I think maybe the Chinese would agree with Donald Trump's assessment of some countries that are less desirable to visit or do business in.
For an example of one adventure into the oil palm business in Africa, have a look here if you have time.
http://advrider.com/index.php?threads/earths-ends-riding-dr650s-from-end-to-end.1037908/page-76Go on a couple more pages until you have the point of all this.
Scroll down through the photos and read the details about the operation and of trying to establish this business.
Then convince me we need people of the caliber of these workers in our country.
The real key to "climate change" is the naturally occurring cycles of the sun.
Politicians can't change it or tax it so they try to sneak one by us.
"we have yet another attempt to reboot with the latest scary catchphrase, 'climate crisis'."
.....and you should never let a crisis go to waste.
One would have to assume that the democrat party will still be viable in 2020.
In the unlikely event that they are able to put up a candidate, and it was Orca, well, I never voted for a democrat in my life and there is no way you could make me start now.
I would stay away from Crypto currencies. Physical gold and silver, yes. But don't purchase "paper gold." Where you buy gold but it is supposedly held for you elsewhere. There is more paper gold than there is physical gold in storage and when everybody wants to cash in those papers, guess what? Move over Bernie Madoff, you've got company.
The best way to gauge buying power is to look at the price of an ounce of gold.
For years financial "experts" (who want to sell you their services) have been warning about the demise of the US dollar.
Some recent moves by China, Russia and a few others, may force us to go back to gold backed currency.
I predict that transition will be a very bumpy ride.
Our economy and markets are changing thanks to guys like Jeff Bezos. Today we learn about 63 Sam's Clubs closing and being converted into warehouses dedicated to e-commerce processing/shipping. Will we find it more economical to do most of our shopping online, including groceries, and have UPS or Fedex deliver all those items right to our door? Will that be more efficient than each of us driving to stores every week? Or, is this part of a UN plot like Agenda 21 or is it Agenda 2030 now?
"If you like your doctor, you can keep your doctor......."
"Your health care premiums will go down....."
"Not a smidgen of corruption....."
Etc....
I hope the donkey doesn't give birth to a little Pelosi or a Schumer.
Just remember, Roy Moore was a democrat when he was behaving badly.
Factor in higher energy costs due to excessive EPA regulations, lower fuel economy numbers due to ethanol in our gasoline, which drives up food costs at the grocery store.
Now factor in the costs to build up our military to where it needs to be.
Local (school) taxes are up to cover those nifty health plans for the teachers union.
It ain't over by a long shot. This is Obama's legacy.
" Admin wants to end the interminable insult sessions which immediately end discussion on any thread."
Then someone should start a new website called "One PissingContest Plaza."
Give the flamers their own domicile.
HUH? Where did you get mis-educated?
http://historyhalf.com/race-and-party-politics-part-i-the-1964-civil-rights-act/Nickolai wrote:
So that is the source of your resentment. Racism is endemic to the US left center right. How do you figure the Republican party is not racist when following the enactment of the Civil rights act in 1964 by the liberals in both parties and opposed by conservatives in both parties.
Since I enlisted a few years ago, I have had to take my visits here in small irregular doses. Like just about everything else that has been touched by liberal leftists, it devolved into juvenile name calling and downright nasty diatribes, indicative of the ever more evident belief that liberalism is a mental disease.
You do not advance your cause, as hopeless as it is, to further your socialist political agenda in this reawakening conservative country by rejecting the tolerance you preach to others.
It will be interesting to see if the admins of OPP can pull off the task of making this little online cafe a more pleasant place to freely exchange ideas instead of insults.
The problem is not who represents us.
The problem is who is mis-representing us by submitting, voting for and enacting legislation that is (or was) unconstitutional to begin with.
Not to mention deficit spending.