Monzanator

7 minutes ago, NearPup said:

There are a lot of centrist Democrats in the senate. And I’m not just talking about Manchin and Sinema. Sanders would not be able to get 50, let alone 60, votes for the more extreme aspects if his agenda.
 

Trump signed well over 2T in COVID-19 relief into law. Does that make him a Communist? Is Germany a communist country because they don’t have college tuition? Communism and Socialism isn’t just synonymous for any political position you don’t like.

Everyone from North America who loves sociallism always gives the "but it works in Scandinavia" excuse. USA is a capitallist country first and foremost. Yeah, Democrats would most likely turn against Sanders' ideas no matter what his army of voters would say (and Olympian1010 among them). That brings us back to square one, political establishment from both sides plus Wall Street runs the US politics, no matter whether GOP or Dems actually wins the elections. There is no place for ideology here.

18 minutes ago, NearPup said:

You clearly don’t understand how the American government works if you think that. A Sanders presidency, even if Dems held both houses of Congress by much larger margins than they do now, would not have moved the US to nearly that extend.

 

Even if Sanders got to be dictator for a few years he wouldn’t turn the US into a Communist country, but it also happens that the president is not an elected dictator, they face a lot of constraints.

You seem to imply Dems would turn against Sanders just to have the establishment run the puppet show? Biden wants 1.9bn poured into the market. Fine. Sanders would probably triple that number. College debts paid off government money? That means raising the taxes most likely. I might not know how the US government works but I don't know any politician who wins elections by raising the taxes

Sanders as a sociallist would quickly draw ire from the Silicon Valley and Wall Street who have more internal power than the President himself.

You treat sociallism and communism as an ideology. It's not 1917 anymore. It's not how it should be treated. Just follow the money and leave ideology out of it.

38 minutes ago, Olympian1010 said:

We’re comparing political ideology, not population proportions. Plus, by your own reasoning, no one could ever compare communist Poland to the United States, so you disagree with the original argument anyways.

I don't compare Poland to USA. I say it makes no sense to compare New Zealand to USA like you do. I understand you're in love with PM Ardern but c'mon. She's below Mayor of New York level when it comes to responsibility. Btw, New Zealand is the biggest dairy exporter in the world. All it takes are some lactose-intolerant activists who want to derail the dairy global market and PM Ardern will lose her shit in 5 seconds with NZ economy going belly up overnight

Besides USA could have done a lot worse than Biden in Bernie Sanders. Because that's the real sociallist/communist who'd make USA bankrupt within a span of 10 years (especially with China running the global market train). USA is a country where capitallism is more important than democracy and you dodged a huge bullet. Not ideologically but econimically.

3 minutes ago, Olympian1010 said:

If Biden is the greatest communist since the fall of the Iron Curtain, then I can’t even imagine the horror New Zealanders are going through under Jacinda Ardern. I mean they must be starving, and deprived of all freedoms! Oh wait...

Let's don't compare a country with a population of 5 million which is like half of the New York urban area to USA It's like comparing Alabama going 12-0 in SEC and Coastal Carolina going 12-0 in Sun Belt

21 minutes ago, Agger said:

No. He is by all means not going to be at the US Olympic team? That is not the point. You're saying that nobody's gonna try. Then I give you an example who apparently doesn't matter because he's not good enough?

I've heard the trailblazer crap before, Michael Sam is a prime example you can have your 5 seconds and then it's over. Wrestling among other things is heavily-reliant on Olympic presence in USA.

USA is a country that relies on their pro leagues. For a HS wrestler like Beggs UFC is the top target if anything. And Joe Biden can do shit about Zuffa and Dana White's priorities. So yeah, Olympic national team is a real benchmark if Beggs won't be a flash in the pan like Michael Sam turned out to be. There must be hundreds of thousands wrestlers in US high schools and how many of them would like to be in UFC rather than Olympics? US boxing has gone down the drain on the amateur level, does anyone care about Golden Gloves anymore? 54-year old Mike Tyson attracts more interest or some damn youtuber Jake Paul or whatever his name is. And you give me Mack Beggs? Wake up and smell the coffee! In three-four years time nobody will remember this guy anymore just like nobody remembers Michael Sam already.

20 minutes ago, Agger said:

Mack Beggs has been fighting to be allowed to... 

Wake me up if he/she/whatever makes the US Olympic team   Michael Sam got a ton of free publicity for being the first openly gay player in NFL but he never actually played a single down in the NFL and nobody gives a damn about him anymore.

NCAA is a country within a country anyway. It's the pillar of US sports dominance and most people still hate the fact athletes are total amateurs and all the money goes to the coaches and executives. At the end of the day USA always values performance. 2nd place means you're a loser.

Obviously only female sports will be affected though. No female-born athlete will ever try her chances with boys under the equality banner.

Paulo Sousa is the new Poland NT head coach. Not an Italian but he did play for Juventus after all. Total boom or bust hire

2 hours ago, heywoodu said:

After Wright's 5th place, there was a second place for the ever-friendly Anna Weidel in the women's race, what a day it was  

 

Curious to see the rest of Arber.

After Deigenetsch's 11th place in the Antholz individual it feels like Weidel will be stuck in IBU Cup for a long while now?

Maka comes in 24th. Should be 26th at finish. Not bad for someone whose World Cup PB was 69th entering today

Anna Maka 19/20 and in line for a shocking Top 25?

Braisaz four misses. Sigh...

Hauser 19/20 and waaay faster than ACB!

Hauser's ski speed improvement this season is truly impressive. Good thing she's not a Russian or...

Wierer 18/20 and should be Top 5.

The Bouchets both 15/15!

Tandrevold 17/17 and blows it! 17/20.

Hettich misses the last shot! 19/20.

Who cares it's only few people? Liberals waited for this payback four years. They will run wild with the cancel culture button

Torn ACL and ruptured patella for Ortlieb. Season over.

Meanwhile there are mices in Yulia Putintseva's room

Blah. He'd talk differently if he was an active athlete.

Sure enough, Simona de Silvestro is back at Indy 500  

Spare me the diversity crap, Simona was making waves in IndyCar long before the politically correct morons ever bothered to take a look at her. It's not like Carmen Jorda or Milka Duno should ever be back driving a race car

https://eu.indystar.com/story/sports/motor/2021/01/19/roger-penske-paretta-autosport-indy-500-simona-de-silvestro-diversity/4209355001/

You know the left-wingers are totally scared if The Guardian runs such a story. But it's now wonder, Joe Biden is 78 years old and seems like a total stopgap President with no real value on the international scene. It's gonna be four years of negating Trump's ideas on the internal market while China just keeps on going on the global stage. It's gonna be hilarious if Biden actually supports Trump's strict anti-Chinese policy

Just three more days and Biden will sign his own executive orders

What do you know, Marco Giampaolo has been relieved as the Torino head coach few hours later   Even a five year old could connect the dots now!