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FishbellykanakaDude
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John wrote:** 25-Apr-2019 Joe Biden and Pennsylvania Polka

Joe Biden, born in 1942 in Scranton PA, announced his run for
president today.

The following is my recommendation for his theme song:

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p3Qnlu9Nfj8

"The Pennsylvania Polka" by Lester Lee and Zeke Manners,
published in 1942

Strike up the music the band has begun
The Pennsylvania Polka
Pick out your partner and join in the fun
The Pennsylvania Polka
It started in Scranton. It's now number one
It's bound to entertain ya
Everybody has a mania to do the polka from Pennsylvania

While they're dancing
Everybody's cares are quickly gone
Sweet romancing
This goes on and on until the dawn.
They're so carefree
Gay with laughter, happy as can be
They stop to have a beer
Then the crowd begins to cheer
They kiss and then they start to dance again
.
Bloody hilarious!

"They stop to have a beer, then the crowd begins to cheer, they KISS and then ALL HELL breaks loose again...!!"
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FishbellykanakaDude
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Tom Mazanec wrote:I was once talking to a late friend of mine, Ed Langley, who was very much like John in his analysis of geopolitics. He was telling me about a Buddhist atrocity and I said I thought Buddhists would not kill a fly. He replied they don't kill flies, just people.
And radishes! They REALLY have a problem with radishes, for some reason...

..not that I'm any more fond of radishes myself,.. but... ... RADISHES!?

Refugee

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THE END OF AMERICA

Look at who is running for office. We are done. I need to start building a sail boat, too. I'm sailing to Byzantium...

zzazz

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THE END OF AMERICA

Look at who is running for office. We are done. I need to start building a sail boat, too. I'm sailing to Byzantium...
America was set on an irrevocable path to destruction when the supreme court stepped in and awarded the presidency to the losing candidate. A lot of bad actors (aka republicans) took notice that it had become possible for their side to flout the law. We've been riding the tiger ever since.

Guest

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zzazz wrote:
THE END OF AMERICA

Look at who is running for office. We are done. I need to start building a sail boat, too. I'm sailing to Byzantium...
America was set on an irrevocable path to destruction when the supreme court stepped in and awarded the presidency to the losing candidate. A lot of bad actors (aka republicans) took notice that it had become possible for their side to flout the law. We've been riding the tiger ever since.
America was on the path to destruction when the Immigration Act of 1965 was passed.

Previous immigration laws were set up to keep America protected from the third world.

Had the Immigration Act of 1965 not passed, the U.S. today would look like something out of a science fiction novel. We might have cities on the moon today.

Now that the flood gates have been opened to the third world, the U.S. is on a reversion to the mean of human civilizations. Around 2050 the standard of living will be closer to that of the countries these immigrants came from.

Guest

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Guest wrote:
zzazz wrote:
THE END OF AMERICA

Look at who is running for office. We are done. I need to start building a sail boat, too. I'm sailing to Byzantium...
America was set on an irrevocable path to destruction when the supreme court stepped in and awarded the presidency to the losing candidate. A lot of bad actors (aka republicans) took notice that it had become possible for their side to flout the law. We've been riding the tiger ever since.
America was on the path to destruction when the Immigration Act of 1965 was passed.

Previous immigration laws were set up to keep America protected from the third world.

Had the Immigration Act of 1965 not passed, the U.S. today would look like something out of a science fiction novel. We might have cities on the moon today.

Now that the flood gates have been opened to the third world, the U.S. is on a reversion to the mean of human civilizations. Around 2050 the standard of living will be closer to that of the countries these immigrants came from.
Not 2050. Try 2022.

mps92
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I think immigration is too high, but the only reason why it's a major problem is because of the welfare state.

High immigration and the welfare state are incompatible. It cannot work. Either of them alone can be implemented with varying success, but the combination of the two destroys the economy.

The good news is, if we roll back the welfare state, immigration won't be as much of a problem even if it stays at its current level.

Gen Z is more conservative than the Millennials. It's not over yet!

Elderbush
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John wrote:** 25-Apr-2019 Joe Biden and Pennsylvania Polka

Joe Biden, born in 1942 in Scranton PA, announced his run for
president today.

The following is my recommendation for his theme song:



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p3Qnlu9Nfj8

"The Pennsylvania Polka" by Lester Lee and Zeke Manners,
published in 1942

Strike up the music the band has begun
The Pennsylvania Polka
Pick out your partner and join in the fun
The Pennsylvania Polka
It started in Scranton. It's now number one
It's bound to entertain ya
Everybody has a mania to do the polka from Pennsylvania

While they're dancing
Everybody's cares are quickly gone
Sweet romancing
This goes on and on until the dawn.
They're so carefree
Gay with laughter, happy as can be
They stop to have a beer
Then the crowd begins to cheer
They kiss and then they start to dance again.

