Thanks, Bari. Enjoy your work and congratulations for having the courage to turn your back on the establishment media and beat them at their game.
If this humble subscriber could offer a suggestion for a topic—China.
China has numerous challanges facing it future—-population decline, an exploded real estate situation worse than 2008, gh…
Thanks, Bari. Enjoy your work and congratulations for having the courage to turn your back on the establishment media and beat them at their game.
If this humble subscriber could offer a suggestion for a topic—China.
China has numerous challanges facing it future—-population decline, an exploded real estate situation worse than 2008, ghost cities, runs on banks, drought, trillions in debt… yet all we hear is Xi is the next Mao and China is going to take over the world. Can both be true?
I am also very interested in all of these topics. My brother and I are always digging around everywhere for the real story about what is really going on in the lives of regular Chinese citizens amidst the serious demographic and economic challenges. I have come to believe that things are falling apart inside China far more than mainstream media reports. Check out the YouTube channel called “ADV China”. Very interesting videos produced by two men who lived in China for about 15 years and both married Chinese women while living there. One of them is American, the other is South African. From what they have seen and experienced they sure don’t believe China is “taking over the world “. The types dis function they report on is so alarming . To my understanding both men, including their wives and children, had to leave China because they were being threatened by the CCP.
Your concern about China is valid. I'm reluctantly going to use a Biblical term. China along with other dictatorships in this world is evil. I have said this quote before, "In order for evil to triumph is for good men to do nothing." That quote was valid when nobody except Churchill stood up against Hitler and it is valid now.
Where is the outrage from the woke, PC morons when it comes to China? They should be boiling into the streets demanding we stop trading with them. But they won't because they will only attack the US as an evil police state and never criticize China. Remember when people called Covid the Wuhan virus? The PC and woke idiots said that was racist.
The left never praises the US for being a bastion of liberty and they will never condemn the evil other nations do.
The Left never seems willing to react to China's "sins" they way they do when any Western country (particularly the U.S.) does things that are mild in comparison.
Our minimum wage--says the Left--is not a "living wage," but crickets on slave wages in horrifying conditions in China. We should buy Nike shoes and Apple phones because those companies support Woke issues--says the Left--even though they are among the worst offenders.
Islamophobia--says the Left--is evil, but crickets on Uighurs in prison camps. When four Muslim men in Albuquerque are murdered, the killer--says the Left--MUST be a White Supremacist, but crickets when it turns out that the murderer is a Muslim carrying out the same violence between different sects of Islam that has been going on for the last 1400 years.
Asians are white adjacent--says the Left--so we need to punish their excellence by making it harder for them to get into college, but when Asians are the victims of hate crimes, that's clearly due to White Supremacists, but crickets when it turns that most attacks on Asians are committed by blacks.
Comparing anything to the Holocaust--says the Left--is evil, but loud cheers when fellow Leftists call Trump (and now DeSantis) "literally Hitler." Saying bad things about Soros--says the Left--is antisemitic, but crickets when Democratic members of Congress say ACTUAL antisemitic things, and loud cheers when someone says bad things about Israel.
I have said this before. The left says the US is a police state shit hole and then the left riots and burns cities. If it is such a totalitarian quagmire, why do thousands of people risk their lives to enter illegally? The left called Tea Party members NAZIs but the Tea Party people never turned over cars and burnt down anything. Yet the left never said a word about BLM and ANTIA burning down our cities. A NY Democrat congressman denied it was happening.
What happened on Jan. 6 was wrong but it didn't hold a candle to what the left wing rioters did to the cities run by Democrats.
The obsequious swine in the press never once asked any Democrat why they never once spoke out against these riots but cried to the high heavens about Jan. 6. To say the behavior by the Democrats wailing about Jan. 6 and silent about the riots disgusts me is an understatement.
Well, in the 24 hour news cycle, because people are addicted to social media, the time for that seems to be long past, right?
Mebbe if the Rs gain control, which no longer seems a sure thing, they could investigate why governments, in certain areas, *chose* not to enforce the law, and what the consequences of that have been. Mebbe going as far back as Ferguson, IMO.
I would love to see the Rs gain at least one house of congress and call the mayors of the failed cities, put them under oath and ask why they did to protect their citizens or their cities.
That'd be nice. And there's no reason that *wouldn't* happen except, IMO, Rs are more excited about Trump candidates being nominated than R candidates winning the election. AFAICT (As Far As I Can Tell).
Lonesome and Celia - I copied this thread into a worksheet. This list of contrasting, contradicting positions if expanded upon would make a great essay - would it not?
It is our main adversary but remains opaque to most Americans. It’s closed society will make it a challenge to get real reporting but it needs to be done.
Thanks, Bari. Enjoy your work and congratulations for having the courage to turn your back on the establishment media and beat them at their game.
If this humble subscriber could offer a suggestion for a topic—China.
China has numerous challanges facing it future—-population decline, an exploded real estate situation worse than 2008, ghost cities, runs on banks, drought, trillions in debt… yet all we hear is Xi is the next Mao and China is going to take over the world. Can both be true?
Thanks and will stay tuned.
