Re: 8 & 9 year old girls riding bicycles

On Sun, 29 Dec 2024 11:02:15 -0800, Jeff Liebermann <jeffl@cruzio.com>
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On Sun, 29 Dec 2024 15:24:36 -0300, Shadow <Sh@dow.br> wrote:
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On Sun, 29 Dec 2024 17:19:00 GMT, cyclintom <cyclintom@yahoo.com>
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On Thu Dec 26 22:04:04 2024 Shadow  wrote:

On Thu, 26 Dec 2024 18:07:35 GMT, cyclintom <cyclintom@yahoo.com>
wrote:
 

On Thu Dec 26 09:26:42 2024 Shadow  wrote:

On Wed, 25 Dec 2024 19:23:37 -0600, AMuzi <am@yellowjersey.org> wrote:
 

On Tue, 24 Dec 2024 16:47:30 +0700, John B. <slocombjb@gmail.com>
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"Since The United States of America was founded in 1776, this country
has been in war for 222 years. That is, the 93% of its time since it
exists. Only 21 years were peaceful."

 
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Not twenty years. Four days.

 
So hardly an excuse for why the US has been at war for 222
years. I'd call that a tiny intervention in foreign affairs, not a
war.

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That does not fit the common criticism 'endless war'.
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Better still, once the defined goal was reached, we declare
victory and stopped. No nation building, no social
experiments, no CIA manipulation of local elections, etc.

 
The CIA did try to impose a massively oppressive dictatorship
in Kuwait, but it was already there. And still is. So they had to
stand down.
And yet no sanctions by the US.
Weird. Let's hope Trump is enough of a statesman to correct
the incredible discrepancies in the US's foreign policies.

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You and I have a rather identical view of American foreign policy that appears to be at gunpoint rather than statesmanship.

 
In some things, yes. The CIA is not as powerful as it used to
be. NSA/Homeland security etc have overtaken the CIA in number of
agents and budget. And their purpose is to spy on American citizens.
Unlike the CIA, whose purpose is to install pro-American
business dictatorships in weaker countries. Of course, they still spy
on American citizens(via exchange of data with their Echelon partners,
for example, England spies on US citizens and the US spies on the
English people, and then the exchange that data), but not many people
know that.

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Don't believe for once second that the CIA is not a vicious monster. Hopefully
under Trump that will change but they are experts at psychological warfare
and had they reason Brazil would presently be in a civil war.

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We had a  "civil war". We suffered a coup, and it was CIA-run.
The elected President was deposed, and the favorite candidate for her
succession was jailed. A highly unpopular politician (less than 3% of
approval) became president. He was succeeded by a nutjob (not unlike
Argentina's Milei) who attempted to establish a military dictatorship.
This all happened in 2017-2018.
Democracy was only restored in 2022
Who was the president in 2017-2018 and who fixed it in 2022?

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Michel Temer (2016 - 2019)
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michel_Temer>
"In an Ibope survey in September 2016, after approximately a month of
President Temer's administration, 39% of Brazilians rated his
administration "bad or terrible", while 14% considered it "great or
good""
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One year later:
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"A 2017 poll showed that Temer's administration had 7% popular
approval, with 76% of respondents in favor of his resignation. Despite
widespread protests, Temer refused to step down."

And polls showed **3% would vote for Temer if he was a
candidate. Guess why he didn't run?
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(** that's where I got the 3% from. The 14% of "great or good"
came from people brainwashed by the media. Brazil still has not
recovered from the damage he did).

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Succeeded by Jair Bolsonaro:
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jair_Bolsonaro>

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