innonimatu
the resident Cassandra
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Try mixing both subjects. So, which famous chef would make a better president than the lot available for that election?
Try mixing both subjects. So, which famous chef would make a better president than the lot available for that election?
Its all one thread, that's been established... just relax and let it happen.Um, did this thread get merged with the cooking threat without my knowledge?
Or did a Farmboy allusion achieve sentience and is now making us all speak in code?
Agreed it is... the snails are nice, the pastries are better, the cheese is better still, the roasted meats are second to none... and the wine, the wine... well... that's where they fall short... undrinkable swill that...Well, it is an exceptional cuisine!
Man I could go for some fresh peas. Like 8 months on the garden being ready with them, I suppose.
I tentatively vote for Gordon Ramsay... he makes English/Irish/Scottish food good... obvious top level genius/wizard.Try mixing both subjects. So, which famous chef would make a better president than the lot available for that election?
It's like bagpipes. If you have good taste you'll like it and if you don't you won't.I don't know enough about the Scots' food to defend them.
You too acknowledge that Donald Trump's re-election would mean four more years of whoppers at White House dinners and overdone steak with tomato ketchup and fries.Um, did this thread get merged with the cooking threat without my knowledge?
In the future, I would prefer you quote my post instead of @ me. Makes it easier to follow what exactly you are responding to.
With regards to US action, I genuinely don't care what China is doing. We are facing a crisis that threatens to unleash more suffering than both world wars, and here are people saying that Chinese bad action absolves us of any need to act seriously. Although US emissions have been declining slightly, the rate of decrease flatlined after Trump took office and began rolling back most (if not all) Obama-era emission regulations. We are nowhere near meeting out Paris goals, nor are a lot of other countries. But again, given the importance of keeping temperature rise under 2F, what ever happened to the America of "We do things not because they are easy, but because they are hard"?
What this misses is the resultant lightening of sanctions both during the deal and then subsequent further lifting over time was putting money back into the country, which was a bad thing for obvious international security reasons.The P5+1 in the JCPOA all noted that the JCPOA was intended to deal solely with Iran's nuclear actions and not other potentially concerning Iranian policy.
So, no response to the fact the killing of Soleimani was almost certainly illegal under both US law and international law?
Plus, what if another country were to use the precedent set by the United States here? Suppose Ukraine were to engage in a targeted killing of a uniformed Russian officer in Mink because the Russian officer was involved in organizing hostile actions with Ukrainian rebels against Ukrainian government forces. Is that something we should normalize?
In the fall of 1990, when the United States was openly calling for military action against Iraq, should Iraq have been permitted under international law to assassinate US generals involved in that planning because it posed a direct threat to Iraqi troops?[/QUOTE)
I don’t know, it would depend on the situation - who is the hypothetical general? If he’s an international criminal terrorist constantly defying toothless international law and carrying out violence, (and not just claims of violence, but verified historic records) and the country had the general as a known terrorist for years, then sure. Better than normalizing appeasement.
The White House did nothing? That’s a pretty bold claim. Can you flesh out what you think was wrong with the response (or non-response if that’s your opinion)? Info revealing the WHO was pressured into covering up Taiwan’s warning and China’s attempts to keep the outbreak hush hush just makes the WHO look worse, especially considering countries like the ones you mentioned were undoubtedly looking to them for leadership.The WHO screwed up its response in the early days. As I've noted to people on and off this forum - you can ask Lexicus - I was moderately positive toward Trump's response toward Covid in the early days as it wasn't clear what else he could do and it apparently took everyone around the world by surprise. Since the early days, Trump's response has been abysmal and more information has come out that the the CDC was subject to political pressure to play down the seriousness of Covid and the White House knew it was very serious back in early/mid February and did nothing.
Plus, Turkey has more been flirting with Russia than China.
Agreed. I was trying to say this but I guess I wasn’t clear.
Turkish forces went in when American forces left
Wrong. The Turks pushed in first, then the troops were called back.
Regardless of whether we should have been fighting alongside the Kurds, the way we treated them was abysmal. They fought and died alongside US forces against ISIS, and then we threw them under the bus. That is going to make any other non-state force very suspicious of working alongside us in the future.
The US has done what it can in aiding them to fight ISIS. They cannot touch the Turks who moved in, so they had to move. The Kurds have gotten a lot of help, resources and blood from the US.
Given we were reinforcing US forces in Syria with armored vehicles and artillery back in September, I think we are doing a little more than intelligence and training.
Are right, we’re arming them too. Doesn’t sound like we’re being so bad now does it? They are not being thrown under the bus.
I think it’s clear the White House foreign policy decisions can be debated (obviously, that’s foreign policy). I think it’s partisan extremism to label it as a whole as a “dumpster fire” which is why this started.
I’m sure partisan lawyers could make excellent cases for both sides. I believe it certainly was illegal and very borderline if not. I don’t really care because the man constantly defied international law himself to cause harm to not just militias/rebels but to civilians. Garbage human being that I would’ve Hugh fived any president for killing, as a quick look at his prolific record shows it’s no stretch to assume future violence was coming from the dude.
Should Iran have been able to assassinate John Bolton for his role in violating international law during the Iraq War and attempting to drum up support for an invasion of Iran?
I didn't get that. But anyway what I was saying is that the strategy for democracy to win is going smaller.
I'm seriously telling you, guys, if you want the Takh to watch these debates you'll have to reschedule them, because it's, like, Takh's opinion that he'd rather watch The Rookie every Thursday, and even better if there's a Jackie Chan film on after, and that is, like, an opinion by which the Takh abides.
Also... corn is 3$ and soybean is 10$ ?? Is soybean that much larger in bushel size/volume than corn? If not, why doesn't everyone just do corn? Water?
No French wine... doubleturds!! I've got Argentinian, New Zealand, Aussie, Italian, Spanish, Californian... but no French... My wife opted for Sangria.
I'm going with Cognac... that's French