kellzfresh 7,229 Posted January 16, 2017 Share Posted January 16, 2017 http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/01/16/eight-people-have-wealth-half-world-oxfam-reveals-ahead-davos/ I know that it's not as simple as the rich taking money from the poor by tax evasions, higher bonuses/wages and what have you, but it's staggering just imagining that only 8 people can buy half of the world. lucio 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lucio 5,418 Posted January 16, 2017 Share Posted January 16, 2017 22 minutes ago, kellzfresh said: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/01/16/eight-people-have-wealth-half-world-oxfam-reveals-ahead-davos/ I know that it's not as simple as the rich taking money from the poor by tax evasions, higher bonuses/wages and what have you, but it's staggering just imagining that only 8 people can buy half of the world. luckily there is more to wealth and prosperity, than endless trillions upon trillions. crazy stat though kellzfresh 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CHOULO19 24,332 Posted January 18, 2017 Share Posted January 18, 2017 Waking up to the amazing news that Obama grants (more or less) Chelsea Manning clemency! Hope in humanity restored for five minutes :') Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yeboii 1,844 Posted January 18, 2017 Share Posted January 18, 2017 1 minute ago, CHOULO19 said: Waking up to the amazing news that Obama grants (more or less) Chelsea Manning clemency! Hope in humanity restored for five minutes :') I think its more him being desperate for recognition for his work as president. Pretty much everything else has fallen apart for him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CHOULO19 24,332 Posted January 18, 2017 Share Posted January 18, 2017 Just now, Yeboii said: I think its more him being desperate for recognition for his work as president. Pretty much everything else has fallen apart for him. Honestly don't care what his motivation was (most likely a combination of various factors). The important thing is Chelsea and how this has most likely saved her life. But I certainly give a lot more credit to the people and activists who pushed for this to happen than Obama who's administration put her there in the first place. kellzfresh 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Mikel OBE 4,920 Posted January 20, 2017 Share Posted January 20, 2017 On January 16, 2017 at 4:58 PM, kellzfresh said: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/01/16/eight-people-have-wealth-half-world-oxfam-reveals-ahead-davos/ I know that it's not as simple as the rich taking money from the poor by tax evasions, higher bonuses/wages and what have you, but it's staggering just imagining that only 8 people can buy half of the world. Large parts of the world live on what would be considered, over here at least, as absurdly small amount of money. http://www.globalrichlist.com/ ^Looking at this site in example I would be listed in the top 0.09% of the richest people on earth, while in America I am solidly middle class. The wealth disparity between the first and third world remain insane. Puts the disparity between the rubber wealthy to them under an even bigger microscope kellzfresh 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kellzfresh 7,229 Posted January 20, 2017 Share Posted January 20, 2017 Cruel from Americans lool Sir Mikel OBE 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Mikel OBE 4,920 Posted January 20, 2017 Share Posted January 20, 2017 31 minutes ago, kellzfresh said: Cruel from Americans lool Traffic is actually pretty low there too. Trump wasn't able to get any star power out there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kellzfresh 7,229 Posted January 20, 2017 Share Posted January 20, 2017 19 minutes ago, Sir Mikel OBE said: Traffic is actually pretty low there too. Trump wasn't able to get any star power out there. It's just incredible. Obama is the most well spoken president America will ever have imo. Trump is so much worse in speeches, and isn't helped by coming immediately after Obama. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kmk108 1,186 Posted January 20, 2017 Share Posted January 20, 2017 JFC, I had no idea they said 1,000 prayers during all of these inaugural ceremonies. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Mikel OBE 4,920 Posted January 20, 2017 Share Posted January 20, 2017 51 minutes ago, kellzfresh said: It's just incredible. Obama is the most well spoken president America will ever have imo. Trump is so much worse in speeches, and isn't helped by coming immediately after Obama. EIC of the Harvard Law Review. He really was the best of us. 18 minutes ago, kmk108 said: JFC, I had no idea they said 1,000 prayers during all of these inaugural ceremonies. Lol of course. This is a Christian country despite the lies that are thrown around about the separation of church and state. I don't ever see America not having a Christian president. Hell, we are so evangelical christian Kennedy got crap for being catholic kellzfresh and kmk108 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fulham Broadway 17,332 Posted January 20, 2017 Share Posted January 20, 2017 Watched the reality TV stars inauguration -have to say almost total absence of black faces anywhere. Hope there are waterproof sheets on the Whitehouse bed, what with Trumps predilection of wetting beds the Obamas have slept in.... Sir Mikel OBE 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kmk108 1,186 Posted January 20, 2017 Share Posted January 20, 2017 5 minutes ago, Sir Mikel OBE said: Lol of course. This is a Christian country despite the lies that are thrown around about the separation of church and state. I don't ever see America not having a Christian president. Hell, we are so evangelical christian Kennedy got crap for being catholic Separation of church and state "My God given right!" on gun ownership "The bible says no!" on gay marriage "That's God's creation!" on abortion Sir Mikel OBE 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Mikel OBE 4,920 Posted January 20, 2017 Share Posted January 20, 2017 24 minutes ago, Fulham Broadway said: Watched the reality TV stars inauguration -have to say almost total absence of black faces anywhere. Hope there are waterproof sheets on the Whitehouse bed, what with Trumps predilection of wetting beds the Obamas have slept in.... The black people are out there now. Going after the parade. Its pretty amazing too lol 10 minutes ago, kmk108 said: Separation of church and state "My God given right!" on gun ownership "The bible says no!" on gay marriage "That's God's creation!" on abortion I love the little "Under god" part of the national anthem they shoe horned in during the red scare in the 50's too. You would be in big trouble down here in Georgia if you didnt stand during that when I was in school. kmk108 and Fulham Broadway 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fulham Broadway 17,332 Posted January 20, 2017 Share Posted January 20, 2017 Hell of a lot of swamp creatures there eating swamp food, Whens it being drained ? kmk108 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fulham Broadway 17,332 Posted January 20, 2017 Share Posted January 20, 2017 First thing the spray tanned one has done ? All references to climate change removed from the White house website. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CHOULO19 24,332 Posted January 20, 2017 Share Posted January 20, 2017 1 hour ago, kmk108 said: JFC, I had no idea they said 1,000 prayers during all of these inaugural ceremonies. I'm usually incredibly accepting of all religious people, but that got pretty annoying. I half expected them to break into some ritual dance and then sacrifice a child. ...and this is coming from someone who lives in the middle east! kmk108 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fulham Broadway 17,332 Posted January 20, 2017 Share Posted January 20, 2017 On 16/01/2017 at 9:58 PM, kellzfresh said: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/01/16/eight-people-have-wealth-half-world-oxfam-reveals-ahead-davos/ I know that it's not as simple as the rich taking money from the poor by tax evasions, higher bonuses/wages and what have you, but it's staggering just imagining that only 8 people can buy half of the world. http://waterfordwhispersnews.com/2017/01/16/poll-should-we-kill-the-top-8-richest-men-and-give-their-money-to-the-poor/ kellzfresh 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kmk108 1,186 Posted January 20, 2017 Share Posted January 20, 2017 1 hour ago, CHOULO19 said: I'm usually incredibly accepting of all religious people, but that got pretty annoying. I half expected them to break into some ritual dance and then sacrifice a child. ...and this is coming from someone who lives in the middle east! The difference is our government tries to pass itself off as secular. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fernando 6,585 Posted January 20, 2017 Share Posted January 20, 2017 2 hours ago, Fulham Broadway said: First thing the spray tanned one has done ? All references to climate change removed from the White house website. There is no climate change like the way they are tying to paint it. If you look at history, we are actually going back to normal as weather was warmer. I mean Greenland existed before as a country with less ice. The earth cool down, and let's not forget that vast voyages that existed way back with people like the Vikings. To me history says that back then the planet was much warmer then what it is today. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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