U.S. Falls Out of Top 20 Happiest Countries for the First Time Ever

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  1. cd8ed

    cd8ed Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    Except I do — I just think there is intertwining bodily autonomy at that point. I would prefer a woman that doesn’t want the fetus at that point (which is uncommon) to have the fetus removed and allowed to develop with medical technology.

    I don’t believe anyone should be treated as human cattle. Your “cool” shows just how little you actually care about it though. Which I guess is typical.

    Each of these items followed trend lines and your party controlled both chambers of congress. Calling the trump White House and Republican congress “functioning” is laughable when they shut down the government more times in a single legislative session than in the entirety of the history of this Nation.

    33% of all debt ever added was done under trump

    Maybe we have different definitions of the word “functioning”. Or do you just hope people will forget that?

    How boring.

    As to me being a “lib” — I am not, I have some very strong conservative principles such as the border and crime policy but as long as people like you and trump are the primary representative type within the Republican Party I will continue to vote against it.
     
  2. cd8ed

    cd8ed Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    There are specific requirements to be designated as such

    You did and are doing it right now.

    How ironically impressive
     
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    We? :shock:
     
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    The browner it gets the more it becomes like brown countries.
     
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    This is some of the foods the happy people in China get to eat.
     
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    Let's see if that's actually true.

    And if the woman says I don't give a damn what you prefer I want my bodily autonomy on
    Month 8 and 3 weeks? Not because she's in danger or anything like that. But maybe just because her boyfriend that got her pregnant broke up with her. Then what? Is she cattle then?


    Lollers at the absurd level of dishonesty when you're FULLY aware that essentially ALL of that debt came as a result of COVID and Trump and the republicans spent FAR less than what the democrats proposed for us to spend. So are you attempting to assert if a democrat president was in power he would have spent less for COVID? You're joking right? lol

    Bahahahahah you wouldn't vote for a Republican who wasn't grossly liberal if the democrat candidate walked into your house and pissed in your food.

    you can feed that bullshit to somebody else homeboy
     
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    lol and what requirements are those?

    Here bro I'll even help you.

    "Under Executive Order 13224, the Secretary of State, in consultation with the Secretary of the Treasury and the Attorney General, may designate foreign individuals or entities that he determines have committed, or pose a significant risk of committing, acts of terrorism that threaten the security of U.S. nationals or the national security, foreign policy, or economy of the United States. In addition, the Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation with the Secretary of State and the Attorney General, may designate individuals or entities that are determined:

    • To be owned or controlled by, or act for or on behalf of an individual or entity listed in the Annex to the Order or by or for persons determined to be subject to the Order;
    • To assist in, sponsor, or provide financial, material, or technological support for, or financial or other services to or in support of, acts of terrorism or individuals or entities designated in or under the Order; or
    • To be otherwise associated with certain individuals or entities designated in or under the Order.
    So he can essentially assert anyone who provided support for terrorists, say democrats who advocate for funding Palestine for instance, is a terrorist themselves and can be assassinated without due process.

    And of course I'm doing it now because the clowns on the left have set precedent that a president doesn't have immunity from crimes committed while in office. Including assassinating American citizens without due process. Right?
     
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    Republicans?
     
  9. Esau

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    You can mock china all you want. They are the first to admit that they eat anything but they are also known for their exquisite cuisine, same with India.

    Chinese and Indian cuisine is the healthiest and most delicious on the planet, that's why they have the largest population and don't suffer from obesity like USA does. Their food is not processed to the degree American food is and all of their dishes combine several spices and herbs. The only "spices" found in American dishes is salt!

    Don't knock it until you try it and iDont mean a takeaway.
     
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    Rare as Dodo birds. You don't seem to be one. We?
     
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    You literally quoted my opinion in your question. Do I need to try and explain it to you with smaller words?

    So now you are trying to assert that a present isn’t responsible for what is spent under his term. Even though he is the ultimate approval or denial? Fascinating

    I saw how the PPP was handled and mismanaged after trump said he would monitor it. That was a huge bulk of the spending. Or the direct checks that he had to have his name on them.

    While I am thankful for the free money it was still a program full of fraud.

    But I will remind you going forward that a president is no longer responsible for any spending the next time you remark on a Democrats spending. And btw, spending was increasing pre-COVID with a republican congress and trump, not that facts are playing any roll here.

    I see the projection is strong today. I vote for public servants not cult leaders. You wouldn’t understand
     
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    cd8ed Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    You will help me by showing that what I said is accurate?

