[OFF TOPIC] Politics Thread

[Olympian1010 7,951]

2 hours ago, Monzanator said:

Only Republican candidates (Trump) can be too old for the office Biden is four years older than Trump so it's just another case of liberal hypocrisy. Then again, if Biden wins that means we're finally done with the Bernie Sanders sociallist nonsense.

Yeah...I wouldn’t be so sure that democratic-socialism is done just yet. I know the U.S. House races don’t get a lot of attention, but progressives are upsetting moderates and liberals left and right in those primaries.

[Monzanator 4,475]

11 minutes ago, Olympian1010 said:

Yeah...I wouldn’t be so sure that democratic-socialism is done just yet. I know the U.S. House races don’t get a lot of attention, but progressives are upsetting moderates and liberals left and right in those primaries.

International opinion doesn't really care about the Congress elections like you say. Besides, anything can be struck down by the Supreme Court. Meanwhile President is one office that always gathers international attention and first Obama said Democrats shouldn't lean too far left and if Biden wins that's game over for Bernie's Army since there's usually zero competition for a sitting President and Sanders is too old to make a genuine run in 8 years time.

[pdr4332 218]

Steve Bannon was arrested yesterday for fraud. For me, this is definitely one of the best news of 2020 so far. 
It is doubly ironic what he was indicted for (embezzling money for his luxury spending), considering that he always had this lie of being "the common man", sth nobody in Europe ever believed about him (I remember he went to the Czech Republic in 2018 to speak and was almost laughed out of the room for all the nonsense)

[Dnl 691]

11 hours ago, dharang said:

Steve Bannon was arrested yesterday for fraud. For me, this is definitely one of the best news of 2020 so far. 
It is doubly ironic what he was indicted for (embezzling money for his luxury spending), considering that he always had this lie of being "the common man", sth nobody in Europe ever believed about him (I remember he went to the Czech Republic in 2018 to speak and was almost laughed out of the room for all the nonsense)

They will put a ban(n) on him..

[Olympian1010 7,951]

From yesterday.

 

[Olympian1010 7,951]

There’s some (questionable, at best) U.S. media throwing around Kin Jong Un coma rumors again. As our resident North Korea expert, can you provide any info @Griff88?

[Olympian1010 7,951]

Another police shooting of a black man. Obviously, details are still preliminary as this only happen a few hours ago, but the video circulated raises a lot of questions. I’m going to post the video in a spoiler below, so that you can see the incident from a primary source. This is video is of a real life police shooting that could very well be fatal, so please do not open the spoiler if you’re not comfortable seeing that (or if gun violence is a trauma trigger for you). 
 

Spoiler

Julian Castro isn’t the who filmed the video for record. The video does appear to be confirmed as authentic, since police have confirmed a man was shot.

Again: warning gun violence shown.

 

I’m always careful about how I handle information that comes out following any sort of newsworthy event. You to be careful that the facts are being reported carefully and accurately. Often times I prefer to wait a few hours (or even a day) before making an effort to read all the facts and form an opinion. I will wait for more information to come before forming my final opinion, but here is my reaction to that video.

 

This is case is a different from the murder of George Floyd. The man who was shot did not appear to be fully complaint with police. That said, I still don’t believe the shooting was justified. If an officer is close enough to grab a man’s shirt and hold a gun to his back before shooting; he is capable of using non-lethal methods to detain the man. The shooting seems pretty heinous being as I feel officers had multiple opportunities to apprehend the man. It’s also ridiculous that an officer would feel the need to shoot a man 7 (that’s the number being reported) times in the back. I get that officers have to deal with dangerous situations from time to time, but it seems utterly ridiculous that they had to resort to lethal methods here. Honestly, those officers attacked like they placed zero value on that man’s life, and that is unacceptable. Like I said, I’ll wait for more facts to emerge before I make my full judgement on the matter, but I am outraged by this video. Enough is enough.

[Griff88 1,950]

2 hours ago, Olympian1010 said:

There’s some (questionable, at best) U.S. media throwing around Kin Jong Un coma rumors again. As our resident North Korea expert, can you provide any info @Griff88?

Haha

The whole world reporting it based on Chang Song Min's words, who is barely noticed by those outside Korea before he said this

[heywoodu 14,940]

7 hours ago, Olympian1010 said:

Another police shooting of a black man. Obviously, details are still preliminary as this only happen a few hours ago, but the video circulated raises a lot of questions. I’m going to post the video in a spoiler below, so that you can see the incident from a primary source. This is video is of a real life police shooting that could very well be fatal, so please do not open the spoiler if you’re not comfortable seeing that (or if gun violence is a trauma trigger for you). 
 

  Reveal hidden contents

Julian Castro isn’t the who filmed the video for record. The video does appear to be confirmed as authentic, since police have confirmed a man was shot.

Again: warning gun violence shown.

 

I’m always careful about how I handle information that comes out following any sort of newsworthy event. You to be careful that the facts are being reported carefully and accurately. Often times I prefer to wait a few hours (or even a day) before making an effort to read all the facts and form an opinion. I will wait for more information to come before forming my final opinion, but here is my reaction to that video.

 

This is case is a different from the murder of George Floyd. The man who was shot did not appear to be fully complaint with police. That said, I still don’t believe the shooting was justified. If an officer is close enough to grab a man’s shirt and hold a gun to his back before shooting; he is capable of using non-lethal methods to detain the man. The shooting seems pretty heinous being as I feel officers had multiple opportunities to apprehend the man. It’s also ridiculous that an officer would feel the need to shoot a man 7 (that’s the number being reported) times in the back. I get that officers have to deal with dangerous situations from time to time, but it seems utterly ridiculous that they had to resort to lethal methods here. Honestly, those officers attacked like they placed zero value on that man’s life, and that is unacceptable. Like I said, I’ll wait for more facts to emerge before I make my full judgement on the matter, but I am outraged by this video. Enough is enough.

 

Daniel Shaver-like situation, sort of (yes, I get every single situation is different, but you get the point). If it's apparently so necessary to shoot, why immediately 5 (Shaver) or 7 (this guy) times? Come on.

[Gianlu33 4,528]

September is coming and it will be a tough and exciting month for Volt Europe

For the first time Volt will be involved seriously in the Italian local election and for the 1st time will run in Romania.

 

Just more info:

•  2 regional elections
• NWR Supercommunal council
• Bucarest election
• 8 city council
• 5 city council