US US Politics General - Discussion of President Biden and other politicians

 

[MrJokerRager]

Now for my little Schtizo rant about politics and the elections. I only Vote GOP to oppose infanticide/ euthanasia and other woke nonsense . With non woke topics I think the conservatives lost mainly due to not being for anything policy or economic wise . I think mainly fail to realize the USA has 350 million people in it. The idea of everyone in the third most populated country can run off an homestead in rural areas is not viable and your a faggot if you think it is. I also realized that running to the woods like Tim pool is a sign of retreat and defeat and not of strength. This isn't doomer posting about the future. just a assessment that the idea everyone can move to the woods won't work and won't change things.

If the right can't come up with a positive vision of what they want. that realistically reflects the usa in 2022 they will continue to under preform. People do care about about climate change low wages, lack of affordable healthcare ect, but the normies dont care about woke or troons one way or another. If the right can actually solve issues voters the masses care about instead of just cling to "muh fossil fuels" when climate change is brought up for example. The normies wont care if the troons get ran out of town, if we can solve bread and butter issues they care about.

Climate Change or Global Warming are left wing framing on the environment, designed to weaken blue collar workers. And make white collar workers feel good about themselves.

There is a history of environmentalism in the right wing side, and Trump did pass some legislation on the environment as well iirc.

Fossil fuels are very much important as the War in Ukraine has shown with Europeans relying on Russian gas before the war. And gas prices rising because Biden wants to appeal to nigger lovers in cities like Berkeley.

However the mainstream conservatives have no will or desire to do any of that, and will have to be replaced by something better.

Or they die off as the system collapses since they pretty much are "Fuck You, I Got Mine".

 

[Myles the Potatophile]

Lets be honest, the level of retardation from Pennsylvania was surprising even to me. What can you expect from a state that can't even do roads right?

It stuns me that the Senate election was a stroke patient versus a physician. 10 years ago I would expect a political cartoon or meme to portray some candidates in those ways, but now reality is the meme.

 

[Breadbassket]

Now for my little Schtizo rant about politics and the elections. I only Vote GOP to oppose infanticide/ euthanasia and other woke nonsense . With non woke topics I think the conservatives lost mainly due to not being for anything policy or economic wise . I think mainly fail to realize the USA has 350 million people in it. The idea of everyone in the third most populated country can run off an homestead in rural areas is not viable and your a faggot if you think it is. I also realized that running to the woods like Tim pool is a sign of retreat and defeat and not of strength. This isn't doomer posting about the future. just a assessment that the idea everyone can move to the woods won't work and won't change things.

If the right can't come up with a positive vision of what they want. that realistically reflects the usa in 2022 they will continue to under preform. People do care about about climate change low wages, lack of affordable healthcare ect, but the normies dont care about woke or troons one way or another. If the right can actually solve issues voters the masses care about instead of just cling to "muh fossil fuels" when climate change is brought up for example. The normies wont care if the troons get ran out of town, if we can solve bread and butter issues they care about.

Admittedly while the cultural LGBT Pride parade marching through American society should be addressed alongside the pro-life/pro-choice situation, they are issues that don't really effect every American citizen in a broad sense on a day to day basis. The "bread and butter" problems as you mentioned could be useful to talk about more.

To counter-act Democratic policies some hypothetical ideas I can think of is advocating for a "practical environmentalism" that understands the limitations green energy actually has (and doesn't have a pointless fear of nuclear energy) instead of trying to be a one-all solution the "Green New Deal" seems to say it is. Affordable healthcare can be tied into anti-immigration and nativist rhetoric easily. As for living wages politicians only have so much say when it comes to inflation and the Federal Reserve by design besides trying to say raise the federal minimum wage. Some hand-wringing of corporations may be needed which is a whole can of worms for Republican politicians who are typically extremely pro-business in most matters.

 

[More AWS-8Q Than You]

It stuns me that the Senate election was a stroke patient versus a physician. 10 years ago I would expect a political cartoon or meme to portray some candidates in those ways, but now reality is the meme.

It really is, you have to remember though, the Progtards thought they had won forever after the Mocha Messiah, Trump proved them wrong and so now they're speed running their death cult's agenda by any means necessary. Us dumb Chuds just don't get it, it's for our own good.