    Ok — if you think that does something

    You also previously said that trump is going to love that power (to kill American citizens) but now in this post you are saying presidents can be convicted for crimes they commit in office.

    The cognitive dissonance makes it hard to follow your point.
     
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    lol so your opinion is that she becomes cattle at the point that yall think that she shouldn't have an abortion. Is that right? I just wanna hear you admit you expect women to be human cattle just like you assert that we do. Say it.

    First of all no a president is never responsible for spending. Responsibility for spending is on the house. Not the president. Of course if you had even the SLIGHTEST clue of what you were talking about you would know that. But you don't so you put out some bullshit about how the president somehow controls spending.

    Moreover you completely ignored the point. But of course you did because you know for a fact that the democrats proposed us spending billions of dollars more than we spent during COVID. So for you to sit there and attempt to blast Trump for his spending when he spent FAR less than what a democrat would have spent and far less than what the lefty clowns proposed is the epitome of dishonest. But what else do I expect from a guy who claims he's not a liberal and spends literally 100% of his time bashing conservative ideology and defending libs.

    LOL I vote for public servants and not cult leaders. Did you vote for Obama? Exactly why did you vote for Obama? I mean I know why you voted for Obama. Because he was black. But what's your reasoning for voting for a man with essentially no public record and literally zero experience running a damn thing except his mouth? Cult leader much? Did you get a funny feeling running up your leg when Obama was inaugurated like Matthew's did?
     
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    Agreed. Dems just steal more. Disability should not be taxed. I say that Gov should never have more power than you would want trump to have.
     
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    No I'm saying they CAN'T be convicted for crimes committed while in office until the idiots on the left set the precedent that they can. If you would pay attention instead of popping off at the mouth looking for excuses for your moronic ideology you would know that.

    However, your assertion is that it's not a crime to assassinate an American citizen without due process as long as we designate him a terrorist. Is that not correct?
     
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    They both steal. The difference is who they give the money to. The right thinks if we give the money to those at the top, they will "trickle it down", and we know that doesnt work.

    I would say we have a government we choose, but that would be a lie because now we have gerrymandering, even at the local levels, that decide the actual votes. We allow politicians to pick their voters, and not as the founding fathers wanted, which was the people choosing their politicians.
     
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    Already answered
    I think if a woman or child decides they no longer want a child after the fetus is viable then it should be medically removed and incubated.

    What party of this are you not comprehending?

    Does a president have to sign all budgets and spending into law? Are they the final authority?

    Again, I have already answered. You going into a rant peppered with questions isn’t going to change my answer.
     
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    I have already stated the authorization that gives the president that ability. If the president has a legal ability then it isn’t a crime.

    If you cannot comprehend the difference between a military target being taken out and an attempt to steal a US election then I don’t think anything I can say here will matter much.
     
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    Oh I understand exactly how they work, that's why I was able to show you what I did where your argument failed.

    Thanks for the last word.
     
  20. Lewis Edward Smith

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    I didn't mock them. I know full well we will be getting that food here soon also. I think I can experiment with eating some of it. I will most likely stay away from dogs and cats though. Rats if they are cut up and not served whole looking like a rat with its head and feet still on though.
     
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    Cuisine is about art and presentation also. No shame in presenting a whole animal, that's where the unique flavours are. They also cook goose, not really tried in the west. I'd just like to correct myself though, the Chinese will eat anything that lives, rather than anything.

    Some of their sauces are the most divine things you could ever try. They utilize beans in their dishes using these sauces and beans are crucial nutrition but not particularly appealing in its raw form, hence creating a sauce with added spices.

    They use black beans, yellow beans, chilli beans, beans you didn't even know exist and the flavours are pungent and delectable
     
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    Well, I think when it gets to be mass cooking. People won't waste cooking space for other rats by leaving the heads and tails still on.
     
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    I bet I know one thing the Chinese won't eat.
    These damn invasive plecostomus. The familiar algae eater of the aquarium trade.

    They are invasive and almost every body of water in Florida. They only get up to possibly near 2 lb and about a foot long and they're armored, requiring tin snips or a saw for a few mouthfuls of mushy, muddy reddish brown meat.

    I'm from Florida and I've eaten pretty much everything that swims flies or crawls or walks or slithers.... And I rate plecostomus as absolutely only survival food only in case of starvation with no other choice. They are truly that terrible.
     
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    But cooking the head and tails and stuff that isn't eating is wasting Earth's recourses used to have the fire.
     
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    It's paying homage at a commercial level. The Chinese generally use the head and tail for broth, it's only restaurants that depict the whole animal for symbolic reasons
     
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