Mitch was once seen as a dangerous guy for the country, I believe. Now seeing him as some sort of reasonable and moderate among MAGAs tell you all about the GOP's (and the country's) current state.
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Turtle is the Stringer Bell of US politics.
Can’t be right ? 2 out of every 100 die before they turn 30?
It's right, I'm pretty sure.
Well given the number of shootings per year in the US I suspect it's pretty accurate
Yikes
And 4 out of 100 before 40 :/ those are war numbers
It's from this Financial Times opinion piece: Why are Americans dying so young?
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So what's the latest on the border deal?
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I am sure there is a correlation between American work habits compared to Europeans as well. Having worked with Americans on projects over the last couple of years, they have a very unhealthy attitude towards work. Regularly answering emails on holidays, working longer hours, taking on a lot of stress for delivering on time, etc.It's from this Financial Times opinion piece: Why are Americans dying so young?
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Whilst I'm sure there is something in what you say there are 3 way more obvious ones
Road Traffic Accidents - 43K + fatal crashes annually
Drugs, especially opioids - 100K per year
Guns - 40K + per year
Not all these are 'young' people but a significant % are
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Alright, so which country should me & my wife, both soon to be retirees, move to? I'm favouring a European one, cos we have a EU passports.
A pity about Brexit. If it didn't happen, you would be able to retire in UK
ah, not really. I might be still wanted there by inland revenue, not the anti-terrorist police
A by-product of the environment she was raised in as well. They also deserve a chunk of blame and insults from people who hate her guts.
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The replies under this are.... something else
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Terrifying.
Looks like the GOP found their Stephen Warren.
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I can't view them but I recall somewhere in a thread on the Caf there was another way to view Twitter replies, like an alternative twitter copy.
The less I read about US politics, the better off I am as it's so toxic and partisan.
Are other developed countries politics as broken as the US is?
Are other developed countries politics as broken as the US is?
Trumpism has contaminated Canada as well. The Tories here are now going full Trump-like with their current leader Pierre Poilièvre and there is now basically no decorum nor respect from the right for established institutions whatsoever.
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Thing is, people have apparently forgotten that covid happened under Trump, since all polls say they were better off under him.
I don't know the insanity of US. I mean Trump is something else. But the few countries I follow slighlty (UK, Canada, Spain) are trending to what we are seeing in US. And headlines on other countries seems like it doesn't look great wither. The new politics is shifted to the right, they are liars, incompetent and grifters
State of the union, lots of people there, including some people who shouldn't be allowed in, the supreme court justices, for one.
So will people count how many times Biden will get names wrong?
Wonder how dosed up poor old Joe will be for this
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