Ten Reasons to Make English the Official Language of the United States “History has blessed [the U.S.] with all the freedom and advantages of multiculturalism. But it has also blessed us, because of the accident of our origins, with a linguistic unity that brings a critically needed cohesion to a ... Read more
In the UK – You do not have to say anything. But, it may harm your defence if you do not mention when questioned something which you later rely on in court. Anything you do say may be given in evidence.
History repeats itself again – Their members refused to talk about what the secret society had accomplished, and were instructed by leaders to respond to questions with “I know nothing.” You get one guess what it was next called. This is how the political birth canals and swamps dropped the baby Know Nothings in a White Christian country.
Who’d a Thunk It? The Reincarnation and Resurrection of a Third Political Party! In 1853, a secret American society known as the Order of the Star Spangled Banner…
Yep – nationalists in disguise, they were a party opposed to the holding of public office by immigrants or Roman Catholics. The Know-Nothings, also known as “nativists,” insisted that only true, “native” Americans should serve in the government. The party was quite successful in the 1850s but split over the slavery question. Its official name was the American party. It picked up the “Know-Nothing” tag because its members, maintaining secrecy about the party’s activities, customarily answered questions with, “I know nothing.”
Republicans are the 21st-century Know-Nothing Party
I assume you mean the political party right? – interesting, the main aim of the Know-Nothing movement was to combat foreign influences and to uphold and promote traditional American ways. Traditional as in Native.
How the 19th-Century Know Nothing Party Reshaped American Politics
Should have stuck with just joining in at the end, rather than trying to have a bash all on their own, they tend to pull others into their conflicts. Not sure if this is tactics or reflects their famous national ego and denial.
After the US government withdrew its troops from Kabul questions are being asked as to why a superpower like America was overpowered by the Taliban to the
They still deserve a token prize for trying though. It’s not their fault they joined the race as everyone changed over to making business rather than making war.
Agree. The Cold War produced new military alliances, including NATO and the Warsaw Pact, and led to nuclear proliferation and proxy wars between and within postcolonial states in Latin America, Africa, and Asia. Without the threat of conflict, we wouldn’t have curbed our taste for weapons of mass destruction.
During World War II, despite mutual suspicion and distrust, the United States and Great Britain joined the Soviet Union in an effort to defeat their common enemy, Nazi Germany. The alliance began to crumble immediately after the surrender of the Hitler government in May 1945. Tensions were apparent... Read more
The idea that his buddies are hard fighting is an idea I guess. hmm. Maybe more of an opinion. or is an opinion just an idea? Anyways, it reminded me of this thug rock classic from the UK OI movement.
Tucker Carlson will no longer be on Fox News. The announcement Monday that Carlson and Fox had parted ways came after Fox had agreed to pay out a quarter of a billion dollars to Dominion in a defam…
Ahh, Boris. the enemy within has gone. Remember when Mr Biden’s predecessor Donald Trump had previously quit the agreement. Boris started by asking German Chancellor Angela Merkel to switch off her mic when she accidentally talked over his initial greeting. He joked: “Can you hear us Angela? I think you need to mute!”
Boris Johnson and Joe Biden bond over jokes on video call for virtual G7 summit
BORIS Johnson and Joe Biden cemented the Special Relationship last night when they met by video-link for the first time as the PM hosted a virtual G7 summit. He joked with the US President over sha…
Mutual trade and investment are at the heart of our prosperity, and our commitment to free market values enables our economies to thrive. However, will Europe be as forgiving as the U.S.? Possibly not, mon-sieur.
Even if they drop people back down a gravity well to the moon – after getting them up out into space, it has got to be said that even if it works, many people are against this show of power. ISS was a great model, commercial will solve it all by killing bad businesses rather than proping them up.
Maybe a valid idea but how else would you get us beyond our home planet – somehow I don’t think a charity would do the trick. SLS is amazing, Artemis is the way forward, however we pay for it imo.
Artemis 1 launch success makes NASA’s SLS the most powerful rocket ever to fly
Hmmm, but “Switzerland is the most innovative economy in the world in 2022 – for the 12th year in a row – followed by the United States, Sweden, the United Kingdom and the Netherlands. China is nearing the top 10 while Türkiye and India enter the top 40 for the first time, according to the GII 2022.”
