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Things aren’t so bad

In last week’s column I raised an issue that had hit home a bit personally — the increasing number of mass murders committed in our country’s public places by madmen who, armed with high-powered rifles and abundant ammunition, kill as many as they can.

It had become a bit more personal because our company underwent “active shooter” training, with instructors informing us of our choices to “run, hide or fight” if a killer arrives at our New London offices.

Not a happy thought.

So, this week, I offer something completely different. Things are not that bad. I’m talking big picture; globally. While you may be watching disasters, famines and health crises on your TV screens and smartphones — because such is news — the reality is the world is a much better place than it was not long ago.

I was reminded of this recently when reading an article in the latest edition of Reason by Ronald Bailey, the magazine’s science correspondent. His point was that despite the perceptions of many, these are not the glory days for the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse — Death, Famine, Pestilence and War.

Human nature being what it is, folks tend to think things have never been this bad when, in many ways, they have never been this good.

Take war, the world has not had a big one in 75 years, since the end of World War II. Local wars have killed thousands and displaced millions, each death a tragedy, but global institutions such as the United Nations and NATO have held, preventing war from again spilling across the planet. Europe has been at peace for the longest stretch in its history.

Thanks to science, medicine and improved food production and distribution, people are living much longer. Bailey notes that demographers estimate that in 16th-century England, 60 percent of children died before age 16. By 1820 things had not improved all that much, with average life expectancy hovering around 30.

Today in the United States the infant mortality rate is 5.9 per 1,000 births, while in the United Kingdom it is 3.8 (tell me again why national health care would be so awful?).

Average life expectancy for Americans is 78.7 years, which is impressive by historic numbers but has actually dropped slightly the past couple of years and trails many other developed nations. Analysis continues, but increased substance abuse and resulting premature deaths appear the likely cause.

Worldwide, the average life expectancy is 71.5 years (68 years for males and nearly 73 females), according to the United Nations.

A big factor in people living longer is the eradication of diseases such as smallpox, which decimated populations in the past, and great strides in controlling other sicknesses. Cancer may seem like the modern plague, but one big reason we see more of it is because people live longer to develop it. Medicine is dramatically improving the ability to successfully treat it.

According to the World Health Organization, at least 10 million deaths were prevented worldwide in the first five years of this decade because of the availability of vaccines and another 1.5 million deaths could be avoided if vaccines were more readily available in poorer nations. Remember those numbers the next time some irrational anti-vaccine advocate tries to paint vaccines as bad.

Could things go south in a hurry? You bet. The world is filled with nuclear weapons. A decline in liberal democracies could invite renewed conflict. Climate change, declining natural resources and an exploding global population will present difficult challenges.

Things could be better. But for perspective’s sake, it is sometimes worthwhile to recall that things have been far worse.

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140 Comments on "Things aren’t so bad"

  1. Robert Inget on Mon, 1st Jul 2019 10:16 am 

    1) Correction; Intended to write ‘other than $USD’.

  2. Duncan Idaho on Mon, 1st Jul 2019 10:34 am 

    Iran kinda holds the “Trump” Cards.
    SA would be a faming mess in 15 minutes, with the world in a severe depression.
    Plus, with their new toys, the US gets its ass spanked.

  3. WheTheEagleFlies on Mon, 1st Jul 2019 11:44 am 

    I grew up reading this shallow, liberal, know-it-all paper. Those memories just returned with “Remember those numbers the next time some irrational anti-vaccine advocate tries to paint vaccines as bad.” Apparently this writer doesn’t know that $4 billion have been paid out for vaccine injuries over the last few decades. RJK Jr. and the rest aren’t irrational, they just want safe vaccines.

