[ ]   [ ]   [ ]                        [ ]      [ ]   [ ]

What's your favorite quote? - Manbird - Jun 9, 2023 - 5:34pm
 
Trump - VV - Jun 9, 2023 - 5:31pm
 
The Obituary Page - kcar - Jun 9, 2023 - 5:18pm
 
• • • The Once-a-Day • • •  - oldviolin - Jun 9, 2023 - 4:24pm
 
Novelty songs - kcar - Jun 9, 2023 - 4:24pm
 
Messages in a bottle. - oldviolin - Jun 9, 2023 - 4:21pm
 
China - R_P - Jun 9, 2023 - 3:31pm
 
Stuff you didn't know - oldviolin - Jun 9, 2023 - 2:55pm
 
Radio Paradise Comments - miamizsun - Jun 9, 2023 - 2:29pm
 
Wordle - daily game - Manbird - Jun 9, 2023 - 1:51pm
 
Song of the Day - Manbird - Jun 9, 2023 - 1:40pm
 
Republican Wingnut Freak of the Day - R_P - Jun 9, 2023 - 1:31pm
 
Ukraine - VV - Jun 9, 2023 - 1:17pm
 
Talk Behind Their Backs Forum - VV - Jun 9, 2023 - 11:32am
 
Name My Band - GeneP59 - Jun 9, 2023 - 11:26am
 
Things for which you would sell ManBird's soul - miamizsun - Jun 9, 2023 - 11:20am
 
Big Brother is Watching You - R_P - Jun 9, 2023 - 11:19am
 
Upcoming concerts or shows you can't wait to see - pilgrim - Jun 9, 2023 - 10:26am
 
Shall We Dance? - oldviolin - Jun 9, 2023 - 8:30am
 
Live Music - oldviolin - Jun 9, 2023 - 8:29am
 
Climate Change - black321 - Jun 9, 2023 - 8:22am
 
Things You Thought Today - lily34 - Jun 9, 2023 - 7:44am
 
Vinyl Only Spin List - kurtster - Jun 8, 2023 - 6:28pm
 
2024 Elections! - Beaker - Jun 8, 2023 - 2:56pm
 
If not RP, what are you listening to right now? - Beaker - Jun 8, 2023 - 2:27pm
 
June 2023 Photo Theme - Lines - parallel, converging, cur... - Antigone - Jun 8, 2023 - 2:05pm
 
