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Kavanaugh sworn to the Supreme Court; another victory for Trump and his conservative stance

Sunday, October 7th 2018 - 11:47 UTC
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President Donald Trump's controversial nominee for the Supreme Court, Brett Kavanaugh, has been sworn in following weeks of rancorous debate. The Senate earlier backed his nomination by 50 votes to 48. Read full article

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  • chronic

    Winning.

    MAGA.

    Oct 07th, 2018 - 01:35 pm - Link - Report abuse -2
  • Terence Hill

    MAGA? What has Mussolini got to do with it? Further proof that Drumf hasn't ever had an original idea in his life.
    “In 1927, Fox News Service filmed Benito Mussolini telling immigrants to ‘make America great’”
    https://dearkitty1.wordpress.com/2016/07/23/mussolini-trump-on-making-america-great/
    A racist by any other name. “PBS and The Huffington Post have uncovered video evidence of Donald Trump’s long-held beliefs that he (and people like him) are genetically superior:
    https://dearkitty1.wordpress.com/2016/07/23/mussolini-trump-on-making-america-great/

    Oct 07th, 2018 - 07:26 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • chronic

    Ginsburg is almost ready for the nursing home. Good days ahead.

    Oct 08th, 2018 - 01:30 pm - Link - Report abuse -2
  • Terence Hill

    A racist by any other name. “PBS and The Huffington Post have uncovered video evidence of Donald Trump’s long-held beliefs that he (and people like him) are genetically superior:
    http://www.dailykos.com/story/2016/9/29/1575870/-Shocking-video-of-Trump-explaining-his-dangerous-theory-that-people-like-him-have-superior-genes

    Oct 08th, 2018 - 01:43 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • bushpilot

    But when Terence Hill says liberals are genetically superior, that is not racism.


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    Oct 08th, 2018 - 02:51 pm - Link - Report abuse +2
  • Jack Bauer

    With the latest developments in the USA and in Brazil, looks like Terrykins is on the verge of a heart attack...can already see him on the floor, kicking his two left feet in the air.

    Terry, you obviously think you are genetically superior...(to what, I can't imagine, but) what does that make you ? a racist commie, or just an idiot ?

    Oct 08th, 2018 - 04:26 pm - Link - Report abuse +2
  • chronic

    Breyer is 80.

    Trump, Pence or maybe even Graham will appoint his replacement.

    The lingering malignant legacy of the Warren court will eventually be relegated to the dumpster fire of failed liberal social engineering.

    Oct 08th, 2018 - 04:29 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • Terence Hill

    BP
    “when Terence Hill says liberals are genetically superior” I have never said such a thing. The only thing I've posted concerning political opinion and intelligence has been by the following experts.
    “Lower childhood intelligence clearly predicts right-wing ideology and attitude, which in turn predicts prejudice in adulthood.”
    https://www. psychologicalscience.org/news/were-only-human/is-racism-just-a-form-of-stupidity.html
    JB
    ”Terry, you obviously think ..“ I try to otherwise I'd be like you, just opining and whining.
    ”With the latest developments in the USA and in Brazil, looks like...” You wish.

    Oct 08th, 2018 - 06:41 pm - Link - Report abuse -1
  • Jack Bauer

    I wish ? yeah, might be a good idea. Take your experts, and ...

    Oct 08th, 2018 - 11:24 pm - Link - Report abuse +2
  • Terence Hill

    JB
    “your experts” They aren't mine they are simply quoted by me. But, they are the trump card in competing opinions.

    Oct 09th, 2018 - 01:03 am - Link - Report abuse -3
  • Jack Bauer

    TH
    right, “your experts”.....you admit you quote them to express your opinions....so you have no opinion of your own...which implies you depend 100% on OTHER people's opinions to express your's. The fact they emit an opinion, like any one else - which you take as the gospel truth, without demanding B of P - suggests that you are easily influenced by what suits your narrative. Nothing to be proud of.

    Oct 09th, 2018 - 05:14 pm - Link - Report abuse +1
  • Terence Hill

    JB
    “so you have no opinion of your own” I have one all right, but unlike you, mine is sustained with proof. As I adhere to the precepts of Argumentation theory, not endlessly opining unproven conjecture. Which is why my arguments are conclusive, and your's are anything but.

    Oct 09th, 2018 - 07:22 pm - Link - Report abuse -3
  • chronic

    Teri is dying with TDS.

    Oct 09th, 2018 - 07:41 pm - Link - Report abuse -1
  • Terence Hill

    chronic i.e pathological
    My opinions on Drumf are based on the evidence that is revealed about him. Unlike your 'wing nut' hysterical reverence.
    So I'm a little short in the admiration department for a proven racist. As they are a little limited in the mental capacity department.
    http://en.mercopress.com/2018/10/07/kavanaugh-sworn-to-the-supreme-court-another-victory-for-trump-and-his-conservative-stance/comments#comment493140

    Oct 09th, 2018 - 08:07 pm - Link - Report abuse -3
  • chronic

    Teri, you can continue your irrational hatred of MAGA but it doesn't diminish his or America's success.

    Oct 09th, 2018 - 08:57 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • Terence Hill

    chronic i.e pathological
    “your irrational hatred of MAGA” I've got no beef with the Mussolini, the originator of of the expression.
    “In 1927, Fox News Service filmed Benito Mussolini telling immigrants to ‘make America great’”
    https:// dearkitty1.wordpress.com/2016/07/23/mussolini-trump-on-making-america-great/

    Oct 09th, 2018 - 09:32 pm - Link - Report abuse -3
  • Chicureo

    From my humble Chilean opinion, current news I read is that the USA economy is booming, the stock market is at record high, lots of factories being built, lowest historical unemployment for Blacks and “Hispanics”, lowest unemployment for whites and women in 50 years, he's followed through on many of his campaign promises (including two S.C. Judges) and polls show his popularity at 51% ... (among blacks at a record 35% for a Republican) the USA is now the largest petroleum producer in the world, the NAFTA trade deal has been revamped for a better deal for his voters, he's reduced taxes and cut substancially government regulations. He's certainly p*ssed off several countries that his Republican voters are cheering about...you get the idea...so why does it surprise me that Terrence Hill is having a hissy fit about ...Mussolini?
    Most of we Latinos would love to have the current type of leader like Donald. (Oh wait.. We may have one in Brazil!) and yes, I'm very happy here with Piñera... But i guess Terrence would prefer someone like a Socialist-Marxist Maduro...
    MAGA

    Oct 09th, 2018 - 09:42 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • chronic

    Chicu, commies hate to see ANYONE succeed.

