Politics & Stuff

[Spike 12,049]

I hate the Australian government.

[Badboy 1,526]

George Osborne doesn't know what he's doing and that is the honest truth. The UK is in free fall !!!!!!!!!!!

[EBH 283]

Colombia is a poor, too religious country . In the north, in the poor village, it is very bad to make love to the women before marriage.. so the boys have sex with the burro :mouthclosed:.. I think in English, you say donkey?

And in the politics, there is too much religion also.. not good

[CHOULO19 24,332]

Turkish "Spring" time!

[Spike 12,049]

Does anyone get the feeling facism and far right ideologies are on the rise? Even lately I've met some very far right idealists.

What's worse is that I believe sooner or later a major European power will fall back under the spell of extreme right... England seems ripe for the taking right now, but it could be anyone from Spain to Italy.

[Amblève. 4,995]

Does anyone get the feeling facism and far right ideologies are on the rise? Even lately I've met some very far right idealists.

What's worse is that I believe sooner or later a major European power will fall back under the spell of extreme right... England seems ripe for the taking right now, but it could be anyone from Spain to Italy.

The economic state of all those countries you mentioned isn't really promising...

[Rmpr 8,977]

Does anyone get the feeling facism and far right ideologies are on the rise? Even lately I've met some very far right idealists.

What's worse is that I believe sooner or later a major European power will fall back under the spell of extreme right... England seems ripe for the taking right now, but it could be anyone from Spain to Italy.

Economical crisis always make far right ideologies rise!

[CHOULO19 24,332]

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Soooo fed up with politics. It is literally everywhere I look and everyone I talk to they're all talking politics all the time. What's sad is that politics in the area are completely out of the hands of not just the people but even the leaders of Lebanon. All they do is make it worse. Want to a 'solution' for the middle east? The only solution is kill every one who lives here, me included, and get new people to come and live here.

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[LDN Blue 7,903]

Does anyone get the feeling facism and far right ideologies are on the rise? Even lately I've met some very far right idealists.

What's worse is that I believe sooner or later a major European power will fall back under the spell of extreme right... England seems ripe for the taking right now, but it could be anyone from Spain to Italy.

As Amels and Rmpr rightly said, the long-term financial situation we've been in (5 years now?) was bound to breed such thoughts. People are getting desperate and this is the resulting effect. What's bad is that it's even affecting the intellectuals and well educated. I'm used hearing the old rhetoric about how bad Islam is, how we should stop immigration etc from the lower IQ percentile, but now it's spreading a bit more.

Still not worried though, there's still far more sensible people in Britain who don't buy into all this EDL crap. UKIP is just another trend in this country. Same happened when the BNP got in a few votes, scared all the main parties, and next election the BNP lost all their seats lmao.

[LDN Blue 7,903]

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Soooo fed up with politics. It is literally everywhere I look and everyone I talk to they're all talking politics all the time. What's sad is that politics in the area are completely out of the hands of not just the people but even the leaders of Lebanon. All they do is make it worse. Want to a 'solution' for the middle east? The only solution is kill every one who lives here, me included, and get new people to come and live here.

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The Western infatuation with trying to "fix" the Middle East is certainly something I can't blame you for being fed up over. All I see is "intervention" this, WMD-that..

[CHOULO19 24,332]

The Western infatuation with trying to "fix" the Middle East is certainly something I can't blame you for being fed up over. All I see is "intervention" this, WMD-that..

It's gotten so bad recently with the events in Syria, I was not exaggerating, that is literally all you hear walking down the streets: Politics. It's because all the parties in Lebanon are involved there, atm. It's basically a Lebanese civil war going on in some parts of Syria at times. The effects here is a lot of killings and kidnappings due to political reasons. Not to mention that the areas near the Syrian border are being bombed on a daily basis plus the ongoing battles in Tripoli. It would take days to fully explain what is happening but practically we currently have war here in Lebanon.

The west, namely the US, have made huge mistakes by funding and arming the muslim extremists and are now starting to regret but only after it is too late. They've become too powerful and could actually win the war in Syria. That's why the US agreed with Russia a couple of weeks ago that the priority right now is to get rid of those extremist. Of course that involves killing thousands of innocent people, destroying whole cities, not to mention the economy of the entire region and countless other problems. But who cares as long as it's not happening on their land, right?

Sorry, that turned out more like another rant than an explanation of what's going on..

[yuvala 2,167]

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Soooo fed up with politics. It is literally everywhere I look and everyone I talk to they're all talking politics all the time. What's sad is that politics in the area are completely out of the hands of not just the people but even the leaders of Lebanon. All they do is make it worse. Want to a 'solution' for the middle east? The only solution is kill every one who lives here, me included, and get new people to come and live here.

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No solution for the middle-east problem my friend .

[Amblève. 4,995]

I would have never ever expected the Green party to build a coalition with Stronach's party... Austria's going downhill and it's absolutely embarrassing.