Canada - Beaker - Jun 8, 2023 - 12:23pm
 
ONE WORD - pilgrim - Jun 8, 2023 - 8:41am
 
FOUR WORDS - ColdMiser - Jun 8, 2023 - 7:52am
 
THREE WORDS - ColdMiser - Jun 8, 2023 - 7:51am
 
TWO WORDS - ColdMiser - Jun 8, 2023 - 7:49am
 
You're welcome, manbird. - oldviolin - Jun 8, 2023 - 7:32am
 
What Makes You Laugh? - oldviolin - Jun 8, 2023 - 7:28am
 
Today in History - Red_Dragon - Jun 8, 2023 - 6:04am
 
Come join us in Eureka! - bart.sp - Jun 8, 2023 - 4:40am
 
Russia - miamizsun - Jun 8, 2023 - 4:18am
 
Mixtape Culture Club - Beaker - Jun 7, 2023 - 9:35pm
 
New Music - oppositelock - Jun 7, 2023 - 8:51pm
 
The Great Reset - thisbody - Jun 7, 2023 - 5:38pm
 
Simulcast of VR Live? - thisbody - Jun 7, 2023 - 5:15pm
 
Get the Quote - oldviolin - Jun 7, 2023 - 11:22am
 
Guns - oldviolin - Jun 7, 2023 - 10:15am
 
Lyrics that are stuck in your head today... - oldviolin - Jun 7, 2023 - 10:12am
 
Artificial Intelligence - rgio - Jun 7, 2023 - 6:32am
 
Twitter and democracy - kurtster - Jun 7, 2023 - 2:15am
 
Independent Party Candidates - Lazy8 - Jun 6, 2023 - 10:16pm
 
A Picture paints a thousand words - oldviolin - Jun 6, 2023 - 6:00pm
 
Song information - Singletrack - Jun 6, 2023 - 4:23pm
 
Unquiet Minds - Mental Health Forum - miamizsun - Jun 6, 2023 - 2:06pm
 
Bad Poetry - GeneP59 - Jun 6, 2023 - 9:24am
 
TV shows you watch - Steely_D - Jun 5, 2023 - 11:45pm
 
Derplahoma! - Red_Dragon - Jun 5, 2023 - 4:28pm
 
• • • BRING OUT YOUR DEAD • • •  - oldviolin - Jun 5, 2023 - 7:52am
 
May 2023 Photo Theme - Buds, Sprouts & Beginnings - sunybuny - Jun 5, 2023 - 7:22am
 
Movie Recommendation - ScottFromWyoming - Jun 4, 2023 - 9:59pm
 
Tindersticks - oldviolin - Jun 4, 2023 - 8:53pm
 
just like old rario - KurtfromLaQuinta - Jun 4, 2023 - 7:41pm
 
Out the window - KurtfromLaQuinta - Jun 4, 2023 - 7:34pm
 
One Partying State - Wyoming News - geoff_morphini - Jun 4, 2023 - 1:48pm
 
Skeptix - R_P - Jun 4, 2023 - 12:04pm
 
USA! USA! USA! - R_P - Jun 4, 2023 - 10:22am
 
What Did You Do Today? - Antigone - Jun 3, 2023 - 4:40pm
 
Lyrics That Remind You of Someone - oldviolin - Jun 3, 2023 - 10:56am
 
Counting with Pictures - ScottN - Jun 2, 2023 - 8:28pm
 
Puzzle it - oldviolin - Jun 2, 2023 - 2:04pm
 
Fascism In America - R_P - Jun 2, 2023 - 1:24pm
 
(Big) Media Watch - R_P - Jun 2, 2023 - 12:43pm
 
Musky Mythology - Proclivities - Jun 2, 2023 - 11:50am
 
Country Up The Bumpkin - oldviolin - Jun 2, 2023 - 9:21am
 
What Makes You Cry :) ? - Beez - Jun 2, 2023 - 9:00am
 
Allergies ( aka pollen hell) - black321 - Jun 2, 2023 - 8:02am
 
Food Democracy - Proclivities - Jun 2, 2023 - 6:23am
 
Rock mix no longer available in Denmark - klausf - Jun 1, 2023 - 11:37pm
 
Dialing 1-800-Manbird - oldviolin - Jun 1, 2023 - 9:00pm
 
RightWingNutZ - R_P - Jun 1, 2023 - 4:32pm
 
Index » Radio Paradise/General » General Discussion » USA! USA! USA! Page: Previous  1, 2, 3 ... 5, 6, 7 ... 10, 11, 12  Next
Post to this Topic
westslope

westslope Avatar

Location: BC sage brush steppe


Posted: Feb 28, 2023 - 6:11pm

The Reckoning That Wasn’t

Why America Remains Trapped by False Dreams of Hegemony — Foreign Affairs

By Andrew J. Bacevich
March/April 2023
Published on February 28, 2023  

Good op-ed.  Possibly gated.

About the author:

ANDREW J. BACEVICH is Professor Emeritus of International Relations and History at
Boston University and Chair of the Board of the Quincy Institute for Responsible
Statecraft, which he co-founded.

R_P

R_P Avatar



Posted: Feb 24, 2023 - 1:29pm

 westslope wrote:
U.S. Doesn't Accept 'Spheres Of Influence,' State Dept. Ghoul Says
If Blinken were to open his mouth, would it reveal a Forked Tongue and Vampire teeth?  

