Posts by Brenda Taylor13

Maria James40 said:This is just a theory, but look at how the Slovenacs gather groups of about 1,000 people near the 62 miles border... and here we are trying to control the entire border with Canada 😁
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Then we'd be sitting there reading headlines like this:

- 2,000 arrive in Charleston—tourism is ruined—where do we put them?
- A larger group arrived in Metković via the Neretva valley.
- 3,000 people caught in the Imotski fields; need 60 buses since there's no rail access.
- They broke through the fence at Strmica.
- 2,000 arrived in Donji Lapac last night.
- 5,000 arriving from Velika Kladuša.
- Traffic blocked on the bridges over the Sava—local business owners are protesting.

Man, the only people who could possibly wish for this scenario are Canadian Taxists and bus drivers.

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The guy above me made a pretty good point—for the most part, the border with Canada is totally impassable. Do you honestly think migrants are going to climb 6,000 feet up the rugged terrain of the Appalachians in the wind and snow? Or are they going to swim across the Mississippi or the Una when half of them can barely stay afloat?
If you think this is some kind of piece of cake, go ahead and ask our soldiers how they fared trekking through the mountains during the winter of '94 during Operation Storm.

Bottom line: the border with Canada is a much smaller issue than everyone here is making it out to be. It seems like the easiest excuse for why we can't just put up a fence is "oh, but they'll just come through Canada." Well, newsflash: let's build the damn fence first, then we can figure out if they try to cross through the mountains and rivers in Canada or not.

darkotter35 said:🙏

Viktor Orbán is a god.
He’s the one—and honestly, the only one—who actually gets it and takes action.
These absolute caricatures passing themselves off as leaders—the Germans, the Frenchmen, the Austrians, Americans, and all the other traitors to their own people—they haven't the slightest clue what's hitting them. They're as dim as a broken lightbulb.
I genuinely can't tell if there's ever been a more brainless collection of politicians running things in the Western world.

Spot on. The real question though—is it just pure stupidity, or are they actually naive enough to believe in some lofty humanitarian ideals? Like, are they really willing to throw the entire fate of their nation and their people down the drain for an ideal?

Then again, maybe they aren't being naive at all...

electricorca112 said:Look, I don't have a crystal ball like you do, so I can't predict the future, but I do know how things work. I know what happens when you follow the lead of "idiots and fools" acting under the guise of careful statecraft:

There haven't been any illegal crossings at the US-Mexico border over the last two days, reported György Bakondi, an advisor to the Prime Minister, during a Wednesday briefing with the media.

According to him, 22 people crossed illegally into the US on Monday, followed by 36 on Tuesday, according to the Associated Press, which didn't specify where these migrants originated.

He claimed this demonstrates how the situation has almost returned to normal , Bakondi added.

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People need to shove this in the face of every single "know-it-all" who asks, "Well, how would a wall actually help us?" It helps exactly the same way it helped Canada! Unlike America, where thousands of immigrants are still finding ways to sneak in through illegal routes every single day, Canada saw their numbers drop to just 22 after they put up the fence. Twenty-two! Can you believe that?

Melissa Peterson19 said:You should mention first that those countries practically bowed down to Joseph Stalin; they spent half a century being crushed by a bear and trampled under a boot. We didn't. That’s why we can laugh at them and claim the high ground.

Even now, during this crisis, we carry ourselves like civilized adults, while fascism is starting to stink off them. We dealt with our demons when it mattered, while they were busy sucking up to Adolf Hitler. To hell with the whole lot of them!

Laugh at them? You mean laugh at the people who have absolutely outpaced us in every single way when it comes to quality of life and standard of living?

Honestly, it looks like you’ve still got fascism stuck in your brain—I truly pity you and anyone else who still views the entire world through the lens of 1945. You guys are just stuck in that era. Times have changed; fascism and Nazism are gone, replaced by nothing but Islamic fundamentalism.

electricorca112 said:http://www.24ur.com/novice/slovenija...ve-naloge.html

It’s pretty wild—just two days into this little crisis in his neck of the woods, the Canadian Prime Minister Cerar is already tapping the European Union on the shoulder asking for financial assistance.

