All the countries in the world that are dictatorships which is what America is rapidly becoming (see my earlier post about how this is happening). If you think that the damage done can be reversed in 2 years time, you are kidding yourselves.
His niece said that he is the most dangerous man in the world, she is right, she knows her uncle well.
I think that when Trump voters wake up to the big recession, massive unemployment, lack of basic healthcare, etc, it will be too late. And the rest of the world will suffer too but they probably don't care about that.
It's scary, it's disturbing. I hate reading the news everyday. But what's more scary is that there's no unbiased sources anymore. You can't trust the news from either side -- you have to sift through it and try to determine what is real. I've read exactly one unbiased news story recently, and that's it.
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It's scary, it's disturbing. I hate reading the news everyday. But what's more scary is that there's no unbiased sources anymore. You can't trust the news from either side -- you have to sift through it and try to determine what is real. I've read exactly one unbiased news story recently, and that's it.
I read Australian and Swiss news, there are still some unbiased articles worth reading but most politicians are too scared of Trump to say anything meaningful against him, they worry that Australia or Switzerland will be slammed with enormous tariffs so there is no opposition.
I am currently impressed with the new Canadian Prime Minister but Canada has a much more to lose than just battling tariffs.
I certainly wouldn't want to badmouth the guy, but I guess I see him as the most vile, egotistical, hate-filled, petty, narcissistic, racist, incompetent, arrogant, idiotic, reckless, rude con man in the history of mankind.
The bathyscaphe (BATH-uh-skaf) is a self-propelled deep-sea exploration vehicle developed by Swiss physicist Auguste Piccard (1884–1962). Unlike the bathysphere (BATH-uh-sfeer), it needn't be tethered to a surface ship. In 1960, the bathyscaphe Trieste II, then operated by the US Navy, reached the Challenger Deep in the Mariana Trench, the deepest known point in the oceans, about 10,916 meters (35,813 feet), where the water exerts a pressure of 1086 bar (108.6 MPa or 15,751 psi). There were some flounder or sole, and some shrimp, but reportedly no monsters were found ...
I am very to happy to live here in Switzerland and the reasons are:
- I can walk in the woods without being scared
- the drivers smile when they give the way
- generally, people smile when we meet them on our hikes
so I feel safe here which is a big one for me.
Yes, some are not that nice but overall the Swiss are the nicest people I have ever met and we have been to quite a few countries. I think they have the wrong image, they are not rich and they are much nicer than most people think. The rich are the foreigners (definitely not me and my husband!) who come to Switzerland for tax reasons. Like Putin's wife and children living in Ticino. That's why we don't go there any more.
PS Ticino is the Italian part of Switzerland on lakes Maggiore and Lugano.
Just to add for those who maybe contemplating moving to Switzerland some more stats:
Switzerland is one of the richest countries in the world. However, wealth is very unevenly distributed: the richest 1% owns 45% of the total wealth
and
66% of Swiss population are renters for life, they never own a property.
It is actually quite amazing how wrong the image of Switzerland is worldwide.
PS I am still happy to live here but we rent the apartment we live in and we are very far from the top 1%.
I'm thinking of starting a pool to guess when he'll declare martial law and suspend the next election ... :-(
Soon, he doesn't have much time, he is 78 and obese.
What I'm wondering is, if he's struck by lightning while playing golf (a not-that-uncommon occurrence), how the Republicans plan to explain how the Democrats engineered that ...
The pope died of a stroke soon after he had a meeting with Vance, coincidence?
I saw on the video he took the pope's hand -- maybe smeared on a little of one of those Russian neurotoxins -- gives a whole new meaning to "greasing the palms" ...
When Trump said he was eagerly awaiting Fed Chair Powell's termination I was wondering if he planned to use poison or maybe "accidental" electrocution ...
The difference here is that we say these sorts of things with a wink and a nod. I doubt very much that MargaretNet is seriously suggesting that Vance poisoned the Pope's holy water or something. Now, if this were the MAGA folks and roles were reversed, they would believe it to the end of the Earth, and they'd get banners and bumperstickers printed to suggest whatever conspiracy floated in their direction.
Originally posted by glad2badad:
Originally posted by MargaretNet:
The pope died of a stroke soon after he had a meeting with Vance, coincidence?
OMG! Talk about feeding the conspiracy crap. I’m not a fan of Vance, but this is just plain stupid nonsense to post. Get a grip already.
No. I think that it’s highly likely that Margaret believes it, and/or she’s intentionally stirring the pot (dangerously). Neither option is hard to imagine any sane choice to make.
