Another Warning
In his farewell address President Eisenhower warned of the growing influence of the military industrial complex.
"A vital element in keeping the peace is our military establishment. Our arms must be mighty, ready for instant action, so that no potential aggressor may be tempted to risk his own destruction. . . . American makers of plowshares could, with time and as required, make swords as well. But now we can no longer risk emergency improvisation of national defense; we have been compelled to create a permanent armaments industry of vast proportions. . . . This conjunction of an immense military establishment and a large arms industry is new in the American experience. . . . Yet we must not fail to comprehend its grave implications. . . . In the councils of government, we must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the military-industrial complex. The potential for the disastrous rise of misplaced power exists and will persist."
Now President Biden has warned us of the growing influence of the tech industrial complex. You can fairly easily substitute the tech industry for the armaments industry. We didn't listen very well then will we now?
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Feel free to reply to any comment by clicking the "Reply" button.The local news where I live, explained how this immigration thing is going to be handled. There was some disinformation saying the police can arrest people who are supposedly here illegally. 
michelle666gar
Level 8
Jan 22, 2025
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Stuck on stupid and like @puff he thinks others are dumb...
Probably not.
Also Trump is canceling all Green projects and going full blast on developing more fossil fuel energy. We will be going backwards for the next 4 years, at least, on climate change disaster prevention.
Heraclitus
Level 8
Jan 22, 2025
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It seems with the adding of a sexual predator (like tRump himself) Hegseth our military will be the opposite of what it has been. We will be weak and the butt of all the jokes from the more dictatorial countries. Already he is trying to keep women away from combat missions and we all know he he will feel about any member from the LBGTQ group. I know Eisenhower would be shocked if he saw what was coming. Funny thing, though, a large number of military voted for this POS.
pedigojr
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Jan 22, 2025
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We're supposed to trust these tech oligarchs? So far, they have not displayed a level of character or good judgement that would justify such trust. And I doubt they ever will.
Flyingsaucesir
Level 8
Jan 22, 2025
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In Lebanon they are building an US embassy that is supposed to have a staff of 5000 people that is immense. No where else is there such a huge embassy. After all Lebanon is a small country. There will be torture chambers in the basements there. I was thinking of what influence the Zionists had on this. You can easily google it.
Jolanta
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Jan 21, 2025
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michelle666gar
Level 8
Jan 20, 2025
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Mexico needs to stop transferring goods through Texass...
puff:
The pendulum swings. Far too left for a long time it corrects itself by swinging to the right. Happens most admins I suspect but when the swing arc is exaggerated too far to one side, it is only natural for it to overcorrect in the initial stages. A more happy middle ground will be where the swinging arc settles. Left and Right.
This was totally predictable as the Democratic party was too far left regarding border management. So a over correction is being made. It is noticeable because Trump Vs Democrats are at polar extremes of border management so the correction back to a middle ground from the left will be noticed, especially if initially going too far right as Trump has done..
The inauguration was taking place thousands of miles away! But any excuse to close the border, right?
@puff Maybe if you knew what you were talking about this would be true but what it really is in the case of the US is we have two parties.... The Democrats (party of Reagan) who are center right and the Republicans (party of Hitler) who like Putin are far right-wing terrorists who believe that their personal failures in life are being caused by hardworking people...
puff:
@Lizard_of_Ahaz Your future. You may have trouble concentrating for so long. We have good US analysis from an American followed by a more worldly perspective of the geopolitical situation due to Trump.
@puff Once again you show yourself to be a fool...
@puff Too far left at the border? I live in a border city and these supposed problems are new! We never, ever had problems with migrants, it's all made up bullshit by the Republican party.
@michelle666gar @puff is so stupid he tried to debunk me with a known source of disinformation... All the while saying he knew what was going on because he got his information from him...
@Lizard_of_Ahaz Remember disinformation is now okay.
@michelle666gar Amazing how many stupid people in this world enjoy wallowing in ignorance and then wonder why things are so bad...
@Lizard_of_Ahaz He (@puff) shows himself to be a fool because he is a fool and can do no other.
@Flyingsaucesir I am still looking for the corners of the rubber masks these days...
puff:
@michelle666gar Left as in the left side of politics eg the individual rights rule. The right side of politics suppresses individual rights for supposed benefit of society. That simple.
