interesting, the rest of the article seemed pretty standard so i wonder what part they're making up.
The Trump Presidency - Part 2
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interesting, the rest of the article seemed pretty standard so i wonder what part they're making up.
The federal level Department of Education doesn't control curriculum.
Centre-left leaning social democrat is about as far left as its ever going to get in the states.
Same over here too now. In the UK we have a redux version of David Cameron's government with Labour branding. And that's now being called far-left.
Well, you only have two hands so spare a caftard a loaner gun.
EU cozying up with China would not turn better than with US. They are 2 faces of the same coin. The EU should get their shit together and stablish themselves as a global power. Has the best intercommunication network, has the population density, has economic resources, has a good education human capital and much more. The only thing it doesn't have is natural resources and this could be helped getting closer to latinamerica which is not an asshole dominant power and closer geographically than US and China
I don't disagree the EU needs to assert itself more again, but aside from what you said and perhaps more importantly: it doesn't have the defense industry/machine. And even if they were to start (re-)building that now, it would take years (decades?) to catch up. The only way it can have a chance to expedite that timeline IMHO is to find a way to reinsert England back into the fold. Not too surprising then to see the Brexit "reevaluation" talks that seem to be happening. Also not surprising then the likes of Trump are trying their darndest to undermine any such reconciliation talks.
We have a socialist party over here, but they're never near power.
According the the right wing hardline all our parties besidrs theirs are far left. It's the same playbook everywhere.
Fecking grim times.
Yeah, it's almost like I'm listening to a different podcast. Virtually nothing that the article ascribes to Sacks is said by Sacks in the latest all-in. The podcast they claim is the latest (133) was actually released over a year ago and doesn't contain Sacks at all. I can only conclude that either I'm hallucinating; there's some other podcast that isn't public or the article is just constructed entirely of plausible bullshit.
I totally agree on the military, though talking from a non expert point of view, is england that much more advanced than europe? in any case, the EU needs much more in quantity and quality than what England has to offer and as you said will need decades on quality but not so long in quantity if there is a will. From a casual reader perspective, I don't think that on ground units the quality is far behind or even on par? would need quantity. Air force would need a notch or two on both quantity and quality and naval is way far far far behind in every aspect. But if the EU doesn't scuffle with anyone, the only power that should be afraid of is Russia and I don't think is a rival if as I said, there is a will to ramp up the quantity. Meanwhile we can always shield on a nuclear doctrine with France....That of course if the EU would get their shit together and starts a european army and spending research and resources as one
US Banks wouldn't be able to cope under the Bank Act.
Their eight GSIBs would be the only ones to consider attempting it and Canadians, who largely hate big banks, would be unlikely to trust Wells Fargo, JP Morgan Chase, Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley or Mellon. Citigroup and Bank of America are the only one who might attempt it
Regional US Banks wouldn't be competitive and couldn't operate under our fairly stringent rules.
If it comes to that I've got you, bud.
That is why you change the stringent rules....or else...
Is there an executive order to create Kingdom of America sovereign fund?
Not going to happen. A foreign government interfering in another country's legislation is a violation of established international order (Westphalian system).
They can likely buy our banks if they want, we do it enough.
Well if that’s a violation of the Westphalian system, they won’t dare do it. That would be outrageous.
I think that's exactly what Trump might angle for. Make changes to your laws and regulations so US dairy producers, banks, and whoever else can do business in Canada, or else it's tariffs again. Canada won't go that far, so then it's a trade war.
Things might change given the experience from the last few days of course (markets immediately went down, and Trump usually cares about that). But I really wouldn't expect him to care about political conventions.
The EU, specially Germany forced changes in the spanish constitution in 2011 due to the debt caused the 2008 crisis. I assume that germany knows a thing or two about something related to westphalia. And Spain was forced or would not receive help on the debt crisis
The same here. AS @HTG said, what you gonna do if they bully their way? Shout "Wesphalian system breach!" and Trump will back down?
Membership in the EU makes that scenario possible. Most countries would condemn the US for trying to interfere in our financial system.
He'll think you're talking about a certain VW
And? You think they care?
Fair summary.
If Canada would accept it, the condemnation would be mild as it would be an "economic agreement" between countries regardless of the leverage that US would exert. We'll see in the next 4 years. With poilievre, the pressure will be less as they will be buddy buddies. But the Trump effect might change how canadians will vote. It can go both ways: Poilievre might use Trump as position himself as the only one that can normalize relationships with US or the liberals can fight back and positions themselves like save canada to not be the servant of Trump and canadian sovereignty
No but if they want to completely alienate themselves they'll avoid going there.
Anyway, it's not economically viable for US Banks to set up shop here. They will have to comply with Canadian regulations, it's a saturated market, and they have worse reputations than our banks.
Indeed, foreign banks already operate here and are allowed to under the Bank Act. It's just Donald creating fantasies in his head again so he can present another bogeyman to distract the idiots who support him.
/Notsatire
Our main parties are all pretty close and patriotic, so I'm not too worried. Only one side is disrupting 200 years of cordiality.
Which side would that be?
Erm...the American side.
Excellent news. They destroyed the American education system.
We don't need no education.
Remarkable that a developed, pro-life country doesn't want to invest in its children.
They destroyed it by?
But what it means no department of education? I don't get it, genuinely.
How schools will function? funding and so?
I think it will be done on a state level rather than on a federal level?
Next EO to ban education in the US, untill Trump approved curriculum is implemented.
We don’t need no thought control.
In all seriousness, this shit is deliberate. They want to have a dumb populace that will question nothing.
Why were standards higher before the department existed? It was founded in 1980.
From their website: Education is primarily a State and local responsibility in the United States but Education Department provides funds that help schools and districts reach their goals.
No more funding because no one needs to reach any goals.
So bottom line it just cuts funding for schools? That seems dumb even for Trump.