The United States(!) of A

factotum's picture
factotum started the topic in Thursday, 27 Aug 2020 at 11:12am

Septic Tanks are going to Septic Tank

southernraw's picture
southernraw's picture
southernraw Saturday, 1 Feb 2025 at 10:01pm
Exxotixjeff wrote:
southernraw wrote:

btw, just on the Meidas channel
When Donald entered and won the presidency, i was searching for some soothing words of comfort in the 'media' so was drawn to the Meidas channel for the two or three days around all that.
Didn't take long though to realise they were a) manipulating a cohort of anti trump/anti-republican crew and b) kinda full of alot of shit. Alot of the vids had sensational headlines followed with snoozefest, mundane gotchya moments. Having said that, i agree with alot of what Jeffrey says in regards to the Dems and the Pubs. Alot especially since Trump has entered the vortex and his power moves are basically normalised, when in reality, it's pretty bloody extreme. Gonna be interesting viewing from here on. Care factor? 1/10

Agreed there is bias on those pro democracy channels ,
However they were warning what was going to happen if Trump was elected for months,

And if anything they actually underestimated the intent of MAGA
Yes if Biden threatened to invade allies , and freeze virtually all funding
He’d be gone
But with Trump just another, normalised tactic.

Fair points and agreed.

Exxotixjeff's picture
Exxotixjeff's picture
Exxotixjeff Saturday, 1 Feb 2025 at 10:06pm
Supafreak wrote:
Exxotixjeff wrote:
Supafreak wrote:
Exxotixjeff wrote:
Supafreak wrote:

Jeffy , you are , without doubt , the dumbest person to ever grace the pages of Swellnet . https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/capitol-police-officer-br...

Are you absolutely being serious
Your saying getting sprayed in the face multiple times with pepper or bear spray is a natural occurrence.
Your as twisted as the right wing media
But don’t worry you’ll all work it out
Irony plus there

You just confirmed how dumb you are , read what the medical examiners findings were .

You just confirmed how dumb you are, believing the medical examiner’s in that system,
Come on if someone gets sprayed in the face multiple times, with toxic spray,
I’m not going to waste my time with someone trying to tell me there’s nothing wrong with that.

There you go again jeffy , making shit up , where have I said pepper spraying someone is ok ? If you choose not to believe the chief medical examiners report , that’s up to you . Point is the two guys weren’t charged with murder, so how could they possibly be pardoned for being cop killers ? You said cop killers were pardoned in your little list , just something you have made up ……… again . I understand your delusions are real to you but nobody else believes them, well I certainly don’t .

Well wether they could prove wether the guy actually killed him or not, they certainly looked like a mob of murderouse thugs
If you watched a video,
Despite what the examiner said, I think I’ll be avoiding mace/ pepper/ bear: toxic spray.
Yeah same to you insult insult everything your own way
Yeah what did happen there?

Supafreak's picture
Supafreak's picture
Supafreak Saturday, 1 Feb 2025 at 10:07pm

Jeffy on the lookout for pepper sprayers. IMG-0070

indo-dreaming's picture
indo-dreaming's picture
indo-dreaming Saturday, 1 Feb 2025 at 10:13pm
southernraw wrote:

btw, just on the Meidas channel
When Donald entered and won the presidency, i was searching for some soothing words of comfort in the 'media' so was drawn to the Meidas channel for the two or three days around all that.
Didn't take long though to realise they were a) manipulating a cohort of anti trump/anti-republican crew and b) kinda full of alot of shit. Alot of the vids had sensational headlines followed with snoozefest, mundane gotchya moments. Having said that, i agree with alot of what Jeffrey says in regards to the Dems and the Pubs. Alot especially since Trump has entered the vortex and his power moves are basically normalised, when in reality, it's pretty bloody extreme. Gonna be interesting viewing from here on. Care factor? 1/10

Good on you.

I did the same thing with the Israel issue, latched onto a channel or two that i realized after a while was just to over the top and too bias.

You are always going to gravitate to media that you agree with to some extent, but it becomes kind of pointless when it's so over the top total/bias that you are only hearing things you want to hear, if you aren't hearing some things you dont want to hear it's most likely just a propaganda channel.

It's hard sometimes but i even try to listen to a few sources now and then that go against my views like Al Jazera or CNN for USA politics just to get a different take or even to try understand why or how other's are seeing things differently.

