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Previous Administration / Re: Trump Administration
« on: March 28, 2019, 11:39:18 PM »
Clitoris?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CLPx8eWkEck
'Shirley Valentine' On Female Anatomy ...Movie "Shirley Valentine".

LOL

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Previous Administration / Re: Trump Administration
« on: March 28, 2019, 11:30:07 PM »
Not in America, but...relative...

http://www.msn.com/en-au/news/australia/hate-speech-makes-democracy-fragile-wong/ar-BBVmk8b?li=AAgfIYZ&OCID=AVRES000

Hate speech makes democracy fragile: Wong

Australia's democracy has become more fragile because of the normalisation of hate speech and extremist views in parliament, senior Labor figure Penny Wong says.

Senator Wong will on Friday deliver a speech in honour of being named the McKinnon Political Leader of the Year for promoting a more tolerant and inclusive Australia.
"Racism is not only unethical, it is antithetical to the values which underpin democracy," she will say in Melbourne.

Politicians from all sides must stand together against ideologies of hate and prejudice, the senator will say.

"Our weight amongst nations is greatest if we can truly reflect who we are - an inclusive, independent, multicultural nation confident of our identity and of our place in the world."


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She should explain that to her side, because those on her side have not always been 'angels'.

And in America, the speech against Trump has not always  been kind.

Coming soon to a message board near us: Dumbo!

Bambi, when we are discussing "hate speech," we are not talking about invective that is aimed at an individual for that individual's stupidity, corruption, or evilness.

So, when we attack you for having no clue or Trump for his being corrupt, this is not "hate speech."

This is as opposed to when Donald J Trump talks about not wanting blacks handling his money or refers to countries as shithole countries based on their being filled with people of color.

Not me...the bigger picture.

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Previous Administration / Re: Trump Administration
« on: March 28, 2019, 11:29:23 PM »


LOL

Then there's a simple solution, isn't there?

Yes. But you seem to still be here.

Not me...the bigger picture.

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Previous Administration / Re: Trump Administration
« on: March 28, 2019, 10:13:02 PM »
Not in America, but...relative...

http://www.msn.com/en-au/news/australia/hate-speech-makes-democracy-fragile-wong/ar-BBVmk8b?li=AAgfIYZ&OCID=AVRES000

Hate speech makes democracy fragile: Wong

Australia's democracy has become more fragile because of the normalisation of hate speech and extremist views in parliament, senior Labor figure Penny Wong says.

Senator Wong will on Friday deliver a speech in honour of being named the McKinnon Political Leader of the Year for promoting a more tolerant and inclusive Australia.
"Racism is not only unethical, it is antithetical to the values which underpin democracy," she will say in Melbourne.

Politicians from all sides must stand together against ideologies of hate and prejudice, the senator will say.

"Our weight amongst nations is greatest if we can truly reflect who we are - an inclusive, independent, multicultural nation confident of our identity and of our place in the world."


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She should explain that to her side, because those on her side have not always been 'angels'.

And in America, the speech against Trump has not always  been kind.

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Previous Administration / Re: Trump Administration
« on: March 28, 2019, 09:44:03 PM »


LOL

Then there's a simple solution, isn't there?

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Previous Administration / Re: Trump Administration
« on: March 28, 2019, 09:34:33 PM »
https://gritpost.com/trump-administration-immigrants-bridge/

Detained families being held under bridges because the detention center is full.



And this is not a crisis

It's a crisis, Kiiid.

But the crisis is not the refugees and asylum seekers, it's the way our government is mishandling the situation.

A big wall isn't going to fix this.

Still.

An impenetrable wall will fix it.

An impenetrable brain seems to keep realism and facts out.

As you keep ignoring that these people did not all cross illegally, your conclusion is logical...

so long as ignoring facts is logical.

They crossed the border uninvited/unknown...so into detention they go...whether or not seeking asylum.
Simple scenario...'national security'/'border security'/'sovereign borders'/border integrity'...they could be anyone, terrorists for example.
No degree from anywhere needed for this one.
I'm saddened about how jealous you remain of people with degrees.

Don't be, because I am certainly not jealous of people with degrees.
I love people to have degrees, proper degrees mind you, not ones where someone else did the exams for them.
Not ones they "got out a corn flakes packet."

When looking for an eye surgeon I search for ones with as many relative degrees as possible...preferably with 'first class honours'.
Same as vets.
Same as any professionals....incl nurses, accountants, anyone interacting with me.

"We're citizens or we're chattel, you don't need a degree from Harvard to figure that out"   - 'Lucy Burns' 19th Amendment movie "Iron Jawed Angels"

6 mins along  [start at 5mins 50 secs if you like]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ly4WVl7hlhs
Iron Jawed Angels  2004 2

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Previous Administration / Re: Trump Administration
« on: March 28, 2019, 09:13:58 PM »
Great recipe for a shithole country. Did you get that from your no 1 radio host?

What, having secure borders...ones with integrity...an orderly immigration system...where the rule of law prevails...is a shithole country?

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Previous Administration / Re: Trump Administration
« on: March 28, 2019, 09:09:27 PM »
We’re trying to keep out white ISIS, so extra scrutiny for Australians especially ones who get nutty about borders.

