The New Place

cassowary wrote: ↑

Fri Jul 20, 2018 7:41 pm

But at least Trump got his policies right except for Trade.

Other than that, Mrs. Kennedy, how did you like Dallas?

Didn't George Bush win twice: the most times one is allowed to, plus make a fair sized fortune? George Bush, the 41st president, won in 1988, then lost re-election to Bill Clinton in 1992. His son George W. Bush, the 43rd president, won twice, in 2000 and 2004. At the time I thought he was the dumb...

The US is alleged to be currently enjoying the second longest recovery in its history - 7 years. you need only to count back to realise that the beginning of that recovery and most of its course coincides with the incumbency of the last president Barrack Obama. Yet would any regular American contri...

You don't know what squeezes Putin and what doesn't, because Putin's interests lie in pleasing a handful of oiligarchs, not in the affairs of the Russian state. So yes, he does care for more than enriching himself and his rich friends. Oiligarchs want oil prices to be high. No, they want to make mo...

Besides, a lot of economic development happens while a society is in the process of become tidy enough to make Westerners feel safe and comfortable. Forget about Westerners. Probably even Chinese or Indian geeks would presently not want to run the risk of living there for any length of time. I beli...

Mr. Perfect wrote: ↑

Thu Jul 19, 2018 7:43 pm

Back to the OP, I have seen Ms Cortez do an interview and she is many years removed from prime time. Her only hope is to be able to give a good speech written by someone else.

Right now she appears to be the George Bush of leftist politics.

She doesn't need hope. In her district, she's a shoo-in.

Right now she appears to be the George Bush of leftist politics. Interesting definition. In the USA if you work to improve the lot of the underprivileged instead of in the interests of corporate big business and its overprivileged beneficiaries, you are tagged a leftist . Whereas elsewhere if you w...

Putin's interests lie in pleasing a handful of oiligarchs, not in the affairs of the Russian state. The Russian state is merely a vehicle for their enrichment and their politics are only a facade to secure their revenue. Where is the reliable data supporting this idea of yours?... Do you deny that ...

But the workers don't risk their capital. No Cass. They only risk their destinies along with the wellbeing of their dependents. When the breadwinner loses his job and sole source of income; marriages fail and families can and do break up. So what makes risk capital so damned sacrostant? Its scarcit...

:o Don't take it personally Jim. Just insinuating (with a tangential reference to how this has indirectly impacted on me) that given the shaky character of the Nigerian state, the crowd in Silicon Valley who visualise this land as a potential high tech hub are very likely indulging in fantasy. The ...