  4. Davy on Mon, 1st Jul 2019 4:51 pm 

    Mis amigos, this is a very special time. I have been stalking for a year now. I was triggered a year ago when my feeling were hurt. I have a hyperactive oversized pride. I also have a dysfunctional personality that is manifested with cyberbullying and cyber stalking. I do not care about norms. ID theft is fine and my goofy dumbass personalities are manifested by my many sock puppets. I fill comment feeds up with mindless ad homs and stupid sexual perversions. I tell you guys I am sorry but I am not because you all are all sorry fucks for being here anyway. I brag about myself constantly because I am special. All this is because I am a psychopathic individual and I consider myself a separate species sus horriblis. The world revolves around me. I like to tell people I am set in life. I have all the money I need so a surf and sail. I travel when I want. I justify this oversized Miami Beach playboy ecological footprint because I was sterilized. I didn’t have kids. If you did then I am better than you because I didn’t. Since I am so fucked up it is a good thing I don’t have kids. Bad seeds should be destroyed. Too bad I was not aborted.

  5. makati1 on Mon, 1st Jul 2019 6:01 pm 

    Robert, I agree on all points. As I said previously, Iran holds all the Aces in this game, whereas, the US is holding all the Jokers…Trump, Bolt-on, etc.

  6. makati1 on Mon, 1st Jul 2019 11:34 pm 

    “Papers/phone/laptop/passwords please!” Coming and going in Police State Amerika.

    https://www.thedailybell.com/all-articles/news-analysis/its-not-just-foreigners-who-should-fear-crossing-the-us-border/

    “US CBP claims the authority to search anyone at the border, without justification, without probable cause, or even reasonable suspicion that you have been involved in any criminal activity.

    This applies to your phone and computer as well. They can search you coming in, or leaving the country. And they don’t care if you’re an American citizen– you have no rights at the border.

    The agents suspected him of absolutely nothing– they were very open about that. But they still coerced him into obtaining access to his phone and computer.

    They looked through every single picture, and every single file. They viewed footage he took in war zones in the middle east. They combed through his contacts who provide him with material for his stories.

    But then a third officer, whose name was Villarreal, carefully read every page of my 2019 journal, including copious notes to self on work, relationships, friends, family, and all sorts of private reflections I had happened to write down….”

    As I do not travel with a phone or laptop or any other I-toy, I am not concerned, but maybe you should be? What is in you electronics that you don’t want a stranger to see/record? And Americans think they are “free”. LMAO

  7. Cloggie on Tue, 2nd Jul 2019 1:30 am 

    Say cheese!

    https://www.spiegel.de/wirtschaft/soziales/streit-um-flugzeug-subventionen-usa-drohen-europa-mit-strafzoellen-a-1275313.html

    US threatening Europe with sanctions on Dutch cheese and Scottish whiskey.

    The demise of the old white guy:

    https://www.spiegel.de/politik/ausland/joe-biden-ex-vizepraesident-verliert-nach-tv-duell-an-beliebtheit-a-1275321.html

    Hair-sniffer Biden loses a lot of support, remains the top favorite though (22%). Next are Camel Harris (17%, up from 8% in May), the jewish fool Sanders (14%, down from 18%). The rest is below 5% and has already been beaten.

    The race is probably going to be between Biden and Harris and I would tip 60-40 on Harris.

  8. Cloggie on Tue, 2nd Jul 2019 1:56 am 

    The rise of the Global Homo:

    https://www.volkskrant.nl/sport/amerikaanse-voetbalster-megan-rapinoe-is-activist-in-een-topploeg~be4d681f/

    The four remaining countries in the world championship soccer tournament for WOMEN are absolutely no surprise:

    1. USA
    2. England
    3. Holland
    4. Sweden

    All four progressive champs, feminist to the core, still somewhat white, Protestant, capitalist. In mentality all four are globalist-Anglo.

    All these four countries have no future whatsoever, unless some hard-right counter-revolution takes place.

    https://edition.cnn.com/2019/06/28/football/megan-rapinoe-jill-ellis-uswnt-womens-world-cup-spt-intl/index.html

    “Megan Rapinoe: ‘You can’t win a championship without gays'”

    Absolutely true. Achievement is male. If women want to achieve, they have to become men, at least mentally. Oh and kiss your birth rates goodbye.

    Being female means being attractive for men, submit yourself to him for 15 minutes per week, “close your eyes and think of England”, as they used to say in the Victorian Era, and in return soft-rule the guy for the remainder of the week and have his kids, while hubby does the heavy lifting outside of the home.

