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601  Other / Politics & Society / Re: Publicly held Trump trials - ongoing on: November 28, 2023, 09:50:46 PM
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If the focus is about taking control of the government, isn't that what the Presidency is all about? Take a look at Biden and his team, how they have pushed the American people into poverty through inflation, brought about by borrowing money from the banking system and giving it to Ukraine, Israel, and even China, covertly... by taking over the government. Trump never did this. Rather, he built up America in the many ways that I have been showing everybody - https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5269905.msg55119252#msg55119252.

Here is how You build America up MAGA. You increase import taxes on all imports, especially the important ones, and you decrease or eliminate export taxes. This gives Americans back their jobs, and gets rid of a lot of foreign crap off the market. But the government still gets their money from the tax on imports that still come in.

A second way is to stop sending money to other countries. This cuts down on inflation. How? When you borrow money from the Federal Reserve Bank like Biden has been doing, it is really a creation of new money. If there is more money, the money you already have becomes less valuable. This is what inflation is. Trump didn't do this very much. And what he did is like a drop in a bucket compared to the amount that Biden has done it.

On top of it all, when the Biden team and the Dems steal a Presidential election - as they did 2020 - there is the fraudulent, criminal activity more than Trump could ever think of doing. How do we know that they stole the 2020 election? One simple way. They won't release the voting info in a transparent fashion. The second way we know it is that people who vigorously question the voting legality, are plagued with prosecution just for asking. Trump and his team are the best example of this. The third way is that the January 6 prosecutions and sentences are almost as good of an example, because most of the J6 people got sentences for doing nothing wrong. Some of them weren't even at the Capitol or in D.C. at the time.


As far as valuations of Trumps personal property, he did nothing wrong. How do we know? Because the banks and other businesses that accepted his valuations, didn't complain about the valuations. They simply accepted them.

Another way we know is simply this. Your property is your property. Because it is yours, you can value it in any amount you want. What if you have a keepsake that I wouldn't buy for even $1, and the courts would value it at ten cents. But because of emotional value for you, you wouldn't sell it for $1,000. If it's your property, you are the one who places the value on it.

When somebody else values Trump's property, that is something that they can do for themselves. But they can't force their valuation on the owner of it. The owner values it as he sees fit.


Now, I know that you might be upset with Trump, because he wouldn't give money and armament to your beloved Ukraine. So, you like it when you can steal money from the American people without looking like the criminal that you are!

Cool

Incredible...

There is something you continuously fail to understand: Being elected President does not grant you unlimited powers, is exactly the contrary, you power is strongly restricted.

- No, as president you should not "take control of the government" beyond your constitutional functions. e.g. replacing general attorneys and the like. And you certainly do not get to self-extend your mandate just because you think you won.

- The democrats won the election. There is no proof of illegal wrongdoing. If there is, you present it to the press, the judges, etc ... but that did not happen, because there isn't.

- Sending money to other countries removes it from your economy, thus may reduce inflation, but I do not think that matters much.

- You can brag about the price of your properties in the golf club, but real state has an objective evaluation when you go to the bank to ask for a credit. If you say it is double it is fraud. This is not about "the price you'd sell it for, it is the market valuation (dude, capitalism 101).

- We do know because he is stupid enough to lie in written, in official accounting documents, right below where it says "All the information provided is true, I understand that if not I may be committing fraud".

If you have any sensible argument this is a good moment to express it. Otherwise, do a favour to this forum and stop blurting shit.

I am not upset at Trump, I fear that if what he does is Ok, the US is no longer the government of the people, but of the mobs.

Re your accusation of me being a criminal, I request you to present any evidence or remove the insults. You will get a reputation thread on that one.


Blah, blah, blah... You totally miss the point. Creating new money to give to other countries (Ukraine) doesn't do anything at all if the money is never spent by Ukraine. But when it is spent, it causes inflation in the country that is the main user of that money.

If you are a recipient of the benefit of the US money that is sent to Ukraine, you have stolen value from the American people... and should be ashamed of yourself. Of course, you may not have any choice in the matter. But if this is the case, perhaps you should consider immigrating to Russia so that you don't partake of stealing from Americans.

Cool

I am not seeing here a withdrawal of your accusation. I understand that you believe that is ok to call someone a criminal without a proof - that is why you support Trump - but it is not. Prove or withdraw now.

What you call "bla bla" is called arguments in the rest of the world.

You have tried several times to provoke me into providing personal information on where I leave and who I am or who I deal with. Again, you will need to do much better and in any case is irrelevant to an argument based conversation - again, I understand why are you a Trump supporter (from China perhaps).

The fact is that the main recipients of the aid to Ukraine are US citizens. That is something you do not understand - as most of the things you speak about. When Ukraine gets funding for weapons these are produced in US factories. When they get military aid, the army units providing them get a newer, better replacement for it, guess where that is made? ... In the US most deprived regions, where most weapons factories operate.

BTW if you were a true bitcoin supporter, inflation would be irrelevant to you, even a good thing in fact.
602  Other / Politics & Society / Re: Publicly held Trump trials - ongoing on: November 28, 2023, 03:04:42 PM
Trump... possibly the best President we had. Way, way better than the warmongering Biden team... or any of the other Dems, for that matter.

That's why they focus their trials on his personal life. He was saving the country as President. Hope we get him back for a second term.

Cool

The focus of the trial is not his personal life, the focus are more than 40 felonies which include a conspiracy to overtake the government of the US, trial under the RICO laws, which specifically target organised crime and collective conspiracies.

