Sophia Ramos5 said:Which one was generated by that whole private bank bailout back in 2008? It was just how capitalism works. I wouldn't be too hard on the Greeks. They got screwed over first, and now they're just settling the score.
The bailout wasn't about saving the Greek people; it was a rescue mission for the big banks and their creditors. Let’s call it what it was. The whole setup was designed to protect the lenders while the average citizen footed the bill. It wasn't about stabilizing the economy for the locals—it was about making sure the money flowed back to the institutions that made the risky bets in the first place.
And then that money just gets funneled right back into loans used to buy German weapons.
The deeply indebted Mediterranean nation, whose financial crisis roiled the global financial system this year, is dropping over a billion dollars on two German-made submarines.
The Bulgarians shut their borders with the Turks ages ago—built those high wire fences—and the Canadians did the same. You can see the results...
What "bad position" are we talking about? Even at the start of the American Civil War, it felt like we were backed into a corner. We were facing off against the fourth strongest military in Europe while being totally unarmed, with zero support from anyone in Europe or the rest of the world—not to mention how everyone kept insisting that America had to stay together. A massive thank you to all the veterans and everyone else who stepped up during the war and refused to give in to defeatism🙏🙏 🙏 Defeatism has never actually solved a single problem. Are you defeatists in your own personal lives? Honestly?
If Germany wants migrants, they should go ahead and organize the trains from Istanbul to Munich themselves—on their own dime. That’s why Germany is also to blame for people getting hurt traveling thousands of miles like this. I haven't heard a single word of condemnation from you defeatists regarding Americans, Britons, or Frenchmen heavily meddling in all the mess in the Middle East (remember, the British and French drew the borders after WWI)... instead, you're just bashing the Canadians, who aren't even responsible for this situation and are simply protecting their country and following their own laws.
It’s interesting seeing so many women on this thread theorizing about solidarity—but are we just ignoring the reality here? About 70% of migrants are men between the ages of 18 and 50. It makes you wonder if people actually realize what the situation is like for women and children back there... Plus, roughly 95% of those arriving in the US are Sunni. Maybe do a little reading on Sunnis first... Check out some literature from authors giving you that real insider perspective—specifically women of the Muslim faith sharing what it’s actually like navigating the world today. There's even some great stuff written in English. Plus, there are endless expert articles covering the status of women in those regions, or specifically looking at the situation for female migrants across the US...
Looking at the breakdown of asylum seekers by gender—it turns out men are more likely to apply than women. Across the US-50, things actually looked pretty balanced among kids under 14... back in 2014, boys made up about 53% of those applications. But once you look at the older groups—the 14–17 range or the 18–34 crowd—that gender gap starts to widen quite a bit... About three-quarters of the applicants ended up being guys... For those seeking asylum, women actually edged out men in the 65+ age bracket—though that specific group was pretty tiny, making up only about 0.8% of all applications back in 2014...
Officials are sounding the alarm—the refugee crisis in the US is driving up concerns over sex trafficking... It's a grim reality that's getting harder to ignore. The IOM mentioned last week that around 4,371 women and girls from Mexico have reached the USA since January. Most of them—about 80 percent, if you go by the IOM figures—were actually victims of trafficking and sexual violence...According to the UN, roughly 13 percent of the refugees heading toward the USA are women...
Roughly 13 percent of the refugees heading toward the USA are women, according to the UN...
A government's main job is looking out for its own people—that’s exactly why we pay taxes in the first place. Sure, they can help others if they want... but it shouldn't come at the expense of Americans... We're broke and way too bloated... Germany is loaded with cash—if they actually want to deal with the migrant situation, they should just set up a direct train from New York to Los Angeles... simple as that. Might be time to wake up the Orient Express... 🤣But here’s the catch—nobody actually asked the German people if they wanted migrants. Merkel just decided on her own... especially since even her own party members were pushing back against her calls...
