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NY will never be back like it was as wall street most profitable firms have moved from Miami to West Palm as taxes are a major concern especially those coming down the pike from the dems. In the last year alone over 100,000 millionaires and billionaires have moved from NY to Florida alone and over 300,000 adding in NJ, Illinois, Georgia of all places, California according to Armstrong Economics. That is the number who have exchanged drivers licenses which makes the move permanent. I would like to see the stats to Texas. Georgia had around 49,000 move and I had no idea there were that many millionaires there. Those that do stay are going to be hit with massive tax increases to make up the difference and this will cause more to move. Dems destroy everything they get a hold of. Armstrong Economics has the financial collapse of California starting in 2022 and the people thought the worst is over. They better buckle up there as taxes also will rise even more as LA has approved UBI like Oakland.

Guest wrote: Wed May 26, 2021 8:10 pm You seem to have a a lot of "key reasons" for turning against Trump. None hold water.

All my reasons can be placed in three categories:

1) Selling out on fiscal issues;

2) Selling out on foreign policy;

3) Disloyalty to high-profile representatives of his base.

Guest wrote: Wed May 26, 2021 8:10 pm Bin Laden was against the Saudi monarchy. Islamists believe in republics, not kingdoms. Iran had never been a republic until the revolution. The Taliban didn't want the king back. Bin Laden wanted to set up a republic. The KSA is good at dealing with Jihadist blowback. And Jihads were a good way to get rid of the anti monarchy Islamist elements. Islamists are generally too extreme to deal in Real Politk. The Saudi monarchy is much more politically savvy. Trump was right to continue the alliance.

Yes, bin Laden hated the Saudi monarchy. Yes, the Saudi monarchy is more moderate at heart but sees the jihadists as a way to deal with its political opponents.

So what?

This double game got 3,000 people killed on 9/11. The Saudi monarchy could've stopped it then, but it didn't. And it still hasn't. Because it doesn't care that its policies are causing massive terrorist attacks in some places and horrific genocides in others. In fact, at least half the time it finds those events to be convenient for them, and thus worthy of behind-the-scenes celebration. Bush knew this, Obama knew this, Trump knew this, and Biden knows this. And so far, nothing of substance has been done to address it.

Actually, I'm not being hard enough on those administrations here. Not only did they not do anything of substance to address this problem, they and their media lackeys did whatever they could to justify not doing anything of substance to address this problem. The bullshit they all spewed to defend what I personally consider to be the indefensible has been mind-boggling, to say the least. And it's highly unfortunate that most Americans are so ill-informed about the dynamics of the Middle East that they mindlessly buy this bullshit hook, line, and sinker.

Guest wrote: Wed May 26, 2021 8:10 pm As for your strong anti-Saudi, anti-Pakistan bias, I have a feeling that you are just making up excuses to hate Muslims.

You're accusing me of invoking 9/11 as an excuse to hate Muslims? I can't tell if you legitimately think that or are just trolling me here. Either way, that accusation is absurd. I don't hate Muslims, in fact I have Muslim friends. And I know damn well that al-Qaeda, ISIS, and their Saudi/Pakistani benefactors do not speak for all or even a majority of Muslims. The Salafi/Wahhabi ideology has always been a minority view in Islam, as much as it tries to make itself the loudest voice in the room.

Guest wrote: Wed May 26, 2021 8:10 pm Islamists believe in republics, not kingdoms. Iran had never been a republic until the revolution. The Taliban didn't want the king back. Bin Laden wanted to set up a republic.

I had to do a double take when I read this. But then I remembered that North Korea is also a "Republic". Of course, this is all in name only.

Islamists and Iranians are for theocratic dictatorships where they get to mistreat, torture, and kill anyone they don't like. In the name of God no less.

I am fine with anyone practicing any religion they want to, so long as they are not forcing anyone else into their beliefs or inflicting harm on others. No "honor killings" would be part of this. There is, unfortunately, a big problem with a lot of Islamists today, just as there was a big problem with a lot of "Christians" during the Dark Ages (and later).

Navigator wrote: Wed May 26, 2021 10:11 pm

Guest wrote: Wed May 26, 2021 8:10 pm Islamists believe in republics, not kingdoms. Iran had never been a republic until the revolution. The Taliban didn't want the king back. Bin Laden wanted to set up a republic.