His personal life is a disaster, but that is not a problem being judged. Unless you consider his personal life the fact that he committed fraud by stating false values to the asset he owns in order to provide the banks with fake values to get credits.

If the focus is about taking control of the government, isn't that what the Presidency is all about? Take a look at Biden and his team, how they have pushed the American people into poverty through inflation, brought about by borrowing money from the banking system and giving it to Ukraine, Israel, and even China, covertly... by taking over the government. Trump never did this. Rather, he built up America in the many ways that I have been showing everybody - https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5269905.msg55119252#msg55119252.

Here is how You build America up MAGA. You increase import taxes on all imports, especially the important ones, and you decrease or eliminate export taxes. This gives Americans back their jobs, and gets rid of a lot of foreign crap off the market. But the government still gets their money from the tax on imports that still come in.

A second way is to stop sending money to other countries. This cuts down on inflation. How? When you borrow money from the Federal Reserve Bank like Biden has been doing, it is really a creation of new money. If there is more money, the money you already have becomes less valuable. This is what inflation is. Trump didn't do this very much. And what he did is like a drop in a bucket compared to the amount that Biden has done it.

On top of it all, when the Biden team and the Dems steal a Presidential election - as they did 2020 - there is the fraudulent, criminal activity more than Trump could ever think of doing. How do we know that they stole the 2020 election? One simple way. They won't release the voting info in a transparent fashion. The second way we know it is that people who vigorously question the voting legality, are plagued with prosecution just for asking. Trump and his team are the best example of this. The third way is that the January 6 prosecutions and sentences are almost as good of an example, because most of the J6 people got sentences for doing nothing wrong. Some of them weren't even at the Capitol or in D.C. at the time.


As far as valuations of Trumps personal property, he did nothing wrong. How do we know? Because the banks and other businesses that accepted his valuations, didn't complain about the valuations. They simply accepted them.

Another way we know is simply this. Your property is your property. Because it is yours, you can value it in any amount you want. What if you have a keepsake that I wouldn't buy for even $1, and the courts would value it at ten cents. But because of emotional value for you, you wouldn't sell it for $1,000. If it's your property, you are the one who places the value on it.

When somebody else values Trump's property, that is something that they can do for themselves. But they can't force their valuation on the owner of it. The owner values it as he sees fit.


Now, I know that you might be upset with Trump, because he wouldn't give money and armament to your beloved Ukraine. So, you like it when you can steal money from the American people without looking like the criminal that you are!

Cool

Incredible...

There is something you continuously fail to understand: Being elected President does not grant you unlimited powers, is exactly the contrary, you power is strongly restricted.

- No, as president you should not "take control of the government" beyond your constitutional functions. e.g. replacing general attorneys and the like. And you certainly do not get to self-extend your mandate just because you think you won.

- The democrats won the election. There is no proof of illegal wrongdoing. If there is, you present it to the press, the judges, etc ... but that did not happen, because there isn't.

- Sending money to other countries removes it from your economy, thus may reduce inflation, but I do not think that matters much.

- You can brag about the price of your properties in the golf club, but real state has an objective evaluation when you go to the bank to ask for a credit. If you say it is double it is fraud. This is not about "the price you'd sell it for, it is the market valuation (dude, capitalism 101).

- We do know because he is stupid enough to lie in written, in official accounting documents, right below where it says "All the information provided is true, I understand that if not I may be committing fraud".

If you have any sensible argument this is a good moment to express it. Otherwise, do a favour to this forum and stop blurting shit.

I am not upset at Trump, I fear that if what he does is Ok, the US is no longer the government of the people, but of the mobs.

Re your accusation of me being a criminal, I request you to present any evidence or remove the insults. You will get a reputation thread on that one.
603  Other / Politics & Society / Re: Russian Invasion of Ukraine[In Progress] on: November 27, 2023, 06:08:15 PM
Ooops. Much of te money that we had thought was going to Ukrainian high-up to line their own pockets, has really been going back to the US. How does that benefit them in the war? And no wonder there is so much fast inflation in America.


Ukraine spent nearly half of Washington's aid on US debt bonds – media



https://swentr.site/business/587786-ukraine-us-aid-securities/
Ukraine has significantly boosted its holdings of US government debt since the start of the conflict with Russia, the news agency RIA Novosti reported on Wednesday, citing data from the US Treasury and the Ukrainian Finance Ministry.

From February 2022 through the end of September of this year, Kiev's investment in US debt jumped 1.8 times, or by $10.7 billion, according to RIA. The country's current holdings of $24.5 billion are the highest since at least 2011. At the end of last winter, Ukraine's US Treasury portfolio amounted to $13.8 billion, whereas at its lowest level, in mid-summer 2022, it stood at $7.9 billion, RIA's data shows.

During the same period, the Ukrainian government received $22.9 billion in financial assistance from Washington. RIA's calculations show that Ukraine invested roughly half of the American aid in US debt bonds, thus effectively recycling half of what it received back to the US government.

Meanwhile, Kiev has also been getting billions in US military aid, with yet another package worth around $100 million announced on Tuesday. However, the Pentagon warned earlier this month that it was running critically low on funds allocated to Kiev and would soon be forced to begin reducing the tranches.

