.
There will always be a price to pay for energy
By Ananas2xLekker at 18,Dec,25 21:41 other posts of Ananas2xLekker 
I agree; no free rides, but clinging to what fails, just because nothing else
is perfect, is the surest path to ruin.


By Ananas2xLekker at 18,Dec,25 21:34 other posts of Ananas2xLekker 
Yeah, flawless nukes to vaporize humanity.

Where do you think the fossil fuels come from? From the sky?
Yes, all energy technology requires natural resources, but 'black' energy turns fossil fuels into CO2, water and pollution, while metals and minerals needed to make green energy can be recycled. That is not always easy, but it already
creates much less pollution than 'black' energy ever did.
Of course, if you let green energy be exploited to just profit the wealthy, they will pollute with that too. If it makes them 1 dollar more, they will poison anyone.

"Out of sight, out of mind." OK, not for 'black' energy, because Texans are breathing toxic air, 22 million Americans are advised to not drink their tap water and another 40 million don't trust that their tap water is safe to drink, and are probably correct.

There are ways to route the salmon around hydro-electric power plants, but who are you kidding? If it wasn't for 'environmentalists' like me, your fossil fuel pollution would have killed them all already.

So, you don't worry about radiation, climate change or pollution from fossil fuels, but you did say: "There are far worse manmade things going on right now..."
Like what then? What DO you worry about?
What is it that is causing humanities demise even sooner?
By phart at 19,Dec,25 14:50 other posts of phart 
air can be filtered, during creation of pollution and after. . there is no known filter for radiation but time, which means none of us will be alive when it is dispersed.
salmon, i just bought a big bag of frozen farm raised, didn't have to by pass any turbines to get to the bag!
By Ananas2xLekker at 19,Dec,25 15:01 other posts of Ananas2xLekker 
Most people still hope that there will still be other salmon than only the ones farmed to feed us.






By Ananas2xLekker at 17,Dec,25 10:17 other posts of Ananas2xLekker 
Wow phart, you are actually showing principles and taking the argument
to someone on your own political side. I am SO proud of you.


By Ananas2xLekker at 15,Dec,25 11:11 other posts of Ananas2xLekker 
The problem with Chernobyl is that it takes constant effort and money to KEEP
that radiation isolated.

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If they don't disassemble the reactor (which would be incredibly expensive), they will need to keep it covered for many hundreds to thousands of years, which would be incredibly expensive. Since Ukraine will probably not be able to pay for it, that means the rest of the world needs to, unless we want it to spread all over the earth.

At least Japan is capable of paying for their "little accident" themselves. They made the whole of earth a little bit more radioactive, resulting in accumulation of radioactivity in animals on top of the food chain (humans), but at least they are doing a reasonable job of containing it now. Still, it will probably cost them much more than nuclear power ever made them. That's the constant gamble being taken, by every country who is using nuclear power. The slightest accident or inevitable natural disaster can damage your country more than nuclear power ever benefited it.

If your country is ever at war, or there are some terrorist who don't like you, you could just paint a big bullseye on every nuclear plant, because that's the reality of it.

It's much better to use that big nuclear reactor in the sky for energy. It's cheap, it's safe, and it doesn't blow up for another 5 billion years.






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By phart at 18,Dec,25 14:45 other posts of phart 
I guess France needs to ban dr's.
Sheesh, go in for your tonsils, have a heart attack on the side!
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By phart at 18,Dec,25 12:57 other posts of phart 
if I was married I would have to pull stunts like this!
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By phart at 11,Dec,25 18:35 other posts of phart 
The apex of stupidity.
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Why is it people try to tie EVERYTHING to racism?
Are we going to have to change the color of BLACK PAINT to something "less offensive?
It mean it is is "Negro" in other languages.
The dark skys have always been referred to as "black skys"> Are we going to have to change that to?

When do people with some common sense stand up and say enough is a fucking nough and put the brakes on this BULLSHIT?
By CAT52! at 12,Dec,25 13:21 other posts of CAT52! 
Phart, I copy/pasted this because it’s easier than writing it out myself.

The word "Negro" comes from Spanish/Portuguese for "black" but is now generally considered dated and often offensive in English, largely replaced by "Black" or "African American" since the 1960s, though it was once a term of dignity used by leaders like W.E.B. Du Bois; exceptions exist for historical contexts or specific organizations (like the UNCF or Negro Leagues Baseball Museum) where it's part of the official name.
By phart at 12,Dec,25 14:17 other posts of phart 
So is it ok to use Negroid when describing someone to a cop?

"What is the difference between negro and Negroid?
The suffix "-oid" means "similar to". Negroid as a noun was used to designate a wider or more generalized category than Negro; as an adjective, it qualified a noun as in, for example, "negroid features"."
By CAT52! at 12,Dec,25 23:08 other posts of CAT52! 
All I’m saying is that depending on the culture, what you think is okay is really offensive
By phart at 13,Dec,25 00:32 other posts of phart 
Ok, let's say you witness a heinous crime and the person that did it was obviously a black male wearing pants down around his thighs and a hoodie.

