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(Score: 3, Insightful) by khallow on Friday November 23 2018, @12:51PM (51 children)
The EU is perfectly willing to do other sleazy things when it's to their advantage. Yet suddenly they get all virtuous on this one particular subject? Look at who benefits from driving out US (and other) businesses from the EU. It's a great barrier to entry for foreign businesses. Protectionism has long been a thing in the EU.
(Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Friday November 23 2018, @01:06PM (48 children)
I can relate to that protectionism. When do we start doing some of our own? The globalists are enemies of my nation, and they need to be driven out, along with all of the illegal aliens.
Abortion is the number one killed of children in the United States.
(Score: 1) by khallow on Friday November 23 2018, @02:12PM (9 children)
The problem is that protectionism protects a small number of people at the expense of a lot of people.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday November 23 2018, @03:07PM (1 child)
As long as I'm part of the protected class, what's the problem? My membership card for the 1% Club should guarantee me a place on the right side of this.
(Score: 1) by khallow on Saturday November 24 2018, @06:54AM
Exactly my point. When you're a member of the protected class, then things are good. When you're not a member of the protected class, then sucks to be you. Notice the spin on this particular story as "we didn't want those media sources anyway." It's real convenient for European media/social media competitors (who are the real protected class). Sure, they have to obey some onerous regulations, but the advantage now is that anyone entering the EU market has to massively restructure their business models.
Meanwhile the EU public is less connected to the rest of the world and more in the dark as a result.
(Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Friday November 23 2018, @04:27PM (5 children)
Well, there are several billion people in this world, right? And, I want to protect a sub-class of those people. About .3 billion people, maybe minuse .05 billion illegal aliens. What's wrong with that? Someone has to keep the hordes at bay. Look what the vandals did to Rome!
Abortion is the number one killed of children in the United States.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday November 23 2018, @06:08PM (2 children)
There probably isnt any actual irony in your post is there?
(Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Friday November 23 2018, @06:17PM (1 child)
Of course not. If you don't believe me, you can ask Crazy Horse, Sitting Bull, or dozens of other chiefs.
Abortion is the number one killed of children in the United States.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday November 23 2018, @08:29PM
woooooooooooosh
I totally believe you, I was just hoping you were going for irony instead of stupidity.
(Score: 1) by khallow on Saturday November 24 2018, @07:43AM (1 child)
For example, what would be wrong with auctioning off green cards (only good in the name of the buyer to discourage scalping) to the tune of say, 1 million such cards a year (roughly 0.3% immigration rate) with prompt background checks; penalties for illegal immigration (key one would be that you couldn't participate in the auction); and large fines for businesses that deliberately or negligently hire illegal immigrants? It solves a lot of the problems with current immigration such as it being far easier to illegally immigrate for many people than legally immigrate and the games with the various visa types.
(Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Saturday November 24 2018, @09:56AM
That scheme isn't entirely to my liking, but I don't have any real strong objections to it. We could negotiate on it, and hammer something out.
My problem is with illegal aliens, first. But my REALLY big problem is with congress.
In, uhhhhh - 1954 I think it was - we had Operation Wetback, in which we rounded up millions of illegals, and shipped them back to Mexico. (Many of those illegals were invited to the US TEMPORARILY during WW2 due to a rather severe labor shortage, then they just stayed.) At that point in time, congress said they were going to overhaul and update the immigration system. One of the lesser implications at that time, was that maybe some of those deportees might get to come back, if they wanted. Anyways - that can has been kicked down the road for sixty years plus now.
_EVERY_SINGLE_CONGRESS_ since 1954 has _FAILED_TO_DO_IT'S_JOB!!!
That really is the real problem. The bastards are lying to us, and they've been lying for more than sixty years. It isn't a partisan issue. How many times have the R's controlled congress since '54? They could have got it done. How many times have the D's controlled congress? THEY could have done the job. In sixty years, both parties have had time to do the job, unilaterally. It is obvious that the sons of bitches have their own agenda, which they are not sharing with us common folk.