    Anything else means the death of society.

    In the modern West it is no longer allowed to say these simple truths:

    https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7202277/Former-Olympic-swimmer-Sharron-Davies-sparks-transgender-row.html

    “‘Binary sex matters!’ Former Olympic swimmer Sharron Davies sparks another transgender row after tweeting about the need for males and females for procreation”

    The 1968 libtard West is something that lustfully needs to be overthrown or face “Planet of the Apes”.

  9. Theedrich on Tue, 2nd Jul 2019 2:59 am 

    Let’s face it:

    (Der christliche) Gott ist tot!
    (The Christian) God is dead! (Nietzsche, Also sprach Zarathustra)

  10. Davy on Tue, 2nd Jul 2019 4:56 am 

    “(Der christliche) Gott ist tot!”

    For the honest intellectual I would agree but anyone who understands history and applies systemness to the study of knowledge knows science and spirituality have overlap but also separation. There are deeper areas of the esoteric of the Christian/Jewish tradition that have relevance to spirituality and outside of science. These are generally too developed for the average faithful to comprehend. In fact some of the esoteric would be considered sacrilegious by the average unintellectual faithful but in reality are universally sacred. In addition the esoteric traditions are also too vague for the extreme intellectual or lonely atheist to entertain because science is of no use here. The bible thumping God is very much alive and dead.

  11. Davy on Tue, 2nd Jul 2019 5:11 am 

    “Absolutely true. Achievement is male. If women want to achieve, they have to become men, at least mentally. Oh and kiss your birth rates goodbye.”

    Yea, and it is likely this is going to change dramatically when we get to the edge of collapse and the world localizes and becomes less fair. It is already there in many places but it is likely someday these richer liberal areas will become poorer and the ability of women to advance will be dealt a serious setback. Once the rule of law reverts, modern conveniences are gone, and the rule of strength replaces our modern reality of individual protection, women will settle back to a more traditional place of home economics protected by the male. This will be because of necessity. If for some reason collapse does not visit us then I would say a prosperous civilization will continue to see women in positions of strength. There is likely a limit to their advancement and that would revolve around the hardwiring of humans. If this hardwiring could be broken by AI as a pseudo human/non-human entity then I doubt the sexes would be an essential part of the equation. The best of both sexes will merge and the worst eliminated by design.

  12. Davy on Tue, 2nd Jul 2019 5:30 am 

    “Peak Oil Review: 1 July 2019”
    https://tinyurl.com/y6gqrbv4 resilience

    “US Shale Oil Production: US crude oil output in April rose to a new monthly record of 12.16 million b/d, according to the EIA’s Petroleum Supply Monthly which was released on Friday. This report which is compiled some two months after the most recent month analyzed is usually more accurate and less subject to revision than the weekly estimates or the forecast about how big production will be in the coming month. The agency also increased its estimate for March crude production by 11,000 b/d to 11.92 million. Production in the US Gulf of Mexico rose 77,000 b/d to 1.98 million in April. These numbers suggest that the US raised its onshore production, which is mostly shale oil, by 172,000 b/d in April, which seems to be rather high given that the Drilling Productivity Report for March was estimating only 85,000 for the month. Revisions to these figures may be in order. There are numerous reports that most shale oil drillers, except perhaps for the major oil companies, are cutting back on opening new wells to mollify their financial backers. It seems unlikely that the shale oil industry will be able to increase production by 83 thousand b/d in June and 70 thousand in July as projected by the EIA. A recent survey by the Dallas Federal Reserve reveals that oil industry executives are unusually pessimistic about the prospects for the future. A combination of low oil prices, increasing costs, and the lack of investor willingness to fund losing firms suggest that the era of rapid increases in shale oil production may be coming to a close.”

  13. Davy on Tue, 2nd Jul 2019 5:45 am 

    “Insects are ‘food of the future”
    https://tinyurl.com/yyztcueh the ecologist

    “Insects are an environmentally sustainable food source, with a significantly lower carbon footprint compared to meat production, the report published in the Comprehensive Reviews in Food Science and Food Safety journal revealed. But attitudes towards eating insects and current farming techniques and technologies need to change if edible insects are to become a common food source, researchers from the University of Leeds and the University of Veracruz, in Mexico, said.”

