U.S Election 2016

[Osem]

It wouldn't surprise me if it's real. There are some very weird parents out there but they'd be the last people to see that, it's far easier to blame other people for their shortcomings.

[Ramrod]

Trump: ‘I’ll Take $1 a Year’ as Presidential Salary

Originally Posted by Ramrod

Trump: ‘I’ll Take $1 a Year’ as Presidential Salary

Which would be more impressive if had gone the route of a blind trust for his business: http://www.politico.com/story/2016/1...d-trust-231179

As it is, unless he really is never going to talk to his children about business, he'll be making decisions in the White House that could impact his company. I had assumed a blind trust was a legal requirement but it turns out it's not.

[Pierre]

Originally Posted by TheDaddy

They have contributed their fair share in blood alone,

you can buy a lot of jets and tanks with that.............

remind me who is the one nation that has benefitted from article 5 actually being used

Pretty much every European country during the Cold War.

[TheDaddy]

Originally Posted by Pierre

you can buy a lot of jets and tanks with that.............

Pretty much every European country during the Cold War.

Article 5 has been used once and it wasn't during the cold war, the fact it may have deterred war doesn't detract from the fact it's still only been used once

You mean 9/11 but I am not sure if it's to make a wider point? I don't think anyone can begrudge America when it comes to whose benefited from NATO. It's undoubtedly Europe IMO.

Originally Posted by Damien

You mean 9/11 but I am not sure if it's to make a wider point? I don't think anyone can begrudge America when it comes to whose benefited from NATO. It's undoubtedly Europe IMO.

Actually, the reason for NATO was to provide America a buffer to the Soviet Union.

https://history.state.gov/milestones/1945-1952/nato

Originally Posted by Hugh

Actually, the reason for NATO was to provide America a buffer to the Soviet Union.

https://history.state.gov/milestones/1945-1952/nato

Well yeah but by stopping Europe getting overrun by the Soviets which helps us.

Originally Posted by Damien

Well yeah but by stopping Europe getting overrun by the Soviets which helps us.

Fair point...

[Jimmy-J]

Originally Posted by RizzyKing

If that video is real i hope she's prosecuted to the full extent of the law as that's just disgusting and she is no parent by any measure i use absolutely pathetic. We have one group tired of the same ol political merry go round that constantly marginalises and walks over large sections of society and then we have the group who have total belief that their way is the only way and when things dont go their way attack the people not the cause of the problem. The latter group cannot see beyond their own arrogance and self righteousness that maybe just maybe their way isn't right and doesn't work, i think more elections are going to go against the old structure with some pretty unpleasant people getting elected before a new and hopefully better way of doing things emerges.

The boy is now in the possession of Child Protective Services after the video came to the attention of the Fort Bend County Sheriff’s Department.

KHOU reported that a detective said that the mother has apologized for the video but also said she was just joking.

Law enforcement authorities were reported to say that the video is disturbing but her actions are not a crime under the penal statutes.

http://www.breitbart.com/texas/2016/...-voting-trump/

It was all too real for the kids.

I struggle to articulate how disgusted i am with that specimen and will never again use the word parent in relation to her. The more i see of so called liberals the more i don't think the word means the same thing as i was bought up to think of as liberal.

[adzii_nufc]

That's horrid.

Similar but luckily not as extreme as child abuse, some people may relate. I grew up in the north as you'd expect from the side bar. I grew up in labour household. You all get that though, it's 'We vote labour' not 'I vote labour' So all members of my household were expected to vote labour. Upon getting to voting age I didn't do that though, I voted for another party. to which I was asked why I'd do such a thing when I know it's a labour house. I dunno, maybe it's because I get to make my OWN mind up

So not as severe but you can bet this still happens. You get a household of 5 all voting for labour when in reality it's two people getting 3 extra votes.

In the case above it's blatant child abuse but even though he's not of legal voting age, she should still be charged with peverting the course of democracy too because it's blatantly clear he'd be pressured into voting the same as her at any given time thus allowing her 2 votes.

[ianch99]

Originally Posted by Ramrod

Trump: ‘I’ll Take $1 a Year’ as Presidential Salary

Is this supposed to impress anyone except the gullible?

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Michael Moore said this before the election:

Michael Moore Explains Why TRUMP Will Win

Michael Moore: Donald Trump won't do "A DAMN THING" For White Voters

He explains perfectly why Trump will (and did) win ...

.. the problem is the man who got behind these people and their real and legitimate grievances is a certain Donald J Trump: a flawed, misogynist, narcissistic sociopath.

Trouble with dancing with the devil? ... you risk being burned

[Mr K]

Climate change is what worries me most about Donald. All countries in the World agreed in Paris that its a massive threat to everyone ( when did all countries in the world last agree on anything?). If the US runs away, it'll collapse. Surely these corporate climate change deniers must realise it'll hit their profitsand families at some stage, probably sooner than they think. So greedy, so short sighted,and not giving a ***** to future generations, who will be unable to change anything.

[TheDaddy]

Originally Posted by Damien

You mean 9/11 but I am not sure if it's to make a wider point? I don't think anyone can begrudge America when it comes to whose benefited from NATO. It's undoubtedly Europe IMO.

It is to make a wider point and America has benefitted from nato, it neatly fitted in with their foreign policy, meant they were in charge rather than a supporting ally to a gulp European army and of course when they were attacked it meant nato supported them with or without that lapdog Blair. Some countries probably should spend more but let's not be daft enough to think it's only about money