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jazz_music says

Meritocracy fails, some are lucky.

My point is that what you say is laudable but not good enough, not true enough, not even civilized.

Then there are corrupt markets, and privileges inherited etc., etc.

Meritocracy is not a lottery. To be successful you need hard work and talent. If you have little talent you need to work harder.

If you can't make it in the most egalitarian country in the history of the world it might not be the system that has the problem.

jazz_music says

Onvacation says

the congressional impeachment process exonerated him.

No Barr may have said that, I’m not sure what that even means in his position,

It means our president was not guilty of the trumped up charges that came about after the whistle-blower didn't like the way Trump talked on the phone.

Patrick says

Sure, hard work still counts for something in America.

But jazz is right about "privileges inherited". Black and Hispanic people get inherited privileges through the color of their skin alone.

People from the ghetto are successful. People born in power become stripper chasing coke heads. I am not denying that some are born with privilege. I am just saying that America has opportunity for those willing to pursue it.

Patrick says

(Non-Jewish) White people, on the other hand, are actively discriminated against because of the color of their skin. They are rejected from universities and not eligible for many scholarships and government programs for no reason other than their race.

No doubt.
I am looking forward to when we "will one day live in a nation where they [our children] will not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character."

rd6B says

they got Manafort for his Ukraine dealings,

I thought it was Joe that got Hunter a job? What did Manafort do wrong in the Ukraine during his time with Trump?

Onvacation says

What did Manafort do wrong in the Ukraine during his time with Trump?

Nothing during that time. Before, he was advising Yanukovich in Ukrainian presidential elections and get paid under table, which is normal there.
And yes, it is 100% clear to anyone with a single brain cell that Biden Jr also was bribed. In this particular case, money was even laundered through the least scrupulous of Baltic banks, which is saying a lot (as in most of them have no scruples whatsoever, at least until they are forced to have them).

jazz_music says

If you are the best at what you do they will try to replace you with somebody younger who commands a lower compensation and ultimately you become unemployable no matter how great your skill and effort.

Friend of mine had that issue in an engineering company. He was going to be fired in a month, but then when just hired cheaper youngsters screwed up bridge design, they went back on this and he still has a job. Luck, I guess...

We went from Russia Russia Russia
To
Caged children, caged children, caged children
To
Corona Corona Corona

Wealthy assholes on the left won’t give up power easily, that’s for sure. Just have to keep strong and kick their ass constantly.

jazz_music says

It’s amazing that management couldn’t just pull a Trump and claim it is the greatest success.

Such a situation will cost some manager their job every time if they can’t get out in front of it.

win-win for management
fired him ---> SAVINGS! in salary
did not fire him ---> saved the project!

These days managerial types get cut only in extremely bad situations, as in using wrong pronouns or defying illogical orders of superiors. A former student of mine fixed production error which was interfering with plant operation and was there because manager was stupid, did not listen to engineers, and was trying to be cheap. Company lost hundreds of millions, and manager was pushed out of company...just to be hired as VP for something for a much larger company.

jazz_music says

That’s why I say meritocracy is a nice dream that owners wish you all to believe in but don’t ever dare to depend on it being true LOL.

You are right about large companies - they PRETEND that there is meritocracy. Small companies would go out of business quickly if they do not hire good people. And we see the problem again - bailouts of large incompetents just because they have political clout. Let'em go broke, and smaller companies will pick up the pieces...

a non-posting friend writes:

from the Kissinger article:

Robert Gates, former director of the CIA and U.S. Secretary of Defense, admitted in a recent interview with the Washington Post that sanctions against Russia do not any good for the U.S. In The National Interest, Robert Kaplan describes Russia as a “problem from hell” because it cannot be subdued. Kaplan offered reasons why it is necessary for Russia to “move away from its one-sided alliance with China” and find balance with the U.S.