 

[Kuritan Deplorable]

I always figured nuclear would be the liberals green technology simply because it still requires you to get your power from "the state" and due to danger can be regulated to prevent competitors. Wind and Solar are mainly going to be used by off-the-grid libertarians for homesteading purposes.

When the electrical grid in major cities start to collapse the white people will move out into the wilderness and provide their own water, power, and sewage without requiring the support or approval of the state. If/when that happens I suspect there will be articles about "the racist reality of green technologies".

Actually, small scale nuclear is the big craze. The problem with Nuclear as it exists right now is it requires a huge amount of investment to build a massive nuclear power plant, which only makes sense to provide power to a very high demand sector, otherwise your 6-12 year breakeven becomes 20+, which is starting to approach initial operational lifespan. You'd never make any money.

The new fancy in nuclear is SMR's, Small Modular Reactors. A nuclear reactor that can be assembled in a factory, meaning you can get to economies of scale, as a sealed 'consumable' unit that is installed for a few years then pulled out for maintenance to refuel. These reactors can be installed as dedicated nuclear power on site for industrial parks, factories, or assembled in larger arrays of SMR's to provide larger scale power, up to full scale nuclear plants - while less efficient than a dedicated plant at this point, its a power plant that can be assembled on site with 'off the shelf' components as opposed to specialized setups, meaning it can be constructed in months and not years.

The peak of an SMR is, regulation allowing, neighborhood or home-scale ones. Whatever scale they're deployed at provides near immediate decentralization of the grid, and intend to lean heavily on the pusher infrastructure that's being set up for home renewables, helping the grid account for more inputs from consumers, instead of the major plants.

While a basement Mr Fission is still very much a pipe dream, being able to roll out a safe nuclear reactor on the back of a semi trailer is a huge game changer for them, and they're so safe that its extremely difficult for the states to find reasons to ban them. And they're not a lab experiment, the US Gov is investing into them. Next Generation Nuclear really has the potential to be a major game changer.

 

[mandatorylurk]

What did Dave Portnoy do now?

Jack Posobiec

Alex Stein Called Out Dave Portnoy at Barstool HQ

t.me

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Does Portnoy literally employ Shaniqua's as some diversity hire? Bartsool conservatives are mega faggots.

 

[AnitaSarsleezian]

What did Dave Portnoy do now?

Jack Posobiec

Alex Stein Called Out Dave Portnoy at Barstool HQ

t.me

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I don't even think I wanna know what this is about because it'd just ruin how hilarious this is looking.
Also...I'd love to know if those assaults on Alex by the two female employees is behavior that is regularly encouraged at barstool.

 

[ForTheHoard]

I don't even think I wanna know what this is about because it'd just ruin how hilarious this is looking.
Also...I'd love to know if those assaults on Alex by the two female employees is behaviour that is regularly encouraged at barstool.

It looked more like a Popeye's chicken than a corporate headquarters.

 

[Pig Cups]

Sayonara, cocksucker…

I’m enjoying this news immensely. I know it’s like cockroaches- he’s just one who got stomped, while there’s many, many more as bad as/worse than he is hidden in the shadows. Still, I’m going to savor this victory.

It’s late here, and I was about to head off to bed. That’s gone out the window…opening a bottle of Glenlivet right now.

 

[Spirelord: Downfall]

The new fancy in nuclear is SMR's, Small Modular Reactors. A nuclear reactor that can be assembled in a factory, meaning you can get to economies of scale, as a sealed 'consumable' unit that is installed for a few years then pulled out for maintenance to refuel. These reactors can be installed as dedicated nuclear power on site for industrial parks, factories, or assembled in larger arrays of SMR's to provide larger scale power, up to full scale nuclear plants - while less efficient than a dedicated plant at this point, its a power plant that can be assembled on site with 'off the shelf' components as opposed to specialized setups, meaning it can be constructed in months and not years.

Huh. I was feeling kind of hopeless when it came to nuclear making headway, but barring making the fuel incredibly unaffordable and political red tape, this sounds kinda-

And they're not a lab experiment, the US Gov is investing into them.

... I will now lower my expectations and wait until we see some results. Hopefully this goes somewhere good.

 

[MrJokerRager]

Looks like Biden is going to bribe Africa with 55 billion dollars to try and pry them away from Russian influence.

Biden aims to narrow trust gap with US-Africa leaders summit (Archive)

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is set to play host to dozens of African leaders in Washington this week as the White House looks to narrow a gaping trust gap with Africa — one that has grown wider over years of frustration about America's commitment to the continent.