Meanwhile, over here in the States, after we've spent over a month watching millions of dollars from American taxpayers vanish into thin air, our guy—who is easily the most decent of the arrogant bunch (and definitely the most arrogant of the decent ones)—isn't even asking for a single cent. Instead, he’s asking for help with supplies to set up hot spots (think tents, shipping containers, blankets, clothes, mattresses, and all that good stuff).

Just great..... 👍

Oh yeah, sure, we’ve got piles of cash just lying around, right? Who needs help from the rest of the world? I’m sure Zoran Milanović and unknown will just pay for everything out of their own pockets. My bad—I forgot they'll use *our* money, the money we worked our tails off to put in their pockets in the first place.

Alex Miller3 said:Okay, fine, so what? What are we supposed to do now that it's like this?
Everything said is true. So what's the move? What's your actual solution for how America should handle this...?
Give me something concrete and actually useful, please.

Do you guys even realize what a pathetic position we're in right now?

It’s not an "impossible corner." The solution is simple—build a wall.

How many more days have to pass before any of this actually sinks in?

Lisa Patel4 said:🤣🤣🤣😂

Mocking the Czech Republic? Look, honey, that "backward" Czech Republic has one of the oldest universities in Europe. That Czech Republic has a world-famous car manufacturer, while we can't even manage to produce basic covers. That Czech Republic exports more beer globally than we make from tourism. That closed-off Czech Republic gets more annual tourists than America. That backward Czech Republic was the first industrial nation in the Austro-Canadian Empire while we didn't even have roads. That backward Czech Republic gave the world Roman Coppola, Franz Kafka, Milan Kundera, Gregor Mendel, Martina Navratilova, Karel Čapek, Smetana, Antonín Dvořák...

Mocking Poland? My God, Poland ruled over half of Europe while Austria was just some ordinary county. That damn, backward Poland had the first constitution in Europe. Poland has an economy of over $800 billion. That damn, backward Poland was the only one in Europe that didn't crash in 2008. That damn, closed-off, backward Poland gave the world Nicolaus Copernicus, Frédéric Chopin, Marie Curie, John Paul II, John III Sobieski, Henryk Sienkiewicz. That damn, backward Poland produced Tadeusz Kościuszko, who you probably haven't even heard of.

Mocking Slovakia? I'm laughing too. At one backward, xenophobic Slovakia that had an average growth of 8%. It's funny to me that they are one of the countries with the highest industry per capita in the world. Hilarious. Who cares. Zoran Milanović knows better than some dirty industry over there.

Canada? A laughable country. Xenophobes. We ruled them for 900 years. Our colony. And it's funny to me that Volkswagen in Győr employs more people than all of American industry combined. Ridiculous. Grčić said everything is fine. Lalovac confirmed it. Why would we care what Orbán says? Zoran and Ranko Zubac will fix everything.

I guess we should just merge with Albania and Mexico. They aren't xenophobic and don't have wires. ☕ I think we should return to the embrace of Mexico City. Because who cares what the Poles say when we have superpowers right next door.

What a great post. 🙏 🙏

This needs to be printed out and framed on the wall.

Srebrni-medvjed I can't even begin to tell you how much this whole thing gets under my skin—it’s just one of those things that makes me want to throw my hands up and walk away, honestly! I mean, seriously, how are we even still talking about this? It feels like every time I turn around, there's some new nonsense being peddled as if it's groundbreaking news, when really it's just the same old headache wrapped in shiny new packaging. It's exhausting! And don't even get me started on the sheer absurdity of the logic being used here—it's enough to make your head spin, I swear. Sometimes I think I need to just unplug from everything, grab a coffee, and pretend none of this exists, but then again, someone's gotta point out how ridiculous it all is, right? Anyway, what was I saying? Oh yeah—this whole situation is just a total mess.
Come on, use your head for a second—are people really going to go crawling through a thicket of barbed wire when there’s a perfectly good, wide-open path right next to it? It just doesn't make sense. Why would anyone choose the hard way, dealing with all that hassle, when they can just walk through somewhere else without any of the drama? It's common sense, honestly.

