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In reply to the discussion: Ukraine's Yatsenyuk Says His Party to Compete With President's One at Parliamentary Vote [View all]ballyhoo
(2,060 posts)14. I think many of those things are going to happen next
year, another_liberal, including a cut or diminution of entitlements, more loss of individual freedoms, a decline in the value of the dollar, and a revolt not seen in ages. I don't think our power elites are what they used to be. I'm sure you saw the chart posted here the other day of the decline of the US as an economic power. Anyway, next year everything will change in the US, I think. The beginning of the pain is starting now with the increase in interest rates that became more pronounced last week with the decrease in bond values.
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Ukraine's Yatsenyuk Says His Party to Compete With President's One at Parliamentary Vote [View all]
reorg
Sep 2014
OP
Y'know, the one thing that fascinates me about your consistent anti-fascist statements
RiverNoord
Sep 2014
#2
Russia is not my cause, and they are responsible for their own crimes . . .
another_liberal
Sep 2014
#9
Putin shouldn't want any of Ukraine. It's not his country to tell what to join and what not to join.
pampango
Sep 2014
#13
No he can't. Last I checked he is not the president of Ukraine so he can't do anything in Kiev.
pampango
Sep 2014
#19
America from 1950 to 1960 - you mean 1950 - December 1954 - the Mccarthy years -
karynnj
Sep 2014
#7
Absence of police brutality. Lying in government confined to a few. Better educations for Americans,
ballyhoo
Sep 2014
#12
Absence of police brutality --- did you forget the coverage of the police attacks on peaceful
karynnj
Sep 2014
#30
That's what I'm talking about. The rich have drained money from the people right under
ballyhoo
Sep 2014
#18