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Vance’s words. Address Vance’s words. Europe is helping Ukraine in a massive way now. That has changed. Maybe you don’t realise that?

Europe has gone woke and has no interest in Western values. Islam is about to run their asses over. How can we help Europe when Europe won't even help itself?

As I hope I made clear, I think this problem is bigger than Trump. It has soured voters on both parties. Median wealth matters far more to average people than average wealth or GDP - last time I looked, Elon isn’t sharing his dosh across the population - and if median income and wealth are going to decline or stay flat we need to have an honest conversation about that. People will need to spend less and borrow less. Ditto governments. But I don’t hear much of this message from politicians.

What’s that 51ster? Governor Carney*

But MAID is appropriate for some conditions, surely? MND, dementia? Again, if a person has suffered for forty years with paranoid schizophrenia, for example, I think they have earned the right to a humane death of their choosing rather than having to swing from the rafters or blow their head off. Younger people are different. I don’t support MAID for a young person with mental illness under any circumstances I can think of. They may have many good years left. Old people not so much. I’m ageist.

There’s an economic divergence between the productivity of people that are able to leverage AI yes. That’s is an issue. That’s not the same as blaming it on Trump. We are in the next phase of the industrial revolution which is now AI driven. People need time to adapt and adjust, what the market looks like 5-10 years from now is not clear. But what is clear is that we need less and less people doing traditional jobs because of the increased productivity. And we certainly don’t need more Canadians doing those jobs. Hence Canada is left out since you all lack the resources to leverage AI. That’s why there aren’t meaningful push to build out Canada’s AI infrastructure. Single digit B isn’t going to be able to build you one, one data center cost north of several B.

Holy crap. Did it take you an entire day to come up with that? Maybe you should use AI to help you write your post?

How about a Nobel for Trump, Netanyahu and Khamenei? Carrots for everyone.

Spanky, you are making stuff up, taking stuff out of context and making false equivalencies. No one here believes we can have a rational conversation with you when you start with such a loaded position. Be realistic in your analysis and maybe we would have a conversation. Let's start it off with an example. We don't know much about the person in charge. He is apparently gay? Maybe. His dad may not have wanted him to be in charge. Does that mean he is more moderate? We don't know. All we know is how Vance and Trump characterize them. And, of course, they are going to butter them up to get a deal. That is reality. Trump loves to do that. He loves to make people feel important. So, yeah, they talk nice. That does not make it fact. The truth is, there is a lot of uncertainty moving forward. The strategy appears to be, with all terroristic tools destroyed, dangle a big enough carrot to keep them from rebuilding their terror network. The only other strategy I can for see having any hope would be complete anihalation, regime change and nation building. That has a much higher cost. I hope the carrot strategy works.

Presidential libraries are a bad idea, maybe a good idea gone bad. The scale of these things is unseemly in a democracy. I can’t imagine George Washington approving of such extravagance and self-praise. A room in a collective presidential building should be enough.

1. I thought you were pointing out the lack of media coverage as bringing the credibility into question. I don't think this is a major story, so credible local coverage indicates it's at least a real situation, of concern to the community on both sides of the issue. 2. You said the mother was cashing in or some words to that effect. I'm not saying you're wrong, just saying that a truly objective observer might give the benefit of the doubt. I just believe that if you want to throw water on the trans hysteria out there, it's better to point out that reasonable people are using our institutions to work through the details of accommodating trans rights in a polite society. The idea that taking these cases to inflammatory media outlets is necessary is based on distrust of said institutions IMO. Reasonable people should be able to acknowledge that the accommodation of trans people is something new, that needs discussion and processing in the public sphere. That's where I am on the issue, though many on here doubt that.

It's not real. Just TDS catnip.

The lesson of this war is clear. If your regime is strong enough and your country big enough, you can withstand Trump’s bombs, drones and missiles. Such an assault won’t be followed up with troops on the ground.

MAID is always the end result of government run health care. It is certainly cheaper to kill someone than it is to keep them alive. If all you look at is numbers, it makes perfect sense. Now tell me how you still have the right to live? Life is precious and fleeting. If there is any way to extend a life, it should be done. God will take them home when it is their time.

Again, who of the MAGA fans here has responded to what Vance said about Israel? Yes, he said lots of other things but what do you say about what I posted above?

Iran is nowhere near as important in the global game as you think it is. The key competitor is China with Russia playing a supporting role. America should not allow domestic politics to distract it from the most important rivalry.

May be credible but hardly major. When did I write anything like that? By calling people politically partisan?

How?

The things that you're liable To read in the Bible It ain't necessarily so -George Gershwin

1. If you say so. You didn't give the benefit of the doubt when you suspected someone of being a warrior though, to be fair. 2. Fair points. 3. KOMO News - https://komonews.com/news/local/pierce-county-declines-charges-against-trans-teen-accused-of-wrestling-match-sex-assault-puyallup-school-district-title-ix-girls-wrestling-sports-lawsuit-federal-education-trump-transgender-competitor-investigation-pcso-pierce-county 4. - 8. Fair points to be answered at trial.

https://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/article/lower-immigration-leads-to-lower-canadian-population-growth-statcan/ OTTAWA – Canada’s population dropped by 0.1 per cent in the first three months of the year as the federal government’s lower immigration targets took hold.

Yes I know Christianity blames the mentally ill for being ill. Do you beat your kids when they come home with a cold?

Nope. A bunch of you will still be right wing enough to fùck everything up.