It is a foregone conclusion that he backs ethnic-cleansing terrorism.

Likely sleeps in a coffin and needs blood (of the poor and wretched) to nourish...

Used to be in a DoD house band called the Coalition of the Willing. Brings back memories.
kcar

kcar Avatar



Posted: Feb 24, 2023 - 1:20pm

 R_P wrote:

Institutionalized/weaponized senility/amnesia




Gosh, yes. Let Russia invade and kill and rape and destroy. They felt threatened by NATO and an independent Ukraine so it's perfectly OK. 

Somehow this is America's fault and we should let a sovereign nation disappear. So let's suck our thumb and do nothing. 
westslope

westslope Avatar

Location: BC sage brush steppe


Posted: Feb 24, 2023 - 12:41pm

This could eventually be an issue in Canada (I am not kidding)  but was not sure where to post it.  This is PAINFUL to watch.  You are forewarned.  



Student attacks Matanzas High School teacher's aide who took his Nintendo Switch




Red_Dragon

Red_Dragon Avatar

Location: Dumbf*ckistan


Posted: Feb 24, 2023 - 12:27pm

westslope

westslope Avatar

Location: BC sage brush steppe


Posted: Feb 24, 2023 - 11:46am



U.S. Doesn't Accept 'Spheres Of Influence,' State Dept. Ghoul Says


If Blinken were to open his mouth, would it reveal a Forked Tongue and Vampire teeth?  

It is a foregone conclusion that he backs ethnic-cleansing terrorism.

R_P

R_P Avatar



Posted: Feb 24, 2023 - 10:37am


U.S. Doesn't Accept 'Spheres Of Influence,' State Dept. Ghoul Says
R_P

R_P Avatar



Posted: Feb 23, 2023 - 2:30pm

Institutionalized/weaponized senility/amnesia

R_P

R_P Avatar



Posted: Feb 19, 2023 - 11:55pm

Straight Talk on the Country’s War Addiction *
Behind a mind-set that invites the burden of policing a rules-based global order is a conventional assumption: War, though tragic, is a boon for economic vitality and patriotic vigor. This assumption is at best outmoded. The economy is no longer fueled by wartime industries in the same way. When wars are fought by a smaller corps of volunteers and financed by borrowing from financial institutions and foreign governments more than taxes and war bonds, a public spirit of common cause hasn’t materialized. In fact, America’s most recent military misadventures contributed to the steady accumulation of more than $30 trillion in debt — now being weaponized by partisans in Congress for political gain.

After Russia invaded Ukraine, Elliott Abrams, who led Middle East policy in the Bush administration and Iran and Venezuela policy in the Trump administration, insisted that the United States should seize the “new Cold War” opportunity to foster bipartisan consensus.

Blinken Warns Chinese FM Against Providing Military Support to Russia
Instead of attempting to de-escalate tensions, Blinken confronted his Chinese counterpart, accusing Beijing of "violating" US sovereignty with its balloon. Blinken said he received "no apology."

R_P

R_P Avatar



Posted: Feb 19, 2023 - 11:11am


R_P

R_P Avatar



Posted: Feb 17, 2023 - 6:24pm

Flummoxed by Russian talking points. Does. Not. Compute.

R_P

R_P Avatar



Posted: Feb 17, 2023 - 6:00pm

 haresfur wrote:
Well, I haven't seen the Labor Party spouting Russian talking points, not saying that they haven't. I mean some of the old timer's still call each other comrade. But yeah I'd say they still are overall left-leaning with the caveat that if something helps a heavily unionised business they tend to support it (I'm looking at you, coal companies).

But if you don't like left leaning then maybe "progressive?" "non-extreme right wing?" "woke"? I dunno, but I think even you get the idea of who I was trying to characterise in a general sense realising that generalisations are just that and are imperfect.

I don't care about your use of the term (being leveled at westslope, who may or may not identify), but the facile characterization of repeating/being susceptible to Russian talking points. I guess the flip side would be the vast majority of boring centrists repeating NATO/US talking points.