In the lead-up to the three-day U.S-Africa Leaders Summit that begins Tuesday, Biden administration officials played down their increasing concern about the clout of China and Russia in Africa, which is home to more than 1.3 billion people. Instead, administration officials tried to put the focus on their efforts to improve cooperation with African leaders.

“This summit is an opportunity to deepen the many partnerships we have on the African continent,” White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said when asked about the shadow that China and Russia cast on the meetings. “We will focus on our efforts to strengthen these partnerships across a wide range of sectors spanning from businesses to health to peace and security, but our focus will be on Africa next week.”

To that end, White House officials said that “major deliverables and initiatives” — diplomatic speak for big announcements — will be peppered throughout the meetings. The White House previewed one major summit announcement on Friday, saying that Biden would use the gathering to declare his support for adding the African Union as a permanent member of the Group of 20 nations.

The summit will be the biggest international gathering in Washington since before the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. Local officials are warning residents to brace for road blocks and intensified security as 49 invited heads of states and leaders — and Biden — whiz around the city.

Talks are expected to center on the coronavirus, climate change, the impact of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine on Africa, trade and more, according to White House officials. Biden is set to deliver remarks at a U.S.-Africa business forum, hold small group meetings with leaders, host a leaders' dinner at the White House and take part in other sessions with leaders during the gathering.

Biden has spent much of his first two years in office trying to assuage doubters on the international stage about American leadership after four years of Donald Trump’s “America First” foreign policy. With this summit — a follow-up to the first such gathering held eight years ago by President Barack Obama — Biden has an opportunity to assuage concerns in Africa about whether the U.S. is serious about tending to the relationship.

Biden's effort to draw African nations closer to the U.S. comes at a complicated moment, as his administration has made plain that it believes that Chinese and Russian activity in Africa is a serious concern to U.S. and African interests.

In its sub-Saharan Africa strategy unveiled in August, the Biden administration warned that China, which has pumped billions into African energy, infrastructure and other projects, sees the region as an arena where Beijing can “challenge the rules-based international order, advance its own narrow commercial and geopolitical interests, undermine transparency and openness."

The administration also argues that Russia, the preeminent arms dealer in Africa, views the continent as a permissive environment for Kremlin-connected oligarchs and private military companies to focus on fomenting instability for their own strategic and financial benefit.

Still, administration officials are emphasizing that concerns about China and Russia will not be central to the talks.

“The United States prioritizes our relationship with Africa for the sake of our mutual interests and our partnership in dealing with global challenges,” Molly Phee, assistant secretary of state for African affairs, told reporters before the summit. “We are very conscious, again, of the Cold War history, we’re conscious, again, of the deleterious impact of colonialism on Africa, and we studiously seek to avoid repeating some of the mistakes of those earlier eras.”

The administration has been disappointed that much of the continent has declined to follow the U.S. in condemning the Russian invasion of Ukraine, but Biden is not expected to dwell on differences publicly.

The president is expected to participate with leaders in a session on promoting food security and food systems resilience. Africa has been disproportionately impacted by the global rise in food prices that has been caused in part by the drop in shipments from major grain exporter Ukraine.

“One of the unique aspects of this summit is the collateral damage that the Russian war has inflicted on Africa in terms of food supply and the diversion of development assistance to Ukraine. The opportunity costs of the invasion have been very high in Africa,” said John Stremlau, a visiting professor of international relations at the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg.

Four countries that were suspended from the African Union — Guinea, Sudan, Mali and Burkina Faso— were not invited to the summit because coups in those nations led to unconstitutional changes in power. The White House also did not invite the East African nation of Eritrea; Washington does not have full diplomatic relations with the country.

Biden’s decision to invite several leaders to the summit who have questionable records on human rights and democracy is looming large ahead of the gathering.

Equatorial Guinea was invited despite the State Department stating that it held “serious doubts” about last month's election in the tiny Central African nation. Opposition parties “made credible allegations of significant election-related irregularities, including documented instances of fraud, intimidation, and coercion,” according to the department. Election officials reported that President Teodoro Obiang's ruling party won nearly 95% of the vote.

Zimbabwe, which has faced years of U.S. and Western sanctions over poor governance, human rights abuses and widespread corruption, also was invited.

