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[Kevin Peacocke]

China is taking over Zambia’s National Assets, but the Nightmare is just getting Started for Africa | Ibrahim Anoba

There have been credible reports of talks between the Zambian government and China on handing over the country’s national electricity company, ZESCO to the Chinese due to the inability of Zambia to meet its loan repayment promises. This is expected as China is already in control of the country’s...

www.africanliberty.org

Zim will be next, they already have the minerals. When will our governmens wake up.

 

[Kevin Peacocke]

Now that the impeachment trial is over, we’ve got to reunite the Republican Party and get our shit together. It’s time to move forward. Find new leadership. Find some people that can tell it like it is without the distraction of sticking a foot in the mouth. Someone more well-spoken but still having a tough edge. I liked most of Trump’s policies. It was the delivery and lack of presidential professionalism and vocabulary and that I didn’t like. Some people have to let Trump go now. He cared about saving this country from becoming socialist but I believe his time is over. If he runs again, it won’t go well and it will turn into an ego trip that will amplify the damage and cost us another election. We need to win in 2022 and then 2024. We can all sit back on our phones and keyboards and complain about mail-in voting and other election problems but what are we going to do about it? We need to fix the election procedures and come up with some better leaders, fast.

Agreed, but whoever is running the Republican plan seems to be doing not too badly at all. It is the Dems that have mouths full of feet right now. The strategy imo should be to just focus upon 2022 for now, dont even mention 2024. Jobs, the economy, and quality education will be the ticket, avoid the emotives like immigration, health, China, climate. The Buggar ups the Dems make there will be visible enough to speak for themselves. The Republican party must be the party of positives. The Dems have a very weak hand going into 2022 because all of their 'big change' policies will hurt all Americans, its happening already. They are banking upon their followers being willing to make the sacrifice, some will, definitely not all. Then between 2022 and 2024 the Republicans can unveil their redeemer candidate and all the Dems have is an even more doddery old Joe, or Harris the perpetuator.

 

[Ray B]

I suspect the effects of DemonRat control will be sufficient to cause a Republican landslide in 2022. the problem with the situation is that it will be perceived by the USA adversaries, primarily China as a window of opportunity between now and November 2022 at which time the window will close. this would mean that China would see opportunity to pursue overt actions to takeover the USA. China has stolen enough technology to build a military that could compete with the US however having the information and being able to implement it are two different things. so my suspicion is that China will pursue a course of legal persuasion- that is, they will treat the US as the African countries- forcing the debts owed by the US into default, then demanding transfer of title of federal assets to China. By that point it wouldn't matter who was elected in 2024.

 

[Kevin Peacocke]

I suspect the effects of DemonRat control will be sufficient to cause a Republican landslide in 2022. the problem with the situation is that it will be perceived by the USA adversaries, primarily China as a window of opportunity between now and November 2022 at which time the window will close. this would mean that China would see opportunity to pursue overt actions to takeover the USA. China has stolen enough technology to build a military that could compete with the US however having the information and being able to implement it are two different things. so my suspicion is that China will pursue a course of legal persuasion- that is, they will treat the US as the African countries- forcing the debts owed by the US into default, then demanding transfer of title of federal assets to China. By that point it wouldn't matter who was elected in 2024.

The USA is far more poweful than that. It can just tell China to go away (insert your own term!)

 

[Scott CWO]

I suspect the effects of DemonRat control will be sufficient to cause a Republican landslide in 2022. the problem with the situation is that it will be perceived by the USA adversaries, primarily China as a window of opportunity between now and November 2022 at which time the window will close. this would mean that China would see opportunity to pursue overt actions to takeover the USA. China has stolen enough technology to build a military that could compete with the US however having the information and being able to implement it are two different things. so my suspicion is that China will pursue a course of legal persuasion- that is, they will treat the US as the African countries- forcing the debts owed by the US into default, then demanding transfer of title of federal assets to China. By that point it wouldn't matter who was elected in 2024.

Landslide? The days of landslides are over. People on both sides are entrenched. The middle is quite small and we need to win it.

 

[Ray B]

It can just tell China to go away

Not quite that easy considering that China has "bought and paid for" the president and his family

 

[Hunter4752001]

China has made exponential advances in military technology over the last few years. However I doubt that they would welcome a direct conflict with the US just yet. Even at a time when the US is leaderless and divided. For all their wiz-bang new ships, planes, weapons etc, the Chinese troops are not battle tested (if you exclude unarmed dissidents). More likely they will use the next 2-4 years to completely subjugate Hong Kong an possibly taking over Taiwan. When push comes to shove I doubt that Biden would stop them.

They will also beef up their network military bases on South China Sea "islands" Naval and airbases will be installed in those indebted nations across the Pacific, Asia and Africa. This will set the Chinese up for any action in the years to follow.

I suspect they may also get involved in putting down Islamic insurgencies in Africa. They will do this to cement their power and role as international strongman. The price will be resources and more bases. A side benefit will be the opportunity to blood their troops, update their tactics and field test their equipment.