    What I am seeing is a decline in insect populations but with outbreaks of invasive infestations. I do not see insects as a means to avoid a global food crisis. They are likely just a niche that may help. Insects still need basic food chain inputs just like any other food source.

  14. Davy on Tue, 2nd Jul 2019 6:03 am 

    “The Barrage of Bad News About Climate Change Is Triggering ‘Eco-Anxiety,’ Psychologists Say”
    https://tinyurl.com/yylo7fyk live science

    “[Ecoanxiety] is often hidden somewhat under the surface,” Thomas Doherty, a clinical psychologist based in Portland, Oregon, told Live Science, “people aren’t taught how to talk about it. But anxiety is only good for sparking action up to a certain point, Doherty said. A tenet of psychology, the Yerkes-Dodson law, holds that up to a certain point, arousal — how alert or worried you feel — leads people take action and perform better. But overly high levels of anxiety can become paralyzing. For example, one study described cases in which fear of extreme weather approached the level of phobia. Depending on how anxious you are, that’s either incredibly convenient, or presents a catch-22 situation.”

    If people new the full spectrum of the collapse process then this Eco-Anxiety would be a sideshow. If they knew the hypocrisy and the delusions of the fake green movement of renewables and EV techno fantasy then a real existential crisis of confidence would permeate our global culture. Instead we have this undercurrent of climate action will save us delusions which is just more of the same of having the cake and eating it. Prosperity without sacrifice is absurd when one realizes the extent of the collapse process. Profound and draconian changes are needed but likely not possible because of affordability and behavior. The tech is not up to the task either at least for what is being expect of it today and that is more of the same except with renewables and EV’s. This predicament is going to lead to more anger and dysfunctional behavior. If there is nothing that can be done then many will revert to individual survival mentality. For others that are honest and psychologically strong this may be a call to a different type of action that rejects many of the status quo trends and seeks an alternative way.

  15. Cloggie on Tue, 2nd Jul 2019 8:12 am 

    Affront Brexit party in EU parliament:

    https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7204033/Brexit-Partys-Euro-MPs-turn-BACKS-EUs-anthem-plays-sparking-row-day.html

    “Brexit Party’s 29 new Euro MPs turn their BACKS as the EU’s anthem plays in the European Parliament – as Farage threatens to DESTROY Tory party if they don’t deliver Brexit on Halloween ”

    De Gaulle was right. They are not one of us, they never will be. That’s ok.

    England out, Russia in (and Scotland).

    Next team up with US white nationalists and lift them from the Washington sphere of influence into our PBM sphere of influence. Problem solved.

  16. Cloggie on Tue, 2nd Jul 2019 11:17 am 

    New detailed political map of Europe:

    https://www.zeit.de/politik/ausland/2019-07/europawahl-gemeinden-eu-mitgliedsstaaten-ergebnisse-analyse

    Note the “extreme right” in large parts of France and Flanders, Italy, East-Germany, national-conservative in Poland and Hungary. Left leaning are Spain, parts of Sweden and Romania. Ultra-left only in parts of Portugal. For some reason the Dutch populists do not count as “extreme right”.

    After Italy, France is the most likely candidate to get an “extreme right” government, in 202/.

  17. Duncan Idaho on Tue, 2nd Jul 2019 11:24 am 

    https://www.sfgate.com/entertainment/article/Pride-2019-Clever-costumes-signs-san-francisco-14062549.php#photo-17781991

    Yep—

  18. Robert Inget on Tue, 2nd Jul 2019 12:26 pm 

    EMERGENCY CALL BACK of AF2
    Pence returns to Washington, Why?

    Israel prepares for serious offensive, Where?
    Trump surrounds himself with top US Military.
    Att. General of NY prepared to serve Pres. Trump?

