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Post by Trades on Jun 10, 2024 10:11:13 GMT -5
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Post by Trades on Jun 10, 2024 10:24:09 GMT -5
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Post by RobR on Jun 10, 2024 13:10:10 GMT -5
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Post by adpz on Jun 10, 2024 13:12:39 GMT -5
Every state has a DOE -- there could hardly be a more useless Federal bureaucracy.
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Post by adpz on Jun 10, 2024 13:14:48 GMT -5
Where's Raoul Duke? We need the inside scoop ...
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Post by Trades on Jun 10, 2024 13:23:47 GMT -5
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Post by Trades on Jun 10, 2024 13:45:52 GMT -5
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Post by Trades on Jun 10, 2024 14:02:27 GMT -5
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Post by adpz on Jun 10, 2024 14:14:12 GMT -5
This is the equivalent of letting a speaking-in-tongues, snake-handling Pentecost have a speech at a Republican convention. As someone else has said online, these people are so 'open-minded' that their brains have fallen out.
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Post by RobR on Jun 10, 2024 21:56:41 GMT -5
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Post by Raoul Duke on Jun 11, 2024 2:15:03 GMT -5
Extreme right has always been hanging around, and I think a lot of people are fed up with Macron. France is a country that needs reform, and unpopular ones. Like our retirement pensions, which were drawn up ages ago and now that everyone is living longer, we recently pushed back the retirement age = Macron sucks, but he's the only politician who's had the balls to bite the bullet, while others just passed it down the line. JMO In response to the European Parliament vote, he's dissolved our equivalent of congress, which is a gamble. It's in 3 weeks. I'm guessing he's hoping for people to vote "responsibly" which is always what happens when the extreme right is in position to gain power, everyone votes basically against it but he may be going to that well too much. If it fails he'll have an extrem right Prime Minsiter and congress. Personally, I wouldn't trust the extreme right with any kind of power, just like the extreme left. They're also notoriously close to Putin/Russia which for me is a deal breaker.
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Post by Raoul Duke on Jun 11, 2024 2:29:21 GMT -5
Macron’s party got dunked on in Euro Parliament elections and now he’s called national French elections for next month. Could a LePen finally lead France? Interesting times… I will never understand Americans wanting to resemble EU politics. Could you imagine having random elections in our country with 5 different parties and a president getting like 22% of the vote.Yes, our system sucks but as Jets fans we know the answer to the question of if something could be worse. That said, having their results the same day, voter ID and in-person voting are clearly the right way to do things. It sucks, but also not a fan of bi party system. Crazy to me that a 3rd party hasn't really emerged as a credible solution.
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Post by southparkcpa on Jun 11, 2024 4:54:58 GMT -5
I will never understand Americans wanting to resemble EU politics. Could you imagine having random elections in our country with 5 different parties and a president getting like 22% of the vote.Yes, our system sucks but as Jets fans we know the answer to the question of if something could be worse. That said, having their results the same day, voter ID and in-person voting are clearly the right way to do things. It sucks, but also not a fan of bi party system. Crazy to me that a 3rd party hasn't really emerged as a credible solution. Ive had 2-3 friends return from Paris and (all due respect) they say it is a shithole mess full of immigrants graffiti etc. Same was said of Rome. Your thoughts here???
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Post by tkasper01 on Jun 11, 2024 5:59:10 GMT -5
It sucks, but also not a fan of bi party system. Crazy to me that a 3rd party hasn't really emerged as a credible solution. Ive had 2-3 friends return from Paris and (all due respect) they say it is a shithole mess full of immigrants graffiti etc. Same was said of Rome. Your thoughts here??? I refuse to go to France, any part. Friends recently spent 5 nights in Paris and loved it. Rome was safe but a shithole none the less. Graffiti everywhere. It was the only locale we went to in Italy that we made sure the wives were never left unattended.
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Post by Raoul Duke on Jun 11, 2024 6:51:10 GMT -5
It sucks, but also not a fan of bi party system. Crazy to me that a 3rd party hasn't really emerged as a credible solution. Ive had 2-3 friends return from Paris and (all due respect) they say it is a shithole mess full of immigrants graffiti etc. Same was said of Rome. Your thoughts here??? I'd say like any major city there are places that are rougher than others. To say that Paris "is a shithole mess full of immigrants graffiti" is an exageration unless they were staying specifically in the shittiest parts of Paris. Dunno, maybe I have a higher tolerance level.
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