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A_Gupta wrote: 03 Aug 2025 08:15 Palki Sharma on why Trump should never get the Nobel Prize:
https://youtu.be/gO_OE5G-R_E?si=U7orT0_mjZzox7zd
When a clown moves into a palace he doesn't become a king the palace instead becomes a circus.
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ramana wrote: 03 Aug 2025 05:23 AmberG and Vauytuvan,
I suggest not getting triggered by each others posts. Stop replying to each other.

It's getting tiring to see two PhDs on an ego fight.


Ramana
My Rs 200/- ...the above advice is ineffective. E.g., I have entirely blocked this poster and stopped replying to him 1 year ago, but he still sends a barrage of replies to my posts (many times pasting my posts into his reply box). In fact the number of useless replies to my posts from this poster has increased multifold AFTER I blocked him. The issue here is the continued slander and useless comments on other posters who are no longer replying. Plus the constant labeling of posters on US party lines.

Is this how a respected forum should be run ?

Those who do not listen to moderators should be banned, and have no place in this forum. I mean, this is a no-brainer right ? No PhD required of the moderator either.
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The Voting Rights Act of 1965 helped Blacks achieve political representation.
In 1965, there were only six Black members of the House and no Black members in the Senate. By the 118th Congress (2023-2025), that number had grown to 60 Black members in the House and four Black senators.....The share of Black representatives in the House of Representatives is approximately equal to the percentage of the US population that is Black (13%).....
The US Supreme Court has chipped away at this legislation over the years, and word on the street is that they are ready to essentially completely do away with it. This means that in principle, states in the US can revert to pre-1965 practices. Whatever the states actually do, the invalidation of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 or significant parts of it will be a political earthquake in the US.
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Vayutuvan wrote: 03 Aug 2025 04:33 Biden admin cut budget of the BLS.
These survey businesses are all BS in today's age. The US Govt can figure out actual numbers of employed, since businesses provide data to EDD and IRS on those who on their payroll. At any given time, there is data on actual employed in the US. Those who are being paid unofficially will not be accounted for, but big data processing will catch these discrepancies. US also has FINRA data which records all transactions on finance, nothing is left off. There is simply too much data by many govt agencies which provide the accurate picture. BLS can be axed completely without missing a beat. Laid off Statisticians can become data scientists for private companies, since most AI algos are statistics based, especially clustering algos.

I remember surveys predicting H. Clinton victory, but it turned out to be completely false. Surveys are silly and often times biased. People don't accurately tell you the real facts. Reading any survey result is laughable because there are too many assumptions in built. Companies do such surveys on their employees feeling mighty pleased. But employees don't reveal actuals and sometimes go along with the theme. There is the usual attrition in any company.

Claims by vendors like Apple that no one can get access to their records is also BS. The US NSA can break any encryption code. The NSA taps global data on the internet at the trunk level. All phone data, every click on every app is gathered by telecom (AT&T, Verizon, T-Mobile, etc) providers, vendors like Apple, Motorola, Samsung, etc. They do big data analysis on such data.
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U.S. markets lost over $1 trillion in value today amid India tariffs, weak Amazon earnings, and disappointing jobs data.

https://www.reuters.com/business/stocks ... 025-08-01/
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"India has not been a great global actor. They are buying sanctioned Russian oil," says US Treasury Secy Scott Bessent.



So when Europe buys Russian gas, it’s strategy. When India buys cheaper oil for its poor, it’s BETRAYAL?

Clown



https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/bus ... 025903.cms
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IRS can tell who is employed, but not who is unemployed, and who is seeking work.
In any case, BLS trues up its statistical model with IRS data periodically.
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Folks are still not answering the question as to why the budget was cut. We know who, i.e. Biden admin. It is a fact that DOL pulled up the person leading BLS.

It is a strawman that I am asking for an abolishment of BLS. I don't. I request esteemed BRF members to be careful and not presume.
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KL Dubey wrote: 03 Aug 2025 18:09 My Rs 200/- ...the above advice is ineffective. E.g., I have entirely blocked this poster and stopped replying to him 1 year ago, but he still sends a barrage of replies to my posts (many times pasting my posts into his reply box). In fact the number of useless replies to my posts from this poster has increased multifold AFTER I blocked him. The issue here is the continued slander and useless comments on other posters who are no longer replying. Plus the constant labeling of posters on US party lines.

