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The U.S. system as it has always been.

I don’t think anyone in Taiwan expects any of their “allies” to come to their aid in the event of war - certainly not the U.S.

The Chinese, however, know how important semiconductor production in Taiwan (TSMC, etc.) is for their own economy. Someone like that orange moron is also currently demonstrating just how unwise it is to try to enforce one’s interests through brute force. I don’t think the Chinese are unaware of this and will likely stick to their usual posturing.

Sand dan Glokta from the First Law series of gritty fantasy novels by Joe Abercrombie.

He is a crippled, razor-tongued former war hero turned inquisitor: physically ruined by torture but mentally sharp, cynical, and ruthlessly pragmatic.

Look who is here - a deluded nationalist…

Who still believes the U.S. is a democracy? Seriously, you’d have to be a deluded nationalist not to see that this system has as little to do with democracy as elections in Russia do.

Have you ever seen the presentations by Boston Dynamics and the like? The biggest contracts for just about every robotics company probably come from the military. It probably won’t be long before war looks like it does in Terminator 2 - let’s just hope Skynet takes a while to show up, given all the AI stuff governments are already using for their military campaigns…

Yes, indeed. It cannot be emphasized enough that the term “fundamentalism” historically referred specifically to a movement within American Protestantism that held the view that the Bible is the direct word of God, free from error and flaw.

However, at the latest after September 11, the term came to be applied primarily to Muslim religious fanatics, thereby unfortunately pushing the danger posed by fanatics from other religious communities into the background.

Now that U.S. fundamentalists are so openly spreading their inhuman terror throughout the world, it is once again becoming clear what unscrupulous monsters they are.

I can’t understand how any U.S. citizen can still have faith in the legal system.

Here’s just one example of how hopeless that is: the incumbent president is still in office.

Unfortunately, the German federal government also wants to implement this nationwide - those wretched traitors to the people.

It’s good to be able to quantify what everyone already knows, because it’s proof. Unfortunately, it won’t change much, because this isn’t about objectivity - it’s about power.

Through skillful intelligence work, Israel has managed to corrupt the people in positions of power.

This is why Israel, a country of utterly insignificant importance on the world stage, is not held accountable for its inhumane crimes.

The Epstein documents provide insight into how this works. It is intelligence work, pretty much the only thing Israel has ever been very good at - for people hungry for power, that’s worth enough.

You only have to look at the history of Israel to understand why this country is the way it is.

I really wonder when people will realize that the best way to deal with this orange monster is to never ever repeat whatever nonsense he spouts.

He thrives on nothing but the attention he generates with his idiotic remarks.

If that stops, all that’s left is the reality of his actions - and that’s what people should be talking about, not his lies, not his distractions, or his empty promises.

It’s really simple: Don’t feed the troll!

Did I miss something? Why the hate?

Let’s hope for OP’s sake that Peter Dinklage isn’t hanging out in the Fediverse. You know why…

Anything by the Butthole Surfers?

I’ve always found tattoos a bit strange. Not that they bother me in any way - quite the contrary - I just could never really understand why someone would get a name, a quote, a picture, or whatever permanently inked on their skin.

And when I’m bombed out, I’m either tired or drunk.

Even German: Wayne Newton - Danke Schoen

Does anyone still remember that the Supreme Court - which already included a certain Clarence Thomas at the time -ensured during the 2000 election that the votes in Florida would not be recounted, thereby guaranteeing that Bush Jr. would become president?

I would certainly say that this is exactly how a political actor behaves.

In this case, too, all those responsible will get off scot-free. This case demonstrates beyond a shadow of a doubt that the U.S. legal system is so corrupt that it not only fails to serve its purpose but, on the contrary, is systematically exploited to enable the most serious crimes in the first place.

The Epstein case is just one particularly repugnant example of this, as the regime’s blatant enrichment through corruption and its countless crimes also make abundantly clear.

Nothing will change in this regard until U.S. citizens rise up and demand justice.