Exactly. If anything, China shows that Fascism Works. Blend the Government and Business nice and close and it works. Sucks for basic human rights and freedoms, but you can build lots of stuff and get factories running!
LOL! Voting in China? You've ever lived there, or have Chinese family? Not a chance! The party controls all, down to the local level. IF your family is chosen as one that gets a vote (not all families get the right to vote), the Party chooses which member of your family gets to vote. It is 100% fascist/dictatorship based Government. There is a vote as much as there were votes for Saddam Hussein.
Here are the results of the latest 2018 election; the closest race was Zhang Jun who ran for the Minister of Justice, he sqeaked by with just 99.49% of the vote - that is a nail-biter in China!
There are NO elections in China, it's window-dressing only for outsiders to feel better about the Country. All positions are pre-selected, pre-arranged, and done only with the blessing of the Central Communist Party leadership only.
You can stay for more than 60 days at a time. That's about it. Getting a 10 year visa is trivial, and you can stay for about 358 days a year in China - because every 60 days you must leave for at least a 24 hour period. Note that crossing over to Macau or Hong Kong counts as "leaving", so bouncing across to Hong Kong for a day resets that 60 day clock.
China has now issued rules to make it almost impossible to build a new factory for making ICE vehicles in the country.
False. If you can read Mandarin, you can read for yourself. SMALL companies will be stopped, but those big Government entities - Geely, BAIC, SAIC, BYD, and others are exempt. They can expand all they want. Why? They are Government owned, and the Government gets to do what it wants.
And do you realize that Musk was really there to celebrate the opening of a Chinese factory that carries the Tesla name? It's not a Tesla factory - car factories/companies in China must be at least a joint venture, and must be at least 51% owned by Chinese entities (people or companies). Elon and Tesla don't own controlling interest in that factory - it's a Chinese factory wearing the Tesla badge.
I didn't realize we lock up hundreds of thousands without trial and "re-educate" them about their wrong thinking... And good luck going to China and posting on WeChat something critical of the Government or President Xi. Here in the US, you can protest all you want; in China if you protest the Government. They love to arrest and lock up journalists who speak out against the Government. If the same was in the US, Jim Acosta would have been in prison most of the last 24 months...
In California (and most States), it is illegal to ride a motorized scooter without a driver's license, without a helmet, or on the sidewalk. You cannot operate them on streets with speed limits above 25 MPH. And you cannot park them so they block the sidewalk.
Wait - so he's not scanning the water? First rule of sailing - eyes on the water at all times. Not just because of rocks, but because of deadheads and other things floating in the water.
Walls work for El Paso, TX, what makes you think they won't work in other locations? When about 89% of border patrol agents say a wall will help them do their job, why do you insist otherwise? Do you believe you know more about enforcement of border laws and the issues/problems faced than the actual agents on the border?
Doesn't matter if cold or hot - it's loud. Ever stood next to a Cessna when it's getting ready to take off? That's just a prop plane... How about a small helicopter? t's the airspeed differential between the thrust and the static air that creates the noise. Pressure (SPL - Sound Pressure Level) is what you hear, and to generate enough thrust - pressure - to raise the vehicle means it WILL be loud.
And that is why you're supposed to always have a watch at/in contact with the helm. Not just because other boats, but deadheads (trees and semi-submerged containers), shifting shoals, etc.
You probably also don't need positional accuracy beyond a few hundred meters by instrument alone. Typically you'll get close enough and eyeball your way the rest of the way. GPS can provide millimeter accuracy - but I never needed that when I sail. It's enough to know that I'll be within a few hundred meters of the port - then I ignore the instruments and watch the coast, rocks, other vessels, buoys, deadheads, and all the other things that can shift around on you (yes, the coast and rocks can shift in geologically active areas).
You miss the point - again. It was a 100% Democrat bill. The GOP was ignored and excluded, even to the point of locking them out of conferences. The ACA had zero GOP content - because that was what the Democrats wanted. IF something was in there, it was solely at the whim of the Democrats, because they had a supermajority in the Senate and a majority in the House, and the Presidency.
You don't get it - the "will of the people" doesn't matter for the Presidential election! That's the way the system was set up! It's the will of the regions that matter. Thus the reason there are two Senators per State, independent of population. Serious - drop the "will of the people" and "popular vote" thing because it's irrelevant. It's like talking about which team racked up more yards, when in the end all that matters is the score. Seriously, do you not respect the system? Will you not accept the results of the election?
