Is the American Empire over? https://bthepoliticalgrilltwo.runboard.com/t1485 Runboard| Is the American Empire over? en-us Thu, 28 Mar 2024 17:53:29 +0000 Thu, 28 Mar 2024 17:53:29 +0000 https://www.runboard.com/ rssfeeds_managingeditor@runboard.com (Runboard.com RSS feeds managing editor) rssfeeds_webmaster@runboard.com (Runboard.com RSS feeds webmaster) akBBS 60 Re: Is the American Empire over?https://bthepoliticalgrilltwo.runboard.com/p20793,from=rss#post20793https://bthepoliticalgrilltwo.runboard.com/p20793,from=rss#post20793Meanwhile, China has quietly and rapidly expanded its influence without deploying its military on foreign soil. So far.nondisclosed_email@example.com (cooter50)Wed, 26 Jul 2017 11:15:19 +0000 Re: Is the American Empire over?https://bthepoliticalgrilltwo.runboard.com/p20790,from=rss#post20790https://bthepoliticalgrilltwo.runboard.com/p20790,from=rss#post20790Donald Trump and the Coming Fall of American Empire By Jeremy Scahill July 23, 2017 ICH- Even as President Donald Trump faces ever-intensifying investigations into the alleged connections between his top aides and family members and powerful Russian figures, he serves as commander in chief over a U.S. military that is killing an astonishing and growing number of civilians. Under Trump, the U.S. is re-escalating its war in Afghanistan, expanding its operations in Iraq and Syria, conducting covert raids in Somalia and Yemen, and openly facilitating the Saudi’s genocidal military destruction of Yemen. Meanwhile, China has quietly and rapidly expanded its influence without deploying its military on foreign soil. nondisclosed_email@example.com (Yobbo)Wed, 26 Jul 2017 10:00:17 +0000 Re: Is the American Empire over?https://bthepoliticalgrilltwo.runboard.com/p20278,from=rss#post20278https://bthepoliticalgrilltwo.runboard.com/p20278,from=rss#post20278quote:cooter50 wrote: quote:Yobbo wrote: The only peaceful nations being invaded/attacked are attacked by America. There are a few nations being attacked by the Saudis and/or Israel but these actions have been okayed by the US. So Somalia pirates are not a issue, Russia slinking into Chechnya is not a problem, the over run of White based land holders in S. Africa by renegade native Blacks is not a problem? You cannot condemn one nation for [considered] poor choice actions without condemning ALL those performing poor choice actions or failing to control populations leading to actions. Russia's actions in Chechnya are bad. I haven't investigated but their action in Crimea was requested by 90% of the population. Incidentally the action of America in Ukraine were only requested by the fascist party there. They remain the government of Ukraine. Somalian pirates can be dealt with very little threat to world peace The actions of blacks in SAf are almost legal; taking back land stolen from their forebears by the forbears of the white farmers is even less a threat to world peace.nondisclosed_email@example.com (Yobbo)Thu, 20 Jul 2017 18:54:12 +0000 Re: Is the American Empire over?https://bthepoliticalgrilltwo.runboard.com/p20258,from=rss#post20258https://bthepoliticalgrilltwo.runboard.com/p20258,from=rss#post20258quote:Yobbo wrote: The only peaceful nations being invaded/attacked are attacked by America. There are a few nations being attacked by the Saudis and/or Israel but these actions have been okayed by the US. So Somalia pirates are not a issue, Russia slinking into Chechnya is not a problem, the over run of White based land holders in S. Africa by renegade native Blacks is not a problem? You cannot condemn one nation for [considered] poor choice actions without condemning ALL those performing poor choice actions or failing to control populations leading to actions.nondisclosed_email@example.com (cooter50)Thu, 20 Jul 2017 13:03:39 +0000 Re: Is the American Empire over?https://bthepoliticalgrilltwo.runboard.com/p20229,from=rss#post20229https://bthepoliticalgrilltwo.runboard.com/p20229,from=rss#post20229I'm not sure what you mean, Katienondisclosed_email@example.com (Yobbo)Thu, 20 Jul 2017 05:25:44 +0000 Re: Is the American Empire over?https://bthepoliticalgrilltwo.runboard.com/p20228,from=rss#post20228https://bthepoliticalgrilltwo.runboard.com/p20228,from=rss#post20228I wouldn't give any excuses for the Saudis or Israel or any country that stands by the US, it is either your fortune or misfortune and your choice.nondisclosed_email@example.com (katie5445)Thu, 20 Jul 2017 04:56:40 +0000 Re: Is the American Empire over?https://bthepoliticalgrilltwo.runboard.com/p20227,from=rss#post20227https://bthepoliticalgrilltwo.runboard.com/p20227,from=rss#post20227The only peaceful nations being invaded/attacked are attacked by America. There are a few nations being attacked by the Saudis and/or Israel but these