Is this how a respected forum should be run ?

Those who do not listen to moderators should be banned, and have no place in this forum. I mean, this is a no-brainer right ? No PhD required of the moderator either.
I am reporting this post. This post says that I am slandering. Irony is that this poster is slandering me. What anybody posts on BRF, a public forum, is not copyrighted by the poster, IIRC.

I am quoting the poster for context. Let the admins rule whether that is kosher. I will abide by their ruling.
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One of the reasons for high tech layoffs from Mickeysoft, AWS, Google, Meta, etc is due to R&D writeoff rules. The prev admin reduced the R&D writeoff from 100% to 20% yearly. This has caused hiring freezes and layoffs, and in general tis time to get rid of high paying salaried useless employees in companies (80:20 rule!). The US govt get tons of data from staffing agencies and others and they also use companies like Palantir for analysis. NSA has all data irrespective, btw. Actual accurate data is aplenty in the US. Even China has stolen some data from the US. It is the US Govt agencies who are siloed and don't share things, but DOGE is solving such problems. Half the Govt depts can be fired without much consequence on work output. Too much bloat in the system. DoD procurement is filled with excesses of all kinds, a simple tool would cost say $10 at home depot but DoD acquires a similar tool at $100 or more.
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bala wrote: 03 Aug 2025 23:24 One of the reasons for high tech layoffs from Mickeysoft, AWS, Google, Meta, etc is due to R&D writeoff rules. The prev admin reduced the R&D writeoff from 100% to 20% yearly.
Let us be clear -- "The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017, passed by Congress, reduced the R&D write-off to 20% a year, starting in 2022. This legislation eliminated the ability of businesses to immediately deduct their R&D expenses in the year they were incurred."

This was done by Trump and the Republican Congress in the first year of Trump's first term.

During the Biden administration the Democrats tried to fix the R&D write-off of 20% in the TCJA Act of 2017 in the "Build Back Better Act of 2021", the "American Jobs and Innovation Act of 2022" and the "Inflation Reduction Act of 2022" but failed.

So @Bala, if you knew this, you should not be gaslighting us. If you did not know this, you should not be pretending to know what you actually have no clue about.

Moderator - I suggest a thread with a title of "American Politics for Indian-Americans and NRIs" on which all this crappy Republican-Democratic nonsense can be fought with zero regard for facts and truth as the case may be, and "Understanding the US - Again" be exclusively for an India-centric and not NRI- or Indian-American- centric view of the United States.

I don't want anyone banned or suspended from the forum; I just want the various topics to have a reliable quality that promotes understanding and discussion, and not this party-line BS that pervades this post-Truth America.

As far as India is concerned, "Satyameva Jayate" -- that which IS is of prime importance and to which India is devoted. Maybe India can go post-Truth in 2047 after it is a developed country. I think post-Truth might be mostly a First World affliction infecting also its Indian acolytes.
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A_Gupta wrote: 03 Aug 2025 23:50 So @Bala, if you knew this, you should not be gaslighting us. If you did not know this, you should not be pretending to know what you actually have no clue about.
Sorry who is gaslighting whom and what is this "us" you keep talking about. Mods this is uncalled for language by a member.

There are other factors for layoff besides R&D writeoffs. The interest rate is another factor which since 23-24 has steadily increased by the Feds. These high tech companies borrow cash for their growth. Then there is the AI hype too. So the companies waited awhile and then the layoffs started.
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Vayutuvan wrote: 03 Aug 2025 03:28
This is what I call ati telivi.
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trumpwa is getting repeatedly dumped and pumped by the canucks, and he has no comeback to counter them, Several huge US food conglomerates have taken major hits, causing them to scale down operations, lose customers because of raised prices, cut back on staff due to declining sales and inventory

no more snide talk of the 51st state and trumpwa is being geopolitically violated (there is another very much more expressive word for it but one refrains from adventurous and descriptive lexicology, because this is a family forum onlee) by mexicano tomatoes, US dairy products, specially cheese and and multiple blunt objects by the vengeful canucks. BTW, this new canuck PM seems to have more testicular presence than the entire turdeau dynasty put together

the latest is the 25% tariff that the canucks have slapped onto the canuck electricity that is flowing into the US