Russia has repeatedly accused the US of ratcheting up the conflict with its aid to Ukraine, urging both Washington and its Western allies to instead focus on facilitating peace talks between Moscow and Kiev.
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Cool

Once more BA, your understanding of the world is absolutely nil, but the worst part is that you are part of a large group of people that think they can interpret the information and the data and draw any coherent conclusion. You are the worst kind of ignorant - the kind of ignorant that thinks is smart and better informed than others.

When any company or nation has money that they are not going to spend right away, they do not keep it under the carpet dumbass. They put it in monetary assets. That is something that anyone who has ever seen a financial statement can tell you - but you first need to assume you are an ignorant and that there are others that actually know more than you and can interpret information.

There seems to be a wave of celebrations in Crimea with lots of fireworks in the power infrastructure. But Ruzzis need to be more careful with smoke - they seem to have persistent problems with it, they have left half of the peninsula without power for quite a while!

The weather in Moscow is peculiar, some strange type of icy rain has been spotted all around. One could even think that is not ice, but Ukrainian drones that are retaliating. Would that be possible? Would Ukraine now be able to retaliate blow for blow even in Moscow?

According to Ruzzia, all drones have been intercepted, that is such good news that you could even believe it.

https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/russia-says-it-shoots-down-20-ukrainian-drones-moscow-attacked-2023-11-26/

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Russia says shoots down 24 Ukrainian drones
Russia says Ukraine fired missiles over Sea of Azov
Ukraine reported biggest Russian drone attack on Kyiv
Russian controlled region says energy system struck

There seems to be also a big smoking accident in Chelyabinskyi -  in a tank repair / upgrade factory. Would you think that was Ukraine? It is more than 1000 kilometres away from Ukraine... wow someone might say that is just an accident.

https://mil.in.ua/en/news/blast-reported-at-russian-tank-engine-facility-chelyabinsk-tractor-plant-uraltrak/


You still haven't figured out that Russia went into Ukraine to stop the NATOization of Ukraine, and to stop Ukraine military violence in Donetsk and the Donbas. But the US and their Puppet Zelensky wanted war, and wouldn't stand for the peace Russia was trying to bring about for the people of Ukraine. So, expect that Russia is going to take out Ukrainian war equipment manufacturing facilities.

Ukraine had better make peace with Russia as best they can, and right now. Because if Russia decides to eliminate Ukraine altogether, they will simply do it.

Cool

And there you go again - the worst kind of ignorant thinking that other cannot see and you have better information.

Ruzzia created the military violence in the donbas. It is well known and undisputed by anyone but the lamest of the propagandists that Putin was waging a proxy war in donbas even before invading Crimea.

As for the rest is your usual incoherent shit - e.g. your super-theory that Ruzzia is not destroying alreay Ukraine "because they do not want to" or that Ruzzia is not already trying to destroy any weapons production in Ukraine with all they have. Ridiculous even for your level.

604  Other / Politics & Society / Re: Russian Invasion of Ukraine[In Progress] on: November 27, 2023, 09:16:40 AM
There seems to be a wave of celebrations in Crimea with lots of fireworks in the power infrastructure. But Ruzzis need to be more careful with smoke - they seem to have persistent problems with it, they have left half of the peninsula without power for quite a while!

The weather in Moscow is peculiar, some strange type of icy rain has been spotted all around. One could even think that is not ice, but Ukrainian drones that are retaliating. Would that be possible? Would Ukraine now be able to retaliate blow for blow even in Moscow?

According to Ruzzia, all drones have been intercepted, that is such good news that you could even believe it.

https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/russia-says-it-shoots-down-20-ukrainian-drones-moscow-attacked-2023-11-26/

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Russia says shoots down 24 Ukrainian drones
Russia says Ukraine fired missiles over Sea of Azov
Ukraine reported biggest Russian drone attack on Kyiv
Russian controlled region says energy system struck

There seems to be also a big smoking accident in Chelyabinskyi -  in a tank repair / upgrade factory. Would you think that was Ukraine? It is more than 1000 kilometres away from Ukraine... wow someone might say that is just an accident.

https://mil.in.ua/en/news/blast-reported-at-russian-tank-engine-facility-chelyabinsk-tractor-plant-uraltrak/

605  Other / Politics & Society / Re: Publicly held Trump trials - ongoing on: November 27, 2023, 01:02:41 AM
Trump... possibly the best President we had. Way, way better than the warmongering Biden team... or any of the other Dems, for that matter.

That's why they focus their trials on his personal life. He was saving the country as President. Hope we get him back for a second term.

Cool

The focus of the trial is not his personal life, the focus are more than 40 felonies which include a conspiracy to overtake the government of the US, trial under the RICO laws, which specifically target organised crime and collective conspiracies.

His personal life is a disaster, but that is not a problem being judged. Unless you consider his personal life the fact that he committed fraud by stating false values to the asset he owns in order to provide the banks with fake values to get credits.
606  Other / Politics & Society / Re: Javier Milei wins presidency in Argentina on: November 27, 2023, 12:53:37 AM
Unexpectedly, Javier Milei won the presidency in Argentina. I'd been following this story because it's interesting to see a Milton-Friedman-style libertarian (or at least someone who identifies himself that way) suddenly get put in charge of an ultra-statist, pretty-screwed-up country.

I hope that he does really well and turns Argentina into a libertarian paradise where I can move someday. But I expect that it's going to be a huge disaster. Milei appears to be a bomb-thrower (like Trump or Bolsonaro) rather than a serious policy wonk, which absolutely will not help him now that he's the one in power. When he tries ending popular programs and firing government employees, people will riot. If I was him, I'd get a diverse group of really serious experts (mostly but not entirely libertarian-leaning), and see if they can come up with some sane policy changes which won't cause riots.

