garyoldham.bsky.social
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Because the multi-national corporations that make up the S & P 500 will do very well from the USA doing very badly.
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Unfortunately under the stewardship of Fiona Bruce Question Time has become little more than an uncritical forum in which Reform get to spout their nonsense practically unchallenged.
Individuals get reviewed from time to time but, so far, no policy to cut PIP payments have been implemented
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It isn't and it hasn't
Nor would you expect it to no matter who was President. Things happen e.g the air crash today in India means Boeing's stock is well down
Over the long term, as an investor, you're going to look to where research and innovation is happening and right now that isn't the USA
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So The Times of Israel, and if you look you will find the same story in the more left leaning Haaretz are both anti-Semitic publications.
OK if that's what you choose to believe carry on, if you're that blinded by hate nothing I or anyone else can say will convince you anything different
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Fun fact: In formal debate 'Let me be clear' is a linguistic tool that allows the respondent to ignore nuance and context in a question and substitute a more black and white interpretation of causes and events.
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And trying to make it about me again.
How does that answer the fact that Benjamin Nethanyahu has consistently helped HAMAS to stay in power?
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It's a strawman - and one of the classics.
Not every person who fought for Germany in WWII was evil either, but the side they were fighting for was evil and the causes they fought to defend were evil.
Sometimes good people do bad things, especially if evil leaders dress up evil deeds as patriotism
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Now ad hominem and strawman - perhaps you would like to address the issue of how Benjamin Nethanyahu has propped up HAMAS for years as reported in Time Times of Israel.
Or do you want to try for another fallacy because you can't find a way of justifying the systematic murder of children.
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Good - it's hot in California and it's important that all those people Trump is forcing to stand in the hot sun in the really bulky and sweaty uniforms should stay hydrated.
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Go one better.
If you meet up with one off duty offer the people in the National Guard a cup of coffee and cookie. Sit and talk and tell them you understand that as soldiers they have to obey lawful orders, but they should refuse unlawful ones.
Coffee, a cookie and a word of caution - all legal.
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You make a point that was made by a Zionist author called Ze'ev Jabotinsky in his essay The Iron Wall.
The ethics of what Jabotinsky said are very open to debate but he did accurately predict the perpetual war between settler and Arab.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iron_Wa...
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Nethanyahu saw the creation of HAMAS as a way to split the secular Palestine Liberation Organisation
By funding extremist clerics who taught that all non-Muslims should be driven out he created a schism that blunted the political efforts from both Jews and Palestinians to find a peaceful settlement
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www.youtube.com/watch?v=cGZk...
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Check out the history behind the song Deportee by Woody Guthrie for the answer to that question.
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Others are doing it too.
I think that only just comes second to 'I was only following orders' as the worst possible excuse
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You are aware that Benjamin Nethanyahu has propped up Hamas for years I presume?
www.timesofisrael.com/for-years-ne...
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The State of Israel is a Zionist entity not a Jewish one.
It's founding text is Der JudenStaat not the Torah.
The Zionist political machine and the State of Israel has never, does not now, and will never speak for, act on behalf of or represent the Jewish people worldwide in any way whatsoever
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Unless she says this is all a piece of performance art designed to crowd Donald J Trump's confirmed presence at a sex party on Little St James in the US Virgin Islands where underage girls were sexually assaulted and raped she is lying.
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The corporate media endorsed reply to questions about violence from people even very closely associated with you has proven to be "I don't know anything about that."
On the very rare occassions there is any push-back just say the woman (it alway will be) asking the question is 'stupid' or 'nasty'
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I'm reminded of a t shirt I once saw that said
Be kind to your enemies,
It really f**ks with their heads
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Ozempic helps manage blood sugar levels.
In areas prone to natural disasters a med-pac is a lifesaver for personal use or quick evacuation during hurricanes/wildfires
That took 1.3 seconds to find on Google but JD Vance was unable to find it out.
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Let's not forget this entire episode has been choreographed by Trump's team because Elon Musk revealed that Donald Trump was named as a guest at Pedo Island in the Epstein Files
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Remember - This is all because Elon Musk revealed that Donald Trump was in the Epstein Files.
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Remember this is all because Elon Musk revealed that Donald Trump was in the Epstein files
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Was the Star Trek Novel in question "Yesterday's Son"?