MAGA anyone ............ :mrgreen:
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https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/eli ... 00822.html

Indian-American :wink: Liz Warren's rant in Rolling Stones magazine.
Elizabeth Warren on Why Billionaires Are Doing All They Can to Stop Zohran Mamdani
Elizabeth Warren
Mon, August 4, 2025 at 6:00 AM CDT·4 min read
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Cuomo and Adams are tripping over themselves to haul in millions of campaign dollars from billionaire donors. Adams raised $1 million in a single night from donors with ties to big law firms, commercial brokerages, and big real estate developers who could lose their iron-fisted grip on New York in a Mamdani administration. Hedge fund manager Bill Ackman held private auditions for his support, inviting Adams and Cuomo to back-to-back meetings to tap dance for the “hundreds of millions of dollars” he has said he will spend to keep Mamdani out of office.
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Take the cost of housing. Mamdani has plans to build 200,000 new affordable units over the next 10 years, he intends to freeze the rent for units controlled by the city, and he is committed to cutting the red tape that drives up costs for home owners. Mamdani also has the courage to write plans — including rent control — that crack down on the city’s worst landlords and push back against billionaire real estate moguls. It’s no surprise then that this month, the CEO of a New York-based real-estate investment trust held a $2,000-a-ticket fundraiser for Adams to stop Mamdani.

After housing, the biggest squeeze on New York families is the cost of child care. In the wealthiest city on Earth, access to affordable, high-quality child care and early education should be automatic. Mamdani’s plan for no-cost child care would make child care a right, not a privilege reserved for the rich.
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She does make some valid points. But the cure being proposed by Mamdani is worse then the disease. I have no doubt in my mind that Dems are not good for India and its aspirations in the coming years. India is wants to follow the capitalistic path to improve the lives of all Indians where as Dems, if they come into power come 2026 and 2028, would certainly put pressure on India to toe the EU line. Trump is here today gone tomorrow.

I hope our esteemed BRF members are taking note and do not blindly vote for Democrats at any level - locally (especially CA, IL, NY, NJ) and nationally. We need to hedge our bets and spend our sparse resources - time and money - very carefully.
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chetak wrote: 04 Aug 2025 23:14 trumpwa is getting repeatedly dumped and pumped by the canucks, and he has no comeback to counter them, Several huge US food conglomerates have taken major hits, causing them to scale down operations, lose customers because of raised prices, cut back on staff due to declining sales and inventory

no more snide talk of the 51st state and trumpwa is being geopolitically violated (there is another very much more expressive word for it but one refrains from adventurous and descriptive lexicology, because this is a family forum onlee) by mexicano tomatoes, US dairy products, specially cheese and and multiple blunt objects by the vengeful canucks. BTW, this new canuck PM seems to have more testicular presence than the entire turdeau dynasty put together

the latest is the 25% tariff that the canucks have slapped onto the canuck electricity that is flowing into the US


MAGA anyone ............ :mrgreen:
some days ago, carney shut the door on kanuck steel entering the US after the amrikis imposed a 50% tariff on steel and now trumpwa is screaming his nuts off.

It's not a retaliation but a masterclass in economic decoupling. It has shaken the core of amriki manufacturing, with detroit crumbling almost overnight

even trumpwa is not so stooopide, it's very possible that there are some of his trusted "advisors" who have been paid off to lead him into a minefield and then out into the wilderness.

Is there a regime change play in progress ......... :mrgreen:
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https://www.wionews.com/world/ohio-s-ne ... 4297415217
Ohio’s new Indian-origin Solicitor General faces racist backlash online over ‘bindi’
Prajvi Mathur, Aug 04, 2025

Mathura Sridharan, an Indian-origin lawyer, is facing criticism on social media after her appointed as Solicitor General for the state of Ohio, the United States, by its Attorney General Dave Yost on Thursday (Jul 31). She has been picked for the state’s 12th solicitor general, the state’s top attorney for appeals in the state and federal courts. However, social media users left a swarm of racist and derogatory comments against Sridharan, questioning why an American was not chosen for the position.
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“Is she a Christian? That’s the biggest factor that concerns me. Based on the bindi on her forehead, I worry she is not,” a social media user said. One person said, “Nothing says ‘Ohioan’ like a dot right on the forehead.” Another said, “This one has a perma-dot, huh.” A user said, “Well the dot is discreet, but ultimately still visible.”
Another wrote on x, “She’s ‘American’ but not, you know, American-American.” A third wrote, “She’s Indian. They all have a loyalty first to other Indians. horrible pick. Totally un-American. The GOP is pathetic.”
“She is a foreigner and you are a pathetic sell out,” said one user. A person said, “Another American job… given away to foreigners.” Another person said, “She’s definitely not American. She may have US citizenship, but she is not an American.”
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If we are going to have PhD fights here, I am happy to offer my services, in return for loans or investments.