I had to do a double take when I read this. But then I remembered that North Korea is also a "Republic". Of course, this is all in name only.

Islamists and Iranians are for theocratic dictatorships where they get to mistreat, torture, and kill anyone they don't like. In the name of God no less.

I am fine with anyone practicing any religion they want to, so long as they are not forcing anyone else into their beliefs or inflicting harm on others. No "honor killings" would be part of this. There is, unfortunately, a big problem with a lot of Islamists today, just as there was a big problem with a lot of "Christians" during the Dark Ages (and later).

What i meant was that they oppose kingship. Whether the republics are happy places to live is not the issue. the point is is that the monarchies of Muslim countries are targets of Jihadis. They don't want royal families.

The Saudi monarchy could've stopped it then, but it didn't.

9/11 was a disaster for the Saudis. They would have stopped it if they could.

As for your Muslim friends--yeah, right. I bet they are also all gay and vegans too...

Islamists and Iranians are for theocratic dictatorships where they get to mistreat, torture, and kill anyone they don't like. In the name of God no less.

The Americans tortured, raped, and killed Muslims during the "War on Terror". Or have you forgotten--because we haven't. Spare me the American hypocrisy.

If it wasn't for ther Saudi Royal family, American ties would have been broken decades ago. Apparently you don't realize that. I do. We do.

Guest wrote: Wed May 26, 2021 10:19 pm 9/11 was a disaster for the Saudis. They would have stopped it if they could.

As for your Muslim friends--yeah, right. I bet they are also all gay and vegans too...

9/11 was supposed to be a disaster for the Saudis. But it wasn't, because the power of the petrodollar system was enough to "persuade" our government to attack scapegoats who conveniently happened to be Saudi enemies.

And if you don't want to believe that I have Muslim friends, go right ahead. I can't say anything more other than that you're wrong.

Guest wrote: Wed May 26, 2021 10:24 pm The Americans tortured, raped, and killed Muslims during the "War on Terror". Or have you forgotten--because we haven't. Spare me the American hypocrisy.

If it wasn't for ther Saudi Royal family, American ties would have been broken decades ago. Apparently you don't realize that. I do. We do.

The War on Terror is a total fraud perpetrated in the name of scapegoating all Saudi enemies for Saudi Arabia's crimes. As a direct result of this fraud, over 800,000 people have died and at least 37 million more have been displaced. Those numbers go up to about 1.7 million dead and nearly 50 million displaced if you include the post-Arab Spring events in Libya, Syria, and Yemen. It is a crime against humanity for which people deserve to be prosecuted.

DaKardii wrote: Wed May 26, 2021 10:33 pm

Guest wrote: Wed May 26, 2021 10:24 pm The Americans tortured, raped, and killed Muslims during the "War on Terror". Or have you forgotten--because we haven't. Spare me the American hypocrisy.

If it wasn't for ther Saudi Royal family, American ties would have been broken decades ago. Apparently you don't realize that. I do. We do.

The War on Terror is a total fraud perpetrated in the name of scapegoating all Saudi enemies for Saudi Arabia's crimes. As a direct result of this fraud, over 800,000 people have died and at least 37 million more have been displaced. Those numbers go up to about 1.7 million dead and nearly 50 million displaced if you include the post-Arab Spring events in Libya, Syria, and Yemen. It is a crime against humanity for which people deserve to be prosecuted.

I think karma is sorting out the Americans for backing this so enthusiastically, mate. So don't you worry. You'll get yours.

P.S. I don't think you have any Moslem friends either.

Kanga wrote: Wed May 26, 2021 10:50 pm I think karma is sorting out the Americans for backing this so enthusiastically, mate. So don't you worry. You'll get yours.

P.S. I don't think you have any Moslem friends either.

Yes, I did back the War on Terror when I was younger. Because I was less informed.

But I'm gonna be sorted out by karma for backing the War on Terror in the past despite seeing the error of my ways now? That's nice to hear. Karma doesn't seem to be very forgiving, then. I don't like that.

And once again, believe what you may about who my friends are and who they aren't. I don't care at this point.