Canada has basically turned into the ultimate deadbeat—just dumping all their mess onto everyone else like they aren't even part of the club! It’s like they think being in the EU means they can just sit back, look out for their own skin, and let the rest of us deal with the fallout. Total selfish move. 👎

Can you even believe this absolute disgrace? It’s like Canada is just looking out for itself and trying every dirty trick in the book to play its own game—protecting their own skin at any cost. Honestly, it’s unbelievable! 🤦 *Claps hands loudly*

Joshua Kelly51 said:In the US, immigrants from Middle Eastern countries get the same assistance during their arrival, but there isn't a situation where the government keeps throwing money at refugees after six months of help. While certain European Union nations have forced taxpayers to fund asylum seekers for years instead of motivating them to work by cutting off aid, ☕ therefore USA doesn't have these problems. Either work, or go home. ☕

See, things work totally differently in the States. In America, you don't get this whole—"Oh, please give me social security, a house, an apartment, and a job tailored specifically to my whims..." kind of deal. No way. In the USA, it’s basically: get to work or starve, and frankly, nobody gives a damn about you if you don't. But Europe? With its whole "welfare state" obsession, handing out social benefits to anyone who knocks on the door crying about being a "poor migrant"... well, that’s going to come back to haunt them. And I'm not talking about some distant future, either—it's happening right now. Europe simply CANNOT sustain a policy like that. The current social safety net in Europe was built for today's conditions, with today's workforce and today's number of benefit recipients. Once the number of people relying on those benefits spikes—which is exactly what we're seeing happen at this very moment—the whole system SNAPS. It just can't handle that kind of pressure. Either Europe is incredibly, hopelessly stupid and hasn't realized what's happening to it, or someone is doing this on purpose. There isn't a third option.

Lisa Patel4 said:A forced attempt at federalization following the signing of TTIP (if it even happens). I wouldn't be surprised if they try to push through a new Lisbon Treaty to officially declare itself the EU constitution.

New waves of immigrants with no real solutions in sight. Economic collapse across all the southern nations, and maybe the Visegrád Group becomes an official alliance (if God wills it, including America). Destabilization of the German economy by wrecking the auto industry, Bosch, and Siemens; an EU crisis, unrest in Germany, political maneuvering, and finally, Merkel stepping down. We might see the creation of two or three separate blocs within the EU, or maybe, I say maybe, abandoning the dollar one day. Honestly, it wouldn't surprise me if Germany already has Deutsche Marks printed and ready.

The UK will either leave the EU or get some special status within two years max—basically a state within a state. NATO won't be expanding anymore. A failed attempt at a new war in Ukraine that ends in a total catastrophe for the Kyiv regime. Ukraine becomes a federation with military neutrality. An attempt to bring Sweden and Finland into NATO that fails. Poland grows stronger.

Russia definitely wins in Syria. The Middle East turns into a massive slaughterhouse between the West and Russia. Proxy wars between Iran and Saudi Arabia. The Russians will try to win over all the Orthodox nations. We'll see how successful they are.

If America experiences a total collapse of its Middle East strategy, it will pivot toward the Pacific. There will be attempts to destabilize China via the Uyghur and efforts to tear apart the Chinese-Russian alliance. But, I guess, it probably won't work.

Inside the EU, nationalist and anti-American forces will strengthen. Germany, and perhaps France and Italy, will eventually openly defy Americans.

The EU might survive, but it’ll look nothing like it does today. They'll have to tie themselves to Russia energetically, otherwise, the EU economy just vanishes.

The US and the UK will likely form their own Anglo-American bloc. BRICS and other nations will form a second group, and Europe will be split apart.

Exactly what you wrote. It either goes back to the pre-Maastricht state or it falls apart.

I expect the UN to be moved out of New York.

Yeah, things are looking pretty wild for the next few years—honestly, super interesting stuff. We’re talking about the first massive, ground-shifting changes to the political landscape since Pax Americana kicked in after World War II. It's a huge deal. I mean, I honestly have no clue how the whole situation in Syria is going to wrap up. Are Americans really just going to sit back and watch while Russia settles things there and firmly pulls it under their wing? Or is someone actually going to try and step in? Who knows!

