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Post by mrpastelito on Jan 13, 2023 18:33:53 GMT
No need for glasses there - it's glaringly obvious even to the blind that Biden's more than past it. It borders on cruelty to regularly expose an obviously demented old man to ridicule in public even though most media outlets are doing their best to protect him. Are you certain you’ve the right prescription? It seems pretty obvious to anyone who isn’t a troll, or consumes a media diet solely of partisan slop, that Biden does not have dementia. You can oppose him with all the vigour and vitriol you can muster, it’s your right as it is anyone else’s. But casting him as demented just makes you look pathetic. Perhaps that’s what you’re going for. The evidence is there for everyone to see - I rest my case. It is, of course, your right to continue to ignore the evidence and pretend that Mr Biden is in full possession of his faculties. |
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Post by grahammurray on Jan 13, 2023 18:58:13 GMT
Are you certain you’ve the right prescription? It seems pretty obvious to anyone who isn’t a troll, or consumes a media diet solely of partisan slop, that Biden does not have dementia. You can oppose him with all the vigour and vitriol you can muster, it’s your right as it is anyone else’s. But casting him as demented just makes you look pathetic. Perhaps that’s what you’re going for. . It is, of course, your right to continue to ignore the evidence and pretend that Mr Biden is in full possession of his faculties. Pitiful reasoning there, Mr Pastitelo. The evidence certainly is there for all to see and most people disagree with you seeing something that isn't there. |
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Post by Forfarshire Conservative on Jan 13, 2023 21:44:17 GMT
And then you back up my own argument by using a well-known pro-Russia rag, the Hindustani Times. is obviously right about the "rag" comments. Secondly, I know which stories you means but you've got to understand that India generally is more pro-Russian than we are for historical reasons. During the Cold War, Russia and India were friends and remain on relatively warm terms today. That may be beginning to change for various reasons, and a sign may be when Modi openly criticised Putin in Samarkand, but it won't in the short term. They also are economically tied to the Russians, rely on Russian energy more than we do and rely on Russian military equipment at the moment. Though India may wish to start to ditch that ASAP given that equipment's poor performance against our weapons. Therefore, it would be asinine for them to just turn against the Russians. Ultimately, we, the West, aren't going to win round the Indians unless we respect and understand the fact that they are an independent and ancient civilisation with their own history and outlook, and offer them incentives to make it worth their while. Berating them is foolish and oreintalist. |
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Post by CatholicLeft on Jan 13, 2023 22:32:38 GMT
Are you certain you’ve the right prescription? It seems pretty obvious to anyone who isn’t a troll, or consumes a media diet solely of partisan slop, that Biden does not have dementia. You can oppose him with all the vigour and vitriol you can muster, it’s your right as it is anyone else’s. But casting him as demented just makes you look pathetic. Perhaps that’s what you’re going for. The evidence is there for everyone to see - I rest my case. It is, of course, your right to continue to ignore the evidence and pretend that Mr Biden is in full possession of his faculties. As someone who spends time with people with dementia on a regular basis, your "evidence" is anything but. |
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Post by mrpastelito on Jan 13, 2023 22:46:21 GMT
The evidence is there for everyone to see - I rest my case. It is, of course, your right to continue to ignore the evidence and pretend that Mr Biden is in full possession of his faculties. As someone who spends time with people with dementia on a regular basis, your "evidence" is anything but. Well obviously he's not yet a vegetable, but would you seriously say he's in full possession of his faculties and fit to lead the US? I say we're lucky the Russians don't take him for his words. |
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Post by Devil Wincarnate on Jan 13, 2023 23:39:12 GMT
It's grim for Brazil that the best that they could bring up for the last election were Bolsonaro and Lula. Nutter versus crook. Admittedly not the worst of either type to have run for the presidency before. To bring this thread back on topic as much as anything  Well you aren't *totally* wrong tbf (the Brazilian left would have hoped for better than a 77 year old with a previous criminal record) but this is still a bit "both-sidesy" (that term again) isn't it? Lula's conviction is widely seen as politically motivated, and to the extent corruption allegations about him are valid it is arguably as much a comment on its pervasiveness in Brazil as a whole. Whereas as far as Bolsonaro is concerned, where to start? I would certainly be interested in who you see as being worse than him in the past - indeed there is a case that his stance on the Amazon rain forests made him the most dangerous individual in the world (even more so than Putin) Whilst I know where you're coming from here, I'm not getting at a "both sides" thing here. Bolsonaro has been covered to death in the media here, but Lula and the PT have definitely been treated with kid gloves. Lava Jato, Odebrecht etc. You'd think from a lot of coverage that Lula was the virgin in the brothel. In answer to the question of who is worse than Bolso? Sarney. I can't think of a more vile person in recent Brazilian politics not named Paulo Maluf. Say what you like about Bolsonaro, he has been thrown up by wider Brazilian society compared to the oligarchs. |
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Post by No Offence Alan on Jan 14, 2023 8:25:14 GMT
As someone who spends time with people with dementia on a regular basis, your "evidence" is anything but. Well obviously he's not yet a vegetable, but would you seriously say he's in full possession of his faculties and fit to lead the US? I say we're lucky the Russians don't take him for his words. Ronald Reagan, whose faculties definitely were impaired, semed to handle the Russians OK. |
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Post by The Bishop on Jan 14, 2023 11:14:43 GMT
Though in Reagan's case dementia symptoms only began in his second term I think? I certainly recall some anonymous briefing that expressed concern about his diminishing mental faculties (including when dealing with the Soviets) by around 1987-88.
