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Pendrake That Guy from "Sweet Something of.... Someplace!" (Canada) Since: Jan, 2017 Relationship Status: Betrayed by Delilah
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#343526: Dec 15th 2020 at 5:07:03 AM

Not really that surprising for Brazil's president, given how much of a Trump Imitator and Kiss-Ass he is.

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Forenperser Foreign Troper from Germany Since: Mar, 2012
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#343527: Dec 15th 2020 at 5:08:08 AM

I'm not too acquainted with Mexican politics, is the current president there a conservative?

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#343528: Dec 15th 2020 at 5:09:31 AM

Bolsonaro has been in an epic meltdown ever since biden won the election. He even implied that he would initiate a military conflict with the US if Biden insisted on the sanctions he mentioned, which is the height of absurdity and thankfully has no chance of happening.

Edited by Draghinazzo on Dec 15th 2020 at 10:10:00 AM

M84 Oh, bother. from Our little blue planet Since: Jun, 2010 Relationship Status: Chocolate!
Oh, bother.
#343529: Dec 15th 2020 at 5:10:06 AM

[up][up]Very much no.

Edited by M84 on Dec 15th 2020 at 9:10:49 PM

Disgusted, but not surprised
Pendrake That Guy from "Sweet Something of.... Someplace!" (Canada) Since: Jan, 2017 Relationship Status: Betrayed by Delilah
That Guy
#343530: Dec 15th 2020 at 5:16:08 AM

I think in Mexico's case, he's probably holding off until Trump's ass is actually OUT of the White House.

After all, Mexico-US Relations right now are... well... yeah.

That said, he might do it sometime later this week.

As for said relations, it's mostly due to the fact American DEA've basically been operating in Mexico without Mexican governmental oversight and diplomatic immunity. Which understandably pisses the government off. And while the DEA chief's logic is sound about the Mexican government having a lot of corruption.... This is also an agency that Trump's taken a personal hand in reshaping over the past four years, which means they've likely GREATLY overstepped their boundaries given they're acting on foreign soil.

Edited by Pendrake on Dec 15th 2020 at 5:23:35 AM

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Blueace Surrounded by weirdoes from The End Of the World Since: Dec, 2010 Relationship Status: Chocolate!
Surrounded by weirdoes
#343531: Dec 15th 2020 at 5:28:04 AM

[up][up][up] These four years taught to not underestimate angry idiots. Just hope that the rest of the country has sense and will to say no.

Wake me up at your own risk.
Rationalinsanity from Halifax, Canada Since: Aug, 2010 Relationship Status: It's complicated
#343532: Dec 15th 2020 at 5:38:21 AM

Mexico's President is an authoritarian populist, though not of the kind Trump is. But Biden might butt heads with him if he tries to undermine Mexican democracy.

Edited by Rationalinsanity on Dec 15th 2020 at 9:38:33 AM

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Lazlo74 from A tropical hell-hole Since: May, 2018
#343533: Dec 15th 2020 at 5:50:07 AM

The hardline right-wingers seem to be extremely obsessed with framing Joe Biden of being a Chinese puppet, including in this batshit insane claim that he will shut down power grids and allow China to invade the US within months of his inauguration.

Is there any precedent behind Biden having links to China or anything? Or is this just GOP media sensationalism to further rile their already fucked up base? I just can't understand how they come to the conclusion that he's a CCP plant of all things, other than that they define anything left of Trump of being a deep state socialist agent.

Edited by Lazlo74 on Dec 15th 2020 at 5:50:57 AM

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M84 Oh, bother. from Our little blue planet Since: Jun, 2010 Relationship Status: Chocolate!
Oh, bother.
#343534: Dec 15th 2020 at 5:57:15 AM

It's best just to stop giving these shitheads the benefit of the doubt. These people have proven time and again that they are not on speaking terms with reality.

Edited by M84 on Dec 15th 2020 at 9:57:45 PM

Disgusted, but not surprised
Lazlo74 from A tropical hell-hole Since: May, 2018
#343535: Dec 15th 2020 at 6:01:29 AM

You're right. I think I realized that their rationale almost always boils down to either conspiracy nuttery or just plain bigotry, and questioning it will just make me lose brain cells even faster.

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#343536: Dec 15th 2020 at 6:02:39 AM

Well, the left accused Trump of being a Russian puppet, so of course the right will accuse Biden of being a Chinese puppet. The idea is absurd; it's based on a kind of black-and-white thinking wherein Trump was "tough on China", so anything not that is "sucking up to China" or whatever. Of course, Trump's actions were counterproductive and absurd, but they don't care about that.

There is a vocal cadre of people (mainly on the left) who think that because of China's government and history of human rights abuses, we must not have any trade or diplomacy with it. This is patently unrealistic. On the right, of course, there's the farcical myth of China somehow manipulating the trade deficit to get rich at our expense.

In the real world, China is a major power and we will trade with it whether it makes people upset or not.