Otherwise you just become like Jeffy.

southernraw's picture
southernraw's picture
southernraw Saturday, 1 Feb 2025 at 10:21pm

Stop it @indodreaming!
You and i aren't allowed to align with the same thinking twice in 12 months!!!!
hehe.
Cheers man. Even though i disagree with you in principle on most of everything, i can see your inherent intent is good, so who am i to judge that!?
Good on you!

burleigh's picture
burleigh's picture
burleigh Saturday, 1 Feb 2025 at 11:08pm
Roadkill wrote:
Supafreak wrote:

Jeffy , you are , without doubt , the dumbest person to ever grace the pages of Swellnet . https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/capitol-police-officer-br...

Nah, dumbest is burleigh. Miles ahead of Jeffy.

Not going to lie, this is the nicest thing you’ve ever said to/about me.

We’re moving in the right direction Dill.

truebluebasher's picture
truebluebasher's picture
truebluebasher Sunday, 2 Feb 2025 at 1:18am

US Diversity Table
$Govt buys % Diversity (vs) Defence employs US Res Only
$Govt Group ....Women Men White Latino Black Asian
...........US Pop......50.5....49.5.....58......19.......12........6
27% Uni..............59........41........41.......18.......11........6
43% Tesla...........22.5....77.5....36.......27.......11......20 (Constant Racism / Bullying / Sexism) DEI suits.
25% Space X.....14.........86.......50.......25.........8.........9 (Defence? US res Only) = No Reffos
82% WMD..........30........70........57......15.......15........9 (Defence US Res Only)
Air T Control.......22........78.......71.......14.........8.........3 (Fully Able / Alert in National ATC Tower Always)

MUSK Banners [DEI MUST DIE] [DEI = Racism] [DEI = Morally Wrong]

Dec-Jan 2025 FAA Record # Invasion of Nightly Automated Security / Traffic / Drone Trials
Washington / Philadelphia (FAA Drone zones share same Tragedy Locations / Time Period)
Trump : Golf Course Drone Trials / Record # Fireworks in same Locale & Time Period

Prez : FAA Various Other Reason nightly Jones trials in time got worse ...{CRASH}
Prez : DC No Fly Zone @ Presidential Drone Trial Crash Zone
Prez : FAA Diversity Killed Everyone on board

FAA = Zero Tolerance / 100% Alertness & Fully Able Policy!

Notes
Prez will out any # International Diverse Alien Airport Window Cleaners triggering Tragedy
White House Nat Defence Airport will Mandate US Res Only Airport Staff Compliance
Report will recommend Nat Security White House Security Drone Patrols
Thereby any Drone Trial being National Security Priority exempting retrospective-future incidents!

Hiccups's picture
Hiccups's picture
Hiccups Sunday, 2 Feb 2025 at 3:06am
Supafreak wrote:
flollo wrote:
Supafreak wrote:
Hiccups wrote:
sypkan wrote:

wow!

it's happening...

tomorrow, confirmed

little justy be having an existential crisis right about now...

(thats two within a month)

https://x.com/VigilantFox/status/1885412187960684611

Look, correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't the amount of fentanyl going in to the U.S from Canada quite minor. Like, real minor? If so, what's the end game here, force Canada become the 51st state?

I’m no expert but I thought the tariffs on Mexico & Canada were because of trade imbalances and illegal immigration . China was being blamed for the fetanyl distribution . Trump brags that the US has more oil than anyone but their refineries aren’t geared for the type they mainly use , does he plan on changing their refineries ? Trump is all about making deals so it’s going to take leaders that are very clever in their approach to dealing with his ego and at the same time not allowing him to walk over them . His biggest gripe seems to be other countries taking advantage of the US and the US losing out because of it . His supporters lap that up .

The bigger picture here is clear: corporate America needs to make stuff at home or face pain over the next 4 years. I personally have doubts about this strategy. Corporations can run a marathon while politicians need to squeeze as much as possible in their 4 year term. But at the end of the day, we have a protectionist instead of a globalist as the president of the US. This hasn’t happened in decades and the world forgot about tactics to deal with this.

@hiccups , here’s the latest from Trumps Gal on the reasons for tariffs . Not the answer I was expecting .

"In Fiscal Year 2024, USCBP seized 21,148 pounds of fentanyl at the southwest border, mostly smuggled from Mexico. In contrast, only 43 pounds were intercepted at the northern border. This means that less than 1% of all fentanyl seizures occurred at the U.S.-Canada border.