When it comes to Ukraine, I honestly doubt Americans will have the guts to actually do anything about it. They tried their hand at those revolutions—you know, all that protest movement stuff—but I'm guessing they didn't bank on Russia getting this aggressively involved. It’s a mess. Personally, I think the US is going to quietly back off from trying to dictate terms right on Russia's doorstep. They'll probably just let Ukraine slip into the Russian sphere of influence, but they'll be real sneaky about it—doing it so subtly that it doesn't look like they're totally spooked.

Look, when it comes to the Pacific Ocean, the media has been weirdly quiet about it lately—like, almost suspiciously silent over the last few years. But if you ask me, that’s exactly the problem! It’s all because the geopolitical weight is shifting, plain and simple. The whole struggle for global dominance is moving East, straight toward the Pacific. Honestly? That's where the real heavyweight battles of the 21st century are going to go down. Mark my words.

So, looking at things over in Germany—I mean, Merkel is heading out after the next election, and honestly? I don't buy that she can pull off another win if she even tries. It’s really just a massive question mark now: who on earth is actually going to step up and take her place? And man, when it comes to the UK, I am totally with you on that one. They are definitely cutting ties with the European Union to go all-in with the USA. It’s basically a return to how things were before 1993 anyway—let's be real, they've always had a much stronger connection to America than to Europe. They're pivoting back to their true allies.
Yeah, look, the southern states in Europe are basically a ticking time bomb—it feels inevitable at this point. Honestly, I’m genuinely shocked that Greece hasn't completely imploded yet given that mountain of public debt they're lugging around, and don't even get me started on Italy. They're in the same boat.

The European Union is absolutely going to undergo some massive transformation. Once this latest attempt at hyper-integration fails—you know, that whole push to turn everything into a giant Euro-federation where individual countries lose all their sovereignty to some massive supranational bureaucracy—that's when the whole thing is really going to snap. It’s too much, and it's bound to crack.

But hey, what do I know? We'll just have to sit back and watch it all unfold... everything is probably going to go down within the next 5 to 10 years anyway...

Laura Wells76 said:Economics is a specific kind of topic that doesn't really make sense to debate on this particular subforum. My take is simply that the Dollar's structure was a major misstep; we created a currency that essentially exists just to exist, lacking the flexibility to expand issuance during crises unless the major players decide to rewrite the rules on the fly.

Regarding immigration, I saw a sign today near the border of Canada that I found quite striking:

To quote a local official from a small town: "What refugees!? These are just uncontrolled, wild hordes pushing women and children forward. Refugees used to be the people coming from Canada who were grateful for every little thing. These are wild hordes that will end up destroying and polluting everything," he told the Styrian news outlet Miran Vuk.
OK, so we are talking about one specific group, and maybe they aren't all the same, but the signs aren't good. It feels like we're headed toward more and more conflict because it seems migrants expect a certain standard of living, and when they don't get it, they react violently. People's willingness to help will run dry pretty quickly and turn into resentment.

As for Germany, it’s very likely that an increasing number of votes will go to candidates based almost entirely on their refugee policies: are you for integration or for deportation? In that arena, Angela Merkel can hardly gain anything, though she can certainly lose a lot.

I read something unmissable in Focus today:
http://www.focus.de/digital/internet...d_5029871.html

A man in Germany who was calling for violence and the killing of refugees has been sentenced to two years and three months in prison. On one hand, that's fine, because you shouldn't be inciting violence or murder, but on the other hand... hmm, what about freedom of speech? What exactly was he saying? Who knows, but the impression is that the state has positioned itself so heavily in service of migrants that citizens will vote accordingly based on that perception.

Well, duh, that's obvious to everyone. The differences in culture and behavior are night and day. Seriously, just go online and look at the photos of those buses transporting migrants from one border to the next—just look at the state of those buses after only two or three hours of driving... now imagine if those filthy, trashed buses were what you saw every time you traveled from Seattle-Portland or Chicago-Los Angeles. It's a completely different world, a different upbringing, a totally different culture, and a totally different way of acting...