Wunnerful, wunnerful

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** 26-Apr-2019 World View: China's Xi Jinping defends Belt and Road Initiative (BRI)

Speaking at at a forum for China's Belt and Road Initiative (BRI),
China's president Xi Jinping made promises in an attempt to respond
to many criticisms of the BRI and of China's unfair trade practices.

The BRI was launched in 2013 as the $1 trillion One Belt One Road
(OBOR), a revival of the ancient Silk Road, with numerous
infrastructure projects in dozens of countries. The projects include
seaports, airports, roads, dams, some of which are becoming Chinese
military bases.

Xi Jinping is facing a great deal of criticism for several reasons:
  • The BRI is being increasingly criticized as a tool for "debt trap
    diplomacy," bribing country leaders to accept loans that are too big
    to be repaid, and then taking ownership of the seaports or airports
    when the country defaults. I've written about this many times.
  • At the same time, China is involved in the US-China trade talks,
    where China is being criticized for illegal trading practices and
    intellectual property (IP) theft.
Xi tried to answer that in his speech Friday morning, where he made
the following announcements:
  • China will step up protecting the legitimate rights and interests
    of foreign owners of intelketual property rights, and prohibit the
    forced transfer of technology and will create a business environment
    in which the value of knowledge is respected.
  • China will allow foreign investors to operate businesses in more
    sectors with controlling or full stake and China will roll out a new
    batch of pilot free trade zones
  • China will support 5,000 people from innovation sector in Belt and
    Rood countries in conducting exchanges, training programs and joint
    researches in the nest five years.
  • The open, green and clean approaches should be adhered to and the
    BRI is not about creating exclusive circles
  • A total of 40000 representatives of political parties, think tank
    and non- governmental organizations from countries participating in
    the Belt and Road Initiative will be invited to China for exchanges in
    the next five years.
  • China will increase imports of goods and soviets on a larger soak
    and further lower its tariff rates. China is willing to import more
    competitive farm produces and services.
  • The Silk Road Chinese government scholarship program will be
    continued and °dairies like the International Youth Forum on
    Creativity and Heritage, and the Chinese Bridge Summer Camp will go
    on.
This all sounds nice, but he's just making a lot of empty promises.

In 2015, on the White House lawn, at a time when China was rapidly
militarizing the South China Sea, Xi Jinping told Barack Obama to his
face that China was not militarizing the South China Sea. That was a
lie at the level of Hitler's "peace in our time." If Xi can lie about
something as important than that, then he can't be trusted in any way.

So as I watched his speech, my assumption was that it was interesting,
but that he was completely full of crap. He talked about "better
financing" and "greater transparency." And there had been a big deal
about Ethiopia having some interest payments forgiven. But there were
no specifics. The contracts will all remain top secret. The whole
"debt trap" model will be continued. The Kenya contract that I wrote
about a few months ago when it was leaked was incredible. Kenya's
president Uhuru Kenyatta was apparently paid off to sign the contract,
the Chinese treat the Kenyans like shit, the contract says that in
case of default, China can take control of ANY Kenyan asset -- even
things like foreign embassies. It's incredible. And the contract
says that any disputes would be resolved by Chinese courts.

So we can safely assume that everything Xi says about BRI is nonsense.

But this speech was about more than BRI. These promises also were
clearly aimed at the US-China trade talks, and Xi very much wants
those negotiations to be settled on favorable terms for China. China
is used to making trade promises and then ignoring them.

According to Trump, the trade talks are going very well. According to
press statements by the negotiators, the trade talks are going very
well.

They're saying that the final agreement will contain tough
verification terms, and if China tries to cheat, then harsh tariffs
will be reimposed.

All I can say is that I'll believe it when I see it. The Chinese
consider Americans and everyone else in the West to be lowly
barbarians. The Chinese have proven that they will find a way to
cheat on every agreement. Whether an agreement will be reached, and
whether the US negotiators will make the agreement "cheat-proof" is
something that I'm highly skeptical about, but waiting to see.

---- Sources:

-- Xi vows open, inclusive and transparent BRI
http://www.globaltimes.cn/content/1147663.shtml
(Global Times, China)


-- China's Xi pledges to 'fight corruption' at Belt and Road summit
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2019/04/ ... 32664.html
(Al-Jazeera)

-- At China’s BRI meet, President Xi skips fresh funds pledge amid
talk of debt-trap
https://www.hindustantimes.com/world-ne ... yIlQN.html
(Hindustan Times)


---- Related:

** 15-Jan-19 World View -- Kenya's leaked BRI contract reveals shocking China debt trap details
** http://www.generationaldynamics.com/pg/ ... tm#e190115

zzazz

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The Chinese have proven that they will find a way to
cheat on every agreement. Whether an agreement will be reached, and
whether the US negotiators will make the agreement "cheat-proof" is
something that I'm highly skeptical about, but waiting to see.
And yet it is America, under Trump, that is tearing up treaties willy nilly. I can't understand why anyone would agree to a treaty with the United States under its current leadership or even bother to come to the negotiations. There is zero percent that the United States will live up to any treaty under this administration.

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