How would You describe this man to the police without offending anyone?
By CAT52! at 14,Dec,25 14:31 other posts of CAT52! 
I would describe him as a Black man who was dressed in a hoodie and wore his pants lowered down to mid derriиre. How would you describe him?
By phart at 14,Dec,25 17:15 other posts of phart 
But that brings race into the description. A black man. Is it not offensive or racist to mention his skin color? IS it not also offensive to mention how his pants are being worn? Is it not phobic to bring up the hoodie?

I would describe him to a cop similar to what you did trying to be accurate and honest to help catch the crook. But if the crook was brought to trial, the fact that race was mentioned and such may degrade creditability of the witness's to the case as the description would be interpreted as racist and could spell no justice being served because of it.
By CAT52! at 14,Dec,25 19:07 other posts of CAT52! 
No. A description is not racist. If I had said, “He’s a fu..king Nig…r, that would be racist. If it was a white man I would have described him as a white man with what seemed wearing a hoodie and pants that were falling off.
By phart at 14,Dec,25 22:48 other posts of phart 
Ok, well, see right there, you said the white mans pants are falling off whereas the black mans pants were lowered to mid ass, I can't spell the other word! my keyboard don't make those letters! but mentioning the pants that way could be considered racist.

I moved this from where i posted it on kembos post,
But If I ever ride on a airplane I am going to sit beside the biggest black lady I can find. Because if it crashes the emergency personal always look for the black box first!
By CAT52! at 14,Dec,25 23:20 other posts of CAT52! 
Maybe I should have said the white guy looked like a plumber?🤣🤣
By tecsan at 17,Dec,25 09:49 other posts of tecsan 
Who cares what anyone says, hell everything is racist now days for the dems.
By CAT52! at 17,Dec,25 15:21 other posts of CAT52! 
And Republicans too


By phart at 17,Dec,25 20:49 other posts of phart 
not if his ass crack wasn't showing!
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By Ananas2xLekker at 17,Dec,25 12:24 other posts of Ananas2xLekker 
Kristi Noem PANICS as ICE Stats Reveal Total Failure
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She's cutting the training to SIX weeks. They are letting in:
- recruits that have failed drugs test and have disqualifying criminal backgrounds
- people who's doctors signed forms that they are unfit for any physical activity
- people who are failing open-book tests, because they can barely read or write
- people up to and over the of 60, while it was previously 37
They are scraping the bottom of the barrel.

From the people who get arrested nationally, only 7% has any violent criminal conviction.
In Washington and Massachusetts it's 2%. In Washington, 84% do not even have a traffic violation. People understand that this is not about fighting crime.

The cruelty was always the point and the incompetency is making the cruelty visible.
That's why only 37% of Americans agree with how Trump handles immigration.


By phart at 16,Dec,25 03:40 other posts of phart 
I have watched alot of youtube videos of river tables and stuff being made but THIS takes the cake.
Holy crap! What floors! that 1 is 5 foot deep!
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By CAT52! at 16,Dec,25 14:31 other posts of CAT52! 
Wow. I love this

By dgraff at 16,Dec,25 14:38 other posts of dgraff 
I bet it is expensive it’s beautiful though
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By Ananas2xLekker at 15,Dec,25 11:44 other posts of Ananas2xLekker 
Iowa's Abortion Law Turned Against This Conservative Mother
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One day, your pregnancy goes catastrophically wrong. The baby cannot live,
the doctors know it, you know it. The only question left is; DO YOU GET TO LIVE?
Suddenly, all those "pro-life" laws that you supported are the reason that the doctors
are too afraid to save your life.
By CAT52! at 15,Dec,25 14:54 other posts of CAT52! 
What’s that old saying? You’ve made your bed, now lay on it.



By phart at 14,Dec,25 17:39 other posts of phart 
Ok fellows, here is a piece of helpful information.
IF you get caught starring at a woman's boobs and she complains you can give her a legitimate explanation as to WHY you are looking at her boobs.

What are the benefits of a man looking at breasts?
Men who stare at breasts are healthier | Aristocrat Plastic ...
Beautiful female breasts can inspire and keep men healthier, says a German study. The research says staring longer at women's breasts is as effective as some exercise. Gazing at breasts can lower the blood pressure and lower the resting heart rate which will lower the chance of cardiovascular conditions.

So since my recent heart procedure, I guess i have been doing myself a favor looking at boobs here.


By phart at 14,Dec,25 17:22 other posts of phart 
I decided this morning for a short time I was a Smurf. And you know what that means? That means I am BLUE. What happens first thing when i go into a store this morning? I have to listen to a Christmas song about a fellow having a BLUE Christmas. Does that mean Santa is a Smurf? Does that mean I won't have a blue Christmas because I am blue already? Does that mean I should be asking for a White Christmas so I can be white like Most people? No wait, That is racist to as black people can't have a White Christmas unless they steal a white mans tv. But every other morning I wake up as a white man and ,,,oh boy this could be a big problem

I am being a smart ass with this paragraph i just typed because I am trying to expand on explain the idiocy of Racism taken to the extent folks are nowadays. Jingle bells being racist, sheesh.
I looked at a can of paint on the discount shelf this morning at lowes, Black, Negro- carbon.


By phart at 13,Dec,25 20:33 other posts of phart 
9-11 was 24 years ago but the radical terrorist muslims actions are still killing people.
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By Lookatmine2 at 14,Dec,25 09:13 other posts of Lookatmine2 
Those bastards will never stop until they’ve established their worldwide caliphate. Even then, it will only be temporary as the two main factions of that political movement will turn against each other and fight to the death.

I’m just over here, waiting for the shit to hit the fan somewhere, again.



By phart at 13,Dec,25 16:42 other posts of phart 
Modern woman, gets her wings clipped! Heheheee
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By phart at 12,Dec,25 20:10 other posts of phart 
I can't help but wonder why this woman made her self a walking freek show and then just suddenly "falls" from a 9 story apartment.
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By phart at 10,Dec,25 01:50 other posts of phart 
I think this guy is PISSED at GM and cadillac
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By Lookatmine2 at 10,Dec,25 06:03 other posts of Lookatmine2 
Yup.



By Lookatmine2 at 10,Dec,25 01:32 other posts of Lookatmine2 
Tough Guy Rides the Lightning:

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By Lookatmine2 at 08,Dec,25 19:41 other posts of Lookatmine2 
Penny Controversy

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By Mongo at 09,Dec,25 13:17 other posts of Mongo 
Mongo like to lick penny.

By bella! at 09,Dec,25 21:43 other posts of bella! 
Honestly, I probably would have made the same stink if I would have been “short changed” by a major merchant. WHY? Probably because the same merchant would not have tolerated the same from me, right!?
By Lookatmine2 at 09,Dec,25 23:05 other posts of Lookatmine2 
Right. This Home Depot was just trying to take advantage of people, and for the most part, people were letting them.




By Mongo at 09,Dec,25 13:16 other posts of Mongo 
For all the dudes trying impress ladies like Mongo:

Step 1: Find box.
Preferably not box Mama use for Mama special new toys Mama buy after Diabeto leave again to jail. Mongo sniff biggest one Mongo think it smell like turtle cage. Mama put all on dresser cos Mongo rip box. Mongo no tell Mama Mongo used biggest one. Mongo think this why now have ass cancer.

Step 2: Put Mongos dick in box.
If box 2 small Mongo smash it like bag of bread til it fit. Mongo legendary for Mongo retard strength. Mongo problem solver. Mongo pull trailer hitch after Mama Nissan Rouge transmission brake.

Step 3: Present box with confidence of man who comments sexy on pictures of Mama friend Lix.Let the lady her open box. No tell surprised like last time. Mongo forget ladies like Lyuba no lie hearing Mongo tell. Lying scarred think amigo sound like gorilla beating cage.

That how Mongo do holiday romance.
By bella! at 09,Dec,25 21:52 other posts of bella! 
Isn’t the tagline for Hallmark cards this or something similar; When you only care to send the best.

Sounds like pure “romance in a box” to me!



By bella! at 09,Dec,25 21:34 other posts of bella! 
Headlines from not too far away from my home in Michigan; “Man arrested for 'finger gun' shooting TikTok video in St. Clair Shores….”

Good, over the moon that this happened! These, for the lack of a better term, numb nuts content creators are being held accountable for the crap they upload on the internet!

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By Lookatmine2 at 08,Dec,25 21:06 other posts of Lookatmine2 
Third World America

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By phart at 08,Dec,25 23:49 other posts of phart 
Well what can you expect with this quality of people living there?
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I bet poor old Ben Franklin is spinning in his grave



By phart at 08,Dec,25 23:46 other posts of phart 
My President looking out for the people
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By Lookatmine2 at 08,Dec,25 20:45 other posts of Lookatmine2 
Progressive Paradise

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By Lookatmine2 at 08,Dec,25 20:03 other posts of Lookatmine2 
Cultural Appropriation

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By phart at 08,Dec,25 12:24 other posts of phart 
So I guess the brits would rather ruin the beach for visitors for days or weeks because of rotten fruit than for folks to pick it up and feed their familys. Greed and waste, this kind of waste is so preventable. Just let people pick em up and eat them. Clean beach, full bellys, win win.
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By phart at 06,Dec,25 00:37 other posts of phart 
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By Ananas2xLekker at 05,Dec,25 14:14 other posts of Ananas2xLekker 
"Trump, 79, Falls for Foreign Trolls Posing as MAGA Influencers in Embarrassing Self-Own"
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There are lots of these accounts that pose as American MAGA,
which now are turning out to be located in countries that do not
hold democracy in high regard, to put it mildly. Isn't that strange?





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