    Oct 09th, 2018 - 09:57 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • Chicureo

    chronic

    Gosh, golly gee... why is it that Communists want us all to be like they insist we must be? If the Latin people tire of leftists ruining our countries, why can't we exercise our democratic rights to elect a leader on the right? Why can't they tolerate people wanting change? I really would love Terrence to try and defend his heroes running Venezuela..

    Brazil’s next president, to Terrence's horror, has promised a complete overhaul fighting the evils of corruption by gutting government ministries and privatizing state companies. He also pledged to promote traditional values with “Brazil above all,”
    Bolsonaro has promised an all-out war on drugs and crime.
    Quote from the press: “The evils and damages of corruption hurt the people in many ways. It’s they who don’t have a bed in the hospital, who don’t have security in the streets or money in their pockets,”

    He's been quoted admiring President Trump is probably why our little Socialist-Marxist snowflake that's having a meltdown.

    MAGA

    Oct 09th, 2018 - 10:13 pm - Link - Report abuse -1
  • Terence Hill

    Chicureo aka “the fascista hustler”
    Mussolini, is the originator of of the expression MAGA. How does “I've got no beef” equate as a 'hissy fit'?
    “In 1927, Fox News Service filmed Benito Mussolini telling immigrants to ‘make America great’”
    Trump popularity poll unfavourable 54.5%; favourable 41.5%
    https://www. realclearpolitics.com/epolls/other/trump_favorableunfavorable-5493.html
    U.S unemployment for whites and women
    “While it’s undeniable that the rate has hit a new low, it is also true that black unemployment began declining during the Obama administration and has been falling steadily for the past several years.
    Trump hasn’t reversed those gains, but that doesn’t mean he can claim full credit for them either.”
    https://www.vox. com/policy-and-politics/2018/6/1/17417762/black-unemployment-rate-record-low-may-jobs-report
    It has been dropping steadily since 2009.

    Oct 09th, 2018 - 11:56 pm - Link - Report abuse -1
  • Chicureo

    errence, assuming you understand my native language that you claim, I suggest you watch the video of Maria Elvira Salazar, herself formerly anti-Trump, regarding why Latinos now support Trump. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=1Cmxmk5tH9U
    It has a lot to do with minorities substantially benefiting from Trump's policies and how Obama's policies were a failure to minorities. She reflects the sentiment of many traditionally Democrat party party voters.

    Oct 10th, 2018 - 12:55 am - Link - Report abuse 0
  • chronic

    Chicu, MAGA doesn't seem to embrace diversity just for diversity's sake.

    However, a rising tide lifts all ships and the economic tide is approaching a tsunami.

    Americans of color, labor, unionists, armed services veterans, the elderly, students, legal immigrants and dozens of other neglected groups recognize the failure of obamy, democrats, liberals and secular humanism.

    Trump is only a man but he's a man whose policies serve to free them as opposed to holding them in economic bondage beholden to their former socialist political masters.

    Fake news is triggered as MAGA builds on already existing female support in advance of the mid terms. CrookedH lost because so many women recognized her serpent like demeanor and rejected it.

    To be sure, coastal elites, academia, secularists, abortionados, deviants, globalists, communists, anarchists, the immature, peaceniks, apologists, appeasers, atheists and similar ilk are fundamentally opposed to everything that Trump stands for.

    The others that don't fully support MAGA either can't accept his coarse ways in spite of the good he is doing and has done or have been duped by the most sanctimonious, dishonest media in existence.

    Oct 10th, 2018 - 03:39 am - Link - Report abuse +1
  • Chicureo

    chronic

    Forgive me asking, but are you a North American? Just curious.

    I agree with your points, and I also would like to point out that countries like my own with free market policies rise with the same tide of prosperity.

    What seems to upset the Europeans and Latin Americans is that Trump gives speeches that do not confirm with the geopolitical ideological diplomacy of the past, which the left slanting news media magnifies.

    Trump is a populist that seems to continue to please his conservative voter base.
    We now see other world leaders starting to emulate some of the same tactics.

    My question for you is, will his Republican congress and Senate lose majority control in the upcoming elections? What I read is its a normal situation for an American president to lose votes two years after the election and Democrats seem to have a strong campaign to accomplish this.

    MAGA

    Oct 10th, 2018 - 11:01 am - Link - Report abuse 0
  • chronic

    Chicu, I am proud to have been born in the USA.

    Trump is indeed a nationalist and thinks that all countries best serve the needs of their own citizens when they put their own interests first.

    Globalism is similar to socialism in that some countries are “more equal than others” in an Orwellian fashion.

    In other words - like china - they cheat.

    china - for example - has stolen trillions of dollars worth of intellectual property.

    This is an unassailable truth and tilts trade in their favor since they aren't responsible for the costs of research or design or development.

    The communist chinese culture is inherently evil.

    Similarly radical environmentalists and animal rights activists in europe would have humans suffer deprivation and starvation in favor of their protected clientele - “mother earth” and farm animals.

    They specifically seek to limit and discontinue mineral extraction and processing as well as the commercial production of livestock and industrial scale crops.

    Mainstream media ignores or seeks to minimize the many successes that Trump's presidency is spawning.

    Trump and America's recent triumphs are significant but what makes them appear so much larger than life are the comparative pathetic performances of obamy, bush and clinton.

    No since Reagan has an American president captured the enthusiasm of part of America and the world in such a manner and the television networks and hollywood can't forgive him for banishing krookedH and dispelling the lies of obamy and those that would be our liberal overlords.

    And Trump took direct aim at the multinationals who exported so many American jobs and would import millions of foreign workers to the PROVEN DETRIMENT of our own citizens.