Any Argentinians here with an opinion? I'm not very familiar with Argentina, and I've only read a handful of articles on Milei, so my knowledge is only surface-level.

Regardless of how Milei pictures himself, his agenda is a classic Austrian & Chicago schools of economics, not a libertarian.

Argentina is over the top with debt, they are in hyperinflation (depending on your definition of choice for that) and is a country that is balancing precariously the need to pay in dollar with el "cepo" to the exports (yes, you are reading correctly, a country which taxes exports... what could go wrong). El "cepo" forces to buy pesos with US dollars at an unrealistic change rate.

He has moderated the song - victory was not that surprising - but the general direction of travel is:

- Get quick cash nationalising the jewels of the crown, such as YPF (oil company).
- Slashing through subsidies and handouts to nearly everything, including the massive transfers to the "provincias" (provinces).
- And the biggest gamble: dollarising the economy and pretty much removing the Central Bank of Argentina.

My view: Argentina needs to do something. Years and years of unproductive spending and massive public debt are creating all short of problems - a country that should've been rich, has around 30% of poverty, that includes people who work and are still poor.

Will Mileis programme work? If it is implemented with a mastery that I am not sure Milei's team can muster, it will probably start correcting the economy, but even in that case there is a social hell to pay. His presidency can end very quickly if he doesn't get it surgically right.

Still, correcting Argentina will take more than one mandate. His bet is an expansion of the economy, but that does not happen instantly and frankly... anyone investing in Argentina should know that... well, is "kind of risky".

https://youtu.be/H0Ff3nESRH0

Edit to add: For those that think that removing the Central Bank is a good idea, notice that dollarizing the economy does not shut down the Central bank, it just outsources it to a foreign central bank. I wonder if that is "freedom".
607  Other / Politics & Society / Re: Russian Invasion of Ukraine[In Progress] on: November 26, 2023, 04:57:16 PM



Meanwhile, the Ruzzi offensive is starting to look ridiculous. Meat assaults one after another for no gain, no strategy seems to work...They just keep shelling mostly randomly civilian locations that add nothing to war. My guess this is just pure frustration as they have been sold they were a great army and they can actually be stopped by a much smaller force.

BTW, much less missile intensity than last year. I am not sure be.open is telling us the truth about how great things are going in Ruzzia.

Edited to add: Strange new Ruzzi-tank loooking trees growing in Avdiivka every day. Must be climate change. https://t.me/marmuletik_life/17491

Actually, instead of 7 dead Ukrainians for every dead Russian, at battle for Avdeevka its already 15 dead Ukrainians for every Russian...but keep dreaming about
"meat assaults", shovel fighting and chips from dishwashers, lol

Any source Branko, or is this one of your "trust me, I know, you do not need a source" usual assertions? Because I do have a source for the latest wanton shelling: A children library in Kherson.https://uk.sports.yahoo.com/news/russians-destroy-children-library-kherson-144200322.html?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbS8&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAACOBJIkGDJt--Xok3lZzKrervazAwhpWAHmRzuThfokkem57PlkCB1F4420zmjRqpLGxDiwaf9uM-OQhFi2zD5lzu9USoThjUr-rhWkez4mdGCf5J3IE7BlytgxvOAiOrKot8eim0_nn9iEGp9Tsnq8I5eqF22tj6gLoHZwumoKu

This war needed end as quick as possible because the focus of the NATO support for Ukraine has drastically reduce and the president of  Ukraine nee to negotiate with Putin and out this war to an halt. This war had increase livelihood in different countries and the wheat market is continuously reducing because of the insufficient supply of wheat to other countries. People are sufficient and Russia is sti attacking Ukraine as of now. If this war do not end now, it will increase to suffering and the prisoners of war might suffer more inflation.

This is what happens when you're too dumb to provide a good prompt to ChatGPT. I doubt that inflation is even in the top 10 of concerns for prisoners of war.

Probablyh Google translate, I think ChatGTP does not know there's a war in Ukraine. PoW concerns... funny, I think they do not have "concerns" they have "fears" and "pains" and probably "problems".
608  Other / Politics & Society / Re: The KRAKEN rises, meaning the 2020 election fraud is being corrected. on: November 26, 2023, 12:00:07 AM
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The problem with the "polls" is that some people may actually believe them and when their candidate looses spectacularly they naturally get convinced that it had to be a fraud and then it happens what it happened.

My question is, if Trump is allowed to run (a big if) and if he looses again, will he call on an assault on the Capitol again and praise the people performing such an act?

I don't think Trump would dare to call for their followers to explicitly assault anything or anyone in the case he lose the presidency of his country. The fact he is bad mouthing people now and believe he cannot be touchedz it is because he takes advantage of his state as leading candidate for the Republican party. If he loses he will likely just stay home and ask his lawyers to somehow use his private citizen status to get him out of trouble.

The kind of assault that the Trump people - average American citizens around the country - are doing right now is an assault on the evil in government. The people are waking up to the evil of the Dems and RINO's, especially including Biden and his team, and will be casting them out of government come some of the next elections, including the 2024 Presidential election.

Cool

As long as Biden is cast out the government, as you say, through democratic means, then it should not be a problem, the trouble comes when the democratic system itself is the one under siege because many people did not like the result. And let me remind you: one of the most important parts of democracy is the losing part to accept defeat and move on.