That's the majority of them.
That's why their processing of asylum-seekers is done in offshore centres on Nauru and Manus Is PNG.
Lessons were learnt previously, when processing was done onshore, where the asylum-seekers had access to the courts.

Australia [some 2018 Christmas gifts were still going to Austria by mistake]...drew a line in the sand, and said, para;

"Any asylum-seekers from now on who pay people smugglers and attempt to land in Australia by boat will never be resettled in Australia, never.
They will be detained on Manus Island and Nauru, where they will be processed by the UNHCR. Any asylum-seekers deemed to be genuine 'refugees' will be resettled in a 3rd country."
The boats stopped arriving.

US could do the same.
Haiti could do with the money.

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Previous Administration / Re: Trump Administration
« on: March 28, 2019, 07:14:36 PM »
https://gritpost.com/trump-administration-immigrants-bridge/

Detained families being held under bridges because the detention center is full.



And this is not a crisis

It's a crisis, Kiiid.

But the crisis is not the refugees and asylum seekers, it's the way our government is mishandling the situation.

A big wall isn't going to fix this.

Still.

An impenetrable wall will fix it.

An impenetrable brain seems to keep realism and facts out.

As you keep ignoring that these people did not all cross illegally, your conclusion is logical...

so long as ignoring facts is logical.

They crossed the border uninvited/unknown...so into detention they go...whether or not seeking asylum.
Simple scenario...'national security'/'border security'/'sovereign borders'/border integrity'...they could be anyone, terrorists for example.
No degree from anywhere needed for this one.

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Previous Administration / Re: Trump Administration
« on: March 28, 2019, 06:46:26 PM »
https://gritpost.com/trump-administration-immigrants-bridge/

Detained families being held under bridges because the detention center is full.



And this is not a crisis

It's a crisis, Kiiid.

But the crisis is not the refugees and asylum seekers, it's the way our government is mishandling the situation.

A big wall isn't going to fix this.

Still.

An impenetrable wall will fix it.
Your skull cannot be replicated.

You, on the other hand, seem quite happy to have no borders...with anyone and everyone just allowed to walk into America anytime they like...go anywhere they like, set up house anywhere they like and do anything they like, without censure.

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Previous Administration / Re: Trump Administration
« on: March 28, 2019, 05:06:09 PM »
https://gritpost.com/trump-administration-immigrants-bridge/

Detained families being held under bridges because the detention center is full.



And this is not a crisis

It's a crisis, Kiiid.

But the crisis is not the refugees and asylum seekers, it's the way our government is mishandling the situation.

A big wall isn't going to fix this.

Still.

An impenetrable wall will fix it.

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Previous Administration / Re: Trump Administration
« on: March 28, 2019, 04:58:33 PM »
https://gritpost.com/trump-administration-immigrants-bridge/

Detained families being held under bridges because the detention center is full.



And this is not a crisis

Trump’s gestapo is practicing on brown people before they come for you, Kiddo

This is what happens when people decide to enter a country without being invited, are undocumented, not health checked, not identified, not background checked, and not approved for resettlement.
They have to be detained...until such time as they have been investigated and approved.

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Previous Administration / Re: Trump Administration
« on: March 27, 2019, 07:56:05 PM »
Democrats could walk into office in 2020 simply by having free basic healthcare for all Americans.
...then a 64 yr old lady mrs arafura stayed with in America could go buy some arthritis gel for 10 bucks, ...and apply it to her sore hands, and feet.
Mrs arafura left the tube with her.

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Previous Administration / Re: Trump Administration
« on: March 27, 2019, 07:47:00 PM »
Trump placed tariffs on imported solar panels last year, in order to give American industry a chance to get our companies going in the area of manufacturing solar panels...

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-approves-tariffs-solar-panels/

We need to invent and manufacture top quality solar panels right here in California, and as we get going we need to send manufacturing jobs to the former coal miners, etc, we can send jobs to Kentucky, etc.

There are many ways that we can benefit from going green, along with having cleaner air and water, etc.

Salute,

Tony V.

Amen.
Top quality solar panels are needed...because some that are being imported into one non-US country from some place in Asia are said by some to not be very good quality.
Solar panels on homes only last 10 years then have to be replaced?

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Previous Administration / Re: Trump Administration
« on: March 27, 2019, 01:16:55 PM »
cont'd;

“Much of Europe is a lesson on how not to manage an energy transition, so while this advice is noted I doubt any responsible government here would consider accepting it.”
Nationals MP Michael Johnsen said European scientists did not have to have difficult conversations with families struggling to pay their high energy prices.

“If we were to completely shut off coal then it would send us broke and the damage would be far more detrimental than a property market collapse,” he said.

“These people have an ideological position and when you are representing constituents and cost of living is an issue you have to be pragmatic.
“If you make decisions on ideology you are doomed and so is your community

“Besides the fact I am sick and tired of comparisons with European countries to Australia because we are a small population on a bloody big island not a large population on a small land mass … they have no idea about the vastness of Australia and the challenges which follow.”


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Indeed.

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