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Just a harmless giant from a foreign land.
#343537: Dec 15th 2020 at 6:02:47 AM

[up][up][up]Its fear mongering bullshit to justify basically asking for a coup.

They are telling a big scary lie to "seem reasonable" in their behavior.

Don't give be them credence for it.

Edited by 3of4 on Dec 15th 2020 at 3:03:11 PM

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sgamer82 Since: Jan, 2001
#343538: Dec 15th 2020 at 6:06:36 AM

You know how it's a Conspiracy Theory? Simple logic. Biden is Catholic, it's much more likely he'll turn control of America over to the Pope, succeeding where John F Kennedy failed.

M84 Oh, bother. from Our little blue planet Since: Jun, 2010 Relationship Status: Chocolate!
Oh, bother.
#343539: Dec 15th 2020 at 6:07:16 AM

[up][up][up]It's a bit more complicated than that. The USA left has never really been able to make up its mind about the CCP. That's not even getting into the hardcore Maoist tankies.

The Democratic Party, as Fluffy has pointed out quite a few times, has a very mixed record when it comes to the CCP.

None of which of course proves that Biden's a CCP puppet.

Edited by M84 on Dec 15th 2020 at 10:08:35 PM

Disgusted, but not surprised
Lazlo74 from A tropical hell-hole Since: May, 2018
#343540: Dec 15th 2020 at 6:08:25 AM

[up][up]Speaking of coups, the right is also threatening that "We the People" will retake the rightful government and uphold the constitution after believing that the law have been compromised following Trump's failed suits.

Fun times ahead for the US. Hope none of them actually have the balls to start any shit.

Edited by Lazlo74 on Dec 15th 2020 at 6:08:55 AM

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Just a harmless giant from a foreign land.
#343541: Dec 15th 2020 at 6:14:17 AM

If not for the people in the crossfire I'd say "come at them, bro"

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PointMaid Since: Jun, 2014
#343542: Dec 15th 2020 at 6:18:11 AM

'We the People' just did take back the government from one elected not by the popular vote but by the technicality of the electoral college. By voting. En masse, despite all the shenanigans attempted.

They need to take a nice long look at the constitution, too, because it's clear they haven't a clue what's actually in it. The suits have been rejected by red and blue aligned judges alike, because they have no basis or merit.

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#343543: Dec 15th 2020 at 6:32:01 AM

Lately, when I'm not logged on Youtube, I've seen Newsmax is often on the front page. I think Youtube should deplatform them, and they definitely shouldn't let them be so visible.

Ominae Since: Jul, 2010
#343544: Dec 15th 2020 at 6:37:17 AM

@Lazlo 74

- It's through his son Hunter.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hunter_Biden#Ye_Jianming_and_CEFC_China_Energy

This section of his wiki has a lot of details about said "controversy" similar to the Ukraine "investigation" Trump wants handled. And I'm seeing claims that he was secretly honeytrapped by someone who’s using Liu Yefei... Yeah...


Putin announced that he says congrats to Biden. According to him, he “expressed confidence that Russia and the United States, which have a special responsibility for global security and stability, could, despite their differences, really help to solve the many problems and challenges facing the world.”

That was announced via BBC.

Edited by Ominae on Dec 15th 2020 at 7:00:12 AM

djoki996 Since: Dec, 2018
#343545: Dec 15th 2020 at 6:47:13 AM

And I'm seeing claims that he was secretly honeytrapped by someone who using Liu Yefei

Let me see if I got this right: People claim Hunter Biden was honey trapped by Liu Yifei?

Ominae Since: Jul, 2010
#343546: Dec 15th 2020 at 6:49:17 AM

Yep. Albeit based on some alleged claims that someone got some photos from Hunter’s discarded laptop by anti-CCP dissident Lude.

Edited by Ominae on Dec 15th 2020 at 6:53:44 AM

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#343547: Dec 15th 2020 at 6:54:31 AM

[up]x3 Pragmatic Villainy at work, people.

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speedyboris Since: Feb, 2010
#343548: Dec 15th 2020 at 7:05:06 AM

The hardline right-wingers seem to be extremely obsessed with framing Joe Biden of being a Chinese puppet
Trump's been banging that "Biden's gonna be soft on China!" drum for months. The conspiracy theory about him allowing China to invade the U.S., Red Dawn-style, is news to me though.

Where do you get these guys?!

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Surrounded by weirdoes
#343549: Dec 15th 2020 at 7:09:17 AM

When you are deliberately going for the bottom of the barrel...

Wake me up at your own risk.
Ominae Since: Jul, 2010
#343550: Dec 15th 2020 at 7:13:30 AM

[up][up]

Personally don’t know if that was also fueled by Obama not (at least) helping Aquino when the PLAN said hello in the Spratlys. I’m seeing this though in Filipino Defense communities online that see this event as a failure in the Democrat’s Asia policies.

Edited by Ominae on Dec 15th 2020 at 7:16:46 AM


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