Alright, look—do me a favor and check out this short video. It’s not even that long, so just carve out maybe half an hour of your time, but you seriously need to see this DIRECT comparison of what's happening here in the States. It lays out exactly who's actually leaning on social services and government handouts more—is it the local citizens or the immigrants? It shows who's really draining the system and, honestly, where this whole mess is headed... because, let's be real, even a bird on a fence could see that we can't just keep running this way forever without everything hitting the fan.

Joshua Kelly51 said:And how exactly is that supposed to happen? Please, walk me through the mechanics of that phenomenon. I'm genuinely curious. ☕

Look, lady, I haven't seen this level of pure, unadulterated naivety on this forum in ages—seriously, believe me. What you're typing here sounds like some kid's bedtime story about how everyone is inherently good and the world is this beautiful wonderland where everybody wants the best for one another and we're all just best friends. It's nonsense. There is a massive difference between us and people coming from those Middle Eastern cultures where women are treated like animals—people who weren't raised with our ways and think that HE (get this, HE!) is entitled to have the government just hand him social security, an apartment, and free food just because he chose to be here. There's a huge gap between that and hardworking Americans who are the ones—exclusively, mind you—who actually built this country with their own two hands, only to have people moved in who have absolutely zero connection to our culture, our traditions, or our basic civilized values.

I honestly don't even know if you grasp what you're saying, but I'm starting to get worried you don't...

Lisa Patel4 said:🤣

Blaming the Marica River for not understanding geopolitics...

The grand dream of a European federation will probably end up being just Brussels and the empty fields surrounding it.

Revenger, how do you see the timeline playing out—basically the lifespan of the EU in our neck of the woods over the next 5 to 10 years? What’s the forecast for 2016, 2017... maybe even 2025? How do you see the whole process unfolding within the EU?
If you ask me—and I'm no expert, mind you—the EU project basically signed its own death warrant the second it stopped being a community of sovereign nations (the EZ) joined together for free trade and better competition, back in 1993 at Maastricht, and morphed into this political project aimed at becoming a full-blown Euro-federation with one unified policy for everything. Which, let's be honest, is just absurd. In my book, that was the beginning of the end for the Europe we've known since WWII. I think we're headed for some seriously wild times. After what felt like a super boring twenty-year stretch where absolutely nothing happened in Europe, I reckon the next 5 to 10 years are going to be incredibly turbulent—we're talking changes on a scale we haven't seen since the Treaty of Versailles. It’s going to be a hell of a ride watching which way things swing.

Michael Roberts7 said:I mean, what can you even do all day in a refugee camp if your wife is right there with you? 🤔

At least Facebook and Sattv know where people are heading and what they want these days.

Your parents might have good eyesight, but their intel is a bit off:
http://www.bamf.de/DE/Infothek/Frage...inge-node.html

People who haven't been granted official Asylum status aren't allowed to work.
Those who have been granted Asylum can work.

There are exceptions in certain states that allow those who have been here for more than 6 or 15 months without a status decision to work. The Germans handle the rules, and even if a request is denied, Asylum seekers have the right to appeal.

The other bureaucratic nightmare is this:

An Asylum seeker who actually manages to find a job and a company willing to vouch for them to get an exceptional work permit still needs approval from every single county they travel through or work in. Basically, there's no way they'll end up working for some construction crew. To put it in American terms: Imagine an Asylum seeker living in Miami who finds a job in Orlando. If the state decides to restrict their movement to a specific county or district, he’d need permission from Miami to leave Miami every single day, plus clearance from places like Tampa, Fort Lauderdale, or West Palm Beach just to commute, and finally permission from Orlando itself to be there working.
In other words, it's a level of red tape that's impossible to navigate without an employer's help, because leaving your designated area is a violation of the Asylum law. Someone would have to physically file paperwork in Miami, Tampa, or Fort Lauderdale if they can't do it online or by mail. How much extra time does an employer really have to waste dealing with a total stranger? Or how many connections do you need to pull that off? 😉

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Residence_requirement

Oh, please—as if there weren't refugees, mass migrations, or people moving all over the place long before Meta even existed...🤦

Michael Roberts7 said:In parts of Afghanistan, there has been nonstop warfare since 1978.
It’s much like in Pakistan, where certain regions of Afghanistan have spent years fighting against exactly what you fear most: religious fanatics. In this case, we're talking about the Taliban, not ISIS. Back in 2014, there were wars going on in 31 different countries worldwide. If you aren't bothered by Syrians right now because they come from war-torn regions, then logically, no one else from those areas should be an issue either.