    So these political groups are aligned in an attempt to try to dilute Trump's political strength to the absolute injury of the vast majority of American's interest.

    If the Senate or House is retained - America may continue its march toward restoration.

    Oct 10th, 2018 - 12:12 pm - Link - Report abuse +2
  • Terence Hill

    While I believe Trump's ill advised and driven largely by irreverent infantile emotional considerations. I have long understood how US politics is driven, alternatively from liberal to conservative ascendancies, and back again. My truck with him is based on my perception of his lack of ethics, and his blatant dishonesty, coupled with his obvious limited intelligence.

    Oct 10th, 2018 - 12:48 pm - Link - Report abuse -2
  • chronic

    Teri, you lying commie bastard.

    You hate capitalism, America and liberty.

    And you envy everything that Trump possess.

    Oct 10th, 2018 - 01:18 pm - Link - Report abuse +1
  • Chicureo

    chronic

    I applaud your obvious political appreciation of your president who has focused upon rebuilding your country and embraced conservative vales. My wife first was enamored with his pledge to reverse your former president's policy to promote a “Happy Holidays” back to the traditional “Merry Christmas” as it should be. The war of secular humanists against western civilization is a serious threat to our society. I'm personally very enthusiastic with the economic resurgence and a reversal of what I thought was some very unwise foreign policy. I served in our country's navy and I wholly agree with the decision to rebuild your armed forces.

    Terrence

    Did you note the comments by Maria Elvira Salazar? No, I didn't think you would and that's typical of a closed mind Socialist-Marxist that refuse to accept factual reality. Or, maybe it because you don't really understand Spanish? That's ok because I have another short video by an African American black woman, Candace Owens, that can explain why you're feeling upset with President Trump. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=iD0CYKK_mMo
    Trump is winning because his voters are enjoying the positive economic and social changes. Sometimes you need to put Chairman Mao's Little Red Book aside and open your eyes to reality.

    Oct 10th, 2018 - 03:00 pm - Link - Report abuse +1
  • Terence Hill

    chronic i.e pathological
    You couldn't be more wrong, but no surprise bas you use the quote “Canuckistan - First attested in a 1993 article in the US anti-Semitic publication The Liberty Bell. Which clearly reveals you are from the loony right. While my postings establish my credentials as a liberal.
    “Extremes to the right and to the left of any political dispute are always wrong.” Dwight D. Eisenhower
    “Where free unions and collective bargaining are forbidden, freedom is lost.” Ronald Reagan
    http://en.mercopress.com/2018/08/18/un-human-rights-committee-asks-lula-be-allowed-to-exercise-political-rights/comments#comment491472
    Liberalism exalts the man. Socialism attacks capitalism; Liberalism attacks monopoly.” Winston S. Churchill
    “Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired, signifies in the final sense a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed.” Dwight D. Eisenhower
    http://en. mercopress.com/2018/08/18/un-human-rights-committee-asks-lula-be-allowed-to-exercise-political-rights/comments#comment491490
    someone who cares about the welfare of the people-their health, .. their civil rights and their civil liberties-… I'm a ”Liberal.” John F. Kennedy
    http://en. mercopress.com/2018/08/18/un-human-rights-committee-asks-lula-be-allowed-to-exercise-political-rights/comments#comment491496
    “A people that values its privileges above its principles soon loses both.” Dwight D. Eisenhower
    “I despise people who go to the gutter on either the right or the left and hurl rocks at those in the center.” Eisenhower
    http://en. mercopress.com/2018/09/01/lula-barred-from-running-in-october-elections-haddad-will-lead-the-pt-slate/comments#comment491921
    Amazing you reactionaries all have same MO, maligning those that don't share your peculiar point of view. But then, “Lower childhood intelligence clearly predicts right-wing ideology and attitude...”

    Oct 10th, 2018 - 04:10 pm - Link - Report abuse -3
  • Chicureo

    Terrence

    I assume you didn't take the time to view the video by Candace Owens... https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=iD0CYKK_mMo Is it because she's a woman, or she's black, or is it that you don't have an open mind? Are you afraid?

    Also, be carful about linking conservatives to Antisemitism. The current leader's oldest daughter and son-in-law are Orthodox Jews...

    Also, although I admired Churchill, Kennedy and Reagan, why is it you continue to refer to the war criminal Dwight D. Eisenhower, who was responsible for millions of innocent deaths during WWII? It really harms your arguments just as if you would applaud despicable evil leaders like Hitler and Lula...

    Don't you think such views you espouse are the very best example of snowflakes like you with suffering of lower intelligence?

    Oct 10th, 2018 - 04:38 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • Terence Hill

    Chicureo aka “the fascista hustler”
    I'm not going to sit through 25 mins of opining as that doesn't prove a thing. If theres some specific proof, then put in the time frame. But I already know what political opinions most Cuban Americans hold. “Candace Owens, that can explain why you're feeling upset with President Trump.” I don't need a third party interpritive opinion, I'm an objective rational adult who can think for myself.
    “be carful about linking conservatives to Antisemitism” chronic is the one quoting from the anti-Semitic publication The Liberty Bell.
    Why do you continue to malign Dwight D. Eisenhower a completely blameless man as I have already shown your claim to be a lie?
    http://en.mercopress.com/2018/09/01/lula-barred-from-running-in-october-elections-haddad-will-lead-the-pt-slate/comments#comment491950

    Oct 10th, 2018 - 05:19 pm - Link - Report abuse -3
  • chronic

    Lol. Clueless commie bastard doesn't realize that virtually all American conservatives support Zionism.

    Oct 10th, 2018 - 05:24 pm - Link - Report abuse +1
  • Terence Hill

    chronic i.e pathological
    “virtually all American conservatives support Zionism.” You must be the exception to the rule.
    “but no surprise as you use the quote “Canuckistan - First attested in a 1993 article in the US anti-Semitic publication The Liberty Bell. Which clearly reveals you are from the loony right.”

    Oct 10th, 2018 - 05:37 pm - Link - Report abuse -3
  • Jack Bauer

    TH
    “While my postings establish my credentials as a liberal”....yeah, and today, most US liberals are so far left they might as well be communists....you've described yourself perfectly.