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Post by CatholicLeft on Jan 14, 2023 14:05:21 GMT
As someone who spends time with people with dementia on a regular basis, your "evidence" is anything but. Well obviously he's not yet a vegetable, but would you seriously say he's in full possession of his faculties and fit to lead the US? I say we're lucky the Russians don't take him for his words. Many of the people I work with with dementia are very conversant, engaged and not comoletely gone, nonetheless, they are very different from President Biden, who had a brain injury some years ago and displays attributes of that as well as a struggle with a stutter, none of which make him incapable. Indeed, his mistakes are nowhere near as disastrous as the utterances and actions of his predecessor or of the Russian president. Seriously, there is a difference between getting older and dementia, and not to see that leads to unfortunate hyperbole. |
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Post by markgoodair on Jun 30, 2023 16:43:05 GMT
Jair Bolsonaro has been banned by the Supreme Court for running for election for the next 8 years.
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Post by markfoster on Jun 30, 2023 22:05:19 GMT
He's been banned by the Supreme Electoral Court (TSE), and may yet appeal to the Supreme Court (STF). He can also appeal to the TSE itself. Neither appeal is suspensive, i.e. he will remain banned while any appeal is heard. This should probably be seen as act of revenge by the country's old élite, who never forgave him for ruining their plans by winning in 2018 after all the trouble they went to getting Lula excluded from that election, and has now reached an understanding with the PT-led left, which for obvious reasons is also happy to see the back of Bolsonaro.
A deluge of opinion pieces has appeared right on cue extolling the decision as "defending democracy" and suchlike. For, as we know, democracy is when you prevent your political opponents from running in elections!
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Post by Devil Wincarnate on Jul 1, 2023 13:44:54 GMT
Turns out prosecutions of Brazilian political figures can actually move quickly if desired.
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Post by Georg Ebner on Oct 6, 2024 23:34:25 GMT
The municipal elections did not get much attention, neither here nor in Brazil itself...
Sao Paulo was not only the biggest prize, but was also the big uncertainty: The centrist inCumbent was unpopular and for long the runOff was sure to be him versus Boulos from far-left PSOL; but then emerged a rightLiberal ("libertarian"), who played very much on rioting (in a televized debate he said, that the lefty would attack him, if he were a man - until he did so...) and while not endorsed by Bolsonaro (who seems to fear a rival) he rose in the polls. With 99% counted he came in narrowliest as third (28%, the 2 others 29%). The PSOLers had hoped for him to come into the runOff, as their man would have won it probably. As it is, the centrist should be reelected without glamour.
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Post by Georg Ebner on Oct 7, 2024 11:14:23 GMT
Councillors - 2020 was already a bad year for the left and 2024 is even more so (and anyWay for the centre(right)):   |
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Post by Georg Ebner on Oct 10, 2024 14:06:09 GMT
Councillors:    The local sphere is very detached from the national one - one would not guess from these numbers, that the Left has recently won the presidential election and that its candidate is still not unpopular. |
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Post by markfoster on Oct 14, 2024 13:28:31 GMT
Here in Rio de Janeiro Eduardo Paes, a classic rouba mas faz politician, convincingly won. The main thing I noticed was the sheer amount of litter generated by the various flyers, cards and other promotional material used by the candidates.
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Post by rcronald on Oct 20, 2024 13:16:57 GMT
Councillors - 2020 was already a bad year for the left and 2024 is even more so (and anyWay for the centre(right)): Regarding the hardcore centrão parties (MDB,PSD) (I don’t consider União,REP and PP to be real Centrão anymore because they are aligned with the right in every state at the moment), MDB has a pretty clear dividing line of right of centre in the South, South East, Centre West while being left of centre in the North East, and North (excluding Roraima and Amapa), while the PSD is a genuine money over everything catch all party with no actual ideological distinctions between state parties outside of the South (clearly right of centre), and RJ,MG,BH (clearly aligned with Lula). |
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Post by Georg Ebner on Oct 27, 2024 20:12:24 GMT
RunOffs toDay!
PollingStations closed 12 minutes ago.
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Post by Georg Ebner on Oct 27, 2024 20:18:06 GMT
Fortaleza is tight as expected between the 2 major national parties (but nearly noThing counted).
In Manaus the (mid)left candidate (Avante) is ahead of PL. In smaller Cuiabá it's PL, though.
In many other (Curitiba & Porto Alegre & Belém) it's various centrists.
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Post by Georg Ebner on Oct 27, 2024 20:20:00 GMT
In Belo Horizonte centrist PSD is narrowly in front of PL (with little more than 0.0% done).
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