the watcher

Millions of corporate dollars were dumped into Hillary' campaign at the last when it appeared Bernie had a chance. The Democrats are corrupt .Not as much or as blatantly as the Republicans . To say that doesn't support the Republican BS. It's just the truth. And unless that truth is faced and dealt with true change will never happen.
Edit : I agree that the structure of their system makes change exceedingly difficult. 

Millions of corporate dollars were dumped into Hillary' campaign at the last when it appeared Bernie had a chance. The Democrats are corrupt .Not as much or as blatantly as the Republicans . To say that doesn't support the Republican BS. It's just the truth. And unless that truth is faced and dealt with true change will never happen.
Edit : I agree that the structure of their system makes change exceedingly difficult. 

There are elements of progression in the Democratic party, just are as are elements of conservatism in the GOP but those that rule the party love their gravy train and will not allow progressiveness to interfere with the money and power they get working on behalf of corporations and the rich. 

Are the Republicans more corrupt and disgusting than the Democrats ? Absolutely ! Are the Republicans less Democratic? Absolutely !   But to suggest the current Democratic party is anywhere close to progressive is wrong. As I said a short while ago look what happened when a progressive candidate challenged for the leadership of the party backed by a massive ground swell of young, grassroot support. He was squashed by a rush of corporate dollars to Hillary's campaign. I will give you that the world is far safer without a bunch of neo-nazis fascists in power and therefore I'd always rather see the Dems in power. But progressive ? No way.

Are the Republicans more corrupt and disgusting than the Democrats ? Absolutely ! Are the Republicans less Democratic? Absolutely !   But to suggest the current Democratic party is anywhere close to progressive is wrong. As I said a short while ago look what happened when a progressive candidate challenged for the leadership of the party backed by a massive ground swell of young, grassroot support. He was squashed by a rush of corporate dollars to Hillary's campaign. I will give you that the world is far safer without a bunch of neo-nazis fascists in power and therefore I'd always rather see the Dems in power. But progressive ? No way.

ANTIFA!!!
 

Supreme court has been bought and paid for. You can't even make up how evil they are. 
 
 
Amazing how this court can say "State Rights" in one breath and then deny them in the next. 
The whole country is so messed up.

Yeah, things are much different for this 6th wave. And governments are now keeping statistics secret. They want us to forget.

In all fairness - and closer to home - Quebec and PEI have extended their mask mandates until at least the end of April. 
Not everyone has to jump off a building because their friend does.

Again you're being too kind. Like they care if we thrive or not. There is a concerted effort to hide valuable information from us in order to make them look better and get on forgetting Covid exists. Not sure if I hope this or not, but it would be pretty deserving to have one of those in power who have decided to withhold information get a really bad case of Covid.
Somewhat concerned about the reports of younger kids with lingering symptoms with my baby. I remember reading from Mayo Clinic that kids under 1 are in the same risk level as 40-50 year olds (could be wrong, but its close to that at least). Hope all your kids make a full rebound quickly.

This will make no difference in the opinions of antivaxxers but.....
 
                                 

https://3downnation.com/2022/04/06/bombers-have-talked-at-length-to-a-lot-of-kickers-to-provide-competition-for-marc-liegghio-ali-mourtada/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter
 

Bill clinton.. the great lefty boogie man....

.. Nafta..... which moved american factory jobs to mexico
he twisted arms to get that passed. It was very unpopular.
welfare "reform"    ..... threw millions off of social assitance
"three strikes law".......locked people up for stealing a candy bar
deregulated media ownership.... local radio bought out and closed.
Deregulated wall street leading to 2008 financial meltdown.
his chief of staff rahm emanuel called the democratic party progressive wing,
 "dirty f----ing hippies"... now us ambassador to china.
 
Obama favourite and most respected President... Reagan. 
 
deregulated oil and gas.
tried to cut Social security. Lol. He tried hard, and really wanted to do this.
let the banks ceos walk,after they committex  one of histories greatest frauds.
the pass this guy gets is comical. He is a complete fraud.
 