    Richard Engel
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    The highest-ranking North Korean defector in decades told me Kim Jong UN likes President Trump because he’s not “moral,” and doesn’t judge.”All previous US presidents so far have been very moral and they paid great attention on the America’s moral image,” he said of Trump.

    House Sues to get Trump Tax Returns
    https://thehill.com/homenews/house/451352-house-democrats-sue-treasury-to-turn-over-trump-tax-returns

    Did Trump try to save his skin with threats of war with Iran?

  19. Robert Inget on Tue, 2nd Jul 2019 12:32 pm 

    VLADIMIR Putin pulled out of an event in Moscow today – at the same time US Vice President Mike Pence was abruptly called back to Washington over an “undisclosed emergency”.

    The Russian leader is thought to have cancelled his schedule for the evening and is urgently meeting with his defence minster Sergei Shoigu.

  20. Antius on Tue, 2nd Jul 2019 12:33 pm 

    When a country treats its patriots as criminals and terrorists, it surely cannot be far from its end.

    https://tinyurl.com/y6thfuvp

    Since the 1990s, Britain has been ruled by a clever, wealthy and thoroughly disgusting group of foreigners. These people hate patriotism precisely because anyone patriotic would hate them. Corbyn is taking a lot of stick of late because he has been attempting to distance his party from them.

  21. Davy on Tue, 2nd Jul 2019 12:36 pm 

    ”All previous US presidents so far have been very moral and they paid great attention on the America’s moral image,”

    Yea, Trump is real as opposed to the liar Obama, Bushes and especially the Klintonians.

  22. Robert Inget on Tue, 2nd Jul 2019 12:45 pm 

    It must be said. None of this news is being broadcast on any TV networks.

    Often, unlike free lance internet ‘reporters’ main line news require at least three conformations before publishing.

    The fact that a Russian Nuclear Submarine suffered a serious fire reported 17 dead has been aired.

  23. Duncan Idaho on Tue, 2nd Jul 2019 12:52 pm 

    The point of disinformation is not to win the scientific debate. It is to delay regulations.

  24. Robert Inget on Tue, 2nd Jul 2019 1:13 pm 

    Davy, No previous president, in modern times,
    has come close to Trumps flagrant falsehoods.

    No democratic Allie (or former Allie) can trust anything Trump says. In short, only dictators and Fascists use Trump to advance their agendas.

    Name one major democratic nation who has not been insulted or threatened by our current President?

    One could point to Venezuela’s Maduro as and exception. Except, when V. Putin says to Trump
    Lay-Off Venezuela, Trump does.

    Russian and China firmed up their holds on Venezuela while all attention falls on Iran.

    I have argued Venezuela is of far greater importance to US security than Iran or Iraq or
    Saudi Arabia for that matter.

  25. Cloggie on Tue, 2nd Jul 2019 1:30 pm 

    EU posts probably distributed:

    The good news: total 2-legged catastrophy, the Dutch socialist Timmermans got nothing.ROFL

    The bad news, my favorite by far, the competent Gaullist Barnier didn’t become commission president, but my hopes were not too high anyway.

    Instead we get the lightweight, spineless, Putin-hating, Atlanticist and Merkel vassal, Ursula von der Leyen.

    /sigh

    On a positive note:

    https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/britain-first-russia-paul-golding-duma-parliament-far-right-a8984521.html

    “Britain First: Far-right British group invited to speak at Russian parliament”

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Britain_First#Jews_in_London

    The Golding chap wants to protect Jews against islamists (Jews predictably not interested) and is euro-skeptic. Interesting is Russia’s willingness to maintain ties with rightwing European dissidents.

  26. Cloggie on Tue, 2nd Jul 2019 2:11 pm 

    US-UK 1-0

  27. Davy on Tue, 2nd Jul 2019 2:14 pm 

    “Davy, No previous president, in modern times, has come close to Trumps flagrant falsehoods.”

    Bullshit, extremist liberal whine is all that is. I am not saying Trump does not lie and is not deplorable in some respects but he is honest about being himself. Previous POTUS were liars, politically correct incorrects, and fake personalities. Nobody can compare to the Clintons for deceit and Obama was the biggest “show off” liar ever. Bush was a Cheney puppet. Carter was probably our best president morally and was smart too.

