USA Politics

[71 dB]

It has the CE mark on it and reads [Address] Espoo, Finland.

I don't care if it's real or not, it works perfectly and does its job splendidly.

Your phone is manufactured by Foxconn for HMD Global Oy which was founded in 2016 as a start-up and has licensed the "NOKIA" brand. Their headquarters are in Espoo, Finland as you say. The "real" Nokia company doesn't have cell phone business anymore and they concentrate on telecommunication network technology (such as 5G). If you go to the pages of the "real" Nokia you find these HMD Global phones there so it's REALLY confusing! Anyway the phones themselves are probably good and as you said, do their job splendidly.

[drogulus]

     I'm an expert on not having a smartphone. I have a crummy old flip phone which I occasionally use to make or receive phone calls.

[Herman]

I'm surprised at the nr of people here who manage to survive in 2020 without a smart phone.

[drogulus]

     Navalny Says He is Breathing on His Own in a Message From His Hospital Bed

     

     He says he's going back to Russia.

[Karl Henning]

     I'm an expert on not having a smartphone. I have a crummy old flip phone which I occasionally use to make or receive phone calls.

Where does one get a flip phone, now?

[drogulus]

Where does one get a flip phone, now?

     I got it from Sprint, but it looks like they might be phasing them out.

[BasilValentine]

     I'm an expert on not having a smartphone. I have a crummy old flip phone which I occasionally use to make or receive phone calls.

Me too. Old flippy phone which I occasionally use to warn people I'll be calling for free on an unidentified number over the internet. And I use a map, compass, and altimeter to navigate in the wilderness.

[71 dB]

I'm surprised at the nr of people here who manage to survive in 2020 without a smart phone.

Well, I live my life as if it was 2002, except I watch Blu-rays on HDTV instead of DVDs on SDTV. 

[Karl Henning]

Contortionoist: A Trumpkin who somehow pretends to disagree that 200K American dead is "acceptable"

) As the coronavirus pandemic continues to cut a wide swath through American communities, many have started to ignore it or, worse, rationalize the country's mounting losses as a "sad but unavoidable" fact of life. The "sadness" appears to be of a very limited type. A recent poll found nearly 60 percent of Republicans view the deaths we've experienced as "acceptable." (

The Not-So-Soft Bigotry of COVID Indifference

[SimonNZ]

I can only assume that Todd and Florestan are waiting for someone to tell them they're not allowed to have an opinion on how diplomats should act if they themselves are not now nor have ever been diplomats.

Can anyone be bothered?

[drogulus]

     Trump ad asks people to support the troops. But it uses a picture of Russian jets.

     

     Of course I'm not an expert on MiG-29s.

     

[SimonNZ]

^Apparently one of the rifles is identifiable as Russian army, also.

meanwhile...

https://twitter.com/joncoopertweets/status/1305571157475811328?s=12

"SCOOP: The dispute between the Israel delegation and White House staff over wearing face masks & maintaining social distancing is ongoing & very hot. Israeli security is making this a demand. WH staff are arguing among themselves as to what is safe vs. what will please Trump. 1/

Trump has requested that no masks be worn, and chairs be placed right next to each other as if it was one of his rallies. Trump is again saying there is "no problem and the virus is going away" and "just look at our economy — it's coming back".  2/

Israeli security responded "You have 200,000 Americans dead, it's getting worse. We won't allow our PM to get this virus." The Israeli delegation was told not to leave their hotel by local DC authorities, but WH told them to ignore as "we're in control, not the local police." 3/

As of now, WH plans to limit press coverage—they don't want Trump supporters seeing people wearing masks. Israeli security openly fears Netanyahu's age—they don't want him getting the virus or being around people not wearing masks as Israel is about to enter a 3-week lockdown. 4/

The official White House notice sent to the press states that all are requested to wear masks, but the WH will not enforce this. Even worse, they're encouraging WH staffers and others who will be attending not to wear masks as "it looks better." 5/"

[drogulus]

^Apparently one of the rifles is identifiable as Russian army, also.

     Yes, the models playing soldiers are Russian, too. I never expected TrumPutin would actually get into ads. Is this subliminal messaging like "Noble Prize"?

[arpeggio]

The few Trumpsters we have here relish when they list everything that is wrong with liberals.  Like freedom of speech does not apply to us.

I have been watching interviews of Trumpsters over the past few days.  I have seen Trumpsters who still claim that:

The Coronavirus is a hoax.

The Trump tapes are not real.

And the latest insanity: Biden is a pedophile.

What scares me is the number of Trumpsters who actually believe the above.

Yet I am suppose to take them seriously?

You do not want me to call you crazy, then stop acting crazy.

[milk]

I see my sister, on Facebook, drifting into this:
A lawmaker's LGBTQ+ bill led to antisemitic attacks calling him a pedophile: 'The GOP has been infected by QAnon'

"Texas senator Ted Cruz tweeted a photo of Wiener with the false allegation: 'Today's CA Dems believe we need more adults having sex with children, and when they do, they shouldn't register as sex offenders.' The president's adult son Donald Trump Jr joined in, tweeting, again falsely: 'Why are Joe Biden Democrats working in California to pander to the wishes of pedophiles and child rapists?'"

"QAnon followers believe, without evidence, that the world is run by a secret cabal of Satan-worshipping Democrats and Hollywood celebrities who are engaged in wide-scale child trafficking, pedophilia and cannibalism."
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/sep/16/qanon-republicans-conspiracy-theory-politics-save-the-children

[Florestan]

     should we take a poll to find out how many people come here for expertise v. how many come here to participate in discussions with other Big Brainers?

There's one reason only why I come here: addiction. I simply can't help checking the site every day and then can't help replying to some posts. Had I not been addicted to GMG I would have left it, or at least taken an extended break, long time ago.

[Todd]

There's one reason only why I come here: addiction.

For me, it's cheap entertainment - that also happens to be free. 

[ritter]

...it's cheap entertainment...

...to which, happily, all posters contribute 

[arpeggio]

One of the reasons I am involved in this forum is to remind me that most Americans are pretty decent people (I already know the reaction some of the cynics are going to have to this remark).

I still have a problem with people who do not believe in evolution.

[Todd]

...to which, happily, all posters contribute 

Correct.  Some are self-aware.  Some are not.