Global Innovation Index 2022 – Which are the most innovative countries
It’s loaded with calories and sugar and has no nutritional benefit. Drink water instead. Avoid too many deep-fried foods. Don’t panic if you overindulge you might die before you have kids to pass the habit on to.
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Other than Clinton, it seems a long time since the US had brainbox at the top. Not sure how they estimated some of these in the article though. Could be biased.
I think we should thank Reagan and Trump for making mental health issues a topic for discussion when it comes to ruling the world. Though it’s funny how Biden scoffed when being questioned about his state of mind.
President Joe Biden is looking at all policies put in place by Republican predecessor Donald Trump, with a view toward possibly rolling them back, but not so the U.S. Space Force.
Perhaps Asgardians should take a stand on this one now Trump has left the building. For those who don’t know. “Asgardia, also known as the Space Kingdom of Asgardia and “Asgardia the Space Nation”, is a micronation formed by a group of people who have launched a satellite into Earth orbit. They refer to themselves as “Asgardians” and they have given their satellite the name “Asgardia-1”.
Asgardia is a free borderless model of society, with knowledge, intelligence, science and the recognition of the ultimate value of each human life at its very core.
On the “Heritage Explains” podcast, Dean Cheng, a senior research fellow in Heritage’s Davis Institute for National Security and Foreign Policy, helps break down if the United States needs a Space Force and what this new branch of the military would do.
The Outer Space Treaty bans the placement of weapons of mass destruction in space, and establishing military bases, testing weapons and conducting military manoeuvres on celestial bodies. This should be upheld throughout the galaxy.
How an international treaty signed 50 years ago became the backbone for space law
Fifty years ago today, the United States, the Soviet Union, and the United Kingdom opened a treaty for signature that would become the backbone for international space law. It was a United...
Too little too late. Everyone is still laughing at America, they deserved that trashing, the rest of the world didn’t. You won’t be able to bring back the people he killed with Covid, which was quite a record other despots would be proud of! Come on kids, forget what daddy taught you, he is thick as shit too.
I’m trashing my Trump hat — it’s just a gesture. We all need to vote | Opinion
It’s a thing already, bit late though. Not like the US hasn’t been trashed by gangs, organised crime and corruption, since we made the damned country for them and watched them trash it. Anyways, this is what the official site says…
“Fix the System partners are currently pressing Congress to fund safe, fair and secure elections, supporting access to early voting and absentee voting options in the wake of the pandemic, galvanizing the business community for democracy reform, and fighting to end gerrymandering to lay the groundwork for a healthy political system.”
I don’t think the American trump voters or UK Brexiteers intended it, but they are pushing the cause of a global government, regardless of which nations get a decent share during the initial power grab.
After COVID, time to consider a UN parliament and a world federation
Former U.K. Prime Minister Gordon Brown has been leading calls for the formation of a temporary global government to deal with the dual medical and economic threat posed to the...
Science, climate and peace sure are global issues that affect the entire world. Maybe each government should vote for a world leader. A possible solution to the one-sided situation we will enter true globalism with.
The US president’s actions have exacerbated the pandemic that has killed more than 200,000 people in the United States, rolled back environmental and public-health regulations and undermined science and scientific institutions. Some of the harm could be permanent.
Not to worry, America’s influence on the world is declining, due to their self-interested voting record. America-First… not for long.
“It hasn’t been OK. After four years of Trump’s “America first” — or, more accurately, “America only” — approach to international relations, the U.S. is less respected and less influential than it has been in decades. “
America Last: How Trump Torpedoed the U.S. International Standing
The rollback of a rule banning controversial hunting methods in Alaska’s national preserves has some worried the National Park Service is ceding control to states with less conservation-oriented goals.
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Though he's not quitting his day job, Metallica frontman James Hetfield has a new gig: Narrating the History Channel's upcoming series The Hunt, which chronicles a trek to Kodiak, Alaska, to kill brown bears.That news is not going over well with fans of the Glastonbury festival, which Metallica wil... Read more
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Hmm, the effects of social exclusion ain’t that positive. so I say join them, don’t exclude them or beat up on anyone.