actions have been okayed by the US.nondisclosed_email@example.com (Yobbo)Thu, 20 Jul 2017 04:16:19 +0000 Re: Is the American Empire over?https://bthepoliticalgrilltwo.runboard.com/p20152,from=rss#post20152https://bthepoliticalgrilltwo.runboard.com/p20152,from=rss#post20152And from whom pray tell will defend your nation from any that would decide they prefer it to be a prefecture instead of a nation? Home troops?nondisclosed_email@example.com (cooter50)Wed, 19 Jul 2017 11:51:33 +0000 Re: Is the American Empire over?https://bthepoliticalgrilltwo.runboard.com/p20151,from=rss#post20151https://bthepoliticalgrilltwo.runboard.com/p20151,from=rss#post20151Same holds true for Russia now doesn't it? What of NZ economy, what should the rest of the world settle to low income peace would be the money maker there? Lack of ships transiting for military delivery, lack of need as the Net is so easy to look at photos of the place and not expend short money that will not exchange well, lack of a social need to be connected, from where, from what niche group will that economy thrive?nondisclosed_email@example.com (cooter50)Wed, 19 Jul 2017 11:47:26 +0000 Re: Is the American Empire over?https://bthepoliticalgrilltwo.runboard.com/p20114,from=rss#post20114https://bthepoliticalgrilltwo.runboard.com/p20114,from=rss#post20114Cooter, the way the US economy is structured means that there has to be wars all over the planet. Otherwise it doesn't function at all well.nondisclosed_email@example.com (Yobbo)Tue, 18 Jul 2017 20:27:02 +0000 Re: Is the American Empire over?https://bthepoliticalgrilltwo.runboard.com/p20031,from=rss#post20031https://bthepoliticalgrilltwo.runboard.com/p20031,from=rss#post20031Well then as stated, leave them to their own and keep our finances at home. The system as noted should manage without US involvement and moneys.nondisclosed_email@example.com (cooter50)Tue, 18 Jul 2017 11:06:07 +0000 Re: Is the American Empire over?https://bthepoliticalgrilltwo.runboard.com/p20016,from=rss#post20016https://bthepoliticalgrilltwo.runboard.com/p20016,from=rss#post20016 An extraordinary new Pentagon study has concluded that the U.S.-backed international order established after World War 2 is “fraying” and may even be “collapsing”, leading the United States to lose its position of “primacy” in world affairs. https://ssi.armywarcollege.edu/pubs/display.cfm?pubID=1358nondisclosed_email@example.com (Yobbo)Tue, 18 Jul 2017 00:44:10 +0000 Re: Is the American Empire over?https://bthepoliticalgrilltwo.runboard.com/p20015,from=rss#post20015https://bthepoliticalgrilltwo.runboard.com/p20015,from=rss#post20015They are two sites prepared to tell the governed people what the ruling classes already know.nondisclosed_email@example.com (Yobbo)Tue, 18 Jul 2017 00:26:10 +0000 Re: Is the American Empire over?https://bthepoliticalgrilltwo.runboard.com/p20013,from=rss#post20013https://bthepoliticalgrilltwo.runboard.com/p20013,from=rss#post20013Salon.com and medium.com really? Far worse than FOX ever yobbo.nondisclosed_email@example.com (cooter50)Mon, 17 Jul 2017 22:43:59 +0000 Re: Is the American Empire over?https://bthepoliticalgrilltwo.runboard.com/p20001,from=rss#post20001https://bthepoliticalgrilltwo.runboard.com/p20001,from=rss#post20001http://www.salon.com/2016/02/07/intelligent_people_know_that_the_empire_is_on_the_downhill_a_veteran_cia_agent_spills_the_goods_on_the_deep_state_and_our_foreign_policy_nightmares/ https://medium.com/insurge-intelligence/pentagon-study-declares-american-empire-is-collapsing-746754cdaebfnondisclosed_email@example.com (Yobbo)Mon, 17 Jul 2017 18:59:30 +0000 Re: Is the American Empire over?https://bthepoliticalgrilltwo.runboard.com/p19483,from=rss#post19483https://bthepoliticalgrilltwo.runboard.com/p19483,from=rss#post19483Too much political conflict aligns as one nation or banking institution gets exclusive 'privilege' to control global purchase/sales economics. Came close with the Dollar, now the Yuan Renminbi climbs said ladder, decades ago raw precious metals were the principle method of large transactions nation to nation as Pound Sterling notes alluded to in other times, I suspect a see-saw of currencies for many more years/decades even centuries.nondisclosed_email@example.com (cooter50)Tue, 11 Jul 2017 12:27:28 +0000 Re: Is the American Empire over?https://bthepoliticalgrilltwo.runboard.com/p19460,from=rss#post19460https://bthepoliticalgrilltwo.runboard.com/p19460,from=rss#post19460An old prediction that is clearly wrong is examined. I still feel the Economist was probably correct, just the time frame is out. http://thefreethoughtproject.com/rothschild-currency-world-2018/?utm_source=getresponse&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=savoymatt&utm_content=The+Free+Thought+Project+Newsletternondisclosed_email@example.com (Yobbo)Tue, 11 Jul 2017 00:55:57 +0000 Re: Is the American Empire over?https://bthepoliticalgrilltwo.runboard.com/p19429,from=rss#post19429https://bthepoliticalgrilltwo.runboard.com/p19429,from=rss#post19429I seriously doubt so yobbo, that is a dream expectation as with any currency in flow the flow will still spur war. Would be the similar instability that led the world into Great Depression chaos in the late 20's, all too many currencies with dependency upon others to keep it marginally ahead of inflation. As well would tend to restrict the amount of materials purchased by the US causing the exchange rate to then swell and shrink out of control unless the bottom did fall out.nondisclosed_email@example.com (cooter50)Mon, 10 Jul 2017 15:06:26 +0000 Re: Is the American Empire over?https://bthepoliticalgrilltwo.runboard.com/p19399,from=rss#post19399https://bthepoliticalgrilltwo.runboard.com/p19399,from=rss#post19399quote:cooter50 wrote: Problem is the economics of the globe are still attached at the hip to that dollar. It dies so too a large volume of economic stability. The grip has loosened. Of course there will be a measure of instability for a while but it won't be anywhere as dangerous to the world's ultrastructure as the M.I.C. waging war and rendering large parts of the globe disaster areas. When the petrodollars cease to be the global currency the mad wars will be greatly lessened.nondisclosed_email@example.com (Yobbo)Mon, 10 Jul 2017 01:11:15 +0000 Re: Is the American Empire over?https://bthepoliticalgrilltwo.runboard.com/p19398,from=rss#post19398https://bthepoliticalgrilltwo.runboard.com/p19398,from=rss#post19398Problem is the economics of the globe are still attached at the hip to that dollar. It dies so too a large volume of economic stability.nondisclosed_email@example.com (cooter50)Mon, 10 Jul 2017 00:55:02 +0000 Re: Is the American Empire over?https://bthepoliticalgrilltwo.runboard.com/p19378,from=rss#post19378https://bthepoliticalgrilltwo.runboard.com/p19378,from=rss#post19378The empire is based on the supremacy of the petrodollar. This status is rather swiftly being eroded.nondisclosed_email@example.com (Yobbo)Sun, 09 Jul 2017 19:28:26 +0000 Re: Is the American Empire over?https://bthepoliticalgrilltwo.runboard.com/p19324,from=rss#post19324https://bthepoliticalgrilltwo.runboard.com/p19324,from=rss#post19324The implication of the word "empire" is that the US controls and profits from production in other countries. It is not at all a good, ethical, legal, or stable thing. And the sooner it is gone the better.nondisclosed_email@example.com (Rigby5)Sun, 09 Jul 2017 06:26:33 +0000 Re: Is the American Empire over?https://bthepoliticalgrilltwo.runboard.com/p19301,from=rss#post19301https://bthepoliticalgrilltwo.runboard.com/p19301,from=rss#post19301From Sputnik China and Russia have already ditched the US dollar in their vast energy trade. Now China is leveraging Saudi Arabia to also abandon the greenback for oil sales. No wonder, it seems, that US policies are increasingly lashing out. US global power depends on its presumed economic prowess and military force. With its economy in long-term decline, precipitated by the teetering dollar, the US rulers are relying increasingly on militarism to project power. That tendency is pushing the world to war. The challenge is to somehow steer the American military monster into a safe berth without eliciting a world war. nondisclosed_email@example.com (Yobbo)Sat, 08 Jul 2017 17:55:10 +0000 Re: Is the American Empire over?https://bthepoliticalgrilltwo.runboard.com/p18810,from=rss#post18810https://bthepoliticalgrilltwo.runboard.com/p18810,from=rss#post18810You can see how the Empire operates from the following article. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/47361.htmnondisclosed_email@example.com (Yobbo)Sun, 02 Jul 2017 07:44:59 +0000 Re: Is the American Empire over?https://bthepoliticalgrilltwo.runboard.com/p18801,from=rss#post18801https://bthepoliticalgrilltwo.runboard.com/p18801,from=rss#post18801quote:shiftless2 wrote: Rigby, The Social Security Trust Fund is a lot smaller than you think. Too lazy to look up the split right now but the combined funding shortfall of Social Security and Medicare is somewhere north of $120 trillion and both trust funds are due to be exhausted in the relatively near future. That post I put up was all quote, not mine. It is true Social Security has been draining the trust fund for over 5 years now, but the shortfall will go away, is not large, and does not change the fact Social Security is still owed a lot because regardless of whether or not we borrow from the trust fund, the obligation to pay social security is still there.nondisclosed_email@example.com (Rigby5)Sun, 02 Jul 2017 04:33:35 +0000 