[BluesChick 1,260]

@Choulo

Unfortunately those of us on the outside rarely see what you see so thank you for sharing. Our governments our very good at hiding their agendas, it is amazing how often it comes back to bite them in the arse!

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[CHOULO19 24,332]

The UN report today that accounted deaths in Syria since the start of the war till April has exceeded 93000 people. The actual number is probably 5 times that with all the massacres and group burials. Such a frightening thought...

@Choulo Unfortunately those of us on the outside rarely see what you see so thank you for sharing. Our governments our very good at hiding their agendas, it is amazing how often it comes back to bite them in the arse! Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk HD

I sometimes keep up to date with internal US politics, and I was surprised last month with the outrage about the Benghazi attack 'scandal' because the much bigger 'scandal' is that the terrorists behind the attack on the US embassy, called "Jabhat Al Nosra", are the people that were armed and funded by by the US (technically funded by KSA and Qatar but by US orders) during the 'revolution' in Lybia and are being funded and armed in Syria right now. It is not exactly a secret; very much common knowledge here.

But the reason that this kind of information does not reach the average American is that both Democrats and Republicans don't want it to. They agree completely on foreign policy, at least in essence. That's the main down side of the two party political system you have. While on the other hand the scandal about the president knowing that the attacks were planned terrorist ones benefits the Republicans and therefore someone reveals it.

[BluesChick 1,260]

The UN report today that accounted deaths in Syria since the start of the war till April has exceeded 93000 people. The actual number is probably 5 times that with all the massacres and group burials. Such a frightening thought...

@Choulo Unfortunately those of us on the outside rarely see what you see so thank you for sharing. Our governments our very good at hiding their agendas, it is amazing how often it comes back to bite them in the arse! Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk HD

I sometimes keep up to date with internal US politics, and I was surprised last month with the outrage about the Benghazi attack 'scandal' because the much bigger 'scandal' is that the terrorists behind the attack on the US embassy, called "Jabhat Al Nosra", are the people that were armed and funded by by the US (technically funded by KSA and Qatar but by US orders) during the 'revolution' in Lybia and are being funded and armed in Syria right now. It is not exactly a secret; very much common knowledge here.

But the reason that this kind of information does not reach the average American is that both Democrats and Republicans don't want it to. They agree completely on foreign policy, at least in essence. That's the main down side of the two party political system you have. While on the other hand the scandal about the president knowing that the attacks were planned terrorist ones benefits the Republicans and therefore someone reveals it.

The death toll in Syria is frightening and so horribly sad.

I very rarely go to US sources for my news because of the amount that gets hidden from the public. Of course when you talk about it they say you are on a witch hunt, you are unpatriotic, sympathize with the enemy...etc.

I hate politics because I grew up in a house where there was only one correct party and my dad is rabid in his convictions about politics. I tried to get him to see the pitfalls of "Obamacare" and Obama in general and he wouldn't even hear my reasons. Told me that I was not informed enough! He also said the same thing to me when I tried discussing the Middle East and the fact I believed we should stay the hell out of the politics there (this was as far back as the late 80's early 90's). He was supportive of the US foreign policies and all I could see was it getting us into unsinkable situations in countries that did not want our interference.

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[Ankit 3,176]

This is sensational and unbelievable if there is even a shred of truth in it. The entire SEAL team that nailed Osama Bin Laden die under mysterious circumstances. Uncle Sam, at least pretend to be respectable!

http://p.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/jun/7/the-betrayal-of-the-navys-seal-team-6/

[Fulham Broadway 17,333]

Brazil Burning !

‘The unrest escalated during the night as a large crowd set several fires outside the legislative assembly, smashed the building’s windows and daubed graffiti on the walls proclaiming “Revolution”, “Down with Paes, down with Cabral [the mayor and state governor]” and “Hate police”.’

The same combination of corruption, violent police, poor services, low wages, inequality….snail’s pace of reform applies to countries from Africa, South America, Asia………with the tool of social media who knows what the limits are?

[Rmpr 8,977]

Brazil Burning !

That is so untrue!

People burned one single car in one single city (Rio de Janeiro) and all of a sudden Brazil is burning.

In Sao Paulo, where it all started and where things got seriously dangerous on Thursday, more than 100 thousand people walked peacefully for 5 hours throughout the city!!!

I dont know how old you are, but many saying what is happening in Brazil is very similar to the 1968 French student protests...

[Fulham Broadway 17,333]

That is so untrue!

People burned one single car in one single city (Rio de Janeiro) and all of a sudden Brazil is burning.

In Sao Paulo, where it all started and where things got seriously dangerous on Thursday, more than 100 thousand people walked peacefully for 5 hours throughout the city!!!

I dont know how old you are, but many saying what is happening in Brazil is very similar to the 1968 French student protests...

I said that for effect journo style

200 000 peeps protesting, and looks like a few things on fire -do you think social media plays a big part in it spreading ?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-22946736