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They were so kind that millions of Chinese, South American, Central American, and Cuban nationals have legally and illegally emigrated to the United States to escape their kindness. Dictator Castro was good for the Trudeau family, not many Cubans.

I have been given a warning point for the above post. I think it's time for me to take a sabbatical from this forum. Good luck dealing with the nutbars that have taken over this place.

Altai is not here for facts scribblet. Altai is here to show us the way to Utopia.

Hmm, I could have sworn that it was little nonsense only. Big nonsense would be reserved for the style of governments that allow them to kill their people at will or lock them up for speaking out against said government.

Right now we enjoy a military...the US military. Without the USA and its military we would not be able to defend our homeland ourselves.

The thread title is a shrieking platitude.

Based on her previous comments and what other people wrote, I extrapolated, and, I think, correctly.

Thanks for trying but you didn't do a very good job. First of all I think you are confused as to the difference between an immigrant and a refugee. The immigration system in Canada is based on a point system and it's rather tough. "Are you educated, are you immediately employable, do you speak English, do you have means of support, how old are you etc." It doesn't say "what color is your skin", which seems to irk some of our more xenophobic members but that's their problem. Refugees do get some advantage because of the fact Canadians tend to be compassionate toward people who are fleeing war torn counties, but they are also screened. Perhaps we should put more effort into ending or not starting those foreign wars. I would venture a guess there are a lot of Syrian refugees who would prefer to stay in their home is Damascus, if it hadn't been blown to smithereens.

My response is for decades we have been poaching the best and brightest from these poor countries. So how in hell are these countries going to get better when all the smart ones are leaving. Time for some tough love and end it .

An Islamic state, of course, where all must follow the laws of Islam.

A lot of that invading was to save people being raped and brutalized by thier own people. Why does everyone want to come here? Because Islam has not YET destroyed our country ,like every other country, that they are involved in. If you were right and they are fighting because of america, then they would be killing westerners, not slaughtering thier own people, raping thier women and children. Did you see the story on the little boy 2-3 yr old being used as a human shield by the same cowards you support, being saved by iraqi special forces and how they look after him. Why do you support people that do such horrendous stuff to children. America has made mistakes, but the good they have brought people all around the world outweighs the bad. So either you are a idiot loser looking for some cause to hold on to, or you are one of them and hate women and is a coward on the largest scale. And another point the one thing we do wrong is immigration, where we poached the best and brightest from these countries that they will never get better. Time to shut down all immigration from muslim and african countries.

The noisiest do not necessarily speak for the majority. The desire for reform is more widespread than you think, though I have no doubt it will be an uphill battle.

I am not that optimistic. I expect Climate Change to decimate us before Islam can reform, and we'll all revert to the same tribal, superstitious and barbaric behavior that has pervaded our history.

Oh ye of little faith! How many women, blacks and gays have been threatened, harassed, beaten and even killed on their way to reforming the society in which they lived? Yet we now live in a very different society than we did 50 or 100 years ago.

Look at it yourself. I provided you google news search results on the subject of Venezuela so that you could consult the source(s) you think are unbiased. So go through the list and read a couple. Otherwise remain ignorant on the subject of the Venezuelan crisis.

I agree with this except very few Muslims want or think Islam is in need of reform. Look at all the death threats reformers get from fellow Muslims. Hirsi is just one example.

Of course you have to support the Government of Venezuela. Jailing any political opposition, killing many of them, rewriting the Constitution to make a "president for life" with dictatorial powers. Replace everyone in state-controlled positions with party faithful. Blame the US for every problem to deflect attention from what human rights are being taken. Sound familiar? The difference between Venezuela using marxist/socialist platform vs. Erdogan using the Islamist one is that Chavez and then Maduro were able seize control of the resources of the country (about 95% of exports are petroleum - and Venezuela has the world's largest declared reserves) and fill the pockets of the judges, bureaucrats and most importantly the generals by raiding the treasure chest. Erdogan did not learn from the Russians how to pull this stuff off, so the military bit him. Maduro's plan to gain powers that Erdogan seeks will fail because he robbed so much of the value of the state, the people can't afford to eat or buy medicine.

There's hope in Wisconsin, a challenge to Paul Ryan. http://www.gq.com/story/randy-bryce-wisconsin-congress-interview Can you talk about the response to your campaign launch video? It seemed to blow up in a huge way. Yeah. Within 24 hours, we had raised over $100,000. And that’s not even making a phone call and asking for anything. And the thing that I’m really proud of are the number of donors, over 30,000 people and the average contribution is under $30. Because I know how hard it is to earn money these days. Just seeing that it’s not a lot of rich people donating money so they can try to tell me what to do. It’s other working people sending like an hour’s worth of pay from wherever they live. And that means so much. Also, I don’t really watch The View, but I heard Whoopi gave me a shout out. And I was on with Lawrence [O’Donnell] and Don Lemon. I mean, the way it took off was just beyond my wildest expectations.

No I wouldn't call it that. I call it a child trying to survive so he can go back to Toronto and his playstation3.

He was 9. It's over. Except the appeal. Peace. Out.

Yes I'd be worried about an uncivil lynch mob regardless. Duh. Add There is an appeal of his conviction, maybe in a real US court this time. No point jumping to conclusions.

Doesn't matter whether you agree or not.

It's just basic geography....Haitians come from Haiti, not Iraq.

Revolutionizing Islam.

Enough of your hijacking threads with nonsense. Shoo, little flea.

This thread is for grownups, not you, hot enough.

Nope.....nobody would.