Open border policy is left. Slamming the gates shut is right of politics. A total lack of management has been border policy, accepting that many cross undocumented and accepting that situation is very poor management.
puff:
@michelle666gar, @Lizard_of_Ahaz How are the Houthi's going? Did you see Hamas parading through the streets of Gaza in victory after achieving what they demanded on Oct 8th last year? Yes that's right, the only reason hostages were taken is to get their own released from Israeli prisons. Pity Genocide Joe vetoed all those UN ceasefire/ prisoner swaps aye?
@puff None of your terrorist friends are doing well at all.... Putin has done so much damage to the Russian economy it is on the verge of collapse. The Russian leadership are starting to become concerned about becoming a Chinese colony and the real inflation rate in Russia is around 25%...
puff:
@Lizard_of_Ahaz I can picture a poster of Zelenskyy and Netanyahu in your bedroom.
@puff I would prefer a poster of Chili she is one spicy dish...
puff:
@Lizard_of_Ahaz
Yeah Russia's economy not working the best, unlike our societies.
I'm jealous, Trump's the best there is, just ask him. He's going to make American's pay twice as much as they have to for overseas stuff as that will make everyone only trade with others that the US approves of. Simple, you see. This will make everyone realise how mistaken they have been in seeking alternatives to the $USD and all will rush back in line.
Did you watch my vid? I loved the picture Pepe painted of Putin and the Kremlin. All the generals and spooks watching the day of inauguration on TV. All very serious and professional in the Russian way.
Firstly Trump proudly waves around that he had decreed that there are only two genders
Next they see him and the village people; "YMCA"
The Russians look at each other.
Pepe is a funny bastard. Most agree that if nothing else, US politics is entertaining.
@puff Your buddy Putin has buried the Russian economy so deep that he can't afford to pursue the war and he can't afford to end it either... Either way very soon Russia is going to cease to exist as an empire and fracture even more thoroughly than it did when the USSR collapsed.
puff:
@Lizard_of_Ahaz Still don't get BRICS.
National sovereignty is respected. If Russia goes whole hog, it will put others off and they won't join BRICS. Russia wants BRICS to grow.
People know NATO was formed to stop war in Europe. NATO's continued expansion causes conflict. People understand why Russia wants Ukraine neutral, that it is dire for them. They also listen to the West, why they support Ukraine. "Democracy and Freedom". Neutrality not good enough for peace.
Then we had Israel. If countries were not sure which way to go, this helped clarify things for them.
Even Trump knows what BRICS is, Spain's in it 
@puff DonOld Dumbass is called that for a reason.... You still don't understand BRICS and what it really is.... It is just another attempt (unsuccessful) to evade sanctions against the worst of the Russian axis ...
the military industrial complex has become so corrupt they only produce very few, very expensive kit now. But Ukraine has shown this military industrial congressional complex up as the paper tiger it is.
The US has no surge capacity for a real war. There are no more plow factories to start making swords. So when the time comes for actual defense, you are good for a few weeks. Unable to tame the Houthis who instead chase off aircraft carriers.
The crazy thing is no-one would invade the USA anyway, they are armed to the teeth and 36 trillion in debt with massive social problem. Who would want to take charge of that basket case? Civil war far more realistic if conflict occurs on US soil.
Genocide Joe just pardoned his family, Fauci and a General and democrat sycophants. Now I hope Tulsi Gabbard rounds up these arseholes and makes this very clear to them.
You have a pardon which means you cannot be charged. However, this pardon also means no 5th amendment protections ie impossible to incriminate yourself when pardoned already. So come and be interviewed.
However, this also means as you can't stay silent if questioned you will answer or it will be contempt. So Tulsi, make these arseholes sing and sink their peers to save their own skin. If they refuse, hit them with contempt and lock them up as the pardon will not be valid for new contempt charges. Be great to see them all narc on each other.
Remember playing monopoly and someone always won? Usually they were in control of the bank and they would slip themselves "Get out of jail free" cards, that's how they kept winning. The Democrat party personified.
What a horrid admin Biden had. Told "nothing to hide, nothing to fear" to justify the security state, then pardon all the corrupt buddies. A pre-emptive pardon for a general is interesting, and Fauci. Obviously something to hide or no pardons would have been issued.
puff
Level 8
Jan 20, 2025
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A lot of us peasants listen and care, tho we are certainly a minority, but it's our leaders that never listen or care about these warnings, because all they care about is money and power, certainly not us peasants.. We are just labor to be used like machines and animals, consumers to be sucked dry of whatever money we have, and cannon fodder to be used for their endless wars. And those of us unlucky enough to end up incarcerated, are used for slave labor and profits for the prison industrial complex, forgot to include that industrial complex in Biden's warning..
TomMcGiverin
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Jan 20, 2025
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