    Why do you resort to 70 year old quotes by Eisenhower, said in a context totally different than today’s ? Reagans quote, from 1980, referred to the Polish workers struggling under the USSR’s communist yoke. They have nothing to do with today's reality, but I suppose it's just your inevitable bad habit of quoting things out of context....as you have done with Churchill's quote, where you omitted the first part, which is : “Socialism exalts the rule. Liberalism exalts the man. Socialism attacks capitalism; Liberalism attacks monopoly”... Why, didn't you like “Socialism exalts the rule” ?

    Just fyi, in the same speech, he said of socialists, and of socialism :“There are a great many Socialists whose opinions and whose views I have the greatest respect for - men some of whom I know well, and whose friendship I have the honour to enjoy. A good many of those gentlemen who have these delightful, rosy views of a great and brilliant future to the world are so remote from hard facts of daily life and of ordinary politics that I am not very sure that they will bring any useful or effective influence to bear upon the immediate course of events”....he nailed it. Liberalism 'today' is confused with socialism, the oppressive type, big government telling you what to do.
    And what the hell does the Lula rat have to do with any of this ? he’s just a crook and is where he deserves to be…
    Anyway, referring to a more current quote, since you seem to love them :-
    ”The principal feature of American liberalism is sanctimoniousness. By loudly denouncing all bad things - war, hunger, date rape - liberals testify to their own terrific goodness. More importantly, they promote themselves to membership in a self-selecting elite of those who deeply care about such things…P.J. O’Rourke, 1992.

    Oct 10th, 2018 - 05:41 pm - Link - Report abuse +2
  • Terence Hill

    JB
    “most US liberals are so far left they might as well be communists” Says one who waxes nostalgically for the return of the dictatorship. Who has also been exposed as a chronic liar.
    “Why do you resort to 70 year old quotes” Because they are just as true today as they were then.
    “Why, didn't you like...” Not at all I only have so much time and space. The sole purpose is to show my value system, which unlike yours is not authoritarian.
    “And what the hell does the Lula ... have to do with any of this” Have no idea and why would I since this first time in the thread he has been mentioned.
    P.J. O’Rourke is a libertarian. Libertarians strongly oppose any government interference into their personal, family, and business decisions.
    Where talking of an extreme reactionary. Whom most people have never heard of, and never will, so what?

    Oct 10th, 2018 - 06:08 pm - Link - Report abuse -3
  • Chicureo

    Jack Bauer

    I have two books in my office written by P. J. O’Rourke. He's hilarious!

    It's interesting that Terrence and the most Antisemite politicians are actually on the left. It's also strange that he'd accuse conservatives when we see repeatedly it's actually the left that politically promote the forces focused on annihilating the Jewish people. Terrence also finds nothing wrong with the historical criminal murder of millions of peasants by his ideological Marxist heros.

    Is it possible to explain to the simpleton that Communists like Lula, Allende, Castro, Maduro and their fellow comrades have brought nothing but misery to the poverty stricken Latinos he seems to sympathize with?

    He also strongly rejects the fundamental right of Democratic countries to determine their destiny in free and open elections?

    Maybe he needs to watch the video by Candace Owens... https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=iD0CYKK_mMo

    Oct 10th, 2018 - 06:38 pm - Link - Report abuse +3
  • Terence Hill

    chronic i.e pathological
    Amazing how all you reactionaries have one thing in common, maligning those that don't agree with you. Must be a result of “Lower childhood intelligence clearly (which)predicts right-wing ideology and attitude...”

    Oct 10th, 2018 - 07:04 pm - Link - Report abuse -4
  • Chicureo

    Comrade Hill

    I actually think the other posters on this thread share exposing the idiocy of your distorted view of reality. During my life, I've personally watched liberal Marxist socialism fail here in Chile as well as in Venezuela, Brazil, Argentina, Bolivia, Ecuador, El Salvador, Nicaragua, and Uruguay. And every time a country started down the ”Marxist-Socialist path, it miserably fails. But every time a country tries it, even just a little of it, idiots like you Terrence applaud.

    Lula is a convicted criminal as deserves to rot in prison.

    Oct 10th, 2018 - 07:26 pm - Link - Report abuse +2
  • Jack Bauer

    @TH
    I know P.J.O'Rourke is a libertarian....so am I - as I have posted on here before. I don't favour big govt, left OR right...I just want to be left alone by politicians, and idiots like you.

    “...they are just as true today as they were then...” the 'principles', yes, but the context in which they were said, and why, was totally different.

    Your value system only takes into account what you choose to believe in....which is mostly bs.
    Strange, you think of B as reactionary that, according to you, no one has ever heard of....in yr opinion. But even if so, why does it concern YOU, who live in Canada, what goes on here ? or is your anger all about your idol, the Lula rat, being in jail ? not to mention that Lula, in the 70s, 80's was considered a reactionary....and still is...but now, he is ALSO a crook.
    I presume you know all about the “Foro de São Paulo”....you know, that commie organization founded in 1990, by Lula, Fidel Castro and few other notable commies of the time....Hugo Chavez became a big defender of it, as is Maduro....so by your irrational anger against B, one must conclude you are indeed a communist.

    @Chicureo
    “the left that politically promote the forces focused on annihilating the Jewish people”...exactly, and the main recent force behind this was Obama...

    “Is it possible to explain to the simpleton that Communists like Lula, Allende, Castro, Maduro and their fellow comrades have brought nothing but misery...” ?

    Obviously not, and it's a waste of time arguing with the idiot...but I reckon I can afford to dedicate 2 minutes per day, to waste.
    When he loses an argument he immy resorts other people's opinions, as if they, simple opinions, proved something other than what those people thought.
    As P.J. would say - had he ever had the displeasure of meeting him - Terry is a sanctimonious prick.

