That ship has sailed, my friend. Americans voted with their wallets in the 2000s & 2010s for globalization. The Market decided that cheap imports were preferable to good made in America. Walmart, the ubiquitous Middle American staple, was built on this. The same people bitching now had no complaints when they got that new TV they never thought they could afford.

https://www.defensenews.com/pentagon/2018/11/15/heres-what-the-pentagons-first-ever-audit-found

https://www.defensenews.com/pentagon/2019/11/16/the-pentagon-completed-its-second-audit-what-did-it-find/

Yep. It broke Microsoft (not a major feat, but stil) with Edge, so they abandoned it for Chromium. I am developing a little browser game using HTML5/Canvas, and it's ridiculous how poor the javascript and rendering engines are in old Edge.

Bad Politician: "We need to train our coal miners to code!" Good Politician: "The coal industry is shrinking due to market forces. We can assist these hard working Americans by retraining and job placement. Those who wish to may move into tech. We will offer grants to allow them to continue their schooling to move into fields such as software development and green tech. Others will find gainful employment in hands-on skilled trades. We are working with several trade school to make these fine folk into you neighborhood plumber or electrician. All will be given the tools they need to succeed, for it is our hard working Americans that make this country great."

Trump was not cleared of anything. Mueller made that clear. It's Congress job to impeach and they are dragging their feet. Several people close to Trump have been indicted and found guilty. Our own intelligence agency and a Congressional investigation both found Russia interfered.

You fools can stick whatever shit you want in your skulls. The brain has consistency of half-done jello so it doesn't take much to turn it pudding.

The US is moving toward authoritarianism, akin to China: https://www.cnbc.com/2017/03/1...

Cretin, I do my interfaces in PCL 5! Wastes a lot of paper though ...

If you live in a Midwestern or Southern state, you are on CA welfare. CA has an economy comparable to France and give more money back to Feds that it receives. Most Midwestern and Southern states leech money from the Feds.

Sustainable fusion is only 10 or so years away now. Progress has been steady, it was 10 years away about 10 years ago as well ...

"I'd never know 'cause I [don't use] the filthy motherfucker." -- Jules, Pulp Fiction

You cannot argue with someone who believes only information from their propaganda spigot is true. They will just dismiss you argument as false without needing to critically refute it. You literally cannot reason with these people.

What America needs is a true centrist party; one that is fundamentally based on pragmatism.

Why do we need to pigeon-hole ourselves into two polar opposite affiliations? They are both steadily moving to their respective "nutjob" zones and farther away from the viewpoint of the average American.

If we can't get past all this social-political nonsense, of who can marry who or can abort when, and tackle the real issues facing this country then we are as the English like to say, "Proper F_cked".

What keeps the powers in Beijing up at night isn't the US, but Chinese people wanting the same rights and representation enjoyed in the Western world.

The Communist Party is raping the country at the expense of the common people. Eventually, they will tire of eating poisoned food and washing it down with poisoned water. They will tire of watching their children die from the poisoned air.

All the censorship in the world won't stop that from happening.

One mans terrorists is another mans raid buddy.

Suicidesalution whispers, "Hey Xjihadcowx, wanna do ToC 25 man?"

Xjihadcowx whispers, "Is Osama leading?"

Suicidesalution whispers, "Nah, he at a Starbucks in Vancouver but says internet there sucks."

Xjihadcowx whispers, "That sucks. Yeah I'll go send me an invite."