 

[Kevin Peacocke]

With the presidency, the senate, the house and the media the Dems still cant beat Trump even when he is gone - it's driving them mad, literally. Hilarious!

 

[MMAL]

It appears you have miss understood my post entirely.

I apologize to both of you. Not reason this forum again.

 

[CoElkHunter]

With the presidency, the senate, the house and the media the Dems still cant beat Trump even when he is gone - it's driving them mad, literally. Hilarious!

It is hilarious! The Dems will have to find somebody else to impeach now! Who’s the next candidate? Ha! Ha!

 

[Red Leg]

Getting away from "the Chinese are coming!" for a moment, Trump's attorney Michael van der Veen, schooled a CBS reporter Lana Zak (or was it Hack?)

Worth listening to the whole thing.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1360815669294596096

 

[cpr0312]

 

[sgt_zim]

Biden and company are going to push this too far. Don’t these idiots understand how close we are to a civil war already? Did the assault on the Capitol not give them even a clue? Gun registration?? Good luck with that one! Remember what Charleton Heston said??

No, they don't understand, or they do not care. Either way, once they cross the Rubicon, I think things will get messy.

The left, IMO, has 2 core tenets driving everything they do: pathological narcissism/unadulterated avarice, and nihilism. The former can be found mostly in elected officials and bureaucrats, the latter in the useful idiots.

 

[spike.t]

Getting away from "the Chinese are coming!" for a moment, Trump's attorney Michael van der Veen, schooled a CBS reporter Lana Zak (or was it Hack?)

Worth listening to the whole thing.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1360815669294596096

Well she wasn't the smart arsed bitch she thought she was.....excellent annihilation...

 

[Randy F]

Getting away from "the Chinese are coming!" for a moment, Trump's attorney Michael van der Veen, schooled a CBS reporter Lana Zak (or was it Hack?)

Worth listening to the whole thing.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1360815669294596096

Perfect! Now if the media, fb, Twitter, etc., would actually heed his appropriate rant that dripped with the frustration so many of us feel that have no platform. Well done.

 

[BSO Dave]

No, they don't understand, or they do not care. Either way, once they cross the Rubicon, I think things will get messy.

The left, IMO, has 2 core tenets driving everything they do: pathological narcissism/unadulterated avarice, and nihilism. The former can be found mostly in elected officials and bureaucrats, the latter in the useful idiots.

Well said... You saved me a post...

Biden and company are going to push this too far. Don’t these idiots understand how close we are to a civil war already? Did the assault on the Capitol not give them even a clue? Gun registration?? Good luck with that one! Remember what Charleton Heston said??

Absolutely agreed... I have been saying this all along, and got mildly vilified on here for even suggesting it as a possibility.

 

[Areaonereal]

One persons insurrectionist is another persons patriot. Just as it was during the American Revolution and every instance since worldwide. How has this been forgotten and or ignored in today’s difficult times. The farther one is pushed the greater they will react. Trumps attorney was a spokesman for millions in his interview and his attitude and mannerism reflects the feelings of many. Perfectly executed and so many more should express the same attitude to the MSM with asinine “news interviews” by the far left media. If those people would venture from the East Coast sanctity that they exist in and travel the country where sanity, common sense and reasonable thought exist they would be eaten alive to experience the true reality in this country.

 

[CJW]

Getting away from "the Chinese are coming!" for a moment, Trump's attorney Michael van der Veen, schooled a CBS reporter Lana Zak (or was it Hack?)

Worth listening to the whole thing.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1360815669294596096

My favorite part was the ending. He gave her absolutely no respect and acted like she wasn't worth his time because she doesn't deserve any respect and she wasn't worth his time. Nice way to end an evisceration.

 

[Hogpatrol]

Classic Liberal Promises

BIDEN finally breaks down and visits a remote northern Indian reservation.

With news crews following him around as they tour the place, the President asks the chief if there is anything they need.

"Well," says the chief, "We have three very important needs. First, we have a medical clinic, but no doctor."

Biden whips out his phone, dials a number, talks to somebody for two minutes and then hangs up. "I've pulled some strings. Your doctor will arrive in a few days. Now what was the second problem?"

"We have no way to get clean water. The local mining operation has poisoned the water our people have been drinking for thousands of years. We've been flying bottled water in, and it's terribly expensive."

Once again, Biden dials a number, yells into the phone for a few minutes, and then hangs up. "The mine has been shut down, and the owner is being billed for setting up a purification plant for your people. Now what was that third problem?"

The chief looks at him and says, "We have ~ no ~ cellphone reception up here!"

 

[Hogpatrol]

Zim will be next, they already have the minerals. When will our governmens wake up.

In Mozambique,. Vale is divesting it's coal operation with China a potential buyer.

Brazil's Vale hires banks to sell coal assets in Mozambique - sources

Vale SA has hired investment banks Barclays Plc and Standard Chartered to sell its Mozambique metallurgical and thermal coal mine and port project, three sources said on Thursday, as the Brazilian miner works to become carbon neutral by 2050.

www.reuters.com