Politics

[BonUm16]

Lots of blue when not cropped for effect.

 

[Altitude sickness]

these days your lucky if anyone wears any color suit to a funeral. Many wear jeans or sweat pants.

 

[Hank2211]

As a lifelong (and proud) Catholic, I think we can get off the discussion of the appropriate colour of suit to wear to a funeral, Catholic or otherwise.

First, because what’s important is that you are there, honoring and praying for the souls of the departed, and what you are wearing is completely irrelevant to that.

Second, because it would be un-Catholic to criticize or belittle anyone for their choice of attire in this context. A “good” Catholic (which I unfortunately cannot always claim to be) might even suggest that it is “unchristian” to be so petty.

 

[Rocked and Loaded]

I’ll own that one being Catholic I didn’t realize the etiquette allows for non Catholics to wear blue. We’ve always warn black to funerals.

Mr. Biden seems to have been wearing a blue tie as well. Though, with a black suit.

I usually wear a dark jacket with a black tie to funerals. I think most of what I’ve seen between Biden, Trump, and Prince William has been within the realm of tasteful conservative dress. President Trump could have skipped the shiny lapel pin but it’s a minor detail. Mr. Biden has a more subdued one that works well.

I think that if there was a good time to wear a suit by Zelensky, this would have been it. I understand that he is going for the “leader of a nation at war” look when he’s abroad but I don’t believe funerals are the place to make a statement but it’s hardly a pressing world issue.

 

[John Wasmuth]

I always wear black to funerals, seems fitting as a sign of respect and morning. When I left the Catholic Church it was in “the name of the father, the son, and the Holy Ghost”, not the “Holy Spirit”. But I think it’s rather petty worrying about what color was worn more than who attended……

 

[VertigoBE]

Well most EVs are heavier thus are more hazardous to other vehicles and drivers. They are heavier so do more road damage. They are more hazardous to emergency workers who have to deal with the hazardous materials and the greater fire and electrocution risks. The batteries and electronics components are hazmat so will have to dealt with locally. Globally, the raw material extraction then manufacture of the base components, primarily in places like China, is extremely environmentally damaging. Once the useful life of such components and vehicles is used up some can be recycled at great expense but other portions have to be stored in long term hazmat storage facilities. The carbon fiber and nano carbon fiber used in the frames and bodies of many of these vehicles, to help offset some of the greater mass of the battery, is currently considered hazmat so has to be stored in long term secure facilities. No one knows what to do with most of it, a situation similar to the dilemma associated with the carbon fiber primary structures of wind turbines. Much of that crap may have an environmental half life of millions of years or more. Then charging the EV batteries will require greater grid density of outlets and place a greater strain on the regional power grid. Just as with powering AI, the gas lighting continues about how increasing EV use won’t or doesn’t increase the cost of electricity to average consumer. Possibly the largest public gas lighting effort currently under way that is conveniently flying under the complicit MSM’s radar. Please explain the economic principle where increased demand without comparable increased supply doesn’t increase cost? No mystery at all why Kansas is considering increased fees. And I’m sure Waste Management ( aka Big Green) is busy lobbying conversely for more EV use without offset fee or penalty, After all they have continually attempted to corner much of the government contract market for handling and storing such waste. What a system…

Well said!

 

[Brent in Az]

Biden didn't burst into flames by stepping on Holy ground?

 

[Brent in Az]

Americans lost $16.6 billion dollars to scams last year. Up 33% over 2023, with seniors being the most vulnerable.
Investment and cryptocurrency are the most common scams.

Scams will be even worse as artificial intelligence technology advances.

 

[rigbymauser]

And the damage done to international relations and business will be his legacy.

I don’t understand what you’re saying here.

Have I called anyone names? I don’t think so, certainly not in the post you referenced.

I was simply pointing out that there’s no point in debating people who tell you in advance that nothing you can say or do will ever convince them that they are wrong.

And, again, I expressed no opinion at all in this post on any subject matter, other than that of debates in general.

Help?

No no.it was a generel obsrvation. Definatly not on you.