I am aware there are millions of people in the United States who disapprove the administration of Biden, that is fine and they have the right to express their disapproval, under their first amendment. But the constitution cannot be used as a tool to destroy the same laws there are written in it. And the first amendment is not supposed to protect difamation, for example.

Let me repeat what you said, "... the trouble comes when the democratic system itself is the one under siege because many people did not like the result." Your so-called 'many' was really 'most'. And when most of the voters don't get what they want because of election interference from other countries, as well as within, that's when Democracy is under siege. And that is what happened in the 2020 election. That's why Biden made it into office rather than Trump.

Nobody is using the Constitution to "destroy the same laws there are written in it." Rather, Congress and Biden are simply bypassing the Constitution, and doing much of what they simply want against the Constitution.

The 1st Amendment allows any speech that is or might be defamation against a group. If anybody thinks that he has been harmed by some so-called defamation, let him show the harm done to him in court, and require damages there. But...

He better make sure he really has some damages to show. Why? Because if he wasn't really damaged, the person he is accusing just might accuse HIM of defamation of character by taking him to court for nothing. This could go on and on, each one accusing the other, anew, of defamation of character in court. Who wins? The courts collect a fee from a filer every time he files documents with the court.

Cool

Just blurting the same stupid things over and over. Nobody has faked the results, Trump has never ever generated any proof of his claims not before the judges not in general. Cannot you see all these arguments can be very clearly seen as the excuses of a looser? A rant of a childish rich preppy that did not get it his way?

You do not get to decide that the other guy is "evil" or that all is because of "a deep state" so you are ok to take the government by force. Want to be US president? Win an election for real. That is the path, the only honest one. There are rules that have been agreed before you were even born and if you decide to break them, there is a price to pay. In most countries Trump would be in jail for decades by now, and in some, in death row.

You do not get to decide how the constitution amendments are interpreted. e.g. the freedom of speech is not an absolute right, it has limits because it clashes with other rights, just like many other rights end where they start interfering with other rights.

Not only that, this is actually not allowing a honest political talk about what's convenient for the US and how Trump will have a devastating effect in US international relations, trade agreements, competitivity of the US economy, jobs in US, ... I only wish the democrats had something better to offer than Biden who is simply too old (81 fucking years) to take the presidency again and perhaps to understand that fact. You should not have someone with 86 years in a role that is 24 hour. Even Trump is 77, by the time he could potentially finish his presidency he would be around 82. The US needs to start leaving cronies in their golf clubs, they are too grumpy.
609  Other / Politics & Society / Re: Russian Invasion of Ukraine[In Progress] on: November 25, 2023, 07:29:08 PM
Recently, there have been many unpleasant surprises for Ukraine, in addition to the new version of the Lancets, these are FPV drones with thermal imagers (capable of operating at night) and cluster bombs with UMPC modules. Meanwhile, many in the West still seem to believe that this military conflict is weakening Russia (and some even continue to believe in the effectiveness of economic sanctions). Lol, the Russian army is now at the historical peak of its combat effectiveness. Grin

What we have learned so far from Ukraine Russia conflict and from Israel invasion of Gaza is that those who rely on others are deemed to lose. Ukraine is relying on west to fight Russia while Palestinians are left alone by whole Arab countries. Its history of mankind that you need to strong to fight others  yourself.
Western countries are not fighting directly with Russia since they know Russia is strong country while they are sending there ground troops to support Israel to kill innocent unarmed Palestinians.
In the end its Palestinians and Ukrainians people who are suffering and believe me no one can end there sufferings unless they rose up and fight themselves.
No matter how great the temptation, please refrain from making false analogies in the conflicts between Ukraine and Russia, and Israel and Palestine. These are very different conflicts, of different nature, which arose for different reasons between groups of people with different mentalities. Any attempt to compare these two military conflicts is like trying to put an owl on a globe.

In particular (even though this is off-topic), I believe that Palestine will paradoxically benefit even (and especially if) in the event of an Israeli military victory over Hamas.



Meanwhile, the Ruzzi offensive is starting to look ridiculous. Meat assaults one after another for no gain, no strategy seems to work...They just keep shelling mostly randomly civilian locations that add nothing to war. My guess this is just pure frustration as they have been sold they were a great army and they can actually be stopped by a much smaller force.

BTW, much less missile intensity than last year. I am not sure be.open is telling us the truth about how great things are going in Ruzzia.

Edited to add: Strange new Ruzzi-tank loooking trees growing in Avdiivka every day. Must be climate change. https://t.me/marmuletik_life/17491
610  Other / Politics & Society / Re: Publicly held Trump trials - ongoing on: November 24, 2023, 01:52:02 PM
From the recent ruling where a federal judge found that Trump did participate in insurrection, but should not be removed from the ballot:


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TRUMP’S HISTORY WITH POLITICAL EXTREMISTS
61. As noted above, Petitioners called an expert in political extremism,
[-snip-]


Trump intended to incite violence.

https://www.courts.state.co.us/userfiles/file/Court_Probation/02nd_Judicial_District/Denver_District_Court/11_17_2023%20Final%20Order.pdf
(page 26 on)

Read about it tonight and I seems both those lawyers/prosecutors seeking to keep Trump out the ballot will try to appeal, so he will ended stay out the ballot in that State, during the election next year. On the other hand, I have also read Trump's legal team has tried to appeal to this ruling, in the base they do not want this judge to effectively setting a precedent of Trump being legally a participant in an insurrection within the United States,  if they do an exception to the presidency, then it would be a very dangerous precedent to keep for the amendment. After all, those who rise to power are the one who try to stay in power by getting rid of democracy, there has been several instances of it happening through history.

