Aristides

I'm not. Aside from the certainty you are going to put some innocent people to death, I don't believe in expecting others to do my dirty work.

Like most things based solely on ideology, they aren't thought out.

I'm not a gun owner and have no intention of being one but this smacks of ideology and pandering to a base. It will accomplish little or nothing to reduce gun crime.

The six million figure actually came from Adolf Eichmann. Maybe he was bragging a bit, maybe not. Hard to tell but when you add up the 20,000 here, the 30,000 there, the Jews who were murdered by local regimes in places like Croatia and other occupied countries, the 300,000 Jews who died in Romanian concentration camps, the 98,000 who died in the Warsaw Ghetto before the survivors were sent to death camps, the 250,000 who died in 1945 death marches etc, etc, 6 million is not out of the question.

No, I said there is being a lot of money being made in the US prison business. There are big profits to be made from putting people in jail.

It wasn't just the extermination camps. Plenty died in other camps as well. Einsatzgruppen killed an estimated 1.3 million Jews outside camps including places like Babi Yar and the entire Jewish populations of the Baltic Countries. I've known camp survivors in my lifetime, seen the tattoos and the damage that was inflicted on them. I don't need some denying twit to tell me it never happened.

Facts matter.

Well you seem pretty bloodthirsty for a guy who claims to be so concerned about deaths Ukraine. I pointed out that there is a lot of money to be made in the US private prison system by putting people in jail. It's a huge industry. Where did I say I anything about the expense?

The US is not NATO, it is just one member. Its vote has no more weight than any other member. No matter what the US wants, every NATO member has to approve a new membership. NATO does not have a history of invading other nations.

Is it about money or justice. I guess I shouldn't be surprised at someone who approves of what Russia is inflicting on the civilian population of Ukraine.

Sweden did support Finland indirectly during the Winter War. It provided arms and a volunteer force of 10K men and 25 aircraft fought with the Finns. Finland joined Germany in an effort to get back the territory they lost to the Soviets in the Winter War. Sweden and Finland are EU members, Norway is not but is part of the Schengen Zone. Only 19 of the 27 EU members are in the Euro Zone.

As you clearly don't understand, I guess I will have too.

Ukrainians didn't even want to join Nato until Putin annexed Crimea. Putin has no one to blame but himself.

Like I said, we'll buy you a .38 and you can have at it.

Bullshit. We'll buy you a 38 and you can do it yourself. Peacenik.

Whatever that is supposed to mean.

In many states you still go to prison for minor possession of pot. Especially if you are black. Ya, real bad guys

The US has the highest incarceration rate and the most people in prison than any other country. Almost 400,000 more people in prison than China. Fetterman is totally right. Prisons are big business in the US.

Sometimes you have to take a stand.

I agree that it isn't a good situation but it has been brought on by government, not the doctors. Over a million BC'ers can't get a family physician but government limits how many patients they can have. There was an item on the news the other day that said out of 50 odd graduates only three were going into general practice. They interviewed one and he said that he really wanted to go into family practice but with the burden of his student loans, it wasn't economically feasible given the present system. My doc said he wouldn't see that many people now but when you are young you can do a lot of stuff and yes, it means working more than eight hours.

You certainly do.

Wow that's 90% of their active military and reserves yet they are still kicking your ass. That must be very humiliating for you.

How did he put a knife to Putin's throat? Nato rejected Ukraine membership. Public opinion went from 28% in favour of joining Nato in 2010 to 62% in 2014 after Putin annexed Crimea. Putin was holding the knife.

Pence may be a donkey but fortunately for America and unfortunately for the Trump Cult, he is an honest donkey who believes in the Constitution and peaceful transfer of power.

BC governments have actively pursued rationing. I was discussing it with my doctor last week. He said that in the 90's the government reduced the number of university slots and resident positions to save money. This affected him and he ended up going to Ireland to finish his training. Two of his kids are currently in Ireland taking medicine. He also said that if a doctor sees more than 50 patients a day, they only get paid half up to 55 and not at all for any over 55.