Re: Is the American Empire over?https://bthepoliticalgrilltwo.runboard.com/p18800,from=rss#post18800https://bthepoliticalgrilltwo.runboard.com/p18800,from=rss#post18800There's a huge unfunded liability for Social Security and Medicare. In other words, the federal government has committed to pay for the programs but doesn't have a guaranteed funding source for them. It's likely to turn into debt in the future as cost of the programs outstrips revenue collected via the FICA and Medicare tax sources.nondisclosed_email@example.com (gopqed)Sun, 02 Jul 2017 04:00:55 +0000 Re: Is the American Empire over?https://bthepoliticalgrilltwo.runboard.com/p18793,from=rss#post18793https://bthepoliticalgrilltwo.runboard.com/p18793,from=rss#post18793I'm confused, if the US debt is 20 trillion how can SS and medicare be 120 trillion?nondisclosed_email@example.com (katie5445)Sun, 02 Jul 2017 02:50:55 +0000 Re: Is the American Empire over?https://bthepoliticalgrilltwo.runboard.com/p18791,from=rss#post18791https://bthepoliticalgrilltwo.runboard.com/p18791,from=rss#post18791Rigby, The Social Security Trust Fund is a lot smaller than you think. Too lazy to look up the split right now but the combined funding shortfall of Social Security and Medicare is somewhere north of $120 trillion and both trust funds are due to be exhausted in the relatively near future. nondisclosed_email@example.com (shiftless2)Sun, 02 Jul 2017 02:35:15 +0000 Re: Is the American Empire over?https://bthepoliticalgrilltwo.runboard.com/p18774,from=rss#post18774https://bthepoliticalgrilltwo.runboard.com/p18774,from=rss#post18774And shiftless jumps hard left yet again. China "Dumps" its US holdings and it goes down the same rat hole, they do not wish to go there enjoying the fruitful gains they have for the last few decades. Unless one wishes to re-enter the dark ages or the days of the Iron Curtain that won't happen.nondisclosed_email@example.com (cooter50)Sat, 01 Jul 2017 21:34:45 +0000 Re: Is the American Empire over?https://bthepoliticalgrilltwo.runboard.com/p18766,from=rss#post18766https://bthepoliticalgrilltwo.runboard.com/p18766,from=rss#post18766{... The U.S. debt is $19.9 trillion. Most headlines focus on how much the United States owes China, one of the largest foreign owners. What many people don’t know is that the Social Security Trust Fund, aka your retirement money, owns most of the national debt. How does that work, and what does it mean? ... This is the portion of the federal debt owed to 230 other federal agencies. It totals $5.554 trillion, almost 30 percent of the debt. Why would the government owe money to itself? Some agencies, like the Social Security Trust Fund, take in more revenue from taxes than they need. Rather than stick this cash under a giant mattress, these agencies buy U.S. Treasurys with it. ... The public holds the rest of the national debt ($14.403 trillion). Foreign governments and investors hold nearly half of it. One-fourth is held by other governmental entities. These include the Federal Reserve, as well as state and local governments. Fifteen percent is held by mutual funds, private pension funds and holders of savings bonds and Treasury notes. The remaining 10 percent is owned by businesses, like banks and insurance companies. It's also held by an assortment of trusts, companies, and investors. Here's the breakdown of holders of the public debt: Foreign - $6.281 trillion Federal Reserve - $2.463 trillion Mutual funds - $1.379 trillion State and local government, including their pension funds - $874 billion Private pension funds - $544 billion Banks - $570 billion Insurance companies - $304 billion U.S. savings bonds - $169 billion Other (individuals, government-sponsored enterprises, brokers and dealers, bank personal trusts and estates, corporate and non-corporate businesses, and other investors) - $1.349 trillion. ... Japan owns $1.1 trillion in U.S. debt. As of April 2017, it was the largest foreign holder. China owns $1.09 trillion. Both Japan and China want to keep the value of the dollar higher than the value of their currencies. That helps keep their exports affordable for the United States, which helps their economies grow. That's why, despite China's occasional threats to sell its holdings, both countries are happy to be America's biggest foreign bankers. China replaced the United Kingdom as the second largest foreign holder on May 31, 2007. That's when it increased its holdings to $699 billion, outpacing the United Kingdom's $640 billion. Ireland is third, holding $300 billion. Brazil is the fourth largest holder at $268 billion. The Cayman Islands is fourth, at $257 billion. ...} https://www.thebalance.com/who-owns-the-u-s-national-debt-3306124nondisclosed_email@example.com (Rigby5)Sat, 01 Jul 2017 20:53:23 +0000