Ironically, I could foresee that excluding Trump from the ballot in states he did not have a chance of winning anyways, will only encourage his supporters to vote in flipping states and increase his popularity, in a similar way to what happened with indictments.

I read about the several challenges that have been put forward in several states. Judges are trying to avoid anything that looks like interfering with politics. Some of the arguments are really funny on why Trump can stay in the ballot, really creative like "The president is not an official of the Goverment" or other semantics.

However, what is possibly the most interesting and honest is the court that said: "He can be in the Primaries because that is internal to the party", however the court said that if he is the candidate chosen, then the case can be presented. All the cases have been appealed.

Most judges tend to look at all these matters as a political matter. In my view it is not from the moment that several felonies are proven right - then is a matter of justice.

I don't see how this case doesn't end up at the supreme court.

It will eventually, I guess.
And when it does it is probable those within the supreme court will rule in Favor of Trump, allowing him to stay in the ballot in those states where his participation is being disputed. Though, as I said, It may not matter whether he stays or not in the ballot in states where he won't have much chances of winning anyways.

The members of the supreme court could argue that excluding Trump would be a point of no return for American Democracy and the decision could lead to civil unrest amount the civilian population. January 6th has set a clear precendet for such argument.
On the other hand, it may be about avoiding to push the case to the supreme court, so if it stays in a local court, those procecuting Trump will have more chances to keep him out of the ballot.

Well, what would be a point of no return is recognising a hostile takeover of the Capitol and death threats as an acceptable event in political life. The judges will have to be very creative in their arguments on why the President not only did absolutely nothing to defend a constitutional process, but practically encouraged an angry mob to stop it.

There are many arguments the judges may put forward, but what I think they will not do is to take a certain decision "because if not people would be angry". That is like accepting that an angry mob is above the law and the government can be decided by how violent they get.

It will end up in the Supreme Court, with many Trump appointees I assume.

611  Other / Politics & Society / Re: Russian Invasion of Ukraine[In Progress] on: November 24, 2023, 01:28:15 PM
Recently, there have been many unpleasant surprises for Ukraine, in addition to the new version of the Lancets, these are FPV drones with thermal imagers (capable of operating at night) and cluster bombs with UMPC modules. Meanwhile, many in the West still seem to believe that this military conflict is weakening Russia (and some even continue to believe in the effectiveness of economic sanctions). Lol, the Russian army is now at the historical peak of its combat effectiveness. Grin

I have no doubt it is at is peak of combat effectiveness. I mean, from zero, to zero point one in just a few posts. Ruzzi drones with thermal imaging... wow... Ukraine has been using these for months LOL. It is so funny that you speak of combat effectiveness when you have to trade 20.000 soldiers to advance 2 kilometers and yet still after week and throwing everything Ruzzia has, they cannot even take the minuscule Avdiivka.

Ruzzia is affected by sanctions, they simply have to sell the oil cheaper than the rest of the world, the interest rates in the Rouble have to be higher than in the rest of the world,... it does not kill but it for sure hurts. In economic terms, this war is disastrous for Ruzzia.

Reading your propaganda is like seeing Putin bullshiting about peace in a G-20 where US and China (yes, China) decline to go.

You do not have to react or anything, ok? do not get nervous, is just a comment: It seems that the dnipro combats are working well. The banks of the rivers are very close to Ukraine controlled territory so logistics work ok, and there seem to be 3 Ukrainian drones for every BMP or Howitzer in the area.

Lately, it has been filmed an Ukrainian "mothership" drone that carries smaller drones. Sounds futuristic, but it has been published (by Ruzzia I think).




612  Economy / Gambling / Re: - UGA - a Gamblers Union on: November 24, 2023, 01:10:39 PM
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Sometimes it's always the case with support agents, they fail to understand the need to attend to customers or players with respect.  Their salaries are generated by patronage from players hence the saying, the customer is always the king but they fail to note this and therefore attend averagely to them. In cases where a players has incurred loses, he tends to be a little bit agitated and slight show of zero care can ignite anger and dislike and this isn't good for a casino's customer.
Site reputation or in overall impression would really be that varying into those things generally on which this isnt only that in talks about functionality but also in other aspects
as well on which reputation would really be always reflect out on how they would really be treating up gamblers whether they are winning or losing. There should really be always having that
kind of balance which we know that once people do see those kind of treatment or handling then there would really be no issues or possible problems that might
rise. Usually gamblers would really get angry on the time that they are on huge loss and this is why proper handling and understanding is a must.

A union could provide some short of independent audit that could potentially increase the reputation and the user trust in sites with a certain quality stamp. This would however be quite expensive and I am not sure that smaller site would be able or would be interested in paying for such a thing. A users union is not bad for legal litigation, but most dark sites will be in places where law is in their favour.
613  Economy / Gambling / Re: I have solved the problem of complexity in provably fair games on: November 24, 2023, 01:07:00 PM
Math algorithms and methods cannot be registered, do not ask me why, but there is certainly an edge on a first implementation if you move it fast enough. Why would someone bother to implement if you offer a credible cheap service. I agree that it would be terribly difficult to make a business of implementation, but what about auditing and verification?
614  Economy / Gambling / Re: Casinos not asking for KYC to register and play, but do require it to withdraw on: November 24, 2023, 01:04:44 PM

Casinos also don't ask for KYC verification during the registration process because, as you said, they know that a lot of gamblers will simply leave the platform and go for another one before even making a deposit since many gamblers don't like the KYC thing at all. So, they play it safe by not asking for it initially.
Yes, that's how it is, but still they have written and put KYC regulations in their TOS which sometimes not everyone can read, that's why a system like that seems like a trap for those who think KYC is an annoying system because big casinos don't ask for KYC at the start so allows users to feel comfortable at the beginning of registration and making deposits so they can play casino.