    Oct 10th, 2018 - 08:44 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • Terence Hill

    Chicureo aka “the fascista hustler
    I'm not suggesting that is cure all, as there is no such animal. For an electorate to choose such a path usually means its because of excluded people. It could be argued that it is the fault of the status quo that allows such an excluded majority. But, because of interference by third parties, we will never by able to gauge their merits. I detest Marxist political correctness. But, how can you find fault with a government that is attempting to improve quality of life for the majority of its citizens?
    “Lula is a convicted … deserves”
    Many who are familiar with a properly functioning legal system would disagree.
    “The trial against Lula is politically motivated and based on flimsy evidence, argues Germany’s former justice minister…That counts for little in Brazil, where even senior judges spoke out against Lula before he had actually been found guilty. Despite claiming ‘judicial independence’, they have undermined the principle of rule of law enshrined in Brazil’s constitution.”
    https://soslula. org/2018/01/31/rough-justice-the-trial-against-lula-da-silva-is-politically-motivated-and-based-on-flimsy-evidence-argues-germanys-former-justice-minister/
    “The argument used to condemn Lula is a farce and Sergio Moro acted like a Judge from the Inquisition – Geoffrey Robertson QC....” http://www. brasilwire.com/un-investigates-lulas-imprisonment/
    “Lula’s conviction rests on the word of an executive, who claims he gave Lula …in return for a contract with …Petrobras. The executive was facing corruption charges …, and made the accusation as part of a plea bargain.
    no documents linking Lula or his late wife t, nor is there any evidence that they ever spent any time there..”
    http://en. mercopress.com/2018/09/04/bye-bye-lula
    “Brazil’s Democracy Pushed Into the Abyss
    The evidence ..is far below the standards that would be taken seriously in the US
    https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/23/opinion/brazil-lula-democracy-corruption.html

    Oct 10th, 2018 - 09:04 pm - Link - Report abuse -1
  • Chicureo

    Little snowflake Terrence,

    Watch the video again by Candace Owens, it will really help soothe your greatly disturbed little mind.

    Brazil has nearly unlimited enormous economic resources, but the country's wealth has constantly been plundered by the many political parties in control. It's no secret that Lula and his mafia were primarily responsible. ...That's why he's in prison...

    Easy mantra for a Socialist-Marxist like you to learn and chant: Trump and Bolsonaro are glorious heroes of the proletariat! Lula and Dilma are the evil corrupt thieving bourgeoisie criminals! ... Trump and Bolsonaro are glorious heroes of the proletariat! Lula and Dilma are the evil corrupt thieving bourgeoisie criminals!

    Oct 10th, 2018 - 10:59 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • Terence Hill

    JB
    “as I have posted on here before. I don't favour big govt, left OR right..”
    Surprise me where?
    “the 'principles', yes,” Thats exactly what I wanted to convey.
    Chicureo aka “the fascista hustler
    “Watch the video again..” read again
    http://en. mercopress.com/2018/10/07/kavanaugh-sworn-to-the-supreme-court-another-victory-for-trump-and-his-conservative-stance/comments#comment493206
    “Easy mantra for a ...”
    http://en.mercopress.com/2018/10/07/kavanaugh-sworn-to-the-supreme-court-another-victory-for-trump-and-his-conservative-stance/comments#comment493216

    Oct 10th, 2018 - 11:28 pm - Link - Report abuse -1
  • Chicureo

    ... Trump and Bolsonaro are glorious heroes of the proletariat! Lula and Dilma are the evil corrupt thieving bourgeoisie criminals! ... Trump and Bolsonaro are glorious heroes of the proletariat! Lula and Dilma are the evil corrupt thieving bourgeoisie criminals!... Trump and Bolsonaro are glorious heroes of the proletariat! Lula and Dilma are the evil corrupt thieving bourgeoisie criminals! ... Trump and Bolsonaro are glorious heroes of the proletariat! Lula and Dilma are the evil corrupt thieving bourgeoisie criminals!... Trump and Bolsonaro are glorious heroes of the proletariat! Lula and Dilma are the evil corrupt thieving bourgeoisie criminals! ... Trump and Bolsonaro are glorious heroes of the proletariat! Lula and Dilma are the evil corrupt thieving bourgeoisie criminals!... Trump and Bolsonaro are glorious heroes of the proletariat! Lula and Dilma are the evil corrupt thieving bourgeoisie criminals! ... Trump and Bolsonaro are glorious heroes of the proletariat! Lula and Dilma are the evil corrupt thieving bourgeoisie criminals!... Trump and Bolsonaro are glorious heroes of the proletariat! Lula and Dilma are the evil corrupt thieving bourgeoisie criminals! ... Trump and Bolsonaro are glorious heroes of the proletariat! Lula and Dilma are the evil corrupt thieving bourgeoisie criminals!... Trump and Bolsonaro are glorious heroes of the proletariat! Lula and Dilma are the evil corrupt thieving bourgeoisie criminals! ... Trump and Bolsonaro are glorious heroes of the proletariat! Lula and Dilma are the evil corrupt thieving bourgeoisie criminals!... Trump and Bolsonaro are glorious heroes of the proletariat! Lula and Dilma are the evil corrupt thieving bourgeoisie criminals! ... Trump and Bolsonaro are glorious heroes of the proletariat! Lula and Dilma are the evil corrupt thieving bourgeoisie criminals!... Trump and Bolsonaro are glorious heroes of the proletariat! Lula and Dilma are the evil corrupt thieving bourgeoisie criminals! ...

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  • Terence Hill

    Chicureo aka “the fascista hustler
    “Trump and Bolsonaro” are just like you.
    Must be a result of “Lower childhood intelligence clearly (which)predicts right-wing ideology and attitude...”

    Oct 10th, 2018 - 11:43 pm - Link - Report abuse -1
  • Chicureo

    Terrence

    Seriously, for a moment, why is it you continue to repeatedly refer and defend the notorious war criminal Dwight D. Eisenhower, who was responsible for millions of innocent deaths during WWII? Certainly you have some sense of morality... Why do you admire such an evil murderer?

    Oct 11th, 2018 - 12:08 am - Link - Report abuse 0
  • Terence Hill

    JB
    “Terry is sanctimonious” I guess is another name for my honesty which would grate on you, as you're a proven compulsive liar. Whereas, I may have faults, but dishonesty is not one of them.
    Chicureo aka “the fascista hustler
    “repeatedly refer and defend ... Dwight D. Eisenhower”
    Already asked and answered, so why do you continue to malign him?
    http://en.mercopress.com/2018/09/01/lula-barred-from-running-in-october-elections-haddad-will-lead-the-pt-slate/comments#comment491950

    Oct 11th, 2018 - 12:30 am - Link - Report abuse -1
  • Chicureo

    Terrence,

    You also glorify and defend Cuba and Venezuela.