The specifics of any immigration scheme, or set of laws, matters little. Congress can enact laws that I don't like very much, and because those laws are the law of the land, I will probably go along with those laws. If congress is doing it's job, I will support congress. If congress is NOT doing it's job, then I won't support them.
And, I'll add one more thing that might actually surprise you. I can actually empathize with some of those illegal aliens. I actually personally meet people who are affected by congress inaction. They have a choice of going the legal route, and probably dying of old age before they get all their paper work in order - OR - they can pay a coyote to bring them across the border. Despite the fact that I empathize with them, and despite the fact that some of them really are good people, and despite the fact that I LIKE some of them, THEY ARE STILL ILLEGAL!!
The lying bastards in Washington need to fix the problem. And, they need to end that abomination called "birthright citizenship". That amendment was very literally, purposely written for former slaves and the descendants of former slaves. IT DID NOT EVEN APPLY TO NATIVE AMERICANS AT THE TIME!! The amendment applies ONLY to people who have one or more parents who is an American citizen.
Abortion is the number one killed of children in the United States.
(Score: 2) by MichaelDavidCrawford on Saturday November 24 2018, @05:03AM
I would be unsurprised were the driving force behind the Sugar Tariff to be the corn industry. Consider that corn can be grown in far more US states than can be sugar can. There are also sugar beets which are grown in California's central valley; I expect it's grown elsewhere in the US but do not know specifically.
When the tariff was enacted, all the soda pop got its sugar replaced by High Fructose Corn Syrup - that's why I drink Mexican Coca-Cola when I can; now Mexican Fanta is available in the US as well.
Lots of American candy manufacturers moved their production to other countries. If you consider the resulting loss of American jobs, to the paltry sum of US sugar can and beet jobs that benefitted from the tariff you will see that more jobs were lost than were gained.
However I do not know about corn jobs.
The corn industry also benefits from requirements to add Ethyl Alcohol to gasoline; while that does reduce pollution modestly, it requires more energy to produce alcohol from corn than can be extracted by burning that alcohol in motor vehicles. I expect that most of the energy required to grow and transport corn then produce the ethanol is supplied by diesel fuel, which is far more polluting than gasoline; specifically it has more Sulfur.
Yes I Have No Bananas. [gofundme.com]
(Score: 2) by Whoever on Friday November 23 2018, @04:57PM (4 children)
So you don't own a cellphone, or a computer do you [oh, wait, how do you post?] Or even a car or truck (even vehicles with the most USA/Canadian content are 30% non USA/Canadian content).
You hate the "globalists" so much that it would be hypocritical to benefit from globalism.
(Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Friday November 23 2018, @05:12PM (3 children)
Oh, yeah, right. There was no industry, and especially no international trade, before the globalists took control.
Abortion is the number one killed of children in the United States.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday November 25 2018, @07:30AM (2 children)
Until the "globalists" took control, Europe, Russia, China, and Japan were in perpetual war going back beyond written history. It's unfortunate they fail to contain the jihadists they riled up to drive the Russians out of Afghanistan (where they were invited, by the way), and keep them out of Iran (yes, the ayatollah was an asset), but Europe has never seen anything close to the 73 years of relative peace they enjoy now, and it hangs on a very thin thread at this point, pray the U.S. doesn't pull out.
(Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Sunday November 25 2018, @08:57AM (1 child)
*cough* The ayatollah an asset? Which ayatollah was that? We threw away our greatest asset in the mideast with Operation Ajax. We screwed around and created the deist government that runs Iran now. Those damned rules of unintended consequences can really bite you in the ass.
Abortion is the number one killed of children in the United States.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday November 26 2018, @06:21AM
The ayatollah an asset?
Yes, he served his purpose of agitation and destabilization. Don't believe the theater you see on the TV.
unintended consequences can really bite you in the ass.