“Being rejected is like getting a blow to the head. It keeps you from thinking clearly and makes you act in ways you usually would not behave. You lose self control and act impulsively,” says lead study author Jean Twenge, an assistant professor of psychology at San Diego State University.
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A Texas pastor beheld the familiar faces of 110 congregants Sunday despite the ban on in-person worship amid the novel coronavirus pandemic.
The worshipers – in very un-churchlike fashion – had gathered in the pews closest to the pulpit.
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“We came in peace for all mankind.” On the flight back to Earth, Buzz Aldrin said, “This has been far more than … the efforts of a government and industry team, more even than the efforts of one nation. We feel that this stands as a symbol of the insatiable curiosity of all mankind.”
Fifty Years After the Moon Landing, Recalling One Small Misstep
Sounds like what most did with regards to the Romans way back when, but…. “as soon as Rome began to regard itself as the highest value and to worship its emperors as personal symbols of its ultimacy, the kiss of death was upon it.”
The collapse of religious liberalism and the weaknesses of evangelicalism may suggest the possibility of flirting with secular solutions to America’s problems on its two-hundredth birthday. But as soon ...
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The Korean Peninsula is divided into two countries whose people could not face more drastically differing fates. While South Koreans enjoy economic prosperity and civil liberties, North Koreans live in a world with no freedom of speech, no freedom of religion, and widespread malnutrition.
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It is said, that free speech is a sign of a healthy democracy, but are people really free to speak their mind in New Zealand today? At one time it was OK for someone to be offended by what others said. They were told to toughen up and get on with life.
A so-called "smart gun" is a firearm that uses a ring with a chip in it to send a signal to a circuit board embedded in the firearm so that only an authorized user can fire the gun.
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Exactly, first they have you talk the talk, then you gotta walk the walk.
and here’s why not.
Agreed, and here’s why.
Go on buddy, treat yourself to someone else’s language, its a free world!
The presumption of innocence until proven guilty
(4 upvotes)Make English the official language of the USA
(4 upvotes)From each according to his ability, to each according to his needs
(5 upvotes)The right to remain silent
(3 upvotes)….which should be a constitutional right already.
The presumption of innocence until proven guilty
(4 upvotes)Make English the official language of the USA
(4 upvotes)From each according to his ability, to each according to his needs
(5 upvotes)The right to remain silent
(3 upvotes)Use it or lose it Trumpets
It may be on it’s way out in the UK. Shame, one of the US’s best ideas in my opinion. They won’t let it fade away without a real fight.
But…
In the UK – You do not have to say anything. But, it may harm your defence if you do not mention when questioned something which you later rely on in court. Anything you do say may be given in evidence.
Here we go again “if ya don’t like merikkka, git the heck out!”
History repeats itself again – Their members refused to talk about what the secret society had accomplished, and were instructed by leaders to respond to questions with “I know nothing.” You get one guess what it was next called. This is how the political birth canals and swamps dropped the baby Know Nothings in a White Christian country.
Yep – nationalists in disguise, they were a party opposed to the holding of public office by immigrants or Roman Catholics. The Know-Nothings, also known as “nativists,” insisted that only true, “native” Americans should serve in the government. The party was quite successful in the 1850s but split over the slavery question. Its official name was the American party. It picked up the “Know-Nothing” tag because its members, maintaining secrecy about the party’s activities, customarily answered questions with, “I know nothing.”
I assume you mean the political party right? – interesting, the main aim of the Know-Nothing movement was to combat foreign influences and to uphold and promote traditional American ways. Traditional as in Native.
Like them or not, would you prefer China to rule the world?
Should have stuck with just joining in at the end, rather than trying to have a bash all on their own, they tend to pull others into their conflicts. Not sure if this is tactics or reflects their famous national ego and denial.
We don’t fight our own wars, we fight “other people’s” wars, to benefit ourselves – there’s a big difference, apparently.
They still deserve a token prize for trying though. It’s not their fault they joined the race as everyone changed over to making business rather than making war.
It was just good practice for China! (and the other modern dictatorships we must subdue).
