Paul Sutton @zleap@social.cleverlibre.org

@flexghost

It is a shame that Desantis' name name isn't Richard, if it was the nickname DICK would be very apt.

It does seem he is losing badly in some areas but seems to be too stupid to figure out why,.

@freakonometrics

Killer heatwaves are already here.

@breadandcircuses

Can someone tell our Tory Government that, but say unless they get rid of big oil and protect the climate there will be huge number of migrants heading our way to escape the heat caused by western failure to sort out the climate crisis.

See how quickly they then act to stop new oil drilling.

@flexghost

Which unless something is done and quickly to stop them, the US is going to pay a huge price.

I think what is needed is a international boycott of Tourism in Florida, in order to stand side by side with the LGBTQ communities to send a clear message.

@WahbAllat@mas.to @breadandcircuses

Agreed, the war was Illegal and Tony B Liar should have been hauled in to the ICC and tried then punished.,

@WahbAllat@mas.to @breadandcircuses

Sorry for my error, but thank you for clearing that up. I am under the impression that Iran is actually quite diverse too, I did read about a street where there is a Mosque, Synagogue and Church.

Western media / governments probably want to suppress that so they can portray Iran as part of an Axis of evil, despite not actually ever having recently attacked another country,

@WahbAllat@mas.to @breadandcircuses

I got the impression, that under saddam, despite him being brutal, Iraq was fairly safe, partly as those who could / tried to cause trouble where dealt with with deadly, robust force. Granted at times this may have included use of chemical weapons.

During the wests invasion, other than it being illegal, no plans were made on what to actually do, so disband the police, army (who knew exactly who troublemakers werem, and kept them under some degree of control)

Hence Iraq descended in to chaos, groups such as ISIS rose up out of this and the west was powerless and clueless as to how to deal with things in an effective way.

As Iraq, I think is mostly an Islamic country, then let people there decide what they want.

@flexghost

Why are nicknames banned, ? Most people named Robert have no problem being called Bob.

The loonies have really taken over the asylum in Florida.

@SrRochardBunson

There was a time when if you had the wrong attitude at school or home, adults would put you firmly in your place. I am NOT going to turn thjis in to a debate on how to actually dicipline people, but they need to learn respect for others, this starts in the home before kindergarten oir nursery / school.

Of course at one time, if you behaved badly your parents would be socially judged accordingly, toy could easily lose your job, home etc due to this, so you made sure your offspring understood what is expected as to how to behave.

It starts with parents who know right from wrong, who are willing to enforce expectations of behaviour, good manners, courtesy and respect and model good behavior at the same time. It starts with politicians who make the laws, actually being able to abide by them.

It also starts with people taking RESPONSIBILTY for actions, words and behaviouurs accepting their punishment not having others make excuses.

I am NOT sure what the answer is, but a whole generation or two have been failed by the system and poor parenting, probably just a tiny fraction of people. but this is enough to cause huge problems for society, and no one has the strength to stand up to them and say !! NO !! as they think that breaches peoples rights. NO need to be enforced, with a short, sharp shock. Oddly we see this with trump and it demonstrates rather than being a barrier, behaving in a negative way, treating women as second class citizens, being racist, and discriminatory can get you the keys to the highest office, where at one time the only keys you got were to the local street, homeless and proably penniless. It is clear Trump has got his own way for most of his life.

We need decent role models, high quality education at ALL levels and not leave anyone behind, not too difficult surely, not everyone is suited to academic education, some people are practical in which case let them go down that route, work that leads to high quality qualifications and experience.