Speaking of DEI...
It'starting to look like nothing less than a quiet coup detat in all Western countries.
One that moves people out of leadership positions and put different ones in.

The Truth About The Wildfires
http://youtu.be/sHh-_3FshO4

Not sure this info is correct or not.

AUSTRALIAN AGED PENSIONER V's ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS/REFUGEES LIVING IN AUSTRALIA

Australian Aged Pensioners
Weekly allowance $253.00
Weekly Spouse allowance $56.00
Additional weekly hardship allowance $0.00
TOTAL YEARLY BENEFIT $16,068.00

Refugees and Immigrants
Weekly allowance $472.50
Weekly Spouse allowance $472.50
Additional weekly hardship allowance $145.00
TOTAL YEARLY BENEFIT $56,680.00

But the question remains whether or not immigrants and refugees are being paid more in total services and benefits than lifelong taxpayers.

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Dear Graham,

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I agree that if the “Free speech revolution” in the US is what we have here on OLO, that’s fine.

We’ll just have to wait and see how it works out on the American social media – not just in the US, but in every country in the world where people have access to it.

What seems to me to be more important is what “freedom” means to Donald Trump. Judging by his track record, I think we can safely say it means “Trump First.” He will probably consider himself free to do whatever he wants — and for that, he will not waste time doing whatever is necessary to consolidate his power in every direction, shape, and form.

It isn’t easy to imagine him being satisfied with less power as president of America than Putin in Russia, Xi Jinping in China, Kim Jong Un in North Korea, Ayatollah Khamenei in Iran, and Netanyahu in Israel. Particularly since he is persuaded he was enabled by divine intervention to stand for election as president despite two failed assassination attempts. And he was elected !

Freedom for Trump ? For sure !

Freedom for all Americans ? Not so sure !

And for the rest of us ? Your guess is as good as mine !

But I'm not too optimistic.

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So the "Trump as Dictator" meme is trending again. Banjo, have a look at the checks and balances in the US system. Even if Trump were minded to become a dictator, there is no way it could happen. It's just more cooked-up fearmongering from the same people as gave you the Russia Russia hoax, and a whole lot since.

We've already had 4 years of Trump and we know he was a whole lot less controlling of social media than the last Democrat administration. Why would you expect him to be any different this time around?

I could go through the elements of what you need to stage a coup, but why bother when he hasn't gotten any of them in place. He doesn't have a loyal cardre in the army (and even if he did there are plenty of counter centres of power, including the various state National Guards); and he made the mistake (if he wanted to be a dictator) of appointing Supreme Court justices that actually believe in the Constitution. Without control of coercive power and the law you don't have a dictatorship.

If you want to observe how you do gain dictatorial powers check out Brazil and Venezuela. Or Russia.

Hi Graham Young,
They need dictatorial powers if they are to defend their countries against a hostile West that wishes to use NGO's and liberal interventionism on the basis of human rights and 'democracy', as levers to create civil unrest and overthrows.

- Why am I the only one who seems to understand this?
Doesn't anyone else actually acknowledge how the world actually works?

On a different area...
I watched this earlier:

Liz Truss: The Deep State, Grooming Gangs, Economic Reform & Free Speech | The Peter McCormack Show
http://youtu.be/kELRVlOGrT4

What they call 'The Swamp' in America, they call 'The Blob' in the UK.
Liz says that the head of the country is limited by the bureaucracy to actually fix the country, and they're prevented from saying uncomfortable truths.

What I found interesting is they acknowledge the 'rape and grooming gang' crisis, when Tommy Robinson spoke out about it years ago, (maybe even nearly a decade ago) and the government (Tories) went after him for doing so for stirring up the Muslim community.

They all seem to have more interesting insights to share once they're largely out of the game.
It's a long interview, I only watched a little.

mhaze,
"Now the pressure valve is released, and Zuckerberg is doing the right thing rather than the political thing. Let's hope it continues and expands."
You forget one thing.
Trump's election campaign was funded by Peter Thiel of Palantir - Musks ex business partner in whom they founded Paypal together.
As well as Miriam Adelson to the tune of 100 million amongst others...

The future is AI, and they need more data to build and improve it.
http://www.mintpressnews.com/?s=palantir

With Palantir, comes 'pre-crime' - think Tom Cruise 'Minority Report'.

Palantir: the ‘special ops’ tech giant that wields as much real-world power as Google
[This article is more than 7 years old]
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/jul/30/palantir-peter-thiel-cia-data-crime-police
Peter Thiel’s CIA-backed, data-mining firm honed its ‘crime predicting’ techniques against insurgents in Iraq. The same methods are now being sold to police departments. Will they inflame already tense relations between the public and the police?