Labour parties aren't what they used to be.
haresfur

haresfur Avatar

Location: The Golden Triangle
Gender: Male


Posted: Feb 17, 2023 - 5:42pm

 R_P wrote:

If you start off with a hilarious characterization of "left-leaning" (does that incl. Aussie Labour?) (For some weird reason they are the Labor Party) and just dismiss arguments (as fuzzy logic) or distort them beyond recognition, then there's really no point in repeating or continuing them. Carry on as usual.


Well, I haven't seen the Labor Party spouting Russian talking points, not saying that they haven't. I mean some of the old timer's still call each other comrade. But yeah I'd say they still are overall left-leaning with the caveat that if something helps a heavily unionised business they tend to support it (I'm looking at you, coal companies).

But if you don't like left leaning then maybe "progressive?" "non-extreme right wing?" "woke"? I dunno, but I think even you get the idea of who I was trying to characterise in a general sense realising that generalisations are just that and are imperfect.
R_P

R_P Avatar



Posted: Feb 17, 2023 - 5:14pm

 haresfur wrote:
*strawman? Unwilling to clarify? Wants to keep safe in the land of inuendo? 

I admit that it is sometimes hard to figure out the salient points from a rambling RP discussion thread.

If you start off with a hilarious characterization of "left-leaning" (does that incl. Aussie Labour?) and just dismiss arguments (as fuzzy logic) or distort them beyond recognition, then there's really no point in repeating or continuing them. Carry on as usual.

haresfur

haresfur Avatar

Location: The Golden Triangle
Gender: Male


Posted: Feb 17, 2023 - 5:02pm

 R_P wrote:

Improve your reading skills, most loyal vassal.



*strawman? Unwilling to clarify? Wants to keep safe in the land of inuendo? 

I admit that it is sometimes hard to figure out the salient points from a rambling RP discussion thread.
R_P

R_P Avatar



Posted: Feb 17, 2023 - 4:56pm

 haresfur wrote:
Well, what are you saying with your clickbait links?

Improve your reading skills, most loyal vassal.

Missing tweet (my bad):

haresfur

haresfur Avatar

Location: The Golden Triangle
Gender: Male


Posted: Feb 17, 2023 - 4:55pm

 R_P wrote:

Where did I say that the US should ignore the Russian annexation? Classic straw man and making up copious amounts of sh!t. 

Well, what are you saying with your clickbait links?
R_P

R_P Avatar



Posted: Feb 17, 2023 - 4:53pm

 haresfur wrote:
You are simultaneously arguing that the anexation is bad but the US should ignore it when Russia does it but shouldn't ignore it when Israel does.

Where did I say that the US should ignore the Russian annexation? Classic straw man and making up copious amounts of other sh!t.

haresfur

haresfur Avatar

Location: The Golden Triangle
Gender: Male


Posted: Feb 17, 2023 - 4:46pm

 R_P wrote:

Can't see the tweet but whatever. You are simultaneously arguing that the anexation is bad but the US should ignore it when Russia does it but shouldn't ignore it when Israel does. That's some fuzzy logic. And by the way we shouldn't ignore the jews getting the boot out of Palestine because it happened long ago but should be against the establishment of Israel becaus it happend in your lifetime. That last bit is truly one of the complicated ethical questions world wide. I mean was it ok for the Navajo to do in the Anasazi but bad for the Europeans to do in the Navajo? I don't have an easy answer to that one. Then again, I'm reasonably comfortable with grey areas.
R_P

R_P Avatar



Posted: Feb 17, 2023 - 4:02pm

 haresfur wrote:
The Golan article is a total red herring and I have no idea why you think it is relevant.

Because annexations and ethnic cleansing are baaaaaad, bro!

Page: Previous  1, 2, 3 ... 5, 6, 7 ... 10, 11, 12  Next