Furthermore, drug flows are not a one-way street. In 2024, the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) seized approximately 10.8 pounds of fentanyl coming into Canada from the United States. In comparison, CBSA reported that 17.6 pounds of fentanyl were smuggled from Canada into the U.S. This suggests that the trafficking issue is not as one-sided as the administration claims.

According to Vanda Felbab-Brown, a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution, "There is no indication at all that any significant amount of fentanyl is coming to the United States from Canada." Most fentanyl entering the U.S. comes from Mexico, often using chemical precursors from China. Canada is experiencing its own fentanyl crisis, but it is not a major supplier of the drug to the United States."

"... the migration flow is not one-sided. In 2023, the last year for which we have statistics at the moment, more people crossed illegally from the United States into Canada than in the opposite direction. With Canada experiencing a labor shortage and increasing economic opportunities, it is likely that the number of individuals moving north in 2025, both legally and illegally, will continue to surpass those moving south."

"The data shows that Canada is not a significant source of illegal immigration or fentanyl trafficking into the United States. The arguments justifying the 25% tariff are not supported by the facts."

source: https://www.forbes.com/sites/andyjsemotiuk/2025/01/31/tariff-on-canada-n...

It appears that Trump, like a few in this thread, has a real burr in his behind about Justin Trudeau and SHOCK, he's using porkies to pull it out.

quadzilla's picture
quadzilla's picture
quadzilla Sunday, 2 Feb 2025 at 4:55am
indo-dreaming wrote:
southernraw wrote:

btw, just on the Meidas channel
When Donald entered and won the presidency, i was searching for some soothing words of comfort in the 'media' so was drawn to the Meidas channel for the two or three days around all that.
Didn't take long though to realise they were a) manipulating a cohort of anti trump/anti-republican crew and b) kinda full of alot of shit. Alot of the vids had sensational headlines followed with snoozefest, mundane gotchya moments. Having said that, i agree with alot of what Jeffrey says in regards to the Dems and the Pubs. Alot especially since Trump has entered the vortex and his power moves are basically normalised, when in reality, it's pretty bloody extreme. Gonna be interesting viewing from here on. Care factor? 1/10

Good on you.

I did the same thing with the Israel issue, latched onto a channel or two that i realized after a while was just to over the top and too bias.

You are always going to gravitate to media that you agree with to some extent, but it becomes kind of pointless when it's so over the top total/bias that you are only hearing things you want to hear, if you aren't hearing some things you dont want to hear it's most likely just a propaganda channel.

It's hard sometimes but i even try to listen to a few sources now and then that go against my views like Al Jazera or CNN for USA politics just to get a different take or even to try understand why or how other's are seeing things differently.

Otherwise you just become like Jeffy.

JeffyBhoy or Shingles, both = AwfulPain!

Exxotixjeff's picture
Exxotixjeff's picture
Exxotixjeff Sunday, 2 Feb 2025 at 8:05am
indo-dreaming wrote:
southernraw wrote:

btw, just on the Meidas channel
When Donald entered and won the presidency, i was searching for some soothing words of comfort in the 'media' so was drawn to the Meidas channel for the two or three days around all that.
Didn't take long though to realise they were a) manipulating a cohort of anti trump/anti-republican crew and b) kinda full of alot of shit. Alot of the vids had sensational headlines followed with snoozefest, mundane gotchya moments. Having said that, i agree with alot of what Jeffrey says in regards to the Dems and the Pubs. Alot especially since Trump has entered the vortex and his power moves are basically normalised, when in reality, it's pretty bloody extreme. Gonna be interesting viewing from here on. Care factor? 1/10

Good on you.

I did the same thing with the Israel issue, latched onto a channel or two that i realized after a while was just to over the top and too bias.

You are always going to gravitate to media that you agree with to some extent, but it becomes kind of pointless when it's so over the top total/bias that you are only hearing things you want to hear, if you aren't hearing some things you dont want to hear it's most likely just a propaganda channel.

It's hard sometimes but i even try to listen to a few sources now and then that go against my views like Al Jazera or CNN for USA politics just to get a different take or even to try understand why or how other's are seeing things differently.

Otherwise you just become like Jeffy.

Otherwise you become like @Indo quite excited and optimistic and waiting patiently for Donald to do some good in the world,
Like he said he wanted to do .
I reckon Monty Python should make a movie , “ Indo and theMAGA mind “

GuySmiley's picture
GuySmiley's picture
GuySmiley Sunday, 2 Feb 2025 at 8:51am

^^ I think they already have, haha
https://m.