    When Castro came to power, people cheered because he was going to help the poor and make everyone equal. But governments can't plan things efficiently without the prices and constant individual decision-making that free markets provide. The result in Cuba was economic stagnation and horrible loss of freedom.

    Venezuela didn't learn from Cuba's problems. They voted in Hugo Chavez when he said that “capitalism is the realm of injustice” and promised wealth would be distributed equally. But when there was no more money left to take from rich people, he did what many governments do: He printed more. That's caused inflation approaching 1 million percent. When business owners raised prices to try to keep up, Chavez and his successor just seized many of them.

    Have you no shame?

    Finally, are you just a coward to explain your admiration of the notorious Eisenhower criminal? Please explain...

    Oct 11th, 2018 - 01:39 am - Link - Report abuse 0
  • Terence Hill

    Chicureo aka “the prize troll“
    ”You also glorify and defend Cuba and Venezuela.“
    ”Amazing how all you reactionaries have one thing in common, maligning those that don't agree with you. Must be a result of “Lower childhood intelligence clearly (which)predicts right-wing ideology and attitude...”
    http://en.mercopress.com/2018/10/07/kavanaugh-sworn-to-the-supreme-court-another-victory-for-trump-and-his-conservative-stance/comments#comment493216
    “explain your admiration of the notorious Eisenhower criminal”
    “Already asked and answered, so why do you continue to malign him?”
    http://en.mercopress.com/2018/10/07/kavanaugh-sworn-to-the-supreme-court-another-victory-for-trump-and-his-conservative-stance/comments#comment493216

    Oct 11th, 2018 - 02:19 am - Link - Report abuse -1
  • Chicureo

    ... Trump and Bolsonaro are glorious heroes of the proletariat! Lula and Dilma are the evil corrupt thieving bourgeoisie criminals! ... Trump and Bolsonaro are glorious heroes of the proletariat! Lula and Dilma are the evil corrupt thieving bourgeoisie criminals!... Trump and Bolsonaro are glorious heroes of the proletariat! Lula and Dilma are the evil corrupt thieving bourgeoisie criminals! ... Trump and Bolsonaro are glorious heroes of the proletariat! Lula and Dilma are the evil corrupt thieving bourgeoisie criminals!... Trump and Bolsonaro are glorious heroes of the proletariat! Lula and Dilma are the evil corrupt thieving bourgeoisie criminals! ... Trump and Bolsonaro are glorious heroes of the proletariat! Lula and Dilma are the evil corrupt thieving bourgeoisie criminals!... Trump and Bolsonaro are glorious heroes of the proletariat! Lula and Dilma are the evil corrupt thieving bourgeoisie criminals! ... Trump and Bolsonaro are glorious heroes of the proletariat! Lula and Dilma are the evil corrupt thieving bourgeoisie criminals!... Trump and Bolsonaro are glorious heroes of the proletariat! Lula and Dilma are the evil corrupt thieving bourgeoisie criminals! ... Trump and Bolsonaro are glorious heroes of the proletariat! Lula and Dilma are the evil corrupt thieving bourgeoisie criminals!... Trump and Bolsonaro are glorious heroes of the proletariat! Lula and Dilma are the evil corrupt thieving bourgeoisie criminals! ... Trump and Bolsonaro are glorious heroes of the proletariat! Lula and Dilma are the evil corrupt thieving bourgeoisie criminals!... Trump and Bolsonaro are glorious heroes of the proletariat! Lula and Dilma are the evil corrupt thieving bourgeoisie criminals! ... Trump and Bolsonaro are glorious heroes of the proletariat! Lula and Dilma are the evil corrupt thieving bourgeoisie criminals!... Trump and Bolsonaro are glorious heroes of the proletariat! Lula and Dilma are the evil corrupt thieving bourgeoisie criminals! ...

    Oct 11th, 2018 - 10:47 am - Link - Report abuse +1
  • Terence Hill

    Chicureo aka the Chicureo aka “the prize troll”
    Must be a result of “Lower childhood intelligence clearly (which)predicts right-wing ideology and attitude...”

    Oct 11th, 2018 - 02:39 pm - Link - Report abuse -1
  • Chicureo

    Terrence would you agree that according to Liberal Socialist theory, the history of all society has been the history of class struggle and with each phase of this struggle comes a new set of social relationships that dictate the direction of society's development and, fundamentally, the system of producing and distributing goods and services. Arising from the creation of surplus during the neolithic revolution, the unequal distribution of this surplus has been reinforced by the state which represents the interests of the ruling class of the time. While all societies and civilizations have had their own unique history of development, they each pass through six distinctive stages of economic relationships sharing common characteristics, these being: primitive socialism (hunter-gatherer societies), slavery, feudalism, capitalism and finally socialism, in a highly advanced form which is considered to be the epoch of humanity having become fully civilized.
    That's something reasonable that we could be both in agreement, don't you think?

    Oct 11th, 2018 - 03:06 pm - Link - Report abuse +1
  • Jack Bauer

    Saint Terence, you are sanctimonious prick....don't think I was praising you.
    Re your faults, dishonesty is only ONE of them...you are also arrogant, ignorant, conceited, a communist, and usually wrong...i.e., despicable.

