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[John Hjorth]

38 minutes ago, Marco Van Basten said:

Because when I lived in Uzbekistan, there were essentially no Uzbek nurses or doctors, particularly nurses.  I have also never seen an Uzbek nurse in a NYC hospital, and I have been to quite a few over the years, nor any of of my doctor friends have ever seen an Uzbek nurse in NYC.  

 

Thank you for sharing here, @Marco Van Basten,

 

Much appreciated, actually.

 

Personally, myself, I've been in close, sometimes intense, contact with the Danish one-payer health care system too regularly withinin the last four years, one time in the hands of a here registered Russian nurse, working here in Denmark, from her skin and appearance to judge, she could be from anywhere, white female with blue yees, nice and forthcomming towards me, communicating  with me in Danish, but with an odd, 'twisted' accent, she telling me when asked by me telling me she was Russian, all while I sensed this was not the time to ask about why she was here, obviously having fled Russia recently after the start of the now ongoing Russian-Ukrainian war, having fled Russia after the Russan-Ukranian war started. That question I asked her, and she confirmed my to her not untill then not outspoken assumption.

[LC]

10 hours ago, cubsfan said:

 

Shame on those blacks and Hispanics that showed up in record numbers to elect Trump!  

 

How racist.

 

Great evidence that stupidity is not determined by skin color  

 

Take that, racists! 

[LC]

4 hours ago, Sweet said:

This is sort of the conclusion I’ve been reaching too:

 

Maybe I’m being pessimistic.  No idea who this tweeter is btw.

 

This is a great post - in so few words, it illustrates the man emerging from Plato's cave, looking out onto the vast expanse of wonder and illumination, throwing his hands up and exclaiming, "Nah, not for me" and climing back down into the cave.

[Parsad]

14 hours ago, dealraker said:

Our daughter, who at 28 will be managing editor of Pharmacy Times as of January, and her husband were here in NC (they live in NJ) when a young man in a lifted pickup pulled out in front of them and in the resulting crash they of course lost use of their car.  Angela's mother has an extra very expensive auto (her husband recently died) so they of course got that vehicle to drive all around here in Lexington, NC and High Point, NC (where Angela's mom lives).

 

They have been stopped twice here in Davidson County on the roads leading out to our lake house from the small city,  both times by the Sheriff's deputies who refer to our daughter's husband as "boy" while using (what our daughter and husband refer to as) 'black talk' when checking the registrations and licenses.  No driving infraction, just getting stopped by deputies sitting in public parking areas watching the roads for what they determine as potentially illegal activity.  The second stop was a 2 hour ordeal of multiple investigations as to the car ownership.  I've driven these roads, as has Angela, for 55 years and not once has a Sheriff deputy found the need to stop us.  Same with our son.  (Note: I have no biological children but I did raise two relatives from elementary school age, both refer to me as "dad").  Upon asking not one of my extensive family or their children has ever been stopped by a deputy.

 

Our daughter is fair skinned to the point of opaque while her husband is from Kenya and he makes most Americans of all race combinations look white he's so dark skinned.  Even in NJ he enjoys telling us of the shock-and-awe he sees in his patients when they come to grips that their surgeon is a 5' 9" 125 lbs midnight black man with a  crisp British sounding accent.

 

We badly want them to move to NC so we can be a bigger part of our soon-to-come grandchildren's lives.  You can be sure as hell that won't be rural or small town NC, our community just doesn't grasp situations such as theirs.

 

I know here on this thread there are those who surely think of this 'protection' as logical law enforcement behavior, behavior that is our local's best interest.  I know precisely what it is, it is simply letting some people know that they are different and not necessarily welcome.

 

 

 

I just don't get it!  I don't know why there is such animosity, fear and hatred.  Good luck to them!

 

My brother gets routinely pulled over by TSA agents because they see "kismet" written in Hindi on his right forearm.  Then the questions begin and after 20 minutes he's free to go.  

 

No such thing as profiling of course!  Cheers!

[Parsad]

10 hours ago, Castanza said:

 

Yeah I mean there is no denying that Trump is the most divisive POTUS to hold office in a long time. He's the new Nixon...But it's also true his antics are not necessarily a 1:1 reflection of the views held by his voters. The same can be said for both sides of the aisle. Two party system really causes people to throw the baby out with the bathwater because it doesn't allow for a nuanced expression of politics at the voter level.  

 

A lot of what Nixon had to say, he kept to himself or his office.  Trump is the first in at least 100 years to just blurt out whatever comes to mind...tariffs, allies, nukes, war, enemies, race, IQ, etc.  While refreshing that someone is so open, the scary part is that you don't know if he's bluffing, lying, or telling the truth.  The stuff he puts out on Twitter is just insane...his press conferences are gong shows half the time...his behavior with other leaders shows a lack of decorum many times.  Nixon for his faults was always a diplomat, controlled and professional.  Cheers!

[Parsad]

4 hours ago, John Hjorth said:

 

How can you post that here on CofB&F, @Marco Van Basten , without mentoning your reasoning and basis, sources?