They can indeed. They also provide enormous business opportunities, in addition to the propaganda value. There is no indication that the 'consequences' were unintended. So far the scheme is still working. All the same criminals are still in charge. What consequences are you talking about?
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday November 23 2018, @05:24PM (32 children)
Native Americans agree. You know the way out.
(Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Friday November 23 2018, @05:27PM (30 children)
Yes, indeed. I'm glad that you're aware of what happens when outsiders come visiting, and refuse to respect your laws.
Abortion is the number one killed of children in the United States.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday November 23 2018, @09:04PM (29 children)
So you gonna put your money where your mouth is? Of course not, you're a hypocritical turd muncher!
(Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Friday November 23 2018, @09:59PM (27 children)
My money IS where my mouth is. At this point in time, I am a member (or at least an honorary member, if we discount hard core white supremacists) of the victorious culture or race. I mean to keep what I've got. I'm perfectly aware that if they are permitted, the new culture or race will move right in on top of the current victors, and take what the current occupants have.
Now - I need to bring up a couple of points here. I don't have enough native American blood in me to make much of a claim on any of the tribes. More than Pocahontas, but still not enough. But, my wife and kids have enough to become members of a tribe. My stepsons certainly have more than enough. One of their grand-daddies was pretty famous, and if I named him, you could find him in the American history books. So - I'm actually married into a native family. Guess it's kind of up to the wife whether she wants to keep me, huh? And, it's not up to you.
Next - supposing that every Euro-American were to go "home" to his great-great-great's native countries. Every one - they're all gone. Nothing left here but Native Americans, and maybe, if those natives want to keep them, African Americans. Maybe they'll invite the Asians to stay as well.
So then. The population of the United States has suddenly plummeted to - uhhhhh - what? https://nativenewsonline.net/currents/u-s-census-bureau-native-american-statistics/ [nativenewsonline.net] Roughly 2% of today's American population is recognized as being Native Americans. (Note the use of the word "recognized".)
https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/US/PST045217 [census.gov]
Alright 2% Native Americans, plus about 13% African Americans, plus 5.8% Asian. You have at most, 20% of today's population remaining. 325 million times .2 = 65,000,000 *
FFS, man, we've had that many immigrants from Mexico alone in the past ~30 years. In effect, if you managed to kick all the white people out, you would be GIVING the United States to Mexico.
Of course, that would make many on the left very happy. They could rally all those brown people, and create a nice, beautiful socialist utopia, without us white people standing in the way. Amirite?
To sum it all up - I'm here, and I'm going to defend what is mine, and what my children are going to inherit. I'm not one of the self-loathing whites who needs to be boned by every other identity group out there.
* Bouncing from one source to another, the numbers seem to change a little, so the numbers are fuzzy. But, the numbers stay pretty close to each other, they're good enough for me.
Abortion is the number one killed of children in the United States.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday November 23 2018, @11:42PM (26 children)
tl;dr "I think about everything in terms of race. And I'm proud my race is on top and has the power to oppress other races."
The problem with people like you (xenophobic cowards) is that you think everyone else thinks like you do. You fear people who "aren't like you" (e.g., darker) or who don't think like you. It brings me some joy knowing you're scared of your own shadow simply because it's darker than you.
(Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Saturday November 24 2018, @12:00AM (25 children)
Your tl;dr is off a little bit. Perhaps it escaped your notice that my wife is more native than I am. She isn't "white". My kids aren't all "white". I may not even be white enough for the white supremacists.
In actuality, it is you who is projecting your own racism on me. You like brown people, and you dislike white people. Since I'm more white than brown - you hate me. And, you typify the democrat identity politics game.
Abortion is the number one killed of children in the United States.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday November 24 2018, @01:33AM
But you are white enough for at least one white supremacist - yourself. And you're still measuring people - even your wife and kids - by their "whiteness". That didn't escape me no matter how "native" (e.g., non-white) you identify them as being.