    Oct 11th, 2018 - 06:05 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • Terence Hill

    Jack Bauer aka Proof-less and Truth-less
    “dishonesty is only ONE of them...”
    “That which can be asserted without evidence, can be dismissed without evidence.” Christopher Hitchens
    So still opining and whining. Which in the first instance is devoid of any provable fact, because it's not true.
    Whereas, you are the biggest liar on this site, here is but one example of many.
    Jack Bauer
    “Why d'you repeat your silly claims ? it ain't gonna make them true…” The evidence from own post refutes your latest lie bozo as following three independent witness’s prove as in this deliberate lie JB “The only reason for receptacles - in 'public' bathrooms - is to throw the bulkier paper hand-towels … If he thinks he's proved I'm a liar - about anything - let him TRY to prove it.”
    http://en. mercopress.com/2017/07/12/brazil-former-president-lula-da-silva-found-guilty-of-corruption/comments#comment470703
    “In common with most Latin American countries, the sewage system in Brazil can't cope with paper being flushed, so use the bin provided.”
    http://www. wheredoiputthepaper.com.
    “Where Do I Put my Toilet Paper? ..a trash bin. And, yes, that's where you put the paper after you used it.”
    http:// thebrazilbusiness.com/article/going-to-the-toilet-in-brazil
    “Living in Brazil..that nasty plastic basket with everyone´s used toilet paper in it. I hate being gross in my blog, but it´s a gross thing, believe me. For some unexplained reason, Brazilian piping and sewage is not compatible with toilet paper so people never flush the toilet paper down their toilets. Instead, they provide little baskets, sometimes with lids and sometimes without, beside the toilet for the toilet paper..”
    https:// brazilphenomenon.wordpress.com/2013/04/19/living-in-brazil-electric-showers-toilet-litter-and-other-oddities/
    So thanks for giving me the opportunity to provide conclusive evidence of your unmitigated lying.

    Oct 11th, 2018 - 08:44 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • Chicureo

    Terrence

    First, I find you to be very dishonest about not responding to my cordial question regarding: ...would you agree that according to Liberal Socialist theory...?

    Secondly, Have you ever actually visited Brazil? How about Latin America? How about anywhere outside a 50km radius from your mother's basement where you reside?

    What qualifies you to hold any educated opinion about Latin America othe than what you glean from your Socialist-Marxist propaganda?

    I might as well be asking questions from my dog, although he's napping right now...

    Oct 11th, 2018 - 10:12 pm - Link - Report abuse +1
  • Terence Hill

    Chicureo aka “the prize troll“
    ”I find you to be very..” I couldn't care a less. You've had plenty of opportunities to properly debate but, have preferred the role of a troll. You will note, as I have said may times, politics doesn't interest me, legal issues do. That is why when you opine on legal matters, that have yet to be concluded, I do respond. Your only purpose is to further your political agenda. Thus, your posts aims are for making an eristic presentation, with this end in mind.

    Oct 11th, 2018 - 11:12 pm - Link - Report abuse -1
  • Chicureo

    So Terrence, you are proven with your own words to be a mendacious fraud.
    You have never visited Brazil, you don't understand Portuguese or Spanish, you can't defend your political reasons for defending criminals like Lula and it's obvious by not responding you are an in uninformed idiot.

    Again, Candace Owens can really help you.

    Oct 12th, 2018 - 12:46 am - Link - Report abuse +1
  • Terence Hill

    Chicureo aka “the prize troll“
    ”You have never...“ and you don't have a clue as to where I've been, or how many languages I speak.
    ”defending ...Lula” against a primitive legal proceeding that doesn't meet the minimum recognised international standard. Before the UNHRC had given any indication, shows my judgment is spot on
    The fact that you fail to comply with any requirements of proof shows who the only fraud is.

    Oct 12th, 2018 - 01:35 am - Link - Report abuse -1
  • Chicureo

    Terrence

    Afraid to address the simple questions I ask shows insecurity on your part. Your inability to accept learning about Liberal-Socialist philosophy shows your incapacity to comprehend what you claim to be apart of. Defending despicable criminals like Lula while ranting about the United Nations makes you look like an imbecile.

    Oct 12th, 2018 - 02:10 am - Link - Report abuse +1
  • Terence Hill

    Chicureo aka “the prize troll“
    ”I ask shows insecurity on your part“ Thats your spin on things, the truth is I'm self confidant enough resist any of your off topic subjects.
    ”Your ...Defending...ranting“ and after that little emotional tirade.
    ”Amazing how all you reactionaries have one thing in common, maligning those that don't agree with you. Must be a result of “Lower childhood intelligence clearly (which)predicts right-wing ideology and attitude...”

    Oct 12th, 2018 - 02:25 am - Link - Report abuse -1
  • Chicureo

    Terrence

    Afraid of answering if you ever actually visited Brazil? How about Latin America? How about anywhere outside a 50km radius from your mother's basement where you reside? Do you hold any educated opinion about Latin America other than what you glean from your Socialist-Marxist propaganda?

    Oct 12th, 2018 - 02:49 am - Link - Report abuse +1
  • Terence Hill

    Chicureo aka “the prize troll“
    ”Afraid...” Ecstatically reasserting, already asked and answered.

    Oct 12th, 2018 - 03:35 am - Link - Report abuse -1
  • Jack Bauer

    Chicureo
    As you said just the other day, Terry is having a meltdown....he now copies and pastes his exact same sh*t, over and over again....and incessantly posts his citations as if they proved something.....which, in a way, they do - that he is incapable forming his own opinion.

    Three days ago, he criticized Bolsonaro because he pronounces the word 'corrupção', with an 'i' between the 'p' and the 'ç'...unfortunately, common in a country where lower level public schools are so deficient.....strangely though, he chooses to ignore how his hero Lula, speaks...he also says ‘corrupição’…..and “triprekis” (referring to his beach flat that is not his but is in the name of a ‘good’ friend of his.
    Just a reminder of the “triprekis” : https://youtu.be/CZ3QjShFlbY

    Oct 12th, 2018 - 08:06 pm - Link - Report abuse +1
  • Terence Hill

    JB
    “he now copies and pastes his exact same sh*t, over and over again...”
    Haven't you ever heard of the expression 'fight fire with fire'? It's duly noted that you don't challenge the accuracy of of the information contained in such a post.
    What ever faults Lula had, he accomplished much in government within Brazil, and in lifting it to the sixth highest economy in the world. If you want play Monday night quarter-back, they shouldn't have placed all their reliance on the commodities
    market. But, I don't recall anyone suggesting it was imprudent. But, then he never claimed to be a specialist in international trade, but relied on the advice of those that where.
    Whereas, Bolsonaro has done sweet Fanny Adam in sixty-three years
    ”His supporters appear willing to ignore his many contradictions, such as how he once praised the leftist Venezuelan president Hugo Chávez, and voted for Brazil’s left wing former president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva in 2002.”
    https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/world/brazil-s-wealthy-farm-belt-backs-trump-like-presidential-candidate-10245024. com/content/d7df60cc-b7c4-11e8-bbc3-ccd7de085ffe

    Oct 12th, 2018 - 08:38 pm - Link - Report abuse -1
  • Chicureo

    Comrade Terrence

    You are a coward to respond to simple questions And it certainly shows your insecurity. You have proven to everyone here at Mercopress your childish incapacity to comprehend clear facts while continuing to defend despicable criminals like Lula. Terrence, clearly you are a complete mendacious idiot.