The Israel border is 440 miles long - about 22% of the US Southern border. I think we can agree we have more than 5 times the resources available to patrol?
As far as most people coming through the airports - citation needed. We know how many came through because we have paperwork/visa entry information on them. Do we have equivalent data on those illegally crossing the border - those never checked, never vetted, never issued a visa? No? Then how can you make the claim?
Yes. We will need more border patrol agents. Thankfully we have ~40 times the population, so having a population of 330 million supporting border agents for 2000 miles of border should be easier than a population of 8.7 million supporting border agents for 440 miles of border. And ours just want to sell drugs, not kill us. So they see survival - not being caught and/or killed - as more important.
Go figure, you're a constantly obfuscating moron trying to forget that almost all illegals come via airports. Again
Citation requested - you provided none. You switched the discussion - because you're wrong. But being an AC, you have nothing but insults to distract from your failure. Sad.
Gonna have to ask for a citation of that. We know about 600,000 overstay their visa (because we check them at the border - the airport), and we know we catch 300,000 illegally crossing the US-Mexico border. How many do we NOT catch? Any numbers for that?
Wait - because the President has not publicly disclosed everything he said to a world leader, he's a traitor? So no President can ever have private and confidential conversations with other world leaders?
OK, so what should we do to people who arrive in the US at the airport and refuse to provide identification? What should we do with people who arrive at the foreign airport and refuse to provide - or even apply - for a Visa to the US? Should we say "well, OK" and just let them in?
But I get it, better to nit-pick a tiny point, ignoring the fact there are literally thousands of convicted, illegal alien murders in our system. Nope, no problems with illegal aliens - ignore the thousands who we've convicted for murder. Look over here - we can argue over a Federal and State criminal being counted in the Federal system but held in State prison!
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Exactly. If anything, China shows that Fascism Works. Blend the Government and Business nice and close and it works. Sucks for basic human rights and freedoms, but you can build lots of stuff and get factories running!
LOL! Voting in China? You've ever lived there, or have Chinese family? Not a chance! The party controls all, down to the local level. IF your family is chosen as one that gets a vote (not all families get the right to vote), the Party chooses which member of your family gets to vote. It is 100% fascist/dictatorship based Government. There is a vote as much as there were votes for Saddam Hussein.
Here are the results of the latest 2018 election; the closest race was Zhang Jun who ran for the Minister of Justice, he sqeaked by with just 99.49% of the vote - that is a nail-biter in China!
There are NO elections in China, it's window-dressing only for outsiders to feel better about the Country. All positions are pre-selected, pre-arranged, and done only with the blessing of the Central Communist Party leadership only.
You can stay for more than 60 days at a time. That's about it. Getting a 10 year visa is trivial, and you can stay for about 358 days a year in China - because every 60 days you must leave for at least a 24 hour period. Note that crossing over to Macau or Hong Kong counts as "leaving", so bouncing across to Hong Kong for a day resets that 60 day clock.
China has now issued rules to make it almost impossible to build a new factory for making ICE vehicles in the country.
False. If you can read Mandarin, you can read for yourself. SMALL companies will be stopped, but those big Government entities - Geely, BAIC, SAIC, BYD, and others are exempt. They can expand all they want. Why? They are Government owned, and the Government gets to do what it wants.
And do you realize that Musk was really there to celebrate the opening of a Chinese factory that carries the Tesla name? It's not a Tesla factory - car factories/companies in China must be at least a joint venture, and must be at least 51% owned by Chinese entities (people or companies). Elon and Tesla don't own controlling interest in that factory - it's a Chinese factory wearing the Tesla badge.
I didn't realize we lock up hundreds of thousands without trial and "re-educate" them about their wrong thinking... And good luck going to China and posting on WeChat something critical of the Government or President Xi. Here in the US, you can protest all you want; in China if you protest the Government. They love to arrest and lock up journalists who speak out against the Government. If the same was in the US, Jim Acosta would have been in prison most of the last 24 months...
In California (and most States), it is illegal to ride a motorized scooter without a driver's license, without a helmet, or on the sidewalk. You cannot operate them on streets with speed limits above 25 MPH. And you cannot park them so they block the sidewalk.
Wait - so he's not scanning the water? First rule of sailing - eyes on the water at all times. Not just because of rocks, but because of deadheads and other things floating in the water.
