They can only push so far. People always ask why Germany or France don't kick people out, or why nations like Poland or Hungary don't leave. The answer is simple, they are both benefiting from the arrangement. The minute that changes, either one side leaves or there will be war.

I agree, Italy is most disappointing. I think the adoption of the euro and easy credit that came with it has corrupted Greece and Italy far beyond what they were capable of on their own.

Sadly they do not possess the spirit to leave. Money is more important to them than virtue. That's why I am glad Poland was not tempted. The country would be destroyed if the euro were ever adopted.

That 2-3% of GDP doesn't mean much though, not compared to the future of your nation.

For Greece, yes. Hungary and Poland for example do not use the Euro. They keep saying they will eventually do so, but have delayed for almost two decades now.

This is how they are able to maintain independence while still benefiting from being in the EU, and why any pressure from the EU has not meant much. They will never give up sovereignty, and the EU is too afraid of losing members to do much about it.

I predict the status quo will remain until the EU falls apart.

That paltry amount is meaningless though, compared to what Germany and others gain from access to those markets. The 2% of GDP goes into building roads for German goods to go to those countries, and for finished product made by local labor to make it back to Germany.

Both sides gain, but Western Europeans gain more than they lose, that's why they are all bark and no bite.

That same county medical examiner released a preliminary autopsy which said that there was no evidence of asphyxiation (cutting off of oxygen to the body), and further that there was no damage to his neck.

It’s just another way to control your speech. Women love that.

Of course the judge is female. It’s interesting that they don’t mention the cause of death, only that the mother “didn’t realize she was hurting her”. What did she do? Choke her to death?

That poor five year old girl deserved better. I’ve been depressed in a past life, and while I may have considered harming myself, I never would have hurt someone else.

Depression doesn’t turn you into a psycho murderer so we’re not getting the full story here. I’m sure she is psychotic. We are not given any explanation of it though.

It’s moot anyway. Section 230 was amended in 2018 to exclude sex trafficking, so Facebook has zero protection from civil liability for this type of conduct under the law now.

Seems to me like the whole Italian/Polish thing had more to do with fears of Catholicism.

Holy shit lol. Those cuck levels are off the charts.

Sorry I’m talking about the cloth masks that people in general are wearing. They literally say on the box that they don’t protect against viruses.

The masks don't do shit. Look at a visual size comparison of the virus. Now compare that to the size of the fibers in a cloth mask. How is a mask going to stop that?

This is not a real story. Amusing as it is, how do people who apparently worship science not realize that a virus is far too small to be inhibited by a cloth mask? I don't know anyone like this, so I can't ask this question, but what do they say to that?

I agree and I do. I'm in South Carolina though. If the US is to fall, we'd be the last bastion of freedom to do so.

We'll see.

It’s where they get their directives from.

That’s reddit though. That s-hole is overrun by faggots.

I’m confused. What am I seeing here? Is a gun manufacturer going for the highly coveted and lucrative fag market? Or is he thinking signaling his allegiance will somehow spare him?

White Americans are realising that they belong to a race too

Are you sure you want to go there?

The nature of conservatives is they want to be left alone. They have not yet realized that the only way to accomplish that is to get aggressive against the enemy until they submit.

People are used to their comfort and don’t want to sacrifice. This will change. I don’t know if you’ve noticed, but there is a growing feeling of separation between liberals and conservatives.

It has been completely on the liberal side for a while, but conservatives are beginning to feel the same way about them.

You are part of the vanguard. Most conservatives do not have your mindset yet. They were hoping for some kind of reconciliation.

I think the next midterms and presidential election will be interesting. I get the sense that people are aware of the fraud and are wanting to see if anything will be done to stop it. If people lose faith in Presidential elections, then I believe they will look into actual political separation, in the same vein as Buckhead and Atlanta.

Don’t be frustrated just because you see things aren’t working right now. Adjusting to a new reality is always a slow process for the majority.

What do you think I should do that I’m not currently doing?

I don't think it's a distraction. I've noticed a pattern with the media where they like to condition the public to accept certain ideas by floating out trial balloons. If the public isn't ready yet and rejects it, they just wait and take a different tack later.

Like how acid rain was a big thing back in the day, then they went to global cooling, then global warming, now just climate change. Or all the new articles popping up about how we should be renting homes instead of owning them.

I predicted they would do something like this in my post about including "black and brown" in LGBT, where I said they were planning to replace the American flag with the gay one.

I think I see the play now. They declare a new holiday, the second Kwanz... er I mean Juneteenth, as a replacement for the fourth of July. (it even comes earlier) Then they suggest a flag that is just an alteration of the American flag, as they do here, to test the waters and get people used to the idea.

The rainbow switch will be later. They might even incorporate some elements of our current flag into their gay one. Watch for them to add stars to the pride flag.

Rights have to be based on morality, and humans don't know what morality is. We only see glimpses of it that we get from God. That's why we get ridiculous things like the UN announcing that Broadband is a basic human right.

If it doesn't come from God, then where does it come from? What makes it valid? I think the founders of America had a better understanding of God than most people do today. At least they were talking about the right things.

And you are right, these evil people will be judged in the end, and not by me.

Not everyone is ready for the truth at all times. Sometimes what you said to someone may only resonate years down the road.

I used to feel like I had to get people to agree with the truth just because it's factual. Like maybe if I approach the argument a different way or point out errors in some of the things they are saying, they would have to accept that they were wrong. (because that's how I am)

I had to learn that you can't get people to do things they don't want to do if they aren't ready to do them. Some people are stubborn and will have to find out in their own time.