President Emmerson Mnangagwa, who seized power from longtime ruler Robert Mugabe in 2017, has sought to cast himself as a reformer, but local and international human rights campaigners accuse him of repression that is just as bad or even worse than Mugabe’s.

Although Mnangagwa enjoys cozy relations with China and Russia, as did Mugabe, he has also sought to make friends with the U.S. and other Western countries in an effort to bolster his legitimacy.

In a national address that he delivered in November in a new Chinese-gifted multimillion-dollar parliament building, Mnangagwa held out the invitation to the U.S.-Africa summit as a sign of his administration's success. He said the southern African country welcomed the invitation, but he also called for the “unconditional” removal of sanctions that he blames for Zimbabwe’s debilitating economic woes.

“Emphasis remains on dialogue,” Mnangagwa said.

Ethiopia received an invitation even though Biden late last last year announced he was cutting out the country from a U.S. trade program, known as the African Growth and Opportunity Act, over Ethiopia's failure to end a war in the Tigray region that led to “gross violations” of human rights. A peace deal was signed last month, but implementation faces major challenges such as the continued presence of troops from neighboring Eritrea.

Analysts say that African leaders will be looking for Biden to make some major commitments during the summit, including announcing his first presidential visit to sub-Saharan Africa, efforts to bolster the continent's economy through private sector investment and trade and more.

Perhaps most importantly, it could be an opportunity for Biden to demonstrate that Africa is more than a battleground in its economic and military competition with Beijing and Moscow.

“I do strongly believe that the United States is still seen as a superpower from the African perspective, but most African leaders do not want to align with its promotion of democracy,” said Abraham Kuol Nyuon, a political analyst and associate professor of political science at the University of Juba in South Sudan. “They need the support of America but not the system of America.”

 

[Random Internet Person]

Sayonara, cocksucker…
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I’m enjoying this news immensely. I know it’s like cockroaches- he’s just one who got stomped, while there’s many, many more as bad as/worse than he is hidden in the shadows. Still, I’m going to savor this victory.

It’s late here, and I was about to head off to bed. That’s gone out the window…opening a bottle of Glenlivet right now.

For as much as true believers the Biden Administration has been, and the fact they hired what looks like a /pol/ caricature , I’m kind of surprised they tossed this egghead. I guess that they’re in that left wing crowd where they can actually toss someone down with the cause if they bring too much baggage.

Hopefully, we never see the ugly mug again.

 

[Sniperwoof]

For as much as true believers the Biden Administration has been, and the fact they hired what looks like a /pol/ caricature , I’m kind of surprised they tossed this egghead. I guess that they’re in that left wing crowd where they can actually toss someone down with the cause if they bring too much baggage.

Hopefully, we never see the ugly mug again.

I'm not surprised. Despite all the attempts to mainstream troons and their degeneracy stealing a woman's panties and jerking off into them in your hotel room is still frowned upon.

 

[General Disarray]

For as much as true believers the Biden Administration has been, and the fact they hired what looks like a /pol/ caricature , I’m kind of surprised they tossed this egghead. I guess that they’re in that left wing crowd where they can actually toss someone down with the cause if they bring too much baggage.

Hopefully, we never see the ugly mug again.

Too much stolen baggage lmao.

 

[mandatorylurk]

I've always wondered why the neocons were so stupid they never tried to accommodate the will of the people for leaving the mideast by just saying "ok fine, but can we at least have Somalia to play in?" It's such a shithole and you could easily buttress cleaning it up with strengthening ties to Ethiopia and still be close to the mideast/ship trade, then let South African countries crash and burn with their whypipo bad attitude until they just collapse and you step in or just let India take over for fun. That's better neocon worldbuilding on a shitposting forum than compared to 20 years from the CATO Institute.

 

[Snekposter]

For as much as true believers the Biden Administration has been, and the fact they hired what looks like a /pol/ caricature , I’m kind of surprised they tossed this egghead. I guess that they’re in that left wing crowd where they can actually toss someone down with the cause if they bring too much baggage.

Hopefully, we never see the ugly mug again.

Getting caught red-handed on tape committing two felonies with the potential for god knows how many more means his security clearance was toast. No clearance, no high-level government jobs at all, especially not for anything related to atomic energy. Trying to keep him around would have meant a formal waiver, with plenty of REPUBLICAN POUNCING to go along with it, especially POUNCING about the gender issues the Dems are not getting wins on right now. Radioactive doesn't begin to cover this man, so booting him fast and hard was the only option.