Washington’s misguided policy of aggression to maintain a unipolar world order worked in the favor of China and Russia, especially in accelerating their cooperation. The West can no longer suppress China’s economic power or Russia’s military power. Military strategists in the West are aware that the Russo-Sino cooperation cannot be compensated by anything.

this is EXACTLY what I am trying to tell you; Patrick!!!! Biden is being an imbecile by provoking Russia and China at the same time. We should be cooperating and working with the Russians so as to draw them away from their tightening embrace of the Chinese

Remember that this is one of the main reasons I told you that I have certain favorable attitudes towards Trump on this avoiding of foreign wars, and pointed out that if Hillary had been elected, we would have been at war in Syria in just a few months

> https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/kissinger-warns-washington-accept-new-global-system-or-face-pre-wwi-geopolitical
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> this is essentially what I'm telling you -- the US is done as the global hegemon, and this continuing shit of threatening and insulting and sanctioning and harassing Russia and China will lead to a catastrophe. We need to worry about securing our own borders, rebuilding our manufacturing economy, cutting down the power of the Banks, Wall Street, Silicon Valley, Financial capital in general, having valid education like we had after WW2 (doing away with overt ideological indoctrination ins schools), rebuilding our infrastructure. It is not our duty to mandate the international organization of Asia or E Europe, or to constantly interfere in the internal affairs of other countries. We also need to really really work on repairing the integrity and solidity of the dollar
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https://twitter.com/Rasmussen_Poll/status/1286625544604463104#m

Rasmussen Reports
@Rasmussen_Poll
24 Jul 2020
The Real Russian Swindle

Evidence dribbling out now indicates "Trump Russian Collusion" was a politically designed & media propelled fabrication. Relentlessly pushed & fake, it interfered with voter opinion, likely delivering the House to Democrats in the 2018 midterms. #sick

Rb6d says

You are right about large companies - they PRETEND that there is meritocracy. Small companies would go out of business quickly if they do not hire good people. And we see the problem again - bailouts of large incompetents just because they have political clout. Let'em go broke, and smaller companies will pick up the pieces...

The two chick CEOs of Yahoo! and HP

MisdemeanorRebellionNoCoupForYou says

The two chick CEOs of Yahoo! and HP

+ the whole damned banking system in 2008

https://greenwald.substack.com/p/trump-doj-obtained-data-on-schiff?token=patrick.net

Trump DOJ Obtained Data on Schiff and Swalwell, Two Long-Time Champions of Domestic Spying

The two California Democrats join the long list of politicians who enable spying on ordinary citizens, then angrily object when they themselves are targeted.

The Trump Justice Department in 2017 and early 2018 issued subpoenas to Apple to obtain the communications records of at least two Democratic members of the House Intelligence Committee, Reps. Adam Schiff (D-CA) and Eric Swalwell (D-CA). According to The New York Times, DOJ prosecutors attempting to determine who leaked classified information to the media about Russiagate suspected the two House Democrats were the culprits, and to prove that, they obtained their communications records as well as those of family members, including minor children.

A DOJ leak investigation aimed at sitting members of Congress is highly unusual. Both the Obama and Trump administrations, in a hunt for leakers, created controversy by obtaining the communications records of journalists, including — in the case of the Obama DOJ — the family members of those journalists. But investigating members of the House Intelligence Committee for leaking crimes — as opposed to corruption or other standard criminal charges — can present different dangers. Neither Congressman was charged with any crimes and the investigation reportedly bore no fruit.

The two House Democrats, among the most fanatical disseminators of baseless Russiagate conspiracies and long known to serve as anonymous sources of leaks to liberal media outlets, reacted with predictable outrage.

Hunter Biden Facilitated Deal for Democratic Consultants Now Under Federal Investigation
Emails show Biden served as conduit between Burisma Holdings and Blue Star Strategies

https://freebeacon.com/democrats/hunter-biden-facilitated-deal-for-democratic-consultants-now-under-federal-investigation/

Emails from Hunter Biden's laptop show he was instrumental in setting up a consulting deal between a Ukrainian energy company and two Democratic consultants under investigation for violating foreign lobbying laws.

Biden and colleagues at the private equity firm Rosemont Seneca helped Burisma Holdings hire Blue Star Strategies, a firm owned by former Clinton administration officials Sally Painter and Karen Tramontano. Biden's emails show he played a bigger role than anyone had known in arranging Blue Star's consulting work for Burisma. Neither Biden nor the Blue Star founders registered their work under the Lobbying Disclosure Act or the Foreign Agents Registration Act.

Biden's work as a middleman could also explain why federal prosecutors began scrutinizing Blue Star's work for Burisma. Republicans have scrutinized Biden over his work for the company, one of Ukraine's largest natural gas producers, as well as with various Chinese companies. Federal prosecutors are also investigating Biden over his tax affairs and foreign business dealings.