    Oct 12th, 2018 - 09:24 pm - Link - Report abuse +1
  • Terence Hill

    Chicureo aka “the prize troll“
    ”You are a coward...“ On the contrary I'm the opposite since I don't allow anyone to push me around.
    ”No because you would have a sudden and acute discovery as to exactly why I had earned the sobriquet 'The Legend,' and too the best of my knowledge I'm the only one of my 125,000 colleagues who was so honoured.”
    http://en.mercopress.com/2016/01/05/confirmed-brazil-faces-its-worst-economic-plunge-in-25-years/comments#comment427126

    Oct 12th, 2018 - 09:53 pm - Link - Report abuse -1
  • Jack Bauer

    @TH
    “What ever faults Lula had, he accomplished much in government within Brazil, and in lifting it to the sixth highest economy in the world”...

    AGAIN ??? yes he accomplished a lot in government....he stole, he ruined the economy, he became a rich man, was caught , was tried, and is now where he deserves to be...rotting in jail.

    Brazil ,6th place ? BS ! I've already shown what a deceitful little prick you are, so no point in wasting any more time on you...

    Oct 13th, 2018 - 10:26 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • Terence Hill

    JB
    “Don't bother trying to explain yr lies to me..” Thats an impossibility since I've never lied. If I had you'd be able to prove it like I do when you do. Accompanied with citations of the when and the where.
    '“he stole”
    “The trial against Lula is politically motivated and based on flimsy evidence, argues Germany’s former justice minister…That counts for little in Brazil, where even senior judges spoke out against Lula before he had actually been found guilty. Despite claiming ‘judicial independence’, they have undermined the principle of rule of law enshrined in Brazil’s constitution.”
    https:// soslula. org/2018/01/31/rough-justice-the-trial-against-lula-da-silva-is-politically-motivated-and-based-on-flimsy-evidence-argues-germanys-former-justice-minister/
    “The argument used to condemn Lula is a farce and Sergio Moro acted like a Judge from the Inquisition – Geoffrey Robertson QC....” http://www. brasilwire.com/un-investigates-lulas-imprisonment/
    “Lula’s conviction rests on the word of an executive, who claims he gave Lula …in return for a contract with …Petrobras. The executive was facing corruption charges …, and made the accusation as part of a plea bargain.
    no documents linking Lula or his late wife t, nor is there any evidence that they ever spent any time there..”
    http://en.mercopress.com/2018/09/04/bye-bye-lula
    “Brazil’s Democracy Pushed Into the Abyss
    The evidence ..is far below the standards that would be taken seriously in the US
    https://www. nytimes.com/2018/01/23/opinion/brazil-lula-democracy-corruption.html
    “he ruined the economy” The world commodities market collapsed, since he doesn't have any control over such extraneous factors, thats an impossibility
    “I've already shown..” absolutely nothing.

    Oct 14th, 2018 - 12:54 am - Link - Report abuse 0
  • Jack Bauer

    TH
    “Thats an impossibility since I've never lied”......just ONE MORE LIE..

    But tell me, want to add some more BS about Brazil ranking 6th in the world economy ?
    You really ought to get yr facts straight.....even if it IS difficult for you to try to avoid being deceitful...

    Oct 14th, 2018 - 07:49 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • Terence Hill

    JB
    “just ONE MORE LIE..”
    Your your burden of proof, no proof then its a lie.
    “Thoughts are either true or false in an absolute sense, never both or neither.”
    plato.stanford.edu/entries/states-of-affairs/

    Oct 14th, 2018 - 08:32 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • chronic

    Teri once again PROOVES why he is the DUMBEST poster in the history of mp.

    Oct 15th, 2018 - 04:14 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • Terence Hill

    chronic i.e pathological
    Well I can't be half as dumb as you, since I revealed your use of a racist expression, from a racist magazine.
    “Canuckistan: First attested in a 1993 article in the US anti-Semitic publication The Liberty Bell.”
    “..People who give in to racism and prejudice may simply be dumb”
    http://en.mercopress.com/2018/08/30/canada-and-us-expected-to-reach-a-new-nafta-deal-by-friday-deadline/comments#comment491884

    Oct 15th, 2018 - 06:07 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • Jack Bauer

    @Chronic
    True.

    Oct 15th, 2018 - 08:19 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • Terence Hill

    JB
    Found a fellow facist who isn't anymore successful than you are. You've been throughly defeated on each and every issue, you've attempted to put over on people, who don't know any better. Whereas, we both know nothing you claim can be relied on.

    Oct 15th, 2018 - 08:45 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • Jack Bauer

    TH
    Presume what you want you commie....wouldn't be the first time...and keep on with the self-praise, which you believe compensates for the fact you are loser...

    Oct 15th, 2018 - 10:12 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • Terence Hill

    JB
    “loser...”? You're so far behind I've lost sight of you.

    Oct 16th, 2018 - 10:56 am - Link - Report abuse 0
  • Jack Bauer

    TWIMC
    “Master, what is the secret to happiness”
    “Not to argue with idiots”
    “Master, completely disagree that this is the secret”
    “Yes, you are right...”

    wisdom of the ancients

    Oct 16th, 2018 - 04:42 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • Terence Hill

    JB
    What ever you are lacking in intelligence, you more than make up for in stupidity.

    Oct 16th, 2018 - 07:04 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
  • Jack Bauer

    “Yes, you are right”....

    Oct 16th, 2018 - 09:01 pm - Link - Report abuse 0

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