Walls work for El Paso, TX, what makes you think they won't work in other locations? When about 89% of border patrol agents say a wall will help them do their job, why do you insist otherwise? Do you believe you know more about enforcement of border laws and the issues/problems faced than the actual agents on the border?
El Paso's wall works, it cut illegal immigration by 89%. Not quite the 99% of Israel, but nothing to sneeze at either, eh?
Doesn't matter if cold or hot - it's loud. Ever stood next to a Cessna when it's getting ready to take off? That's just a prop plane... How about a small helicopter? t's the airspeed differential between the thrust and the static air that creates the noise. Pressure (SPL - Sound Pressure Level) is what you hear, and to generate enough thrust - pressure - to raise the vehicle means it WILL be loud.
And that is why you're supposed to always have a watch at/in contact with the helm. Not just because other boats, but deadheads (trees and semi-submerged containers), shifting shoals, etc.
You probably also don't need positional accuracy beyond a few hundred meters by instrument alone. Typically you'll get close enough and eyeball your way the rest of the way. GPS can provide millimeter accuracy - but I never needed that when I sail. It's enough to know that I'll be within a few hundred meters of the port - then I ignore the instruments and watch the coast, rocks, other vessels, buoys, deadheads, and all the other things that can shift around on you (yes, the coast and rocks can shift in geologically active areas).
Please explain how you can have a magnet - permanent or electro - without metal. I'd love to see a magnet made from sulfur or phosphorus...
They'll all point backwards, which means the ones in Australia will finally point right!
You miss the point - again. It was a 100% Democrat bill. The GOP was ignored and excluded, even to the point of locking them out of conferences. The ACA had zero GOP content - because that was what the Democrats wanted. IF something was in there, it was solely at the whim of the Democrats, because they had a supermajority in the Senate and a majority in the House, and the Presidency.
You don't get it - the "will of the people" doesn't matter for the Presidential election! That's the way the system was set up! It's the will of the regions that matter. Thus the reason there are two Senators per State, independent of population. Serious - drop the "will of the people" and "popular vote" thing because it's irrelevant. It's like talking about which team racked up more yards, when in the end all that matters is the score. Seriously, do you not respect the system? Will you not accept the results of the election?
The Israel border is 440 miles long - about 22% of the US Southern border. I think we can agree we have more than 5 times the resources available to patrol?
As far as most people coming through the airports - citation needed. We know how many came through because we have paperwork/visa entry information on them. Do we have equivalent data on those illegally crossing the border - those never checked, never vetted, never issued a visa? No? Then how can you make the claim?
Yes. We will need more border patrol agents. Thankfully we have ~40 times the population, so having a population of 330 million supporting border agents for 2000 miles of border should be easier than a population of 8.7 million supporting border agents for 440 miles of border. And ours just want to sell drugs, not kill us. So they see survival - not being caught and/or killed - as more important.
Go figure, you're a constantly obfuscating moron trying to forget that almost all illegals come via airports. Again
Citation requested - you provided none. You switched the discussion - because you're wrong. But being an AC, you have nothing but insults to distract from your failure. Sad.
On the Rio - sure! In other places - a wall. They work. And they work well.
Gonna have to ask for a citation of that. We know about 600,000 overstay their visa (because we check them at the border - the airport), and we know we catch 300,000 illegally crossing the US-Mexico border. How many do we NOT catch? Any numbers for that?
Wait - because the President has not publicly disclosed everything he said to a world leader, he's a traitor? So no President can ever have private and confidential conversations with other world leaders?
OK, so what should we do to people who arrive in the US at the airport and refuse to provide identification? What should we do with people who arrive at the foreign airport and refuse to provide - or even apply - for a Visa to the US? Should we say "well, OK" and just let them in?
No, he didn't. You can be a Federal prisoner but held in State prison. Illegal Immigration is a Federal offense, Homicide is a State offense. You would be a Federal and State prisoner, and probably held in State prison. But still counted by the Federal Bureau of Prisons.
But I get it, better to nit-pick a tiny point, ignoring the fact there are literally thousands of convicted, illegal alien murders in our system. Nope, no problems with illegal aliens - ignore the thousands who we've convicted for murder. Look over here - we can argue over a Federal and State criminal being counted in the Federal system but held in State prison!
Of course we can produce new brain cells. We just forget where we placed them... Now get off my lawn!