Nothing to see here, move along, it is Drumpf who is the most corrupt HITLER! in visible Universe...

Glenn Greenwald
@ggreenwald
Aug 19
Russia during the first 6 months of Biden's presidency:

* Received a presidential summit for Putin
* Won their key geo-strategic goal: completion of pipeline to Germany
* NYT, today: "With Afghan Collapse, Moscow Takes Charge in Central Asia" 🇷🇺

In sum, the Kremlin has won far more in the first 6 months of Biden's presidency than they did in 4 years under Trump. That's just an indisputable fact. It's not even close.

What does Vladimir Putin have on Biden or the Biden family: personally, politically or financially?

https://patriotpost.us/articles/84215?utm_medium=patrick.net&utm_source=patrick.net&utm_campaign=patrick.net&utm_content=body

WaPo Admits Steele Dossier Is Bogus
The Leftmedia outlet was one of the biggest pushers of the dossier as evidence of Russian collusion.


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In a classic instance of an end-of-the-week news dump, The Washington Post last Friday afternoon published an article acknowledging that it had issued corrections to two of its investigative articles on the bogus Christopher Steele dossier, one from March 2017 and the other from February 2019. The Post stated that the two articles in question “had identified a Belarusian American businessman as a key source of the ‘Steele dossier,’” but now it “could no longer stand by the accuracy of those elements of the story.” It could no longer stand because the Post got caught pushing fake news.

As John Durham’s investigation has slowly but steadily identified and honed in on the conspirators involved in creating and orchestrating the Trump/Russia collusion hoax, the latest being an indictment of Russian-American analyst Igor Danchenko on five counts of lying to the FBI, the Post is now engaged in damage control.

They always admit what they knew only when it’s no longer relevant.

https://notthebee.com/article/the-washington-post-has-had-to-correct-over-a-dozen-articles-related-to-the-junk-steele-dossier-that-launched-the-trump-russia-collusion-conspiracy-theory

The Washington Post Has Had To Correct Over A Dozen Articles Related To The Junk "Steele Dossier" That Helped Launch The Trump-Russia Collusion Conspiracy Theory

https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/alfa-bank-ping-russiagate/?source=patrick.net

These new disclosures suggest that Glenn Simpson and Peter Fritsch, the two former Wall Street Journal reporters behind Fusion, used the same strategy to publicize the Steele dossier and the Alfa Bank pinging story. Along with others, they simultaneously funneled information about suspected collusion to journalists, the FBI, and lawmakers—and then told reporters that government officials were investigating the issue. The result was a feedback loop that convinced journalists who already abhorred Trump for good reasons to believe they were on the right track.

https://notthebee.com/article/biden-administration-is-looking-to-pressure-ukraine-into-ceding-territory-to-russian-backed-separatist-i-guess-to-appease-putin-and-i-thought-trump-was-the-russian-agent?source=patrick.net

Biden Administration Is Looking To Pressure Ukraine Into Ceding Territory To Russian Backed Separatists, I Guess To Appease Putin. And I Thought Trump Was The Russian Agent!

The AP is reporting today that the Biden Administration is considering a plan that does nothing to help Ukraine, but would instead give territory to Putin.

Patrick says

https://notthebee.com/article/biden-administration-is-looking-to-pressure-ukraine-into-ceding-territory-to-russian-backed-separatist-i-guess-to-appease-putin-and-i-thought-trump-was-the-russian-agent?source=patrick.net

Biden Administration Is Looking To Pressure Ukraine Into Ceding Territory To Russian Backed Separatists, I Guess To Appease Putin. And I Thought Trump Was The Russian Agent!

The AP is reporting today that the Biden Administration is considering a plan that does nothing to help Ukraine, but would instead give territory to Putin.

Duh! Remember this is the same guy who told them to stand down and do nothing in Crimea and then sent fucking blankets instead of anti-tank weapons when they were attacked in the Eastern regions.

We are in Obama's 3rd term, folks.

"Tell Vladimir I will be more flexible after the election"

Patrick says

Biden Administration Is Looking To Pressure Ukraine Into Ceding Territory To Russian Backed Separatists, I Guess To Appease Putin.

Neville Chamberlain - "You might want to rethink that one, Joe."

