If the Republicans could stonewall Garland for a year, what does an additional few years matter?
Well, it matters because a fully functional supreme Court is vital to the country. It is one of it's most important institutions. What the Republicans did is extraordinarily close to actually destroying US institionality as a whole. It's catastrophic. And Democrats would be exactly the same as Republicans were, they have a duty to hear the guy proposed and vote on him. IMO cutting their loses with the generic Republicans and calling out their betrayal to their duties and the country as a whole is the best case scenario.
Hence why I called them FYP Party.
Well, teddy wouldn't be seen as "badass" nowadays. I mean, his main hobby was to hunt. If he had been there during the Cecil controversy he would have congratulated the dentist and then asked about the lion's pups so that he could hunt down the pups of a celebrated lion. Well, perhaps all the other stuff he did would still be seen as badass though (albeit unnecessary in today's context). Teddy wasn't a republican though, wasn't he from the progressive movement? His stances seems closer to bernie sanders than a republican anyways considering the new deal. And Lincoln was completely pro federal government...Hence why I called them FYP Party.
If anything, Lincoln would've been extremely disappointed in how the party in his name turned out to be a clusterfuck in today's world.
Roosevelt would've just jumped back into the Progressive "Bull Moose" party, which might've been possible to replace the Republican Party for that. It's a damn shame we'll never get a badass president as Theodore Roosevelt tho.
Funny how republicans became the exact opposite of what they used to be, from being a people's party to being about themselves adn the wealthy.Hence why I called them FYP Party.
If anything, Lincoln would've been extremely disappointed in how the party in his name turned out to be a clusterfuck in today's world.
Roosevelt would've just jumped back into the Progressive "Bull Moose" party, which might've been possible to replace the Republican Party for that. It's a damn shame we'll never get a badass president as Theodore Roosevelt tho.
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He'd probably draw ire for killing animals but doing a lot for the land and would definitely be against DAPL. Wonder how he'd react to people criticizing him for killing animals.
Well, yeah, animal hunting in modern day would've made Roosevelt a controversial President (then again, how can he be more controversial than the moron we have running the country?).
It's unfortunate that the Party of Lincoln is dead. Wished he and the Founding Fathers were alive today, just to see the collateral damage done by such politicians.
Afghanistan is a nice place to have influence over. Just with Afghan borders you have access to 40% of world population. That's why Soviets invaded them back then. If this country is managed right it can be super rich in 2 decades. US would've love to turn Afghanistan into something like South Korea. But doesn't seem to be possible.
That's cute. Same was said about China 15 years back.
This is bound to change. Probably within 5 damn years.
UK, France, Germany?
I'll reply it to the European Politics thread later.
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Even US officials aren't accusing Iran of violating the deal. So what's the outrage? Because it causes instability?
I find it funny how South Korea is just as important strategically in Asia as Israel is in the middle east but you never see a presidential candidate declare their undying loyalty to Korea like they do for Israel. Clearly the amount of money funneled in by special interest donors across political lines is highly effective at shaping US policy.
You could put those words under the DNC motto.
This is nothing new although both parties have ties to big donor interests but for the the Republican party they sold out their party almost entirely to big money interests decades ago ! That ship sailed long ago for Republicans who's working class members for reasons I cant fathom (perhaps mainly social/religious issues) continue to support them despite their stance on policies that are harmful to them.
Well, china's economy is definitely going to become larger over the next years and it will certainly surpass US GDP. Though I would argue there are more important factors than that at play. That said, china has some serious demographic issues which will IMO definitely play a part in preventing them from becoming the world's most important superpower. Their men to women ratio is less than ideal (math will prevent many men from finding a mate regardless of circumstances) and their population is aging all thanks to their birth control thingy. I can't rule out them "solving" this issue via mass euthanasia though.Afghanistan is a nice place to have influence over. Just with Afghan borders you have access to 40% of world population. That's why Soviets invaded them back then. If this country is managed right it can be super rich in 2 decades. US would've love to turn Afghanistan into something like South Korea. But doesn't seem to be possible.
That's cute. Same was said about China 15 years back.
Look at how Chinese GDP(nominal) per capita changed over the years
2000 - $959
2005 - $1,754
2010 - $4,561
2015 - $8,027
2020 - ?????
2030 - ?????
Back in 2000, USA, JAPAN, FRANCE, UK, GERMANY all had bigger economies than China. Look at it now. China almost catching up with US.
India is already the third largest economy in terms of PPP. They'll overtake the ones infront of them except USA and China soon.
http://www.forbes.com/sites/realspi...surpasses-that-of-great-britain/#5a085b9339eb
Every country has problems. But despite problems India keeps growing. So does, Indonesia, Turkey, Nigeria, Vietnam and others.
This is bound to change. Probably within 5 damn years.
UK, France, Germany?
They probably have already surpassed UK and France
They'll surpass Germany shortly.
I'll reply it to the European Politics thread later.
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Even US officials aren't accusing Iran of violating the deal. So what's the outrage? Because it causes instability?
Iran do have nuclear ambition, and rightfully so. That's why they are testing ballistic missiles. Ballistic missiles have not much use unless it's carrying a nuke. They do have intermediate range ballistic missiles already.
China's aging population and sex ratio is a result of forced one child policy. Now the policy is much lax. And birth rates now increasing. Besides how much problem would it be if a few of 1.3billion can't find a mate?
)US accusing Iran of testing ballistic missile and Iran saying they tested cruise missile. Not sure which side is right here. But even if it's ballistic missile this is not the first time Iran testing them after the agreement.
The founding fathers would have encouraged the people to rebel and fight against the politicians, especially Trump. Sad that republican voters are happy with republicans destroying a lot of good things and making USA worse. There's no logical reason to take down the regulation to block selling guns to mentally ill, especially when they themselves try to deflect blame off guns by blaming mental illness for causing mass shootings.
But that does not mean you have influence over 40% of the world population because you have some military bases in the desert while you do not even have real control about the government of that coutnry.
That is not going to happen, and they are not bigger than the Uk or France even tho they have more than ten times the population.UK, France, Germany?
They probably have already surpassed UK and France
They'll surpass Germany shortly.
The thing is: That bump already happened in India.
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What makes you think it is about money? By that logic, the US should nonstop declare their undying love to saudi arabia.
So from your logic, this is actually a Quaker country, not Christian country, as Quakers had few different beliefs from Christians. USA was settled by the Quakers because they were fleeing persecution from Christians. Puritans also played a major role in the early days of the country and colonies. USA may have been a religious country due to how it oppresses people and creates bigotry, but not a Christian country.