  28. Cloggie on Tue, 2nd Jul 2019 2:19 pm 

    US-UK 1-1

  29. Cloggie on Tue, 2nd Jul 2019 2:31 pm 

    US-UK 2-1

  30. Robert Inget on Tue, 2nd Jul 2019 2:31 pm 

    Liz Claman
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    BREAKING: 12 F-22 Raptor fighter jets are reportedly now in position in the Persian Gulf. 3pET we’ll go live to the WH and @EdwardLawrence on @realDonaldTrump’s next move w/ #Iran. Markets waiting and watching @ClamanCountdown

    Fasten seat belts. Boys and girl, this could be serious.

    Tell those pilots they will be home for Xmass.

    If this is some sort of stunt, it’s a dangerous one.

    Apparently Trump is not about ask Congress for permission to end democracy, possibility human life. Anything to keep himself out of a NY State prison.

    If Russia’s S400 works as advertised, Iran sinks just a single aircraft carrier, we will need to send in troops. A few thousand at first then millions. Unless…. Congress cuts military funding for this obvious insane unilateral move, Europe, the Middle East is toast.

    I’m hoping this entire enterprise, just threat.

  31. Robert Inget on Tue, 2nd Jul 2019 2:53 pm 

    and now for something really different.

    https://pgjonline.com/news/2019/07-jul/canada-aboriginal-tribes-expected-to-offer-purchase-of-trans-mountain-pipeline

    WHEN TMP is completed, Canada will be shipping
    oil sands crude to Asia….Not to the US.

    So, it shakes out. Russia and China control Venezuela’s FUTURE oil sands oil exports and China controls most of Canada’s current oil sands exports.

    As for so called shale, even $100 crude can’t shake enough blood from that stone to satisfy US needs domestically.

    As for conventional, that crude gives up on US before we are prepared to give up on it.

  32. Robert Inget on Tue, 2nd Jul 2019 3:04 pm 

    A little oily warm-up to attacking Iran.
    https://www.cnn.com/2019/07/02/business/saudi-oil-minister-iran-security/index.html

    Unless Putin steps in to deny Trump cover or take sides with Iran, the ballon goes up this week.

    $100 crude by the forth?

  33. Truth Buster on Tue, 2nd Jul 2019 3:33 pm 

    Davy says,

    “I am not saying Trump does not lie.”

    What are you saying? One flagrant liar covering for another.

    Trump is a habitual liar- by far the worst liar.

    THE FACTS:

    It should come as no surprise that President Dump is a habitual liar. Between when President Trump assumed office in January 2017 and the end of March 2019, the average number of public false or misleading statements he has made per day has been increasing. According to the Washington Posts’ Fact Checkers, “for the president’s first 100 days, Trump averaged 4.9 false claims a day… since we last updated this tally two months ago, the president has averaged 12.7 lies a day. Our calculations suggest that if the current escalation rate remains steady, by the end of his term the president could be making as many as nineteen public false statements a day, on average.”

  34. Cloggie on Tue, 2nd Jul 2019 3:40 pm 

    US-UK 2-1, UK misses penalty.
    With 10 minutes left potentially hard Brexit coming up.

  35. Sissyfuss on Tue, 2nd Jul 2019 3:42 pm 

    Clogforia, those penalty kicks are a done deal. English lass choked.

  36. Cloggie on Tue, 2nd Jul 2019 3:43 pm 

    UK Millie (not so) Bright tossed off.
    UK 10 gals left.

  37. Sissyfuss on Tue, 2nd Jul 2019 3:54 pm 

    Clogged, after me USA USA.

  38. Cloggie on Tue, 2nd Jul 2019 3:56 pm 

    Over and out, US wins, deserved.

    The bad news: IF Holland beats Sweden tomorrow, the Amis will be forced to confront the Dutch. This is a scenario you don’t want to inflict on your worst enemy.

    Dutch motto: “we kill all sizes”

    Advise to Americans: run while you still can.