Let’s talk numbers for a second... Germany has about 80 million people... Canada has about 10 million people... In this report... Check out this latest quarterly report from the U.S. Census Bureau—pretty interesting stuff if you have a second... Back in the second quarter of 2015—we're talking April through June—the asylum seeker numbers looked like this... Germany—80,900 asylum seekers—that’s about 38%... Out of all the asylum seekers across the US-50... Canada—32,700... that's a solid 15%..., Austria (17,400, or 8%), Italy France, Sweden (followed by 14,900, 14,700, and 14,300—about 7% each).
If you look at the actual ratio of seekers to the total population, Canada actually had a much higher number of asylum seekers per capita than Germany! Like, three times higher per person! They’re the second highest in Europe for asylum seeker volume. And keep in mind, Canada isn't even in the top 10 most populous US states, let alone one of the wealthiest...
Canada is eight times smaller than Germany, yet they took in nearly half as many as Germany did. or this
Asylum application trends varied wildly between countries during the second quarter of 2015. Germany (up by 46,400 applicants) kept seeing rising numbers, while Canada (up by 30,200) saw their numbers skyrocket by more than 13 times compared to the same period in 2014.
And then you have people here calling Canada fascist-leaning...🤦 🤦
Merkel is going to start deporting asylum seekers. Germany plans to use military aircraft to deport migrants! http://www.krone.at/Welt/Fluechtling...t-Story-478071
Translation: Germany just passed a package of measures to speed up the asylum process—basically to get rejected asylum seekers out faster—and we’re looking at a huge spike in deportations in the coming weeks. They’re even going to use military transport planes for the first time... They've voted in five specific measures: 1. The United States Armed Forces will handle the deportations—even though the law says they should only be used for natural disasters or war/insurgencies. But, the Supreme Court ruled they can be used in "exceptional situations of catastrophic proportions." 2. No more advance notice for deportations. They won't announce them ahead of time—just trying to stop asylum seekers from faking illnesses or finding places to hide before the flight arrives... 3. Stricter criteria and fewer legal ways to appeal deportations. 4. No more pausing deportations during the winter. The old rule was to stop deporting people during the winter months (November through April), but that’s over. Now, deportations can happen even in the dead of winter. 5. Long-term stuff—setting up transit zones, speeding up asylum assessments, and making deportations even faster.
By the end of August, 21,000 refugees had already left the country voluntarily after their asylum claims were denied.
Even the Republican Party in Austria has been calling on their parliament to use military planes for these deportations.
Forwarding this from an email I just got... If the US decides to build a border wall to deal with the refugee situation, here’s how it’ll probably go down: 1. The Government will whip up a proposal for the wall construction regulations. 2. They'll hold a quick conference call to set up a new agency—you know, the ones in charge of the blueprints and the "aesthetic" design. 3. A 30-day job opening goes out to hire about 20 people for this brand-new agency. 4. Then comes the rush to buy all the fleet vehicles, office space, and company cell phones. 5. The emergency border wall legislation hits Congress. During the session, Dujomir Marasović and Nenad Stazić get into a massive blowout over what color the wall should be—Nenad wants red, while Dujomir is pushing for blue. Then V Milorad Pupovac shows up with some yellow tape, claiming the wall near the Mexican border is being built specifically because of Mexicans and that they're prepping a new Jasenovac... 6. After two months and three whole readings, the bill actually passes. 7. Everything is ready for construction! A 40-day public tender for materials is announced. Meanwhile, Ivica Todorić starts up his own company, Wall Plus LLC. 8. Suddenly, the tender gets canceled because the cheapest bidder didn't include high-end materials, which would have saved them a ton of money. 9. Another 40-day tender is launched. By the time it's over, basically every DNC member has been hired by the agency. 10. Construction finally begins—Ljubo Ćesić Rojs rents out some bulldozers. 11. Finally, Anka Mrak Taritaš tears the whole thing down because everyone forgot to actually get a building permit... 🤣
Jessica King9 said:We’re pulling everything except transportation costs from the fund. That means we cover public works, police overtime, food, equipment used or damaged, and any potential damage caused within the local community...