 

[Tubby’s Canteen]

Americans lost $16.6 billion dollars to scams last year. Up 33% over 2023, with seniors being the most vulnerable.
Investment and cryptocurrency are the most common scams.

Scams will be even worse as artificial intelligence technology advances.

With more banks allowing voice/speech identification for phone transactions and automated systems in banking it would seem all a scammer would need would potentially be a voice sample in the future.

 

[Altitude sickness]

These days your negligent if you don’t have 3 legged authentication on anything valuable

 

[Tanks]

Sounds like the administration that condemned Zelenskyy for not showing up in a suite couldn’t come up with one in black for the the pope’s funeral.

In all fairness if you look at the whole picture instead of one cropped around Trump you will see multiple non-black suits.

 

[Woodcarver]

these days your lucky if anyone wears any color suit to a funeral. Many wear jeans or sweat pants.

As I haven't owned a suit in over 40 years, it has not been possible for me to wear a suit to any funeral, or any other event where suits are common. I do tend to wear a dark shirt, and always a black hat, to such affairs; usually with a new pair of pressed Wranglers. So far, nobody had kicked me out.

 

[Tubby’s Canteen]

Early polls are showing conservatives running neck and neck with the liberals, the east coast is traditionally a liberal strong hold so there could be some hope. Too early to tell anything for sure but hope.

 

[Tanks]

With more banks allowing voice/speech identification for phone transactions and automated systems in banking it would seem all a scammer would need would potentially be a voice sample in the future.

EU banks allow EFT transfers, investments etc. via their apps. However, unless the receiving account is known there is separate authorization step required. They are decades ahead in remote banking from US banks.

 

[mdwest]

Saying a few prayers for you guys Tubby… Canada needs a break from the Liberal party…

 

[Tubby’s Canteen]

Saying a few prayers for you guys Tubby… Canada needs a break from the Liberal party…

I’m holding out hope I’ve seen it when we were the only conservative hold outs in a red province so any gain is good.

They just announced my ride Chris D’entremont took his seat again by over a thousand votes.

 

[Scott CWO]

We should not blame our Russian friend. After all, many Russians die because for some reason they keep falling out of windows...

In all fairness, this is a public forum. If anyone in Russia posts anything against thier government, they too may fall out of a window. Unfortunately, this is not a joke...

Yes, of course but he is on here pushing Russian lies. He doesn’t have to do that either.

 

[Scott CWO]

If Russia doesn't care to retrieve fallen soldiers from the battleground, how do they give 909 bodies of Ukrainian soldiers to Ukraine? If Ukraine does care to retrieve soldies from the battleground, why do they only give Russia 43 and how is that Russia was able to pick up 909 bodies left by Ukrainians and Ukraine was only able to pick up 43 bodies left by Russians, especially if losses are ~5 to 1 in favor of Ukraine, as per the Green T-shift?

Perhaps the Russians saved up for a while or got caught up from previous exchanges. I didn’t realize you were there and know the timeframes?

 

[Scott CWO]

To add to this, I tend to subscribe to Zeihan's analysis of Russia. The West believes Russia is a long-term threat. I'm not certain that the West really is on Ukraine's side, they are on the side of diminishing the breeding generation of Russia tit-for-tat. The result of continued war is that Russia will be missing a generation of people which is going to punctuate the inverted population pyramid of Russia. This war will be Russia's last war because there will not be enough younger people to support an aging Russia in the absence of a generation of breeding-age men.

If Russia wants survival, it is in their absolute interest to sue for peace and align with the West. If they choose to continue, they will be a shell of their former self which will allow China to eventually seize control of Russia.

This isn't about right or wrong, it’s about the facts of populations. Russia will cause their extinction if they don't stop fighting this war. I'd rather have peace with Russia and eventually Western alignment than to see Russia's extinction by China in 30 years.

In my university days, I had a professor in 1986 ask me why I thought China could overtake the USSR. With a population of 1.1 billion versus 276 million, I said China could send 1 million people a month into the USSR and pretty soon, the USSR is a part of China. His response was, “Good point.”