The Democrats supported invasion of Iraq. They vote for every single increase in American military budget. They closed none of the 109 american overseas military bases.mthey did not close guantanamo. They ended no foreign wars. They invaded libya.
Only western industrialized country without universal healthcare.
There is no left wing in American politics.
 

And therein lies the problem. The right wing in North America has been dragging the perception further and further right. Especially in the USA. Republicans constantly saying "meet us in the middle" while stepping backwards every time the democrats move towards that middle. 
Bernie Sander is seen as a lunatic left winger in the USA... yet he would fit right in with the moderates in most of the rest of the world. 

I firmly believe it's a them vs us, type of situation. The rich and powerful vs the rest. Not Left vs Right certainly not Justice vs Criminals. Expecting a corrupted system to call out it's own corruption doesn't make sense. This is why trump will never see a jail cell, why Epstein never got to trial etc etc. They don't want dirty laundry to be aired out. In front of the screen, they're combative/argumentative etc but behind closed doors they're comrades....that includes in their corruption. I don't expect any real revelations about how horrible they are to come out until well after they've died. Like you said, we will know about minor stuff...like taking 100's of thousands of dollars for speaking engagements....or being on a known pedophiles private island. But anything concrete, anything that would undoubtedly lead people to see just how broken the system is won't see the light of day while they're breathing.

The problem I have with that is that it is based on Democrat being seen as left which perhaps is true in the USA, but in the rest of the world it is still ******* right as hell.

Unfortunately, media is now driven, not by rational wishes of most viewers to hear reasoned, truthful reports supported by facts and science, but by competing for viewers who will not only watch, but also support extreme beliefs by buying the advertised products. It seems to be a direct parallel to evangelical parishioners who not only flock to the newest, sexiest church which is loudly proclaiming old wine in new bottles but will support these financially to the point where they will take our loans, In this way, these followers exert a disproportionate  influence on both society and policy.

There is a combination of many factors at play that have led to the current state of today’s media. 
 
A large contributing factor is the rise of the internet and the upheaval of their monetization model.  
 
The mass adoption of the internet and eventually social media, while vastly simplified distribution, also came with the expectation of free content (killed news print), and a plethora of news sites and ways to consume media combined with newer generations not even watching TV (killed cable news).  
 
This drove journalism into click bait.  Everything is now geared to enrage to get eyes on content and grasp at meager online advertising revenue, and slanted to appeal to the base who reads their site. 
 
That slant is becoming steeper and steeper by the day.  
 
I don’t see a clear way to get out of this tail spin that the West is on right now with their media, but it continues to get more and more polarizing. 
 
There really isn’t even debate of issues anymore.   All of that has been replaced with mocking and making fun of “the other side”.   Just look at 95% of the posts and news articles in this forum as an example of that microcosm. 
 
Extremes are always highlighted to the point where people think extremes represent the majority, which only feed into the cycle. 

I think alot of things changed with Trump. His election gave permission for alot of the right to go very hard right and ignore truth and facts. I use to watch a bit of Fox news because I liked to see the right's perspective in the US. But it became unwatchable. They went from being a news station that supported the Republican point of view to a station that is a far right propaganda machine. Any network that would keep Tucker Carlson employed has lost all credibility. In my mind CNN is still back where Fox was 10 years ago when they still had some credibility left. Cnn is still watchable but have a definate slanted view. But to be honest I don't watch them much anymore either.

I think alot of things changed with Trump. His election gave permission for alot of the right to go very hard right and ignore truth and facts. I use to watch a bit of Fox news because I liked to see the right's perspective in the US. But it became unwatchable. They went from being a news station that supported the Republican point of view to a station that is a far right propaganda machine. Any network that would keep Tucker Carlson employed has lost all credibility. In my mind CNN is still back where Fox was 10 years ago when they still had some credibility left. Cnn is still watchable but have a definate slanted view. But to be honest I don't watch them much anymore either.

And Gaetz should stay away from hookers, particularly underage ones. 

What a piece of ignorant ****.

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