  39. Sissyfuss on Tue, 2nd Jul 2019 4:01 pm 

    Davy, in a way Carter was a victim of the “deplorables”, the uneducated bottom dwellers that believed Reagans pie in the sky promises and got trickled down for the next 40 odd years. Carter was probably the last president that wasn’t transformed by the deep state in the first two weeks.

  40. Sissyfuss on Tue, 2nd Jul 2019 4:04 pm 

    We’re so scared, Cloccermom. Your dykes from Dikeland can’t compete against our clits of steel.

  41. Cloggie on Tue, 2nd Jul 2019 4:13 pm 

    “Your dykes from Dikeland”

    ???

    https://www.theguardian.com/football/2019/jun/28/cant-win-without-gays-usa-megan-rapinoe

    The US is the gay capital of the world:

    https://www.hln.be/nieuws/buitenland/3-miljoen-mensen-op-gay-pride-in-new-york-voor-50-jaar-stonewall~a5329f7f/

    3 million!

    Holy cow, I didn’t know there were even 3 million citizens in NYC!

  42. Duncan Idaho on Tue, 2nd Jul 2019 4:16 pm 

    12 F-22 Raptor fighter jets
    Iran can take those out without even blinking.

  43. Truth Buster on Tue, 2nd Jul 2019 5:36 pm 

    Davy and Siss speak the truth in terms of Carter.

    Jimmy Carter was our last good, decent, and honest president. He never dwelled on hate or revenge. He was the only president for the past 100 years not to involve the US in endless warfare. World leaders trusted Carter, which explains why he is the only president to have negotiated a true and lasting Middle East peace agreement. The Clinton’s were too proud to ask for his support so they failed as well. HRC was a cruel and vindictive first lady who ruled the WH as if she was the president.

  44. Davy on Tue, 2nd Jul 2019 5:37 pm 

    “Carter was probably the last president that wasn’t transformed by the deep state in the first two weeks.”

    Carter was the last president that could have saved the planet at least in regards to slowing down the unsustainability and lengthening out the process many more years. He looked seriously at the big problems. That doesn’t sell and that is the reason hollywood goofball became president. He told people what they wanted to hear and they elected him. The Iranians sunk Carter also.

  45. makati1 on Tue, 2nd Jul 2019 5:38 pm 

    And then the US will be fighting with paper airplanes since none of their new junk works no matter how much of the tax slave’s blood they throw at it. And they talk about space missions! LMAO

  46. Davy on Tue, 2nd Jul 2019 5:38 pm 

    “12 F-22 Raptor fighter jets
    Iran can take those out without even blinking.”

    Bullshit

  47. Davy on Tue, 2nd Jul 2019 5:42 pm 

    “Washington Posts’ Fact Checkers, “for the president’s first 100 days, Trump averaged 4.9 false claims a day…”

    That reminds me of when people let the fox guard the hen house. LOL WAPO is an extremist liberal rag not worth reading that is unless you are a deep-stater.

  48. makati1 on Tue, 2nd Jul 2019 6:35 pm 

    “The F-35: Poster Child for Pentagon Boondoggles” Incompetence or just stupid greed?

    https://mises.org/power-market/f-35-poster-child-pentagon-boondoggles

    “‘Sudden turn’ by warship USS John S. McCain caused collision which killed 10 sailors: Singapore investigation” More incompetence or just plain stupidity?

    https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/transport/sudden-turn-by-us-warship-caused-aug-21-collision-which-killed-10-sailors

    The list of incompetence, negligence, and stupidity goes on and on, and they think they can win against Iran? If today’s US snowflake army had to storm the beach at Normandy on D-Day, we would likely all be speaking German now, were it not for the Russians.

  49. Truth Buster on Tue, 2nd Jul 2019 7:38 pm 

    Davy-

    What evidence do you have that the Washington Post Fact Checkers calculations are wrong? None. Instead, base your opinion on trite right-wing cliches (liberal rag).

  50. Duncan Idaho on Tue, 2nd Jul 2019 8:19 pm 

    were it not for the Russians.
    The Russians won WWII in Europe.
    The US in the Pacific.

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