So you say while you enjoy the good life and prosperity the U.S. and allies have brought you. You enjoy the freedom to spout your nonsense because the U.S. and allies fought for your freedom.

This crisis is cause for concern regardless of your political stripe. The unprecedented number of asylum seekers crossing over into Quebec cannot be screened as per the normal procedure and are let loose in Montreal and asked to come back for screening in some two months. No screening for criminal records, terrorist ties, serious communicable disease, nada. http://www.torontosun.com/2017/08/07/trudeaus-lost-all-control-of-our-border-crisis https://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/editorials/globe-editorial-why-canadas-border-problems-will-only-get-worse-under-donald-trump/article35896530/ So where has Trudeau been while all this has been percolating? Touring Canada hosting fundraisers to enrich the Liberal Party, kayaking and taking selfies with newlyweds in BC, attending Highland Games in a "Sinclair Tartan" kilt,etc. etc.. All very quaint if your country isn't facing a crisis. Why is Trudeau not in Ottawa with his team working on behalf of Canada and Canadians to resolve this debacle?

Because the lawyers determined his case was strong, he'd win, and we would just waste tax dollars/court time by proceeding.

It has come to the point it's almost impossible for rational MLW members to have logical exchanges with the likes of some of those posters. Every thread is being hijacked.

It certainly is, and the "court" in Gitmo failed to declare him an illegal combatant. But that's only one of the many legal frailties that surround his case and convictions, so there are strong arguments to support them being overturned. As a side note though, I'll bet his lawyer/guardian Dennis Edney has had a frank discussion or two with Khadr telling him don't even get a bloody speeding ticket for the time being at least.

HE notwithstanding, I think we can all agree that we benefit from the US military and our proximity to that country.

Toto - I'm not in Kansas anymore

His mother is the only other adult who could be considered responsible, but I doubt very much that there would be any evidence that she she forced Omar into AlQuaeda. That was his father's doing.

His father is dead. It's odd that seemingly intelligent people here don't grasp that in a modern civil society, we don't hold children responsible for the sins or crimes of their fathers or other family members. I'm glad we have laws, because without them I get the feeling we could easily have a rather uncivil lynch mob going after Omar Khadr. I had hoped we had evolved beyond that.

Unless of course the topic is immigration.

Well then continue in your ignorance. That is your custom, after all, as is insulting other posters, and then running crying to the moderators when they insult you back.

When you are civilized enough to enter a debate then I will debate you. If Canada is so bad then get the hell out. What are you doing here? Enjoying all the benefits that come with it and then attacking the very foundation that brought you all those benefits?

Are there any who are war criminals/terrorists of the Bush, Cheney, Bush, Clinton, ... variety?

Why are you surprised? If you professed a love of Hitler, and espoused Nazi ideological beliefs, even those a little removed from Nazis, you'd have zero hope of election here and no party would touch you. But the same anathema does not apply to extreme left beliefs. You can profess a love of Castro and speak admiringly of Mao, and can spout much the same sort of ideological beliefs as Castro and Mao and Stalin did, and nobody will think you're evil. They might think you're stupid, or quaint, but nobody is going to get angry at you. Even the anti-Zionist thing doesn't bother anyone, even though we all know those who are most zealously anti-Zionist are mostly antisemitic too.

Brexit has also been dubbed as a vote of xenophobia and little-Englanders, perhaps for a good reason, but many people voted for Brexit for exactly opposite reason; why get shackled with the EU when there is the whole wide world out there for you to do business with without the EU getting its share in between.

Oh Christ don't get them started or we'll have another 9/11 thread. Just recognize some people are not stable and ignore them.

He was injured and jailed for murder and terrorizing. He was interrogated for murder and terrorizing. Like you do with criminals. Why aren't you up in arms about interrogations of other murderers like Russell or Bernardo? He contributed nothing g to Canada and his only wish was to kill us and our ways. We don't owe him a damn thing. Of course I'd sue. JT won't negotiate with terrorists but will pay terrorists millions. I'd get to terrorize and be rich with the same actions while striking a blow at the west. Win win win. Of course you would do the same thing as Khadr did. There is no indication that Khadr wants to "kill us and our ways". That's stereotyped racist nonsense. We do owe Khadr and every Canadian, including the violent sexual deviants you mentioned, due process and a fair trial. You are making immature emotional arguments based on stereotypes, with no basis in law or reality.

To give Argus credit, I think he's tried but it always comes back to religion, specifically Islam. Its an important part of my Canada that we include humanitarian outreach and help those who are suffering. The right-wing focus on only economics and dismissing my values and beliefs about the importance of national commitment to refugees certainly does not endear me to their cause. I can agree that immigrants should be primarily selected based on economic criteria (and 60% are); I can't agree that should be the only criteria or that refugees should not be accepted.

You are as nutty as our resident 9/11 Evil American Empire poster(s).

There have been several motions passed in regards to anti-Semitism over the years, including an extensive document defining what constitutes anti-Semitism. JT (and presumably Harper when he was in power) acknowledges important Jewish dates. There have been two motions regarding anti-Muslim sentiment and JT also acknowledges important Islamic dates; do not know of Harper did or not. So where are Muslims being treated specially, exactly?

Not really. Jews get equally 'special' treatment, since they are also subject to religiously motivated harassment and hate crimes.

And me. I don't want a Christian State any more than I want an Islamic State. Keep your religious paws off my government.

Me too! But I like to keep such exclusions to my personal circle, not the entire country. Much as I might find conservatives frustrating and annoying, I also believe they must bring something of value to the country, else why would we have them?