I am also very interested in all of these topics. My brother and I are always digging around everywhere for the real story about what is really going on in the lives of regular Chinese citizens amidst the serious demographic and economic challenges. I have come to believe that things are falling apart inside China far more than mainstream media reports. Check out the YouTube channel called “ADV China”. Very interesting videos produced by two men who lived in China for about 15 years and both married Chinese women while living there. One of them is American, the other is South African. From what they have seen and experienced they sure don’t believe China is “taking over the world “. The types dis function they report on is so alarming . To my understanding both men, including their wives and children, had to leave China because they were being threatened by the CCP.
Your concern about China is valid. I'm reluctantly going to use a Biblical term. China along with other dictatorships in this world is evil. I have said this quote before, "In order for evil to triumph is for good men to do nothing." That quote was valid when nobody except Churchill stood up against Hitler and it is valid now.
Where is the outrage from the woke, PC morons when it comes to China? They should be boiling into the streets demanding we stop trading with them. But they won't because they will only attack the US as an evil police state and never criticize China. Remember when people called Covid the Wuhan virus? The PC and woke idiots said that was racist.
The left never praises the US for being a bastion of liberty and they will never condemn the evil other nations do.
The Left never seems willing to react to China's "sins" they way they do when any Western country (particularly the U.S.) does things that are mild in comparison.
Our minimum wage--says the Left--is not a "living wage," but crickets on slave wages in horrifying conditions in China. We should buy Nike shoes and Apple phones because those companies support Woke issues--says the Left--even though they are among the worst offenders.
Islamophobia--says the Left--is evil, but crickets on Uighurs in prison camps. When four Muslim men in Albuquerque are murdered, the killer--says the Left--MUST be a White Supremacist, but crickets when it turns out that the murderer is a Muslim carrying out the same violence between different sects of Islam that has been going on for the last 1400 years.
Asians are white adjacent--says the Left--so we need to punish their excellence by making it harder for them to get into college, but when Asians are the victims of hate crimes, that's clearly due to White Supremacists, but crickets when it turns that most attacks on Asians are committed by blacks.
Comparing anything to the Holocaust--says the Left--is evil, but loud cheers when fellow Leftists call Trump (and now DeSantis) "literally Hitler." Saying bad things about Soros--says the Left--is antisemitic, but crickets when Democratic members of Congress say ACTUAL antisemitic things, and loud cheers when someone says bad things about Israel.
Exactly! Nailed it on all points. But try gently mentioning this to any Democrat.
Yellow Dog Democrats are like True Blue Republicans. They don't want to hear opposing ideas and will curse you if you persist and try to debate them.
I have said this before. The left says the US is a police state shit hole and then the left riots and burns cities. If it is such a totalitarian quagmire, why do thousands of people risk their lives to enter illegally? The left called Tea Party members NAZIs but the Tea Party people never turned over cars and burnt down anything. Yet the left never said a word about BLM and ANTIA burning down our cities. A NY Democrat congressman denied it was happening.
What happened on Jan. 6 was wrong but it didn't hold a candle to what the left wing rioters did to the cities run by Democrats.
The obsequious swine in the press never once asked any Democrat why they never once spoke out against these riots but cried to the high heavens about Jan. 6. To say the behavior by the Democrats wailing about Jan. 6 and silent about the riots disgusts me is an understatement.
"What happened on Jan. 6 was wrong but it didn't hold a candle to what the left wing rioters did to the cities run by Democrats."
This is where a lotta Centrists would disagree. The D's cities paid, right? They paid for not enforcing the laws like they should-a.
The whole *country* paid for Trump's actions (and inactions), right?
You're right but where is the Democrat outrage for the burning cities? Where are the congressional committees investigating these riots?
Well, in the 24 hour news cycle, because people are addicted to social media, the time for that seems to be long past, right?
Mebbe if the Rs gain control, which no longer seems a sure thing, they could investigate why governments, in certain areas, *chose* not to enforce the law, and what the consequences of that have been. Mebbe going as far back as Ferguson, IMO.
I would love to see the Rs gain at least one house of congress and call the mayors of the failed cities, put them under oath and ask why they did to protect their citizens or their cities.
That'd be nice. And there's no reason that *wouldn't* happen except, IMO, Rs are more excited about Trump candidates being nominated than R candidates winning the election. AFAICT (As Far As I Can Tell).
The RNC is populated by a bunch of idiots.
The DNC is no better and, in fact, may be worse. Both parties, AFAICT, are in a contest to see who can be the most stupid. IMO.
But what I'm referring to is the MAGA crowd, who I've claimed are the real RINOs because of this attitude I "spoke" of above.
Lonesome and Celia - I copied this thread into a worksheet. This list of contrasting, contradicting positions if expanded upon would make a great essay - would it not?
It would indeed!
I think so. Celia is one of the more erudite posters on this BBS.
Thank you. *blushes*
Spot on, polecat.
The woke PC morons secretly admire and envy China’s totalitarianism. They are useful idiots.
Agreed - China is a very worthy topic.
It is our main adversary but remains opaque to most Americans. It’s closed society will make it a challenge to get real reporting but it needs to be done.