USA

[Ted Maul]

I think there is something in Proths theory about people wanting to be politicians. Same should apply, if you say you want to be an armed policeman then you're automatically disqualified. The mindset of some of these guys is "I want to kill someone, it excites me" and then they try and find a legal loophole to hide it under.

[TETLEY74]

The good old USA is becoming more and more lawless with each passing day and seems to have an ever increasing amount of idiotic gullible loons. Sadly what happens over there tends to infiltrate into society over here god fuckin help us.

[DemonicBaggie]

Noem et al are claiming that Ms Good was hassling agents *all day*, yet she was murdered at approx 9.35am after dropping her child off at school. MAGA morons will dutifully believe anything that they're told by their Dear Leader, his minions and his acolyte social media influencers, none of whom have the honesty to admit what they're able to see with their own eyes.

Even if she had been hassling agents (and there's been no evidence provided that she did), it's not punishable by death. In fact it's not even a felony, assuming those hassled weren't in any danger as a result of it. Of course ICE agents aren't able to enforce the law anyway for anything other than to deal with truly illegal immigrants.

That FIFA Peace Prize has sure unleashed an avalanche of violence.

[Protheroe]

I think there is something in Proths theory about people wanting to be politicians. Same should apply, if you say you want to be an armed policeman then you're automatically disqualified. The mindset of some of these guys is "I want to kill someone, it excites me" and then they try and find a legal loophole to hide it under.

Logical argument.

[Squid]

Trump is now threatening the head of the Federal Reserve with arrest:

https://news.sky.com/story/trump-adminis...r-13493263

Speech from the head of the Federal Reserve in response:

https://x.com/i/status/2010510130970849338

[Protheroe]

Trump is now threatening the head of the Federal Reserve with arrest:

https://news.sky.com/story/trump-adminis...r-13493263

Speech from the head of the Federal Reserve in response:

https://x.com/i/status/2010510130970849338

Most Central Bank heads should already be in prison for the policies enacted since 2008 to be honest. You can track the collapse of "political civilisation" in the West straight back to the policy response to the GFC. Jerome Powell should certainly be questioned about the explosion in private credit / shadow banking which is a huge systemic threat - much greater than sub-prime.

That's not to say that I support Trump's overt political behaviour here, of course.

[Tiptonmon]

Noem et al are claiming that Ms Good was hassling agents *all day*, yet she was murdered at approx 9.35am after dropping her child off at school. MAGA morons will dutifully believe anything that they're told by their Dear Leader, his minions and his acolyte social media influencers, none of whom have the honesty to admit what they're able to see with their own eyes.

Even if she had been hassling agents (and there's been no evidence provided that she did), it's not punishable by death. In fact it's not even a felony, assuming those hassled weren't in any danger as a result of it. Of course ICE agents aren't able to enforce the law anyway for anything other than to deal with truly illegal immigrants.

Although the tide is turning against Trump, there are still lots of morons, some close to home, who will believe anything he says rather than accept the evidence of their own eyes.

He claimed that Ms. Good 'violently, wilfully and viciously ran over an ICE officer. She didn't try to run him over, she ran him over'. A blatant, provable lie.

He then excelled himself by beating even that fabrication by claiming that the 'officer' had to be taken to to hospital and was lucky to be alive'. This was the thug shown walking down the street after the shooting, totally unharmed.

Now they are trying to obstruct justice by only allowing the FBI, headed by the famously truthful Kash Patel to conduct the investigation. I wonder how that will turn out?

[B12Baggie]

Trump is now threatening the head of the Federal Reserve with arrest:

https://news.sky.com/story/trump-adminis...r-13493263

Speech from the head of the Federal Reserve in response:

https://x.com/i/status/2010510130970849338

Most Central Bank heads should already be in prison for the policies enacted since 2008 to be honest. You can track the collapse of "political civilisation" in the West straight back to the policy response to the GFC. Jerome Powell should certainly be questioned about the explosion in private credit / shadow banking which is a huge systemic threat - much greater than sub-prime.

That's not to say that I support Trump's overt political behaviour here, of course.

I think this is massively overlooked by the general population, which is a combination of ignorance and deliberate playdowns by politicians. 

The 1929 Wall Street Crash and response pretty much led to World War II, so these things have consequences. 

We might actually be on course for another stock market crash this year and then things really will go tits up.

[Protheroe]

I think this is massively overlooked by the general population, which is a combination of ignorance and deliberate playdowns by politicians. 

The 1929 Wall Street Crash and response pretty much led to World War II, so these things have consequences. 

We might actually be on course for another stock market crash this year and then things really will go tits up.

What is also massively overlooked by the general population (and many on this board) is how a historically high number of people have been drawn into the higher and top rates of income tax through fiscal drag without even considering the productivity killing cliff-edge distortions and the toxic ponzi scheme that is Student Loans.

Real wages have hardly grown at all for 20 years as direct result of the policies pursued at and after the GFC. The accumulation of wealth, unless you have the means to borrow (i.e. already wealthy) would be virtually impossible for someone of my background these days.

[baggy1]

The statement that the crash led to WW2 is stretching it a bit. It definitely had a part to play but the main reason was the reparations position put upon Germany after WW! and the allowance of the militarisation of the country were the main factors. The crash had some impact but drawing a direct line from it to the rise of Hitler is overplaying it here I'd say.