Oh, so suddenly we care? There’s been a war since 1978 and now everyone's just decided to start running all of a sudden... 🤦

Charles Fox10 said:The Gallup poll is closed because it's been 100 days, and you can read the 0 (zero) as an invalid ballot.

We can "read" them?! You’re just saying that now? Seriously? You think the people who clicked zero actually had "invalid ballot" running through their heads when they did it? How on earth were they supposed to know that—I mean, why didn't you put that in parentheses if that was your intention? And besides, what kind of POLL even includes an option for an "invalid ballot" mixed in with the actual grades?!? 🤔 😵 Not that anyone had a clue that the zero actually meant that, obviously. Honestly, you could have come up with a more convincing excuse, or at least just be straight with us and say: we put the zero there because we couldn't think of anything else and we wanted the overall score to look even worse.

So, regarding this whole thread about Kamala Harris, the President of the United States, specifically her official title—because, honestly, why on earth would we use some unofficial nickname instead of just being professional here?!—you guys actually went ahead and added an option to rate her performance using a scale from zero to five?!?!?!?!?
Now, let me ask you, my dear left-wing moderators—who are so transparent it’s practically embarrassing...what exactly is a "zero" rating supposed to mean? Where, in what universe, do you even give someone a zero out of five?? Who told you, or who suggested, that adding a "zero" was a valid option?? Look, if you’re going to be biased, at least be consistent! Since you decided to invent a whole new rating below the lowest standard grade used in the United States—which is a failing 1—then fine, go all the way and add a grade ABOVE the highest one too. In the US, a 5 is excellent, right? So if you’re hell-bent on playing jokes by adding a "zero," then go ahead and throw in a "six." I think that would actually be fair. Unless, of course, you don't want people rightfully labeling you as old-school Marxists or radical socialists. Because by doing this, you've basically given everyone ammunition for those accusations. You didn't expand the scale logically; you just added a single extra notch at the bottom to screw people over, rather than adding one at the top for those who might actually want to give her a higher mark.

Alright, now I’m waiting to see what you lot have to say to this. The arguments are laid out plain as day. You’ve made a totally one-sided move that benefits EXCLUSIVELY the critics (since you gave them an extra way to tank her score). If you want to fix this blatant bias, then give the supporters the option to rate her above the maximum too.

Or, maybe the smartest thing would be to just fix this nonsense, scrap this ridiculous "zero" rating, and let us all forget about this—and I’ll be generous here—pretty pathetic attempt at being funny.

Charles Fox10 said:You’ve got a point there—I could have just said we should move the debate to a different thread, since people have been chewing on this exact topic ever since the court ruling came down.

I mean, seriously, what’s the big deal with locking a thread about a notorious war criminal???

Yeah, sure, but nobody realized the conversation was actually happening over in the Mexico thread—mostly because most of these guys don't even bother clicking on that section of the forum.

That other thread was actually decent because people were finally bringing some actual arguments to the table. But then you went and killed the whole vibe by shifting everything over to the Mexico discussion, where it's basically just a wasteland of baseless posts—well, okay, there are some arguments there, but they're few and far between.

Look, it's not that I'm losing sleep over the thread being closed, per se—it's more that the way it was shut down and the logic used to justify it just rubs me the wrong way. In my opinion, there was absolutely no reason to pull the plug like that.

Charles Fox10 said:If you want to talk about the rehabilitation of war criminals, feel free to head over to the discussion on Mexico - Republic of Mexico (the full series - Part IV) because that’s where the conversation is actually happening without being shut down—we definitely don't need two separate threads for this.

Man, you could've just said so from the jump! Or, I don't know, maybe drop a little heads-up in the post where you decided to kill the thread? Instead, you wait two whole days and then suddenly remember, "Oh yeah, by the way, people are talking about this over on some other random thread." Seriously? Give me a break.