Biden only cares about the Western Ukraine crime island. As long as the tafficking, money laundering, and drug profit corridors remain, he could give fuck all about the Russian Ukraine.

https://amgreatness.com/2022/01/02/the-truths-we-dared-not-speak-in-2021/?source=patrick.net

Collusion, RIP
No one wishes to speak of the “dossier” anymore. Everyone knows why: it was never a dossier. It was always a mishmash concoction of half-baked fantasies and outright lies, sloppily thrown together by the grifter and has-been ex-British spy and Trump hater, Christopher Steele—all in the pay of Hillary Clinton, the original architect of the collusion hoax.

They still get mileage out of Russia but now in a more subtle way. The recently released FBI Kennedy assassination papers clearly are pointing the finger at Russian involvement in his killing by Oswald. This release of papers is just more Russian propaganda. What they said may have been true about Oswalds ties to Russia through his wife, but really, they are way overboard with this Russian involvement here. And why now!!!

Oh, did the mighty Durham simply forget to bring charges against the other perps?

Seems to me the statute of limitations has run out on most of the offenders.

Did anyone really think there would be charges against anyone of merit?

casandra says

They still get mileage out of Russia but now in a more subtle way. The recently released FBI Kennedy assassination papers clearly are pointing the finger at Russian involvement in his killing by Oswald

The US intelligence agencies murdered Kennedy. If they didn't, there wouldn't be any fucking with-held papers.

The reason we don't know who killed Kennedy is because we DO know who killed Kennedy. It's was an intelligence operation. Most likely CIA/FBI but the entire intelligence community knows at this point, even if they weren't involved.

Patrick says

(Non-Jewish) White people, on the other hand, are actively discriminated against because of the color of their skin.

Hmmm...

What I saw can be improperly construed as racist, but it's just observation. If I'm wrong, it can be demonstrated to be wrong.

Mafias are often genetically based, I suggest Zionism is a Jewish mafia. Nothing more. It's a Jewish criminal syndicate. Italians and the Irish had their mafias as well. There is a very active Jewish mafia, and just like most Italians and Irish didn't engage with their mafia, neither do Jewish people.

Further and further down the toilet, that's where.

https://slaynews.com/news/twitter-exaggerated-russian-propaganda-claims-appease-democrats-media/

Twitter deliberately exaggerated claims about Russian propaganda flooding its platform in an effort to appease the Democrats and their allies in the corporate media, the latest installment of the “Twitter Files” has revealed.

According to journalist Matt Taibbi, who released another batch of the internal communication files this week, Twitter found no evidence that Russia was ramping up its influence efforts on the social media platform.

Twitter’s own internal investigations found that the claim was a “dud,” Taibbi revealed.

Nevertheless, Twitter’s former executives continued to push the Democrats’ narrative that Russia was using bots to spread propaganda and influence America’s elections, despite knowing it was false.

https://slaynews.com/news/washington-post-admits-russian-trolls-had-no-measurable-impact-in-influencing-2016-election/

WaPo is dedicated to lies which support the ruling elite, so when they are forced to admit truth, it's newsworthy.

Patrick says

WaPo is dedicated to lies which support the ruling elite, so when they are forced to admit truth, it's newsworthy.

Yes, but only long after the "check is cashed." Like if 10 years from now they own up to the 2020 election fraud.

HeadSet says

Patrick says

WaPo is dedicated to lies which support the ruling elite, so when they are forced to admit truth, it's newsworthy.

Yes, but only long after the "check is cashed." Like if 10 years from now they own up to the 2020 election fraud.

True, Pfizer knows the toxxine is killing large numbers of people, which is why they wanted their trial data hidden for 75 years.

And this is why we are only now getting confirmation that the CIA killed Kennedy because he was a threat to Deep State power.

https://twitter.com/ramzpaul/status/1620436868243554304?ref_src=patrick.net

Busy opening new monuments to Stalin:

Volgograd on February 1, on the eve of the 80th anniversary of the victory of Soviet troops in the Battle of Stalingrad, opened a monument to Joseph Stalin. The solemn ceremony was attended by high-ranking officials and regional deputies. The bronze bust of Stalin is located on the square in front of the Battle of Stalingrad panorama museum, just 120 meters from the memorial to the victims of political repressions.
-- Dmitry Rogulin / TASS

Somewhere between Gabon-Mali-Paraguay and Pakistan-Cameroon-Liberia: