***Official Political Discussion Thread***

[ninjahood]

btw, da pony car boom started with da Pontiac GTO captive import from Australia if u wanna keep it 2 door muscle cars.

Man I'm talking about when they actually stated selling again and turning a profit.

Didn't nobody buy that damn car

that's when it started though

no one bought da superbird when it dropped either

 

[SneakerProSr.]

btw, da pony car boom started with da Pontiac GTO captive import from Australia if u wanna keep it 2 door muscle cars.

Man I'm talking about when they actually stated selling again and turning a profit.

Didn't nobody buy that damn car

that's when it started though

no one bought da superbird when it dropped either

Bro how can a boom happen if no one bought it?

 

[gry60]

http://time.com/4645442/gorbachev-putin-trump/?xid=time_socialflow_facebook

NUCLEAR ARMS
Mikhail Gorbachev: 'It All Looks As If the World Is Preparing for War'
Mikhail Gorbachev
5:29 PM Eastern
IDEAS

The world today is overwhelmed with problems. Policymakers seem to be confused and at a loss.

But no problem is more urgent today than the militarization of politics and the new arms race. Stopping and reversing this ruinous race must be our top priority.
The current situation is too dangerous.

More troops, tanks and armored personnel carriers are being brought to Europe. NATO and Russian forces and weapons that used to be deployed at a distance are now placed closer to each other, as if to shoot point-blank.

While state budgets are struggling to fund people’s essential social needs military spending is growing. Money is easily found for sophisticated weapons whose destructive power is comparable to that of the weapons of mass destruction; for submarines whose single salvo is capable of devastating half a continent; for missile defense systems that undermine strategic stability.

Politicians and military leaders sound increasingly belligerent and defense doctrines more dangerous. Commentators and TV personalities are joining the bellicose chorus. It all looks as if the world is preparing for war.

It could have been different

In the second half of the 1980s, together with the United States, we launched a process of reducing nuclear weapons and lowering the nuclear threat. By now, as Russia and the United States reported to the Non-proliferation Treaty Review Conference, 80 percent of the nuclear weapons accumulated during the years of the Cold War have been decommissioned and destroyed. No one’s security has been diminished, and the danger of nuclear war starting as a result of technical failure or accident has been reduced.
This was made possible, above all, by the awareness of the leaders of major nuclear powers that nuclear war is unacceptable.

In November 1985, at the first summit in Geneva, the leaders of the Soviet Union and the United States declared: Nuclear war cannot be won and must never be fought. Our two nations will not seek military superiority. This statement was met with a sigh of relief worldwide.

I recall a Politburo meeting in 1986 at which the defense doctrine was discussed. The proposed draft contained the following language: Respond to attack with all available means. Members of the politburo objected to this formula. All agreed that nuclear weapons must serve only one purpose: Preventing war. And the ultimate goal should be a world without nuclear weapons.

Breaking out of the vicious circle

Today, however, the nuclear threat once again seems real. Relations between the great powers have been going from bad to worse for several years now. The advocates for arms build-up and the military-industrial complex are rubbing their hands.

We must break out of this situation. We need to resume political dialogue aiming at joint decisions and joint action.

There is a view that the dialogue should focus on fighting terrorism. This is indeed an important, urgent task. But, as a core of a normal relationship and eventually partnership, it is not enough.

The focus should once again be on preventing war, phasing out the arms race, and reducing weapons arsenals. The goal should be to agree, not just on nuclear weapons levels and ceilings, but also on missile defense and strategic stability.

In modern world, wars must be outlawed, because none of the global problems we are facing can be resolved by war — not poverty, nor the environment, migration, population growth, or shortages of resources.

Take the first step

I urge the members of the United Nations Security Council — the body that bears primary responsibility for international peace and security — to take the first step. Specifically, I propose that a Security Council meeting at the level of heads of state adopt a resolution stating that nuclear war is unacceptable and must never be fought.

I think the initiative to adopt such a resolution should come from Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin – the presidents of two nations that hold over 90% of the world’s nuclear arsenals and therefore bear a special responsibility.

President Franklin D. Roosevelt once said that one of the main freedoms is freedom from fear. Today, the burden of fear and the stress of bearing it is felt by millions of people, and the main reason for it is militarism, armed conflicts, the arms race, and the nuclear Sword of Damocles. Ridding the world of this fear means making people freer. This should become a common goal. Many other problems would then be easier to resolve.The time to decide and act is now.

 

[ksteezy]

There is an actual Chinatown in the middle of Santo Domingo, the capital of DR....legit looking like you in Beijing..

 

[ninjahood]

btw, da pony car boom started with da Pontiac GTO captive import from Australia if u wanna keep it 2 door muscle cars.

Man I'm talking about when they actually stated selling again and turning a profit.

Didn't nobody buy that damn car

that's when it started though

no one bought da superbird when it dropped either

Bro how can a boom happen if no one bought it?

if u wanna go strictly sales, da retroed styled mustang from 2005 started da current trajectory we're at now.

 

[mr s j king]

Obama about to serve his 3rd term because Trump cant make it without him, and Obama is the only person that is willing to help him succeed.

 

[gry60]

https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/621/actions

H.R.621 - To direct the Secretary of the Interior to sell certain Federal lands in Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, and Wyoming, previously identified as suitable for disposal, and for other purposes.

https://www.theatlantic.com/politic...the-american-century/514526/?utm_source=atltw

http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-...macare-now-more-popular-trump?cid=sm_tw_msnbc

 

[oneilmatt]

Obama about to serve his 3rd term because Trump cant make it without him, and Obama is the only person that is willing to help him succeed.

What a bizzare statetement

 

[EddieDoyers]

If Bigot Tea is lurking, ole boy probably canceled the vacation he was planning to the islands.

Then again he was a bitter broke boy, so I he could even swing the airfare.

Imagine him landing on the islands, first dude he sees and talks to is a Caribbean Chinese man

Ol boy gonna be like

 

[Black Lotus]

Lol

 

[whywesteppin]

what a small man

And then, puzzlingly, the president asked the gathering of congressional Republicans where Mike Pompeo, his CIA director, was.

“Where is Pompeo? Where the hell is he?” Trump asked. "Oh, he’s working?”

Pompeo had been confirmed to his new role earlier this week and was no longer a member of Congress, something Trump seemed to have forgotten.

http://www.thedailybeast.com/articl...rs-word-salad-of-a-speech-to-gop-retreat.html

On the morning after Donald Trump’s inauguration, acting National Park Service director Michael T. Reynolds received an extraordinary summons: The new president wanted to talk to him.

In a Saturday phone call, Trump personally ordered Reynolds to produce additional photographs of the previous day’s crowds on the Mall, according to three individuals who have knowledge of the conversation. The president believed that the photos might prove that the media had lied in reporting that attendance had been no better than average.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/poli...3c4b4fb5a63_story.html?utm_term=.dd4b3ca28fc6

 

[EddieDoyers]

http://www.gq.com/story/white-house-report-trump-sad

White House Insiders Say Donald Trump Is “Demoralized” That No One Thinks He’s a Real President

The pressure is getting to him

 

[moe fab]

Please stop posting all these facts and studies proving Trump wrong. We only deal in #alternativefacts now. Thank you, and remember, buy American.

I want to ask the ekonomists tho, what would you rekommend to safeguard against a potential China-Mexico-Canada 3-way on the amerikan ekonomy, should a trade war aktually occur? I got fam n **** to look out for. N although i think Cali would remain in good standing with the 3, any unnatural inflation gonna hurt.

 

[rico x hood]

You typed China, Cali and Canada. Your "c" button clearly works.

 

[RustyShackleford]

You typed China, Cali and Canada. Your "c" button clearly works.

Just let it go Riko

 

[gry60]

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry...on-breaks-record_us_588a5a51e4b0c5656a62d5eb?

As of Thursday afternoon, the petition had over 368,000 signatures

 

[moe fab]

You typed China, Cali and Canada. Your "c" button clearly works.

You agreed with rusty, so klearly your brain does too

 

[IATT]

I'm just trying to figure way China won't just step in and say "Hey Mexico and Canada, we'll gladly take the United States spot"

Even if it's isn't as profitable if only to decrease the United States influence in the world making us more vulnerable

China already has a lot of influence on Mexico
And there's a big boom of Chinese immigrants on Vancouver
I don't see this ending well

China has BEEN had a huge presence in Canada.. just like in LA

 

[IATT]

Chinese is heavy in the Caribbean, went to Jamaica and was surprised.

Chinese been BEEN in JA.. that's the known 'mix' there.. usually it's black and white on most islands.. JA got heavy Chinese.. and Trinidad got heavy Indian mix because of its relationship with Guyana

But you never heard of 'black chiney' them dudes been around from early 90s I think

 

[Nawzlew]

aint tyson beckford chinese jamaican?

 

[EddieDoyers]

 

[swendro]

They can all get ******.

 

[boris]

Maybe they thought he was lying about repealing Obamacare since he lies about everything else.

 

[cerebralarrow]

aint tyson beckford chinese jamaican?

It is said.

 

[whywesteppin]

to point and laugh?


YES!!