USA News and Poland - part 18

Alien

13 Jan 2026 #541

BB. Invest in an anti-knife vest.

...and in a winter hat, thick gloves and long johns... because the probability of you getting pneumonia and dying is much greater than that someone will attack you with a knife on the street.

jon357

13 Jan 2026 #542

Am I right or am I wrong?

You're wrong.

and in a winter hat, thick gloves and long johns

In winter, Berlin is too cold for crime.

Lazarus

13 Jan 2026 #543

Am I right or am I wrong?

You're completely wrong: the percentage of white people in England and Wales is lower now than at any time in the last 50 years (i.e. since modern records began) and the number of violent incidents in the UK is also at the lowest its ever been since modern records began (45 years ago).

PolAmKrakow

13 Jan 2026 #544

@Alien
I dont think you travel much or you wouldnt say that.

Alien

13 Jan 2026 #545

I dont think you travel much

It's true that I don't travel by train or other public transport, only by car. But my whole family occasionally takes trains or trams and feels safe in Germany.

Lazarus

13 Jan 2026 #546

I dont think you travel much or you wouldnt say that.

Perhaps the way he behaves doesn't make anybody want to stab him. For example he doesn't rob anybody, he doesn't cheat anybody, he's never stolen anybody's car, he doesn't apply for credit cards in other people's names, he's never caused anybody to have to sleep at the train station, etc etc. I don't want to victim blame, but if somebody is getting stabbed more often than they get a cold, they might want to re-evaluate their behaviour.

jon357

13 Jan 2026 #547

I dont think you travel much or you wouldnt say that

I travel rather a lot. A huge amount of travel, often to places that you would be far too scared to go, and I don't worry about getting stabbed.

Most people don't, unless they're paranoid.

Lazarus

13 Jan 2026 #548

Most people don't, unless they're paranoid.

Well, to be fair, people who steal, cheat, rob, defraud and lie aren't always paranoid, there may very well be people out to get them.

Would be great to have some data showing the stabbings per hundred thousand for ex-convicts so we could compare to the number per hundred thousand for those who've never even been arrested.

Bratwurst Boy

13 Jan 2026 #549

....WHAT????

Trump appeals to protesters in Iran: "Keep protesting - help is on the way"

tagesspiegel.de/internationales/liveblog/massenproteste-im-iran-behorden-melden-2000-tote--ngos-gehen-von-mindestens-646-getoteten-aus-10586281.html

....In light of the mass protests in Iran, US President Donald Trump has suspended all talks with the leadership in Tehran until further notice and promised support to the demonstrators. "Iranian patriots, keep protesting! Take over your institutions!" he wrote on his platform, Truth Social.

He stated that he had canceled all meetings with Iranian government officials until the "senseless killing of protesters stops." "They will pay a heavy price," Trump wrote, announcing that help was on the way. What exactly he meant by this was initially unclear.....

Wow....knows someone more already? Anybody????

bild.de/politik/trump-fordert-iraner-auf-protestiert-weiter-uebernehmt-eure-institutionen-69665db5587b0b1176afa8a9

Alien

13 Jan 2026 #550

@Bratwurst Boy
"Help is on the way" can only mean a 3-day special military operation.🤔

Bratwurst Boy

13 Jan 2026 #551

....who knows....an aircraft carrier? Or two??? :)

Israel would surely love to help to get these Mullahs out....

..."Remember the names of the murderers and abusers. They will pay a heavy price. I have canceled all meetings with Iranian officials until the senseless killing of protesters STOPS," the US president wrote. And he further promised: "HELP IS ON THE WAY."

truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/115888317758045915

*squeezes thumbs*

Tlum

13 Jan 2026 #552

The MIGA crowd was right. Trump would rather die for Israel and his daughter's religion than for Christians and the American people.

Bratwurst Boy

13 Jan 2026 #553

....afraid for them Mullahs? :)

Ironside

13 Jan 2026 #554

You're wrong.

Hmm, look up statistics for so-called minorities for those cities, and I mean non-white minorities. Most of them places where white residents are a minority.
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he percentage of white people in England and Wales

Still, white people are not a minority. It is a threshold when the real fun starts.
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Trump would rather die for Israel and his daughter's religion than for Christians and the American people.

Indeed, Israel first.

Lazarus

13 Jan 2026 #555

Hmm, look up statistics for so-called minorities for those cities, and I mean non-white minorities. Most of them places where white residents are a minority.

The E&W crime survey data isn't broken down to a small enough scale to let you compare it with ethnicity data (which is available to a very local level thanks to the UK census). But even if it was, you'd need to adjust for economic factors before trying to compare, and that data isn't available in much detail.

Still, white people are not a minority.

Very much not a minority. But the percentage of white people in the UK is going down. And so are levels of crime in the UK, which rather shoots down the theory that white people commit less crime.

Ironside

13 Jan 2026 #556

Given a choice, I find Rubio more suitable and respectable

I don't know about it, but Vance is all right on a first glance, on a second and third, not so much. He is somewhat shady.

Ron2

13 Jan 2026 #557

Rubio is Hispanic, speaks Spanish. Given the ICE circumstances and them targeting a lot of Hispanic immigrants, it's no brainer to me that Rubio would be the best Republican candidate to calm things down and pretend it all will be fine. Vance looks too disinterested and probably have some skeletons hidden in the closet.

Lazarus

13 Jan 2026 #558

He is somewhat shady.

How can anybody trust a man who wears that much eyeliner?!

PolAmKrakow

13 Jan 2026 #559

@Alien
Last operation took two hours and twenty minutes. Three days is plenty.

jon357

13 Jan 2026 #560

How can anybody trust a man who wears that much eyeliner?!

He's more dangerous than the one with orange makeup.

Rubio

Governor Newsome would make an excellent president. Moderate, not extreme like the current one and his sidekick, and a thoroughly decent person.

Joker

13 Jan 2026 #561

@jon357
Newsucm? Thankfully, your limey ass cant vote!

jon357

13 Jan 2026 #562

After the current shower, the next one to win a lawful election will certainly be a Democrat.

Assuming Putler and Xi haven't fired nukes, or the Yellowstone Caldera hasn't erupted causing the billionaires to flee and everyone else under two meters of ash.

Miloslaw

13 Jan 2026 #563

After the current shower, the next one to win a lawful election will certainly be a Democrat.

I am not so sure of that.Even after Trump, I still think the Republicans have the edge, but only just.

Lyzko

13 Jan 2026 #564

The country can't survive another MAGA administration!

cms neuf

14 Jan 2026 #565

Rubio wouldn't get through Republican primaries - not crazy enough

It will probably be someone completely new

Lazarus

14 Jan 2026 #566

Rubio wouldn't get through Republican primaries - not crazy enough

That's actually quite good news for the world outside the GOP. The only people crazy enough to win the primaries are too crazy to win over the floating voters who decide every election.

PolAmKrakow

14 Jan 2026 #567

@Alien
Germany, depending on the city is a dangerous place. Turn the wrong corner and you had better be able to defend yourself. Train stations are usually very safe due to police presence but city streeets in some areas are simply no go areas for white people.

@Lyzko
What the country cant survive is another tax and spend democratic administration, and more illegals. What the country needs, and Trump cannot deliver, is to roll back a lot of restrictions on business, balance the budget, and pay down the debt, or eliminte the Fed which is a waste of time.

Lazarus

14 Jan 2026 #568

Trump cannot deliver, is to roll back a lot of restrictions on business

Of course Trump can deliver a balanced budget and paid down debt: all he needs to do is tax the rich, just like Poland does (although I do appreciate that those who dodge their taxes in Poland or simply don't earn enough to pay taxes won't know that Poland does indeed tax the rich).

Lyzko

14 Jan 2026 #569

Trump wants to re-write US-history, revisionist style!

PolAmKrakow

14 Jan 2026 #570

@Lyzko
Hows that blue hair dye working for you?

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