Oh, Jochen, So much for American Exceptionalism. We rode to greatness on the back of slavery, immigration, expropriation, and genocide, and now, here we are, a geriatric oligarchy, like everybody else.
Jesus Wept, n On Sat, Jun 29, 2024 at 4:45 AM Jochen Fromm <[email protected]> wrote: > In Germany politicians are horrified by the duel and argue that Biden > should step back and retire. Both candidates are too old, and the mere > thought that Trump - a convicted felon - might be elected again despite all > he has done is horrifying. Maybe democrats could give Kamala Harris the > chance to become the first female president? But I don't know how popular > she is. If president Biden steps back now then democrats have enough time > to pick a suitable candidate. He did well but is too old for a 2nd term. We > can not risk Trump becoming president again. > > https://www.spiegel.de/politik/deutschland/joe-biden-gegen-donald-trump-deutsche-politik-entsetzt-ueber-tv-duell-a-ebf216eb-aa7b-4ce4-904f-e0794f948e4b > > Scottish historian Niall Ferguson says the United States look increasingly > like the late Soviet Union: senescent leaders who are far too old, a > bloated military, a loss of morality and public cynicism about all > institutions. > https://www.thefp.com/p/were-all-soviets-now > > -J. > > > -------- Original message -------- > From: steve smith <[email protected]> > Date: 6/29/24 12:06 AM (GMT+01:00) > To: [email protected] > Subject: [FRIAM] the world is watching us... > > What are our Non-USA members hearing/thinking after last night's > debate/debacle? > > I felt that Biden's Rally today was something necessary for him (and > Jill and the DNC) to do to demonstrate that last night was some kind of > anomaly, but it doesn't erase it, just cleanses the palate a little > bit. I've also been listening to the various "who should the DNC pick > in his place?" talk which is 'natural' but maybe premature to do publicly? > > I did listen to an European channel this morning (can't remember if it > was England or German, both have British accented commentators) and > there was a report of a strong "hands-off" response from their > leaders. Moscow did pretty much exactly what you would expect... I > haven't heard anything from the Middle East, Africa, India, China, > Southeast Asia or South America yet, but I would expect the "free world" > to be disturbed no matter how things unfold down the line. > > In the vernacular, I'd like to believe that we could "elect a ham > sandwich" against the likes of Trump, but that is obviously a biased > opinion... maybe we *should* but that isn't the same as *can*. > > I don't see how the "West" benefits in any way from another Trump > term... Russia, NK, China maybe? BRICS in the large, maybe some kind > of wash? Central/South/MX America? Can't look too good? > > > > > > > -. --- - / ...- .- .-.. .. -.. / -- --- .-. ... . / -.-. --- -.. . > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Fridays 9a-12p Friday St. Johns Cafe / Thursdays 9a-12p Zoom > https://bit.ly/virtualfriam > to (un)subscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com > FRIAM-COMIC http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/ > archives: 5/2017 thru present > https://redfish.com/pipermail/friam_redfish.com/ > 1/2003 thru 6/2021 http://friam.383.s1.nabble.com/ > -. --- - / ...- .- .-.. .. -.. / -- --- .-. ... . / -.-. --- -.. . > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Fridays 9a-12p Friday St. Johns Cafe / Thursdays 9a-12p Zoom > https://bit.ly/virtualfriam > to (un)subscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com > FRIAM-COMIC http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/ > archives: 5/2017 thru present > https://redfish.com/pipermail/friam_redfish.com/ > 1/2003 thru 6/2021 http://friam.383.s1.nabble.com/ >
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