Agree. The Cold War produced new military alliances, including NATO and the Warsaw Pact, and led to nuclear proliferation and proxy wars between and within postcolonial states in Latin America, Africa, and Asia. Without the threat of conflict, we wouldn’t have curbed our taste for weapons of mass destruction.
Fox removed his ability to speak > Twitter and the Muskovites bring it back.
The idea that his buddies are hard fighting is an idea I guess. hmm. Maybe more of an opinion. or is an opinion just an idea? Anyways, it reminded me of this thug rock classic from the UK OI movement.
Gonna miss him, even if it’s just for the fun-poking.
Ahh, Boris. the enemy within has gone. Remember when Mr Biden’s predecessor Donald Trump had previously quit the agreement. Boris started by asking German Chancellor Angela Merkel to switch off her mic when she accidentally talked over his initial greeting. He joked: “Can you hear us Angela? I think you need to mute!”
King Charles can do it!
lol – fun times.
Mutual trade and investment are at the heart of our prosperity, and our commitment to free market values enables our economies to thrive. However, will Europe be as forgiving as the U.S.? Possibly not, mon-sieur.
Even if they drop people back down a gravity well to the moon – after getting them up out into space, it has got to be said that even if it works, many people are against this show of power. ISS was a great model, commercial will solve it all by killing bad businesses rather than proping them up.
not so sure we should have either…
Maybe a valid idea but how else would you get us beyond our home planet – somehow I don’t think a charity would do the trick. SLS is amazing, Artemis is the way forward, however we pay for it imo.
Hmmm, but “Switzerland is the most innovative economy in the world in 2022 – for the 12th year in a row – followed by the United States, Sweden, the United Kingdom and the Netherlands. China is nearing the top 10 while Türkiye and India enter the top 40 for the first time, according to the GII 2022.”
Actually, this is what he said, and his speech writers before him
Not so fast, and not at any cost though right?
OOPS BAD IDEA WARNING – “A fringe idea in American archaeology that’s both scientifically wrong and racist”
GO FIGURESKI
I thought this was a joke idea, but no. Recommended for breakfast!
It’s loaded with calories and sugar and has no nutritional benefit. Drink water instead. Avoid too many deep-fried foods. Don’t panic if you overindulge you might die before you have kids to pass the habit on to.
Lol, why not have it in lard dipping sauce too – MERIKA!
Other than Clinton, it seems a long time since the US had brainbox at the top. Not sure how they estimated some of these in the article though. Could be biased.
Here’s the test that Donald Trump passed with flying colours. How well did you do? What are Biden’s results?
I think we should thank Reagan and Trump for making mental health issues a topic for discussion when it comes to ruling the world. Though it’s funny how Biden scoffed when being questioned about his state of mind.
I guess the test would need to be more vigorous than the one my 7 year old just passed. Here is the MOCA test link.
Looks like President Biden has decided to stick with Space Force. Let’s see how it pans out I guess.
Perhaps Asgardians should take a stand on this one now Trump has left the building. For those who don’t know. “Asgardia, also known as the Space Kingdom of Asgardia and “Asgardia the Space Nation”, is a micronation formed by a group of people who have launched a satellite into Earth orbit. They refer to themselves as “Asgardians” and they have given their satellite the name “Asgardia-1”.
A space junk shame list
(5 upvotes)Make Space Peaceful Again – Disband Trump’s Space Force
(8 upvotes)Licences to set up new countries – supported by a global ‘nation’ tax
(1 upvotes)Create a nation that doesn’t strive only for financial growth
(1 upvotes)They are just inviting people to fight them in space – a new theatre for their acts of violence.
The Outer Space Treaty bans the placement of weapons of mass destruction in space, and establishing military bases, testing weapons and conducting military manoeuvres on celestial bodies. This should be upheld throughout the galaxy.
The irony! Some of these guys want to expel Trump after impeachment. Where the hell to? You created him, you keep him.
Too little too late. Everyone is still laughing at America, they deserved that trashing, the rest of the world didn’t. You won’t be able to bring back the people he killed with Covid, which was quite a record other despots would be proud of! Come on kids, forget what daddy taught you, he is thick as shit too.
