Monzanator 3,594 Posted August 5, 2019 #3111 Share Posted August 5, 2019 13 minutes ago, heywoodu said: Lol. What's so funny about it? AR-15 IS a M16 civilian version Spot the difference Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heywoodu 13,547 Posted August 5, 2019 #3112 Share Posted August 5, 2019 (edited) 13 minutes ago, Monzanator said: What's so funny about it? The fact that there are civilian versions of pieces of heavy military machinery. Not exactly funny, more like sad. Edited August 5, 2019 by heywoodu If you'd like to help our fellow Totallympics member Bruna Moura get to the 2026 Winter Olympics, after her car crash on the way to the 2022 Olympics, every tiny bit of help would be greatly appreciated! Full story and how to help can be found here! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrv86 2,924 Posted August 5, 2019 #3113 Share Posted August 5, 2019 11 hours ago, Olympian1010 said: I thought AMLO was a socialist? Lesson number one in Latin American politics: there's no true right or left, just crooks. AMLO says he's socialist, but in reality he married a woman from the upper class, lives in luxury just like his sons, one of whom is now "married" to a former Miss Universe and live in Madrid. There was never socialism, just tirans and crooks exploiting the concept for their own benefit, like the Castro family in Cuba. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrv86 2,924 Posted August 5, 2019 #3114 Share Posted August 5, 2019 11 hours ago, George_D said: The biggest problem of Mexico is drug cartels/armies That's one of our many big problems. Mexico is a failed state, as hard as it is to say it. And mark my words, if the party in government isn't expelled in the middle term elections, then you're seeing another Venezuela, only this time 6 times bigger. AlFHg 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George_D 873 Posted August 5, 2019 #3115 Share Posted August 5, 2019 4 hours ago, mrv86 said: That's one of our many big problems. Mexico is a failed state, as hard as it is to say it. And mark my words, if the party in government isn't expelled in the middle term elections, then you're seeing another Venezuela, only this time 6 times bigger. Ι thought obrador wasn't such radical as Maduro Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrv86 2,924 Posted August 5, 2019 #3116 Share Posted August 5, 2019 9 minutes ago, George_D said: Ι thought obrador wasn't such radical as Maduro He isn't... he speaks against neoliberalism, yet he maintains most of the original cabinet members that were greatly responsible for the 1994-1997 economic crisis known as "Tequila Effect". The problem is he has qualified majority in both chambers of the Congress, plus most of the states' congresses, so he's basically free to reform the constitution anyway he and his gang wants. He started by creating a new paramilitary force, under the guise of a "Civil Guard" but most of the elements were soldiers already dismissed from the army or from the local police corps. Just last week they captured 4 of those elements as part of a group kidnappers. I could rant all day long, but there's no point in that. Let's just say I'm glad I knew a more less "stable" "free" & "democratic" country, where not everything was violence, corruption and dictatorship. AlFHg 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George_D 873 Posted August 5, 2019 #3117 Share Posted August 5, 2019 10 minutes ago, mrv86 said: He isn't... he speaks against neoliberalism, yet he maintains most of the original cabinet members that were greatly responsible for the 1994-1997 economic crisis known as "Tequila Effect". The problem is he has qualified majority in both chambers of the Congress, plus most of the states' congresses, so he's basically free to reform the constitution anyway he and his gang wants. He started by creating a new paramilitary force, under the guise of a "Civil Guard" but most of the elements were soldiers already dismissed from the army or from the local police corps. Just last week they captured 4 of those elements as part of a group kidnappers. I could rant all day long, but there's no point in that. Let's just say I'm glad I knew a more less "stable" "free" & "democratic" country, where not everything was violence, corruption and dictatorship. So he acts unconstitutionally creating an authoritarian regime, using also terrorism (paramilitaries). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heywoodu 13,547 Posted August 5, 2019 #3118 Share Posted August 5, 2019 6 minutes ago, George_D said: So he acts unconstitutionally creating an authoritarian regime, using also terrorism (paramilitaries). That was also @mrv86's last ever online post, nobody knows where he went mrv86 1 If you'd like to help our fellow Totallympics member Bruna Moura get to the 2026 Winter Olympics, after her car crash on the way to the 2022 Olympics, every tiny bit of help would be greatly appreciated! Full story and how to help can be found here! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrv86 2,924 Posted August 5, 2019 #3119 Share Posted August 5, 2019 5 minutes ago, George_D said: So he acts unconstitutionally creating an authoritarian regime, using also terrorism (paramilitaries). Yes, in fact it was one of his first jobs under the "old corrupt regime" as he call it, was to supervise the paramilitary groups that often repressed disent, known as "Halcones". Thanks to that he quickly rose among the party ranks, but defected when said party didn't want to make him candidate for governor of his state. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bestmen 2,564 Posted August 5, 2019 #3120 Share Posted August 5, 2019 I always heard that journalists saying the truth disappear in Mexico , that was like that in 90's here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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