But after they get a big win and make a big deposit sometimes the casino suddenly asks the user for KYC at the end of the game, that's why if you want to play casino make sure you first read the casino rules and requirements because to prevent the desired thing and usually we can characterize which Which decentralized casinos are KYC free and which are not.

I am sceptical about TOS, they tend to be far to long and far to obscure for someone to read in full and sometimes to understand in full, sites do not make any effort to make users understand the conditions that not favourable to them... If you ask me many people can argue that they are being mis-sold a product and that the site is fine with money laundering as long as they keep it.
615  Economy / Gambling / Re: QuitGamble.com - Free Help for Problem Gamblers on: November 24, 2023, 12:09:02 AM
So, if you consider this, you will realize that it is still the same, it's like running around in circles, what would have been if there was no addiction is what that is currently is, because there was and is never a time there wouldn't have been addiction in gambling.
You're right. @Betwrong is being idealistic in this case expecting stuff which will never happen because humans are inherently greedy and that is why gambling addiction will never fully go away.

However, it can be minimised to a certain extent which is exactly what op is trying to do through his project.
Come in mind that if there were no gambling addiction then gambling industry wont really be that become so big or something that not making that much revenue on which this is something
turns out to be a typical thing or a solid indication that addiction is always been that part of industry. There might be some people who do able to control their addiction or motive towards gambling but there would be always those people who get addicted into it on which it would really be that resulting into that huge spending into it on which it would be coming into a point
that you are really that losing that much.

Guides and tips on how to treat up addiction could really be found online or even making use of these free services or whatsoever but still in the end,
it would really be that totally depending on how they would really be dealing up with things and make out decisions on their own.

You are right, I personally would say that the addiction problems are not primarily the fault of the Casinos, the casinos are companies, they are businesses and they have the businesses because they want to generate money, in this case they make a lot of money  , but they also need players, and especially young players are taught, it is known that when a player falls into addiction it is difficult for him to return once he no longer has money, and that is not the idea, it is more common that there is a person who always has money, controls himself and always be the casino customer, because it is more money that goes to the casino, I say this Taking into consideration the house advantage and the considerations that are like the complexity of the same game that is Chosen to play, which is very different from sports betting that already depends on other factors that are beyond the advantage of lacquers, but even so the casino will always have a way to win with sports Betting, in this order of ideas, I see the problem of addiction not as It is not a casino or an industry that does not exist like this, but it is only the consequence of the very Player who becomes like this, of losing control at that point.

A person is different from many, everyone has their personality and knows how they react to different events, one person can solve a problem in a more orderly way than another, but it takes longer, another is messy but solves a problem quickly, the same thing happens. When a person becomes addicted, but this person wants to get better, then he follows the instructions given to him, because he does his part, because he knows that in the end it will harm him , but there are those who are in addiction, they do not take the advice of Nobody, neither from the proefeisnoales nor from any type of aid, why? because we all have our own Personality and we know how to act in the face of these, hence the consideration that each of us knows how we are and how we can quickly get out of that problem if we do not want to solve it and be with the problem.


People do really loves on giving out blame to other things on which they would really be always having that denial that they are the ones who are at mistake. They would really be
denying as much as they could. No one would really be able to help yourself if you are that minding about gambling in the first place.You would really be looking for yourself
to play no matter what and there's no service or platforms or whatever institution that would be able to help out such addiction. There are really some advises or online
tools or similar that might be helpful but in the end of the day, it would really be that still depending on you.

People tend to look for excuses when they feel guilty, so first step is to understand that it is ok to make mistakes, that you are still a human being capable of improvement and adaptation. You are not bad because you are gambling too much, you are bad if you decide to do nothing about it. Forgive yourself, move on, change and improve.
616  Other / Politics & Society / Re: The KRAKEN rises, meaning the 2020 election fraud is being corrected. on: November 23, 2023, 10:21:24 AM
Anybody who has a half a brain knows that Biden will lose 2024, provided it's a completely honest election, of course. If Biden wins, everybody will recognize that there was criminal interference in the election.


"He's Going To Lose": Bill Maher And Donna Brazile Slam Biden As Democrats Recoil Over



https://www.zerohedge.com/political/hes-going-lose-bill-maher-and-donna-brazile-slam-biden-democrats-recoil-over-age-handling
Gavin Newsom's oft joked about 2024 shadow campaign is going swimmingly, as Democratic darlings such as former DNC Chair Donna Brazile have joined the ongoing media campaign to destroy Joe Biden ahead of the next election.

Brazile joins the ranks of David Axelrod and Bill Kristol, the former of whom suggested Biden 'get out or get going,' and Kristol - a NeverTrump™ neocon's neocon, said "it's time for Biden to announce he won't run in 2024." The two were reacting to an early Nov. NY Times poll which showed Trump wiping the floor with Biden in 5 of 6 battleground states that Biden carried in 2020.