Oh, I'm sure they pondered options to try and keep him around, but not even the Dems can get around the fact he was caught doing felony theft of women's clothing as a man with a high-level security clearance. Frankly if it was just the one instance he'd probably still be around with all sorts of bullshit explanations, but when you've got two and god knows how many more just waiting? Boot him fast before Fox News can find out he's got a history of this.

 

[Kuritan Deplorable]

I've always wondered why the neocons were so stupid they never tried to accommodate the will of the people for leaving the mideast by just saying "ok fine, but can we at least have Somalia to play in?" It's such a shithole and you could easily buttress cleaning it up with strengthening ties to Ethiopia and still be close to the mideast/ship trade, then let South African countries crash and burn with their whypipo bad attitude until they just collapse and you step in or just let India take over for fun. That's better neocon worldbuilding on a shitposting forum than compared to 20 years from the CATO Institute.

Because Somalia has basically no natural resources worth occupying. Its more than just having a place to go to war in, but having a place to occupy, make economically dependent, and then use that dependence to extract favorable trade and resource extraction arrangements from - Along with keeping the balance of power in the region favorable to US Interests (See Saudi Arabia). The local mineral wealth is basically negligible, and while there is some natural gas, its not in the quantity that would justify extraction over other sources, even with a labor cost approaching zero from sheer poverty. Somalia exports a little food, and that's basically it.

As for any force projection justifications, the Somali pirates alone justify significant US naval presence in the area to safeguard shipping, and handle any pirates that get too ambitious in their hostage taking. Removing that would actually lead to less justification, not more. I'm sure the neocons also have some big donors in the insurance companies that cover crews and ship ransoms when sailing in the region - they'd prefer it to be dangerous enough to keep justifying those policies while also patrolled enough that they rarely actually have to pay out.

 

[SBG]

I keep hearing a certain talking point about some boomercons and conservative voters in general.

That some of these kind of voters like "got tired" of the media hating on Trump, and cucked to vote Biden or stay home.

And that some of these kind of voters just like basically cucked in general and decided let the leftoids do whatever they want, so that they could get some peace.

Like gave up on their principles so easily.

I guess some voters like that, probably exist but are they a large portion of the American electorate or just a meme.

They are a real thing and are why you have to counter propaganda/advertising done by Dems. In Arizona you genuinely had a lot of people that voted for mostly Republicans, except when it came to Kari Lake. It's retarded, but it's the nature of most voters to go along with whatever they're advertised.

They're not necessarily a large part of the electorate, but if they makeup even 1-5% that's significant enough to possibly tip elections in some places. Some elections get decided by a dozen votes, so you can't say any portion of the electorate is worth discarding.

 

[chainer]

Sayonara, cocksucker…
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Yea ok buddy, allegations and claims.

 

[Pig Cups]

I’m kind of surprised they tossed this egghead.

Me too. The lack of media attention when the story of his first theft broke, along with the radio silence from the government side, had me thinking that they were going to go all in on shielding this fuckhead.

Why? Remember: he’s a tRAiLbLazER and the fiRsT oPeNLy gENdeR-fLUiD pErsoN tO sErVE iN tHE feDerAL gOVeRnmeNt. In a way, he’s serving on a pedestal as an example for all those enbies, POGs, and troons that, yes, degenerates like them are both welcome and perfectly capable of being near the levers of power.

In essence, they didn’t want to take him down because he’s not only very prominent, but also a part of a rarer minority. Him going down would tarnish the rest of his ilk even more in the eyes of public opinion, and serve as a conspicuous reminder that most of them are abnormal, perverted, dangerous freaks who should be kept *far* from any public office. Case in point- he was caught stealing luggage in pursuit of women’s clothing (which surely included bras & panties). Disgustingly poetic, and par for the course.

I agree with @Snekposter- his security clearance is non-existent thanks to this, so any government job where he could be a visible ambassador for the Rainbow Brigade is thus impossible. At that point, he has no use. I’m betting they fired him very begrudgingly, wishing they could’ve kept him, but knew that they couldn’t. There’s got to be something else that they know and we don’t. The fact that his kleptomaniac ass got caught *twice* makes it very difficult to not think that he’s done this many more times. Termination was the only option.