You can also buy shares in my pizza chain or crypto from my son-in-law.

Saars, all I am saying is give peace a chance.
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chetak wrote: 03 Aug 2025 21:58
U.S. markets lost over $1 trillion in value today amid India tariffs, weak Amazon earnings, and disappointing jobs data.

https://www.reuters.com/business/stocks ... 025-08-01/
"(Trump) didn't seem to be disappointed with the last five jobs reports," said Art Hogan, Chief Market Strategist, B. Riley Wealth, Boston, saying that the firing stood out as irregular.
"I think this is clearly something that happens in dictatorships, not in democracies.”


he wants one who can ,manipulate the figures !!.. welcome to the land of the free !!
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orange man has absolutely no qualms about lying
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just in case if someones BP is going up.. here is to trumps tariff America

https://x.com/i/status/1952274122672582846

who knew AI can be so fun :mrgreen:
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Brazilian President Lula: “It’s time for the world to move away from using the U.S. dollar in international trade.”

“I will also not forget that they tried to stage a coup here”
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RaviB wrote: 05 Aug 2025 02:02 If we are going to have PhD fights here,...
Just the other day a friend of mine told me what he thinks of PhDs - paagal howlaa deewaana. :oops:
Another, a professor at a US university who moved from an IIT, told me when I told him that I am leaving my well paying job to do PhD on TAship which was 25% of what I was getting in the job, he said "You know, you can make as much money as you want in America with a BS. Why do you want to go through the pain?".

It is masochistic to do a PhD especially when you have a PR/Citizenship and a job in a fast growing industry.
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@Tanaji said that there are no stupid people, on the serious India-US thread.

Prompt to Google Gemini: "Create this list: the name and position of every Trump-appointed official from his first term who disparaged Trump's competence or intelligence. Put it in the form of a list of name, role, quote (or summary of what they said) and a URL where available."
Here is a list of officials from Donald Trump's first presidential term who publicly made statements disparaging his competence or intelligence.

Name: Rex Tillerson

Role: Secretary of State (2017-2018)

Statement: Tillerson was reported to have privately called Trump a "moron" after a July 2017 meeting at the Pentagon. He never personally confirmed the quote but also did not deny it, stating, "I'm not going to deal with petty stuff like that."

Source: https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald ... pt-n807456

Name: John Kelly

Role: White House Chief of Staff (2017-2019); Secretary of Homeland Security (2017)

Statement: Kelly has made numerous critical statements since leaving the administration. He has been quoted as saying Trump is "the most flawed person I have ever met in my life" and that "the depth of his dishonesty is just astounding to me." He also reportedly told friends that Trump "is an idiot" and that it was pointless to try to convince him of anything.

Source: https://www.cnn.com/2020/10/16/politics ... index.html

Name: James Mattis

Role: Secretary of Defense (2017-2019)

Statement: After leaving his post, Mattis stated that Trump was "the first president in my lifetime who does not try to unite the American people—does not even pretend to try. Instead he tries to divide us." He accused Trump of a "deliberate effort" to create conflict and criticized his "immature" leadership.

Source: https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/ar ... ce/612640/

Name: John Bolton

Role: National Security Advisor (2018-2019)

Statement: In his book, The Room Where It Happened, Bolton described Trump as being stunningly uninformed and stated that Trump's decisions were driven by "re-election calculations." He depicted a president who pleaded with China's leader to help him win and did not understand basic geopolitical facts, such as Finland being a distinct country from Russia.

Source: https://www.npr.org/2020/06/17/87921338 ... use-memoir

Name: William Barr

Role: Attorney General (2019-2020)

Statement: Barr stated that Trump’s conduct regarding classified documents at Mar-a-Lago was "indefensible" and showed a "stunning" lack of "perception and situational awareness." After the January 6th Capitol attack, Barr called Trump's actions a "betrayal of his office and supporters." He later stated Trump "shouldn't be anywhere near the Oval Office."

