So the "only time" you've taken the corporate side, ie been against the court's ruling, was the Microsoft time (and now this instance with Google) and those two judgments are enough to convince you it's a kangaroo court?
I'm not siding with Google in the least. The issue was bizarre with the case against M$. It sounded like a cause of action you'd get from the shysters on American TV. Do you really need a continental court to fine a company for not including their competitor's browser in their operating system? That's patently absurd.
As for Google, you apparently can't read. I'm in no way siding with Google, they need to ne reined in. I only question this court's motives. TBH, any action against Google should be started here, under the Sherman Anti-Trust statutes.
We have a nationwide auto club called "AAA", they have published lists of towns which they've investigated to be "speed traps".. The sort of thing where you're just bleeding off speed from an expressway exit, and the very next thing you know there's an unrealistically low speed limit posted, while the town's one police car is parked under it, radar on. That's a better explanation of how I feel about the EU court. It's a speed trap, and it's sole purpose is to garner income in fines.
Obviously I can't speak for others' experiences, but nothing I've read has suggested that Trump is wrong about NATO countries (=/= the EU) aren't paying the shares they've agreed to. What I *have* seen is people taking issue with how he's gone about doing so - praising the Kremlin and Vladdy, insulting European leaders, making yet more wild and false claims.
.Here's the thing, NATO funding has been an issue for decades, not just since the day before yesterday.. Quite frankly, Obama was too busy brown nosing (pun intended) world leaders, to take a stance on anything globally, which wasn't to the US's disadvantage.
Nope, not at all. If I were American I think I would have knowingly thrown away my vote with an independent candidate out of principle, being completely unable to stomach either Trump or Clinton. One's a lying buffoon, the other is a lying banshee, great choices eh?
I've never cast a vote in a major election, where I didn't feel I was doing anything other than choosing the lesser of two evils. If it's different in the country where you vote, I'd have to wonder if the politicians are simply better at lying while being better at hiding their ulterior motives than ours
Then I'm exceptionally glad that you are and never will be President.
Kim Jong Un's long game has to be the reunification of Korea. If he's able to accomplish that, he'll loot the south for its wealth, and use it to increase his military, period.. It started with the Olympics, when he sent likely the most beautiful woman in NK, to be his envoy. Nothing gets anybody's attention like a pretty girl. I'd also be willing to bet, that many South Koreans public sympathies lie with reunification. So you sent this gorgeous woman to the games, and the people in SK have to be thinking, "god she's beautiful, she looks just like us, not like those white devils". "See, Kim Jong Un isn't such a bad guy after all". And the next thing you know he's raping the South Korean economy, the same as his father raped his own to the end of military might..
Best thing that could have happened, is to nuke that bratty little sociopath. As an added benefit, China wouldn't have that little toad to play against the US, and by extension, the rest of the world.
the little sh!t didn't even work up to being "supreme leader, he inherited the title, the same way rights of birth and passage were handed down in medieval Europe. Talk about being born with a silver nuclear trigger in your hand, that's him.
Not being an American, I can't 'do something about it' other than speak my mind. And in terms of alternatives, how about just some consistency as a bare minimum? How about:
- not signing up to deals then breaking them on the plane home
- honouring pledges made by your country
- not lying your *** off about Allied nations
- not cosying up to the quasi-dictator who meddled in your election
- not publicly denouncing your security services to side with said quasi-dictator
- not believing your own populace is so dumb that they'll believe you meant to say "wouldn't", not "would"
First of all, Europeans have long thought, (correctly or incorrectly), that Americans are crass, stupid, vulgar , classless aberrations, to be looked down upon, when we visit your country. All I see, is you reporting how Trump is living up to those expectations. This president doesn't seem willing to traipse all over Europe with his hands grabbing his ankles, and it seems to be pissing a lot of people off.
Trump apperas to put on a show in public about how Kim Jong Un and Vladimir Putin are great men.Then everyone Monday morning quarterbacks the encounters "He should have called therm both d!cks, he should have been rude to thee point of insolence.blah, blah, blah".. So, when Trump acts like a diplomat, you don't like it, and you don't like it when he puts on his gorilla suit either. Face it, you don't like Trump, period. Now, if I have to endure him at fairly close range, for at least the next three years, I suggest you try and do the same, from a bit further away.
The interesting thing here is while you're badmouthing Trump for backslapping Putin, Germany is busy installing a transcontinental pipeline directly to Russia! You'd think that would raise quite a few eyebrows, but Trump's antics have everyone pissed off to the point of being mesmerized.. And yes, Germany is a partner in NATO..
Oh well, to the upside, if Germany ever gets it in its head to conquer the world again, they won't be able to attack Russia, since Putin, (or whoever's in charge), will simply shut off their oil supply.
I pay my taxes in pounds, and having a slightly more socialist system than the US doesn't seem to be wrecking havoc over here. It ain't perfect, but I do appreciate the healthcare.
The US has the best health care available anywhere in the world, if you're rich enough to afford it, or you can manage to make us feel sorry enough for you to get it for free. For those of us somewhere in the middle, meh.
As for NATO "allies", take a moment to review the war for the Falkland Islands.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Falklands_War You'll see, France, "Britain's NATO partner" was selling many weapons systems to Argentina. Possession of those advanced weapons, was likely a primary cause of emboldening Argentina to attack in the first place.
Well, you know what they say, "keep your friends close, and your enemies closer:.And if you go out to dinner with them, make sure the US picks up the check".
BTW, the Scandinavian nations are alleged to have the happiest citizens in the world. AFAIK, they are all socialist democracies with sky high taxes, which is easily offset by the "all expenses paid" role of their governments in their lives:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Happiness_Report