(Score: 2) by Whoever on Saturday November 24 2018, @06:19AM (23 children)
If race or culture doesn't matter to you, what do you have to fear? No one is coming for what you have because of your race or culture.
(Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Saturday November 24 2018, @10:04AM (22 children)
You haven't been paying attention to the news then. We have hordes of people in the streets, demonstrating against hetero white male Christians. We have had people right here on SN telling us that we need to die, especially the baby boomers. All of those silly damned "Codes of Conduct" are aimed at us. It's probably only 10% to 15% of the population who has declared war on HWMC's, but that small percentage enjoys special protections from government. Antifa can bring clubs to their demonstrations, they can bring guns, and they are excused. Let a HWMC bring a weapon, let him defend himself, and most of the country wants his blood.
Yes, they want what I've got because of race, because of culture, because they hate me.
Abortion is the number one killed of children in the United States.
(Score: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday November 24 2018, @12:12PM (21 children)
Actually, they've been demonstrating against white supremacists. It just so happens that those are primarily made up of "white male Christians" trying to claim superiority and victimhood at the same time.
You're trying to make it appear that people are protesting against you because of your race, religion and gender. The fact is is that they are protesting against your bigotry and misguided philosophy.
(Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Saturday November 24 2018, @01:17PM (20 children)
Yes - they demonstrate against white supremacists - and we're all told to "check your privilege". The sons of bitches hate white people, plain and simple. The racism on the left IS A PROBLEM. They need to go back to their roots, and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr's dream. I don't look at a black man and judge him, he has no business looking at me and judging me based on what he sees. We need to introduce ourselves, and begin to know each other, BEFORE we form an opinion or a judgement. Antifa, BLM, and more have forsaken the doctor.
Abortion is the number one killed of children in the United States.
(Score: 2) by Whoever on Saturday November 24 2018, @04:13PM (7 children)
We judge you, not on the color of your skin, but on what you write, which paint a very clear image of your racist and xenophobic attitudes.
(Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Saturday November 24 2018, @05:02PM (6 children)
So, show me the law that makes Mexican illegal. If you can do that, maybe I'll admit to being "racist" against Mexicans. Or, demonstrate for me how "illegal" is a race. I might then admit to being a racist.
You accuse me of posting stupid shit, then you sling back something like that?
I protest illegals, because they are illegal. I don't want a pure Aryan illegal alien here, anymore than I want an ultra-purple-blue-black* African illegal alien, or some brown-ass from south of the border illegal alien. What do the three have in common? THEY ARE ILLEGAL!!
*In case you're unaware of it, not all black people are the same color. I've seen a very few who are so black, they look something else entirely. Peruse the gallery, if you will. https://duckduckgo.com/?q=the+blackest+black+skinned+people&atb=v124-1&iax=images&ia=images [duckduckgo.com] Also, on Youtube - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Tsj9-aV70w [youtube.com]
Abortion is the number one killed of children in the United States.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday November 24 2018, @06:23PM (5 children)
Whah, whah, whah. You measure people - including your wife and kids - by their "whiteness". That makes you a racist. And taking the many posts of yours that I have read it is easy to accurately label you a white supremacist. You don't like it? Start telling that to the racist in the mirror, but I doubt he'll listen (he's too busy listening to the voices telling him non-white people are coming to take his privilege).
(Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Saturday November 24 2018, @06:54PM (4 children)
You are one stupid fuck.
Abortion is the number one killed of children in the United States.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday November 24 2018, @10:39PM (3 children)
Wow ... I guess you told me. Would you feel any better about me if you knew I was white? Very white in fact. Not even a freckle. Purebred European descent.
(Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Saturday November 24 2018, @11:56PM (2 children)
So, you're a self loathing white, it appears. You realize that you don't have to stay white any longer? https://www.nbcnews.com/news/nbcblk/parents-naacp-chapter-president-rachel-dolezal-say-she-not-black-n374301 [nbcnews.com]
Abortion is the number one killed of children in the United States.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday November 25 2018, @01:19AM (1 child)
Aww, hate to break your racist little bubble. I'm not self loathing, I just don't base my identity on my skin color (though I did reveal it to you so you can hate me for something other than my race). I'm an American, born right here in the good ol' U.S. of A.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday November 27 2018, @12:19AM
Racist turds gotta racist.
Runaway is apparently one of the confused conservatives that truly don't realize they are racist. Or he just can't stand the R word so he invents explanations for his racist behavior that let him pretend otherwise.
Who knows, he's just a dipshit most of the time with an occasional good point. Never seems to have good points about race / gender relations though.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday November 24 2018, @04:36PM (10 children)
No, they hate white supremacists, plain and simple.
The hate of racism on the left is a problem for white supremacists.
Of course you do. You look at anyone who isn't lily white and start quaking in your pee-filled boots that they are a wave of non-whites who will take over. To you, their equality is a threat.
He sees a racist, a xenophobe, a white supremacist and he (along with the rest of us) judge you for what you are.
You really should post on gab.com because over there you'll be seen the way you see yourself: just another racist who is afraid of anything darker than #FFFFFF
(Score: 2) by Azuma Hazuki on Sunday November 25 2018, @01:28AM (9 children)
Just look at this... https://soylentnews.org/~Azuma+Hazuki/journal/3577 [soylentnews.org]
Seriously, I copied and pasted this rant of his into my journal because goddamnit it needs to be preserved in formaldehyde and brought out whenever this assholes goes "butbutbut I'm not a racist, really yew guise!" If he thinks he can stuff that cat back into the sack...
I am "that girl" your mother warned you about...
(Score: 2, Troll) by Runaway1956 on Sunday November 25 2018, @11:45AM (8 children)
You cheapen the word "racist". Progressive, liberal, illegal - none of those things are a race. You don't even get special protection for acting stupid.
Abortion is the number one killed of children in the United States.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday November 25 2018, @02:30PM (7 children)
Um, I'm pretty sure racists (like yourself) have "cheapened" the word "racist" as much as it can be.
Ah, playing the victim card again (and again, and again ...). You always seem to think that you should have special protection because your "white Christian male" subset is "on top", and you fear others (e.g., non-white, non-Christian and/or non-male) will treat you like you treat them. Your fear reveals more about you than your words (which are completely damning in and of themselves).
(Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Sunday November 25 2018, @03:30PM (6 children)
How about you try a bit of honesty. It's' not me looking for special protections. Gays have it. Women have it. Blacks have it. Some white supremacists are looking for it. Trannies have it. Me? I got shit. You can't compete with me, because I'm that good, and you can't admit it. And, it's not because you are gay, or black, or whatever. I am just that damned good. One of my best traits is my humility, so I don't brag on myself that often - but you're just so jealous that you can't get over yourself.
One more time: I don't like illegals, I don't like criminals, I don't like stupid, but none of them are a race. No, I'm not a victim. You can only be a victim if you choose to be a victim. Those of you who like playing the victim card just go with it - I'm much too good for that shit.
You mention fear? I'm afraid that you've been misled, misguided, and misinformed. Standing up for myself is not a sign of fear.
Abortion is the number one killed of children in the United States.
(Score: 2) by Azuma Hazuki on Sunday November 25 2018, @03:56PM
Don't worry, Runaway, just keep fighting the good fight for all those poor defenseless unprotected straight white cisgender Christian middle-class menz.
Maybe someday we'll have one as president!
Or, you know, 44.5 of them in a row. ...god damn, you are too shit-scared to think straight. You're marinating in your own fear piss. At this rate you'll be the one to kill yourself out of sheer adrenal failure.
I am "that girl" your mother warned you about...