Source: https://www.foxnews.com/video/6307333555112

Name: Mark Esper

Role: Secretary of Defense (2019-2020)

Statement: In his memoir, A Sacred Oath, Esper described Trump as an "unpredictable" and "erratic" leader. He recounted having to push back against "outlandish" ideas from the president, such as launching missiles into Mexico to destroy drug labs and shooting American protestors in the legs.

Source: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/mark-esper ... 022-05-08/

Name: H.R. McMaster

Role: National Security Advisor (2017-2018)

Statement: McMaster reportedly told a private dinner guest that the president had the intelligence of a "kindergartner" and the brain of a "first-grader." He also publicly stated that some of Trump's foreign policy approaches were "damaging" to U.S. interests.

Source: https://www.businessinsider.com/hr-mcma ... nce-2018-3

Name: Gary Cohn

Role: Director of the National Economic Council (2017-2018)

Statement: According to Bob Woodward's book Fear, Cohn was dismayed by Trump's lack of understanding of economic and world affairs, reportedly calling the president "a professional liar" and "dumb as s---." Cohn was also said to have removed a letter from Trump's desk to prevent him from withdrawing from a trade agreement with South Korea.

Source: https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics ... story.html

Name: Stephanie Grisham

Role: White House Press Secretary (2019-2020); Chief of Staff to the First Lady (2020-2021)

Statement: In her book, I'll Take Your Questions Now, Grisham described a chaotic White House and a president with a "terrifying" temper. She recounted Trump's strange behavior and his inability to handle criticism, portraying him as ill-suited for the presidency.

Source: https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics ... story.html

Name: Miles Taylor

Role: Chief of Staff, Department of Homeland Security (2017-2019)

Statement: Taylor anonymously authored a 2018 New York Times op-ed titled "I Am Part of the Resistance Inside the Trump Administration," in which he described a president whose "impetuous, adversarial, petty and ineffective" leadership style was being actively thwarted by his own appointees. He described a "two-track presidency" where officials worked to "frustrate parts of his agenda and his worst inclinations."

Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/05/opin ... tance.html

Name: Betsy DeVos

Role: Secretary of Education (2017-2021)

Statement: After resigning following the January 6th Capitol attack, DeVos stated that Trump's rhetoric was the "inflection point" for the riot. She later confirmed that she and other cabinet members had discussed invoking the 25th Amendment to remove Trump from office, a process reserved for a president who is "unable to discharge the powers and duties of his office."

Source: https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/pol ... 579417001/
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Palki Sharma on Trump's Russian Oil tantrum:
https://youtu.be/WUxlDdhbOus?si=Hki0L2xP70mgmffC
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bala wrote: 03 Aug 2025 23:24 One of the reasons for high tech layoffs from Mickeysoft, AWS, Google, Meta, etc is due to R&D writeoff rules. The prev admin reduced the R&D writeoff from 100% to 20% yearly.


I suppose you mean to say the previous trump admin in 2017 by passing the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) of 2017.
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the long ingrained hypocrisy of the colonial powers continues unabated, while the "rules based" international order is what they constantly preach but never ever practice


USA trade with Russia: $3.5 billion

India trade with Russia: $68.7 billion

EU trade with Russia: $70.3 billion




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A_Gupta wrote: 05 Aug 2025 04:21 @Tanaji said that there are no stupid people, on the serious India-US thread.

Prompt to Google Gemini: "Create this list: the name and position of every Trump-appointed official from his first term who disparaged Trump's competence or intelligence. Put it in the form of a list of name, role, quote (or summary of what they said) and a URL where available."
When we talk about this, it is good to remind ourselves how fortunate we have been in the governance aspect with Modiji at the helm !!.. one shudders at the alternative !
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COSTCO Doubles Prices on 5 Food Items — Here’s How Costco Hits Back Tariffs

In 2025, COSTCO shoppers across the U.S. are facing a quiet shock: staple items like flour, chicken, coffee, and olive oil have seen prices Doubles Prices — stretching household budgets and raising urgent questions about the effects of ongoing Trump Tariffs.