 

+1!  Cheers!

[DooDiligence]

6 minutes ago, Parsad said:

 

I just don't get it!  I don't know why there is such animosity, fear and hatred.  Good luck to them!

 

My brother gets routinely pulled over by TSA agents because they see "kismet" written in Hindi on his right forearm.  Then the questions begin and after 20 minutes he's free to go.  

 

No such thing as profiling of course!  Cheers!

 

I put a Mexican flag sticker on the rear window of my truck about a week ago. Still haven't gotten pulled over yet but I'm hopeful.

[Parsad]

1 minute ago, DooDiligence said:

 

I put a Mexican flag sticker on the rear window of my truck about a week ago. Still haven't gotten pulled over yet but I'm hopeful.

 

LOL!  Cheers!

[DooDiligence]

Speaking of russian IOU's, here's a golden oldie.

 

https://web.archive.org/web/20181221231543/https://foreignpolicy.com/2018/12/21/how-russian-money-helped-save-trumps-business/

[lnofeisone]

5 hours ago, Marco Van Basten said:

It is not.  I have lived in Uzbekistan for many years, and know people who have lived there for decades.  There were hardly any Uzbek nurses and very few Uzbek doctors, despite them enjoying preference for university admissions for these and other fields.  

This is correct and it's rooted in the economics. In Uzbekistan, nurses make less than teachers so while nursing is dominated by women, it is not the preferred job. In the US, if someone comes when they are older, the path to take is a home attendant. Retraining to become a full RN is a challenging path, with a high language barrier (need to know English and track the medical field). 

[Charlie]

7 hours ago, John Hjorth said:

It simply does not for me personally work that way here on CofB&F. I suppose it's about CofB&Fs board permissions setup for user groups, are you personally in the user group 'members',' rare, or are you in  in the user group called 'member'?

 

-Thank you for replying!

member

[dealraker]

8 hours ago, Parsad said:

 

A lot of what Nixon had to say, he kept to himself or his office.  Trump is the first in at least 100 years to just blurt out whatever comes to mind...tariffs, allies, nukes, war, enemies, race, IQ, etc.  While refreshing that someone is so open, the scary part is that you don't know if he's bluffing, lying, or telling the truth.  The stuff he puts out on Twitter is just insane...his press conferences are gong shows half the time...his behavior with other leaders shows a lack of decorum many times.  Nixon for his faults was always a diplomat, controlled and professional.  Cheers!

If you watch old footage of Mussolini you'll see much of the same animated facial expressions and threatening condemning verbiage that Trump employs.  Not that Trump gives a flip about history enough to watch something like this, it is just revealing how this low level cartoon-ish delivery snags so much fanfare from some.

 

And when it didn't turn out as endlessly promised they all hung upside down.

Edited November 6, 2025 by dealraker

[John Hjorth]

8 hours ago, DooDiligence said:

I put a Mexican flag sticker on the rear window of my truck about a week ago. Still haven't gotten pulled over yet but I'm hopeful.

 

8 hours ago, Parsad said:

LOL!  Cheers!

 

Jeff [ @DooDiligence ],

 

Our incurable troublemaker, making my day about every day! 

[Castanza]

9 hours ago, Parsad said:

 

A lot of what Nixon had to say, he kept to himself or his office.  Trump is the first in at least 100 years to just blurt out whatever comes to mind...tariffs, allies, nukes, war, enemies, race, IQ, etc.  While refreshing that someone is so open, the scary part is that you don't know if he's bluffing, lying, or telling the truth.  The stuff he puts out on Twitter is just insane...his press conferences are gong shows half the time...his behavior with other leaders shows a lack of decorum many times.  Nixon for his faults was always a diplomat, controlled and professional.  Cheers!

Yeah I agree with that but that was pre social media and cameras on you non stop. Hard to tell what “then” would look like with today’s environment. I Was listening to a Sam Harris discussion with Jordan Peterson and they were talking about how this frictionless media is bad for society. There used to be editorial gatekeeping that would mitigate the reactionary content and also serve as a filter for credible sources, and journalists as they had to publish their content through a filter. There is good and bad with this obviously as you have to trust your institutions. So we are in a weird paradigm where trust in media and credibility of media is at all time lows, and we have this runaway independent press where anyone can build a platform and have access to millions of viewers without having anything vetted. 
 

Those past filters tamed reactions to things because there was no place to go to continue ranting. Nixon said and did all kinds of things. Johnson pulled his dick out for a reporter. On and on…

 

Trump antics coupled with this media environment and consumer outlets (social media, podcasts etc) is just the chefs kiss on mass rage baiting. 

[73 Reds]

9 hours ago, Parsad said:

 

I just don't get it!  I don't know why there is such animosity, fear and hatred.  Good luck to them!

 

My brother gets routinely pulled over by TSA agents because they see "kismet" written in Hindi on his right forearm.  Then the questions begin and after 20 minutes he's free to go.  

 

No such thing as profiling of course!  Cheers!