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday November 25 2018, @05:09PM (4 children)
Untrue. You are looking for special protections against others obtaining equality. If everyone who is not a white Christian male gets the same rights and treatment as you then you will no longer be "special" and "on top". You want to protect the privilege whites have, and oppressing every one else is the easiest way for you to do it.
You don't like anyone who is different than you (e.g., non-white, non-Christian, non-male and/or who disagrees with your "whites are superior so whites should be privileged" philosophy). In fact you fear them.
You mentioned fear. You are afraid of losing your special status to people who are not like you. And what you really fear is that these "others" will think of you, and treat you, the same as you do them. How's that for some karmic equality?
BTW, you are not standing up for yourself, you are standing up for your race. Race is the first, and often the only, thing you see - even with your own wife and kids.
(Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Sunday November 25 2018, @05:22PM (3 children)
All of you special snowflakes who know my mind better than I know my mind - how do you do that? When I am sleeping, do you stick your heads up my ass, and read my mind? That's kinda funny, because that's where I EXCRETE stuff that is useless to me. Racism is useless, so if I have any at all, you'll find it working it's way out of my ass.
You are the racist. Everything you hear, everything you read, you filter through that stupid racism shit.
Abortion is the number one killed of children in the United States.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday November 25 2018, @05:57PM (2 children)
Well, we know your mind because you post it here so freely. And we are not in denial about who and what you are (sadly, you cannot make that claim).
Runaway, you are the racist. Everything we hear from you, everything we read from you, is tainted with, and usually dripping with, your unabashed racism.
You are a cowardly provocateur, hoping that your bitter and soulless race baiting will get a reaction. Your type are the worst kind of creature the Earth has ever spit out. Society needs to identify, and protect itself, against the likes of you. Throughout history the forefathers of your philosophies and ideologies have championed the worst atrocities known to man. You are the kind of person who would beat a dog mercilessly, and when it finally tries to defend itself, proudly claim "See! I told you it was dangerous! I told you it would bite!"
When you are are sleeping, dreaming those hate-fueled wet dreams, many throughout the world are up at night worrying when the next wave of your kind will attack society. And you revel in the thought of it. You're proud your miserable existence of trolling and hate-baiting affects others. And you're hoping, praying, that you can provoke some portion of society so you can claim "See! I told you they were dangerous!"
(Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Sunday November 25 2018, @08:16PM (1 child)
At least you've begun to realize that I'm not the fearful Nelly who stays awake at night, worrying about things. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D_Dp3VDOjwQ [youtube.com]
Abortion is the number one killed of children in the United States.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday November 25 2018, @08:22PM
I never thought otherwise. I think you spend yourwaking hours fearing anyone you see, or even imagine, who is even a tiny percentage darker than you.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday November 25 2018, @09:29AM
I was shocked the first time I was exposed to that check your privilege crap. I was deeply offended and surprised.
Now I understand that it's just another type of attack I ignore it.
(Score: 2) by MichaelDavidCrawford on Saturday November 24 2018, @05:05AM
"hypocritical turd muncher."
As a writer, I am gratified by every opportunity to build my vocabulary.
In trade, I offer you "supersonic telephone pole". That got quite a reaction out of Kuro5hin back in the day.
Yes I Have No Bananas. [gofundme.com]
(Score: 2) by The Mighty Buzzard on Monday November 26 2018, @06:45PM
I prefer to keep them around. They do useful things like invent air conditioning and Internet porn.
My rights don't end where your fear begins.
(Score: 3, Interesting) by pe1rxq on Friday November 23 2018, @03:04PM (1 child)
The barrier for businesses inside the EU is the same. What advantage do they have?
It is only protectionism if US businesses are inherently incapable of respecting privacy like a EU business.
In that case it is we should not call it 'protectionism' but 'quarantaining US greed'
(Score: 1) by khallow on Saturday December 01 2018, @08:18PM
The home field advantage. Anyone who wants to play in the EU sandbox now has to restructure their businesses for the EU, if they want to compete there. And it's working as the journal indicates.