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I thought if you attacked a Federal Officer you were a Patriot and anyone arrested for doing so was a 'hostage'.
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The left supports causes not cult leaders.
To 'The Left' Elon is a Contemptable Unpopular Noteworthy Threat
If only there were some acronyn we could apply to that.
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Yes because attacking The Capitol and trying to overthrow the democratically elected government is not an insurrection but protecting your neighbour from unlawful arrest and detention is
In MAGAworld.
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Could someone point out to the clueless senator that law enforcement involved in COVERT operations do not have the name of their agency emblazoned on their clothing.
'Donnie Brasco' would not have been as successful against the Mafia had he been wearing a shirt and hat with FBI written on it.
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I was just following orders is a poor defence with a lousy set of precedents.
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Demand ID and if they don't show it remember - ICE gear is just $30 on Temu so they could be anyone.
And if they don't won't the conservatives be so happy to see so many people using their Second Amendment Rights
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I applaud those who stood up but remember this is to distract from the fact Trump was in the Epstein Files and Elon Musk knew it but still endorse him to be President because he wanted tax breaks.
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It was the trial and execution of Charles I that inspired the French philosphers who, in turn, inspired the American revolutionaries.
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I have a Jack Russell who's like that if I leave the room for thirty seconds.
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By the standards applied by the State of Israel and conservative media in the USA Ehud Olmert has just become an anti-Semite.
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I'm not sure what to call it but there's a piece of sage advice that starts with the question
"Where is the best place to hide a tree?"
The answer is of course in a forest - not where the tree will stand out but where it will go unnoticed.
That is the rationale behind the One Big Beautiful Bill.
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That might be their instinct but a cover up on that scale would leave far too much to chance.
It has proven far easier for conservatives to simply bury news that is bad for them in an avalanche of disinformation and dystopic musings far removed from the subject at hand in their client media.
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Lindell has put all his hopes on Donald Trump making his problems go away.
He has learned to late that loyalty to Trump is a one way street.
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As much fun as it is we should draw attention to how quickly Elon Musk went from 'perfect mental health' to suffering the now notorioius Trump Derangement Syndrome.
It's almost as if what was called Sluggish schizophrenia in Soviet Russia is now called Trump Derangement Syndrome in the USA
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They won't be shocked at all.
Like everything the conservatives and their client media do it's only done to work into this news cycle. When the case is dropped for lack of evidence somewhere down the line the most it will be is a sentence on the inside pages of some local newspaper somewhere.
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The side show is fun but keep your eyes on the stage.
The 'Big Beautiful Bill' cannot be allowed to pass because it rips up the American Constitution and prevents the courts from sticking it back together.
Kill that bill, whether that means siding with Trump, Musk or MTG, that Bill cannot pass.
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Dear Media - an addendum
A warning from history.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julius_...
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There is no indication in The Bible whether Jesus was married or not.
As a Rabbi in Judea in first century Judea he almost certainly would have been but the canonical Gospels don't address the issue directly.
Best candidates for his wife are Martha and Mary Magdalene but it's all very coded.
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We now know that Musk is very confident some key evidence has been completely destroyed.
If Trump's weaponised DOJ were to successfully investigate Musk's SEC violations prior to the purchase of Twitter then Musk would get a prison term that made Bernie Madoff's look like a home detention curfew.
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This is the endgame many were predicting
It's nearly the primary season ahead of the mid-terms and the Project 25 team need their men in ahead of the MAGA faithful
When the mid-terms go badly Trump will be replaced most likely under the 25th Amendment, with Elon's boy Vance ready to become POTUS
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My father used to reply to the 'We're all going to die eventually" people with "You go first and show us how it's done."
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Or hold a funeral
The USA Born July 4 1776 - Died Jan 20 2025
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The US cannot afford tax cuts for billionaires.
The citizens of the US cannot afford the cuts to essential services it eviserates
The bill should not pass
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I'm not skeptical I'm just flat out calling her a liar.
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What should be noted here is the difference between what is said to the press and what is said to the courts.
Lying to a complicit, billionaire owned media show has no consequences under criminal law, lying to a judge will put you in prison.
Lindell isn't so crazy he doesn't know who to lie to.