...



Cool

I see the fake news media finally stopped rigging the polls, now if Biden wins you'll be able to point to this poll as proof the election was rigged, nice!

The problem with the "polls" is that some people may actually believe them and when their candidate looses spectacularly they naturally get convinced that it had to be a fraud and then it happens what it happened.

My question is, if Trump is allowed to run (a big if) and if he looses again, will he call on an assault on the Capitol again and praise the people performing such an act?
617  Other / Politics & Society / Re: The Government Will Vote For The Biden Administration To Take TOTAL CONTROL Of - on: November 23, 2023, 12:43:55 AM
If this is true and the Senate and the house of representatives are voting to be essentially all control to the executive brand of the United States of the internet access, Information access, devices and all that which in power of companies and also citizens... Would not that imply that in the case of a Trump second presidential term, would be Trump the one with the access to that power?
Just wondering if that would be the case and also what would be your thoughts on Trump having just authority instead of Biden.

Perhaps, if this laws become a reality and Trump comes back to office, he could use all of it in his favor and against the deep state which would still try to sink it while he is president. What do you think? Or will the Biden administration to reverse this law as soon as the administration change becomes imminent?

Good point. He is going to say that Trump will reverse it, but is unlikely. That is, if any of it is true.

The fact is that there is already a think-tank organisation that "has no relation to Trump" doing a filtration of all the Civil Servants in the US with things like their comments on social networks or other publicly accessible sources and probably other not as accessible. Trump will demolish the US administration and remake it to his narcissistic image.
618  Other / Politics & Society / Re: Publicly held Trump trials - ongoing on: November 23, 2023, 12:22:31 AM
From the recent ruling where a federal judge found that Trump did participate in insurrection, but should not be removed from the ballot:


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TRUMP’S HISTORY WITH POLITICAL EXTREMISTS
61. As noted above, Petitioners called an expert in political extremism,
[-snip-]


Trump intended to incite violence.

https://www.courts.state.co.us/userfiles/file/Court_Probation/02nd_Judicial_District/Denver_District_Court/11_17_2023%20Final%20Order.pdf
(page 26 on)

Read about it tonight and I seems both those lawyers/prosecutors seeking to keep Trump out the ballot will try to appeal, so he will ended stay out the ballot in that State, during the election next year. On the other hand, I have also read Trump's legal team has tried to appeal to this ruling, in the base they do not want this judge to effectively setting a precedent of Trump being legally a participant in an insurrection within the United States,  if they do an exception to the presidency, then it would be a very dangerous precedent to keep for the amendment. After all, those who rise to power are the one who try to stay in power by getting rid of democracy, there has been several instances of it happening through history.

Ironically, I could foresee that excluding Trump from the ballot in states he did not have a chance of winning anyways, will only encourage his supporters to vote in flipping states and increase his popularity, in a similar way to what happened with indictments.

I read about the several challenges that have been put forward in several states. Judges are trying to avoid anything that looks like interfering with politics. Some of the arguments are really funny on why Trump can stay in the ballot, really creative like "The president is not an official of the Goverment" or other semantics.

However, what is possibly the most interesting and honest is the court that said: "He can be in the Primaries because that is internal to the party", however the court said that if he is the candidate chosen, then the case can be presented. All the cases have been appealed.

Most judges tend to look at all these matters as a political matter. In my view it is not from the moment that several felonies are proven right - then is a matter of justice.
619  Other / Politics & Society / Re: freedom of expression on: November 22, 2023, 10:49:03 PM
What is the meaning of freedom of expression?
Freedom of expression is one of the basic human rights that allows an individual to express his ideas and beliefs freely without infringing on the rights of others or spreading false propaganda and hatred.
This right is guaranteed by the Universal Declaration of Human Rights of 1948 and the Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen of 1789 in France.
BUT
We all know that freedom of expression is very limited in third world countries, and when any statement is hostile to rulers, you put your freedom and life at risk, unlike developed countries, but we have noticed recently the lack of respect for freedom of expression by these countries
Example:
- player suspended and menaced by thier team after showing support to palestine
And the suppression of peaceful Manifestation that support Palestine
- Attacks and threats to people who do not support homosexuality.
Is this considered a suppression of freedom of expression?
Is democracy a dress for dictatorship only?


In my view, a pacific protest in support for a pacific resolution of the conflicts in Palestina - be it in support of Palestine - is absolutely acceptable. A protest in support of Palestine in which there is also support for Hamas, Hezbola or other organisations which clearly do not want any pacific resolution of conflicts is not acceptable.

Attacking people who do not support homosexuality is not acceptable -  as long as these people act pacifically and do not try to impose on others their point of view.

In other words, freedom of expression is a two way street, not an absolute.
620  Economy / Gambling / Re: Top Halloween Online Casino Bonus or Promo on: November 22, 2023, 10:03:07 PM
Wether Halloween or any other form of events that is mostly identified for celebration, what the gamblers want is bonus opportunities, they don't mind about the terms and conditions that may follows up but the truth is that they are after having something that will come in form of a bonus irrespective of the season and this is one of the most exciting reasons why the gambling organizations also take such periods of time to launch their own marketing at the cause as well while giving to the gamblers.

I think bonuses including Halloween bonus has a limited effect on players. To be really effective they would need to know the place and possibly already have the intention to explore the site. That, and having a good reputation may have the effect of increasing membership, but a bonus alone is not enough to attract a significant number of customers as new customers without previous campaigning.
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