This video dives into how new Tariffs — including a 25% levy on Canadian goods — are forcing COSTCO to change suppliers, rethink sourcing strategies, and pass costs onto consumers. As COSTCO Tariff pressures mount, U.S. households find themselves caught between necessity and affordability.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mYh_ZmZgjvI

Trump GONE MAD as COSTCO Doubles Prices on 5 Food Items — Here’s How Costco Hits Back Tariffs

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Is this how the system in the greatest democracy in the world works, that one single guy, like a lone assassin, can bring amrika down to her knees :mrgreen:

destroy lives, businesses, and devastate decades old established supply chains, spreading mayhem and anarchy

no checks and balances whatsoever
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^Why are we enraged. It's normal in Global powerplays. Its the same country that was against us and forced us into the Soviet camp to overcome the challenges of Cold war era weapon sales to dictatorships. This is the same country that aids, abets the elements within India to overthrow democratically elected govt and killing our farm laws that must have benefitted farmers and saved our farm sector. Lets concentrate on what's good for us and managing our affairs though hard negotiations and strengthening Atmanirbhar Bharat and keep on improving diplomatic relations with the rest of the world. Trump happening is actually really sooo good. If Galwan woke us to ditch India Chini bhai bhai and to strengthen our military, Trump will speed up our rise as an economic superpower.

Russia will opt for homegrown aircraft over Boeing and Airbus. plan to develop Narrow/wide-body jets

These three Russian jets are competing with Airbus, Boeing, and Embraer models.

As Western countries impose sanctions on Russia for the ongoing conflict with Ukraine, major countries back Ukraine. On the other hand, Russia is under pressure to operate its economy in exchange for doing business with the West.

One of Russia's primary concerns is the aircraft used by national airlines, which rely pretty much entirely on Western aircraft such as the Boeing 737 and Airbus A320 series, as well as other aircraft manufactured by the same firms. However, they have halted the parts and services that assist Russia.

There is greater opportunity to have Su-30MKi like deals to manufacture Russian Civilian aircraft in India including Engines and other critical components. Once Regional Jet is done, we must have our own civilian aircrafts. Such a collaboration will help in the long run, especially with engines and stuff Made in India.
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Agreed. Nixon made a momentous decision in 1970-71 to favour Pakistan over India. 50 years later, who has benefited from that decision, Pakistan or India?
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uddu wrote: 05 Aug 2025 19:58 ^Why are we enraged. ..
It's a little enraging because we've always been sermonized how US is the oldest democrazy and how the "founding fathers" put all these checks and balances in place and how every other savage in the world should learn from the masta.

Trump is demonstrating us that it was never the case. And yet, you'll never see articles in Reuters/Guardian/BBC etc how democrazy has always been a joke and US presidents have always held "Putin-like" powers. So much for the objective-totally not propaganda-"fourth pillar of democrazy".

Every passing day China's decision to ban & isolate their internet feels like a masterstroke.
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Moderator, Bharat is friendly with emigrants of Indian origin. Yet there may be issues of interest to such but not directly relevant to India’s foreign relations or strategic outlook. I suggest this following is one such. Can we have a separate topic for all such issues? Topic title could be “Issues specific to the Indian diaspora”.

https://www.indiatoday.in/amp/world/us- ... 2025-08-05

Indian families face tougher vetting under new US green card rules
USCIS has tightened rules for family-sponsored green cards, increasing scrutiny that could impact thousands of Indian applicants already facing long backlogs and complex documentation requirements.
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US has not always been thus. Nixon has to resign under the threat of impeachment, and after that, the factions that thought that Nixon was treated unfairly has worked with a long term strategy to give POTUS unchecked powers. Today we see is the effect of their efforts.

The opposing side has been feckless. They did not use their opportunities to fix the Constitutional/legal issues when they had the power, putting other things as a higher priority.
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^That's another opportunity to invite talent back to India. Also prevent the ones from going out of India. Whatever need to be done to further accommodate and create a Reverse Brain drain situation and investment back to India should be done and done publicly. Messages must go from our leadership themselves. The typical SMS to Ratan Tata to come to Sanand should be replicated here with attention to smoothen the process and really make it easy to attract talent for Indian companies from Indian diaspora in the U.S and for those want to invest and do startups here. A Big Beautiful Blue Card over Green Card harassment. :lol:
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