Reminds me of this – a warning, not enough people heeded.
It’s a thing already, bit late though. Not like the US hasn’t been trashed by gangs, organised crime and corruption, since we made the damned country for them and watched them trash it. Anyways, this is what the official site says…
“Fix the System partners are currently pressing Congress to fund safe, fair and secure elections, supporting access to early voting and absentee voting options in the wake of the pandemic, galvanizing the business community for democracy reform, and fighting to end gerrymandering to lay the groundwork for a healthy political system.”
Ahhh, sweet entropy – it takes a hell of a lot more work to fix things than break them. Good luck with that.
I don’t think the American trump voters or UK Brexiteers intended it, but they are pushing the cause of a global government, regardless of which nations get a decent share during the initial power grab.
Science, climate and peace sure are global issues that affect the entire world. Maybe each government should vote for a world leader. A possible solution to the one-sided situation we will enter true globalism with.
Not to worry, America’s influence on the world is declining, due to their self-interested voting record. America-First… not for long.
“It hasn’t been OK. After four years of Trump’s “America first” — or, more accurately, “America only” — approach to international relations, the U.S. is less respected and less influential than it has been in decades. “
The US is fucked up.
Nice idea, glad these beautiful creatures don’t really have weapons, like some others have.
That’s not Hetfield by the way, just some other kind of monster
Loads of people still boycott Metallica because of this picture of James Hetfiled.
This is called disaproval voting I think – it could just take a vote of the one you negatively voted for. simple.
Would solve this problem at least “Won’t vote trump but don’t know how to stop him.”
Its a sign of progress when you consider how many people were undernourished and died early on. No biggie.
He doesn’t like it when the facts turn on him though does he. Little pipsqueek.
That Shapiro guy is pretty insensitive, and often wrong. Here’s why.
most people wouldn’t mind – if they were only killing themselves. Maybe we should help them to their destiny before they infect responsible people.
So, like, yey freedom! then dies.
Why not have both – simply refuse to keep yourself and others safe from Coronavirus / Covid-19
Hmm, the effects of social exclusion ain’t that positive. so I say join them, don’t exclude them or beat up on anyone.
“Being rejected is like getting a blow to the head. It keeps you from thinking clearly and makes you act in ways you usually would not behave. You lose self control and act impulsively,” says lead study author Jean Twenge, an assistant professor of psychology at San Diego State University.
A much better philosophy than just submitting to a person because they are more powerful.
Do they?
Military Lives Matter – may be more than the lives of the folks they kill around the world. Why? Because they have all the kit.
Not everyone is the US is ashamed of Texas, but those who are, often live there…
LOL – Darwin Award Winners of the South.
One preacher and his solution to a vivid congregation.
“We came in peace for all mankind.” On the flight back to Earth, Buzz Aldrin said, “This has been far more than … the efforts of a government and industry team, more even than the efforts of one nation. We feel that this stands as a symbol of the insatiable curiosity of all mankind.”
Sounds like what most did with regards to the Romans way back when, but…. “as soon as Rome began to regard itself as the highest value and to worship its emperors as personal symbols of its ultimacy, the kiss of death was upon it.”
For looking behind you…
This
Lol
Simple lessons for those who forget to think…. merica
OMG
C’mon Colorado, pull your weight!
Still beat them…
I would hate to be in a country like North Korea, where freedom of speech and religion are completely nonexistent.
There are so many threats to free speech worldwide that I would not be surprised if the idea were completely eroded in the years to come.
Unfortunately, the current age of political correctness poses a huge threat to freedom of speech and religion.
It’s not just in the US. Several countries have provisions for freedom of speech and religion in their constitution.
Why not invest in smart gun technology to make firearms safer?
Banning guns will not make guns safer. In fact, it is more likely to lead to an increase in illicit firearms in the hands of criminals.
Guns are a way of life for most Americans, and this is unlikely to change any time soon.
And one of the leading causes of death
For many Americans, national parks are also synonymous with patriotism.
These national parks are vital to society – they are a rich source of the country’s history.
There is a PBS documentary about American national parks!
https://www.pbs.org/kenburns/the-national-parks