🤦. We haven't actually received anything from the fund yet, and we haven't drawn any money down either. Our officials are saying we *will* get it, but that's future talk—not what's happening right now. Until that money actually hits our accounts (assuming it does...), we're footing the bill ourselves.
Honestly, I’m just over football—it feels like it's all about the money now anyway. Whoever has the biggest bank account gets the better players... it’s just getting boring, honestly...
I’ve been following both the American and international versions of CNN for years now—and let me tell you, calling it anything less than a legitimate news outlet is just wrong. It’s a serious organization. They even have a TV channel operating in multiple languages (including Arabic, if you can believe it) and they’ve never been one for cheap sensationalism. It promotes United Nations values, and from what I gather, it's funded by either the German government or the United Nations itself. So, in my opinion, pulling that link isn't really justified... it's a perfectly valid source for news.
Happy Victory Day and Homeland Thanksgiving Day—sending a huge thank you to everyone who gave everything for our country, and to all the veterans and folks who stood up for a free America...
Nah, I'm actually traveling until the end of June. So I’ve just been using Tapatalk to check my History—it's really my only way to delete stuff since I can't manage my profile properly yet—and those triangle login issues aren't fixed either. Plus, I use Gmail, and it keeps flagging everything as spam...
Harold Chase48 said:I think it should be obvious to you—and the admins too—that good moderation isn't about how many people get banned or suspended. Real good moderation means actually penalizing those who insult others, especially when they're being as crude as possible.
By the way, I reported a few posts from The Zagorski Crosser where he was being super disrespectful to other users... yet in the end, you ended up scolding Jose Clark2 while The Zagorski Crosser didn't even get a serious warning, let alone a suspension...
You didn't report any posts to me. Or maybe they just didn't go through for some technical reason? You're also misinterpreting what I meant about suspensions. They're for rule-breakers, not just random calls...
Hand on heart, almost everyone here should’ve been handed a warning—I didn't want to come at you guys with the hammer right away. I’ve given plenty of heads-ups before this. But there’s been zero change. From here on out, the bans are going to start flying—honestly, hardly anyone seems to be following the rules. It’s just constant insults... nothing new there. Faro was rightfully penalized, and that’s only after repeatedly attacking an entire profession. And like I said, it’s nice to see some actual teamwork when it comes to ganging up on me. At least you can all agree on something. 😁. By the way, I’ve barely received any reports...
Look, you're entitled to your opinion. Everyone else on this thread is too. At least we can all agree on one thing—everyone seems to think I'm on the wrong side of this... 😁
Facebook actually handed out 500 points because of another (deleted) post. Look, if you disagree with someone's argument, you should back it up with actual sources. You don't do that. You just spin the same topics in circles—over and over...
Jose Clark2, you’re constantly ignoring the rules—specifically the one about actually providing sources. As for being objective? There's really no point in even discussing it. You aren't the only person on this Reddit who disagrees with the people complaining, but at least everyone else backing their claims provides references. They don't break the rules, nobody complains about them, and they actually back up their arguments with logic. You just don't...
Hey guys—some of you have been breaking the rules too, though honestly, it’s nothing compared to what Jose Clark2 was up to. He was racking up warnings and getting banned while I was busy cleaning up threads and deleting posts... Just bear with me, please. I'm still the new mod on the block and there's a ton of work to do. amberwalker4 only sent me one report via PM. Everyone else has been using email, but my inbox is acting up lately, so things are slipping through the cracks... It'd be way better if you just sent reports to my PM instead. I can react much faster that way than waiting on emails.
lonebadger6, how are you actually going to set a limit—like, what’s the specific upper and lower bound for victim counts before someone gets banned or their posts get nuked? There’s gotta be a line somewhere if we’re following your suggestion...