A counterpoint (and not directed to your brother, of course):  Profiling is completely acceptable if done in order to avoid foreseeable tragedies.  Because of its geographical location in the World and its historically hostile neighbors, Israel has been profiling every traveler that every walked through Ben Grunion airport.  I've stood in line behind Arab women and children who have had every item removed from their carry-on bags and emptied out and torn apart, including soap, shampoo, toys and even tubes of toothpaste.  Others have been detained indefinitely so that their backgrounds and histories could be thoroughly vetted before boarding a plane.  The result:  El Al airlines (Israel's national airlines) has never been highjacked and flying through Israel is as safe as flying through Des Moines, Iowa.  Ends do not always justify means but sometimes exceptions must be made.      

[DooDiligence]

2 hours ago, dealraker said:

If you watch old footage of Mussolini you'll see much of the same animated facial expressions and threatening condemning verbiage that Trump employs.  Not that Trump gives a flip about history enough to watch something like this, it is just revealing how this low level cartoon-ish delivery snags so much fanfare from some.

 

And when it didn't turn out as endlessly promised they all hung upside down.

 

[DooDiligence]

Искусство зарабатывать деньги с русскими гангстерами

 

Here's a provocative article. It's not directly related to trump but does give a little context on russian politics + gangsters. and how trump may have been used (and still is a useful idiot). Personally, I think that if what this article says is true, and russians really do want to be a part of the European community, putin is doing a piss poor job. Russia needs a cool, charismatic, cosmopolitan, friendly guy to take control and get the job done, to the entire world's benefit. The Russian people deserve better.

 

https://www.bbc.com/russian/features-48112891

 

I found this link after doing a Google search on the russian text at the top of this post and used Safari's translate feature to read it.

[cubsfan]

7 minutes ago, DooDiligence said:

 

Искусство зарабатывать деньги с русскими гангстерами

 

Here's a provocative article. It's not directly related to trump but does give a little context on russian politics + gangsters. and how trump may have been used (and still is a useful idiot). Personally, I think that if what this article says is true, and russians really do want to be a part of the European community, putin is doing a piss poor job. Russia needs a cool, charismatic, cosmopolitan, friendly guy to take control and get the job done, to the entire world's benefit. The Russian people deserve better.

 

https://www.bbc.com/russian/features-48112891

 

I found this link after doing a Google search on the russian text at the top of this post and used Safari's translate feature to read it.

 

Trump is definitely a Russian spy!   Didn't Hillary tell us that???

[Gregmal]

So what do we think happens when the Supreme Court overturns tariffs? 
 

a) these little babies whom open mouth wailed about “democracy” and the “crooked courts” eat their properly allotted dose of “you were fucking dead wrong again”?

 

or

 

b) they forget/conveniently ignore all the absurd lies and claims they’ve made about the courts and try to champion the result as a personal victory in their mental game of “got Trump”? 

[cubsfan]

^^^ Hey, I'm just waiting for the out of control inflation and economic collapse that they all predicted.

 

Still waiting....

[dwy000]

17 minutes ago, Gregmal said:

So what do we think happens when the Supreme Court overturns tariffs? 
 

a) these little babies whom open mouth wailed about “democracy” and the “crooked courts” eat their properly allotted dose of “you were fucking dead wrong again”?

 

or

 

b) they forget/conveniently ignore all the absurd lies and claims they’ve made about the courts and try to champion the result as a personal victory in their mental game of “got Trump”? 

If the tariffs get overturned, it seems odd to insult people for insisting the President doesnt breach the laws and the constitution - and being disappointed that it took over a year to get it corrected.

 

And celebrating "told ya so" that the inflation and negative economic impacts of an unconstitutional and irrational trade policy weren't as terrible as they could have been is an odd flex.

[Gregmal]

5 minutes ago, dwy000 said:

the tariffs get overturned, it seems odd to insult people for insisting the President doesnt breach the laws and the constitution - and being disappointed that it took over a year to get it corrected.

No but it would seem proper to question the integrity of the people whom lied about the threats to democracy and the capability of the justices. 

Edited November 6, 2025 by Gregmal

[Gregmal]

Kind of, in a way, similar to how so many people did not care whatsoever(like literally never a word!) about Epstein while their heroes where in control of the files for 4 years, but now are obsessed with a pedophile….

Edited November 6, 2025 by Gregmal

[dwy000]

5 minutes ago, Gregmal said:

No but it would seem proper to question the integrity of the people whom lied about the threats to democracy and the capability of the justices. 

What do you mean lied?  Who lied?  Trump is a threat to democracy and many SC decisions have upheld actions that make him worse.  Its not irrational to wonder what they'll do in what should be an easy decision.  

 

And.why insult people who are concerned about democracy?  You can disagree on things but surely hoping to retain democracy isnt a bad thing 

[dwy000]

4 minutes ago, Gregmal said:

Kind of, in a way, similar to how so many people did not care whatsoever about Epstein while their heroes where in control of the files for 4 years, but now are obsessed with a pedophile….

I will admonish anyone from any administration for not releasing the Epstein files.  Its understandable that the attention is multiplied when the current president is supposed to be in them and promised to release them.